Garry Kasparov
@garrykasparov.bsky.social
Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.
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TY, Garry
..."Aspiring authoritarians never ask for permission; they see what they can get away with. The only way to ensure the integrity of the 2026 midterms is to demonstrate, now, that the ideals of the American Constitution are still worth fighting for."
..."Aspiring authoritarians never ask for permission; they see what they can get away with. The only way to ensure the integrity of the 2026 midterms is to demonstrate, now, that the ideals of the American Constitution are still worth fighting for."
Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Race to Save America’s Democracy
Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.
www.theatlantic.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TY, Garry
..."Aspiring authoritarians never ask for permission; they see what they can get away with. The only way to ensure the integrity of the 2026 midterms is to demonstrate, now, that the ideals of the American Constitution are still worth fighting for."
..."Aspiring authoritarians never ask for permission; they see what they can get away with. The only way to ensure the integrity of the 2026 midterms is to demonstrate, now, that the ideals of the American Constitution are still worth fighting for."
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One of the most prescient statements you made, that has stuck with me as I've watched the collapse of critical thinking in America, was this:
"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."
"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One of the most prescient statements you made, that has stuck with me as I've watched the collapse of critical thinking in America, was this:
"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."
"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."
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"The Constitution is a piece of paper."
Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Race to Save America’s Democracy
Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.
www.theatlantic.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The Constitution is a piece of paper."
Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
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Ukrainian Navy Command has confirmed that the carnage inflicted on the Karachevsk Electrodetal plant in Bryansk last night was the result of R-360 Neptune subsonic long range cruise missiles.
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ukrainian Navy Command has confirmed that the carnage inflicted on the Karachevsk Electrodetal plant in Bryansk last night was the result of R-360 Neptune subsonic long range cruise missiles.
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Today, Ukraine commemorates the Babyn Yar massacre - one of WWII’s darkest chapters.
In Sept 1941, Nazis executed tens of thousands, mainly Kyiv’s Jews, along with Roma, POWs, and civilians.
Babyn Yar stands as a symbol of Holocaust horrors. We remember to prevent history from repeating.
In Sept 1941, Nazis executed tens of thousands, mainly Kyiv’s Jews, along with Roma, POWs, and civilians.
Babyn Yar stands as a symbol of Holocaust horrors. We remember to prevent history from repeating.
September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today, Ukraine commemorates the Babyn Yar massacre - one of WWII’s darkest chapters.
In Sept 1941, Nazis executed tens of thousands, mainly Kyiv’s Jews, along with Roma, POWs, and civilians.
Babyn Yar stands as a symbol of Holocaust horrors. We remember to prevent history from repeating.
In Sept 1941, Nazis executed tens of thousands, mainly Kyiv’s Jews, along with Roma, POWs, and civilians.
Babyn Yar stands as a symbol of Holocaust horrors. We remember to prevent history from repeating.
Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Race to Save America’s Democracy
Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.
www.theatlantic.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
While Ambassador Bolton's episode will be popular today for some reason, the new Autocracy in America is an important one. My chess Grandmaster and grandmaster-politician guest, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, speaks from the frontline of Russia's next war, Lithuania. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
The View from NATO’s Eastern Flank
Lithuania has become an outspoken defender of Ukraine against the Russian invasion
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
While Ambassador Bolton's episode will be popular today for some reason, the new Autocracy in America is an important one. My chess Grandmaster and grandmaster-politician guest, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, speaks from the frontline of Russia's next war, Lithuania. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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AI is being used to fabricate quotes and attribute them to real people, Yair Rosenberg reports. Here's what he did when it happened to him:
Don’t Believe What AI Told You I Said
The chatbots are lying about me.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
AI is being used to fabricate quotes and attribute them to real people, Yair Rosenberg reports. Here's what he did when it happened to him:
Ukraine is a secondary topic for both Trump and Putin in Alaska. This is a mafia meeting arranged by war criminal Putin to restore Russia internationally & economically. Trump wants his "peace" glory and Putin used that to get this summit. But it's mainly about money for both of them, as always.
August 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ukraine is a secondary topic for both Trump and Putin in Alaska. This is a mafia meeting arranged by war criminal Putin to restore Russia internationally & economically. Trump wants his "peace" glory and Putin used that to get this summit. But it's mainly about money for both of them, as always.
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I write for the @financialtimes.com on Europe's fundamental problem when making tough decisions about war and peace: the persistent refusal to ask simple first-order questions and the tendency to ignore them entirely. www.ft.com/content/a6aa...
Europe now needs to step off the sidelines on Ukraine
If EU leaders genuinely believe Kyiv’s independence matters, they must deploy combat troops to guarantee any ceasefire
www.ft.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I write for the @financialtimes.com on Europe's fundamental problem when making tough decisions about war and peace: the persistent refusal to ask simple first-order questions and the tendency to ignore them entirely. www.ft.com/content/a6aa...
Europe is a sleeping beauty, with Putin and Trump handing out poisoned apples (and tea). Can it awaken to become the defender of democracy we need today? Listen or read my latest Autocracy in America podcast with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
Europe, the ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Bolstering democracies will take global cooperation.
www.theatlantic.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Europe is a sleeping beauty, with Putin and Trump handing out poisoned apples (and tea). Can it awaken to become the defender of democracy we need today? Listen or read my latest Autocracy in America podcast with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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He is just an insecure little fascist, that Elbridge Colby.
