@orhrab.bsky.social
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“A government of the people must be transparent. The public has a right to know who’s paying, how much, and for what,” said Hilary Braseth, executive director of OpenSecrets. www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/10...
Private funds flowing into government spaces threaten transparency and accountability - OpenSecrets News
Washington, D.C. — The executive branch’s decision to spend private, undisclosed money on government operations raise serious concerns about private…
www.opensecrets.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“A government of the people must be transparent. The public has a right to know who’s paying, how much, and for what,” said Hilary Braseth, executive director of OpenSecrets. www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/10...
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A person worth knowing about
⚡ The Threat of Violence in Russian Captivity
Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights defender who spent over two years in Russian captivity, talks about the role of violence in captivity, and how to remain yourself while imprisoned:
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights defender who spent over two years in Russian captivity, talks about the role of violence in captivity, and how to remain yourself while imprisoned:
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
October 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A person worth knowing about
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Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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I can say, I never imagined the GOP would go along with eviscerating the first amendment’s freedom of speech. Sadly I’m not confused why… it about power and not principle.
The Democrats will be in charge again someday. And we will see the GOP’s selective outrage re-emerge.
The Democrats will be in charge again someday. And we will see the GOP’s selective outrage re-emerge.
September 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I can say, I never imagined the GOP would go along with eviscerating the first amendment’s freedom of speech. Sadly I’m not confused why… it about power and not principle.
The Democrats will be in charge again someday. And we will see the GOP’s selective outrage re-emerge.
The Democrats will be in charge again someday. And we will see the GOP’s selective outrage re-emerge.
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The war will be over when Putin realizes that he can't win
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
Anne Applebaum: 'The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism' | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The war will be over when Putin realizes that he can't win
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
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@anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”
(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”
(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
July 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”
(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”
(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
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🎯 And only then.
The war will be over when Putin realizes that he can't win
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
Anne Applebaum: 'The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism' | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🎯 And only then.
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Masih was targeted for assassination by Iranian agents in New York City for her prominent women’s rights campaigns against the Islamic State. Today, if masked men jumped out of an unmarked van and grabbed her, would you call the police or is that the secret police? We must all be dissidents now.
July 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Masih was targeted for assassination by Iranian agents in New York City for her prominent women’s rights campaigns against the Islamic State. Today, if masked men jumped out of an unmarked van and grabbed her, would you call the police or is that the secret police? We must all be dissidents now.
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In the wake of Trump/Rubio firing 1,350 State Department diplomats today, reupping this piece:
To Advance American Interests, the U.S. Needs More Diplomats, Not Less open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
To Advance American Interests, the U.S. Needs More Diplomats, Not Less open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
To Advance American Interests, the U.S. Needs More Diplomats, Not Less
If we reduce support for the State Department, we also reduce our ability to advance American national interests.
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In the wake of Trump/Rubio firing 1,350 State Department diplomats today, reupping this piece:
To Advance American Interests, the U.S. Needs More Diplomats, Not Less open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
To Advance American Interests, the U.S. Needs More Diplomats, Not Less open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
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Ukrainian FM Andriy Sybiha called last night’s Russian strike on Kyiv one of the worst and said Putin deliberately launched it after Trump’s call.
July 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Ukrainian FM Andriy Sybiha called last night’s Russian strike on Kyiv one of the worst and said Putin deliberately launched it after Trump’s call.
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Why is Trump quitting on Ukraine?
My latest interview with The Kyiv Independent on US policy toward Ukraine
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
My latest interview with The Kyiv Independent on US policy toward Ukraine
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
My latest interview with The Kyiv Independent on US policy toward Ukraine
Why is Trump quitting on Ukraine?
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Why is Trump quitting on Ukraine?
My latest interview with The Kyiv Independent on US policy toward Ukraine
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
My latest interview with The Kyiv Independent on US policy toward Ukraine
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
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It took me a while, but I can now see a purpose in speaking to the discussion of my departure from Yale for the University of Toronto. Here I address four public framings of last year’s move that arose in recent weeks, which tell us something of our present moment
snyder.substack.com/p/last-years...
snyder.substack.com/p/last-years...
Last Year's Move to Toronto
And This Year's Politics (video and commentary)
snyder.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It took me a while, but I can now see a purpose in speaking to the discussion of my departure from Yale for the University of Toronto. Here I address four public framings of last year’s move that arose in recent weeks, which tell us something of our present moment
snyder.substack.com/p/last-years...
snyder.substack.com/p/last-years...
