Charles
@gimpyhand.bsky.social
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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February 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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The director of Melania movie
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The director of Melania movie
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I’m sure others have noticed this exchange between Michael Wolff and Epstein about exorbitant price Rybolovlev’ paid to Trump for his the Palm Beach Mansion and suspicious trades with MBS - but how many have twigged that Rybolovlev is part of the current Ukraine negotiating team?
January 31, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I’m sure others have noticed this exchange between Michael Wolff and Epstein about exorbitant price Rybolovlev’ paid to Trump for his the Palm Beach Mansion and suspicious trades with MBS - but how many have twigged that Rybolovlev is part of the current Ukraine negotiating team?
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Some of the recently declassified images of the NRO's Cold War-era JUMPSEAT HEO signals intelligence satellite program. lnkd.in/eGym2xBj
January 29, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Some of the recently declassified images of the NRO's Cold War-era JUMPSEAT HEO signals intelligence satellite program. lnkd.in/eGym2xBj
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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As Trump continues to weaponize the EEOC against civil rights, we cannot stay silent. The lessons of our history are clear: bigotry and racism weaken this country, and we will not go backward.
Read my recent Substack article at the link in my reply.
Read my recent Substack article at the link in my reply.
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
As Trump continues to weaponize the EEOC against civil rights, we cannot stay silent. The lessons of our history are clear: bigotry and racism weaken this country, and we will not go backward.
Read my recent Substack article at the link in my reply.
Read my recent Substack article at the link in my reply.
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Consider the following. Two founding members of the board of peace can't be part of the signing ceremony, because they have an arrest warrant for war crimes issued against them.
January 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Consider the following. Two founding members of the board of peace can't be part of the signing ceremony, because they have an arrest warrant for war crimes issued against them.
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"So MAGA does not want to make America great again. MAGA does not simply want to correct some of the excesses of modern America or the modern world. MAGA embraces what was most illiberal about the old order. Or to put it simply: It is fascism that they yearn for." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
MAGA’s Lust for Fascism
Trump’s ideologues want a smaller, meaner, whiter America.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
"So MAGA does not want to make America great again. MAGA does not simply want to correct some of the excesses of modern America or the modern world. MAGA embraces what was most illiberal about the old order. Or to put it simply: It is fascism that they yearn for." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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In Donald Trump’s world, the strong take what they can. That will be bad for America—and everyone else: econ.st/4qcajRx
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 PM
In Donald Trump’s world, the strong take what they can. That will be bad for America—and everyone else: econ.st/4qcajRx
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The willingness of so many to discuss Trump's diplomacy as if it is a strategic successor to the linear tradition of Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan rather than the violently incompetent chaos bomb it is in reality will forever baffle me
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The willingness of so many to discuss Trump's diplomacy as if it is a strategic successor to the linear tradition of Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan rather than the violently incompetent chaos bomb it is in reality will forever baffle me
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The president of Ukraine in a town that the president of Russia claims Russia occupies. Ukrainians can defend themselves if they are helped by their allies. We have a simple job here — help courageous people who are defending themselves in horrible circumstances. Continuous good work by Phil OBrien
Just sent out my free weekend update. Was quite a week in the land war, started with great doom for Ukraine and ended with the Ukrainians pushing the Russians away from Kupyansk and advancing in a week twice as much as the Russians advanced in 4 months. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #163: Ukraine Goes From Collapsing to Liberating Kupyansk
The Two Negotiations; Stirrings in Europe
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The president of Ukraine in a town that the president of Russia claims Russia occupies. Ukrainians can defend themselves if they are helped by their allies. We have a simple job here — help courageous people who are defending themselves in horrible circumstances. Continuous good work by Phil OBrien
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"the lack of preoccupation with Russian expansionism in the administration’s security circles suggests something truly radical that Trump and his advisors haven’t had the courage or candor yet to pronounce clearly.” @hofrench.bsky.social
Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Blueprint for the Demise of the West
The White House’s agenda may not be coherent, but it is deeply dangerous.
foreignpolicy.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"the lack of preoccupation with Russian expansionism in the administration’s security circles suggests something truly radical that Trump and his advisors haven’t had the courage or candor yet to pronounce clearly.” @hofrench.bsky.social
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Fascism is an ideology. The government is fascist. But it's an unconsolidated competitive authoritarian regime, not a totalitarian one.
