Bakablonde
@justpoints.bsky.social
Waiting for the K/DA comeback...
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Russia celebrates. “The Transatlantic alliance is over.”
Trump has done his master’s work.
Trump has done his master’s work.
Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance
"The transatlantic alliance is over," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.
kyivindependent.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Russia celebrates. “The Transatlantic alliance is over.”
Trump has done his master’s work.
Trump has done his master’s work.
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DOJ is trying to block an independent monitor for the Epstein files, arguing courts can’t enforce the Epstein Transparency Act and lawmakers lack standing. Their position amounts to no court can force the DOJ to release the records.
DOJ Moves to Block Independent Monitor in Maxwell Case, Says Courts Cannot Force Epstein File Disclosures
DOJ Tells Court It Cannot Be Forced to Release Epstein Files
meidasnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
DOJ is trying to block an independent monitor for the Epstein files, arguing courts can’t enforce the Epstein Transparency Act and lawmakers lack standing. Their position amounts to no court can force the DOJ to release the records.
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ICE agents ate at El Tapatio in Willmar, MN, then came back hours later and detained the workers who served them. Turning a meal into surveillance isn’t public safety it’s intimidation. Remember private businesses can refuse service to ICE agents!
ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then detain workers
“Would your mama be proud of you right now?” a bystander said as agents returned at closing time to nab the workers.
www.startribune.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
ICE agents ate at El Tapatio in Willmar, MN, then came back hours later and detained the workers who served them. Turning a meal into surveillance isn’t public safety it’s intimidation. Remember private businesses can refuse service to ICE agents!
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China halts electricity imports from Russia, Russian media reports #Ukraine
China halts electricity imports from Russia, Russian media reports
kyivindependent.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
China halts electricity imports from Russia, Russian media reports #Ukraine
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49ers leaving the locker room to play... .
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
49ers leaving the locker room to play... .
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“At a meeting last month, USDA supervisors pushed back against the instructions, with one calling it “dystopic” and others expressing shock and confusion, according to an audio recording reviewed by ProPublica.”
NEW: The Trump administration is directing USDA employees to investigate foreign scientists who collaborate with the agency on research papers for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.”
By @lisalsong.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @lisalsong.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With
The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sen...
www.propublica.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
“At a meeting last month, USDA supervisors pushed back against the instructions, with one calling it “dystopic” and others expressing shock and confusion, according to an audio recording reviewed by ProPublica.”
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President Macron:
Whereas Ukraine was overwhelmingly dependent on American intelligence capabilities a year ago, today two-thirds are provided by France. Two-thirds.
Whereas Ukraine was overwhelmingly dependent on American intelligence capabilities a year ago, today two-thirds are provided by France. Two-thirds.
January 16, 2026 at 7:31 AM
President Macron:
Whereas Ukraine was overwhelmingly dependent on American intelligence capabilities a year ago, today two-thirds are provided by France. Two-thirds.
Whereas Ukraine was overwhelmingly dependent on American intelligence capabilities a year ago, today two-thirds are provided by France. Two-thirds.
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The first sale of Venezuelan oil went to a guy who donated $6 million to Trump. The proceeds are now in a bank in Qatar.
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The first sale of Venezuelan oil went to a guy who donated $6 million to Trump. The proceeds are now in a bank in Qatar.
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A reminder that ICE’s budget, $28 billion, is larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons combined. (Via Bernie Sanders)
January 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A reminder that ICE’s budget, $28 billion, is larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons combined. (Via Bernie Sanders)
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Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.
US Senate passes bill to boost federal science spending after White House sought major cuts
The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to approve billions of dollars in funding for federal science agencies, rejecting deep cuts proposed by President Donald Trump in space and other areas.
www.reuters.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.
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TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of Defense/War/whatevs Pete Hegseth wants the independent newspaper to focus on “warfighting”and not “woke”, whatever that might mean. @starsandstripes.bsky.social
Pentagon to overhaul independent military newspaper, calling it ‘woke’ — The Washington Post
Plans for more Defense Department control of Stars and Stripes surface after job seekers were asked about their commitment to President Donald Trump’s policies.
apple.news
January 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of Defense/War/whatevs Pete Hegseth wants the independent newspaper to focus on “warfighting”and not “woke”, whatever that might mean. @starsandstripes.bsky.social
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🇮🇷❗️ Russia Helps Iran Suppress Protests, — Foreign Policy.
