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Twenty years after the comedy went silent, Russia is a sadistic, warmongering fascist regime run by a mad centibillionaire. That’s a future that could be ours — whole argument of "Road to Unfreedom" — but also one we can stop — see "On Tyranny" and "On Freedom."
www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/w...
TV's Impious Puppets: On Kremlin's Hit List? (Published 2000)
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Twenty years after the comedy went silent, Russia is a sadistic, warmongering fascist regime run by a mad centibillionaire. That’s a future that could be ours — whole argument of "Road to Unfreedom" — but also one we can stop — see "On Tyranny" and "On Freedom."
www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/w...
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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For nearly a century, US law has forbidden excessive consolidation in media, both as business antitrust (ensure fair competition) and so multiple opinions and perspectives could be heard.
That was before anti-democracy leaders wanted media consolidation under their ideologically-aligned oligarchs.
That was before anti-democracy leaders wanted media consolidation under their ideologically-aligned oligarchs.
The Ellisons are reportedly coming for Warner Bros. Discovery next
The Ellisons are reportedly coming for Warner Bros. Discovery next
www.avclub.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
For nearly a century, US law has forbidden excessive consolidation in media, both as business antitrust (ensure fair competition) and so multiple opinions and perspectives could be heard.
That was before anti-democracy leaders wanted media consolidation under their ideologically-aligned oligarchs.
That was before anti-democracy leaders wanted media consolidation under their ideologically-aligned oligarchs.
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll cover the agenda-setting and flood of disinformation that spread on X and other platforms right after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. It’s far from the first or last time a tragedy has been weaponized for political purposes.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll cover the agenda-setting and flood of disinformation that spread on X and other platforms right after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. It’s far from the first or last time a tragedy has been weaponized for political purposes.
1/18
1/18
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll cover the autocratic concept of “Good Tsar, Bad Boyars”: the idea that the leader is wise and just, but constantly sabotaged by corrupt advisors. This narrative shields the ruler from blame, and it’s used by both Putin and Trump today.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll cover the autocratic concept of “Good Tsar, Bad Boyars”: the idea that the leader is wise and just, but constantly sabotaged by corrupt advisors. This narrative shields the ruler from blame, and it’s used by both Putin and Trump today.
1/20
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The release shows that key emails were likely drafted by Russian intelligence. Is that not the opposite of what it was supposed to show?www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/...
‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows (Gift Article)
An annex to a report by the special counsel John H. Durham was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The release shows that key emails were likely drafted by Russian intelligence. Is that not the opposite of what it was supposed to show?www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/...
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@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social is teaming up with @wildhornets.bsky.social and the 69thSB to raise funds for #NAFO Trucks and drones!
Trucks and drones are among the most efficient ways we can help Ukrainian defenders 🫡
Let’s give this campaign a boost! 🚀
🔗 www.help99.co/patches/spec...
Trucks and drones are among the most efficient ways we can help Ukrainian defenders 🫡
Let’s give this campaign a boost! 🚀
🔗 www.help99.co/patches/spec...
Special Kherson Cat 13th NAFO Campaign
Special Kherson Cat teams up with the Wild Hornets and 69th Sniffing Briagde to raise funds for drones and trucks on the frontline.
www.help99.co
July 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social is teaming up with @wildhornets.bsky.social and the 69thSB to raise funds for #NAFO Trucks and drones!
Trucks and drones are among the most efficient ways we can help Ukrainian defenders 🫡
Let’s give this campaign a boost! 🚀
🔗 www.help99.co/patches/spec...
Trucks and drones are among the most efficient ways we can help Ukrainian defenders 🫡
Let’s give this campaign a boost! 🚀
🔗 www.help99.co/patches/spec...
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce a Russian politician and First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Sergey Kiriyenko. He’s best known for running both domestic and foreign disinformation and propaganda operations for the Kremlin.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce a Russian politician and First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Sergey Kiriyenko. He’s best known for running both domestic and foreign disinformation and propaganda operations for the Kremlin.
1/20
1/20
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an American lawyer and politician, Mike Lee. He’s best-known for opposing the aid to Ukraine, undermining NATO by calling the US to withdraw from the alliance, and for fighting with a bunch of braindead dogs online.
