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"
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After the Apocalypse
This seems bad: "The internet could be on the verge of a total meltdown" writes Matteo Wong www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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"Realism" is an empty doctrine - and "realists" are just mimicking Moscow talking points, says @EdwardGLuce
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Putin’s American friends
A new season of my podcast, Autocracy in America! coming after the midterms...
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A New Season of Autocracy in A...
a new season of my Autocracy in America podcast, coming after the midterms:
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A New Season of ‘Autocracy in ...
"With a seeming flick of a switch, Musk has the power to alter the course of a deadly conflict. "
Nobody should have that kind of power
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Despite the Trump administration's best efforts, Alberta votes not to break up Canada
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Invasion, mass murder, rape, kidnapping of children - all fine
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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.
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Worth noting this, in light of Meta's temporary ban on the 'No Kings' Instagram account
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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
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Brazil’s Lula wins electoral c...
Trump tells Congress he doesn't care about what they think and lifts Russian energy sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
Trump Signs Order Exempting Ru...
Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member."
From @washingtonpost.com@bsky.brid.gy
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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.
This is a stream of lies. Europe, not America, supports Ukraine. And the US has spent a fraction of the coat.
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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...
Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is ...
He lives in a fantasy world
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"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"
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is ...
There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning"
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Puti...