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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 11h
For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 2m
Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.
"I can confirm that tonight SpaceX has implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals while in motion.

The limit currently applies to the StarShield “military package” and is set at 100 mph.

Our defense forces were not given notice of this limit, and this has resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.

It is clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬 Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 13h
Middle East is getting worse pretty fast. Iranian Attacks on shipping at a far higher rate than any time in the summer, the Houthis-KSA conflict broadening into more and more energy assets and a broader conflict.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 22h
The WP piece is pure bs. Just a copy of the WH propaganda narrative👇 bsky.app/profile/fact...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Bridget Phillipson MP, Chair of the Labour Party calls the 'lethal force' proposal of Jenrick "disgusting and illegal". "Our armed forces are not going to start opening fire on unarmed civilians, and Reform are dragging their own reputations and credibility into the gutter by suggesting it"
Bridget Phillipson MP, Chair of the Labour Party, responding to Robert Jenrick proposing lethal force be authorised in the Channel, said:
 
"Robert Jenrick's proposal to use 'lethal force' against asylum seekers in the English Channel is disgusting and illegal. Our armed forces are not going to start opening fire on unarmed civilians, and Reform are dragging their own reputations and credibility into the gutter by suggesting it.

"The truth is that Nigel Farage is authorising ever more extreme positions in order to distract from his own funding scandals and as part of an increasingly vicious bidding war with other parties on the right. Decent people will see right through it and reject this toxic politics of division.
 
“Labour is showing that we can control immigration and get numbers down with serious action, not by abandoning the asylum system altogether. We have just seen the lowest number of summer arrivals by small boat in 6 years, with 46,000 attempted crossings stopped and 80,000 people with no right to be here removed.”

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🔴NEW: Who Funds Reform UK? The Business Interests of Nigel Farage’s Major Donors. Me, for @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2026/10/12/w...
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Who Funds Reform UK? The Business Interests of Nigel Farage’s Major Donors
Crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each recently piled £36 million into Reform UK, Nigel Farage’s political party. The story amplified recent scandals about the party’s donors, with...
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Burnham, unlike Starmer, gets that if you have political capital, use it; and that if something is wrong, don’t let it fester, hoping problem will go away, but tackle it. His statements are at last lifting the miasma of lies, deceit and disingenuity around Brexit and opening space for proper debate
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I think it's safe to say that Europe may see some odd stuff happening over the weeks and months ahead.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson: “If the Strait of Hormuz is open, why did America reach out to Russia to solve the diesel problem?”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Horrific moment of a Russian missile strike in Pisochyn (just outside Kharkiv) just now. At least 3 people are confirmed killed ‼️ 9 are injured. The fire is still raging, the death tall is likely to rise.
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Well, that’s the American defence industry borked. “Buy our products, you won’t get them if you try to use them to defend yourself against the Kremlin.” Which is why you buy European, instead.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Donny is really losing it www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is ‘news to me’
Ukrainian president earlier rejected US call for Kyiv to stop bombing oil refineries, saying Moscow must first end attacks on energy infrastructure
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 11/10/2026
💥 The Trump administration has threatened European capitals that it could stop paid-for weapons shipments to Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, officials told @christopherjm.ft.com and me @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/bc5bd7e2-3...
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US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries
Officials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump’s diesel deal with Putin
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/10/2026
SLAVA UKRAINE! 🇺🇦
Russian disinformation bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
The push alerts we received from multiple major news channels assured us there was an energy ceasefire. Surely they wouldn’t fall for Trump’s lies this easily.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Western intelligence agencies have warned Europe’s defence bosses that Russia is stepping up efforts to assassinate them, prompting companies to increase personal security around their top executives www.ft.com/content/5da2...
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Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There is a cacophony of noises out there. Russians planning to assassinate European officials, the US president riding to Vladimir Putin's aid, the Russians increasingly targeting Ukrainian civilians to break their will. The one constant tune? Russia is getting desperate.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
With each additional news report following yesterday's shocking announcement, it will become even clearer which side of the war in Europe America is now on
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
just when you thought it couldn’t get worse
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Day 1690 and Ukraine woke up incredibly angry this morning. "Used", "betrayed" and "disgusted" just 3 of the words most commonly heard, as the former leader of the free world managed to tarnish the reputation of the U.S. yet more. I've never missed a day. This is the daily 🧵
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New primer about the news from the last few hours that the US is getting back to business with Russia. This is not Trump being erratic, it is not about diesel, it is not a small move. It is about the US moving to a more active position of helping Putin. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/this-is-ab...
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This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel
What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“The dangers Trump and Putin face are so great they will go to any lengths to avoid them. They have no other choice.”
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The Next Three Months
Trump and Putin are now at their most dangerous
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy: @Precisely at this moment, when we are talking about peace, America is giving Russia the opportunity to export diesel. This is... I don't know. “I believe our team is simply being used as a cover. And this is definitely unfair. “This is definitely un-partner-like.”
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Unilaterally Ends American Sanctions on Russian Energy Products and Announces That America Will Now Help Finance the Genocide Against Europeans in Ukraine; Russia and America Now Co-Rogue States, with America Funding Two Genocides and Russia One
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I doubt Russia has tons of diesel to export. They're in a fuel shortage crisis. It'd be illegal, violating sanctions. And awful strategy while Russia is attacking Ukraine, menacing NATO allies, and helping Iran target Americans. But looks like Trump trying to jawbone markets before the midterms.
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It makes no difference whether he is a Russian asset or not. We should all just act as if he is. The betrayal of the United States makes the struggle of Ukraine even more dramatic and noble
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
This official Department of Defense account is posting nods to the death cult QAnon
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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Brian @brianscant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The barrister who cleared Jukes and Orr is Reform’s own barrister, Adam Richardson. Investigations, internal or otherwise, are more credible if the lawyer isn’t the company’s own lawyer! For anyone interested in Richardson, a failed UKIP candidate, read this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump’s Retreat: From the Gulf to Britain, American Forces Pull Back A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences. 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat (Gift Article)
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 07/10/2026
Zelensky says Russia’s Kh-101 missile directly hit a residential building in Pryluky, killing 19 people, including five children. He says 25 people were killed and 100 injured across Ukraine in the combined ballistic, cruise missile and drone attack. #Ukraine
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For putin’s birthday, they killed Oleksandr, Kyrylo and Serhii, all aged one, and eight-year-old Maksym russians want to murder Ukrainians for daring to exist. For refusing to surrender their freedom, sovereignty, and country to moscow. Ukrainians don’t want to be murdered by russians.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Badenoch speech: The Tory leader is having an argument with herself and she's losing inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reports of another Russian who’s fallen ill.
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WHO demands answers from Russia about ‘second plague victim’ — The Telegraph
Pressure increases on Moscow to disclose information about lab worker’s death following reports of another employee contracting the disease
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Collapse is happening.” In dozens of Russian cities, the heating season could not begin due to the wear and tear of utility networks. In Omsk alone, 4100 people are now without heating.
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«Коллапс происходит». В десятках городов России не смогли начать отопительный сезон из-за износа коммунальных сетей - Русская служба The Moscow Times
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"People are looking through the shop window and they like what they see..." says Kemi Badenoch, of the Conservative party, which is currently polling at its lowest level in its entire history
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot: “The United States and China, through massive amounts of storytelling, make sure the whole world knows that they are at the cutting edge of technology. “Yet every day in France we see a completely different reality. So it is up to us to tell that story.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump joins in personally, to spread disinformation about the protests in France. The US president parrots right wing propaganda designed to manipulate the upcoming French elections towards electing a Putin - Israel friendly government.
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"What's happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn't about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country! President DJT"
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