1/21
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July 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an American lawyer and politician, Mike Lee. He’s best-known for opposing the aid to Ukraine, undermining NATO by calling the US to withdraw from the alliance, and for fighting with a bunch of braindead dogs online.
1/21
1/21
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In today’s Vatnik Soup and the “Degenerate Russia” series, I’ll show you the brutal reality of Russian war crimes, in particular the horrific tortures and sexual abuses of children, women and men.
Buckle up, this one is not for the faint-hearted.
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Buckle up, this one is not for the faint-hearted.
1/24
June 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In today’s Vatnik Soup and the “Degenerate Russia” series, I’ll show you the brutal reality of Russian war crimes, in particular the horrific tortures and sexual abuses of children, women and men.
Buckle up, this one is not for the faint-hearted.
1/24
Buckle up, this one is not for the faint-hearted.
1/24
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June treasury data came in today, and Americans paid a record $27B in tariffs & related DHS excise taxes this month—for an annualized pace of more than $300B/year
The graph of intense pain & suffering keeps getting worse
The graph of intense pain & suffering keeps getting worse
June 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
June treasury data came in today, and Americans paid a record $27B in tariffs & related DHS excise taxes this month—for an annualized pace of more than $300B/year
The graph of intense pain & suffering keeps getting worse
The graph of intense pain & suffering keeps getting worse
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce the main themes of Russian disinformation on TikTok. Each day, there are thousands of new videos promoting pro-Kremlin narratives and propaganda.
It’s worth noting that Russians can only access European TikTok via VPN.
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It’s worth noting that Russians can only access European TikTok via VPN.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce the main themes of Russian disinformation on TikTok. Each day, there are thousands of new videos promoting pro-Kremlin narratives and propaganda.
It’s worth noting that Russians can only access European TikTok via VPN.
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It’s worth noting that Russians can only access European TikTok via VPN.
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an American social media influencer, Benny Johnson. He’s best known for his plagiarism while working as a clickbait “journalist”, and for being paid by the Kremlin to spread anti-Ukraine and anti-Democratic narratives.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an American social media influencer, Benny Johnson. He’s best known for his plagiarism while working as a clickbait “journalist”, and for being paid by the Kremlin to spread anti-Ukraine and anti-Democratic narratives.
1/23
1/23
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In today’s May 9th Vatnik Soup, we discuss the ambiguous relationship of the Kremlin with Nazism and explain why so many vatniks can be outright Nazis, or even promote or excuse them while at the same time being so hysterical about alleged “Nazis in Ukraine”.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In today’s May 9th Vatnik Soup, we discuss the ambiguous relationship of the Kremlin with Nazism and explain why so many vatniks can be outright Nazis, or even promote or excuse them while at the same time being so hysterical about alleged “Nazis in Ukraine”.
1/23
1/23
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Great news, everyone. A surveillance company started by Peter Thiel is part of the hackathon playing with our data at IRS.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
For the last three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a "mega API," WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Great news, everyone. A surveillance company started by Peter Thiel is part of the hackathon playing with our data at IRS.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
www.wired.com/story/palant...
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Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland
By @mortenhammeken.bsky.social and Yours Truly:
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/07/t...
By @mortenhammeken.bsky.social and Yours Truly:
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/07/t...
'Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland'
The 'many similarities' between the Trump administration and Putin's autocratic regime
bylinetimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland
By @mortenhammeken.bsky.social and Yours Truly:
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/07/t...
By @mortenhammeken.bsky.social and Yours Truly:
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/07/t...
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In today’s Vatnik Soup REBREW, I’ll introduce a Russian ultra-nationalist propagandist and “philosopher”, Aleksandr Dugin. He’s best-known for his blueprint on Russia’s geopolitical strategy and for his genocidal rhetoric towards Ukrainians.
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April 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In today’s Vatnik Soup REBREW, I’ll introduce a Russian ultra-nationalist propagandist and “philosopher”, Aleksandr Dugin. He’s best-known for his blueprint on Russia’s geopolitical strategy and for his genocidal rhetoric towards Ukrainians.
