Helen Lindberg
@cloudbuster01.bsky.social
Researcher, lecturer in political science, global politics, and Human Rights. Columnist. Freelance writer. Lover of all things dog. Twitter is my abusive x. Yes, still working on that book. Following the green light.
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Serhii Doroshenko,a pediatrician from Mariupol,went to a military enlistment office on February 25,2022
Tetiana survived 86 days of Russian shelling in a basement with 3 small kids,living on buckwheat soaked in rainwater
This year,Serhii was released in a prisoner exchange.
📹: TSN
Tetiana survived 86 days of Russian shelling in a basement with 3 small kids,living on buckwheat soaked in rainwater
This year,Serhii was released in a prisoner exchange.
📹: TSN
December 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Serhii Doroshenko,a pediatrician from Mariupol,went to a military enlistment office on February 25,2022
Tetiana survived 86 days of Russian shelling in a basement with 3 small kids,living on buckwheat soaked in rainwater
This year,Serhii was released in a prisoner exchange.
📹: TSN
Tetiana survived 86 days of Russian shelling in a basement with 3 small kids,living on buckwheat soaked in rainwater
This year,Serhii was released in a prisoner exchange.
📹: TSN
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Oh grow up.
The leader of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington has sent a letter threatening litigation against a musician who canceled an annual Christmas Eve jazz concert in protest of the site’s new name.
Kennedy Center Chief Threatens Legal Action Over Canceled Christmas Concert
The musician Chuck Redd called off the annual Christmas Eve performances after the Kennedy Center board added President Trump’s name to the performing arts center.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Oh grow up.
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Please, don't ask Ukraine when the war will end. Ask yourself why Putin is still able to continue it.
- President Zelenskyy
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Please, don't ask Ukraine when the war will end. Ask yourself why Putin is still able to continue it.
- President Zelenskyy
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December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Please, don't ask Ukraine when the war will end. Ask yourself why Putin is still able to continue it.
- President Zelenskyy
.
Please, don't ask Ukraine when the war will end. Ask yourself why Putin is still able to continue it.
- President Zelenskyy
.
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It is a very old lie: see 1913
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It is a very old lie: see 1913
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Russian media report that a former deputy to ex-defense minister Shoigu, colonel general Yuri Sadovenko, has died in Moscow.
Sadovenko's entourage reported that he died on December 25 "due to heart disease." He was 56 years old.
Sadovenko's entourage reported that he died on December 25 "due to heart disease." He was 56 years old.
December 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Russian media report that a former deputy to ex-defense minister Shoigu, colonel general Yuri Sadovenko, has died in Moscow.
Sadovenko's entourage reported that he died on December 25 "due to heart disease." He was 56 years old.
Sadovenko's entourage reported that he died on December 25 "due to heart disease." He was 56 years old.
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” speech *defended* conservatives.
Paraphrasing: “Some call all Republicans racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted, but that’s unfair to millions. It’s only half, the rest are good people.”
But the press made calling an openly bigoted campaign bigoted a scandal.
Paraphrasing: “Some call all Republicans racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted, but that’s unfair to millions. It’s only half, the rest are good people.”
But the press made calling an openly bigoted campaign bigoted a scandal.
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” speech *defended* conservatives.
Paraphrasing: “Some call all Republicans racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted, but that’s unfair to millions. It’s only half, the rest are good people.”
But the press made calling an openly bigoted campaign bigoted a scandal.
Paraphrasing: “Some call all Republicans racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted, but that’s unfair to millions. It’s only half, the rest are good people.”
But the press made calling an openly bigoted campaign bigoted a scandal.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
FIFA Peace Prize laureate of 2025!
On Christmas Day.
Trump on Christmas: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria.”
December 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
FIFA Peace Prize laureate of 2025!
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FIFA must be feeling pretty embarrassed now.
December 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
FIFA must be feeling pretty embarrassed now.
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Any super-rich schmuck can buy a yacht. But, if a wealthy person aspires to be more than just another Kardashian, one asset rises above the rest: art.
I sold Monets and Picassos to billionaires. Then I went to prison.