🤡 CNN: Pentagon allowed to reroute weapons built for Ukraine back to US stockpiles
CNN: Pentagon allowed to reroute weapons built for Ukraine back to US stockpiles
CNN has reported that a memo by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, which paused military aid to Ukraine in July, includes a provision that allows the United States to divert certain ...
www.pravda.com.ua
August 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
He is just an insecure little fascist, that Elbridge Colby.
Making Putin feel quite at home with the Trump White House, in more ways than one.
Turning the White House into the Kremlin, one gold door at a time.
August 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Making Putin feel quite at home with the Trump White House, in more ways than one.
I grew up admiring the moral stands of Soviet dissidents like Sakharov, and what I saw as the beacon of individual freedom, America. My guest this week, foreign policy expert George Friedman, instead talks concrete interests and analysis in our conversation: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
The Storm Before the Calm
The United States is in crisis, but George Friedman says it’s happened before.
www.theatlantic.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I grew up admiring the moral stands of Soviet dissidents like Sakharov, and what I saw as the beacon of individual freedom, America. My guest this week, foreign policy expert George Friedman, instead talks concrete interests and analysis in our conversation: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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Russia is ramping up its drone attacks on Ukraine—and this is just a glimpse.
A nonstop, terrifying swarm of buzzing engines fills the sky.
A nonstop, terrifying swarm of buzzing engines fills the sky.
August 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Russia is ramping up its drone attacks on Ukraine—and this is just a glimpse.
A nonstop, terrifying swarm of buzzing engines fills the sky.
A nonstop, terrifying swarm of buzzing engines fills the sky.
Simply using the absurd phrase “the Ukraine conflict” says a lot. Calling out the opportunism and hypocrisy of other nations doing business with Russia is fine (China, ahem), but admit you are funding a dictator‘s unprovoked war by choice.
August 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Simply using the absurd phrase “the Ukraine conflict” says a lot. Calling out the opportunism and hypocrisy of other nations doing business with Russia is fine (China, ahem), but admit you are funding a dictator‘s unprovoked war by choice.
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Excellent interview with John Bolton in the Atlantic today. I never thought I would miss John Bolton. Gift article. @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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How American Power Should Be Deployed
America’s retreat and its threat to democracy
www.theatlantic.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Excellent interview with John Bolton in the Atlantic today. I never thought I would miss John Bolton. Gift article. @radiofreetom.bsky.social
@ericowens.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
@ericowens.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
Lost elections are rigged, won elections are fair. Good job numbers are real, bad ones are fake. Sex trafficking is bad, unless the traffickers will blame your enemies. Crime is bad, unless the criminals are pro-Trump. This isn’t 4D chess, or even tic-tac-toe, just Autocrat 101.
August 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Lost elections are rigged, won elections are fair. Good job numbers are real, bad ones are fake. Sex trafficking is bad, unless the traffickers will blame your enemies. Crime is bad, unless the criminals are pro-Trump. This isn’t 4D chess, or even tic-tac-toe, just Autocrat 101.
US power, including hard power, has been a force for good in the world. Yes, I said it. My latest Autocracy In America guest Amb John Bolton also says it, with plenty to back it up. From Iran to Russia to Hamas, what Trump's isolationism gets wrong.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
How American Power Should Be Deployed
America’s retreat and its threat to democracy
www.theatlantic.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
US power, including hard power, has been a force for good in the world. Yes, I said it. My latest Autocracy In America guest Amb John Bolton also says it, with plenty to back it up. From Iran to Russia to Hamas, what Trump's isolationism gets wrong.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
Trump’s appointees are all competing for the Nobel Prize in kissing ass.
Peter Navarro: "You know, a lot of people talk about Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm thinking that since he's basically taught the world trade economics, he might be up for the Nobel in economics."
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Trump’s appointees are all competing for the Nobel Prize in kissing ass.
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🇺🇦🙏 The number of injured of the Russian attack on the capital has increased to 82. At least 10 children were injured, 5 of them in hospitals. The Russians killed six people.
‼️ Russians damaged the mosque of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Umma".
‼️ Russians damaged the mosque of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Umma".
July 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
🇺🇦🙏 The number of injured of the Russian attack on the capital has increased to 82. At least 10 children were injured, 5 of them in hospitals. The Russians killed six people.
‼️ Russians damaged the mosque of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Umma".
‼️ Russians damaged the mosque of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Umma".
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The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
How Scientific Empires End
And what it means for America
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August 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
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The real Liberation Day will come if the courts liberate us from all these tariffs imposed without congressional authorization. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump says sharper tariffs to take effect in a week, including 35% for Canada
The Trump administration changed its tariff regime late Thursday night. Canada will face 35 percent tariffs but Mexico got a 90-day reprieve from higher rates.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The real Liberation Day will come if the courts liberate us from all these tariffs imposed without congressional authorization. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
I think of this whenever I hear that Trump is going to take steps against Russia “soon”.
July 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I think of this whenever I hear that Trump is going to take steps against Russia “soon”.