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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 7h

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 7h

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 267

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 267

October 13, 2025

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 9h

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 265-266

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 265-266

October 11-12, 2025

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 15h

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 264

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 264

October 10, 2025

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter, and expressed “extreme concern” over the U.S. potentially providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.
https://to.pbs.org/3IHxT8p

Russia targets Ukraine's power grid as Moscow expresses 'extreme concern' over long-range U.S. weapons

Kyiv regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy company were wounded in the strikes. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry also said that infrastructure was also tar...

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 3d

This was the DOJ criminal case. Remember when we had a DOJ 🤦🏼‍♀️ www.justice.gov/archives/opa...

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 3d

Erdogan*

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 3d

In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4d

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 261

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 261

October 7, 2025

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4d

A few days ago, fascist Miller gave an interview to CNN and said “Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, the president has plenary authority. Has—” Then he went silent.

But guess what? Not only did they not push back after a supposed “technical glitch” but the edited version removed that section

Stephen Miller, CNN, and the ‘Plenary Authority’ That Got Buried

While Trump continues to flood the zone with chaos and deliberate distractions, and as the National Guard prepares to occupy more cities, something deeply revealing slipped from the mouth of his most ...

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to Russia

Exactly what happens there

abcnews.go.com/US/trump-app...

Trump-appointed prosecutor seeks indictment of New York AG Letitia James: Sources

A Trump-appointed prosecutor has presented evidence to a grand jury seeking an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, sources tell ABC News.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4d

Censorship has fully arrived. In the latest, Apple banned an app that archived ICE abuses for legal evidence

Every single day, censorship gets stronger as media and corporations bend to serve the regime

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4d

A few days ago, fascist Miller gave an interview to CNN and said “Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, the president has plenary authority. Has—” Then he went silent.

But guess what? Not only did they not push back after a supposed “technical glitch” but the edited version removed that section

Stephen Miller, CNN, and the ‘Plenary Authority’ That Got Buried

While Trump continues to flood the zone with chaos and deliberate distractions, and as the National Guard prepares to occupy more cities, something deeply revealing slipped from the mouth of his most ...

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 5d

Think Miller needs to send in a few more battalions. Maybe Hegseth can send some elite units. Things are getting dangerous in Portland

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 6d

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 260

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 260

October 6, 2025

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 6d

Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is more than the Epstein files, and a dangerous test of whether election results still guarantee representation. My latest

The Dangerous Precedent Behind Johnson’s Refusal to Seat Adelita Grijalva

On September 10, Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva won her Arizona special election, and nearly a month later, Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 7d

Check out Julie and my latest chapter of our series on how Russia attacked the 2016 US election to help Trump win.

This week we dive into the role Cambridge Analytica and Facebook played

Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and the Kremlin

Chapter 11 of our series on how Russia attacked the 2016 U.S. election to help Trump win.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 8d

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 258-259

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 258-259

October 4-5, 2025

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 8d

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 257

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 257

October 3, 2025

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 9d

Slight correction "election" updates. It's a rigged election by the Kremlin-owned party

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 9d

‘Czech Trump,’ a Populist Tycoon, Poised to Return as Prime Minister, Drones near Germany’s airport, Belgium launches probe after reports that 15 drones buzzed military base, Poland Raises Alarm Over Russian Ship Found Near Baltic Pipeline, Georgia Election updates, Russia’s gas shortages, & more

Russian Digest

Week of 9/28/25: Top stories I'm keeping an eye on

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10d

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 256

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 256

October 2, 2025

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 11d

This is what America has come to. Anyone who supports this is a monster 🤬
We need accountability

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 11d

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 255

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 255

October 1, 2025

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Justice 🇺🇦 @loveon9.bsky.social · 12d

The contract has been awarded to PenLink, a little-known surveillance co HQ in Nebraska to track, map, and analyze individuals’ movements and networks. ICE is not simply reverting to its previous practice of warrantless location tracking; it is escalating this surveillance to a level... #PenLink

Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 12d

🚨ICE Is Buying a Tool to Track Hundreds of Millions of Phones, Without Warrants

Please read, share, and sound the alarm

ICE Is Buying a Tool to Track Hundreds of Millions of Phones, Without Warrants

Trump is quietly building a surveillance state, and almost no one is paying attention.

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