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Scott Lucas
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Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 3h
Video: #Russia launches massive drone assault on #Odesa in southern #Ukraine overnight, targeting infrastructure

At least one person injured

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 3h
#Trump Admin trying to strip language from UN resolution affirming #Ukraine territorial integrity and condemning #Russia occupation of #Crimea and other regions

Resolution annually adopted since 2014

Trump pressing for removal of references to “territorial integrity” or “aggression"

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 4h
On air in 10 mins w Pat Kenny Show on Dublin NewsTalk to analyze:

*End of US #GovernmentShutdown?

*How and why #Trump & his ally UK #ReformParty are trying to tear down #BBC

* #Syria President at White House

www.newstalk.com/shows/pat-ke...
The Pat Kenny Show | Newstalk
Pat Kenny brings his experienced broadcasting style and incisive analysis to the day's news and current affairs. Every weekday from 9am - 12pm.
www.newstalk.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 5h
W US & #EU sanctions challenging its foreign operations, #Russia 's #Lukoil threatens suspension of production at 1 of world's largest oilfields

Declares force majeure at West Qurna-2 field in #Iraq - If not resolved in 6 months, will withdraw from project

#Bulgaria poised to seize Lukoil refinery

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 5h
#Ukraine drones again attack #Saratov oil refinery in SW #Russia

Eyewitness videos show explosions and fires

Attack is 7th on the refinery this year

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 6h
#Zelensky implicitly refers to investigation of allegations of kickbacks from energy supply contracts, w raids of his ex-business partner Mindich and ex-Energy Minister Halushchenko

"Any effective actions against corruption are very needed. The inevitability of punishment is necessary"

#Ukraine

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 6h
EA on DW News: An End to US #GovernmentShutdown?

#Democrats #Trump

eaworldview.com/2025/11/end-...
EA on DW News: An End to US Government Shutdown? - EA WorldView
Evaluate possibility of end to record-setting US shutdown: why 8 Democrats joined Senate Republicans and what happens next amid the damage
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 6h
#AhmedAlSharaa greeted by #Trump in White House

US announces 6-month waiver on most sanctions v. #Syria over #Assad regime mass killing

Trump Admin seeking Syria involvement in campaign v. #ISIS

#SyriaSanctions

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 6h
#Syria 's President #Sharaa Visits White House as US Sanctions Partially Lifted

#AhmedAlSharaa #SyriaSanctions

eaworldview.com/2025/11/syri...
Syria's President Sharaa Visits White House as US Sanctions Partially Lifted - EA WorldView
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Donald Trump in White House, as US announces a six-month waiver on most sanctions against Damascus.
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 7h
"At some point, #UKPolitics needs to decide whether it wants to manage decline or inspire people. Progressives can continue to chase safety, caution, & respectability, hoping the far right tires itself out. Or they can learn from #Mamdani: conviction, unapologetic selfhood, & fearless communication"

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 7h
In Search of Conviction: Why the UK Can’t (Yet) Produce A #ZohranMamdani (Hasan Patel)

#Labour #Greens #NewYorkCity

eaworldview.com/2025/11/can-...
In Search of Conviction: Why the UK Can't Produce A Mamdani (Yet) - EA WorldView
Learning from Zohran Mamdani's victory: "At some point, UK politics needs to decide whether it wants to manage decline or inspire people"
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 7h
#Zelensky ex-business partner #TymurMindich amid allegations of kickbacks from energy supply contracts

Searches in #Kyiv of Mindich premises --- He fled #Ukraine hours earlier

Also searches of premises linked to Herman Halushchenko, Energy Minister 2021-2025

#UkraineWar #Corruption

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 7h
#UkraineWar, Day 1,356: Anti-Corruption Investigation of #Zelensky Former Business Partner #TymurMindich

#Ukraine

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Ukraine War, Day 1,356: Anti-Corruption Investigation of Zelensky's Former Business Partner Mindich - EA WorldView
Ukraine anti-corruption bureau investigates President Zelensky ex-business partner Tymur Mindich over kickbacks from energy supply contracts
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 7h
On air soon w LBC's Ian Payne to analyze:

Possible end of US #GovernmentShutdown

How and why #Trump and #ReformParty are trying to tear down #BBC

www.lbc.co.uk/radio/
LBC Radio - Listen & Watch Live | LBC
Talk radio for the UK, letting you have your say on the big issues of the day, with breaking news and opinion.
www.lbc.co.uk

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 17h
How Senate advanced plan to end closure, w 8 Democrats joining all but 1 of 53 Republicans

No guarantee of extension of tax credits for #ObamaCare

Political dynamics for both Trumpists and #Democrats

#Trump

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 17h
EA on DW News: An End to US #GovernmentShutdown?

