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On Nov. 28, a Russian attack lasting more than 10 hours struck Ukrainian cities, with Kyiv as the main target. The Kyiv Independent’s Nick Allard and Tania Myronyshena spent the night with a Kyiv family sheltering in a parking garage with their three children.
What Russian mass attack feels like in Ukraine
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
On Nov. 28, a Russian attack lasting more than 10 hours struck Ukrainian cities, with Kyiv as the main target. The Kyiv Independent’s Nick Allard and Tania Myronyshena spent the night with a Kyiv family sheltering in a parking garage with their three children.
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#FlashbackFriday
Ok online detectives, we need your help. A visitor recently passed on these images of the Endeavour replica taken by her father. We think the photos were taken in NZ in 1996, but we are not sure which port. Can anyone help identify the location or share memories from that voyage?
Ok online detectives, we need your help. A visitor recently passed on these images of the Endeavour replica taken by her father. We think the photos were taken in NZ in 1996, but we are not sure which port. Can anyone help identify the location or share memories from that voyage?
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
#FlashbackFriday
Ok online detectives, we need your help. A visitor recently passed on these images of the Endeavour replica taken by her father. We think the photos were taken in NZ in 1996, but we are not sure which port. Can anyone help identify the location or share memories from that voyage?
Ok online detectives, we need your help. A visitor recently passed on these images of the Endeavour replica taken by her father. We think the photos were taken in NZ in 1996, but we are not sure which port. Can anyone help identify the location or share memories from that voyage?
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Innen IT har vi begrepet "teknisk gjeld" som beskriver kostnadene ved underinvestering i vedlikehold, god praksis og fornyelse. Jeg synes også vi kan snakke om "politisk gjeld", kostnadene et samfunn etterhvert bærer fordi vi har redusert mediehusene fra institusjoner til "innholdsprodusenter".
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Innen IT har vi begrepet "teknisk gjeld" som beskriver kostnadene ved underinvestering i vedlikehold, god praksis og fornyelse. Jeg synes også vi kan snakke om "politisk gjeld", kostnadene et samfunn etterhvert bærer fordi vi har redusert mediehusene fra institusjoner til "innholdsprodusenter".
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New CODEWORD just dropped! CODEWORD is my new newsletter on intelligence, national security, foreign policy, and democracy. Subscribe! It's free.
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Vanishing America
A Nation Under Attack From Within
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August 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Any Afghan deported back to Afghanistan faces immediate torture and death at the hands of the Taliban www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Afghans promised a home in U.S. may face repatriation — and the Taliban
Afghans who helped American forces are stuck in limbo as the Trump administration cuts the State Department office for Afghan relocation.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Any Afghan deported back to Afghanistan faces immediate torture and death at the hands of the Taliban www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Friends, I am very sorry to report that the Circuit Court in the CASA v Noem case has lifted the stay. No more TPS for the Afghans in America. Mass deportations may be imminent.
July 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Friends, I am very sorry to report that the Circuit Court in the CASA v Noem case has lifted the stay. No more TPS for the Afghans in America. Mass deportations may be imminent.
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The US record on protecting Afghans who helped our military in that war has been pretty weak to begin with, but now we are deporting them to a very credible risk of death.
Why would any other allies on the ground work with the US military in the future?
Why would any other allies on the ground work with the US military in the future?
ICE arrested former Afghan Nat'l Army soldier—our ally against Taliban—at his home in TX.
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The US record on protecting Afghans who helped our military in that war has been pretty weak to begin with, but now we are deporting them to a very credible risk of death.
Why would any other allies on the ground work with the US military in the future?
Why would any other allies on the ground work with the US military in the future?
Embarrassing stuff
"A former Afghan National Army soldier in the process of applying for asylum in the U.S. was arrested last month by federal immigration agents at his Houston-area home, according to his attorney, who said the man and most of his family are being threatened with deportation."
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Embarrassing stuff
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Like, I realize the media is in the midst of talking about the 'failure' to talk about how old Biden was, a thing every voter seems to have known about by the time he dropped out.
But maybe we should talk about the failure to inform voters on what Trump's actual promised policies would be?
But maybe we should talk about the failure to inform voters on what Trump's actual promised policies would be?
