Luca Trenta
@lucatrenta.bsky.social
Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host of the Out of the Shadows Project Podcast. Follow The Brush Contact Substack for more.
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host of the Out of the Shadows Project Podcast. Follow The Brush Contact Substack for more.
Reposted by Luca Trenta
Trump & Epstein #lastweektonight
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A 2021 investigation (this one: epde.org?news=the-ris...) exposed Nathan Gill's contacts with Russian operatives. There was even a picture of him on the back cover. Why the silence until 2024? What are "active measures"? And why are they so dangerous? Why is the UK government not doing more?
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A 2021 investigation (this one: epde.org?news=the-ris...) exposed Nathan Gill's contacts with Russian operatives. There was even a picture of him on the back cover. Why the silence until 2024? What are "active measures"? And why are they so dangerous? Why is the UK government not doing more?
Reposted by Luca Trenta
I find it highly ironic that the party that bemoaned the deep state and alleged the cover-up of pedophiles is now embroiled in defending the party that has the largest pedophile cover-up in American history.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I find it highly ironic that the party that bemoaned the deep state and alleged the cover-up of pedophiles is now embroiled in defending the party that has the largest pedophile cover-up in American history.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but 6 Democrats in the House decided that there was no need to keep the media cycle on Epstein, and voted with Republicans to end the shutdown?
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but 6 Democrats in the House decided that there was no need to keep the media cycle on Epstein, and voted with Republicans to end the shutdown?
Reposted by Luca Trenta
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills: the emails from Landon Thomas has his New York Times signature block...he was employed by NY Times at the time. He was communicating directly with Epstein about Trump, and was given incriminating information about Trump. It's been in NYT's possession since 2015
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills: the emails from Landon Thomas has his New York Times signature block...he was employed by NY Times at the time. He was communicating directly with Epstein about Trump, and was given incriminating information about Trump. It's been in NYT's possession since 2015
@drmatthewwall.bsky.social what are the odds on Trump attacking Venezuela soon in a classic wag the dog move? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@drmatthewwall.bsky.social what are the odds on Trump attacking Venezuela soon in a classic wag the dog move? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Many of these will be coming. Just sign them. c.org/HB5t8LwCKF
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
c.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Many of these will be coming. Just sign them. c.org/HB5t8LwCKF
Someone in the UK is standing up to Trump's lawlessness.
'The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit...and believes the attacks are illegal.'
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
'The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit...and believes the attacks are illegal.'
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Someone in the UK is standing up to Trump's lawlessness.
'The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit...and believes the attacks are illegal.'
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
'The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit...and believes the attacks are illegal.'
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Reposted by Luca Trenta
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
Can someone explain to me what this government is for? It doesn’t stand up for health, education, climate, media freedom…when/if Reform comes in, there’ll be no one to blame but this government.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Can someone explain to me what this government is for? It doesn’t stand up for health, education, climate, media freedom…when/if Reform comes in, there’ll be no one to blame but this government.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
A reminder that the @socintelhist.bsky.social roundtable with @tim-weiner.bsky.social on his latest book The Mission is happening next week. Myself, @dianabolsinger.bsky.social, and @chekistmonitor.bsky.social will discuss the book. Register here: swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
A reminder that the @socintelhist.bsky.social roundtable with @tim-weiner.bsky.social on his latest book The Mission is happening next week. Myself, @dianabolsinger.bsky.social, and @chekistmonitor.bsky.social will discuss the book. Register here: swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Some time ago, I told @npr.org that the strikes on the boats were a dangerous precedent because the president could simply nominate a group he didn’t like as terrorist. Here we are.
"[T]his is not just a secret war, but a secret unauthorized war. Or, in reality, a make-believe war, because most of these groups we probably couldn’t even be in a war with,” said @bcfinucane.bsky.social about US claims it is in armed conflict with 24 cartel groups
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Some time ago, I told @npr.org that the strikes on the boats were a dangerous precedent because the president could simply nominate a group he didn’t like as terrorist. Here we are.
