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Some allies' ambassadors might want to check in with the Pentagon to confirm that extended deterrence is still a thing. The NDS leaves some room for doubt.
Elsewhere the NDS explicitly repudiates the concept of alliance commitments in general, much less those backed by a U.S. nuclear guarantee. They are not hiding the ball here. 6/7
January 25, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Some allies' ambassadors might want to check in with the Pentagon to confirm that extended deterrence is still a thing. The NDS leaves some room for doubt.
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I've had this same experience talking with US strategic experts who are convinced that the British and French nuclear capacities are "trivial." You then learn that the Americans are grotesquely misinformed about what those capacities are... as if they were guided by propaganda, not intel.
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I've had this same experience talking with US strategic experts who are convinced that the British and French nuclear capacities are "trivial." You then learn that the Americans are grotesquely misinformed about what those capacities are... as if they were guided by propaganda, not intel.
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Da wurden nur Schüsse in eine Richtung gewechselt
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www.tagesschau.de/tagesthemen/...
@infinitescream.bsky.social
www.tagesschau.de/tagesthemen/...
Kerstin Klein, ARD Washington, zum erneuten tödlichen Schusswechsel in Minneapolis
Kerstin Klein, ARD Washington, zum erneuten tödlichen Schusswechsel in Minneapolis
www.tagesschau.de
January 25, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Da wurden nur Schüsse in eine Richtung gewechselt
@infinitescream.bsky.social
www.tagesschau.de/tagesthemen/...
@infinitescream.bsky.social
www.tagesschau.de/tagesthemen/...
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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The whole interview is worth it
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The whole interview is worth it
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Murphy on Bovino: "That was a bone-chilling interview. I was shaking while I was listening to it, in large part bc it takes just an unbelievable amount of gall to lie to the American public. Everybody saw that video ... it should freak the public out that the Trump administration lies this easily"
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Murphy on Bovino: "That was a bone-chilling interview. I was shaking while I was listening to it, in large part bc it takes just an unbelievable amount of gall to lie to the American public. Everybody saw that video ... it should freak the public out that the Trump administration lies this easily"
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This is what Russia does to the most vulnerable Ukrainian civilians.
The man in the photo is 88 years old. He is bedridden and depends on an oxygen machine which cannot work because there's no electricity after Russian strikes.
The man in the photo is 88 years old. He is bedridden and depends on an oxygen machine which cannot work because there's no electricity after Russian strikes.
January 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This is what Russia does to the most vulnerable Ukrainian civilians.
The man in the photo is 88 years old. He is bedridden and depends on an oxygen machine which cannot work because there's no electricity after Russian strikes.
The man in the photo is 88 years old. He is bedridden and depends on an oxygen machine which cannot work because there's no electricity after Russian strikes.
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The story is not that there are two conflicting versions of what happened.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The story is not that there are two conflicting versions of what happened.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.
January 24, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.
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Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
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Absolutely cracking work here from Jim's team. I defend the BBC a lot, but when a small team is doing really solid work like this while BBC London is doing puff pieces about the Wicked films, it really does make you wonder what's gone wrong with the big news outlets.
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Absolutely cracking work here from Jim's team. I defend the BBC a lot, but when a small team is doing really solid work like this while BBC London is doing puff pieces about the Wicked films, it really does make you wonder what's gone wrong with the big news outlets.
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While the British media is full of Trump’s comments on its NATO soldiers, German media and some politicians debate if it should withdraw the country’s gold from the New York Federal Reserve. 1,236 tonnes of 3,550 tonnes are held there (37 percent). The gov’t says it has no plans to do so.
January 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM
While the British media is full of Trump’s comments on its NATO soldiers, German media and some politicians debate if it should withdraw the country’s gold from the New York Federal Reserve. 1,236 tonnes of 3,550 tonnes are held there (37 percent). The gov’t says it has no plans to do so.
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Tired, dirty, exhausted - but alive - the guys from the Khartiia unit are returning from Kupiansk for a brief rest.
Glory to the fighters!
📹: vitaliyfalcon/X
Glory to the fighters!
📹: vitaliyfalcon/X
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Tired, dirty, exhausted - but alive - the guys from the Khartiia unit are returning from Kupiansk for a brief rest.
Glory to the fighters!
📹: vitaliyfalcon/X
Glory to the fighters!
📹: vitaliyfalcon/X
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Her tone for ‘Are you crazy?’ is perfect. It really should go viral.
They ARE crazed, and repugnant.
They ARE crazed, and repugnant.
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Her tone for ‘Are you crazy?’ is perfect. It really should go viral.
