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Ben Shultz
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☀️ Lead Researcher, @AmericanSunlight.org ("evil people," according to Elon) 💻 Fellow, @HIIGberlin.bsky.social 🇪🇺 AI Expert, @coe.int 🤖 Hobbies include hunting Russian bots 🏛️ Big fan of democracy 🍊 Alum #MaxwellMafia https://www.benmshultz.com | 📍Berlin
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Ben Shultz @benmshultz.com · Apr 19
Some thoughts on Marco Rubio's latest fiction.

"In Little Marco’s tall tale, the State Department’s former GEC was not a government office that publicly attributed online influence operations to our strategic adversaries, but a shadowy ground zero for censorship..."

More w/ @americansunlight.org ⬇️
‘Little’ Marco’s Tall Tale
Rubio's "Censorship" Lies Are Leaving America Open to Foreign Manipulation
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d
this is an extremely high priority.

“Murdoch Fox” and “Ellison CBS” should be said by every Democratic politician at least once per day.
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Unremarkable Internet User @nostaticatall.bsky.social · 1d
It's incumbent upon the Democratic Party to educate the public on why CBS news is not to be trusted anymore.
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d
The CBS takeover by Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss is the most foreboding move in a while, and I’m not saying that lightly.

It will have an effect on the 2026 elections: CBS will now lie to people and normies will believe it.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d
This is not going to end well. Sooner or later an American citizen is going to get killed.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d
"That's why I shut down the House and sent all our members home to their districts for three weeks. See? Nothing to hide!"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Mike Johnson: "When the simple truth is on your side, you have nothing to hide from."
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d
⚡️Ukraine, Denmark sign memorandum on joint drone manufacturing.

Ukraine and Denmark signed a memorandum of understanding, which will allow Ukrainian defense companies to set up joint manufacturing in the Nordic country, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced Oct. 6.
Ukraine, Denmark sign memorandum on joint drone manufacturing
"The Memorandum provides for the establishment of production by Ukrainian defense companies on the territory of Denmark, the creation of joint capacities, technology exchange, and the involvement of E...
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 8d
Sir….
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 5d
Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5d
A Belgian security service officer was arrested and indicted for espionage, two people with knowledge of the case told POLITICO.
Belgian security service officer indicted for spying
Indictment comes amid mounting pressure on Belgium’s security agencies.
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Ben Shultz @benmshultz.com · 5d
America today: Masked secret police assault journalists—now on the regular. Absolutely horrifying.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d
moments ago: pandemonium.

a huge mass of border patrol agents, led by greg bovino, pushed the crowd of protesters and started grabbing people at random.

leading up to this, folks were just calmly standing in the grass, following isp’s orders.

multiple people detained. no clue how many.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 6d
We inch closer to North Korea daily….

Department of Education employees furloughed this week discovered their email accounts had been manipulated while they were out of office to include partisan talking points that blamed a government shutdown on Democrats.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown
Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.
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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 7d
OpenAI’s Sora let me create a fake eyewitness video of a fire at the UN building. It’s not perfect, but it’s certainly fast and good enough.

The original came with a bouncing watermark which was easy to crop out.

Good job everybody.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7d
Unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional crimes happening in front of us daily. Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, &, well, here we are:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d
All blue states. What a surprise. I guess all we can do is vote out every single Republican candidate for every office in those states since none of them will speak up or do anything. And the Appropriations Chair Susan Collins.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d
All blue states. What a surprise. I guess all we can do is vote out every single Republican candidate for every office in those states since none of them will speak up or do anything. And the Appropriations Chair Susan Collins.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9d
"In 2025, Americans may be reading this novel with somewhat different eyes than in times gone by, when strongman rule, cult-like worship of leaders, and reality-denying propaganda were things that happened somewhere else." www.thebulwark.com/p/animal-far...
‘Animal Farm’ Never Gets Old
Orwell’s classic turns 80.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 16d
lollllll

Kennedy sued me based on a totally baseless accusation that I would be using the power of government to label Americans’ speech as disinformation. Now his agency is labeling reporters whose work he doesn’t like disinformation.

Accusation 🤝 projection
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10d
🚨 BREAKING: The pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) is firmly in the lead of Moldova’s election, with around half of votes counted so far and PAS-sympathetic constituencies still to tally.

Full story: www.politico.eu/article/poll...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10d
Denmark will close its airspace to civilian drones this week following disturbances near military bases at Copenhagen airport last week.
Denmark bans drone flights as EU leaders prepare to descend on Copenhagen
Suspected Russian involvement in the drone flights that have dogged Denmark in the past week has authorities on high alert.
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 11d
99% of my MBA students said they would not do Love is Blind because info is:

Missing
Biased
Potentially deceiving

This analogy is why we have financial reporting for business & governments. It’s also why we need to advocate strongly for information integrity.

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Love is Blind helps illustrate the need for information integrity
The last few days, I've welcomed 217 new students to The Cambridge MBA financial reporting and analysis class. My former students know that I watch a lot of reality television.
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 11d
It's not funny; the MedBed stuff is terribly, awfully sad. So many people who are dying or watching a loved one fade away, holding out hope that Trump will finally release all the hidden cures and save them in time. Hang around QAnon-type spaces and you'll see them posting. It's heartbreaking.
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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11d
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11d
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 13d
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13d
Patel is basically admitting on camera that the FBI no longer adheres to the Attorney General Guidelines, which prohibits investigating U.S. persons based solely on First Amendment activity (including membership in a group).
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d
Patel on left-wing groups: "We are properly going to chase them down like the domestic terrorists that they are."
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 13d
Can't recall the number of times I've talked to secondary, & even tertiary teachers in New Zealand around what's noted in this article, since early 2022. That it's this bad now is awful. | 'Trump boys' in NZ classrooms: Teachers warn of rising student extremism www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
'Trump boys' in NZ classrooms: Teachers warn of rising student extremism
While Netflix series Adolescence highlighted the effect of extremism among teens, one teacher says “a spirit of inhumanity has arrived in our classrooms on a scale we haven't seen in our lifetimes”.
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The Economist @economist.com · 13d
The indictment of former FBI director James Comey lays bare the president’s intentions
Donald Trump escalates his retribution campaign
The indictment of former FBI director James Comey lays bare the president’s intentions
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15d
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that Europe is facing a “pattern” of threats at its borders, after drones disrupted air travel in Denmark and Norway overnight.
It’s definitely a pattern, von der Leyen warns after airport drone incidents
“Our critical infrastructure is at risk. And Europe will respond to this threat with strength & determination,” says European Commission chief.
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