October 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Fascism is an ideology. The government is fascist. But it's an unconsolidated competitive authoritarian regime, not a totalitarian one.
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If you're a dictator, they let you do it ...🤷♀️
In Trump's mind, everyone works for him and he should have the right to fire them ... if not have them hacked up and killed if they get in his way.
In Trump's mind, everyone works for him and he should have the right to fire them ... if not have them hacked up and killed if they get in his way.
"Insubordinate."
In a democracy, a journalist doesn't act as a subordinate to the head of state. The job is to hold power accountable. deadline.com/2025/11/trum...
In a democracy, a journalist doesn't act as a subordinate to the head of state. The job is to hold power accountable. deadline.com/2025/11/trum...
Donald Trump Says ABC Should Lose Its Broadcast License After Getting Irate Over Reporter’s Questions About Jamal Khashoggi Murder, Jeffrey Epstein Files
Donald Trump called for ABC to lose its broadcast license over a reporter's questions about the Khashoggi murder and the Epstein files.
deadline.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you're a dictator, they let you do it ...🤷♀️
In Trump's mind, everyone works for him and he should have the right to fire them ... if not have them hacked up and killed if they get in his way.
In Trump's mind, everyone works for him and he should have the right to fire them ... if not have them hacked up and killed if they get in his way.
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I just remembered this from Glenn Kessler 3 months ago
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I just remembered this from Glenn Kessler 3 months ago
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The biggest cowards in the Republican Party are the ones who are now going to vote to release the Epstein files after blocking the petition to bring it to the floor for months by refusing to sign it. All shameful cowards and frauds.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The biggest cowards in the Republican Party are the ones who are now going to vote to release the Epstein files after blocking the petition to bring it to the floor for months by refusing to sign it. All shameful cowards and frauds.
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🚨A whistleblower’s letter says Epstein-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys privileges most inmates never see, including access to puppies from the prison’s dog program, as Congress probes whether Trump is preparing clemency for her.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨A whistleblower’s letter says Epstein-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys privileges most inmates never see, including access to puppies from the prison’s dog program, as Congress probes whether Trump is preparing clemency for her.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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Powered by AI, open-source intelligence isn’t a supplement to traditional intelligence. It is becoming the foundation.
The Future of Intelligence Is Open
The United States’ strategic edge in spying needs to be AI and open-source intelligence.
foreignpolicy.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Powered by AI, open-source intelligence isn’t a supplement to traditional intelligence. It is becoming the foundation.
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Andor, season 2, episode 8
WHOA: DHS says that their officers were “rammed and blocked in” in Chicago and got out of their cars and shot an U.S. citizen who reportedly also had a gun and who had been tracking ICE raids. They are blaming the shooting on her, and say they were already tracking her socials. More details to come.
October 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Andor, season 2, episode 8
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[tv commercial opens]
[a woman comes into a kitchen and puts down her grocery bags]
“as a busy mom, I’m always looking for faster, cheaper ways to launder hundreds of millions of dollars”
[a woman comes into a kitchen and puts down her grocery bags]
“as a busy mom, I’m always looking for faster, cheaper ways to launder hundreds of millions of dollars”
Eric Trump: "You're sitting there saying, 'Why can't I send hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin overseas instantly or receive it instantly with virtually no fees?' Bitcoin is the way of the future."
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
[tv commercial opens]
[a woman comes into a kitchen and puts down her grocery bags]
“as a busy mom, I’m always looking for faster, cheaper ways to launder hundreds of millions of dollars”
[a woman comes into a kitchen and puts down her grocery bags]
“as a busy mom, I’m always looking for faster, cheaper ways to launder hundreds of millions of dollars”
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Sorry for the inconveyance.
September 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Sorry for the inconveyance.
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Robert Redford on Richard Nixon's death. Not much changes, I guess.
September 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Robert Redford on Richard Nixon's death. Not much changes, I guess.