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So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
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American-made munitions have played a significant role in Israel’s operations in Gaza. Bellingcat has collated scores of incidents where the remnants of US-made munitions have been found in the aftermath of Israeli strikes. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Made in the USA: How American-Built Weapons Have Wrought Destruction in Gaza - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified scores of incidents where remnants from munitions made in the US have been found after Israeli strikes in Gaza.
www.bellingcat.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
American-made munitions have played a significant role in Israel’s operations in Gaza. Bellingcat has collated scores of incidents where the remnants of US-made munitions have been found in the aftermath of Israeli strikes. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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America was an unprecedented global hegemon because it used to be good at the boring shit needed to stay powerful.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
America was an unprecedented global hegemon because it used to be good at the boring shit needed to stay powerful.
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The dataset includes strikes on civilian infrastructure: homes, schools, mosques, shelters, and healthcare facilities. Twenty-eight strikes on schools involved US-made munitions. Civilian deaths were recorded even where evacuation notices were issued.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Made in the USA: How American-Built Weapons Have Wrought Destruction in Gaza - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified scores of incidents where remnants from munitions made in the US have been found after Israeli strikes in Gaza.
www.bellingcat.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The dataset includes strikes on civilian infrastructure: homes, schools, mosques, shelters, and healthcare facilities. Twenty-eight strikes on schools involved US-made munitions. Civilian deaths were recorded even where evacuation notices were issued.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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This is the U Penn donor who helped push the President out, pushed to eliminate arts & science offerings, and drafted Trumps "compact" with universities.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
Top Apollo Global Management executives including chief Marc Rowan held wide-ranging discussions over the firm’s tax arrangements with Jeffrey Epstein throughout the 2010s www.ft.com/content/092d...
Apollo chief Marc Rowan consulted Epstein on firm’s tax affairs
New files reveal extensive talks between disgraced financier and key decision makers at US private capital firm
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This is the U Penn donor who helped push the President out, pushed to eliminate arts & science offerings, and drafted Trumps "compact" with universities.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
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Some of you keep asking me why I quit X. Well, there are many reasons, but the silliness of using a platform you are engaged in a legal battle with is one of them. Oh, and not having to deal with all the "please kill yourself" people in my DMs was a nice change, too.
February 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Some of you keep asking me why I quit X. Well, there are many reasons, but the silliness of using a platform you are engaged in a legal battle with is one of them. Oh, and not having to deal with all the "please kill yourself" people in my DMs was a nice change, too.
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When we talk about authoritarianism, it’s not just Donald Trump.
Musk owns X
Bezos owns Twitch
Zuckerberg owns Instagram and Facebook
Larry Ellison controls TikTok
Billionaires increasingly control what we see, hear and read.
Musk owns X
Bezos owns Twitch
Zuckerberg owns Instagram and Facebook
Larry Ellison controls TikTok
Billionaires increasingly control what we see, hear and read.
February 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
When we talk about authoritarianism, it’s not just Donald Trump.
Musk owns X
Bezos owns Twitch
Zuckerberg owns Instagram and Facebook
Larry Ellison controls TikTok
Billionaires increasingly control what we see, hear and read.
Musk owns X
Bezos owns Twitch
Zuckerberg owns Instagram and Facebook
Larry Ellison controls TikTok
Billionaires increasingly control what we see, hear and read.
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There are aliens on the opposite side of the galaxy who could spot that Mandelson was dodgy
Note to Starmer-stans: if we all knew Mandelson was dodgy, he should have, even if he wasn’t in parliament in 2009.
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
There are aliens on the opposite side of the galaxy who could spot that Mandelson was dodgy
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Patrick Mimford, one of the few Brexit economists, literally told them this.
February 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Patrick Mimford, one of the few Brexit economists, literally told them this.
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Starting to wonder about the EU dimension of this. Mandelson was EU trade commissioner - one of the most important EU portfolio - in 2004 to 2008 after all.
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Starting to wonder about the EU dimension of this. Mandelson was EU trade commissioner - one of the most important EU portfolio - in 2004 to 2008 after all.
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*cough*...
There have been a lot of issues around clumsy comms and strategic confusion around Labour even before their election victory, but the Mandelson appointment is the first time I started wondering about the Starmer team's basic competence
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
*cough*...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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Sad to see how NATO made Chomsky hang out with Epstein all those years.
February 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Sad to see how NATO made Chomsky hang out with Epstein all those years.
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Taking part in European defence initiatives and increasing the capability of a country's security services does not impact on a State's neutral status, the Austrian ambassador to Dublin has said.
jrnl.ie/6943036t
jrnl.ie/6943036t
Austrian ambassador: Taking part in European defence and security spend not a threat to neutrality
Austria, like Ireland, defines itself as neutral.
jrnl.ie
January 31, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Taking part in European defence initiatives and increasing the capability of a country's security services does not impact on a State's neutral status, the Austrian ambassador to Dublin has said.
jrnl.ie/6943036t
jrnl.ie/6943036t
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For anyone who ever claimed that the Gaza Health Ministry death toll in Gaza could not be trusted - today the IDF acknowledged it agrees with their numbers. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:36 PM
For anyone who ever claimed that the Gaza Health Ministry death toll in Gaza could not be trusted - today the IDF acknowledged it agrees with their numbers. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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The US Constitution was written on the assumption that the legislative branch would jealously guard its authority against Presidential encroachment and overreach.
