Grant W. Turner
@grantwturner.bsky.social
Aspiring interdisciplinary international affairs scholar-practitioner
R. Assoc. @stimsoncenter.bksy.social
Analyst Jamestown Foundation
Bylines include RUSI, The Diplomat, Eurasia Daily Monitor
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R. Assoc. @stimsoncenter.bksy.social
Analyst Jamestown Foundation
Bylines include RUSI, The Diplomat, Eurasia Daily Monitor
Shares, articles etc ≠ endorsement/reflect employer
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Grant W. Turner
@grantwturner.bsky.social
· Mar 22
If only this was the norm
Prosecutors broke with tradition and didn’t fight to uphold the conviction.
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If only this was the norm
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OpenAI keeps promising that real generative AI is just around the corner. In the meantime, they’re asking taxpayers to bail them out. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/P8rZ2Re
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
OpenAI keeps promising that real generative AI is just around the corner. In the meantime, they’re asking taxpayers to bail them out. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/P8rZ2Re
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Ben Shapiro recently attacked Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes. Not surprising. But he had another target that would have seemed baffling just a couple of weeks ago: the Heritage Foundation. ICYMI @willsommer.bsky.social on Groyper War: www.thebulwark.com/p/groyper-wa...
Groyper War Consumes the Biggest Right-Wing Think Tank
Plus: Another round of nutty Trump pardons?
www.thebulwark.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ben Shapiro recently attacked Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes. Not surprising. But he had another target that would have seemed baffling just a couple of weeks ago: the Heritage Foundation. ICYMI @willsommer.bsky.social on Groyper War: www.thebulwark.com/p/groyper-wa...
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State criminal prosecutions of immigration enforcement officials may end removed to federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power, write Aaron Zelinsky, John Connolly and David Reiser.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
State Prosecutions of Federal Agents and the Presidential Pardon Power
State prosecutions of ICE agents may end up in federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
State criminal prosecutions of immigration enforcement officials may end removed to federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power, write Aaron Zelinsky, John Connolly and David Reiser.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
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How California just rewrote the national tech playbook
How California just rewrote the national tech playbook
After years of arguments with their home state, tech lobbyists now want the rest of the country to follow California’s lead.
dlvr.it
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How California just rewrote the national tech playbook
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Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky -
@profsaunders.bsky.social references her @iojournal.bsky.social article in her @goodauth.bsky.social piece on presidential advisers -
https://cup.org/43oHMim
@profsaunders.bsky.social references her @iojournal.bsky.social article in her @goodauth.bsky.social piece on presidential advisers -
https://cup.org/43oHMim
Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
goodauthority.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky -
@profsaunders.bsky.social references her @iojournal.bsky.social article in her @goodauth.bsky.social piece on presidential advisers -
https://cup.org/43oHMim
@profsaunders.bsky.social references her @iojournal.bsky.social article in her @goodauth.bsky.social piece on presidential advisers -
https://cup.org/43oHMim
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From burning swastikas to online hate networks, the Christian Identity movement continues to shape America’s extremist landscape. Its blend of racism, antisemitism, and apocalyptic ideology still drives violence decades after The Order.
Read more:
Read more:
The History and Influence of Christian Identity on America’s Most Violent Antisemitic Movements
Christian Identity (CI), a white supremacist theology rooted in 19th-century British Israelism, redefined itself in the U.S. as a violently racist and antisemitic ideology that became central to group...
globalextremism.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From burning swastikas to online hate networks, the Christian Identity movement continues to shape America’s extremist landscape. Its blend of racism, antisemitism, and apocalyptic ideology still drives violence decades after The Order.
Read more:
Read more:
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In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
wrd.cm
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
"This is not Michelle Obama’s 'When they go low, we go high'...[those] who wish to replace this current government must present themselves as stable, responsible, and adult alternatives to a claque of trolls and incompetents"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"This is not Michelle Obama’s 'When they go low, we go high'...[those] who wish to replace this current government must present themselves as stable, responsible, and adult alternatives to a claque of trolls and incompetents"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
"This is not Michelle Obama’s 'When they go low, we go high'...[those] who wish to replace this current government must present themselves as stable, responsible, and adult alternatives to a claque of trolls and incompetents"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"This is not Michelle Obama’s 'When they go low, we go high'...[those] who wish to replace this current government must present themselves as stable, responsible, and adult alternatives to a claque of trolls and incompetents"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Most news reports of undersea threats focus on the fragile strands of fiber-optic cable that carry almost all of the world’s digital traffic.
But communications cables are only part of the story. A far broader array of systems now covers the ocean floor:
But communications cables are only part of the story. A far broader array of systems now covers the ocean floor:
Beyond Fiber-Optic Cables: Securing Seabed Before the Next Crisis
Communications cables are only part of the story. A far broader array of systems now covers the ocean floor – and must be protected.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Most news reports of undersea threats focus on the fragile strands of fiber-optic cable that carry almost all of the world’s digital traffic.
