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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · 20h

So, she’s lobbying to get Ukrainian children abducted by Russia back?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · 20h

New books, on Lithuania and Central Europe!

Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 22h

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Mapping the shifting mental boundaries of Europe

Two books look at how so much central and eastern Europe identity has long been defined by an animosity to Moscow

on.ft.com

jillmassino.bsky.social @jillmassino.bsky.social · 22h

Will Portland's frogs become the US equivalent of Poland's Orange Alternative dwarfs?

The Portland protest frogs are multiplying

YouTube video by The Oregonian

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Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 22h

on.ft.com/4h0iJHK

Mapping the shifting mental boundaries of Europe

Two books look at how so much central and eastern Europe identity has long been defined by an animosity to Moscow

on.ft.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 22h

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 2d

The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · 19d

This:

Mike Madrid @mikemadrid.bsky.social · 19d

Wouldn’t the best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s belief in free speech be to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel?

Mike Madrid @mikemadrid.bsky.social · 19d

Wouldn’t the best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s belief in free speech be to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel?

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · 27d

Did we live through the same period?

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27d

Megyn Kelly: “We haven't felt like ourselves since Obama. He was such a slick snake…He was so divisive in his messaging...He’s the one who started to inject race when no one had been doing it…They say ‘Trump is divisive’. He’s the antidote, the answer to the divisiveness of Obama.”

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · 27d

This:

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27d

I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · 27d

My audiobook is half-price right now, —the discount lasts until October 3.

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50% OFF Poland: The First Thousand Years

Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Pole has been in flux. In the late medieval and early modern perio...

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27d

Megyn Kelly: “We haven't felt like ourselves since Obama. He was such a slick snake…He was so divisive in his messaging...He’s the one who started to inject race when no one had been doing it…They say ‘Trump is divisive’. He’s the antidote, the answer to the divisiveness of Obama.”

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27d

I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Sep 5

They must be turning over in their graves.

Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 29

This:

Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 29

This has gone way too far: why can’t we do something about it? Putin has thrown down the gauntlet, and we stand there, stupefied, as Ukrainians take the hit for us, time and again.

Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is how Russian drone crashing into your apartment looks like. + we live in truly bizarre times. this person stands there calmly in their Kyiv apartment that was just attacked by a Russian Shahed drone, and just calmly says why you should indeed hide in bathroom or hallway during the attack ,

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 29

It’s all about control over something that should be above politics.

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 29

Who is surprised by this? Only those who avert their eyes.

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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is how Russian drone crashing into your apartment looks like. + we live in truly bizarre times. this person stands there calmly in their Kyiv apartment that was just attacked by a Russian Shahed drone, and just calmly says why you should indeed hide in bathroom or hallway during the attack ,

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sounds like state socialism to me. Where is the outrage on the right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

CNBC: So we should expect the US government to be taking more equity stakes in businesses around the country?

KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 25

Dancing at my nephew’s wedding—

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

CNBC: So we should expect the US government to be taking more equity stakes in businesses around the country?

KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 20

Real American Presidents vs. Trump
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...

Real American Presidents vs. Trump

What American Presidents worth the name would say today.

open.substack.com

Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 10

This:

Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · Aug 9

Really frustrating seeing journalists continue using “peace deal.” This is such an insult to Ukrainians. What “peace deal” implies is rewarding a terrorist state committing genocide and an illegal invasion by an aggressor.

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 9

Isn’t this a country where private property is sacred? They leave devastation everywhere.

Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Aug 9

I hope Alaskans protest. This is a visit by someone who still has pretensions to their land. Letting Putin in boosts his ratings back home, where Russians think Alaska is Russian.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · Aug 9

Really frustrating seeing journalists continue using “peace deal.” This is such an insult to Ukrainians. What “peace deal” implies is rewarding a terrorist state committing genocide and an illegal invasion by an aggressor.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Jul 31

From Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski, the Supporting Ukraine Act of 2025, a $54.6 billion aid package to provide Ukraine with military support over the next two years.

119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
To provide emergeney supplemental appropriations in response to the crisis in Ukraine, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
A BILL
To provide emergency supplemental appropriations in response to the crisis in Ukraine, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the
5 "Supporting Ukraine Act of 2025".

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Patrice Dabrowski @patricedabrowski.bsky.social · Jul 30

So, let’s defund the public broadcasters that make this possible…

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 29

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

The Invention of “Sesame Street”

Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

www.newyorker.com

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