Adrian Pohr
@adriander.bsky.social
Signal: Freie Fahrt zum Wahlen stehlen.
"President Trump has granted pre-emptive pardons to Rudolph W. Giuliani and others accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to an official familiar with the matter." Others include Sidney Powell, John Eastman. [Gift link]
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Signal: Freie Fahrt zum Wahlen stehlen.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Democrats "have a pretty good model: find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Donald Trump’s autocracy. Full stop. It’s not more complicated than that. That’s your opposition message." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
A Few Day-After-the-Election Thoughts
The clearest read of what happened last night is that, as far...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Democrats "have a pretty good model: find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Donald Trump’s autocracy. Full stop. It’s not more complicated than that. That’s your opposition message." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
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AfD MPs plan to meet Medvedev in Russia:
“According to research by @t-online.de, this was preceded by months of contact-building, in which the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is also involved. Russia reportedly wants to influence the MPs to undermine key projects of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.”
“According to research by @t-online.de, this was preceded by months of contact-building, in which the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is also involved. Russia reportedly wants to influence the MPs to undermine key projects of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.”
AfD-Treffen mit Medwedew: Kreml organisiert Widerstand gegen Merz – auch BSW verstrickt
Russland baut Kontakte zu Abgeordneten aus AfD und BSW auf. Sie sollen Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz untergraben. AfD-Politiker treffen Dmitri Medwedew in Russland.
www.t-online.de
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
AfD MPs plan to meet Medvedev in Russia:
“According to research by @t-online.de, this was preceded by months of contact-building, in which the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is also involved. Russia reportedly wants to influence the MPs to undermine key projects of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.”
“According to research by @t-online.de, this was preceded by months of contact-building, in which the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is also involved. Russia reportedly wants to influence the MPs to undermine key projects of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.”
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"Yesterday showed us what a wave election looks like. And what was the best predictor of the vote, and the source of the wave? Donald Trump. Take a look at the correlation of his approval rating in the exit polls and the actual vote. This bodes well for 2026."
www.thebulwark.com/p/vive-la-re...
www.thebulwark.com/p/vive-la-re...
Vive La Résistance
Waves can be blue after all.
www.thebulwark.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Yesterday showed us what a wave election looks like. And what was the best predictor of the vote, and the source of the wave? Donald Trump. Take a look at the correlation of his approval rating in the exit polls and the actual vote. This bodes well for 2026."
www.thebulwark.com/p/vive-la-re...
www.thebulwark.com/p/vive-la-re...
Demokraten haben gestern so gut wie alles gewonnen, nicht nur in New York. Darunter die wichtige Initiative in Kalifornien, Wahlbezirke neu zuzuschneiden, und viele andere Wahlen (s. Thread)
What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Demokraten haben gestern so gut wie alles gewonnen, nicht nur in New York. Darunter die wichtige Initiative in Kalifornien, Wahlbezirke neu zuzuschneiden, und viele andere Wahlen (s. Thread)
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Der hybride Krieg der MAGA–Bewegung gegen die Bundesrepublik, mithilfe der AfD, nimmt Fahrt auf und wird hier noch viel zu wenig beachtet.
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Der hybride Krieg der MAGA–Bewegung gegen die Bundesrepublik, mithilfe der AfD, nimmt Fahrt auf und wird hier noch viel zu wenig beachtet.
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When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Weil einige davon ausgehen, dass Trumps Präsidentschaft in 3,5 Jahren ihr natürliches Ende findet: Er selbst hat das nicht vor. Kurzer Thread:
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Weil einige davon ausgehen, dass Trumps Präsidentschaft in 3,5 Jahren ihr natürliches Ende findet: Er selbst hat das nicht vor. Kurzer Thread:
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this is a fearless, clear, alarming explainer by @edwardluce.bsky.social on how Trump is trampling over democratic norms in the USA
www.ft.com/content/1377...
www.ft.com/content/1377...
The Trump Supremacy
Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:06 AM
this is a fearless, clear, alarming explainer by @edwardluce.bsky.social on how Trump is trampling over democratic norms in the USA
www.ft.com/content/1377...
www.ft.com/content/1377...