This. But as so many other things, doing something like this would require the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government to have some backbone.
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This. But as so many other things, doing something like this would require the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government to have some backbone.
All going great - FBI edition: 'Mr. Patel’s inexperience, his dismissals of top F.B.I. officials and his shift of bureau resources from thwarting spies and terrorism have heightened concerns among the other Five Eyes nations that the bureau is adrift.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
All going great - FBI edition: 'Mr. Patel’s inexperience, his dismissals of top F.B.I. officials and his shift of bureau resources from thwarting spies and terrorism have heightened concerns among the other Five Eyes nations that the bureau is adrift.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Dear military leaders, perhaps a good time to come out in force and speak up? What do you have to lose? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Dear military leaders, perhaps a good time to come out in force and speak up? What do you have to lose? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Reposted by Luca Trenta
Pulitzer Prize photo right here.
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Pulitzer Prize photo right here.
Reposted by Luca Trenta
lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
Still in the Orwell rabbit hole. Just listened to this. Wifedom by Anna Funder sounds very interesting although I am not a big fun of books that mix non-fiction and fiction sections. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
305. Orwell: Dark Secrets, The CIA, & His Forgotten Failures (Part 4)
Podcast Episode · Empire · 06/11/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Still in the Orwell rabbit hole. Just listened to this. Wifedom by Anna Funder sounds very interesting although I am not a big fun of books that mix non-fiction and fiction sections. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Indeed. In intelligence, politics, foreign policy if you are still selling the message that there is something behind the chaos, either you have been fooled or you’ve got something (generally a book among my contacts) to sell.
I've said it before and I'll it again: there is no coherent strategy and anyone who tells you differently is selling you something. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/when-ameri...
When American Foreign Policy Devolves Into a Bunch of Stuff
My latest for World Politics Review
danieldrezner.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Indeed. In intelligence, politics, foreign policy if you are still selling the message that there is something behind the chaos, either you have been fooled or you’ve got something (generally a book among my contacts) to sell.
God, I missed this rhetoric. Powerful, inspiring, social democratic. No hope of seeing it in this country unfortunately, despite the large electoral majority.
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
God, I missed this rhetoric. Powerful, inspiring, social democratic. No hope of seeing it in this country unfortunately, despite the large electoral majority.
This. Going for about 15 minutes now on tv. The “shocking” discovery that some shops are fronts for criminal activity. The gusto in putting non-white people in the crosshairs.
Yes this is awful. The BBC News has, however, become the live action version of the Daily Mail. Crime stories are guaranteed coverage if the culprit is an asylum seeker. Viewers may not realise attention to these specific offenders is disproportionate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This. Going for about 15 minutes now on tv. The “shocking” discovery that some shops are fronts for criminal activity. The gusto in putting non-white people in the crosshairs.
You can always bet on this @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to do both the unethical and the electorally suicidal thing at once. Tax. The. Rich.
Reeves is considering slowing down electrification to have immediate 💸results, but electrification done right (eg w/ more renewables, reform of electricity market prices) is the midterm solution to high energy bills. There must be more sensible ways to help ppl in short run w/o killing midterm goals
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
You can always bet on this @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to do both the unethical and the electorally suicidal thing at once. Tax. The. Rich.
Waiting for @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social to tell us that Dick Cheney did politics and foreign policy the right way.
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Waiting for @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social to tell us that Dick Cheney did politics and foreign policy the right way.
Early reports claim Satan is scared and has provisionally left Hell.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Early reports claim Satan is scared and has provisionally left Hell.
Brilliant. Can’t wait for this. @socintelhist.bsky.social roundtable on @tim-weiner.bsky.social’s latest.
Can't wait for our Wednesday, Nov 19, discussion with @tim-weiner.bsky.social about his super new book, "The Mission." This is going to be good! @lucatrenta.bsky.social @chekistmonitor.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social .
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Brilliant. Can’t wait for this. @socintelhist.bsky.social roundtable on @tim-weiner.bsky.social’s latest.