michael alenyikov
@alenyikov.bsky.social
Writer. Author of the prize winning, "Ivan and Misha" and "Sorrow's Drive". Moderator of the 18th St Writing Group. Former clinical psychologist. Disabled with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Vote Blue. Support Ukraine.
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To recap: My law firm represented Black and Latino voters in striking down Texas' new congressional map.
The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.
The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.
In a remarkable and deeply unconventional dissent, U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith unleashed a blistering and bizarre attack on his fellow judges after a federal court struck down Texas’ unconstitutional racial gerrymander. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Unhinged Dissent, Texas Judge Attacks Colleagues — and George Soros
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
To recap: My law firm represented Black and Latino voters in striking down Texas' new congressional map.
The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.
The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.
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This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
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Another depraved phone call. Rep Eugene Vindman (D-VA): “After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, I reviewed a call between Trump and the crown prince. The American people and the Khashoggi family deserve to know what was said on that call. If history is any guide, the receipts will be shocking.”
Secret Tape That Could Spin Trump Into Another Cover-Up Scandal
Details of the phone call emerged after Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Another depraved phone call. Rep Eugene Vindman (D-VA): “After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, I reviewed a call between Trump and the crown prince. The American people and the Khashoggi family deserve to know what was said on that call. If history is any guide, the receipts will be shocking.”
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
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In an unhinged dissent in our Texas redistricting victory, a GOP appointed judge seems to believe that George Soros and I did...well, I'm not sure what...but he is very mad. Bigly.
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In an unhinged dissent in our Texas redistricting victory, a GOP appointed judge seems to believe that George Soros and I did...well, I'm not sure what...but he is very mad. Bigly.
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Absolutely NO LIES TOLD.....
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Absolutely NO LIES TOLD.....
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We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
How to Negotiate with Russia
Account for history, law, and above all Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
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There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Leading figures of Germany's Neo Nazi AfD have completed a pilgrimage to Putin's Sochi retreat to meet with their minders. And in only a few days, they plan a similar visit to Washington to meet with leading Republicans. Their actions highlight a US-Russian axis running through European fascism.
Sotschi: AfD-Politiker Urban und Kotré auf Russlandreise
In Sotschi diskutieren AfD-Politiker Jörg Urban und Steffen Kotré auf dem Symposium Brics-Europe über Energiefragen und Russlandkontakte. Parteichefin Alice Weidel kritisiert die Reisen, während Medwe...
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Leading figures of Germany's Neo Nazi AfD have completed a pilgrimage to Putin's Sochi retreat to meet with their minders. And in only a few days, they plan a similar visit to Washington to meet with leading Republicans. Their actions highlight a US-Russian axis running through European fascism.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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It will not go to the 5th Circuit. By law it goes straight to SCOTUS. Ron DeSantis is a moron.
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For accurate information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It will not go to the 5th Circuit. By law it goes straight to SCOTUS. Ron DeSantis is a moron.
For accurate information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
For accurate information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013
Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013
Jared Kushner invited the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to a 2013 party with his father-in-law Trump and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.
The post Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013 first appeared on Mediaite.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013
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The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018
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Massie: “[Speaker Johnson is] trying to say the rich, powerful men who flew to Epstein Island are the victims now. The only way a ‘Christian man’ can stand up there and sell a lie like that is if he’s already decided in his head that protecting them is somehow okay.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Massie: “[Speaker Johnson is] trying to say the rich, powerful men who flew to Epstein Island are the victims now. The only way a ‘Christian man’ can stand up there and sell a lie like that is if he’s already decided in his head that protecting them is somehow okay.”
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November 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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From the NYT story above: "The company has faced some blowback for hosting a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
From the NYT story above: "The company has faced some blowback for hosting a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
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Tim Cook, of Apple, is at this dinner.
The likes of Musk and Schwarzman—sure, that's who they are.
But Cook has been groveling more than strictly necessary.
The likes of Musk and Schwarzman—sure, that's who they are.
But Cook has been groveling more than strictly necessary.
everlasting shame on all these people
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Tim Cook, of Apple, is at this dinner.
The likes of Musk and Schwarzman—sure, that's who they are.
But Cook has been groveling more than strictly necessary.
The likes of Musk and Schwarzman—sure, that's who they are.
But Cook has been groveling more than strictly necessary.
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Elon Musk showing back up in Washington for the first time in 6 months for the sole purpose of feting a notorious Saudi murderer is so on brand
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Elon Musk showing back up in Washington for the first time in 6 months for the sole purpose of feting a notorious Saudi murderer is so on brand
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lol “things happen” … like how mobsters talk about stuff. look he got dead. there was nuthin we could do about it jimmy. He’s gone.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
lol “things happen” … like how mobsters talk about stuff. look he got dead. there was nuthin we could do about it jimmy. He’s gone.
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"'Quiet, quiet, piggy,' Trump told a Bloomberg reporter who asked why, if there's nothing incriminating in the files, he's acting like there is." x.com/JenniferJJac...
Jennifer Jacobs on X: "Highlights from NEWSY gaggle on AF1 on our flight to Florida on Friday night: Trump told us on EPSTEIN: -"I know nothing about that," he said when asked what Epstein meant when he said Trump knew about the girls. "Jeffrey Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for many years." https://t.co/zRpNTrgkLy" / X
Highlights from NEWSY gaggle on AF1 on our flight to Florida on Friday night: Trump told us on EPSTEIN: -"I know nothing about that," he said when asked what Epstein meant when he said Trump knew about the girls. "Jeffrey Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for many years." https://t.co/zRpNTrgkLy
x.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"'Quiet, quiet, piggy,' Trump told a Bloomberg reporter who asked why, if there's nothing incriminating in the files, he's acting like there is." x.com/JenniferJJac...
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
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Every single news story about Trump hosting MBS at the WH today should include the tremendously lucrative business deals the Saudis have done this year with Trump Org to enrich Trump and his family personally, which is the primary reason why this is happening.
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Every single news story about Trump hosting MBS at the WH today should include the tremendously lucrative business deals the Saudis have done this year with Trump Org to enrich Trump and his family personally, which is the primary reason why this is happening.