Louis Turner
@louisturner.bsky.social
Currently focused on Ukraine, followed by UK and US politics and climate change. I'm retired in Falmouth, UK and am writing a history of the Cornish tourist industry, but am increasingly focused on how Cornwall is turning into a high-tech hub.
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🛡️ Two tankers of Russia's shadow fleet hit by Ukraine's Security Service maritime drones
Two tankers of Russia's shadow fleet hit by Ukraine's Security Service maritime drones – Ukrainska Pravda source
The blowing up of two tankers in Russia's shadow fleet has been carried out as a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).
www.pravda.com.ua
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🛡️ Two tankers of Russia's shadow fleet hit by Ukraine's Security Service maritime drones
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i think that we should charge even people who have been pardoned, because there is no conceivable way the founders intended the pardon power to permit the executive to order people to commit crimes and then pardon them for them
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
i think that we should charge even people who have been pardoned, because there is no conceivable way the founders intended the pardon power to permit the executive to order people to commit crimes and then pardon them for them
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The power of Ukrainian democracy is a sight to behold.
And Trump wants to take millions of people from Ukrainian democracy and gift them to dictatorial Russia.
And Trump wants to take millions of people from Ukrainian democracy and gift them to dictatorial Russia.
⚡️BREAKING: Zelensky's chief of staff Yermak resigns amid major corruption scandal.
Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office, submitted his resignation following searches by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) at his premises earlier on Nov. 28, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office, submitted his resignation following searches by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) at his premises earlier on Nov. 28, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
BREAKING: Zelensky's chief of staff Yermak resigns amid Ukraine's biggest corruption scandal
Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office, submitted his resignation following searches by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) at his premises earlier on Nov. 28, President Volodymyr Zelens...
kyivindependent.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The power of Ukrainian democracy is a sight to behold.
And Trump wants to take millions of people from Ukrainian democracy and gift them to dictatorial Russia.
And Trump wants to take millions of people from Ukrainian democracy and gift them to dictatorial Russia.
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honestly, if you said the goal of this administration was to make cocaine as cheap and plentiful as possible, it would explain like 75% of their actions
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
honestly, if you said the goal of this administration was to make cocaine as cheap and plentiful as possible, it would explain like 75% of their actions
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
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How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
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Here's a question...were (are) the pro-brexit campaigners (Farage, Gove, Johnson, etc) working knowingly for and on behalf of the Russians, or were they simply some of the first to be influenced by targeted disinformation?
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's a question...were (are) the pro-brexit campaigners (Farage, Gove, Johnson, etc) working knowingly for and on behalf of the Russians, or were they simply some of the first to be influenced by targeted disinformation?
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Caught: Republican Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler invented a fake quote in her dissent to the court’s new congressional redistricting decision on Tuesday. It marks a continuing trend in the adulteration of legal precedent in right-wing jurisprudence. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Conservative Justice Uses Fake Quote to Justify Wisconsin Republican Gerrymander
It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
slate.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Caught: Republican Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler invented a fake quote in her dissent to the court’s new congressional redistricting decision on Tuesday. It marks a continuing trend in the adulteration of legal precedent in right-wing jurisprudence. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Offering the survivors of a missile strike no quarter and then ordering a second strike to finish them off puts Hegseth in deep, deep water. He gave an illegal order. This is either murder or a war crime. It doesn't matter what your title is, Secretary of Defense, or Fox Talk Show Host. It's murder.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Offering the survivors of a missile strike no quarter and then ordering a second strike to finish them off puts Hegseth in deep, deep water. He gave an illegal order. This is either murder or a war crime. It doesn't matter what your title is, Secretary of Defense, or Fox Talk Show Host. It's murder.
A new card in Ukraine’s hand. Terminals are fine to harass, but scaring off the tankers is as just as much to the point
A second oil tanker has gone up in flames in the Black Sea. Both ships have been identified as the M/T Kairos and M/T Virat. The destination of both oilers is the Russian port of Novorossiysk.
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A new card in Ukraine’s hand. Terminals are fine to harass, but scaring off the tankers is as just as much to the point
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Trump's standing with the public has taken a huge hit in the past few months. He's now regularly polling in the 30s. And their big play to reverse this decline? War in Venezuela - and that's even more unpopular than his handling of inflation. 4/
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump's standing with the public has taken a huge hit in the past few months. He's now regularly polling in the 30s. And their big play to reverse this decline? War in Venezuela - and that's even more unpopular than his handling of inflation. 4/
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Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
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Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces struck 10 targets across Russia overnight including Saratov oil refinery and power substations from Luhansk to Rostov Oblast, with operations conducted by 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center and Graf unit, Magyar reported.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces struck 10 targets across Russia overnight including Saratov oil refinery and power substations from Luhansk to Rostov Oblast, with operations conducted by 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center and Graf unit, Magyar reported.
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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"Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked 19 different countries — some of them 3-4 times — and none of these countries, including Ukraine, has ever attacked Russia." - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked 19 different countries — some of them 3-4 times — and none of these countries, including Ukraine, has ever attacked Russia." - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
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👀🇺🇦 Ukraine needs to hold out for another 6-8 months, – Major General of the Reserve Kryvonis on the possible end of the war.
“This term may be quite realistic provided that systemic pressure on the Russian economy continues.”
