Gene Ahern

Gene Ahern

@geneahern.bsky.social

You shouldn’t follow me; it will only hurt your brain. Nov shmoz ka pop

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George Takei
@georgetakei.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social

Hoping @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu is predictive but U.S. infiltration by rot from heritage foundation, federalist society, Rupert Murdoch, Apartheid Clyde, etc may overwhelm the majority’s wishes for mere decency.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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Clara Jeffery
@clarajeffery.bsky.social

The toxicity that @ericlipton.nytimes.com and his colleagues have uncovered is everywhere but if you live in Texas, Louisiana, or Alabama pay special attention

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

A carefully planned Russian propaganda operation is underway. Having starved people in Oleshky for months, Russia, with the 'intervention' of Melania, will allow people to leave and pretend Ukraine was at fault. Read @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social www.kyivpost.com/analysis/88041

kyivpost.comIs the Kremlin Preparing a Propaganda Spectacle in Oleshky?A possible ceasefire in occupied Oleshky risks becoming a Kremlin propaganda stage, masking blocked aid and once again recasting Russia as the rescuer before foreign audiences.

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges (Gift Article)Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Polly Schattel
@pollyschattel.bsky.social

The richest man in the world, y’all. The largest Republican $$ donor ever. A serial liar, disassociative drug addict and semen-dispenser. Racist, fraud, transphobe, bully, shitty father, shitty partner, and all around terrible person.

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

In Venezuela last September, I found people hoping for change, but shocked and surprised by US policy, especially opaque oil deals with former regime cronies. The system looks, one economist told me, like “a coalition of two kleptocracies" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comAfter the ApocalypseAs Venezuela struggles to recover from political upheaval and calamitous earthquakes, the U.S. government is exploiting the country for oil and money.

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Pat Bagley
@bagleycartoons.bsky.social
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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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Elon Musk has spent at least $366 million since July to boost Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms. That’s just 0.0385% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social

News media fail, @nytimes.com style.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

The venerable New York Times not only determines what’s news but sets the standard for how it should be reported. It has been describing the midterms as if it were a competition between two equally passionate and roughly equivalent sides. This is a mistake.

robertreich.substack.comEnough With the False Equivalencies! We’re two weeks from deciding the future of our democracy, but what does The New York Times do? Bury what’s really at st

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

wsj.comExclusive | Putin Floats a Summit With Trump and Xi to Discuss Ukraine DealUkraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t be included in the proposed talks, as Russia’s leader seeks to negotiate an end to the war that favors Moscow.
Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social

The announcement of a religious position IS religist extremism.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

There is much to admire in Abdul El-Sayed's response to the GOP plant in his audience. But one of the most deft things he did was to point out (twice) that our Constitution protects our right to follow *no* religion, thereby casting Christian nationalist Tommy as the actual religious extremist.

Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social
Gene Ahern@geneahern.bsky.social

A proportionate response is required. Jailing Felon? Waaaay past that time. All we can do is set an example for what awaits the next fascist, the next gelding cabinet, next MAGA-like Congress, and corrupt Supreme Court that undermines the Constitution. Seize Felon's and the entire circle's assets

Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social

Oligarchs earning their beheadings.

Alex Gibney@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social

Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

hollywoodreporter.comTikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Ad Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens. Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing.

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Worth noting this, in light of Meta's temporary ban on the 'No Kings' Instagram account

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

nbcnews.comBrazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm biasA judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.

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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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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

In 1987 Trump visited Moscow. Since then, "He has changed his mind about abortion and crypto, he has supported different political parties, but his dislike of America’s democratic allies and his preference for Russia have remained remarkably consistent." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

He lives in a fantasy world

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.

Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social

@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu is concise and sickeningly accurate. One point I'd take disagree with: she says the Felon "undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy." Since he never meant anything he'd said to support Ukraine, nothing was lost. Domestically he's always bought politicians from both sides

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...

theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social

Why the News Media fails

Pat Bagley@bagleycartoons.bsky.social

Ya know, until news media isn’t under the thumb of billionaires, you’re not going to get the whole story You’re going to get the billionaire’s story

Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social

Despite the Airborne Toxic Event that we have been breathing for more than ten years (it's a Felony), decency is not dead.

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Gene Ahern
@geneahern.bsky.social

Two stellar thinkers discuss the world's current trajectory at length. Their jumping off point (or jumping into, more accurately) is @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu great article in the October Atlantic or online, Empire of Grift www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comMAGA Is Making the World Safe for CorruptionFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social

Regime Change and Corruption – a conversation with @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu snyder.substack.com/p/regime-cha...

snyder.substack.comRegime Change and Corruption with Anne ApplebaumA recording from Timothy Snyder's live video

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Miser
@misernyc.bsky.social

I'm tired of beating around the bush. A lot of the people that choose to drive around NYC need to make better choices and the city needs to make them.

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Kate from Kharkiv
@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

Total collapse at Moscow’s airports 🛩 🚫 Ukrainian sources report that Ukraine has initiated its long-promised operation to disrupt russian air traffic. Delayed at the request of our partners, but now finally underway.