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Curious by nature in all things, especially geopolitics and science.
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Alexander Skobov’s closing statement at the trial. He is a Russian journalist opposing Putin's tyranny set to die in Russian gulag.
Source: Grani.Ru (Facebook), 15 January 2025. Translated by Thomas Campbell (aka the Russian Reader). 🧵
Source: Grani.Ru (Facebook), 15 January 2025. Translated by Thomas Campbell (aka the Russian Reader). 🧵
When I read these words I read them with a different oligarch in mind. "Crush all vipers" is our resistance call! #crushtheviper #alexanderskobov
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FACT: California sends $83 billion more to the federal government than we get back.
Trump can talk down on California all he wants, but California pays his bills.
Trump can talk down on California all he wants, but California pays his bills.
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
FACT: California sends $83 billion more to the federal government than we get back.
Trump can talk down on California all he wants, but California pays his bills.
Trump can talk down on California all he wants, but California pays his bills.
California joins WHO just a day after the US quits. What a power move @governor.ca.gov !
January 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM
California joins WHO just a day after the US quits. What a power move @governor.ca.gov !
When people idolize the past, in this particular case the middle ages, people will have to learn the hard way why the progress is called progress.
Breaking News: Rejecting decades of science, the chair of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said that shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional. The vaccines are credited with preventing disability and millions of deaths worldwide.
Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional, Rejecting Decades of Science
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:36 PM
When people idolize the past, in this particular case the middle ages, people will have to learn the hard way why the progress is called progress.
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Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
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@repcuellar.govpeeps.us
What's good?
Guess that pardon bought your security and votes, damn the rest of us.
Voting for more ICE funding along MAGA party lines??
I'm one of your constituents who leaves countless vms/emails only to receive the same blanket email response each time.
(F*king Cont.)
What's good?
Guess that pardon bought your security and votes, damn the rest of us.
Voting for more ICE funding along MAGA party lines??
I'm one of your constituents who leaves countless vms/emails only to receive the same blanket email response each time.
(F*king Cont.)
January 23, 2026 at 12:50 AM
@repcuellar.govpeeps.us
What's good?
Guess that pardon bought your security and votes, damn the rest of us.
Voting for more ICE funding along MAGA party lines??
I'm one of your constituents who leaves countless vms/emails only to receive the same blanket email response each time.
(F*king Cont.)
What's good?
Guess that pardon bought your security and votes, damn the rest of us.
Voting for more ICE funding along MAGA party lines??
I'm one of your constituents who leaves countless vms/emails only to receive the same blanket email response each time.
(F*king Cont.)
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“Canada cannot solve all the world’s problems, but we can show that another way is possible: that the arc of history isn’t destined to be warped towards authoritarianism and exclusion, it can still bend towards progress and justice,” Prime Minister Carney said.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Mark Carney says Canada must ‘be a beacon to a world that’s at sea’
In post-Davos speech, Canadian PM jabs at Trump, saying the arc of history ‘can still bend towards progress and justice’
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
“Canada cannot solve all the world’s problems, but we can show that another way is possible: that the arc of history isn’t destined to be warped towards authoritarianism and exclusion, it can still bend towards progress and justice,” Prime Minister Carney said.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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January 22, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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Judge William Young ends his order protecting noncitizen students targeted for deportation for their activism or speech with this quotation.
It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Judge William Young ends his order protecting noncitizen students targeted for deportation for their activism or speech with this quotation.
It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
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Trump: “Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks.”
January 23, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Trump: “Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks.”
Looking for another way to shoot yourself in your foot, US?
US withdraws from the World Health Organization | Reuters share.google/QoTE3vbFHHIP...
US withdraws from the World Health Organization | Reuters share.google/QoTE3vbFHHIP...
US withdraws from the World Health Organization
The United States officially left the World Health Organization on Thursday after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the U.S. and globally, saying its decision reflected fail...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Looking for another way to shoot yourself in your foot, US?
US withdraws from the World Health Organization | Reuters share.google/QoTE3vbFHHIP...
