Halli Thorst
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Halli Thorst
@hallithorst.bsky.social
Ex radio guy and journo. In Iceland.
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Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.

We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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The 28-point wishlist from the kremlin is sucking oxygen out of every newsroom.

Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces

Hot off the press nypost.com/2025/11/22/o...
The Ukraine ‘peace plan’ distracts from the real issue: why Russia’s desperate to keep fighting
Say what you will about President Trump’s methods, but his wish to end Russia’s war is genuine. The problem is Moscow doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants Ukraine in pieces. A panicking Vladimir…
nypost.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza.

Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...
In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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BOMBSHELL: Rep. Raskin says DOJ killed SDNY’s active investigation of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring IN 2025! Instead of pursuing 20+ traffickers, Trump ordered a political hit job disguised as an investigation to block the release of the Epstein files. PSA to SDNY: Don’t do it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It's a back to sanity mass movement.

In Virgina D held 51 seats in the House compared to R’s 49, a slim margin. D now hold 64 seats compared to R's 36 — the best position the party has held in decades.
commonwealthtimes.org/2025/11/05/e...
ELECTION 2025: Democrats dramatically expand control over General Assembly
Democrats flipped 13 House of Delegates seats through the statewide election on Nov. 4. The party came out of the night with an impending trifecta — only several seats shy of a supermajority.Before El...
commonwealthtimes.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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He. is. out. of. control.
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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They distract from truth with lies.
It's all they have, and it sells.
It's not so much those on stage that are the problem, it's the audience.
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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He. is. out. of. control.
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.

It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies

But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
These are the only people authorized to cover the US military now
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Q: “Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?”

Donald Trump: “Suspending WHO?”

Q: “Habeas corpus.”

Donald Trump: “I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.”

WE ARE BEING LED BY COMPLETE IMBECILES.

He is such a fucking idiot.
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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This is fascism.
October 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Generals don't seem quite as pepped for that as the drunkard and the felon, though.
Good lord
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
October 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The 16 largest pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation websites churn out more content than all Czech traditional media outlets combined. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Russia floods Czech election with disinformation as Babiš leads in polls
If the populist right-winger wins he could well side with Putin-friendly EU leaders Orbán and Fico.
www.politico.eu
October 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A torrent of Russian disinfo drowns out Czechian media and you get this
1/5 For Czech readers: voting for ANO is helping Putin’s Russia.

Babiš is not just a politician. He is Putin’s favored candidate in Czechia.

Do not be like Hungary and Slovakia.

If you do not want to support Russia, do not vote ANO
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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New article! On criminal complicity -- and some other things: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-united...
The United States of Flying Carp
The stupidest way to get injured.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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October 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quite
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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The Right is nakedly trying to make it illegal to call them fascists which is about the most obviously fascist thing you could come up with.
September 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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War-ravaged Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM