@farw.bsky.social
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Here is a link to the story. US warns Europe against giving frozen Russian billions to Ukraine
www.thetimes.com/article/768c...
www.thetimes.com/article/768c...
US warns Europe against giving frozen Russian billions to Ukraine
As European leaders prepare to meet on Thursday, Washington is pressuring them to abandon plans to seize assets because they ‘are going to have to give it back’
www.thetimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Here is a link to the story. US warns Europe against giving frozen Russian billions to Ukraine
www.thetimes.com/article/768c...
www.thetimes.com/article/768c...
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The generals aren’t applauding Trump’s partisan speech because they are strictly apolitical. But I imagine their silence will only feed Trump’s animus against the generals. The generals should never have been put in this untenable position.
Trump opens with a threat to the generals:
"I've never walked into a room so silent … Have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud ... If you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future. but you just feel nice and loose."
"I've never walked into a room so silent … Have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud ... If you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future. but you just feel nice and loose."
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The generals aren’t applauding Trump’s partisan speech because they are strictly apolitical. But I imagine their silence will only feed Trump’s animus against the generals. The generals should never have been put in this untenable position.
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Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.
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So, Hegseth called all the flag officers to Quantico so he could peacock on stage and film it for his clips and Trump just big footed him and is showing up.
It’s so on brand for this perpetual clown show of narcissists.
It’s so on brand for this perpetual clown show of narcissists.
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
So, Hegseth called all the flag officers to Quantico so he could peacock on stage and film it for his clips and Trump just big footed him and is showing up.
It’s so on brand for this perpetual clown show of narcissists.
It’s so on brand for this perpetual clown show of narcissists.
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Es gibt keine blaue Welle! Das müssen wir uns klar machen, vor allem nach den NRW-Kommunalwahlen.
Die AfD konnten kein einziges größeres Rathaus oder eine Kreisverwaltung in NRW direkt übernehmen.
Die Beispiele häufen sich, in denen die AfD als Verlierer aus den Wahlen hervorgeht. Gut so!
Die AfD konnten kein einziges größeres Rathaus oder eine Kreisverwaltung in NRW direkt übernehmen.
Die Beispiele häufen sich, in denen die AfD als Verlierer aus den Wahlen hervorgeht. Gut so!
Meinung: Die Lage am Morgen – Die AfD in NRW – in Wahrheit eine Loser-Truppe
Die AfD holt bei der Kommunalwahl in NRW bislang kein einziges größeres Rathaus oder Landratsamt. Die Uno informiert über die Lage in Gaza. Und in der Türkei entscheidet sich die Zukunft der Oppositio...
www.spiegel.de
September 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Es gibt keine blaue Welle! Das müssen wir uns klar machen, vor allem nach den NRW-Kommunalwahlen.
Die AfD konnten kein einziges größeres Rathaus oder eine Kreisverwaltung in NRW direkt übernehmen.
Die Beispiele häufen sich, in denen die AfD als Verlierer aus den Wahlen hervorgeht. Gut so!
Die AfD konnten kein einziges größeres Rathaus oder eine Kreisverwaltung in NRW direkt übernehmen.
Die Beispiele häufen sich, in denen die AfD als Verlierer aus den Wahlen hervorgeht. Gut so!
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I think the disconnect we’re seeing online is between pundits who are imagining a Charlie Kirk in their heads and professors who have lived for a decade with the (often literal) targets he and his anti-free speech organization placed on their backs.
Weird how when a Trump supporter, white supremacist, and reportedly, a former member of Turning Point USA shot up Florida State University (FSU) several months ago and killed two people - there wasn't the same national conversation about "political violence." www.mediaite.com/news/mass-sh...
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I think the disconnect we’re seeing online is between pundits who are imagining a Charlie Kirk in their heads and professors who have lived for a decade with the (often literal) targets he and his anti-free speech organization placed on their backs.
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I forget who said it first, but one of the most profound things I’ve ever read on here was that the culture of the manosphere isn’t about men, it’s about boys - as in, appealing to the parts of their brain that miss being 14 with no responsibilities, playing video games while Mom makes them snacks
The people I actually know, in real life, who listen to Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson are 45 and think they're 22, which explains a lot of things.
The narrative that young people were going reactionary was always bullshit.
July 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I forget who said it first, but one of the most profound things I’ve ever read on here was that the culture of the manosphere isn’t about men, it’s about boys - as in, appealing to the parts of their brain that miss being 14 with no responsibilities, playing video games while Mom makes them snacks
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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For 50 years GOP has relied on 3 big scams:
*deficits pose civilizational threat (when Dem is in WH)
*tax cuts for rich pay for themselves
*safety net cuts needed to purge welfare cheats
w/this bill, Trump's "working class GOP" is supercharging all three
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1976...
*deficits pose civilizational threat (when Dem is in WH)
*tax cuts for rich pay for themselves
*safety net cuts needed to purge welfare cheats
w/this bill, Trump's "working class GOP" is supercharging all three
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1976...
Trump Just Went Absolutely Nuclear in Screwing Over MAGA Voters
He has persuaded the media and many voters that he’s different from earlier Republicans on economics—but he’s now doubled-down on the GOP’s plutocratic agenda.
newrepublic.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For 50 years GOP has relied on 3 big scams:
*deficits pose civilizational threat (when Dem is in WH)
*tax cuts for rich pay for themselves
*safety net cuts needed to purge welfare cheats
w/this bill, Trump's "working class GOP" is supercharging all three
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1976...
*deficits pose civilizational threat (when Dem is in WH)
*tax cuts for rich pay for themselves
*safety net cuts needed to purge welfare cheats
w/this bill, Trump's "working class GOP" is supercharging all three
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1976...
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A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.
This is your legacy!
This is your legacy!
June 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.
This is your legacy!
This is your legacy!
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Remember: every day is shut the fuck up Friday. You do not need to speak to law enforcement. you do not need to identify yourself to law enforcement. if the cops come to your house, if the cops come to your car, if the cops come to your protest, shut the fuck up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWEp...
NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!
YouTube video by National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & MI
www.youtube.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Remember: every day is shut the fuck up Friday. You do not need to speak to law enforcement. you do not need to identify yourself to law enforcement. if the cops come to your house, if the cops come to your car, if the cops come to your protest, shut the fuck up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWEp...
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I don’t enjoy having to write a politics every week so I’d appreciate it if all of the important people could not be such big fat shitheads
www.sfgate.com/la/article/i...
www.sfgate.com/la/article/i...
If you're not standing with LA right now, you're the problem
"This is gaslighting of the most easily identifiable sort."
www.sfgate.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I don’t enjoy having to write a politics every week so I’d appreciate it if all of the important people could not be such big fat shitheads
www.sfgate.com/la/article/i...
www.sfgate.com/la/article/i...
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Senior officers of the United States military have an obligation to speak up and be leaders. Where is the Army chief of staff? Will he or others speak truth to the commander in chief and put a stop to the assault on the integrity of his troops? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Silence of the Generals
As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the Army’s brass failed to speak out in its defense.
www.theatlantic.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Senior officers of the United States military have an obligation to speak up and be leaders. Where is the Army chief of staff? Will he or others speak truth to the commander in chief and put a stop to the assault on the integrity of his troops? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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For the life of me I cannot figure out why Donald Trump is trying to destroy higher education
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
For the life of me I cannot figure out why Donald Trump is trying to destroy higher education
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this is with no exaggeration a david duke line
“Social solidarity is destroyed when you have too much migration too quickly,” JD Vance tells our columnist Ross Douthat in this episode of “Interesting Times.” “That’s not because I hate the migrants or I’m motivated by grievance. That’s because I’m trying to preserve something in my own country.”
Opinion | JD Vance on His Faith and Trump’s Most Controversial Policies
The vice president joins Ross Douthat in Rome to discuss immigration, trade and the new pope.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
this is with no exaggeration a david duke line
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Long time coming. The House of Representatives passed an amendment to an annual defense bill one year ago that would have outlawed this. The Senate did not. When the bills were merged in a backroom deal, the amendment vanished. This happened while Schumer led the Senate, but after Trump won.
May 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Long time coming. The House of Representatives passed an amendment to an annual defense bill one year ago that would have outlawed this. The Senate did not. When the bills were merged in a backroom deal, the amendment vanished. This happened while Schumer led the Senate, but after Trump won.
