Maria Llivia

“Most of my true heroes in this life have been women. In my experience, they have borne most of the brunt of an often broken society, but somehow managed to move it forward anyway. Progress often walks hand-in-hand with the persecuted. Misogyny and mediocrity are no match for our mothers.” noelcasle

"Zelensky is delicate but firm," Oleksandr Merezhko, chair of Ukraine's parliamentary foreign affairs committee, told the Kyiv Independent. "The president can't stay silent when Trump has effectively struck a deal with Putin. The masks have been taken off. Trump doesn't want Ukraine to win."

"Ukraine is not anyone's to give. This war is about Ukrainians wanting to decide their own future." Dr Fiona Hill, former advisor to the White House on Russia, delivering the latest Lord Speaker's lecture to a packed room @houseoflords.parliament.uk My thanks to Lord Ahmad for chairing.

BREAKING WaPo: The Trump admin has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian missile and drone attacks — a delay that comes as Trump embraces Russia and slams Ukraine.

My friend and brilliant analyst of important things @djrothkopf.bsky.social makes it painfully clear who Trump sides with on every important issue.

“Trump’s reign was always gonna end in violence as part of its tawdry reality show formula because he himself is such a connoisseur, and all of the actions of his administration are aimed at pleasing POTUS first and foremost.” noelcasler.substack.com/p/schism?r=1...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/m...

Miss you, @barackobama.bsky.social .....

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Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda

HE VOTED FOR TRUMP. THEN THE CRUELTY BECAME PERSONAL. After his truck struck and killed Haitian student Pierre Damas Bel, Jack Buhring began seeing the humanity behind Trump’s targets. Know your rights: PAXIS.app Help keep it free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS Demand accountability.

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Corruption and Regime Change with Anne Applebaum and Tim Snyder youtu.be/TKwfEs71VQI?... via @YouTube

Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...

The Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

so we're all bailing Trump out now while he talks shit about us? ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-e...

I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings

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Tucker Carlson: Trump should have been removed from office immediately when he threatened nuclear war

Donald Trump’s Sunday-morning Truth Social post “suggests a president who is now lost in a fantasy city in his mind—a capital where the buildings are festooned with his name, drenched in glitz, and bristling with weapons,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

We will haunt you to the ends of the earth. EEEEKKKK!

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Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening the door for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member. 🇨🇦🇪🇺 “Europe and Canada believe in democracy.” What a remarkable moment for Canada and Europe. #SheShed

Ben Meiselas does an impression of Jared Kushner

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In this episode of the Regulating AI Podcast, host Sanjay Puri sits down with Congressman Bill Foster—the only PhD physicist serving in the U.S. House of Representatives—to discuss some of the biggest policy challenges facing artificial intelligence today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIHM...

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Thousands of people took part in a protest today against Donald Trump. Dublin, Ireland

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Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton

The old order is not coming back. From the fracture, we can build something bigger, better, stronger, and more just.

The West Wing lost its mind, and Trump did too. Their pushback was so overwhelming, so obviously coordinated, so ugly and personal that it became a story. The White House inadvertently created news, for the most cautious media organizations to take on the topic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I will never get tired of this brilliant piece of Iranian trolling. 😂🔊

Seriously, what is going on with Trump’s rear end here? It looks like he has some sort of contraption back there

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Iran is working so fast on these videos ! Must watch! 🤣😂😅 Sound up! 📣 Trump gave the cameras his tough-guy Air Force One wave… then escaped through a catering truck while the press sat on the decoy. From “unconditional surrender” to Meal Team Six. 😂 #USDemocracy #RisingBlue

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I will be direct: Here how you can help me. 1. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and free and fair elections. 2. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

Biden’s bet that the Inflation Reduction Act could address climate change and create jobs for voters is widely considered to have been a bust—but this is the wrong lesson to draw from his administration’s experience, @leahstokes.bsky.social argues.

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Sen. Rubio made 14 years of nauseating speeches about democracy.🙄 “Rubio now effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government, according to interviews with more than a dozen officials & people close to both governments in Washington & Caracas”

Trump has lost control of this war and his flailing in Ankara shows just how completely adrift he really is. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

@rbreich.bsky.social is 🎯#Pinks