Bob Bowden
@rbowden2.bsky.social
Retired agricultural scientist. Hobbies: bird watching, fishing, hiking, biking, orchids, cooking, and gardening. Political centrist. Issues: climate change, democracy, the Rule of Law, disinformation, identity politics
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Bob Bowden
@rbowden2.bsky.social
· Mar 27
Trump is a grand saboteur of the entire Western world. If he is not a Russian agent, it is a distinction without a difference.
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The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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The Finnish FM
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Finnish FM
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I have repeatedly heard from Russian (not US) sources that in meetings with Witkoff, Russian negotiators have repeatedly requested that Russian émigrés in the US be arrested and sent back to Moscow as offerings—Harvard biologist Ksenia Petrova is one, Garry Kasparov is another. Witkoff never says no
December 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I have repeatedly heard from Russian (not US) sources that in meetings with Witkoff, Russian negotiators have repeatedly requested that Russian émigrés in the US be arrested and sent back to Moscow as offerings—Harvard biologist Ksenia Petrova is one, Garry Kasparov is another. Witkoff never says no
What did we get from the Russians in our brilliant negotiations?
December 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What did we get from the Russians in our brilliant negotiations?
Tulsi Gabbard. From Russia With Love.
In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
December 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Tulsi Gabbard. From Russia With Love.
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We now know that just as Putin was keen to oust Gen Kellogg as Ukraine negotiator and replace him with his hand-picked choice, Steve Witkoff, Putin was also determined that Tulsi Gabbard be installed as DNI atop the intelligence community. She had served him faithfully in that position.
December 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We now know that just as Putin was keen to oust Gen Kellogg as Ukraine negotiator and replace him with his hand-picked choice, Steve Witkoff, Putin was also determined that Tulsi Gabbard be installed as DNI atop the intelligence community. She had served him faithfully in that position.
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Journalists: For the love of God, please ask Trump what concessions he has demanded from Putin.
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Journalists: For the love of God, please ask Trump what concessions he has demanded from Putin.
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Kristen Welker will be "interviewing" Todd Blanche on MTP tomorrow.
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
December 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Kristen Welker will be "interviewing" Todd Blanche on MTP tomorrow.
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
Got that right!
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Got that right!
If you aren't obedient to Trump's corrupt demands, you will be severely punished. Yup, that's tyranny.
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you aren't obedient to Trump's corrupt demands, you will be severely punished. Yup, that's tyranny.
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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It's not luck, though - it was a decades-long effort by Russia to get the US to this point. The people with power and influence now have been built up for years, with a goal of installing a compliant government that would hand over Ukraine. See thread.
Jan 6 could not have happened without the far-right online propagandists who promoted it. That world did not arise organically: influencers were paid to push ideas, then amplified by bots. Charting their rise shows the ramp-up after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. 3/
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's not luck, though - it was a decades-long effort by Russia to get the US to this point. The people with power and influence now have been built up for years, with a goal of installing a compliant government that would hand over Ukraine. See thread.
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I know there is a lot going on right now but Trump continues to light all the levers of American global power on fire and hand huge wins to Russia and China. It is a form of national surrender, of unprecedented sabotage, that will leave this nation less prosperous, less safe, and far less free.
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I know there is a lot going on right now but Trump continues to light all the levers of American global power on fire and hand huge wins to Russia and China. It is a form of national surrender, of unprecedented sabotage, that will leave this nation less prosperous, less safe, and far less free.
Trump is degrading our outrage so that he can get away with pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. #epsteinfiles
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Trump is degrading our outrage so that he can get away with pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. #epsteinfiles
Every day, Trump pardons another unrepentant criminal, despite all the work done by investigators, prosecutors, judges, and juries. Some are quid pro quo deals, but others are simply scoundrels. The point is to desensitize us to the pardoning of Ghislaine Maxwell, which will be happening soon.
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Every day, Trump pardons another unrepentant criminal, despite all the work done by investigators, prosecutors, judges, and juries. Some are quid pro quo deals, but others are simply scoundrels. The point is to desensitize us to the pardoning of Ghislaine Maxwell, which will be happening soon.
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It’s not that complicated, people.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s not that complicated, people.
She's a true leader.
We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
She's a true leader.
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Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
For the love of Pete. Get off of the hellsite formerly known as Twitter.
This weekend confirmed what many suspected.
Some of the loudest MAGA voices on X aren’t even American.
They’re foreign operators posing as us to fracture our democracy. 🧵👇
Some of the loudest MAGA voices on X aren’t even American.
They’re foreign operators posing as us to fracture our democracy. 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
For the love of Pete. Get off of the hellsite formerly known as Twitter.
Why are we surrendering to Russia?
Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Why are we surrendering to Russia?
Trump is Putin's puppet
Trump diktat to Ukraine shameful. Russia will use pause to rearm and prepare next phase of seizing all Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Trump is Putin's puppet
Trump is totally wrong on the law, wrong on morals, and bad for America. He must be impeached.
The president of the United States just called for the execution of his political opponents. We cannot normalize this. This is a moment for moral clarity.
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Trump is totally wrong on the law, wrong on morals, and bad for America. He must be impeached.
Trump is a truly bad person. Republicans are cowards.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Trump is a truly bad person. Republicans are cowards.
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The Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche, was outed running the Epstein coverup from his office in the Department of Justice. Emails released this week show that his interview with Ghislaine Maxwell was a sham and a betrayal. youtube.com/shorts/hQeKb...
Todd Blanche’s Big Betrayal
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche, was outed running the Epstein coverup from his office in the Department of Justice. Emails released this week show that his interview with Ghislaine Maxwell was a sham and a betrayal. youtube.com/shorts/hQeKb...