@papagui.bsky.social
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It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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NEW: Russian forces are currently unable to build out a strategic reserve and will therefore likely be constrained to grinding, slow advances at their current rate and scale in the coming year.
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar122725
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar122725
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
December 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
NEW: Russian forces are currently unable to build out a strategic reserve and will therefore likely be constrained to grinding, slow advances at their current rate and scale in the coming year.
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar122725
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar122725
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
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Russian flagged bulker Irtysh delivered stolen grain from occupied Sevastopol, for the second time, to Houthi controlled Al-Salif. Irtysh returned from Houthi controlled port of Yemen, transited Bosphorus and returned to the Black Sea. #T
We identified another Russian vessel that disabled its location data while smuggling grain from occupied Ukraine to Yemen. Learn how we used photographs, satellite imagery, and ship-tracking data, to uncover its covert voyage. www.youtube.com/shorts/OrTUa...
Going Dark:What Is This Russian Ship Hiding?
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Russian flagged bulker Irtysh delivered stolen grain from occupied Sevastopol, for the second time, to Houthi controlled Al-Salif. Irtysh returned from Houthi controlled port of Yemen, transited Bosphorus and returned to the Black Sea. #T
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These clowns are just making up duties and rules and laws. Artists don't have any duty to sing for fascists, and only a fascist would try to force them to.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
These clowns are just making up duties and rules and laws. Artists don't have any duty to sing for fascists, and only a fascist would try to force them to.
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“The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.”
Via @mmasnick.bsky.social
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.”
Via @mmasnick.bsky.social
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.”
Via @mmasnick.bsky.social
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.”
Via @mmasnick.bsky.social
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
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Trump lies so easily. About everything. Even things that are embarrassingly easy to disprove. It’s pathological, so remember that.
“I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump
“I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump
December 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Trump lies so easily. About everything. Even things that are embarrassingly easy to disprove. It’s pathological, so remember that.
“I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump
“I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump
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12/12: Conclusion: Russia’s economy is alive but fragile. The buffers from 2022 are gone. Trust, liquidity, and confidence are now holding together a fragile system teetering on the brink. In this state, one major shock wouldn’t be absorbed, it would push it off the edge.
December 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
12/12: Conclusion: Russia’s economy is alive but fragile. The buffers from 2022 are gone. Trust, liquidity, and confidence are now holding together a fragile system teetering on the brink. In this state, one major shock wouldn’t be absorbed, it would push it off the edge.
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The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
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Very logically! 👍
The threat to German auto producers isn't from Chinese cars flooding Germany. It's from Chinese cars flooding to emerging markets (red), where they're killing the market for German cars. That's not something EU tariffs on China are going to be able to fix...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-inv...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-inv...
December 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Very logically! 👍
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
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‼️ Die Russen versuchen, nach den Lügen über Kupjansk weitere Erfolge an der Front zu erfinden. Jetzt lügen sie über Huliaipole und Mirnograd.
Die Lügen der Russen richten sich ausschließlich an den westlichen Informationsraum. — Andriy Kovalenko
Die Lügen der Russen richten sich ausschließlich an den westlichen Informationsraum. — Andriy Kovalenko
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‼️ Die Russen versuchen, nach den Lügen über Kupjansk weitere Erfolge an der Front zu erfinden. Jetzt lügen sie über Huliaipole und Mirnograd.
Die Lügen der Russen richten sich ausschließlich an den westlichen Informationsraum. — Andriy Kovalenko
Die Lügen der Russen richten sich ausschließlich an den westlichen Informationsraum. — Andriy Kovalenko
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Dies als Reminder für alle, die es evtl. vergessen haben, oder noch immer vor sich hin träumen, dieser Krieg da in der Ukraine gehe sie nichts an.
Er wird euch schneller etwas angehen, als euch lieb ist. 🤨
Er wird euch schneller etwas angehen, als euch lieb ist. 🤨
‼️ Die Ukraine hat diesen Krieg nicht begonnen. Russland hat ihn begonnen.
‼️ Russland zeigt den Willen, den Krieg fortzusetzen.
‼️ Denn Russland wird nicht aufhören, ungeachtet aller Verträge und aller wohlklingenden Botschaften. Sie werden nicht bei der Ukraine Halt machen.
Zelenskyj
‼️ Russland zeigt den Willen, den Krieg fortzusetzen.