#Democrats #Trump

eaworldview.com/2025/11/end-...
EA on DW News: An End to US Government Shutdown? - EA WorldView
Evaluate possibility of end to record-setting US shutdown: why 8 Democrats joined Senate Republicans and what happens next amid the damage
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 21h
#OmidSarlak found dead in car after video where he burned image of #SupremeLeader

#Iran authorities say suicide but friends and family suspect murder

Sarlak: "How long should we endure humiliation, poverty and being ridden over?"

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#Ukraine National Anti-Corruption Bureau conductes searches of premises connected to #Zelensky ex-business partner #TymurMindich

Mindich is co-owner of Zelensky's Kvartal 95 production company

Searches linked to major anti-corruption operation in energy sector

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#Iran: Suspicions Over Death of Activist Who Criticized #SupremeLeader (Deepa Parent)

#OmidSarlak

(h/t The Guardian)

eaworldview.com/2025/11/iran...
Iran: Suspicions Over Death of Activist Who Criticized Supreme Leader - EA WorldView
Death in Iran of Omid Sarlak, who filmed himself burning a photograph of Supreme Leader, raises suspicions --- 100s protest at his funeral.
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
My latest anlaysis of US politics and society after #USElections2025

"For those celebrating, not just in US but in other countries facing politics of division, every daybreak begins with a glimmer"

#Mamdani: "When politics speaks to you without condescension, we can usher in new era of leadership"

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
The Light Shines Again in America

#Mamdani #NewYorkCity #Spanberger #Virginia #Sherrill #NewJersey #USElections

eaworldview.com/2025/11/the-...
The Light Shines Again in America - EA WorldView
"For those celebrating, not just in US but in countries facing politics of division, every daybreak begins with glimmer: 'The future is now'."
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
W BBC Radio Scotland:

"'Affordability", which surged in these elections --- you will hear this all the way through next year's mid-terms.

There are serious economic issues in US which have been accelerated by #Trump chaotic approach to slash Govt and support for transport, education, & healthcare"

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
EA on Times Radio and BBC: Can #Democrats Build on Momentum of Election Success?

#Mamdani #NewYorkCity #Spanberger #Virginia #Sherrill #NewJersey

eaworldview.com/2025/11/demo...
EA on Times Radio and BBC: Can Democrats Build on Momentum of Election Success? - EA WorldView
23-min analysis with 2 top strategists to analyze if Democrats can build on success in elections from New York City to Virginia to New Jersey
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#Zelensky: #Russia inside #Pokrovsk but "many casualties" w 25K troops killed and wounded in October alone - Says Russia threw 170,000 men into operation

On #Putin "terrorist attacks" w missile & drone strikes: “He can’t create tension within our society in any other way"

#Ukraine #UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#UkraineWar, Day 1,355: #Zelensky — “No #Russia Success in #Pokrovsk” in East

#Donetsk #Ukraine

eaworldview.com/2025/11/ukra...
Ukraine War, Day 1,355: Zelensky - "No Russian Success in Pokrovsk" in East - EA WorldView
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Russia's 16-month attempt to overrun Pokrovsk in east of the country: "There is no success there."
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
3 civilians killed and 18+ injured by #Russia attacks across #Ukraine over past day

Air defenses downed 37 of 69 drones --- Other 32 struck 9 locations

Fatalities in #Donetsk region

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
Written by Deepa Parent for The Guardian:

#OmidSarlak found dead in car after video where he burned image of #SupremeLeader

#Iran authorities say suicide but friends and family suspect murder

Sarlak: "How long should we endure humiliation, poverty and being ridden over?"

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
#Iran: Suspicions Over Death of Activist Who Criticized #SupremeLeader

#OmidSarlak

eaworldview.com/2025/11/iran...
Iran: Suspicions Over Death of Activist Who Criticized Supreme Leader - EA WorldView
Death in Iran of Omid Sarlak, who filmed himself burning a photograph of Supreme Leader, raises suspicions --- 100s protest at his funeral.
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
On air soon w BBC Radio Scotland to analyze US politics and society amid #Democrats success in elections, #GovernmentShutdown, threat to #ObamaCare, and #Trump latest chaos

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio Scotland - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio Scotland on BBC Sounds
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
23-min discussion

Power of "positive politics" v. #Trump politics of division and confrontation

Discussion of policies and personalities: Can #Democrats establish a "big tent" for success in 2026 mid-term elections?

#Mamdani #NewYorkCity #Spanberger #Virginia #Sherrill #NewJersey