@ottopia.bsky.social
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Vladimir Putin has clearly made a calculation, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues: Donald Trump, to use the language he once hurled at Volodymyr Zelensky, has no cards, and his fond wish to be seen as a peacemaker can be safely ignored.
Trump Has No Cards
Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?
bit.ly
August 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Vladimir Putin has clearly made a calculation, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues: Donald Trump, to use the language he once hurled at Volodymyr Zelensky, has no cards, and his fond wish to be seen as a peacemaker can be safely ignored.
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Vladimir Putin has clearly made a calculation, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues: Donald Trump, to use the language he once hurled at Volodymyr Zelensky, has no cards, and his fond wish to be seen as a peacemaker can be safely ignored. https://theatln.tc/6bX6jcrP
August 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Vladimir Putin has clearly made a calculation, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues: Donald Trump, to use the language he once hurled at Volodymyr Zelensky, has no cards, and his fond wish to be seen as a peacemaker can be safely ignored. https://theatln.tc/6bX6jcrP
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A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:
April 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:
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Bill Maher can try and frame it any way he wants. He NORMALIZED a dangerous authoritarian. Period. Full stop.
April 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bill Maher can try and frame it any way he wants. He NORMALIZED a dangerous authoritarian. Period. Full stop.
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They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
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@theatlantic.com’s writers and editors are on Bluesky. Follow us for ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
March 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@theatlantic.com’s writers and editors are on Bluesky. Follow us for ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
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I normally don’t say anything when other outlets rip off our scoops - imitation, flattery, etc — but this is particularly egregious.
Mike Walz changed his Venmo settings to private *after WIRED reached out.* It didn’t just randomly happen, @cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-wa...
Mike Walz changed his Venmo settings to private *after WIRED reached out.* It didn’t just randomly happen, @cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-wa...
Mike Waltz's Venmo account showed his contacts — even after bombshell report on secret Signal chat
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was among the contacts listed in Waltz's Venmo account.
www.cbsnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I normally don’t say anything when other outlets rip off our scoops - imitation, flattery, etc — but this is particularly egregious.
Mike Walz changed his Venmo settings to private *after WIRED reached out.* It didn’t just randomly happen, @cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-wa...
Mike Walz changed his Venmo settings to private *after WIRED reached out.* It didn’t just randomly happen, @cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-wa...
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GOP Rep. Bacon: "Everybody that reads the messages knows that it was inappropriate for the secretary of defense to put when we were gonna bomb Yemen, when the aircraft are taking off ... I have no doubt that Russia and China are able to read those messages. I would be very surprised if they did not"
March 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
GOP Rep. Bacon: "Everybody that reads the messages knows that it was inappropriate for the secretary of defense to put when we were gonna bomb Yemen, when the aircraft are taking off ... I have no doubt that Russia and China are able to read those messages. I would be very surprised if they did not"
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Chris Murphy: "They're sitting there telling the American people that 2+2=7...those were attack plans, those were war plans, that was classified information, everybody knows it. The idea that they think they can get away with this level of gaslighting- it just strikes at the foundation of democracy"
March 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Chris Murphy: "They're sitting there telling the American people that 2+2=7...those were attack plans, those were war plans, that was classified information, everybody knows it. The idea that they think they can get away with this level of gaslighting- it just strikes at the foundation of democracy"
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Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots
Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
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Pete Hegseth recklessly disclosed sensitive military attack plans that jeopardized American lives.
And previously embarrassed us in front of our NATO allies in Brussels.
Why does this guy still have a job?
And previously embarrassed us in front of our NATO allies in Brussels.
Why does this guy still have a job?
March 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Pete Hegseth recklessly disclosed sensitive military attack plans that jeopardized American lives.
And previously embarrassed us in front of our NATO allies in Brussels.
Why does this guy still have a job?
And previously embarrassed us in front of our NATO allies in Brussels.
Why does this guy still have a job?
