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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Be part of this, show up for #NoKings on Saturday — and join up with an organization afterwards — do what you can, it matters.

Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 12h

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:

The resistance reaches into Trump country

As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.

wagingnonviolence.org

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 17h

"Nearly 60% also said that tariffs are negatively impacting their business."
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Hospitality and tourism survey shows tariffs are impacting Minnesota businesses

Nearly 60% of businesses surveyed said that tariffs are having a negative impact.

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 1d

A wake for the Voting Rights Act was held today at the Supreme Court, where the justices instrumental in killing it didn't have the intellectual honesty to acknowledge that it is dead, let alone that they are the culprits. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

In Supreme Court Land, Fixing Discrimination Against Black Voters Is The Real Racism

A central grievance motivating today’s conservative legal movement — and the Republican...

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bibliophile696.bsky.social @bibliophile696.bsky.social · 9h

Why is Hungary still in the EU?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

The alleged security breaches by John Bolton remind me of security breaches by another ex-government official who kept classified records in his bathroom and evaded justice with the help of a corrupt MAGA judge in Florida.

Photo of records kept in Mar-a-Lago bathroom

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

NEW: Bolton has been hit with 18 felony charges for retention and transmission of national defense information under the espionage act. You can read the indictment here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 9h

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 11h

L.A. Times:
University of Southern California Rejects Trump Education Compact Aimed at Shifting the University to the Right

USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right

USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.

www.latimes.com

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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 4d

Those blaming Putin (not Russia) for the war just don't understand Russians.

Putin is only giving them the foreign atrocities they demand, the ones that make their own misery seem tolerable by comparison.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13h

This is why the hype around Tomahawk missiles is a ridiculous distraction. The Americans are no longer a reliable ally, and in their current path to internal paralysis not much help to traditional adversaries either.

Better for EU-UK and Ukraine to expand production and reduce reliance on the US

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14h

Kind of amazing how so many geopolitical deepsea divers predicting Trump's next diplomatic triumph haven't processed what a US government shutdown in its third week and troops in US streets might say about America's long term prospects for shaping the new global order

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21h

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 16h

Everywhere I go, Virginians ask me what my plans are to take on rising costs across the Commonwealth.

It’s the very first — and most important — plan released during my campaign:

Abigail's Affordable Virginia Plan | Abigail Spanberger for Governor

Abigail knows that Virginians are working too hard not to be getting ahead. Abigail’s Affordable Virginia Plan will lower costs, save Virginians money, and make it easier for people who work hard to g...

AffordableVirginia.com

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 20h

Umm, isn’t this called “socialism”? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump to expand government stake in strategic sectors to combat China

Greater domestic mining and processing of rare earth minerals is an especially urgent priority in battling Chinese competition, the treasury secretary said.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 11h

Presidents have the right to fire general officers and have done so in the past. But there is no precedent for the rapid dismissal of so many senior officers without any real explanation, evidence of failings, or misconduct. This looks like an attempt to install compliant leaders. bit.ly/47aHw7J

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 11h

The U.S. Army is fast-tracking a new main battle tank, the M1E3, designed to be lighter, faster and more survivable — reflecting lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Army accelerates development of new tank, drawing lessons from Ukraine war

The M1E3 tank is designed to be lighter, faster and more survivable. Four prototypes are expected by next year to be deployed.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 10h

Did you know Stars and Stripes in partnership w/ the Newspaper Archive digitized 1948 – 1999 Europe and Pacific ed. plus about 1/2 of its early WWII eds.?

Subscribers can search, view, print & download pages of our historic editions! starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com #AskAnArchivist

Stars and Stripes newspaper, Vol. 34, No. 14 from Thursday, May 1, 1975

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 14h

As long as I live, I will never forgive Mitch McConnell for both causing irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, and not voting to convict Donald Trump.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 11h

Sexual violence, torture and betrayal: Life under Putin’s occupation

Evidence gathered by The Telegraph reveals Russia is using rape as a weapon of war in occupied Ukraine

www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Sexual violence, torture and betrayal: Life under Putin's occupation

Evidence gathered by The Telegraph reveals Russia is using rape as a weapon of war in occupied Ukraine

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

"The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter."

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 16h

Was he paid $50,000 to say that today on TV?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 10h

I have read the Bolton indictment. I am thoroughly unimpressed by these allegations. If this manages to make it to trial and a conviction, DOJ just opened a Pandora’s Box for future Administrations to go all out after all senior officials’ handwritten notes every time there is a change in power.

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 1d

💥Hungary’s main opposition leader, Péter Magyar, has said that Hungarian intelligence officers were sent to the country’s EU embassy in Brussels between 2015 and 2018, adding credence to reports that Budapest ran an espionage operation in the heart of the European Union. tvpworld.com/89479707/pte...

Hungary opposition leader backs claims of Hungarian spy network in EU

Magyar claims Hungarian intelligence also monitored him.

tvpworld.com

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 1d

💥One of Hungary’s most outspoken critics in Brussels has filed a criminal complaint against Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán following a failed attempt to hack his email account using spyware in the run-up to the European Parliament elections. @danielfreund.bsky.social @politico.eu

MEP targeted by spyware files complaint against Hungary’s Viktor Orbán

“There are indications that the Hungarian secret service is behind the attack,” German MEP Daniel Freund said.

www.politico.eu

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 2d

Rural Hospitals in the United States Face Collapse
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Rural Hospitals in the United States Face Collapse

As Medicaid cuts deepen, small-town hospitals across Republican states are closing, leaving millions without access to emergency care.

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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 16h

Conservatives have found the real villains in the racist Young Republican chat leak story: the leaker and the people who think Republicans praising Hitler is bad!

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/racist-you...

Racist Young Republican Chat Leaves GOP Stumbling to Respond

Split over whether to discipline the offenders or just ignore the whole affair.

www.thebulwark.com

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