Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

Shoshie Rules @shoshierules.bsky.social · 9d

TY, Garry

..."Aspiring authoritarians never ask for permission; they see what they can get away with. The only way to ensure the integrity of the 2026 midterms is to demonstrate, now, that the ideals of the American Constitution are still worth fighting for."

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 9d

Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Race to Save America’s Democracy

Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.

www.theatlantic.com

31 100

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

Solid Gold Robot @solidgoldrobot.bsky.social · 9d

One of the most prescient statements you made, that has stuck with me as I've watched the collapse of critical thinking in America, was this:
"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."

3 32 110

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

Confuzination.bsky.social @confuzination.bsky.social · 9d

"The Constitution is a piece of paper."

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 9d

Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Race to Save America’s Democracy

Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.

www.theatlantic.com

1 8 60

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 9d

Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.

Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 11d

So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.

They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.

5 90 260

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9d

Ukrainian Navy Command has confirmed that the carnage inflicted on the Karachevsk Electrodetal plant in Bryansk last night was the result of R-360 Neptune subsonic long range cruise missiles.

9 52 330

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 9d

Today, Ukraine commemorates the Babyn Yar massacre - one of WWII’s darkest chapters.

In Sept 1941, Nazis executed tens of thousands, mainly Kyiv’s Jews, along with Roma, POWs, and civilians.

Babyn Yar stands as a symbol of Holocaust horrors. We remember to prevent history from repeating.

6 150 580

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 9d

Congress and judges will not save you. The GOP has rolled over every time, despite the unpopularity of Trump and most of his key policies. The Supreme Court has already demonstrated enough loyalty to Trump to give him unprecedented powers. This process accelerates unless stopped.

6 59 260

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 9d

Those actively working for Trump's takeover are the clear and present danger, but complacency is also a threat. "He hasn't done x yet, so he won't" is a fallacy. Don't confuse an autocrat's attempts with his successes. "What would he do if not stopped?" is the right question.

3 54 250

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 9d

Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Race to Save America’s Democracy

Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.

www.theatlantic.com

11 180 460

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 22

By the way, if you don't protest Trump weaponizing the Justice Department against his critics because they are people you don't like or agree with, you are assisting this fascist takeover. Wait until it happens to someone you like and it's too late.

14 150 560

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 22

While Ambassador Bolton's episode will be popular today for some reason, the new Autocracy in America is an important one. My chess Grandmaster and grandmaster-politician guest, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, speaks from the frontline of Russia's next war, Lithuania. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

The View from NATO’s Eastern Flank

Lithuania has become an outspoken defender of Ukraine against the Russian invasion

www.theatlantic.com

4 86 360

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 15

AI is being used to fabricate quotes and attribute them to real people, Yair Rosenberg reports. Here's what he did when it happened to him:

Don’t Believe What AI Told You I Said

The chatbots are lying about me.

bit.ly

6 68 190

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ukraine is a secondary topic for both Trump and Putin in Alaska. This is a mafia meeting arranged by war criminal Putin to restore Russia internationally & economically. Trump wants his "peace" glory and Putin used that to get this summit. But it's mainly about money for both of them, as always.

49 470 1.2K

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · Aug 15

I write for the @financialtimes.com on Europe's fundamental problem when making tough decisions about war and peace: the persistent refusal to ask simple first-order questions and the tendency to ignore them entirely. www.ft.com/content/a6aa...

Europe now needs to step off the sidelines on Ukraine

If EU leaders genuinely believe Kyiv’s independence matters, they must deploy combat troops to guarantee any ceasefire

www.ft.com

7 68 180

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 15

With Russia on the march in Europe, Trump Putinizing the US, and KGB man Putin (and foreign minister Lavrov in a USSR shirt) in Alaska, no better time to talk to a man whose office is next to the Berlin Wall's infamous death strip. Please listen (or read) and share.

3 44 190

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 15

Europe is a sleeping beauty, with Putin and Trump handing out poisoned apples (and tea). Can it awaken to become the defender of democracy we need today? Listen or read my latest Autocracy in America podcast with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

Europe, the ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Bolstering democracies will take global cooperation.

www.theatlantic.com

7 84 330

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · Aug 8

He is just an insecure little fascist, that Elbridge Colby.

Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · Aug 8

🤡 CNN: Pentagon allowed to reroute weapons built for Ukraine back to US stockpiles

CNN: Pentagon allowed to reroute weapons built for Ukraine back to US stockpiles

CNN has reported that a memo by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, which paused military aid to Ukraine in July, includes a provision that allows the United States to divert certain ...

www.pravda.com.ua

14 75 250

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 8

Making Putin feel quite at home with the Trump White House, in more ways than one.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Aug 8

Turning the White House into the Kremlin, one gold door at a time.

32 100 450

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 8

The space between crusading global policeman and “America First” isolationism is where the founder of Geopolitical Futures plants a flag. Is realism really realistic? Americans can look at Russia to see what happens when a leader puts personal power over national interests and calls it pragmatism.

25 160

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 8

I grew up admiring the moral stands of Soviet dissidents like Sakharov, and what I saw as the beacon of individual freedom, America. My guest this week, foreign policy expert George Friedman, instead talks concrete interests and analysis in our conversation: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

The Storm Before the Calm

The United States is in crisis, but George Friedman says it’s happened before.

www.theatlantic.com

8 45 220

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · Aug 4

Russia is ramping up its drone attacks on Ukraine—and this is just a glimpse.

A nonstop, terrifying swarm of buzzing engines fills the sky.

11 72 200

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 4

Simply using the absurd phrase “the Ukraine conflict” says a lot. Calling out the opportunism and hypocrisy of other nations doing business with Russia is fine (China, ahem), but admit you are funding a dictator‘s unprovoked war by choice.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Aug 4

🇮🇳‼️🇺🇸 Indian MFA responds to Trump

5 69 340

Reposted by Garry Kasparov

Kathleen E. Corley, PhD @drkathleenecorley.bsky.social · Aug 1

Excellent interview with John Bolton in the Atlantic today. I never thought I would miss John Bolton. Gift article. @radiofreetom.bsky.social
@ericowens.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

How American Power Should Be Deployed

America’s retreat and its threat to democracy

www.theatlantic.com

6 21 100

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 4

Lost elections are rigged, won elections are fair. Good job numbers are real, bad ones are fake. Sex trafficking is bad, unless the traffickers will blame your enemies. Crime is bad, unless the criminals are pro-Trump. This isn’t 4D chess, or even tic-tac-toe, just Autocrat 101.

26 410 1.2K

Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · Aug 1

I lived through the bizarre whipsaw of Republican Russia hawks like McCain pushing back on Obama’s ideological distaste for US power to Dems supporting aid to Ukraine out of opposition to Trump’s support from Putin and ‘America First’ nationalism. My constituency flipped while I stayed the same!

8 12 120