Markian Kuzmowycz

Markian Kuzmowycz

@markiank.bsky.social

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"You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that".🤣 I think if Putin handed this tortured American back piece by piece, Witkoff would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. "1984" unfolding before our very eyes.

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Who went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it.

Techdirt@techdirt.com

Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/09/hey-platforms-your-violent-content-policies-are-about-to-meet-the-pentagons-firing-squad/

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Former MI6 chief Scarlett said that the West didnt grasp how much Ru needed to be respected and treated as a great power equal to the US. I’d say the West actually understood and nearly embraced that idea. This was a huge mistake, actually. The West shouldn’t have construed Ru's desires as needs!

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Idk man, I think a missile carrying a 500kg warhead that hits Mach 5-6, is only in flight for 3-5 minutes, and is accurate to ~10m or so could have some utility. I only have to watch the inbound ones to Ukraine to see what they can "accomplish".

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⚡️ Ukraine repatriates remains of 20th-century military leader Yevhen Konovalets with state honors. As the founder of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), Konovalets devoted his life to the cause of Ukraine's independence. He was assassinated by an undercover Soviet agent in 1938.

kyivindependent.comUkraine repatriates remains of 20th-century military leader Yevhen Konovalets with state honorsAs the founder of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), Konovalets devoted his life to the cause of Ukraine's independence. He was assassinated by an undercover Soviet agent in 1938.

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Trump is a buffoon but RFK got exactly what he wanted here. The data are pretty clear that if you spread the vaccine appointments out then parents don’t come back for them. They don’t want kids to get the vaccines.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social

Yes, let’s burden both new parents and pediatricians with FIVE doctor visits instead of one for absolutely no legitimate medical reason. A masterstroke, sir.

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“I stopped talking to my therapist. I felt like I was ranting like a lunatic and he was listening politely and asking me, ‘Is the bad man in the room with you right now?’” On how 21st century fascists make you sound crazy: badfaithtimes.com/they-make-yo...

badfaithtimes.comThe Fascists Are Making You Sound CrazyYou will appear to be a complete lunatic if you explain the political realities of competitive authoritarianism.

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Trump tried to tell them not to do Covid but they just wouldn't listen. I think the Senate hearings today where a bunch of car dealership guys with That Four Drink Energy took turns getting upset about stuff from their phones established that pretty well.

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Replying to @jfallows.bsky.social

NYT editors put "Claudine Gay" in "top 5 featured on the New York Times homepage Dec 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 22, 25" While they put Trump calling for Constitution's "termination" on page 15 and his chief of staff's "tyrant" warning on 12 Christopher Rufo openly bragged about the plans:

"The thing about this guy is that he’s a total product of right-wing affirmative action and you literally would never have heard of him if he was a liberal" bsky.app/profile/chri... NYT powerful editors who push "meritocracy" narrative yet mediocre and hired each other with legacy insider privilege

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Disgraceful. Simply disgraceful.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. the Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list .. because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

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Though the same point goes for IRGC attacks on Kuwaiti or UAE desalination infrastructure which they are far more dependent on than Iran. We have both warring parties descending into a spiral of war crimes with no end in sight.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

Preventing some Iranian villagers from getting drinking water does nothing to prevent the IRGC from firing missiles and drones. Water is a red line. I know those of you who hate the US military and US foreign policy won’t care about the difference, but it’s significant, with very bad implications.

Uh is this true? RW content seems to absolutely dominate online spaces.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

"'Republicans are in love with television because they believe that it represents more of their vote: older voters, male voters. Democrats value the online piece because we really do think it reaches young voters, diverse voters.'"

This is illegal “Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities. The name of the individual shall be inscribed below the portrait.”

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The U.S. Mint will soon begin producing a new $1 gold-hued coin with President Trump’s face on it to commemorate America’s 250th birthday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced.

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Among Gen A he's basically become a funny meme with no context to who he was or his beliefs. Basically he's Keyboard Cat to them - ‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a punchline among the young - even his supporters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a punchline among the young - even his supportersCrude memes of the Maga luminary are exploding online – less than a year after conservatives were suppressing any slander against him

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TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social

The International Olympic Committee announces that it has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee which had been in effect since October 2023.

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In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one.

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Yes, and the Declaration says the idea that we are all created equal is a "self-evident" truth, meaning it's accessible solely via human reason, to anyone, whether they worship Trump's god or not. Also note that Trump dispenses with the "equal" part.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

“We are all made in the image of one almighty god” centers God—heavily implying the speaker’s conception of God—and casts people as subservient. Worshipful. “All men are created equal… endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights” centers people and their rights. A world of difference.

See also: Russia Understanderers

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social

“I want to hear what everybody is saying regardless of where they fall on the ideological spectrum.” Okay. There’s your problem. You can research antidemocratic, eugenicist, fascist ideology but you don’t need to “listen.” It’s poison. Always has been.

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Replying to @jysexton.bsky.social

“I want to hear what everybody is saying regardless of where they fall on the ideological spectrum.” Okay. There’s your problem. You can research antidemocratic, eugenicist, fascist ideology but you don’t need to “listen.” It’s poison. Always has been.

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Replying to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Imagine Vice President Lyndon Johnson going on Meet the Press to assure the nation that a civil rights bill was coming out soon because he'd spoken with the president's brother-in-law Sargent Shriver and *he* thought it was going to happen

holy hyperbole. these troops are more likely to be vaping, wearing VR goggles, and controlling 5 drones at once than storming anything, but there isn't an easy Nazi reference to bring up there.

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The centre of gravity of Russia's air defence is around the mansions and palaces of Putin or other senior regime figures located 20 to 30 miles outside of Moscow

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

"Why are they even bombing us? Where is the air defense?" The day of rhetorical questions for Moscow residents.

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If this is right, it amounts to a total U.S. capitulation that trades very specific benefits to Iran, some of which (total sanction waivers) take place immediately, for vagaries on nuclear materials ("will be adequately addressed") and the Strait (no mention of tolls/fees).

Since I haven't seen a post with all of it screenshotted and alt-texted in one place, here's the Iran MOU as hudson.org Adjunct Fellow Josh Block is reporting it on Twitter.