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Why isn't this getting more traction?

He denied doing this literally a week ago. Pathetic Quoting @thehill: "Musk says he was behind Starlink’s slowdown in Ukraine thehill.com/policy/interna…"

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...

UPDATE: The DOJ’s demand to set aside ballots in California is impossible to carry out and has no basis in federal law, L.A. County told a federal court last night. Voting is already underway, the county said, and once a ballot leaves its envelope, it can’t be traced back to a voter.

A harrowing report from inside Kyiv youtu.be/wfwipaVHCic?...

russia is about to use a humanitarian crisis it CAUSED as a PR stunt. Vital to remember that people are still in Oleshky because russia held them hostage as human shields. Putin will try rewrite history & pretend he cares about saving lives. But russia caused this.

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Ukraine's new champion

He doesn't keep promises, sadly in this case.

Russians decided to fire dozens of missiles and cluster munitions (war crime) into residential buildings and shopping malls. Those missiles were launched hours after Trump’s envoy told Putin he was a humanitarian.

Russian state TV are rejoicing at Trumps behaviour. This is a humiliating moment for the United States

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

On direct orders from Vlad

BREAKING WSJ: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.

Yesterday, Russia launched 217 guided aerial bombs, 8,784 attack drones and carried out 2,607 shelling attacks across Ukraine. All. In. One. day. Quoting @atrupar: "Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2112263429939417088

Trump has official sided with enemies of the United States. He is a national security risk.

Despite Trumps desperate attempts to save Putin's economy, Ukraine will keep destroying it. Quoting @bayraktar_1love: "🔥Footage of today’s mass Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg and its aftermath, including the burning Ozon warehouse, a drone strike on the Ship Fairway Bridge and a major fi…

Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today - the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done. Outrageous. Put this on the January investigation list.

Trump removed sanctions on the country that murdered 30 innocent people riding on this bus last week. He has sided with this.

Zelenskyy is already being asked to tone down his criticism of Trump. That won’t happen. Looks like the days of Ukraine pandering to countries that betray it are over. Good news

They show you a lion, a bear, a giraffe, and a snake and they say, "You just had lunch with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., do you remember which one he ate?"

russia cannot sustain the mess it created. Refineries on fire & soldiers surrendering in Donbas. That’s why it’s doing everything it can to persuade Trump to get Ukraine to capitulate. That’s why now is the most vital time for Ukraine to keep going and not listen. It’s working

Millions of people around the world who use Elon Musks products and also support Ukraine will likely stop using his products if he is responsible for civilians deaths by turning off starlink. Hope he knows that

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Let’s be clear about what’s happening here: Ukraine is being threatened with starlink removal and intel being cut off for literally fighting back and defending itself. For nearly 5 years the west has been trying to get Ukraine to hold back. Utterly pathetic.

7/ Rubio knows the repercussions. Another example: His letter to Biden's Department of Defense on its potential mistaken purchase of Russian oil. "It is incumbent upon the DoD to take clear steps to ensure that it is not contributing to the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine."

Ukraine is getting blamed for all the worlds problems meanwhile they are literally just rescuing cats from their destroyed buildings Quoting @BohuslavskaKate: "In Zaporizhzhia rescuers saved an orange cat from the rubble of building destroyed by Russian attack. Search and rescue operation continu…

Effective sanctions Quoting @news_9x: "BREAKING: Ukraine has vowed to destroy all Russian refineries to ensure they don't get to export oil to US." https://x.com/news_9x/status/2108829796058972449

The russian plan to encircle Donbas is completely fucked. Ukrainians sent waves of ground drones into their positions and blew them all up. Totally ingenious

The 7/7 bombings in London rightfully outraged the world when Al-Qaeda terrorists blew up a London bus. The same thing just happened in this city in Europe. This time russia were the terrorists and for some reason that means it doesn’t deserve mass coverage. Quoting @CaolanReports: "russia just di…

The death toll is now 33. Right here in a European city. russia needs to be completely isolated from the civilised world. Quoting @CaolanReports: "russia just directly targeted busses filled with people in Kramatorsk. 12 innocent civilians murdered. Totally depraved terrorism." https://x.com/Caola…

I questioned the government chatbot about Trump’s attacks on voting. Here’s what it said. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-17907830690...

MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to.

Sen. Kennedy: “Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy?” Jack Smith: “I do not.” Sen. Kennedy: “How about the Easter Bunny?” Jack Smith: “I no longer believe in the Easter Bunny.”

A federal judge ruled that the Trump admin violated her order prohibiting overcrowding at ICE's Baltimore holding room — the very facility I've been sounding the alarm on after we saw this terrible footage last year. The judge is right to threaten contempt — the abuses must end.

russia is systematically destroying European science and cultural heritage sites. They literally just hit this 19th century historic building in central Kyiv. It’s the headquarters of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences. Deplorable.

U.S. manufacturing jobs are down under Trump, including in the auto industry. His strategy failed, and so will this. Lowering standards will accelerate what he has already been doing: handing the clean tech future to China and forcing Americans to pay more at the pump.

The IDF also finds PRESS badges good targets.

NEW: Nevada said that 185 voters in the state identified by DHS as noncitizens were, in fact, citizens — and the agency appeared unwilling to substantiate its claims. The revelation deepens concerns about the reliability of the Trump administration's ongoing effort to identify alleged noncitizens.

The drone attack on Moscow was a major blow. Ukraine is making this war impossible to ignore: hit fuel, the economy, the energy system. Make chasing an imperial dream feel like it isn't worth the price. Refinery capacity is down, fuel prices are up. youtu.be/fLuHJ32pjnM

@eggerdc.bsky.social reacts after Trump visibly flinched during a military flyover welcoming Xi Jinping to Washington while the Chinese leader barely reacted. "Xi was barely off that plane before we all got a good look at who the actual alpha is in that particular relationship."

My take on the new Trump White House media ban and its German precedent. youtu.be/oDzGqHh9llA

If you think Ukraine is winning and we can all go home.... youtu.be/N_kBexnffxI?...

Anyone thinking Ukraine should ‘concede terrirory for peace’ should look at what happens to Ukrainians in occupied territories One of the worst humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Oleshky today. Mass starvation and murder by drones. That’s what happens. @ZarinaZabrisky reports

As if the album cover isn't inspired enough, take a peek inside the booklet of Cyrille Dubois' new Britten disc!! 🐸☂️

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@thebulwark.com @eggerdc.bsky.social Andrew Egger is the most under-appreciated Bulwarkian. At his craziest, seldom, you could diagram his sentences. Also, there is content in his sentences. Listening to George Conway squeal over him, like a Republican, this morning was embarrassing and intolerable.