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Aspiring interdisciplinary international affairs scholar-practitioner R. Assoc. @stimsoncenter.bksy.social Analyst Jamestown Foundation Bylines include RUSI, The Diplomat, Eurasia Daily Monitor Shares, articles etc ≠ endorsement/reflect employer .. more

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · Mar 22

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 19h

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"Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and r***."
Via @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19h

The anti-voter SAVE Act failed in Congress thanks to widespread opposition. Now, its proponents are pressuring the Election Assistance Commission to enact a similar “show-your-papers” requirement for voting. Will you speak out against this attack on the freedom to vote? bit.ly/4ngSyyl

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The Lever @levernews.com · 19h

🚨NEW: Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the Citizens United decision & today released a memoir defending his ruling letting oligarchs buy elections - yet he says he worries democracy may not survive.

None of the media Kennedy is granting interviews has even asked him about Citizens United.

Anthony Kennedy Is Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This

The retired Supreme Court Justice who authored Citizens United is suddenly worried about the future of democracy.

www.levernews.com

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 21h

Civilians until proven otherwise. Even then, probably illegal, and definitely counterproductive.

Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 21h

The U.S. military has fatally struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

US kills 6 in another strike on alleged drug boat, Trump says

The U.S. military has fatally struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

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Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 21h

The U.S. military has fatally struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

US kills 6 in another strike on alleged drug boat, Trump says

The U.S. military has fatally struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

www.scrippsnews.com

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

CBS News just aired a long profile valorizing Justice Anthony Kennedy without even once mentioning the Citizens United ruling that he authored and that empowered corporations and oligarchs to buy elections.

This omission exemplifies how the master plan works.

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 1d

AFP | They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an Agence France-Presse investigation can reveal.

Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown – using Musk's Starlink

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an Agence France...

www.frontiermyanmar.net

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 1d

Refugees caught in Jordan’s campaign against informal work

A campaign to end informal work in Jordan is making refugees’ already precarious lives more vulnerable

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

Over on the other site, revelations about JD Vance’s court case in our new book MASTER PLAN are now trending.

The book is out tomorrow. Order it here — and pass it on: LeverNews.com/book

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 1d

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Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · 1d

"Every so often a book comes along that slices through comforting illusions and forces readers to face the world as it is. Emma Ashford’s First Among Equals is one of those books."

The United States in a Multipolar World

Emma Ashford, First Among Equals: The United States in a Multipolar World (Yale University Press, 2025) Every so often a book comes along that slices through comforting illusions and forces readers to

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Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · 1d

"Every so often a book comes along that slices through comforting illusions and forces readers to face the world as it is. Emma Ashford’s First Among Equals is one of those books."

The United States in a Multipolar World

www.realcleardefense.com

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

🚨NEWS: JD Vance is stealthily spearheading a Supreme Court case to expand Citizens United & eliminate remaining anti-corruption laws.

Another case could soon kill off anti-bribery laws.

A preview of our new book MASTER PLAN in @rollingstone.com

Early access to the book here: LeverNews.com/book

The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections

J.D. Vance and other MAGA interests are working to get the Supreme Court to end restrictions on campaign-spending limits.

www.rollingstone.com

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 2d

The risk of such fines may make airlines and their personnel unwilling to simply "guess" what to enter instead of X.

APIS is only for international flight, but I'm sure they're trying to find a way to limit domestic X IDs from being used

Here is the info on the fines.
nbaa.org/news/busines...

Tips for Bizav Operators to Avoid CBP Fines and Loss of US Entry Privileges

Don’t make the mistake of failing to comply with U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements for entering the country. Some of the most common errors made by business aviation flight crews could r...

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 2d

Effectively banning/throttling trans & non-binary travel into or out of the US

By forcing airlines to enter M or F for passport info, Trump has opened up the airlines (more likely employees) to steep fines for "incorrectly" filling out APIS when passports read X
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Starting Sunday, Airline Agents Must Guess Passenger Gender — As U.S. Rejects Valid ‘X’ Passports It Issued - View from the Wing

Starting Sunday, airline agents will have to choose “M” or “F” for every passenger entering the U.S. — even when the traveler’s passport lists “X.” The government is rejecting the very gender markers ...