‼️ Denn Russland wird nicht aufhören, ungeachtet aller Verträge und aller wohlklingenden Botschaften. Sie werden nicht bei der Ukraine Halt machen.
Zelenskyj
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Dies als Reminder für alle, die es evtl. vergessen haben, oder noch immer vor sich hin träumen, dieser Krieg da in der Ukraine gehe sie nichts an.
Er wird euch schneller etwas angehen, als euch lieb ist. 🤨
Er wird euch schneller etwas angehen, als euch lieb ist. 🤨
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Full article: “Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to block the use of €185bn assets for Ukraine…” t.co/XcYUgpBz9f
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/17/belgian-politicians-finance-bosses-targeted-russian-intelligence-seized-assets
t.co
December 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Full article: “Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to block the use of €185bn assets for Ukraine…” t.co/XcYUgpBz9f
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Vague threats to a few key officials must not be allowed to dictate European security. Moscow is laughing that we make it so easy for them. Step up Belgium.
December 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Vague threats to a few key officials must not be allowed to dictate European security. Moscow is laughing that we make it so easy for them. Step up Belgium.
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True: bsky.app/profile/thei...
Matryoshka bot network launches fake campaign claiming Zelensky “wished death” on Trump in his Christmas address
Zelensky was referring to an unnamed person — but judging by context, he clearly had in mind Vladimir Putin, the Bot Blocker Project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social reports.
Zelensky was referring to an unnamed person — but judging by context, he clearly had in mind Vladimir Putin, the Bot Blocker Project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social reports.
Matryoshka bot network launches fake campaign claiming Zelensky “wished death” on Trump in his Christmas address
The Kremlin-backed Matryoshka bot network has launched a disinformation campaign following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Christmas address, in which he wished death upon an unnamed person
theins.press
December 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
True: bsky.app/profile/thei...
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❗️Budanov stated that he is against giving up Ukrainian territories for the sake of a peace agreement.
The head of the GUR noted that a compromise is when both sides of the negotiations are upset with the outcome.
The head of the GUR noted that a compromise is when both sides of the negotiations are upset with the outcome.
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
❗️Budanov stated that he is against giving up Ukrainian territories for the sake of a peace agreement.
The head of the GUR noted that a compromise is when both sides of the negotiations are upset with the outcome.
The head of the GUR noted that a compromise is when both sides of the negotiations are upset with the outcome.
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Trump's corruption is unlike anything I've ever seen: completely centered on one man's narcissitic bloviation.
December 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump's corruption is unlike anything I've ever seen: completely centered on one man's narcissitic bloviation.
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It’s interesting how the risk awareness that dependence on US systems - be it in digital services, defence, or payment methods - has been internalised fairly quickly in Europe.
National Bank of Sweden chief says Sweden is too dependent on MasterCard and Visa and needs non-American alternatives
National Bank of Sweden chief says Sweden is too dependent on MasterCard and Visa and needs non-American alternatives
Riksbankschef Erik Thedéen: Sverige för beroende av amerikanska kreditkortsföretag - Ekot
Riksbankschef Erik Thedéen anser att Sveriges betalsystem är för beroende av amerikanska kreditkortsföretag som Mastercard och Visa.I nuläget tycker Erik ...
www.sverigesradio.se
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It’s interesting how the risk awareness that dependence on US systems - be it in digital services, defence, or payment methods - has been internalised fairly quickly in Europe.
National Bank of Sweden chief says Sweden is too dependent on MasterCard and Visa and needs non-American alternatives
National Bank of Sweden chief says Sweden is too dependent on MasterCard and Visa and needs non-American alternatives
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Finally had a chance to read this Incredible piece by @gregsargent.bsky.social that documents Miller’s attempt to undo and reverse the 1965 immigration settlement and reveals how central this effort is to the administration’s reactionary aim to take down the New Deal and civil rights orders.
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Finally had a chance to read this Incredible piece by @gregsargent.bsky.social that documents Miller’s attempt to undo and reverse the 1965 immigration settlement and reveals how central this effort is to the administration’s reactionary aim to take down the New Deal and civil rights orders.
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Imagine running a capital-intensive firm when the White House can suddenly threaten to shut your industry down. Wind farms today, something else tomorrow. That risk changes what gets built, where, and whether it gets built at all.
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Imagine running a capital-intensive firm when the White House can suddenly threaten to shut your industry down. Wind farms today, something else tomorrow. That risk changes what gets built, where, and whether it gets built at all.