“This term may be quite realistic provided that systemic pressure on the Russian economy continues.”
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
👀🇺🇦 Ukraine needs to hold out for another 6-8 months, – Major General of the Reserve Kryvonis on the possible end of the war.
“This term may be quite realistic provided that systemic pressure on the Russian economy continues.”
“This term may be quite realistic provided that systemic pressure on the Russian economy continues.”
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Monitoring channels report that swarms of rocket and strike drones are heading toward Russia — judging by their trajectories, the ports of Novorossiysk and defense-industry facilities in other Russian regions are likely to come under a massive attack.
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Monitoring channels report that swarms of rocket and strike drones are heading toward Russia — judging by their trajectories, the ports of Novorossiysk and defense-industry facilities in other Russian regions are likely to come under a massive attack.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 US authorities are confident that the conversation between Witkoff and Ushakov was recorded by GUR, — UP journalist Sydorenko.
"The Americans say - it definitely wasn't us, because the American intelligence system is designed in such a way that they don't leak audio of conversations at all..."
"The Americans say - it definitely wasn't us, because the American intelligence system is designed in such a way that they don't leak audio of conversations at all..."
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 US authorities are confident that the conversation between Witkoff and Ushakov was recorded by GUR, — UP journalist Sydorenko.
"The Americans say - it definitely wasn't us, because the American intelligence system is designed in such a way that they don't leak audio of conversations at all..."
"The Americans say - it definitely wasn't us, because the American intelligence system is designed in such a way that they don't leak audio of conversations at all..."
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Ukrainian lawmakers, soldiers, and experts told the Kyiv Independent that the leak proves Witkoff could be a tool of the Kremlin rather than a neutral mediator.
'Teaching murderers how to talk to Trump' – Ukrainians react to bombshell Witkoff leak
An explosive leak implicating top U.S. negotiator Steve Witkoff in shady dealings with Russia has sparked shock and astonishment not only in the U.S. but also in Ukraine.
According to conversations l...
kyivindependent.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Ukrainian lawmakers, soldiers, and experts told the Kyiv Independent that the leak proves Witkoff could be a tool of the Kremlin rather than a neutral mediator.
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The Guardian reports that a European intel agency likely leaked the Witkoff-Ushakov-Dmitriev calls, frustrated by Trump’s envoy pushing Kremlin lines. Others point to disgruntled CIA or NSA insiders. Ukraine had motive, but the risk of fallout with Washington makes that unlikely.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Guardian reports that a European intel agency likely leaked the Witkoff-Ushakov-Dmitriev calls, frustrated by Trump’s envoy pushing Kremlin lines. Others point to disgruntled CIA or NSA insiders. Ukraine had motive, but the risk of fallout with Washington makes that unlikely.
Further proof that Trump’s US cannot be treated as a trustworthy player in world affairs.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🤔 Washington wants to conclude a peace agreement before agreeing to any security guarantees for Ukraine, Marco Rubio told European allies.
A European diplomat and a source familiar with the negotiations told Politico this.
A European diplomat and a source familiar with the negotiations told Politico this.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Further proof that Trump’s US cannot be treated as a trustworthy player in world affairs.
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🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: An agreement that the major powers accept without Ukraine's consent and without the consent of the Europeans will not be the basis for a real, lasting peace in Ukraine.
I welcome continued American involvement in resolving this conflict. And that's exactly what I told President Trump.
I welcome continued American involvement in resolving this conflict. And that's exactly what I told President Trump.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: An agreement that the major powers accept without Ukraine's consent and without the consent of the Europeans will not be the basis for a real, lasting peace in Ukraine.
I welcome continued American involvement in resolving this conflict. And that's exactly what I told President Trump.
I welcome continued American involvement in resolving this conflict. And that's exactly what I told President Trump.
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
Great invective
If vaginal dryness were a person, it would be this guy.
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Great invective
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Worth a read—how 60+ News
Covered
Multiple #NoKings peaceful protests
Rated A-F
By
mediaanddemocracy.
Local news — good grades;
NYT & WSJ got bad grades;
~Dereliction of duty of the Fourth Estate
Covered
Multiple #NoKings peaceful protests
Rated A-F
By
mediaanddemocracy.
Local news — good grades;
NYT & WSJ got bad grades;
~Dereliction of duty of the Fourth Estate
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Worth a read—how 60+ News
Covered
Multiple #NoKings peaceful protests
Rated A-F
By
mediaanddemocracy.
Local news — good grades;
NYT & WSJ got bad grades;
~Dereliction of duty of the Fourth Estate
Covered
Multiple #NoKings peaceful protests
Rated A-F
By
mediaanddemocracy.
Local news — good grades;
NYT & WSJ got bad grades;
~Dereliction of duty of the Fourth Estate
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This is wrong, this is stupid, this is 💯 political, this is illegal, and there’s ZERO reason for this. National Guard troops have lives, jobs & families. This is an absolute waste of their time. Trump is using them to try to score political points. Just terrible.👇
Pete Hegseth announces that Trump will deploy 500 more National Guard troops to Washington, DC after today’s shooting
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is wrong, this is stupid, this is 💯 political, this is illegal, and there’s ZERO reason for this. National Guard troops have lives, jobs & families. This is an absolute waste of their time. Trump is using them to try to score political points. Just terrible.👇