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Dale Schenck @daleschenck.bsky.social · 14h

The SECURE Act empowers US counterintelligence to go on offense

thehill.com/opinion/nati...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t not believe how hard it is to sleep when you’re watching your country, be dismantled by the dumbest people.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

A great article from Bill Piekney: There is something wrong with the man in the White House—and everyone around him knows it. What we’re watching are the reflexes of a disordered mind, filling silence with nonsense while dragging the nation toward militarized rule.

substack.com/home/post/p-...

OUR COUNTRY IS DEBILITATED

THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND EVERYONE AROUND HIM KNOWS IT

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy was nearly 100 yards behind a fatal crash that killed a 78 year-old man, a newly released video shows

Lacy took his own life days before he was set to appear before a grand jury

Video shows Kyren Lacy nearly 100 yards behind fatal crash, attorney says

By Matt Moscona Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy was nearly 100 yards behind a fatal crash that killed a 78...

www.louisianasports.net

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

“We believe it’s our duty to sound the alarm about this administration’s degradation of DoJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it,” according to an open letter signed by 282 former officials.

It will take years to rebuild our Justice Dept.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

www.msnbc.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

This comes from the apparent fact that ICE agents are instructed to accuse people they assault of violent conduct against them, apparently as a justification for their violence, or to deflect claims. The dishonesty of ICE and its leadership is breathtaking.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d

Same thing happened in LA, same thing happened in DC: prosecutors charged people with assaulting a federal officer and then furiously backpedaled when the evidence didn’t support it

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side
They are creating chaos
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says

The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.

www.cbsnews.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5d

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

YouTube video by WION

www.youtube.com

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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 4d

“Russia has no interest in kinetic confrontation but is eager to weaken our collective ability to think, act and mount a defense.”

Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 4d

🇪🇺 keeps waiting for invasion, meanwhile, 🇷🇺 is already inside the house.
Not with conventional forces, but with: influence operations poisoning civil discourse, targeted assassinations, strategic corruption subverting politics, lawfare stalling 🇪🇺’s collective defense
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...

Three reasons Russia is poking NATO

Moscow can't beat the West on the battlefield. So it's waging a different kind of war.

open.substack.com

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Dale Schenck @daleschenck.bsky.social · 6d

WSJ Opinion: Take Havana Syndrome Seriously

Americans who are suffering debilitating symptoms deserve answers—and treatment.

By David A. Relman and Paul A. Friedrichs

www.wsj.com/opinion/take...

Opinion | Take Havana Syndrome Seriously

Americans who are suffering debilitating symptoms deserve answers—and treatment.

www.wsj.com

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The Economist @economist.com · 3d

Incursions appear to be aimed specifically at some of the countries that are most helpful to Ukraine. Vladimir Putin does not need to frighten politicians or generals with his grey-zone manoeuvres--just ordinary people

Why Russia’s micro-aggressions against Europe are proliferating

It is hoping to sap support for Ukraine and highlight America’s ambivalence

econ.st

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4d

"A rich man can hand out $1 million checks to prospective voters. Companies and people can use secretly funded “dark money” nonprofits to donate unlimited money, anonymously ... then spend it on advertising campaigns. Podcasters, partisans, or anyone, really, can tell outrageous, incendiary lies."

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote about the challenges American social media poses to European democracy earlier this year
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Europe’s Elon Musk Problem

He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.

www.theatlantic.com

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 4d

While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides jumping almost 30 per cent since 2000

Global suicide rates fell 30 per cent since 1990 – but not in the US

While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides jumping almost 30 per cent since 2000

www.newscientist.com

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 4d

Today is the 39th anniversary of a strange (which suits my purposes) but also somewhat unpleasant anniversary: the attack on Dan Rather by a man who wanted to shut off the signals being broadcast into his head and who consequently kept shouting “Kenneth, what is the frequency?”

News cutting: Dan Rather recuperates from attack by two men

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5d

Elon Musk’s Twitter feed is the farthest-right, most hateful and disinformation-forward social media feed I’ve seen of any person who doesn’t openly identify as a member of a hate group. It’s toxic at a level that in any other era would have led to *anyone* in business ceasing all dealings with him.

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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 6d

I've spoken to David Relman extensively. He knows what he is talking about.

Dale Schenck @daleschenck.bsky.social · 6d

WSJ Opinion: Take Havana Syndrome Seriously

Americans who are suffering debilitating symptoms deserve answers—and treatment.

By David A. Relman and Paul A. Friedrichs

www.wsj.com/opinion/take...

Opinion | Take Havana Syndrome Seriously

Americans who are suffering debilitating symptoms deserve answers—and treatment.

www.wsj.com

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Dale Schenck @daleschenck.bsky.social · 6d

WSJ Opinion: Take Havana Syndrome Seriously

Americans who are suffering debilitating symptoms deserve answers—and treatment.

By David A. Relman and Paul A. Friedrichs

www.wsj.com/opinion/take...

Opinion | Take Havana Syndrome Seriously

Americans who are suffering debilitating symptoms deserve answers—and treatment.

www.wsj.com

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Dale Schenck @daleschenck.bsky.social · 6d

House Intel investigating Havana Syndrome sent criminal referrals to DOJ, a move welcomed by officers who were denied care. "The Biden admin’s IC was wrong in its intelligence assessment & we are working to set the record straight," Crawford said.

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Congress sends criminal referrals to Justice Department in Havana Syndrome probe

In a turning point in what has been a years-long saga, a congressional committee investigating the intelligence community’s handling of the “anomalous health incidents” commonly known as Havana Syndro...

www.miamiherald.com

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 7d

This is stunning. Wow.

Pentagon to conduct widespread random polygraphs, NDAs in attempt to smother torrent of leaks — www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks

The Pentagon is planning to require thousands of uniformed and civilian officials to sign nondisclosure agreements and submit to random polygraph testing.

www.washingtonpost.com

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 6d

A team involving @uclqsion.bsky.social scientists has, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson’s ‘trigger’ directly observed in human brain tissue for the first time

A team involving UCL scientists has, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 7d

Parkinson’s is now the fastest growing neurological condition in the world.
In this podcast, Dr Sonia Gandhi (@uclqsion.bsky.social) shares more about her work to reverse that trend.
🎧 Listen now:

The Life Scientific - Sonia Gandhi on building model brains to tackle Parkinson’s disease - BBC Sounds

Sonia Gandhi on trying to tackle the fastest-growing neurological condition in the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr William Allchorn @willallchorn.bsky.social · 6d

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

NYPD rebukes Trump’s massive cuts to counterterrorism programs

The New York Police Department joined a chorus of state officials slamming plans to slash $187 million from its counterterrorism budget.

www.msnbc.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8d

Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8d

I will say, watching the behavior of the Generals today, respectful but reserved and apolitical in the face of Trump was heartening.

Hopefully the next generation of officers, the young ones, see that and take it to heart.

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