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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 3h

Starting soon!👇

Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be doing a substack live with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social tomorrow October. 15 at 19:00 CET, 18:00 UK, 13:00 ET. I hope you'll join us!
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LIVE SOON: Phillips O’Brien and Alex Finley

Starting Oct 15 at 1:00 PM EDT

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 5h

"My Covenant Eyes app didn't notify me"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: A judge in Florida issued a restraining order against Cory Mills for threatening and harassing his ex-girlfriend. Do you think this is an ethical violation?

MIKE JOHNSON: I have not heard or looked into the details of that. I've been a little busy.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 1906 Hannah Arendt was born.

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 7h

Marine Le Pen voit son recours contre son inéligibilité immédiate devant le Conseil d’Etat rejeté

La présidente du groupe RN à l’Assemblée a été condamnée à quatre ans de prison, dont deux ferme aménagés sous bracelet électronique, et à une amende de 100 000 euros ainsi qu’à une inéligibilité immédiate de cinq ans dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires d’eurodéputés.

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 23h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 9h

Potanin owns the yacht NIRVANA, worth an estimated $120 million and currently docked in Dubai. Let us all feel sad for this sad oligarch.
#YachtWatch

Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 21h

*Sad Oligarch*

www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/14/m...

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 9h

Sounds legit!

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 9h

Estonia has not yet identified the affiliation or purpose of a group of armed Russian men recently spotted near the Baltic country’s border, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told The Moscow Times.

Role of Armed Russians Spotted Near Estonian Border Still Unclear, Defense Minister Says - The Moscow Times

BRUSSELS — Estonia has not yet identified the affiliation or purpose of a group of armed Russian men recently spotted near the Baltic country’s border, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told The Moscow Ti...

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 9h

A Florida MAGA Republican has been slapped with a restraining order after his ex-girlfriend accused him of harassment and threatening her with revenge porn following their breakup.

MAGA Star Hit With Restraining Order After Judge Sides With Ex

Rep. Cory Mills is not allowed within 500 feet of former girlfriend Lindsey Langston.

trib.al

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Democratic Majority For Israel @demmaj4israel.bsky.social · 23h

Antisemitism. Racism. Homophobia. Jokes about gas chambers. Even admiration for Hitler.

Not from the fringes but from young GOP insiders from across the country. This is the next generation of Republican “leaders.”

Hate like this should have no place in American politics. Period.

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1d

Not obscene enough yet to set off his Covenant Eyes app

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1d

This @bychrisbrennan.bsky.social piece pairs well with my Rant! about how Trump has been inverting the truth. alexzfinley.substack.com/p/truth-inve...

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1d

lol someone is nervous about the prospect of Tomahawks going to Ukraine. To be fair, though, they know how to manipulate their target.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

The Kremlin has lashed out at Time magazine over its cover depicting Donald Trump after the American leader condemned the choice of photograph.

Russia blasts ‘freaks’ at Time magazine over cover that Trump hated

“Only unhealthy people” could have chosen the photo Time used, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova fumes.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1d

These cases are showing the limits of our legal systems in dealing asymmetric attacks, as I discussed in last week's Rant! 3/ alexzfinley.substack.com/p/evolving-t...

Evolving threats require evolving rules

A look at holding accountable those who carry out Russia's asymmetric attacks on the West, including a different kind of #YachtWatch

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1d

But since the incident occurred in international waters, they felt they did not have jurisdiction to prove criminal negligence. This comes just days after a Finnish court determined it did not have jurisdiction over a different cable incident in international waters. 2/

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1d

Swedish prosecutors have closed an investigation into the Vezhen, a ship believed to be responsible for cutting an underwater cable between Sweden and Latvia. They determined there was not evidence to prove criminal sabotage. However, they did not rule out negligence. 1/ www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

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David Riecks @riecks.bsky.social · Jun 22

A useful survey of what's happening in The Middle East with CIA analyst turned best-selling spy novelist David McCloskey (with John & Jerry on Mission Implausible). omny.fm/shows/missio...

Anaylists vs. Operations in The Middle East (with David McCloskey) - Mission Implausible

CIA analyst turned best-selling spy novelist David McCloskey visits with old friends John & Jerry where they look at the CIA and their experiences in The Middle East before, during and after The Arab ...

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be doing a substack live with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social tomorrow October. 15 at 19:00 CET, 18:00 UK, 13:00 ET. I hope you'll join us!
open.substack.com/live-stream/...

LIVE SOON: Phillips O’Brien and Alex Finley

Starting Oct 15 at 1:00 PM EDT

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

Russia is determined to test European borders&could turn a "frosty peace" in Europe into a "hot confrontation",Martin Jäger,head of the Germany's BND intelligence service,said

He said that Moscow believes it has a realistic chance of expanding its sphere of influence westward

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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 2d

First reported by @financialtimes.com: Trump will welcome his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday for talks about how they can force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, including the possibility of supplying long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.
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Trump to meet Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday

[FREE TO READ] US president has floated selling long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine in bid to end Russia’s invasion

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like a good time to re-up my post about Covenant Eyes alexzfinley.substack.com/p/this-week-...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Hi All, my latest book, War and Power: Who Wins Wars and Why, is being released in North America in two weeks. The Publisher, Basic Books/Hatchette, has just released a discount code for 20% if you buy through them. Code is WAR&POWER (not case sensitive). www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/phill...

War and Power

A bold, revisionist study of modern warfare, showing that military victory is rooted not in large armies and decisive battles, but in the full spectrum of ec...

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