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 2d

CBS: "America," "American," "all of the tools of the digital era," and speed.
MSNBC: Press freedom, the First Amendment, and ethics. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/msnb...

Bari Weiss’s CBS News and MSNBC both just laid out their new journalistic principles — and they’re fascinatingly different

CBS: "America," "American," "all of the tools of the digital era," and speed. MSNBC: Press freedom, the First Amendment, and ethics.

www.niemanlab.org

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 2d

Gift link.

Trump's not in the driver's seat. Miller, RFK, and Vought are filling the vacuum.

Miller "equates opposition [...] with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it."

@theatlantic.com @jonathanbchait.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke

The White House aide equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.

www.theatlantic.com

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · 3d

"This use of force by the government against Christians is exactly what you’ve warned us about for years."

Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 5d

The American evangelical persecution complex is real. I appreciate this article.

Rick Pidcock @rickpidcock.bsky.social · 6d

I have a new article out tonight where I offer an apology to white evangelicals. I was wrong. You were right. I'm sorry I didn't believe you. And I offer no excuses.
baptistnews.com/article/dear...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

"Making the rigged election claim to the military now, retroactively, is a half-step. By stating it as fact and forcing the general staff to accept it, he is laying the predicate to make such a claim directly to the military in the future."

“Legal Orders” and Trump’s Military

Authoritarians don’t take power by openly flouting the law. They look for pretexts and legal theories.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 3d

Trump’s moves are casting doubt on the prospect of a Leaders Summit – and the future of the Quad itself.

Did Trump Kill the Quad?

Trump’s moves are casting doubt on the prospect of a Leaders Summit – and the future of the Quad itself.

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 3d

Japan's ruling coalition collapsed on Friday after its junior partner Komeito quit, raising doubts about whether conservative Sanae Takaichi will become the country's first female prime minister.

Why Japan's coalition collapsed — and what's next

In an upcoming vote in parliament, all parties are expected to put forward their leaders in a first round of voting, with LDP chief Sanae Takaichi likely bound for a runoff.

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Himal Southasian @himalmag.bsky.social · 3d

🎙️“#India’s rise in its crony capitalism index since 2014 has been spectacular. We are up there with countries like Russia, where it is essentially the world of the leader that determines which companies are able to make a lot of money,” says Aakar Patel to Harsh Mander buff.ly/vcS9CSx

Aakar Patel, Rana Ayyub and Harsh Mander on the RSS and Hindu Rashtra today

In this episode, writer Aakar Patel and journalist Rana Ayyub examine with Harsh Mander whether India under Narendra Modi has transformed into a Hindu Rashtra or, and to what extent, India’s secular…

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d

📽️VIDEO: SCOTUS’ new term will decide critical voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy, the Voting Rights Act and election law nationwide. Watch our latest episode of Defending Democracy to know which cases to watch this term👇
https://youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA

Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Himal Southasian @himalmag.bsky.social · 3d

Protest movements in #Nepal, #Bangladesh and #SriLanka, largely led by youth, that have toppled three governments in three years are similar in their negation of the status quo but also in their lack of a blueprint for the future. (@AnupamDebashis and Rishija Singh)

The overlapping factors behind Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka’s uprisings

ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, three Southasian nations underwent political transitions. In 2008, Nepal became a federal republic, ending 250 years of monarchy. Bangladesh

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 3d

It's official — a court ruled that the public's interest in knowing if Elon Musk has a security clearance and access to classified information outweighs any potential privacy interests.

Great FOIA ruling in favor of the @nytimes.com.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d

🚨SOUTHERN VOTERS🚨

Your state could be impacted by a Supreme Court ruling that could lock in GOP control for over a generation, and in some states, eliminate majority-Black districts entirely.

Learn about what's out stake if the court guts Section 2👇
https://bit.ly/4q7aQ7D

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns