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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I don't see anything erratic here. For over a decade, Trump has prioritised "getting along with Russia"; since 20 January 2025, Trump administration policy has reflected that priority. It's perhaps the most consistent aspect of Trump foreign policy. 🧵on Trump and sanctions.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Recap: Putin launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine defends itself valiantly with US support, West adapts a little to energy shock with more on the way, Trump returns to office, cuts aid to Ukraine & renewables, launches a war of choice causing new energy shock, imports fuel from Russia.

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 08/10/2026

Washington objected because the conference programme – for the first time – included a panel framing the US itself as a source of foreign information manipulation and interference, which US officials regarded as unacceptable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 3/3

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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The State of the European Union feels like some bizarro future Sci-fi world. Modern space-age parliament, a leader that shuffles between three languages, and a speech that sanely and astutely assesses issues, lays out ideas and weirdly acknowledges climate change and supports democracy. Terrifying!

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 14/09/2026

Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship for producing the award-winning documentary on Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza. buff.ly/iR3zL4W

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Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA

Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is getting a huge response on twitter, including from people I follow who are taking it at face value. As far as I can tell, it's fake. Trump said nothing like this in his public appearances yesterday. People *really* need to be more cautious of unsourced quotes that play to their assumptions.

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Lee Morgenbesser @lmorgenbesser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The best way to understand America is to think of a late-stage dictator combined with an early-stage authoritarian regime. You get all the madness, corruption, and paranoia of an old man who has been in power 40 years, but combined with a seizure group trying to consolidate power in typical ways.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Here’s a NYT image of the President of the United States fleeing Turkey *inside an airport catering cart* as he leaves members of his own staff and the entire White House traveling press pool to die in a warned-of Iranian military attack over Turkey Impeach this m*therfucker now

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Munitions depleted. SPR run down. Naval procurement set back. Promising officers purged. That bill is going to come due. Maybe 23m Taiwanese losing their freedom to the PRC, maybe hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their lives in a war we're not ready for. The bill will come due.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

No, No, no. Look, are there lessons to learn from this debacle? Sure. Drone warfare, mag depth, etc. But the solution here is not 'yet more tactical excellence or tech.' It is 'the president asked the impossible of the military and they should have said so.' www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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The War Is Lost. Now Fix What It Broke.

America has to rethink how it moves resources, fights wars, and deters adversaries.

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 05/08/2026

This is Elon Musk, a techno-oligarch with 241 million followers on TwitterX, spreading and amplifying Ceuta-linked right-wing disinformation, with one message reaching 9.9 million views and the other 7.9 million as of right now. 1/4

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is a good barometer of the truthiness of the rest of the speech.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Market manipulation for sale - Truth Social to sell trading firms 'fastest' access to Trump's posts www.reuters.com/technology/t...

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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. What Americans Need to Understand About China Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia, on how the Chinese president thinks. open.spotify.com/episode/4Lg5... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/o...

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Opinion | What Americans Need to Understand About China (Gift Article)

Kevin Rudd, a former prime minister of Australia, went back to school to try to understand how the Chinese president thinks.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

"I've no idea whether Musk is an engineering genius, or just a savvy and lucky venture capitalist. The scientific world is divided on that question. I do know that he's a monstrous human being." My Swamp Notes with @robertshrimsley.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/6b1d09da-4...

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Elon Musk is a real-life Bond villain

The X owner is using his platform to amplify extremist opponents of multiculturalism in Britain

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 06/06/2026

Piggybacking on the deeply tragic death of Henry Nowak in the UK, JD Vance – a pathetic tool of the US techno-oligarchy – is now trying to amplify the racial hatred already consuming parts of British society. 1/3

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Vlad Vexler @vladvexler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I know many of you have been waiting for this long form chat youtu.be/RGhRkW1pGlw?...

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The Ethical Compass on Israel and Gaza

YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chat

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 25/05/2026

If you are based in Europe, it makes sense to migrate your Bluesky account to Eurosky (eurosky.tech) - your Bluesky identity and content will remain the same (if you wish).

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The attacks on Ukrainian civilians are textbook terrorism, designed to coerce Ukrainians and the rest of Europe into doing what Russia wants through fear, and to project an illusion of strength to shore up Russia's crumbling international reputation as a great power.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

A reminder that this is the President of the United States, who spent last night attending a UFC fight while Iran controlled the Strait of Hormuz and his Vice President and some buddies were in Pakistan trying to find the diplomatic equivalent of Super Glue to fix what his war shattered.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The president of the United States is now threatening to commit genocide.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🧵 Democracy feels like it's in a rough state at the moment across the globe, and we hear various explanations, like polarisation, extremism, disinformation, and loss of trust. But what if those explanations are mainly symptoms and we've been trying to treat them rather than the underlying causes?

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I've recently returned from Prague after attending an event organised by @ashoka.org, where multiple civil society actors who have worked on projects that support democracy met to discuss how democracy is understood, experienced, and shaped through narratives.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 31/03/2026

the corruption is staggering

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Trump hops out of bed and immediately posts about war crimes he's planning to commit if he doesn't get what he wants.

Truth Social post by Donald Trump
The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately “Open for Business,” we will conclude our lovely “stay” in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet “touched.” This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year “Reign of Terror.” Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This war will hurt millions around the world. Many civilians in its direct path, others through economic hardship. The United States did this.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Trump administration is taking money Europeans and others have paid for arms for Ukraine and other purposes, not delivering said arms, and spending their cash to help with self-created Gulf mess. This is not a trustworthy power. Credibility incinerated.

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Ivo Daalder @ivodaalder.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The goal of Trump’s Iran War seems to have shifted to opening the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait was open before the war began. Trump should have declared victory then. Just sayin’.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 22/03/2026

a few more weeks of this, trump’s going to release the rest of the epstein files to distract from the war in iran.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The US President casually announcing his intention to commit war crimes on social media. That's where you're at, America.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Watching Trump teeter on the edge of blowing up the world economy because of a combination of hubris, strategic incoherence, mendacity and outright stupidity, might be the most extraordinarily depressing thing I have observed in my entire life, or read about in any other period.

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This comment says it all. Sanchez is the canary… European politics turning hard in an anti-Trump/American direction. Being a jerk to everyone may work for a bit but it makes everyone hate you

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Live Video Grid of BBC News, NBC, AJE and Sky News for those following news on Iran : vidgrid.tk.gg?layout=N4IgN...

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VidGrid – Live news multiviewer

A free news focused multiviewer for editors and journalists

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Masked government agents arresting journalists is not a sign things are improving.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Your reminder that Amazon... -Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine -Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Third and final episode of the Monocle Daily's run of live shows from Nuuk. Reflections on a crisis - hopefully - defused, with Greenlandic MP Kuno Fencker, Inuit Circumpolar Council chair Sara Olsvig, @cnn.com's Nic Robertson and Monocle's foreign editor Alexis Self. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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Live from Nuuk: Crisis averted? - Monocle

We wrap up a week of programmes from Greenland with politicians Sara Olsvig and Kuno Fencker, CNN’s Nic Robertson and...

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