And now I'm sharing my secrets.
www.motherjones.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Any super-rich schmuck can buy a yacht. But, if a wealthy person aspires to be more than just another Kardashian, one asset rises above the rest: art.
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"America will help you surrender on the beaches, we'll help you surrender on the landing grounds, we'll help you surrender in the fields and in the streets, we'll help you surrender in the hills..." -- JD Vance
Cartoon by Kluddniklas
Cartoon by Kluddniklas
December 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"America will help you surrender on the beaches, we'll help you surrender on the landing grounds, we'll help you surrender in the fields and in the streets, we'll help you surrender in the hills..." -- JD Vance
Cartoon by Kluddniklas
Cartoon by Kluddniklas
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A former senior immigration policy official explains how the immigration system works, what has changed under the Trump administration, and what needs to be fixed most urgently. bit.ly/3LSrLet
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
bit.ly
December 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A former senior immigration policy official explains how the immigration system works, what has changed under the Trump administration, and what needs to be fixed most urgently. bit.ly/3LSrLet
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✍️🌎Our team at @LatAmJournalism selected their most memorable articles of 2025 and highlighted others written by their colleagues. Read the most important articles on journalism innovation and press freedom in LatAm ➡️
The most important stories of 2025, according to LJR
The most important stories of 2025, according to LJR Innovation. Latin American Journalism Review by The Knight Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
f.mtr.cool
December 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
✍️🌎Our team at @LatAmJournalism selected their most memorable articles of 2025 and highlighted others written by their colleagues. Read the most important articles on journalism innovation and press freedom in LatAm ➡️
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You guys caught this too, right?
“Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” ███████ noted some girl with a funny name “took me into a fancy hotel or building, that’s how it happened.”
Also this: she was advised to call the police. But she replied, “I can’t, they will kill me.”
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“Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” ███████ noted some girl with a funny name “took me into a fancy hotel or building, that’s how it happened.”
Also this: she was advised to call the police. But she replied, “I can’t, they will kill me.”
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December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
You guys caught this too, right?
“Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” ███████ noted some girl with a funny name “took me into a fancy hotel or building, that’s how it happened.”
Also this: she was advised to call the police. But she replied, “I can’t, they will kill me.”
1/2
“Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” ███████ noted some girl with a funny name “took me into a fancy hotel or building, that’s how it happened.”
Also this: she was advised to call the police. But she replied, “I can’t, they will kill me.”
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One of the biggest drawbacks of being married to someone who loves Christmas is that I can't spend my day doing this. It's all I want today!
and to my Jewish friends, a happy go to the movies and eat Chinese food day
December 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
One of the biggest drawbacks of being married to someone who loves Christmas is that I can't spend my day doing this. It's all I want today!
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Jimmy Kimmel used his Christmas Day message to U.K. viewers today to declare victory for free speech over President Trump's calls to cancel his talk show.
Kimmel slams Trump in U.K. Christmas message: "Tyranny is booming"
Kimmel declared victory after his show was briefly canceled.
www.axios.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Jimmy Kimmel used his Christmas Day message to U.K. viewers today to declare victory for free speech over President Trump's calls to cancel his talk show.
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The casual treason
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The casual treason
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This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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cbs news is covering up torture for the government
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
cbs news is covering up torture for the government
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A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
December 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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In approx 74% of school shooting incidents, the firearm was obtained from the shooter’s home or the home of a close friend or fam member*
Safe&secure gun storage—unloaded&locked up—saves lives.
Spread the word: Firearm violence prevention is everyone's job
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* publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...
Safe&secure gun storage—unloaded&locked up—saves lives.
Spread the word: Firearm violence prevention is everyone's job
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* publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...
December 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In approx 74% of school shooting incidents, the firearm was obtained from the shooter’s home or the home of a close friend or fam member*
Safe&secure gun storage—unloaded&locked up—saves lives.
Spread the word: Firearm violence prevention is everyone's job
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* publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...
Safe&secure gun storage—unloaded&locked up—saves lives.
Spread the word: Firearm violence prevention is everyone's job
🛟🧪
* publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...