Grant W. Turner
@grantwturner.bsky.social
Aspiring interdisciplinary international affairs scholar-practitioner
R. Assoc. @stimsoncenter.bksy.social
Analyst Jamestown Foundation
Bylines include RUSI, The Diplomat, Eurasia Daily Monitor
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R. Assoc. @stimsoncenter.bksy.social
Analyst Jamestown Foundation
Bylines include RUSI, The Diplomat, Eurasia Daily Monitor
Shares, articles etc ≠ endorsement/reflect employer
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Grant W. Turner
@grantwturner.bsky.social
· Mar 22
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“When you write your political opinions on social media, you are exercising your freedom of the press, or when you record law enforcement or record anything else you see that you believe to be of public interest, you’re exercising your freedom of the press, whether you’re a journalist or not.”
As Charlotte immigration enforcement fears linger, activists from Chicago offer advice
As federal immigration enforcement departs Charlotte, organizers and advocates share lessons they’ve learned from Chicago’s immigration raids — lessons that could inform responses to future crackdowns...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“When you write your political opinions on social media, you are exercising your freedom of the press, or when you record law enforcement or record anything else you see that you believe to be of public interest, you’re exercising your freedom of the press, whether you’re a journalist or not.”
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"Pronatalism is about forcing one religious world view on the entire country. In that way, it’s nothing more than white Christian nationalism in disguise."
Pronatalism: Just White Christian Nationalism in Disguise
Scratch just beneath the surface of the so-called pronatalism movement—a movement all over the pages of Project 2025 that’s based on the belief that people need to have more babies because declining birth rates are a threat to civilization—and you’ll find that it’s basically just white Christian nationalism in disguise.
nwlc.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Pronatalism is about forcing one religious world view on the entire country. In that way, it’s nothing more than white Christian nationalism in disguise."
Pulling resources away from combatting human trafficking, drugs, and weapons used in crimes, all while eroding what limited--but vital--trust communities, informants, orgs, and countries had working with law enforcement and the government as a whole.
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Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Pulling resources away from combatting human trafficking, drugs, and weapons used in crimes, all while eroding what limited--but vital--trust communities, informants, orgs, and countries had working with law enforcement and the government as a whole.
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@calebecarma.bsky.social's latest scoop: "Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has built its sprawling data center using more than 2,000 metric tons of Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that could leave it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage."
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Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
@calebecarma.bsky.social's latest scoop: "Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has built its sprawling data center using more than 2,000 metric tons of Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that could leave it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage."
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Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
The forgotten women of quantum physics
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
www.newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
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Report: ED Using NDAs As Part of Outsourcing Talks https://bit.ly/4ij06PX
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Report: ED Using NDAs As Part of Outsourcing Talks https://bit.ly/4ij06PX
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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While Nicolás Maduro’s repression (not nearly as brutal as the Saudi state) is used as a potential justification for invading the country and deposing him, Saudi Arabia’s crimes are largely ignored.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-le...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-le...
Don’t Let Them Erase Jamal Khashoggi
We must fight to preserve the memory of a dissident killed for questioning the United States’ favorite dictatorship. Two American presidents have shamefully tried to move on.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
While Nicolás Maduro’s repression (not nearly as brutal as the Saudi state) is used as a potential justification for invading the country and deposing him, Saudi Arabia’s crimes are largely ignored.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-le...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-le...
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A conversation between a top White House and a Kremlin official for the first time offers direct insight into what appears to be the genesis of a 28-point proposal for ending the war in Ukraine.
Top Trump envoy advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plan to U.S. president
A conversation between a top White House and a Kremlin official for the first time offers direct insight into what appears to be the genesis of the 28-point peace proposal.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A conversation between a top White House and a Kremlin official for the first time offers direct insight into what appears to be the genesis of a 28-point proposal for ending the war in Ukraine.
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Russia’s shadow fleet is already destabilizing European countries, and these vessels may eventually “provide a launch point for offensive operations in Europe,” warn @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan.
Moscow’s Offshore Menace
How the shadow fleet enables Russia’s hybrid warfare in Europe.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Russia’s shadow fleet is already destabilizing European countries, and these vessels may eventually “provide a launch point for offensive operations in Europe,” warn @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan.
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Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says
Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says
The disclosure adds a wrinkle to the murky timeline surrounding the unprecedented deportation effort.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says
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“If you’ve always had power, equity feels like a threat. Change feels threatening, not because anything is being “taken,” but because the ground is finally shifting toward balance.” open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“If you’ve always had power, equity feels like a threat. Change feels threatening, not because anything is being “taken,” but because the ground is finally shifting toward balance.” open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
House Republicans block vote condemning fascism.
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Republicans Prove Irony Is Dead With Vote on Condemning Fascism
Republicans hate being called fascist, and yet ...
www.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
House Republicans block vote condemning fascism.
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Twisting military code, the Trump administration says “all orders” from the president are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him. trib.al/M0jcTz3
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Twisting military code, the Trump administration says “all orders” from the president are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him. trib.al/M0jcTz3
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
Ukraine’s current corruption scandal may actually be a good thing. Why? Historically, it's the journalists that expose such corruption, and there is little accountability, if any. This time, the state initiated the investigation, showing that the reforms are working. How well remains to be seen...
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Ukraine’s current corruption scandal may actually be a good thing. Why? Historically, it's the journalists that expose such corruption, and there is little accountability, if any. This time, the state initiated the investigation, showing that the reforms are working. How well remains to be seen...