They ARE crazed, and repugnant.
They ARE crazed, and repugnant.
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Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Old joke truer then ever
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
Exercise commanders had to ask 🇫🇮 reservists, the most formidable Arctic warriors, who were playing the role of invaders in the war games, to go easy on the Americans. “The Finns had to be told to stop beating the Americans as it was embarrassing and demoralising for them,” a mil source said.”
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January 23, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Old joke truer then ever
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
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Trump has really angered Starmer. PM had to toughen his language after initial No10 reaction was criticised as not strong enough by families of UK forces killed in Afghanistan. Govt realised it's out of step with public opinion. Even Farage has criticised Trump. Beyond the pale
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Trump has really angered Starmer. PM had to toughen his language after initial No10 reaction was criticised as not strong enough by families of UK forces killed in Afghanistan. Govt realised it's out of step with public opinion. Even Farage has criticised Trump. Beyond the pale
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This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls
In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...
jessasato.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
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❤️This is what Ukraine is fighting for.
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📹 lara_shastina/Instagram
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 PM
❤️This is what Ukraine is fighting for.
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📹 lara_shastina/Instagram
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Wisst ihr noch? Der historische Fehler, unsere Gasspeicher an Russland zu verkaufen?
Ja?
Gut.
Deswegen verkaufen wir jetzt militärische Tanklager und Kerosin-Pipelines an ein US-Unternehmen.
Ja?
Gut.
Deswegen verkaufen wir jetzt militärische Tanklager und Kerosin-Pipelines an ein US-Unternehmen.
(S+) Kelcy Warren: Trump-Vertrauter kauft sich in Deutschlands Energieversorgung ein
Ein US-Milliardär hat nach SPIEGEL-Informationen Teile von Deutschlands Treibstofflogistik übernommen, inklusive Zugang zu Nato-Flughäfen und Pipelines. Das Wirtschaftsministerium erlaubt den Deal unt...
www.spiegel.de
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Wisst ihr noch? Der historische Fehler, unsere Gasspeicher an Russland zu verkaufen?
Ja?
Gut.
Deswegen verkaufen wir jetzt militärische Tanklager und Kerosin-Pipelines an ein US-Unternehmen.
Ja?
Gut.
Deswegen verkaufen wir jetzt militärische Tanklager und Kerosin-Pipelines an ein US-Unternehmen.
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New real-world field study *inoculating* against misinformation in live social media scroll feeds out in Harvard Misinfo Review @misinforeview.bsky.social
We targeted +375k users with a short ad on Insta using a novel quasi-experimental method (1/3)
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...
We targeted +375k users with a short ad on Insta using a novel quasi-experimental method (1/3)
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...
January 23, 2026 at 12:12 PM
New real-world field study *inoculating* against misinformation in live social media scroll feeds out in Harvard Misinfo Review @misinforeview.bsky.social
We targeted +375k users with a short ad on Insta using a novel quasi-experimental method (1/3)
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...
We targeted +375k users with a short ad on Insta using a novel quasi-experimental method (1/3)
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...
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This is still true after the EP vote for an ECJ opinion on Mercosur: strong external momentum, extremely fragile internal base. Stuff like this makes the whole 'reliable partner in a world of chaos' rhetoric ring hollow. EU can't get geoeconomics right if people keep playing political games with it.
On the other side, the internal face of trade policy has not been able to keep up. Farming interests were always going to play an outsized role in the debate due to their ability to organise – but their dominance in the public debate shows how little energy others invested in shaping this debate.
January 23, 2026 at 9:02 AM
This is still true after the EP vote for an ECJ opinion on Mercosur: strong external momentum, extremely fragile internal base. Stuff like this makes the whole 'reliable partner in a world of chaos' rhetoric ring hollow. EU can't get geoeconomics right if people keep playing political games with it.
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"'We are discussing how to protect Europe with a nuclear deterrent with or without the United States,' one of the European officials said. Another described the discussions among European leaders about ways to guard against a nuclear-armed Russia without the U.S. as 'intense and productive.'"
Doubting U.S. resolve, Europe looks to bolster its own nuclear arsenal
The discussions have taken on new urgency as President Trump escalates his criticism of Europe. Germany and Poland already have suggested France’s nuclear weapons could be expanded to defend their cou...
www.nbcnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:02 AM
"'We are discussing how to protect Europe with a nuclear deterrent with or without the United States,' one of the European officials said. Another described the discussions among European leaders about ways to guard against a nuclear-armed Russia without the U.S. as 'intense and productive.'"