Bridget Hunnicutt
@bridgethunnicutt.bsky.social
Director/Producer Docs & Series: pandemic, science, engineering, history, democracy, foreign policy & economics
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Our new documentary shows how Putin uses oligarchs to execute active measures on the West.
🎥 👉 youtu.be/IehnvrjISHU?...
Featuring:
Fiona Hill
@billbrowder.bsky.social
Mark Galeotti
Understand how the Russian model (oligarchy, kleptocracy, misogyny, post-truth disinfo) has taken root in the US
🎥 👉 youtu.be/IehnvrjISHU?...
Featuring:
Fiona Hill
@billbrowder.bsky.social
Mark Galeotti
Understand how the Russian model (oligarchy, kleptocracy, misogyny, post-truth disinfo) has taken root in the US
Reminder that some of the Epstein money transfers disclosed involved accounts at two Russian banks. A few transactions red-flagged were for as much as $100 million.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
In Epstein Case, Follow the Money, Democratic Senator Says
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Reminder that some of the Epstein money transfers disclosed involved accounts at two Russian banks. A few transactions red-flagged were for as much as $100 million.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
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note that Trump did not task the Russians with finding this batch of emails, so it took a few years instead of a few days.
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
note that Trump did not task the Russians with finding this batch of emails, so it took a few years instead of a few days.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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This is an evergreen headline.
"That’s why it’s so hard to sell the lie that Trump doesn’t collude with Putin: He just goes out and does it again." www.thebulwark.com/p/putin-trum...
Putin and Trump, Still Colluding
Every time the president’s apologists swear he’s not conniving with the Russian dictator, he does it again.
www.thebulwark.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is an evergreen headline.
Arc de Trump?
While countless DC residents who’ve dedicated their lives to public service go without pay and watch their institutions be dismantled from the top…
Trump is focused on his monument, his ballroom — and how to help Putin.
#freedc
www.bbc.com/news/article...
While countless DC residents who’ve dedicated their lives to public service go without pay and watch their institutions be dismantled from the top…
Trump is focused on his monument, his ballroom — and how to help Putin.
#freedc
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What we know about White House plans for an 'Arc de Trump'
The Paris-inspired proposed monument in Washington DC is meant to commemorate the US 250th anniversary.
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Arc de Trump?
While countless DC residents who’ve dedicated their lives to public service go without pay and watch their institutions be dismantled from the top…
Trump is focused on his monument, his ballroom — and how to help Putin.
#freedc
www.bbc.com/news/article...
While countless DC residents who’ve dedicated their lives to public service go without pay and watch their institutions be dismantled from the top…
Trump is focused on his monument, his ballroom — and how to help Putin.
#freedc
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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To all you patriots (and UK authorities)
Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?
Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
To all you patriots (and UK authorities)
Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?
Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?
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Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?
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Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
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So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
September 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
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The war in Europe (outside of Ukraine) may be virtual, subtle, hybrid warfare designed to use oligarchs, covert influence techniques and economic leverage to swing elections in Putin’s favour. But he’s losing on that front as he has on the battlefields of Ukraine
September 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The war in Europe (outside of Ukraine) may be virtual, subtle, hybrid warfare designed to use oligarchs, covert influence techniques and economic leverage to swing elections in Putin’s favour. But he’s losing on that front as he has on the battlefields of Ukraine
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
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Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
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Just to confirm my suspicions that people’s perception of the national position (via social/media) is very different from their local perceptions, these graphs from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social via @samfr.bsky.social’s sane and vital Substack, illustrate the difference
September 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Just to confirm my suspicions that people’s perception of the national position (via social/media) is very different from their local perceptions, these graphs from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social via @samfr.bsky.social’s sane and vital Substack, illustrate the difference
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Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
September 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
Reposted by Bridget Hunnicutt
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
September 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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“We got him!”
Really? That’s the line?
His father turned him in.
You received him.
Really? That’s the line?
His father turned him in.
You received him.
September 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“We got him!”
Really? That’s the line?
His father turned him in.
You received him.
Really? That’s the line?
His father turned him in.
You received him.
It wasn’t long ago that MAGA influencers were caught on the Kremlin payroll. They were paid specifically to spread Russian propaganda and disinformation to turn American citizens against Ukraine and the free world.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It wasn’t long ago that MAGA influencers were caught on the Kremlin payroll. They were paid specifically to spread Russian propaganda and disinformation to turn American citizens against Ukraine and the free world.
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This rollover for the criminals and kleptocrats who hide in U.S. shell corporations is a real national security problem.
POLITICO Pro: Treasury will delete beneficial ownership data after rule rollback, FinCEN chief says
subscriber.politicopro.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This rollover for the criminals and kleptocrats who hide in U.S. shell corporations is a real national security problem.