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"The CDC is now completely compromised after Trump and RFK Jr ousted or drove out real, well-intentioned and intelligent scientists," said one physician.
US Close to Losing Measles Elimination Status Under RFK Jr.
"The CDC is now completely compromised after Trump and RFK Jr ousted or drove out real, well-intentioned and intelligent scientists," said one physician.
www.commondreams.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"The CDC is now completely compromised after Trump and RFK Jr ousted or drove out real, well-intentioned and intelligent scientists," said one physician.
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"It is outrageously irresponsible that we still allow use of this dangerous poison in the United States," one campaigner said after the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer dubbed atrazine a probable carcinogen.
A Month After Trump Doubles Down on Atrazine, WHO Dubs It 'Probably Carcinogenic to Humans'
After the Trump administration doubled down on the alleged safety of atrazine, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer said that the pesticide probably causes cancer.
www.commondreams.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"It is outrageously irresponsible that we still allow use of this dangerous poison in the United States," one campaigner said after the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer dubbed atrazine a probable carcinogen.
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Rep. @gene4va.bsky.social—who was a White House national security lawyer at the time of the 2019 call—said it “would shock people if they knew what was said.”
Calls Grow to Release Transcript of 'Highly Disturbing' Trump-MBS Call After Khashoggi Murder
Rep. Eugene Vindman—who was a White House national security lawyer at the time of the 2019 call—said it “would shock people if they knew what was said.”
www.commondreams.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Rep. @gene4va.bsky.social—who was a White House national security lawyer at the time of the 2019 call—said it “would shock people if they knew what was said.”
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Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty | Released from jail on this day 130 years ago, the great socialist and labor leader delivered a speech we would do well to remember in these perilous times.
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty
Released from jail on this day 130 years ago, the great socialist and labor leader delivered a speech we would do well to remember in these perilous times.
www.commondreams.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty | Released from jail on this day 130 years ago, the great socialist and labor leader delivered a speech we would do well to remember in these perilous times.
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This isn't just about one man's moral failure. It's about a system where wealth creates impunity. Where the rules simply don't apply.
What Jeffrey Epstein's Emails Really Expose: The System Itself
The Epstein files aren't about one dead predator or even about the powerful men who enabled him. They're about a revelation that terrifies the ruling class: We're finally seeing the structure of division and dehumanization clearly.
www.commondreams.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This isn't just about one man's moral failure. It's about a system where wealth creates impunity. Where the rules simply don't apply.
"The timing is not subtle. PNP is in the final stretch of collecting signatures for a veto referendum that would suspend House Bill 1 — the mid-decade GOP redraw designed to lock in a 7–1 Republican congressional map — and put it before voters in 2026."
AG Catherine Hanaway publicly announced she has referred the state’s grassroots referendum campaign to ICE, claiming without evidence that canvassers are “employing illegal aliens” to collect signatures to overturn the mid-decade redraw.
https://bit.ly/4ocoBQj
https://bit.ly/4ocoBQj
Missouri AG Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"The timing is not subtle. PNP is in the final stretch of collecting signatures for a veto referendum that would suspend House Bill 1 — the mid-decade GOP redraw designed to lock in a 7–1 Republican congressional map — and put it before voters in 2026."
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Republicans lawmakers approved a sweeping anti-voting law Wednesday that sponsors framed as a direct response to a September letter sent by the DOJ demanding the state change its election laws or face federal litigation. https://bit.ly/4r8K1jT
After DOJ Threat, Ohio GOP Passes Law to End Mail Ballot Grace Periods
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Republicans lawmakers approved a sweeping anti-voting law Wednesday that sponsors framed as a direct response to a September letter sent by the DOJ demanding the state change its election laws or face federal litigation. https://bit.ly/4r8K1jT
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While the Supreme Court has not yet said whether it will take up the case or allow the lower court’s injunction to stand, what happens next — in the coming days and weeks — will help determine the fate of democracy in Texas and nationwide.👇
https://bit.ly/49uOXtb
https://bit.ly/49uOXtb
What Comes Next for Texas’ Blocked GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
While the Supreme Court has not yet said whether it will take up the case or allow the lower court’s injunction to stand, what happens next — in the coming days and weeks — will help determine the fate of democracy in Texas and nationwide.👇
https://bit.ly/49uOXtb
https://bit.ly/49uOXtb
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The administration’s rush toward war with Venezuela is reckless and unlawful.
I won’t stand by while we’re marched into another disastrous intervention. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority and stop this escalation.
I won’t stand by while we’re marched into another disastrous intervention. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority and stop this escalation.
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The administration’s rush toward war with Venezuela is reckless and unlawful.
I won’t stand by while we’re marched into another disastrous intervention. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority and stop this escalation.
I won’t stand by while we’re marched into another disastrous intervention. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority and stop this escalation.
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While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
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Why is India’s Modi government making nice with a group that practices one of the world’s most extreme versions of Islam, including banning girls and women from school and nearly all forms of employment?
Modi and the Mullahs: India’s Embrace of the Taliban
Why is New Delhi’s approach to the Islamist fundamentalist group is so different this time around?
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Why is India’s Modi government making nice with a group that practices one of the world’s most extreme versions of Islam, including banning girls and women from school and nearly all forms of employment?