1/17
1/17
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce Russian propagandist Sergei Tsaulin. He’s best-known for spreading pro-Kremlin narratives in Estonia, fleeing to Russia after breaking several laws in Estonia, and almost getting blown up by a bomb in St. Petersburg.
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April 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce Russian propagandist Sergei Tsaulin. He’s best-known for spreading pro-Kremlin narratives in Estonia, fleeing to Russia after breaking several laws in Estonia, and almost getting blown up by a bomb in St. Petersburg.
1/17
1/17
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll talk about the takeover of social media by illiberal, populist influencers. For the last ten years, social media has been dominated by these voices and it is one of the main reasons for the political rise of people like Trump and Orban.
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March 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll talk about the takeover of social media by illiberal, populist influencers. For the last ten years, social media has been dominated by these voices and it is one of the main reasons for the political rise of people like Trump and Orban.
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Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
wrd.cm
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
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By this reasoning, any American can be deported to El Salvador at any time, since in both absolute numbers and relative proportions US citizens murder more people than undocumented migrants do.
By this reasoning, the instant someone is accused of murder, we can do what we want to them because the murder victim didn't have due process. Or if someone is accused of theft, because the victim didn't get due process.
This is beyond just wrong. It's evil.
This is beyond just wrong. It's evil.
KARL: Do they have any due process at all?
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
March 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By this reasoning, any American can be deported to El Salvador at any time, since in both absolute numbers and relative proportions US citizens murder more people than undocumented migrants do.
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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🇬🇪 It’s #ToonieTuesday! 🇬🇪
This week we are supporting @gior.bsky.social Commander of the Georgian Pilots Group part of the 28th Brigade in raising money for jammers, night vision and mavic 3s.
Donate €2 £2 $2 📬screenshot in replies & repost
🅿️🅿️: lifetreeof2@gmail.com
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#NAFO #Ukraine #FUNDRUA
This week we are supporting @gior.bsky.social Commander of the Georgian Pilots Group part of the 28th Brigade in raising money for jammers, night vision and mavic 3s.
Donate €2 £2 $2 📬screenshot in replies & repost
🅿️🅿️: lifetreeof2@gmail.com
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#NAFO #Ukraine #FUNDRUA
March 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🇬🇪 It’s #ToonieTuesday! 🇬🇪
This week we are supporting @gior.bsky.social Commander of the Georgian Pilots Group part of the 28th Brigade in raising money for jammers, night vision and mavic 3s.
Donate €2 £2 $2 📬screenshot in replies & repost
🅿️🅿️: lifetreeof2@gmail.com
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#NAFO #Ukraine #FUNDRUA
This week we are supporting @gior.bsky.social Commander of the Georgian Pilots Group part of the 28th Brigade in raising money for jammers, night vision and mavic 3s.
Donate €2 £2 $2 📬screenshot in replies & repost
🅿️🅿️: lifetreeof2@gmail.com
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#NAFO #Ukraine #FUNDRUA
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an Estonian businessman turned far-right politician and conspiracy theorist, Harry Raudvere. Raudvere is best-known for his neo-Nazi and pro-Kremlin politics, for his lingerie businesses, and for spreading anti-Estonia propaganda.
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March 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an Estonian businessman turned far-right politician and conspiracy theorist, Harry Raudvere. Raudvere is best-known for his neo-Nazi and pro-Kremlin politics, for his lingerie businesses, and for spreading anti-Estonia propaganda.
1/17
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TLDR: #AutopenGate is disinformation that originated with The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project
“As the Federal Register's digitized documents do not represent what the signature looks like on the original documents, the Oversight Project's claim lacks credibility.”
“As the Federal Register's digitized documents do not represent what the signature looks like on the original documents, the Oversight Project's claim lacks credibility.”
Biden may have signed documents with autopen — like many presidents before him
U.S. presidents have used autopens since Thomas Jefferson; the first to use an autopen to sign a law was Barack Obama.
www.snopes.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
TLDR: #AutopenGate is disinformation that originated with The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project
“As the Federal Register's digitized documents do not represent what the signature looks like on the original documents, the Oversight Project's claim lacks credibility.”
“As the Federal Register's digitized documents do not represent what the signature looks like on the original documents, the Oversight Project's claim lacks credibility.”