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NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM
NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
January 25, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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This is an interesting read. Know your enemies.
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
January 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM
This is an interesting read. Know your enemies.
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Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland are the latest test
Can America’s bond market keep defying the vigilantes?
Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland are the latest test
econ.st
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland are the latest test
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“Adding our voices to millions of others across the US, leaders of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing American immigration law.”
www.ccarnet.org/jewish-cross...
www.ccarnet.org/jewish-cross...
Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement - Central Conference of American Rabbis
January 21, 2026 ואהבתם את-הגר כי-גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19) Adding our voices to millions of others across the United St...
www.ccarnet.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
“Adding our voices to millions of others across the US, leaders of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing American immigration law.”
www.ccarnet.org/jewish-cross...
www.ccarnet.org/jewish-cross...
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Thinking unthinkable with
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
(interesting and inspiring as usual). Europe should learn its lessons quickly and adapt them to reality, maybe EU army is not such weird idea. But speed and decisiveness are not typical features of European political reality of last years.
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
(interesting and inspiring as usual). Europe should learn its lessons quickly and adapt them to reality, maybe EU army is not such weird idea. But speed and decisiveness are not typical features of European political reality of last years.
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Thinking unthinkable with
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
(interesting and inspiring as usual). Europe should learn its lessons quickly and adapt them to reality, maybe EU army is not such weird idea. But speed and decisiveness are not typical features of European political reality of last years.
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
(interesting and inspiring as usual). Europe should learn its lessons quickly and adapt them to reality, maybe EU army is not such weird idea. But speed and decisiveness are not typical features of European political reality of last years.
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Agree with @gideonrachman.bsky.social excellent column. European appeasement hasn't worked. It's time to try a different approach.
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Agree with @gideonrachman.bsky.social excellent column. European appeasement hasn't worked. It's time to try a different approach.
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Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
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America is courting the old crises @bhgreeley.bsky.social here on the Trump administration’s attack on the Fed and other financial regulators www.ft.com/content/ace5...
America is courting the old crises
Monetary policy is not meant to get as exciting as it has with the Trump administration’s attacks on the Fed
www.ft.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:28 AM
America is courting the old crises @bhgreeley.bsky.social here on the Trump administration’s attack on the Fed and other financial regulators www.ft.com/content/ace5...
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“A billionaire congressional candidate can’t just send a check to Quinnipiac University and suddenly find himself as the polling front-runner, but he can place enormous Polymarket bets on himself that move the odds in his favor.”
@saahildesai.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com
@saahildesai.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com
America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
“A billionaire congressional candidate can’t just send a check to Quinnipiac University and suddenly find himself as the polling front-runner, but he can place enormous Polymarket bets on himself that move the odds in his favor.”
@saahildesai.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com
@saahildesai.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com
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Trump has just declared himself the "acting president of Venezuela" over on Truth Social in case you're wondering about his mental health.
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Trump has just declared himself the "acting president of Venezuela" over on Truth Social in case you're wondering about his mental health.
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Is it time for a digital detox? It’s less effort than joining a gym; cheaper too, writes Robert Shrimsley: ft.trib.al/Yj80Fm1
Is it time for a digital detox?
The road to self-improvement starts here
ft.trib.al
January 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Is it time for a digital detox? It’s less effort than joining a gym; cheaper too, writes Robert Shrimsley: ft.trib.al/Yj80Fm1
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Beware of overconfidence ft.trib.al/Hu8qWgk | opinion
Beware of overconfidence
There are limits to extrapolating from last year’s economic resilience
ft.trib.al
January 11, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Beware of overconfidence ft.trib.al/Hu8qWgk | opinion
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This is a good read. Cory Doctorow on how Trump Tariffs are actually an opportunity for the rest of the world to break the grip of US tech companies.
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory D...
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This is a good read. Cory Doctorow on how Trump Tariffs are actually an opportunity for the rest of the world to break the grip of US tech companies.
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If you think he's going to play nicely in markets/finance then I love that for you. Adorable.
My thing this weekend:
What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too? - as.ft.com/r/53e52459-8...
My thing this weekend:
What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too? - as.ft.com/r/53e52459-8...
What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too?
[FREE TO READ] Action against Venezuela and sabre-rattling towards Greenland point to risks in US president’s approach to the Fed
as.ft.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
If you think he's going to play nicely in markets/finance then I love that for you. Adorable.
My thing this weekend:
What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too? - as.ft.com/r/53e52459-8...
My thing this weekend:
What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too? - as.ft.com/r/53e52459-8...
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All of this going down during the 250th anniversary year of America is a degree of cringey writing that would be roundly mocked were it a novel published in an alternative timeline.
January 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
All of this going down during the 250th anniversary year of America is a degree of cringey writing that would be roundly mocked were it a novel published in an alternative timeline.
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In 1776 the colonies staged the original Brexit—only with muskets. From that act of defiance came a great liberal experiment. We’re looking back at 250 years of America, the British way
America at 250
From the Declaration of Independence to the rise of Donald Trump, we assess America’s complicated relationship with its founding ideals
econ.st
January 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
In 1776 the colonies staged the original Brexit—only with muskets. From that act of defiance came a great liberal experiment. We’re looking back at 250 years of America, the British way
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What can one do except weep for a country whose leaders would vilify a woman killed in front of her wife and dog like this, by a masked man whose reaction to ending someone’s life is to call her a fucking bitch?
January 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
What can one do except weep for a country whose leaders would vilify a woman killed in front of her wife and dog like this, by a masked man whose reaction to ending someone’s life is to call her a fucking bitch?
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“If there was ever a tipping point in the dark age of fascism that engulfs America, it should be the cold-blooded murder of a young woman driving home from dropping her kid off at school.”
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The Murder of Renee Good
Trump’s armed stormtroopers unleash terror
chadbourn.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
“If there was ever a tipping point in the dark age of fascism that engulfs America, it should be the cold-blooded murder of a young woman driving home from dropping her kid off at school.”
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China hacked email systems of US congressional committee staff ft.trib.al/l6TMjDs
China hacked email systems of US congressional committee staff
Beijing’s intelligence used Salt Typhoon to access communications used by top panels in US Congress
ft.trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 12:51 AM
China hacked email systems of US congressional committee staff ft.trib.al/l6TMjDs
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Believe it when I see it.
January 6, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Believe it when I see it.
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Shortly after being sworn in as acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez met with the ambassadors of China, Iran, and Russia.
Priorities first.
Priorities first.
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Shortly after being sworn in as acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez met with the ambassadors of China, Iran, and Russia.
Priorities first.
Priorities first.
My
January 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
My
Source: Miami Herald
Trump’s new partnership: Current 🇻🇪 President helped
coordinate drug shipments with her brother….
Trump’s new partnership: Current 🇻🇪 President helped
coordinate drug shipments with her brother….
January 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Source: Miami Herald
Trump’s new partnership: Current 🇻🇪 President helped
coordinate drug shipments with her brother….
Trump’s new partnership: Current 🇻🇪 President helped
coordinate drug shipments with her brother….