A Republican-held Congress acting as the President's personal, unwavering, unconditional cheersquad is a crisis it wasn't designed for.
A Republican-held Congress acting as the President's personal, unwavering, unconditional cheersquad is a crisis it wasn't designed for.
The United States is not actually in a constitutional crisis. Our Constitution works just fine.
We are in a crisis of character — where nearly every single person who has sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution and enforce the law lacks the courage, moral fiber, and decency to do what is right.
We are in a crisis of character — where nearly every single person who has sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution and enforce the law lacks the courage, moral fiber, and decency to do what is right.
the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 AM
The US Constitution was written on the assumption that the legislative branch would jealously guard its authority against Presidential encroachment and overreach.
A Republican-held Congress acting as the President's personal, unwavering, unconditional cheersquad is a crisis it wasn't designed for.
A Republican-held Congress acting as the President's personal, unwavering, unconditional cheersquad is a crisis it wasn't designed for.
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I'm pro-NATO obviously and I take the Russian threat seriously, but a lot of this borders on hysterionics.
Ukraine's military budget in 2021 was $5.8 billion. Germany's was 56. Russia ground to a halt.
Ukraine's troops are heroic and innovative, but they're not Space Marines.
Ukraine's military budget in 2021 was $5.8 billion. Germany's was 56. Russia ground to a halt.
Ukraine's troops are heroic and innovative, but they're not Space Marines.
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I'm pro-NATO obviously and I take the Russian threat seriously, but a lot of this borders on hysterionics.
Ukraine's military budget in 2021 was $5.8 billion. Germany's was 56. Russia ground to a halt.
Ukraine's troops are heroic and innovative, but they're not Space Marines.
Ukraine's military budget in 2021 was $5.8 billion. Germany's was 56. Russia ground to a halt.
Ukraine's troops are heroic and innovative, but they're not Space Marines.
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Far safer to say less and do more, visibly, to ensure that Europe can deter Russia on its own which is what is required in today’s world.
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Far safer to say less and do more, visibly, to ensure that Europe can deter Russia on its own which is what is required in today’s world.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Zelensky ha parlato da europeo, e la sua intenzione era quella di esortare l’Europa a fare di più, non per l’Ucraina, ma con l’Ucraina, sottolineando che nel perseguimento di un’autonomia europea è pronta a fare la sua parte. Oggi su La Stampa
January 24, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Zelensky ha parlato da europeo, e la sua intenzione era quella di esortare l’Europa a fare di più, non per l’Ucraina, ma con l’Ucraina, sottolineando che nel perseguimento di un’autonomia europea è pronta a fare la sua parte. Oggi su La Stampa
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What would one call a system that does this? 🤔
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
What would one call a system that does this? 🤔
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Mark Carney's use of the word "rupture" was in the context of mid-sized powers stopping to pretend they believe in a "rules-based world order"—they are taking down the signs from the windows. That cannot be a gradual transition, and thus the word rupture is appropriate.
Got to read the whole text as @ldfreedman.bsky.social kindly sent it to me (thank you!).
I agree with a lot, especially that Europe is capable of standing up to Trump and defending itself.
However, I still disagree that this is just continuation of a longer transition and rebalancing.
I agree with a lot, especially that Europe is capable of standing up to Trump and defending itself.
However, I still disagree that this is just continuation of a longer transition and rebalancing.
Read only as far as it went before paywall, so don’t know how the text concludes. But no, it’s not only a rebalancing of the relationship.
Americans ignore it at their peril that Europe has been fooled twice, and the shame is on us. We were willing to forgive and move on after Trump 1, but not now.
Americans ignore it at their peril that Europe has been fooled twice, and the shame is on us. We were willing to forgive and move on after Trump 1, but not now.
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Mark Carney's use of the word "rupture" was in the context of mid-sized powers stopping to pretend they believe in a "rules-based world order"—they are taking down the signs from the windows. That cannot be a gradual transition, and thus the word rupture is appropriate.
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Just to reiterate, it is a really really bad idea to put infantry that is not properly trained to handle crowd control in the midst of ongoing protest against federal paramilitary forces. Especially if those forces are trying to provoke disputes with local police and violence from the population
The order comes amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.
Army orders soldiers to stand by for possible Minneapolis deployment
The order comes amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.
www.armytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Just to reiterate, it is a really really bad idea to put infantry that is not properly trained to handle crowd control in the midst of ongoing protest against federal paramilitary forces. Especially if those forces are trying to provoke disputes with local police and violence from the population