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Brian Whitmore
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A blog and podcast about Russian and post-Soviet politics.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 1d
Another must read from JVL open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d
This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 3d
Blue governors should be calling up their own national guardsmen to defend their states from the confederate army of the red states.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2d
JVL nails what has happened to journalism www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.
We drink their milkshake.
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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 3d
Band names include the Kristi Nomads and Hegadeth.
Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands
Military personnel were seen trading in automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 3d
Dan raises an interesting question here. I e been wondering the exact same thing
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 3d
At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 3d
At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 3d
I was wondering the exact same thing
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 3d
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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport)
Pretty sure you can't win the Nobel Peace Prize if you make California invade Oregon
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 3d
America’s Governor
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d
Donald Trump and Kristi Noem are using every lever to provoke our communities and incite chaos.

If Trump and Noem wanted to help Illinoisans, they would work with us — not against us — to protect public safety.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 3d
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Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion
The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. We must call a regime that’s a danger to our way of life what it is.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 3d
America’s Governor
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d
My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 4d
America’s Governor

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Krassenstein (@krassenstein)
BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker moments ago, regarding Trump sending troops to Chicago: “This is not about fighting crime or about public safety. This is about sowing fear and intimidation an...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 5d
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Canada Resists (@canresist)
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 5d
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Political Witch (@politicalwitch1)
keep portland wierd….
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 5d
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Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown
God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 6d
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Trump Cut Funding to 16 Dem States. Can States Cut His?
Within 72 hours of the October 1st government shutdown, the Trump administration weaponized federal funding against Democratic states with surgical precision.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d
Congressional Republicans shut down the federal government - their third time under Donald Trump’s control.

Here’s what that means for you.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7d
Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate.

Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d
G’mar Chatima Tovah.

Wishing a meaningful fast to all during Yom Kippur.

May this time of reflection be filled with peace, hope, and prayer.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 7d
Yes! Yes! And yes again! Thank you Moldova!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7d
Take the good news seriously too
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 10d
An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 7d
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Viktor Kravchuk (@viktorkravchuk)
Maia Sandu from Moldova. This woman kicked out Russians from her country and she didn't ask a Nobel Peace Prize for that. 💙🇲🇩
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