Russia cannot help Iran with direct military intervention, so it supplies the country with military equipment and technologies to restrict access to the Internet.
Russia cannot help Iran with direct military intervention, so it supplies the country with military equipment and technologies to restrict access to the Internet.
January 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
🇮🇷❗️ Russia Helps Iran Suppress Protests, — Foreign Policy.
Russia cannot help Iran with direct military intervention, so it supplies the country with military equipment and technologies to restrict access to the Internet.
Russia cannot help Iran with direct military intervention, so it supplies the country with military equipment and technologies to restrict access to the Internet.
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If Trump issued an executive order today canceling the 2026 election, it would still happen. The president has no involvement in the running of elections, which is done by states.
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
If Trump issued an executive order today canceling the 2026 election, it would still happen. The president has no involvement in the running of elections, which is done by states.
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NEW: In Minnesota, the federal government has established a playbook of fraud allegations followed by federal invasion. Now, a senior White House official tells @makenakelly.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social that California and New York are "next."
Minnesota Is Just the Beginning. California and New York Are ‘Next’
The Trump administration appears to be planning to leverage the same playbook used in Minnesota to go after other blue states.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
NEW: In Minnesota, the federal government has established a playbook of fraud allegations followed by federal invasion. Now, a senior White House official tells @makenakelly.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social that California and New York are "next."
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Shades of 1933 about everywhere you look. (Diluted by scale of US and absence of mono-culture.)
The Trump Admin is doing to American universities what the Nazis did to the German universities with Gleichschaltung—destruction of global leadership for the sake of enforcing a racial-nationalist ideology. It’s not as severe (yet), but the same motive and trajectory.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Shades of 1933 about everywhere you look. (Diluted by scale of US and absence of mono-culture.)
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People really reacting to this without all the details. I am sure there are good and legitimate reasons why President Trump is taking the oil revenue ransom he extorted from Venezuela and is putting into a Middle Eastern bank account that Congress cannot control.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
People really reacting to this without all the details. I am sure there are good and legitimate reasons why President Trump is taking the oil revenue ransom he extorted from Venezuela and is putting into a Middle Eastern bank account that Congress cannot control.
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".. when you win the presidency, you don't win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”
@reuters.com
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@reuters.com
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Five takeaways from the Reuters interview of President Trump
Reuters sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump for an interview in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Here are some takeaways from the 30-minute exchange:
www.reuters.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
".. when you win the presidency, you don't win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
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Thinking about how incredulous people were back when Saddam Hussein gassed his own people.
And zinc chloride gas yikes if it wasn’t already obvious the US government is committing crimes against humanity in the US, it’s hard to see this as anything else
Wow
Hexachloroethylene is super toxic I can only suppose this is breaking several laws @ryanmarino.bsky.social
Hexachloroethylene is super toxic I can only suppose this is breaking several laws @ryanmarino.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Thinking about how incredulous people were back when Saddam Hussein gassed his own people.
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This is a huge, huge deal.
Meanwhile the Director of the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (the agency that funds this kind of work) has been dismissed and the funding for disease research is being cut.
Meanwhile the Director of the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (the agency that funds this kind of work) has been dismissed and the funding for disease research is being cut.
Epstein-Barr Virus #EBV was linked to #MultipleSclerosis - now a plausible cause has been found, misidentification by longterm memory T-cells that pick on the wrong protein, ANO2, instead of the EBV-antigen. Massive inflection towards the elimination of MS!!!
🧪🧠Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧪🧠Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Anoctamin-2-specific T cells link Epstein-Barr virus to multiple sclerosis
Researchers identified anoctamin-2 (ANO2) as a frequent autoimmune target in multiple
sclerosis, with T cell responses against ANO2 occurring in over half of patients.
These ANO2-specific T cells shar...
www.cell.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 AM
This is a huge, huge deal.
Meanwhile the Director of the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (the agency that funds this kind of work) has been dismissed and the funding for disease research is being cut.
Meanwhile the Director of the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke (the agency that funds this kind of work) has been dismissed and the funding for disease research is being cut.