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Grant W. Turner

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Aspiring interdisciplinary international affairs scholar-practitioner
R. Assoc. @stimsoncenter.bksy.social
Analyst Jamestown Foundation

Bylines include RUSI, The Diplomat, Eurasia Daily Monitor

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · Mar 22

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#irsky #polisky think tank, policy, journal, department, news, journalism

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

Twisting military code, the Trump administration says “all orders” from the president are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him. trib.al/M0jcTz3

The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.

Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 1d

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Ukraine’s biggest wartime corruption scandal, explained

YouTube video by Kyiv Independent

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 1d

She argues that if he fires them, allows the investigations to run their course, and allows for additional reforms (which she details), then this scandal will actually be a pivotal moment in Ukraine’s history.
#Ukraine #Zelensky #irsky #polisky

Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 1d

As @dkaleniuk.bsky.social observes in her interview with @mrsoroka.bsky.social/ @kyivindependent.com, Zelenskyy tends to focus on the big picture and delegate the rest, so it's possible his top implicated advisors were conspiring without his knowledge.

Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine’s current corruption scandal may actually be a good thing. Why? Historically, it's the journalists that expose such corruption, and there is little accountability, if any. This time, the state initiated the investigation, showing that the reforms are working. How well remains to be seen...

Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 1d

"The timing is not subtle. PNP is in the final stretch of collecting signatures for a veto referendum that would suspend House Bill 1 — the mid-decade GOP redraw designed to lock in a 7–1 Republican congressional map — and put it before voters in 2026."

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d

AG Catherine Hanaway publicly announced she has referred the state’s grassroots referendum campaign to ICE, claiming without evidence that canvassers are “employing illegal aliens” to collect signatures to overturn the mid-decade redraw.
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Missouri AG Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

While the Supreme Court has not yet said whether it will take up the case or allow the lower court’s injunction to stand, what happens next — in the coming days and weeks — will help determine the fate of democracy in Texas and nationwide.👇
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What Comes Next for Texas’ Blocked GOP Gerrymander

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

Republicans lawmakers approved a sweeping anti-voting law Wednesday that sponsors framed as a direct response to a September letter sent by the DOJ demanding the state change its election laws or face federal litigation. https://bit.ly/4r8K1jT

After DOJ Threat, Ohio GOP Passes Law to End Mail Ballot Grace Periods

Read more here.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d

Missouri AG Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers

Read more here.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 2d

This isn't just about one man's moral failure. It's about a system where wealth creates impunity. Where the rules simply don't apply.

What Jeffrey Epstein's Emails Really Expose: The System Itself

The Epstein files aren't about one dead predator or even about the powerful men who enabled him. They're about a revelation that terrifies the ruling class: We're finally seeing the structure of division and dehumanization clearly.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 3d

Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty | Released from jail on this day 130 years ago, the great socialist and labor leader delivered a speech we would do well to remember in these perilous times.

Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty

Released from jail on this day 130 years ago, the great socialist and labor leader delivered a speech we would do well to remember in these perilous times.

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 3d

@theconversation.com @woleojewale.bsky.social

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Bamako under siege: why Mali’s army is struggling to break the jihadist blockade of the capital

The blockade of southern Mali is designed to weaken the military government, incite the public and possibly consolidate control.

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 3d

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Jihadists tighten their stranglehold

With critical gold mines in the Kayes region already under threat, the militants are now targeting critical commercial axes

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like Mali is about to fall to JNIM, the al-Qaeda linked organization, as a result of the group's blockade of the capital.
@wsj.com
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How al Qaeda Stands on the Brink of Toppling This Government | WSJ

YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal

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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 3d

Exclusive: US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say

(Trump admin doing everything it can to make the US an unreliable partner and rewarding Vladimir Putin. Such great times! 😬)

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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 3d

Why is India’s Modi government making nice with a group that practices one of the world’s most extreme versions of Islam, including banning girls and women from school and nearly all forms of employment?

Modi and the Mullahs: India’s Embrace of the Taliban

Why is New Delhi’s approach to the Islamist fundamentalist group is so different this time around?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.

Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 3d

Rep. @gene4va.bsky.social—who was a White House national security lawyer at the time of the 2019 call—said it “would shock people if they knew what was said.”

Calls Grow to Release Transcript of 'Highly Disturbing' Trump-MBS Call After Khashoggi Murder

Rep. Eugene Vindman—who was a White House national security lawyer at the time of the 2019 call—said it “would shock people if they knew what was said.”

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 3d

"It is outrageously irresponsible that we still allow use of this dangerous poison in the United States," one campaigner said after the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer dubbed atrazine a probable carcinogen.

A Month After Trump Doubles Down on Atrazine, WHO Dubs It 'Probably Carcinogenic to Humans'

After the Trump administration doubled down on the alleged safety of atrazine, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer said that the pesticide probably causes cancer.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 3d

"The CDC is now completely compromised after Trump and RFK Jr ousted or drove out real, well-intentioned and intelligent scientists," said one physician.

US Close to Losing Measles Elimination Status Under RFK Jr.

"The CDC is now completely compromised after Trump and RFK Jr ousted or drove out real, well-intentioned and intelligent scientists," said one physician.

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 4d

If you need help understanding or defining fascism: www.openculture.com/2024/11/umbe...
#polisky #philsky #fascism

Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 4d

Better than their Covid advice to kill them I guess...

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 6d

With this financial advice, is Fox News ready to admit Trump has ruined the economy?

Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 4d

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 5d

You can’t make this up.

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Politico @politico.com · 4d

A federal judge ruled that Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to D.C. was illegal, concluding he lacks the authority to send in troops “for the deterrence of crime.”

Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal

The judge postponed the impact of her decision until Dec. 11 to give the Trump administration time to appeal her decision.

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Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) @memri.org · 4d

Artificial Intelligence And The New Era Of Terrorism: An Assessment Of How Jihadis Are Using AI To Expand Their Propaganda, Recruitment, And Operations And The Implications For National Security

By: Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D., A. Smith, R. Sosnow, Z. Emile, K. Choukry, Matt Schierer, N. Tariq, N. Mozes, Y. Kerman, N. Shulder, A. Goren, D. Sonnenfeld, Y. Kulka, Tufail Ahmad, and Mantasha Ansari T...

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 4d

Adding to the long track record of the GOP tacitly endorsing the use of Nazi imagery, rhetoric, policies, and leaders, ranging from Speaker Boehner warning there were Nazis amongst the GOP in Congress a decade ago, through both Trump admins using blatant Nazi-inspired imagery, rhetoric, and policies

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Wow.

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 4d

Trump says Democratic lawmakers should be executed for blandly stating a fact: soldiers are bound by law and duty to refuse unlawful orders.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Not a word from the Speaker about Trump’s comments

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Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 4d

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.