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Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:
“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups
The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.
www.wsj.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:
“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
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America needs a mass social movement—now—to save itself from autocracy, David Brooks argues.
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
bit.ly
October 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
America needs a mass social movement—now—to save itself from autocracy, David Brooks argues.
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We probably need to go back to ~350 ppm CO₂ equivalent for temperatures to stop rising.
We are now above 573 ppm (GHG forcing of +4.1 W/m²).
That's without aerosols cooling things down.
There's too much uncertainty to be sure, but going back to 350 ppm is already a Herculean task.
We are now above 573 ppm (GHG forcing of +4.1 W/m²).
That's without aerosols cooling things down.
There's too much uncertainty to be sure, but going back to 350 ppm is already a Herculean task.
October 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We probably need to go back to ~350 ppm CO₂ equivalent for temperatures to stop rising.
We are now above 573 ppm (GHG forcing of +4.1 W/m²).
That's without aerosols cooling things down.
There's too much uncertainty to be sure, but going back to 350 ppm is already a Herculean task.
We are now above 573 ppm (GHG forcing of +4.1 W/m²).
That's without aerosols cooling things down.
There's too much uncertainty to be sure, but going back to 350 ppm is already a Herculean task.
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Sehr lesenswert zum Thema "Provokationen": Wenn es aussieht, wie Kriegsvorbereitungen, sind es womöglich Kriegsvorbereitungen open.substack.com/pub/beimwort...
Wenn es aussieht, wie Kriegsvorbereitungen, sind es womöglich Kriegsvorbereitungen
Und keine Provokationen.
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sehr lesenswert zum Thema "Provokationen": Wenn es aussieht, wie Kriegsvorbereitungen, sind es womöglich Kriegsvorbereitungen open.substack.com/pub/beimwort...
Krieg nach innen.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Krieg nach innen.
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Real post on another network:
September 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Real post on another network:
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Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
Hegseth puts us all at risk
Why put all the American commanders in one room?
snyder.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
„Even for a president who has shattered the traditional norms of maintaining distance from the Justice Department, Mr. Trump’s unabashedly public and explicit orders to Ms. Bondi were an extraordinary breach of prosecutorial protocols that reach back to the days following the Watergate scandal.“
Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
„Even for a president who has shattered the traditional norms of maintaining distance from the Justice Department, Mr. Trump’s unabashedly public and explicit orders to Ms. Bondi were an extraordinary breach of prosecutorial protocols that reach back to the days following the Watergate scandal.“
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The past week has shown us something scary — the concrete and specific outlines of a durable authoritarian state in America.
Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
This is how Trump ends democracy
The past week has revealed Trump’s policy road map to veto one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?
www.vox.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The past week has shown us something scary — the concrete and specific outlines of a durable authoritarian state in America.
Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
This is how it's done 🧡💔
September 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
This is how it's done 🧡💔
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The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records.
And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.
A short thread 🧵
And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.
A short thread 🧵
September 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records.
And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.
A short thread 🧵
And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.
A short thread 🧵
Neben dem Absägen lassen von Kimmel und Colbert durch Drohungen der (einst neutralen) FCC und Klagen gegen NYT und Murdoch: Die MAGAisierung der US-Medien ist in vollen Gange. (Putins frühe Jahre lassen grüßen.)
Pro-Trump billionaires now own X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, CBS, Fox, and the WSJ.
And it's about to get worse. Trump wants China to sell TikTok to a couple of pro-Trump billionaires who could do to it what Elon did to Twitter
messagebox.substack.com/p/does-maga-...
And it's about to get worse. Trump wants China to sell TikTok to a couple of pro-Trump billionaires who could do to it what Elon did to Twitter
messagebox.substack.com/p/does-maga-...
Pro-Trump Billionaires Control American Media
Trump wants China to sell TikTok's U.S. operations to a group of pro-Trump billionaires
messagebox.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Neben dem Absägen lassen von Kimmel und Colbert durch Drohungen der (einst neutralen) FCC und Klagen gegen NYT und Murdoch: Die MAGAisierung der US-Medien ist in vollen Gange. (Putins frühe Jahre lassen grüßen.)
The free speech absolutist government.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society...We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech."
September 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The free speech absolutist government.