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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 6h

Trump’s absurd claim that he saved 100,000 lives by attacking alleged Venezuelan drug boats

President Trump has been using fictional figures to justify his controversial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela. www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

Fact check: Trump’s absurd claim that he saved 100,000 lives by attacking Venezuelan drug boats | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump has been using fictional figures to justify his controversial military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela.

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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 6h

Mike Johnson faces growing internal revolt over shutdown

Johnson's decision to keep theouse on an indefinite break in the middle of a government shutdown isn't sitting well with some in his conference — and that could put pressure on him to change course www.axios.com/2025/10/08/m...

Mike Johnson faces growing internal revolt over shutdown

GOP lawmakers are beginning to get antsy.

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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 8h

Since the Dobropillia Counteroffensive Began and to This Day, the Russians Have Already Suffered Over 12,000 Losses – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vid-...

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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 8h

Speaker clashes with Dem senators over Epstein files amid shutdown

Gallego accused Johnson of wanting to “cover up for pedophiles on the Epstein list.” www.politico.com/live-updates... via @politico

Speaker clashes with Dem senators over Epstein files amid shutdown

Gallego accused Johnson of wanting to “cover up for pedophiles on the Epstein list."

www.politico.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 8h

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling

Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling

Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.

www.politico.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 8h

The Second Trump Administration Is a Museum of America’s Worst Moments

One way to look at much of the second Trump administration is that it is a recapitulation of some of the worst episodes in the history of the United States.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Trump 2.0 Is America’s Worst Moments Redux

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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 8h

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

Oregon officials say the atmosphere outside an ICE building that has drawn daily demonstrations since June has grown worse since the president’s threats. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

www.nytimes.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 8h

James Comey Pleads Not Guilty and Will Seek to Dismiss Charges as Vindictive

The case against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was deemed too thin by a previous federal prosecutor, who quit under pressure from President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Comey Pleads Not Guilty and Will Seek to Dismiss Charges as Vindictive

www.nytimes.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 9h

The Kushner-Blair Gaza plan is a moral atrocity – and a policy catastrophe

Jared Kushner and Tony Blair’s neocolonial venture would be an incompatible transplant that would be rejected by the body. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Kushner-Blair Gaza plan is a moral atrocity – and a policy catastrophe | Josh Paul

Jared Kushner and Tony Blair’s neocolonial venture would be an incompatible transplant that would be rejected by the body

www.theguardian.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 9h

Why Tony Blair just can’t kick the habit of imperial interference in the Middle East

The Blair-Trump fantasy for postwar Gaza shows the former PM still thinks that free enterprise can solve all the world’s ills. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why Tony Blair just can’t kick the habit of imperial interference in the Middle East | Oliver Eagleton

The Blair-Trump fantasy for postwar Gaza shows the former PM still thinks that free enterprise can solve all the world’s ills, says associate editor at the New Left Review Oliver Eagleton

www.theguardian.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 9h

Americans don’t want Trump’s federal troop crackdown. He’s barreling forward anyway.

President Donald Trump is barreling forward with his administration’s heavy-handed efforts across the United States, in rather ominous and drastic ways.
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Americans don’t want Trump’s federal troop crackdown. He’s barreling forward anyway. | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is barreling forward with his administration’s heavy-handed efforts across the United States, in rather ominous and drastic ways.

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OSINT Intuit @urikikaski.bsky.social · 17h

The Uralelectrotyazhmash factory in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RF, was on fire last night. The fire is actually located in the "Automationservicegroup" (Автоматизасервисгрупп) building at 56.878538, 60.637918.

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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 17h

Most Americans don't want troops deployed without an external threat, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

58% of Americans oppose militarizing law enforcement, poll shows. Trump's approval rating drops to 40% amid crime handling concerns www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 17h

Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour

The former chancellor refuses to reckon with her fraught legacy on the war in Ukraine, instead invoking Covid and a missed chance for talks.
www.politico.eu/article/ange...

Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour

The former chancellor refuses to reckon with her fraught legacy on the war in Ukraine, instead invoking Covid and a missed chance for talks.

www.politico.eu

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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 17h

Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

Over the past four weeks, Trump has initiated what amounts to a unique form of partisan civil war designed to amass power in a nominal democracy and defang, decimate and defund the opposition. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 17h

How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies
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How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies

President Trump has long spoken of seeking vengeance against his political enemies. Here’s a list of whom he is targeting.

www.nytimes.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 19h

Ex-FBI director James Comey to appear in court on lying to Congress charge

Case marks significant step in Trump’s efforts to politicize the justice department and punish political enemies www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ex-FBI director James Comey to appear in court on lying to Congress charge

Case marks significant step in Trump’s efforts to politicize the justice department and punish political enemies

www.theguardian.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 19h

How Trump uses federal cash that’s not his to spend to pursue his questionable goals

Donald Trump seems to view federal funds like a personal presidential piggy bank. www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

Analysis: How Trump uses federal cash that’s not his to spend to pursue his questionable goals | CNN Politics

Donald Trump seems to view federal funds like a personal presidential piggy bank.

www.cnn.com

Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 20h

More Americans blame Trump and congressional Republicans for shutdown, new poll finds

A new poll found that more Americans blame President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans for the federal government shutdown than congressional Democrats. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

More Americans blame Trump and congressional Republicans for shutdown, new poll finds

A new poll found that more Americans blame President Donald Trump and Republicans for the federal government shutdown than Democrats.

eu.usatoday.com