US withdraws from the World Health Organization | Reuters share.google/QoTE3vbFHHIP...
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"There is no strategy behind this exercise in superpower suicide other than the president’s own narcissism, greed, and his general frustration at never being respected by the elites whose favor he desires more than anything." — @vermontgmg.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/donald...
www.wired.com/story/donald...
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"There is no strategy behind this exercise in superpower suicide other than the president’s own narcissism, greed, and his general frustration at never being respected by the elites whose favor he desires more than anything." — @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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Swedish pension fund Alecta cuts US Treasury holdings, citing policy uncertainty | Reuters share.google/V4FCQGLtq8wL...
Swedish pension fund Alecta cuts US Treasury holdings, citing policy uncertainty
Swedish pension fund Alecta has sold most of its holdings in U.S. Treasuries over the last year because of the increased risk and unpredictability of U.S. politics, the fund's chief investment officer...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Swedish pension fund Alecta cuts US Treasury holdings, citing policy uncertainty | Reuters share.google/V4FCQGLtq8wL...
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All you need to know about his parenting.
Robots to watch your kids. Sounds like his kind of parenting.
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
All you need to know about his parenting.
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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1/7 U.S. scientific innovation cannot recover from this in the near future. For a while, it was reversible. Not anymore. The best-case scenario is that we recover within a decade, but at that point, competitors will likely have eclipsed us.
I did not expect U.S. decline to be a story of suicide.
I did not expect U.S. decline to be a story of suicide.
January 22, 2026 at 4:29 PM
1/7 U.S. scientific innovation cannot recover from this in the near future. For a while, it was reversible. Not anymore. The best-case scenario is that we recover within a decade, but at that point, competitors will likely have eclipsed us.
I did not expect U.S. decline to be a story of suicide.
I did not expect U.S. decline to be a story of suicide.
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Where is Cardinal Dolan? Bishop Robert Barron? Their silence is deafening !
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Where is Cardinal Dolan? Bishop Robert Barron? Their silence is deafening !
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
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The Indifference of Bishop Barron to His Neighbors
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The Indifference of Bishop Barron to His Neighbors
And: a prayer for Minneapolis
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:54 AM
The Indifference of Bishop Barron to His Neighbors
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Just sit down and be quiet... According to Bishop Barron. What a servant of Satan!
As a Catholic, my response to Bishop Barron is that he should fuck all of the way off.
I almost preferred when the bishop of Winona Rochester said nothing as opposed to the “Modest Proposal”.
Vichy France ass logic: Only deport those who are suspicious. Stop harassing the police. Protests are the real extremism. Everyone breathe. National unity restored! Travail, Famille, Patrie!
Vichy France ass logic: Only deport those who are suspicious. Stop harassing the police. Protests are the real extremism. Everyone breathe. National unity restored! Travail, Famille, Patrie!
January 21, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Just sit down and be quiet... According to Bishop Barron. What a servant of Satan!
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Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.
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“A sitting US president stole $500 million in another country’s oil money and transferred it into an account in Qatar and it’s barely making headlines… Gee, I wonder why?!” @jerasikehorn.bsky.social
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM
“A sitting US president stole $500 million in another country’s oil money and transferred it into an account in Qatar and it’s barely making headlines… Gee, I wonder why?!” @jerasikehorn.bsky.social
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Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Trump:
"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
January 20, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Trump:
"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
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“European countries own $8 trillion of US bonds and equities, almost twice as much as the rest of the world combined,” according to George Saravelos, head of FX research at Deutsche Bank.
More here: finance.yahoo.com/news/europe-...
More here: finance.yahoo.com/news/europe-...
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
“European countries own $8 trillion of US bonds and equities, almost twice as much as the rest of the world combined,” according to George Saravelos, head of FX research at Deutsche Bank.
More here: finance.yahoo.com/news/europe-...
More here: finance.yahoo.com/news/europe-...
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Well then…
Macron: "What we need is more Chinese foreign direct investment in Europe in some key sectors to contribute to our growth."
January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Well then…