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Some questions that Mike Waltz and the others must answer:
1) How did he preserve the thread and others for PRA
2) What phones were everyone using
3) What kind of security do those phones have
4) WHERE were they using those phones
5) What else is on the phones
6) Why was Joe Kent included
1) How did he preserve the thread and others for PRA
2) What phones were everyone using
3) What kind of security do those phones have
4) WHERE were they using those phones
5) What else is on the phones
6) Why was Joe Kent included
March 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Some questions that Mike Waltz and the others must answer:
1) How did he preserve the thread and others for PRA
2) What phones were everyone using
3) What kind of security do those phones have
4) WHERE were they using those phones
5) What else is on the phones
6) Why was Joe Kent included
1) How did he preserve the thread and others for PRA
2) What phones were everyone using
3) What kind of security do those phones have
4) WHERE were they using those phones
5) What else is on the phones
6) Why was Joe Kent included
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Hey guys remember the Hillary Clinton email server?
Seems kinda, small today, doesn’t it?
Seems kinda, small today, doesn’t it?
March 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hey guys remember the Hillary Clinton email server?
Seems kinda, small today, doesn’t it?
Seems kinda, small today, doesn’t it?
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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If you missed it - this is @chrismurphyct.bsky.social describing the transfer of wealth from ordinary people to the very wealthy, happening right now
youtu.be/MXZuHf7LMZE?...
youtu.be/MXZuHf7LMZE?...
Murphy: Trump’s Billionaire Tax Cut is a Scam to Take Money From Regular People
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If you missed it - this is @chrismurphyct.bsky.social describing the transfer of wealth from ordinary people to the very wealthy, happening right now
youtu.be/MXZuHf7LMZE?...
youtu.be/MXZuHf7LMZE?...
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Once you understand this basic dynamic, almost everything Trump does becomes more legible.
It's just enormously important to understand that the goal of this tariff policy isn't to raise money or to increase manufacturing in the United States. The goal is to make some of the nation's largest companies subject to Trump's personal discretion and dependent on his favor.
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Once you understand this basic dynamic, almost everything Trump does becomes more legible.
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Our new leader. The @economist.com has always been staunchly Transatlanticist. We don't say this lightly: "Europe must prepare to be abandoned or extorted. Not to prepare for that could leave Europe vulnerable to Russia and to an increasingly hostile America" www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze
And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky
www.economist.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Our new leader. The @economist.com has always been staunchly Transatlanticist. We don't say this lightly: "Europe must prepare to be abandoned or extorted. Not to prepare for that could leave Europe vulnerable to Russia and to an increasingly hostile America" www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
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Firefighters are working to quickly gain control of new wildfires as progress continues on the major wildfires impacting Southern California. Here is a summary: #Hughesfire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #Border2Fire #ClayFire #GibbelFire #LagunaFire #SepulvedaFire #LAFires youtube.com/shorts/a-hHE...
CAL FIRE quick update on California wildfires 1-24
YouTube video by CAL FIRE TV
youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Firefighters are working to quickly gain control of new wildfires as progress continues on the major wildfires impacting Southern California. Here is a summary: #Hughesfire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #Border2Fire #ClayFire #GibbelFire #LagunaFire #SepulvedaFire #LAFires youtube.com/shorts/a-hHE...
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CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960.
Until today.
Until today.
January 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960.
Until today.
Until today.
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I’ve now found 15 articles talking about federal prosecutors saying they’ve found “additional criminal conduct” by Eric Adams and not one has linked the prosecutor’s document for context and now 15 adorable puppies must die ritually. I’m sorry. I don’t make the rules.
January 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I’ve now found 15 articles talking about federal prosecutors saying they’ve found “additional criminal conduct” by Eric Adams and not one has linked the prosecutor’s document for context and now 15 adorable puppies must die ritually. I’m sorry. I don’t make the rules.
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Not sure of the original source of this, but the depiction with the final domino set to crush the pusher is devastatingly accurate.
December 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Not sure of the original source of this, but the depiction with the final domino set to crush the pusher is devastatingly accurate.