But communications cables are only part of the story. A far broader array of systems now covers the ocean floor:
But communications cables are only part of the story. A far broader array of systems now covers the ocean floor:
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Islamist violence in the Sahel is not uniform—there are simultaneously areas of expansion, plateau, and modest reduction.
We examine these divergent trends to better understand the focal points, actors, and objectives of the different groups driving the violence.
We examine these divergent trends to better understand the focal points, actors, and objectives of the different groups driving the violence.
The Shifting Front of Militant Islamist Violence in the Sahel – Africa Center
Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift south and west, pressuring population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and the coast.
africacenter.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Islamist violence in the Sahel is not uniform—there are simultaneously areas of expansion, plateau, and modest reduction.
We examine these divergent trends to better understand the focal points, actors, and objectives of the different groups driving the violence.
We examine these divergent trends to better understand the focal points, actors, and objectives of the different groups driving the violence.
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The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at APEC in Gyeongju produced no grand bargain but one valuable by-product: time.
India’s Rare Earth Opportunity After the Trump-Xi Summit
The summit bought a year of time to combat China’s rare earth dominance. India is best positioned to take advantage.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at APEC in Gyeongju produced no grand bargain but one valuable by-product: time.
Reposted by Grant W. Turner
Of course a plain reading of the Constitution and precedent says Trump can't use the military as domestic law enforcement. But the right isn't into plain readings of the Constitution these days. www.thebulwark.com/p/founders-t...
The Founders Would Abhor Trump’s Domestic Deployments
And the notion that courts can’t review his National Guard decisions is baseless.
www.thebulwark.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Of course a plain reading of the Constitution and precedent says Trump can't use the military as domestic law enforcement. But the right isn't into plain readings of the Constitution these days. www.thebulwark.com/p/founders-t...
Higher education in the US has never been "controlled by the left."
This piece about the University of Chicago and the broader reality and trends it reflects is a great example of that fact and its implications.
@chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/rese...
#econsky #philsky #polisky #edusky
This piece about the University of Chicago and the broader reality and trends it reflects is a great example of that fact and its implications.
@chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/rese...
#econsky #philsky #polisky #edusky
Research Is the U. of Chicago’s Lifeblood. Its Board Is Killing It.
A great university could be reduced to a shell of its former self.
www.chronicle.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Higher education in the US has never been "controlled by the left."
This piece about the University of Chicago and the broader reality and trends it reflects is a great example of that fact and its implications.
@chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/rese...
#econsky #philsky #polisky #edusky
This piece about the University of Chicago and the broader reality and trends it reflects is a great example of that fact and its implications.
@chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/rese...
#econsky #philsky #polisky #edusky
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There is nothing stopping the wealthiest people from attempting to alter the world's atmosphere – this must not be allowed to happen
Billionaires must not be allowed to geoengineer the planet
There is nothing stopping the wealthiest people from attempting to alter the world's atmosphere – this must not be allowed to happen
www.newscientist.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
There is nothing stopping the wealthiest people from attempting to alter the world's atmosphere – this must not be allowed to happen
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November 6, 2025
November 6, 2025
“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
November 6, 2025
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SCOTUS gave Trump immunity from prosecution.
Congress wouldn’t impeach him no matter what he does.
He ignores court orders.
Ignores Congress.
His cabinet does anything he tells them to even if it’s illegal.
DOJ does too.
And the military.
That’s how autocracies are born.
Congress wouldn’t impeach him no matter what he does.
He ignores court orders.
Ignores Congress.
His cabinet does anything he tells them to even if it’s illegal.
DOJ does too.
And the military.
That’s how autocracies are born.
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
SCOTUS gave Trump immunity from prosecution.
Congress wouldn’t impeach him no matter what he does.
He ignores court orders.
Ignores Congress.
His cabinet does anything he tells them to even if it’s illegal.
DOJ does too.
And the military.
That’s how autocracies are born.
Congress wouldn’t impeach him no matter what he does.
He ignores court orders.
Ignores Congress.
His cabinet does anything he tells them to even if it’s illegal.
DOJ does too.
And the military.
That’s how autocracies are born.
Reposted by Grant W. Turner
This is amazing and a total game changer for our tanking economy but release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is amazing and a total game changer for our tanking economy but release the Epstein files.
Weird that he's threatening two countries with massive petroleum reserves right as data centers for AI are driving up energy prices. Must be a total coincidence...
Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!”
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Weird that he's threatening two countries with massive petroleum reserves right as data centers for AI are driving up energy prices. Must be a total coincidence...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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"The senior, experienced officials who would provide pushback aren’t around anymore. 'I think that the people who are making these cuts don’t really understand what it is that these programs do,' one former SAMHSA official told me." www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...
Drug Courts Save Lives. That May Not Save Them From Trump.
An Alabama man’s recovery story shows what the program can do—and what could be lost.
www.thebulwark.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"The senior, experienced officials who would provide pushback aren’t around anymore. 'I think that the people who are making these cuts don’t really understand what it is that these programs do,' one former SAMHSA official told me." www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”