May 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Like, I realize the media is in the midst of talking about the 'failure' to talk about how old Biden was, a thing every voter seems to have known about by the time he dropped out.
But maybe we should talk about the failure to inform voters on what Trump's actual promised policies would be?
But maybe we should talk about the failure to inform voters on what Trump's actual promised policies would be?
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dæven, Søreide er 🔥
May 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
dæven, Søreide er 🔥
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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I think Nico Harrison can prove once and for all that the Luka trade was a good idea by sitting down one-on-one with Isaac Chotiner
April 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I think Nico Harrison can prove once and for all that the Luka trade was a good idea by sitting down one-on-one with Isaac Chotiner
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
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With Nate Vance -- Mozart Group plankholder, and - incidentally - cousin to the Vice President
youtu.be/XLqdHNDwpLs
youtu.be/XLqdHNDwpLs
The Truth on the Ground in Ukraine w/ Nate Vance | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
YouTube video by EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
With Nate Vance -- Mozart Group plankholder, and - incidentally - cousin to the Vice President
youtu.be/XLqdHNDwpLs
youtu.be/XLqdHNDwpLs
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Parlatore represented not only Eddie Gallagher after he was accused of murdering a prisoner in 2017, but also fellow SEAL Team 7 chief Nicholas Olson, who, on Team 7’s next Iraq deployment in 2019, exposed himself to one female sailor and pressured a second not to report her rape by another SEAL
Timothy C. Parlatore, a former naval officer who has been Pete Hegseth’s personal lawyer for the past eight years, will be directly commissioned as a Navy commander in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps as a reservist on Friday morning, working for Hegseth's office www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Hegseth’s personal lawyer to be commissioned as a Navy commander in the reserves.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Parlatore represented not only Eddie Gallagher after he was accused of murdering a prisoner in 2017, but also fellow SEAL Team 7 chief Nicholas Olson, who, on Team 7’s next Iraq deployment in 2019, exposed himself to one female sailor and pressured a second not to report her rape by another SEAL
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Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA & making it harder for veterans to get health care & benefits.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
March 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA & making it harder for veterans to get health care & benefits.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
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The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
March 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger?
Shall some transatlantic giant step the earth and crush us at a blow?
Never! …
If destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author and finisher
As a nation of free men, we will live forever, or die by suicide"
Shall some transatlantic giant step the earth and crush us at a blow?
Never! …
If destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author and finisher
As a nation of free men, we will live forever, or die by suicide"
March 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger?
Shall some transatlantic giant step the earth and crush us at a blow?
Never! …
If destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author and finisher
As a nation of free men, we will live forever, or die by suicide"
Shall some transatlantic giant step the earth and crush us at a blow?
Never! …
If destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author and finisher
As a nation of free men, we will live forever, or die by suicide"
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Kom igjen nå da, alle partier på Stortinget. Innkall til hastemøte og få på plass en kraftfull, tverrpolitisk støttepakke til Ukraina som virkelig monner. Det gjelder vår sikkerhet, Europas sikkerhet og dere representerer oss
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Kom igjen nå da, alle partier på Stortinget. Innkall til hastemøte og få på plass en kraftfull, tverrpolitisk støttepakke til Ukraina som virkelig monner. Det gjelder vår sikkerhet, Europas sikkerhet og dere representerer oss
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I don’t know if it’s possible to quantify how much global influence and power this administration has willfully squandered in the past four weeks. It is a national security disaster.
February 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I don’t know if it’s possible to quantify how much global influence and power this administration has willfully squandered in the past four weeks. It is a national security disaster.
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That was the most shameful performance by any American president in a century.
I want to fucking throw up.
I want to fucking throw up.
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
That was the most shameful performance by any American president in a century.
I want to fucking throw up.
I want to fucking throw up.
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I get the frustration, but substantively these are the most encouraging and valuable stories around right now. I want to read about people realizing Trump is bad every day. This is an obviously good thing that is happening and we need to make it happen more.
People’s reactions to these stories tend to be of the leopards-eating-faces variety but this is a great piece of reporting in part about how voters very disconnected from politics make their choices.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this
Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I get the frustration, but substantively these are the most encouraging and valuable stories around right now. I want to read about people realizing Trump is bad every day. This is an obviously good thing that is happening and we need to make it happen more.