@dragon-nana.bsky.social
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We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
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The paperback edition of #OnFreedom is out today. It preserves a positive argument about how to build a better country and has been updated to account for what has happened in 2025.
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The paperback edition of #OnFreedom is out today. It preserves a positive argument about how to build a better country and has been updated to account for what has happened in 2025.
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
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Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
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When you yearn for your exaggerated problem to be as bad as you imagine it to be www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
MAGA Media Keeps Thirsting for Left-Wing Violence
. . . even if that means they have to invent it.
www.thebulwark.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
When you yearn for your exaggerated problem to be as bad as you imagine it to be www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media...
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#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Periodic reminder that this scheming half-wit Goebbels isn’t even a lawyer.
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Periodic reminder that this scheming half-wit Goebbels isn’t even a lawyer.
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Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
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We have leverage over Russia in that when we delay or signal doubt on Ukraine's cause, the Russians attack more and harder. In that sense, we are also participating in the killing of Ukrainians. www.thebulwark.com/p/mixed-sign...
Mixed Signals from Washington Cost Lives in Ukraine
Dithering, delaying, and doubting only invite Russian attacks.
www.thebulwark.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We have leverage over Russia in that when we delay or signal doubt on Ukraine's cause, the Russians attack more and harder. In that sense, we are also participating in the killing of Ukrainians. www.thebulwark.com/p/mixed-sign...
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"Mayors and governors are saying no to these invasions. But Trump insists that residents are saying yes. Once again, Trump is faking consent." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's violations - and odd moment of honesty: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
Trump Admits Americans Didn’t Vote for His Military Crackdowns
Yet he and his party keep pretending they have a mandate.
www.thebulwark.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"Mayors and governors are saying no to these invasions. But Trump insists that residents are saying yes. Once again, Trump is faking consent." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's violations - and odd moment of honesty: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
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“Trumpist culture wars have made almost everything more expensive,” Adam Serwer writes, “effectively forcing all Americans to pay an anti-woke tax”:
The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying
Better broke than woke, right?
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Trumpist culture wars have made almost everything more expensive,” Adam Serwer writes, “effectively forcing all Americans to pay an anti-woke tax”:
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Trump’s Secretary of Lying shared the “your mom” text exchange — where she wouldn’t answer who picked Hungary as the site of the Putin-Trump meeting
@svdate.bsky.social tried to explain the significance, which is almost definitely lost on her (and Trump)
@svdate.bsky.social tried to explain the significance, which is almost definitely lost on her (and Trump)
October 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump’s Secretary of Lying shared the “your mom” text exchange — where she wouldn’t answer who picked Hungary as the site of the Putin-Trump meeting
@svdate.bsky.social tried to explain the significance, which is almost definitely lost on her (and Trump)
@svdate.bsky.social tried to explain the significance, which is almost definitely lost on her (and Trump)
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"Those who study the law and are experts on the balance of power warn that unless Congress reasserts its authority soon, we may end up unable to repair the guardrails that have held our government together for centuries."
The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government
It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.
www.thebulwark.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Those who study the law and are experts on the balance of power warn that unless Congress reasserts its authority soon, we may end up unable to repair the guardrails that have held our government together for centuries."
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History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
www.nbcnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
October 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
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The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s the moral foundation of America, Elaine Pagels writes—and it’s worth preserving.
The Moral Foundation of America
The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s worth preserving.
bit.ly
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s the moral foundation of America, Elaine Pagels writes—and it’s worth preserving.
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4/ Congressman Dan Goldman promised to follow up on the incident, which he called another example of “secret police officers who are attacking our communities with excessive violence…and they just think that they can do it with impunity, because nobody is holding them accountable.”
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
4/ Congressman Dan Goldman promised to follow up on the incident, which he called another example of “secret police officers who are attacking our communities with excessive violence…and they just think that they can do it with impunity, because nobody is holding them accountable.”
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Hmm, "We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor" is a little like calling people Nazis. It it's free speech when Kirk says it, it's free speech for everyone.
@saletan.bsky.social on the right's free-speech double standard:
@saletan.bsky.social on the right's free-speech double standard:
Charlie Kirk’s Rules of Free Speech
Republicans want to prosecute the left for incendiary words that could lead to violence. They should read Kirk’s own incendiary words first.
www.thebulwark.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hmm, "We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor" is a little like calling people Nazis. It it's free speech when Kirk says it, it's free speech for everyone.
@saletan.bsky.social on the right's free-speech double standard:
@saletan.bsky.social on the right's free-speech double standard:
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Q: “You say that President Putin has let you down…What are your next steps to compel an end to this war?”
Trump: “He has let me down. I mean, he's killing many people and he's losing more people than he's killing.”
Trump: “He has let me down. I mean, he's killing many people and he's losing more people than he's killing.”
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Q: “You say that President Putin has let you down…What are your next steps to compel an end to this war?”
Trump: “He has let me down. I mean, he's killing many people and he's losing more people than he's killing.”
Trump: “He has let me down. I mean, he's killing many people and he's losing more people than he's killing.”
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
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🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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The National Guardners
September 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The National Guardners
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KOH: “Trump Stripped 1 million workers’ bargaining rights while plastering his face on the Labor Dept… Closed miner health clinics… Cut $2.4 Billion from youth & senior job programs…
This is the real story of Trump & Labor.” #LaborDay
This is the real story of Trump & Labor.” #LaborDay
September 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
KOH: “Trump Stripped 1 million workers’ bargaining rights while plastering his face on the Labor Dept… Closed miner health clinics… Cut $2.4 Billion from youth & senior job programs…
This is the real story of Trump & Labor.” #LaborDay
This is the real story of Trump & Labor.” #LaborDay
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Thousands upon thousands of schoolchildren visit this deeply affecting museum each year and if we truly mean to educate them with the goal of "Never Again," they deserve truth and historical accuracy in all respects.
The US Holocaust Museum is planning to "upgrade" its exhibit on the US response to Nazi Germany, and staff are concerned the Trump administration wants to downplay the extent to which the Immigration Act of 1924 doomed more European Jews to die. abcnews.go.com/US/upcoming-...
Upcoming 'upgrade' to Holocaust Museum exhibit on US response to Nazi Germany sparks some staff concerns: Sources
A Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit will temporarily close for upgrades, sparking concern from some staff over potential changes amid President Trump's review of museums.
abcnews.go.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thousands upon thousands of schoolchildren visit this deeply affecting museum each year and if we truly mean to educate them with the goal of "Never Again," they deserve truth and historical accuracy in all respects.