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UPDATE: Lina Attalah has been released from custody after the LE 3 million fine was paid. Now, all eyes turn to the unprecedented verdict ordering the closure of Mada Masr. Lawyers will appeal.

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Crypto exchange Binance gave Russian investigators a detailed report on Yuri Belenky’s donations to Ukraine’s military, according to a rights group. A Russian military court has now sentenced the IT specialist to 13 years in prison. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Ok. Ive just come from dinner with a Turkish friend who in formed me that the Turkish translation of “Gone With the Wind”‘ is … “Passed with the Wind”. Poetry.

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

Find someone who looks at you like Mike Rogers looks at Donald Trump.

Everyone should read these threads I did about industry lobbyists and the EPA and understand them. Take the time to see the unambiguous evidence of what's happening now at this moment inside the EPA. Please retweet them. Please read them. Each one of the threads. It's happening in slow motion.

Unternehmer Sebastian Kurz scheint den nun in #Brasilien gescheiterten Präsi-Kandidaten Flávio #Bolsonaro zu schätzen - und umgekehrt: Bolsonaro pries #Kurz demnach als „ewigen Premier“ Österreichs. Screenshot eines längst verschwundenen Status-Beitrags von Ende Jan 2026. #Rechtsextremismus

🇭🇺🇷🇸🗳️Three common themes in Hungarian and Serbian seismic elections (not gonna even try to analyse Brazil; I know my limits): 1. Catalyst Events 2. Rule of Law 3. Angry Young People. While both countries have their own peculiar characteristics, some elements appear in both stories - a thread.

The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage | Nesrine Malik

Les États-Unis proposent que Viktor Orban soit le candidat commun de Washington, Moscou et Pékin au poste de Secrétaire Général de l'ONU. J'espère que dans un tel cas, la France aura le courage de mettre son véto. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

Hallelujah!

FROM SERBIA TO BRAZIL AND EVERY DISCO I GET IN MY HEART IS PUMPING FOR LOVE

Ein guter Tag für die Demokratie in #Serbien 🇷🇸 und damit auch für Europa 🇪🇺. Kein guter Tag für #Putin und den Unternehmer Sebastian Kurz. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

THREAD 3: The Plant with Biggest Cancer Risk As we worked on this story, we spent weeks considering which plants to focus on. We needed to visit communities/get input from area residents. Yes, all of these plants have been written abt before. We let the data tell us where to go. THIS CHART POINTED>

THREAD 1: The Nuclear Option. Using Presidential Power to Wipe Out EPA Toxics Rules For decades now, Clean Air Act has allowed the president to issue a so-called presidential exemption to at least temporarily suspect a rule intended to protect public health/air quality. I found this from 1973

Tim Miller on Elon Musk threatening us: “I’m not scared…I also think it’s funny that he’s such a pathetic little boy.”

Alternative: You don’t re-inflate the Hindenburg in a day

If you’re thinking of buying an Audi, don’t forget that an Audi executive appeared at a Trump rally this weekend to try to boost an American dictatorship. Make your car-buying decision accordingly.

Reposting, as Eric Lipton has now added a fascinating thread 🧵

Chemists Announce Upgraded Periodic Table With Dozens Of New Elements For Just $4 A Month https://theonion.com/chemists-announce-upgraded-periodic-table-with-dozens-o-1839288701/

Hitler’s retreat burned down. May it be a portent.

"The poltergeist-level door-slamming is a wasted effort as well. At this point, every time a door creaks open or slams shut, I assume it’s another volunteer trying to get me to vote for the local school board race." buff.ly/YqIjeHr

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So he just sold their resource out from under them and gave it to Russia without Alaskans getting anything for it? Will there be anything of value left in America when this plague of Trump and his republican locusts are done?

It will be interesting to see Alaskan reactions to this In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

To folks who follow me on Bluesky & appreciate the journalism I do. Can you please read the EPA story and post on social media platforms if you are so moved. This kind of work is important. But it only matters if people read it and engage with it. Here's the link. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

For those in Washington, DC, there will be a candlelight vigil tonight at 5:45 pm outside of the Embassy of Jordan for the victims of the Karak Church attack in Jordan, which claimed the lives of 8 people and injured 34 people.

The race to replace Ken Paxton as attorney general of Texas is a contest that has way bigger stakes than you might assume from the outside www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

What this shows is that kissing Trump’s ass always fails. He reacts only to pressure. In this case terrible US polling, screaming Republicans, and catastrophic damage being done to US defense companies.

Es steht viel auf dem Spiel

Our land grants are more than a part of New Mexico’s history. They are a part of who we are as a state. Which is why when I took my oath of office, I was sworn in on both the Constitution AND the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo!

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The question is: Why did Trump derail peace talks?

Wrong. Oh so wrong, Marco!

Welche vertraglichen Rechte hat Deutschland gegenüber SpaceX, und was unternimmt die Bundesregierung, damit die von deutschen Steuerzahlern finanzierte militärische Unterstützung der Ukraine nicht durch Entscheidungen in Washington oder bei Elon Musk außer Kraft gesetzt werden kann?

That it'll fail because they lack sufficient consolidation and centralized control does not make it trivial that the president of the United States is trying to steal elections and produce an illegitimate sham Congress. It is open rebellion against the Constitution and morally tantamount to treason.

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Tonight's Brasil Presidential Debate Recap: 🚨 Lula delivers a historic response to Flávio Bolsonaro, after being called 9 fingers [Lula only has 9 fingers]:

Poland’s Foreign Ministry Sikorski not only reminds Elon Musk that the USA haven’t been paying a cent to Ukraine in almost two years and in fact even benefited from the arms sales, but also schooled him that he is only damaging his brands when meddling in foreign countries.

Why is Trump making so many concessions to Russia now? I think it's three things. #HighStakes

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