@danird.bsky.social
Democracy defender, fierce Mama, lover of my planet, adore my family and friends, crazy about my Pug Lucy, Portugal and dibble dabble often in interior design and never met a long sentence I didn’t love #woolfer
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Spot on analysis; Trump has gambled that this will result in a distraction so that he can focus on the fascist agenda at home!
As a student of history, we have seen this many times as a key diversionary tactic used by authoritarian regimes.
He will invoke more emergency powers asap - beware USA!!
As a student of history, we have seen this many times as a key diversionary tactic used by authoritarian regimes.
He will invoke more emergency powers asap - beware USA!!
June 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Spot on analysis; Trump has gambled that this will result in a distraction so that he can focus on the fascist agenda at home!
As a student of history, we have seen this many times as a key diversionary tactic used by authoritarian regimes.
He will invoke more emergency powers asap - beware USA!!
As a student of history, we have seen this many times as a key diversionary tactic used by authoritarian regimes.
He will invoke more emergency powers asap - beware USA!!
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5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop
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4. Wars are unpredictable
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
4. Wars are unpredictable
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3. The rationale given for a war will change over time, such that actual success or failure in achieving a named objective is less relevant than one might think
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
3. The rationale given for a war will change over time, such that actual success or failure in achieving a named objective is less relevant than one might think
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2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics
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1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Five things to remember about war:
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Facebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).
June 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Facebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).
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Terry Moran worked at ABC for 28 years. Now, for calling Stephen Miller “hateful,” (which he 💯 is per his own family), ABC fired him to appease an authoritarian hypocrite who ran on “free speech.” This will have a chilling effect on all journalists. Fourth Estate fails. Authoritarianism advances.
June 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Terry Moran worked at ABC for 28 years. Now, for calling Stephen Miller “hateful,” (which he 💯 is per his own family), ABC fired him to appease an authoritarian hypocrite who ran on “free speech.” This will have a chilling effect on all journalists. Fourth Estate fails. Authoritarianism advances.
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It takes just minutes to read, but I promise it will blow your mind.
The Trump-Qatar Scandal is about so much more than a damn plane—and Trump knows it. Even many in major media know it.
I cannot explain to you, as a bestselling Trump biographer, why so many in D.C. are hiding what all of us know.
The Trump-Qatar Scandal is about so much more than a damn plane—and Trump knows it. Even many in major media know it.
I cannot explain to you, as a bestselling Trump biographer, why so many in D.C. are hiding what all of us know.
A Donald Trump Biographer Explains in Ten Short Paragraphs the Very Specific Reason Qatar Is Bribing Trump With a $400 Million Luxury Airliner
I wrote three bestselling Trump political biographies during his first administration. I know exactly why Qatar is bribing him, and so does he. I have no idea why American major media won’t report it.
sethabramson.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It takes just minutes to read, but I promise it will blow your mind.
The Trump-Qatar Scandal is about so much more than a damn plane—and Trump knows it. Even many in major media know it.
I cannot explain to you, as a bestselling Trump biographer, why so many in D.C. are hiding what all of us know.
The Trump-Qatar Scandal is about so much more than a damn plane—and Trump knows it. Even many in major media know it.
I cannot explain to you, as a bestselling Trump biographer, why so many in D.C. are hiding what all of us know.
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UPDATE: El Salvador’s brutal far-right dictator, Trump and Musk friend Nayib Bukele, has confirmed that he will never return any person sent to him from America. And Trump has confirmed he wants American citizens sent to El Salvador to die in a foreign gulag. This is a five-alarm fire for democracy.
Yes, Donald Trump is Planning to Send U.S. Residents En Masse to Death Camps in El Salvador Run By Dictator Nayib Bukele
The White House meeting on Monday between Trump and Bukele isn’t quite a Hitler-Stalin summit, but in the context of this century’s politics and America’s descent into fascism, it approaches it.
sethabramson.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
UPDATE: El Salvador’s brutal far-right dictator, Trump and Musk friend Nayib Bukele, has confirmed that he will never return any person sent to him from America. And Trump has confirmed he wants American citizens sent to El Salvador to die in a foreign gulag. This is a five-alarm fire for democracy.
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Look at all these beautiful people! Lines along both side of the street. Chanting, honking, drumming. There were only 6 ppl here 2 weeks ago! Tesla protest Brooklyn. @bkindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @teslatakedown.com #teslatakedown
March 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Look at all these beautiful people! Lines along both side of the street. Chanting, honking, drumming. There were only 6 ppl here 2 weeks ago! Tesla protest Brooklyn. @bkindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @teslatakedown.com #teslatakedown
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“Republican Joe Kent has been nominated to become the next director of the National Counterterrorism Center despite (or perhaps because of) a longstanding habit of amplifying Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
Republicans Are Starting to Panic About DOGE
Plus: Another Russian propagandist gets ready to join the Trump administration.
www.thebulwark.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“Republican Joe Kent has been nominated to become the next director of the National Counterterrorism Center despite (or perhaps because of) a longstanding habit of amplifying Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
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Airbnb is telling people who email to complain about their co-founder’s involvement with Musk, that they are refusing emails. 😡
You know what to do!
You know what to do!
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Airbnb is telling people who email to complain about their co-founder’s involvement with Musk, that they are refusing emails. 😡
You know what to do!
You know what to do!
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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
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Jeffries: And don't come to the house floor and act like this was being done in the fiscal responsibility. Enough. There is nothing in the Republican track record to suggest to the American people that you are the party of fiscal responsibility. Absolutely nothing.
February 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Jeffries: And don't come to the house floor and act like this was being done in the fiscal responsibility. Enough. There is nothing in the Republican track record to suggest to the American people that you are the party of fiscal responsibility. Absolutely nothing.
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When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW!
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...
sign.moveon.org
February 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
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Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
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State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE.
DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.
DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.
February 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE.
DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.
DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.
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For those keeping track, @nytimes.com ran the story today on the bottom of page A22.
Trump declared himself above the law today. Literally announced it. Pinned it to his feed for emphasis. The White House reposted it. All to underscore it’s not some passing thought, which would be bad enough.
It’s not the top story on any news site that I can find.
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It’s not the top story on any news site that I can find.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
For those keeping track, @nytimes.com ran the story today on the bottom of page A22.
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NBC News confirms: An IRS employee affiliated with Elon Musk's DOGE has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information. @msnbc.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM