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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 4d

If Netanyahu hadn’t defied his own security advisers & ordered the botched Sept. 9 strike on Qatar, I doubt we’d be so close to a ceasefire today.

That strike killed a Qatari & riled wealthy GCC states—right before the UN General Assembly brought them & other foreign leaders to the US.

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 5d

Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri abdicates in favour of his son, as 43-year-old Guillaume is sworn in as head of the world’s last remaining grand duchy

Finally some proper reporting from the FT's European Royal Family Correspondent, @bmoens.bsky.social

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Luxembourg’s Grand Duke abdicates in favour of son

[FREE TO READ] 43-year-old Guillaume sworn in as head of world’s last remaining grand duchy

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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 7d

These stories of state-led law enforcement cruelty with no respect for process, inflicted on ordinary citizens with tiny infractions, remind me of my time reporting from authoritarian China.

Family of Orange County man who died in ICE custody planning to take legal action

The family of a 39-year-old Orange County man who died earlier this month while in the custody of ICE is planning on taking legal action.

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Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth has issued a literal fat-wa

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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 8d

The biggest puzzle in the UK economy is why non pension savings are so high

For decades no one could get Brits to save. Now they won’t stop.

That this has happened without a recession shows UK economy under last and this govt is not the basket case I read about

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 11d

1/This is Transatlantic leadership! In historic move, German Chancellor Merz calls out US: “democracy is under pressure, freedom of expression is being questioned, and the independence of the judiciary is being repressed“.
www.reuters.com/technology/g...

Germany's Merz criticises US' fundamental shift from following rules

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised the United States on Friday for no longer following the rules, part of what he called a fundamental shift in Europe's transatlantic partner.

www.reuters.com

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Center for International Policy @cipolicy.bsky.social · 13d

“How to Fix America” 🎧➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the @financialtimes.com Rachman Review to discuss the challenges defining America’s future.

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How to fix America

‘Our politics is deeply corrupt and people need to understand that’

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 14d

Trump, Xi and Putin are giving rise to interesting new groupings of countries

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Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers and high-level representatives of Australia, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom

We, the Foreign Ministers and high-level representatives of Australia, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, met today at the margins of the UN General…

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Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social · 16d

Gorgeous. If I wasn’t banned from Russia, I’d be on the next flight to Novosibirsk

Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 16d

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! Also paging @gideonrachman.bsky.social

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 16d

This lot make Chelsea look dignified

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16d

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: The Ballon d’Or ceremony is one of the most glamorous events in the football calendar. For the second year running, no one from Real Madrid will be present.

The boycott is a story of politics and paranoia.

Real Madrid’s Ballon d’Or boycott is a story of politics and paranoia

The Spanish giants are once again not expected to attend Monday's ceremony, the biggest awards night in the game

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 16d

And the US isn't helping.
Gift link: on.ft.com/3K8y5Oj

Putin is playing a dangerous game with Nato

All is far from quiet on the alliance’s eastern front

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16d

Poland's statement to Russia at the UN.

"If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or 'by mistake', and gets shot down, please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned." ~AA

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Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 16d

According to @gideonrachman.bsky.social, Russia's goal of dividing the US from its allies seems to be having some success. "The suspicion between the Balts and the US is mutual," he writes, sharing how Trump admin officials complain of the "Estonianisation" of European policy.

Putin is playing a dangerous game with Nato

All is far from quiet on the alliance’s eastern front

www.ft.com

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Jason Davidson @profjwdavidson.bsky.social · 16d

@gideonrachman.bsky.social confirming our fears about the way Trump officials see NATO allies.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 16d

Good morning. Nothing to worry about here. Nothing at all.

“He did not hate his opponents, he wanted the best fit them,” Trump said, before breaking from his prepared remarks to add: “That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponents, and I don’t want the best for them, I’m sorry.”

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 17d

Really smart, thought-provoking piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com, featuring this emphatic conclusion: "The brutality of Netanyahu’s tactics cannot even be justified [...]. For me, at least, Ukraine and Israel are now on different sides of the moral ledger."

How Ukraine and Gaza scrambled the ideological map

The two wars have divided the west — and not along the old left-right lines

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David MacSweeney @macsdavid.bsky.social · 19d

Putin providing the ideal (worrying) backdrop to @glandsbergis.bsky.social discussion with @gideonrachman.bsky.social on all things NATO, Ukraine and European security.

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/25uJ...

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 19d

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON

This is in suburban Chicago. That woman is a congressional candidate. @katmabu.bsky.social And those weapons? COME ON. WHAT THE F*CK

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.bsky.social · 19d

"Even if Britain were to concede now, US demands would not stop." - Great piece from my @ecfr.eu colleague Nacho Torreblanca in the @financialtimes.com today on why the UK (and the EU) must resist US pressure on tech (de)regulation
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The UK must stand up to Trump’s tech regulation pressure

Caving in to US demands on digital tax and content moderation would be an economic and political mistake

www.ft.com

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Matthew Palmer @so3brocktree.bsky.social · 19d

Yeah, that's not a mistake, its deliberate.

NATO air defences are being tested.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 19d

🚨 BREAKING: Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace today in a serious escalation on NATO’s eastern border.

Read the developing story: ow.ly/rBwh50WZpov

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 20d

Sounds a lot like extortion to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

FCC Chair Brendan Carr says Sinclair has "every right" to demand that Jimmy Kimmel to donate to Turning Point USA

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 20d

this cursèd timeline is making me agree with some quite unusual people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

Pence: "State ownership of business is very common in China & Russia. Taking a percentage of sales of Nvidia, taking a percentage of stock of Intel is inconsistent w/ free market principles, and I think it's taken our country to a very perilous place and I think we need to resist that very strongly"

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Christian Wind @christanwind.bsky.social · 20d

For all it's difficulties, there is no alternative to NATO:

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Hey Austria:
Let's get real.
Let's do and think reality for a change! @gideonrachman.bsky.social @glandsbergis.bsky.social

Russia’s drone incursions put Baltics on alert

Podcast Episode · The Rachman Review · 18/09/2025 · 27m

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