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the new surgeon general
May 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
the new surgeon general
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“You may shamelessly suck up, sell out your principles, betray your values, and flip-flop on all that you hold dear in the name of Trump, but it still won’t stop him from dumping you in a maximally embarrassing way.” @sbg1.bsky.social
Mike Waltz Learns the Hard Truth About Serving Donald Trump
On the national-security adviser’s sudden ouster.
www.newyorker.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“You may shamelessly suck up, sell out your principles, betray your values, and flip-flop on all that you hold dear in the name of Trump, but it still won’t stop him from dumping you in a maximally embarrassing way.” @sbg1.bsky.social
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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"Das hier ist eine Verfassungskrise”:
danke an Constantin Schreiber für die Einladung zum Gespräch!
youtu.be/nWTVuD0miVA?... via @YouTube
danke an Constantin Schreiber für die Einladung zum Gespräch!
youtu.be/nWTVuD0miVA?... via @YouTube
USA-Expertin Constanze Stelzenmüller: "Das hier ist eine Verfassungskrise ganz anderer Kategorie"
YouTube video by Constantin Schreiber
youtu.be
May 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Das hier ist eine Verfassungskrise”:
danke an Constantin Schreiber für die Einladung zum Gespräch!
youtu.be/nWTVuD0miVA?... via @YouTube
danke an Constantin Schreiber für die Einladung zum Gespräch!
youtu.be/nWTVuD0miVA?... via @YouTube
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World Press Freedom Day is tomorrow.
Reporters Without Borders have published the 2025 World Press Freedom Index. rsf.org/en/rsf-world...
Among other stark conclusions, the Index finds that In 2025, less than 1% of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is fully guaranteed.
Reporters Without Borders have published the 2025 World Press Freedom Index. rsf.org/en/rsf-world...
Among other stark conclusions, the Index finds that In 2025, less than 1% of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is fully guaranteed.
RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025: economic fragility a leading threat to press freedom
Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem. The economic indicator on the RSF World Press...
rsf.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
World Press Freedom Day is tomorrow.
Reporters Without Borders have published the 2025 World Press Freedom Index. rsf.org/en/rsf-world...
Among other stark conclusions, the Index finds that In 2025, less than 1% of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is fully guaranteed.
Reporters Without Borders have published the 2025 World Press Freedom Index. rsf.org/en/rsf-world...
Among other stark conclusions, the Index finds that In 2025, less than 1% of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is fully guaranteed.
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Die rechte Bubble tobt wegen unserer ARD-Doku. Als hätte man ihnen ihr liebstes Spielzeug weggenommen: Ihr tägliches Geschäft mit der Panik der Menschen.
April 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Die rechte Bubble tobt wegen unserer ARD-Doku. Als hätte man ihnen ihr liebstes Spielzeug weggenommen: Ihr tägliches Geschäft mit der Panik der Menschen.
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The gobsmacking grift of the $239M slush fund that Team Trump created around the inauguration should have been Page 1 news, but too many are too numb to such corruption
Join me on a tour of sold ambassadorships, sleazy corporate favors, and more! My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Join me on a tour of sold ambassadorships, sleazy corporate favors, and more! My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The stunning grift of Trump’s inaugural fund | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, why young people aren’t out protesting
www.inquirer.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The gobsmacking grift of the $239M slush fund that Team Trump created around the inauguration should have been Page 1 news, but too many are too numb to such corruption
Join me on a tour of sold ambassadorships, sleazy corporate favors, and more! My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Join me on a tour of sold ambassadorships, sleazy corporate favors, and more! My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Larry David destroys Bill Maher in the most perfect way.
(gift article)
(gift article)
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Larry David destroys Bill Maher in the most perfect way.
(gift article)
(gift article)
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UPDATE: El Salvador’s brutal far-right dictator, Trump and Musk friend Nayib Bukele, has confirmed that he will never return any person sent to him from America. And Trump has confirmed he wants American citizens sent to El Salvador to die in a foreign gulag. This is a five-alarm fire for democracy.
Yes, Donald Trump is Planning to Send U.S. Residents En Masse to Death Camps in El Salvador Run By Dictator Nayib Bukele
The White House meeting on Monday between Trump and Bukele isn’t quite a Hitler-Stalin summit, but in the context of this century’s politics and America’s descent into fascism, it approaches it.
sethabramson.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
UPDATE: El Salvador’s brutal far-right dictator, Trump and Musk friend Nayib Bukele, has confirmed that he will never return any person sent to him from America. And Trump has confirmed he wants American citizens sent to El Salvador to die in a foreign gulag. This is a five-alarm fire for democracy.