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For a second time this month, Germany’s Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) has handed over a modern firefighting vehicle with a ladder and rotating platform to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast to assist in rescue operations after Russian attacks.

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Some of the things that happen these days are like big broad plot points in a bad novel about the apocalypse, but some of the things that happen these days are like fine-grained vignettes in a good novel about the apocalypse

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New w @pamherd.bsky.social: Trump's Bribe State is a mix of empty promises and real benefits. But watch how automation is used: to buy votes, or allow billionaires to buy off dissent via Trump accounts, even as Trump has made automation harder for Mediciad. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/automating...

donmoynihan.substack.comAutomating the Bribe StateTrump accounts use automation to help the wealthy, while making social programs inaccessible

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Say @marypeltola.com? Did YOU know that Trump is stealing Alaska's oil and giving it to Russia?

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

Trump said he had to takeover Greenland to keep China and Russia out. And then he snuck Russia onto the North Slope. Literally just ... inviting them in. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

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This fake Christian grifter funnels off over $700,000 from just *one* of his many "charities." And he pays no taxes--because he's a "Christian" who doesn't delve into politics. TAX THE CHURCHES.

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There is something deeply wrong with allowing a sociopath from South Africa to kill thousands of kids in Africa and Ukraine just because he has a lot of money.

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Disgusting.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

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60 Minutes: "It's a kind of interference Utah Lt. Gov...a Republican in a deeply red state, said she's never seen before. 'In the past two elections that I oversaw as lieutenant governor, the threats were all external...But now we also have threats coming from within our own government.' she said."

cbsnews.comInvestigations into voting system expand weeks ahead of midtermsWith early voting for the midterms underway, federal investigations into the U.S. voting system are expanding. Election officials explain their response, and the Justice Department says "there should ...

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This is pathetic. Ukraine tested Starlink speed restrictions in Europe and had no issues - the restrictions only exist in Ukraine. The Trump administration is actively helping Russia kill Ukrainians - and risking the lives of US and NATO advisors in Ukraine.

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The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.

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Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?

Nick Miroff@nickmiroff.bsky.social

NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.comHe Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.

This is so clearly the case that it’s incredible that there is any debate at all.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

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While Hegshite frets about testosterone.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

"Just as Russia's online retailers favor giant warehouses, its tech companies favor centralized, gigantic data centers. In the new drone-wars environment, these data centers are dinosaur-sized sitting ducks."

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Reform UK has said that ‘there’s no room for racism’ in the party. Is that because it’s already chock-full of racism, from head to toe?

Worth reposting after the Guilfoyle debacle, and the US has never given priority to its ambassadorships, but this is pretty gross. And we know what some of the others are like, too…

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

President Trump relies on wealthy donors and political loyalists rather than career diplomats to fill ambassadorships, a Post analysis found. In each administration since President Ford’s, over half of all ambassadorships went to Foreign Service officers. https://wapo.st/4fTgtlr

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11 of 17 Starlink antennas were set on fire at a guarded facility near Sofia, Bulgaria. Two masked individuals reportedly carried out the attack. Infrastructure supporting Ukraine is being targeted across Europe with growing frequency. At what point does “concern” become a response?

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Menace to democracy Elon Musk has slowed Starlink to sabotage Ukraine and help Putin. So what country will be stupid enough to pay millions to any of Elon Musk's companies when they now know that he may unilaterally breach contracts for personal reasons on a petulant whim? Oh, I know! The US.

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When is a dictator most dangerous? When he sees his political magic wearing off. So be optimistic about the midterms, but take nothing for granted. Vote, vote, vote. Pay for truth-telling media. Support voting rights groups. And get set to resist if Trump tries another coup. My latest newsletter.

stopthepresses.newsBe optimistic about the midterms, but be unsurprised if Trump pulls a coupIt’s a dangerous time when a dictator feels threatened by rising public outrage

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We discuss why the diesel deal would legally implicate the U.S. in supporting Russia's aggression in Ukraine. We also draw from USG statements on how oil purchases support Russia's war machine. Statements by the U.S. intelligence community, Secretary Rubio and more.

justsecurity.orgFueling Russia’s War: The Russian Diesel Deal and International LawBy lifting export restrictions on Russian diesel, the United States arguably bears responsibility for aiding Russia's unlawful use of force.

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When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it

Oh wow.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 WOW: WSJ reports Ken Paxton partied in a luxury Dubai high-rise with 2 FUGITIVES, Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, facing fed charges over an alleged $15 MILLION hospital embezzlement scheme — alongside his gf (not his wife). Ahmed donated $190K to Paxton, including $25K AFTER his indictment.

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Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were."

The Ukrainians are brilliant. They are screwing Trump and his regime while boosting truth and transparency for the mid-term elections.

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social

If you need a pickmeup, Ukraine struck and destroyed a Russian data center last night, reducing Russian bot traffic by 50%, dropping online pro-AfD discussion to zero, cratering MAGA traffic, and making Elon big mad. Just in time for the mid-terms. Slava fucking Ukraini.

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Russia is plotting to assassinate executives of European defense companies -FT 📹:Germany's domestic intelligence chief,Sinan Selen,said that Russia is prepared to carry out sabotage and assassination operations.He also warned that Russia is deliberately planning acts of violence against individuals

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Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.

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We went from sanctioning Russian oil to buying it in three weeks. Instead of ending his disastrous war in Iran, Trump is now funding Russia's war in Ukraine. We used to hold dictators and autocrats accountable. Now our president negotiated a deal to fund Putin's unjust war.

cnbc.comTrump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global marketsPresident Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

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Good for MSNOW, which immediately broke into Markwayne Mullin's press conference about ICE's NYC shooting and showed he was lying. Mullin said Mayor Mamdani didn't comment on the stabbing of an officer. MSNOW showed the social post in which Mamdani said he visited the officer in the hospital.

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I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.