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Richard Blumenthal @blumenthal.senate.gov · 1h

Republicans are imperiling lifesaving care with their cuts to Medicaid & ACA tax credits. Thousands in CT will soon lack affordable coverage. Democrats are trying to save it—at the same time as the government reopens.

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PuckFutin @puckfutin.fellas.army · 2h

"Zelenskyy wants Tomahawks. We have a lot of Tomahawks" - Trump.

• The russian economy is close to collapse. The russian government does not want to end the war, so I will meet with Zelenskyy to deliver new weapons.

• Putin was supposed to win that war in one week. Now it is entering its 4th year.

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 1h

I guess the Argentinians didn't want to kick up to Paulie...?https://youtu.be/2-jhmkcOGAA?si=JlbjJUqLYdIPKylF

Goodfellas - Paul "Paulie" Cicero (RIP Paul Sorvino)

YouTube video by Spur360

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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 3h

Russian Business news 14/October/2025:

The IMF has lowered its projection for the gdp growth of the Russian economy in 2025 from 0,9% to 0,6%.

www.kommersant.ru/doc/8120004

МВФ понизил прогноз роста российской экономики на 2025 год

Подробнее на сайте

www.kommersant.ru

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 1h

All together: shrinking workforce, few investors, high rates, rising costs, faltering industries. It’s a feedback loop of decline, not recovery.

Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 1h

Russia has suspended monthly publication of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and regional population data — a sign of desperation and data opacity.

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 1h

The central bank is holding rates at 17 % in a bid to rein in inflation - but that level of cost of capital all but kills private investment.

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 1h

That meager 0.6 % assumes a best-case trajectory. In practice, Russia faces tailwinds: sanctions, weak investment, capital flight, and structural imbalances. Growth of “half a percent” in a world shifting fast is essentially stagnation.

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 4h

The Social Contract is breaking down.

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 8h

This is not a nation state. Russia is a barbarian tribe run by a delusional gangster and his ex-KGB flunkies.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 10h

President Zelenskyy at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session:

putin can be forced into peace - just like any other terrorist. By stopping russia now, you [Europeans] are not only helping us protect our lives - you are helping yourselves. russia must lose.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 2d

Dems: No Kings

GOP: Pro Kings

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Uncle_Wolf @demiurg.bsky.social · 15h

This is a very good observation.
And the reason for why we might never truly lift all the sanctions, or open the border back up fully.
The obvious answer is to balkanize Russia into stamp-sized micro-nations, that can be dealt with individually.

Kraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 23h

A post-war Russia will probably engage in exactly the type of crap North Korea does. Drug production and smuggling, people trafficking, illegal arms trade, production of counterfeit currency. The Russian border with Europe will become a hot spot of criminal activity.

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 12h

Thats why the Russian economy and regime must be completely destroyed.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 12h

That guy should choose his words more carefully, if he cares about the lives of 140m Russians...

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BluesBroFella△🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇱 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 @hounddog.bsky.social · 20h

Anti-fa = Anti-fascist.

My dad fought fascism / nazism in bloody combat in the Second World War.
#NAFO #NoKIngs

Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 20h

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Call Me Antifa – A Patriotic Protest Anthem for Freedom, Justice, and Love

YouTube video by The Resistance

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 20h

Ukraine should respond in kind. This is Total War.

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Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 1d

🤬🤬 A hospital is on fire in Kharkiv after being hit by a KAB.

Preliminary reports indicate casualties.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 20h

This was an incredible report to watch from the frontline city of Kherson by friend of the channel Caolan Robertson! I highly recommend checking it out!

youtu.be/Hu4p4aeex4I

I’m in a frontline city where Russians are across the river

YouTube video by Caolan Robertson

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

NEW: The latest episode of The Breakdown just hit 750,000 views on the @meidastouch.com network! THANK YOU for supporting independent media! You can watch the episode here: www.youtube.com/live/8oJvw7F...

LIVE: Trump Case Against NY AG IMPLODES INSTANTLY with NEW PROOF

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 21h

💥 Occupied Crimea: Following strikes on the Feodosia fuel depot and the 490 MW Tavri power plant, Ukrainian Neptune cruise missiles and drones struck the 117 MW Saki Thermal Power Plant and two electrical substations (220 kV and 330 kV) according to the Russians themselves.

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 20h

Ukraine is dismantling Russia’s grip on Crimea piece by piece - destroying S-400s, striking airfields, and forcing the Black Sea Fleet to flee. Precision and patience are winning where brute force failed.

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Geopolitical Observer @americanhegemon.bsky.social · 21h

Listen to the man who understands how the mob operates...

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