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Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin
Darren Beattie, who alarmed the State Department with his pro-Moscow views, is married to a woman whose uncle has ties to Vladimir Putin
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
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Crucial investigative work from Nataliya Gumenyuk on the state of the war.
@ngumenyuk.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
@ngumenyuk.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Ukraine’s New Way of War
American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.
www.theatlantic.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Crucial investigative work from Nataliya Gumenyuk on the state of the war.
@ngumenyuk.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
@ngumenyuk.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Today on the pod… Timothy Snyder, a leading historian of authoritarianism, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, joins me to discuss the threats to American democracy, echoes of 1930s fascism, and what still gives him hope. open.spotify.com/episode/3stU...
How to Fight Fascism in America — with Timothy Snyder
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today on the pod… Timothy Snyder, a leading historian of authoritarianism, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, joins me to discuss the threats to American democracy, echoes of 1930s fascism, and what still gives him hope. open.spotify.com/episode/3stU...
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The Zelens’kyi ambush was antisemitic, and this one was racist. Good presentation here by NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Zelens’kyi ambush was antisemitic, and this one was racist. Good presentation here by NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
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Very important event on Tuesday next week at the European Parliament to advocate for the confiscation of the $300 billion of frozen Russian reserves for the defence and reconstruction of Ukraine
May 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very important event on Tuesday next week at the European Parliament to advocate for the confiscation of the $300 billion of frozen Russian reserves for the defence and reconstruction of Ukraine
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“There was nothing vague in the gesture he made toward the January 6 attackers. In that brief moment, Josh Hawley’s true character was revealed.”
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/josh-hawle...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/josh-hawle...
Josh Hawley: The Con Man of Missouri
Raise your fist, to ensure he never steps near greater power
adamkinzinger.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“There was nothing vague in the gesture he made toward the January 6 attackers. In that brief moment, Josh Hawley’s true character was revealed.”
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/josh-hawle...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/josh-hawle...
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A must read to understand Trump's policy towards Ukraine and Russia. "I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy." | Opinion
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy. | Opinion
I served in our country's foreign service for three decades. The Trump administration's Ukraine policy will make the U.S. less safe.
www.freep.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A must read to understand Trump's policy towards Ukraine and Russia. "I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy." | Opinion
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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As I often said to friends who backed Trump in 2024 for pro-Israel reasons ... Trump has broken faith with everyone else on this earth fool enough to trust him, wives, creditors, everyone. Why do you imagine you'll be any different?
May 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As I often said to friends who backed Trump in 2024 for pro-Israel reasons ... Trump has broken faith with everyone else on this earth fool enough to trust him, wives, creditors, everyone. Why do you imagine you'll be any different?
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The plaque honoring the heroes of January 6 is finished, but the GOP refuses to hang it in the Capitol.
Not one Republican has offered a reason why.
If they can’t respect the officers who defended our democracy, the very least they can do is respect the law.
Not one Republican has offered a reason why.
If they can’t respect the officers who defended our democracy, the very least they can do is respect the law.
May 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The plaque honoring the heroes of January 6 is finished, but the GOP refuses to hang it in the Capitol.
Not one Republican has offered a reason why.
If they can’t respect the officers who defended our democracy, the very least they can do is respect the law.
Not one Republican has offered a reason why.
If they can’t respect the officers who defended our democracy, the very least they can do is respect the law.
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Trump is shutting down America’s truth-telling platforms while Russian disinformation floods our feeds. This isn’t just a policy shift — it’s a dangerous (and intentional) surrender.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/silencing-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/silencing-...
Silencing America’s Voice
How Trump is Tearing Down Our Defenses Against Disinformation
adamkinzinger.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump is shutting down America’s truth-telling platforms while Russian disinformation floods our feeds. This isn’t just a policy shift — it’s a dangerous (and intentional) surrender.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/silencing-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/silencing-...
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Time for Europe to Take the Lead on Sanctioning Russia
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
Time for Europe to Take the Lead on Sanctioning Russia
New Paper by The International Working Group on Russian Sanctions Out Now!
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Time for Europe to Take the Lead on Sanctioning Russia
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
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So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?
May 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?