Anne Applebaum

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She became a Polish citizen in 2013. .. more

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Aug 26

Paperback, with new preface, available TODAY
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 9h

The families of Danes killed in Afghanistan have a message for Trump
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The Sacrifice of the Danes

After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.

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the quote is from @molly.wiki, one of the stars of this episode

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"We’re actually seeing new super PACs being established. One of them has already committed to spending $100 million in the midterms. And we’re seeing politicians and candidates speaking very frankly about wanting to install pro-crypto candidates"
more here:
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How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption

This new source of money is giving the administration unprecedented new powers.

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or Spotify
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Crypto Corruption

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also on apple podcasts

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Autocracy in America

Politics Podcast · Weekly Series · Reporting on the sweeping changes unfolding in the United States, and preparing you to think about what might happen next. Subscribe now to The Atlantic to hear all...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption
The Autocracy in America podcast, episode 2
Listen here:
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How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption

This new source of money is giving the administration unprecedented new powers.

www.theatlantic.com

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of course

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

The deal has kick-started the president’s controversial plan to sell up to 50mn barrels of Venezuelan oil, with more sales expected in the ‘coming days and weeks’. ft.trib.al/a2pf6om

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

If you are in Davis on 9 February, please come!

History UC Davis @history-ucdavis.bsky.social · 12d

The annual Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Pulitzer prize-winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum on Monday, February 9, 2026 from 4-6 pm at the Manetti Shrem Art Museum. The event (including reception) is free and open to the public.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

The deal has kick-started the president’s controversial plan to sell up to 50mn barrels of Venezuelan oil, with more sales expected in the ‘coming days and weeks’. ft.trib.al/a2pf6om

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

As WSJ calls Mamdani a "communist" for suggesting that the wealthiest pay tax rates that are still lower than they were under Eisenhower, Trump is engaged in bona fide communism by forcing state ownership of major commercial ventures. Here's yet another one.

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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 1d

If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.

Opinion | Something Is Rotten in the State of America

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 1d

News outlets declaring “Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize” is a red alert state media indicator

Reuters: “Trump accepts Nobel medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado”

ABC News: “Trump accepts Nobel Peace Prize from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado”

Wall Street Journal: “Trump Accepts Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize During White House Visit”

News Nation: “Trump accepts Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize medal”

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota in a post on Truth Social.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 2d

This is what criminals & soon-to-be-sanctioned dictators do: set up a cozy personal nest egg in a country that won't extradite them & has no agreements that would compel them to enforce other countries' sanctions.

That's why sanctioned Russian oligarchs made a beeline for the UAE in 2022.

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2d

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.

“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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