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The Russian-backed government of Serbia under pressure tonight as massive protests fill the center of Belgrade. It seems that only the US hasn't gotten the note that Russian-backed fascism just isn't cool anymore.

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And there it is. Putin’s lifelong dream. After years of relentless Russian propaganda, now fully embraced by the American president and the world’s richest oligarch, millions of Americans are convinced that this is a good plan because Europe is an enemy and Putin is our friend.

submitted 1 day ago • 1324 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 1 day ago • 3280 comments

New pod save the world YouTube special on Trump's abandonment of American leadership in favor of fealty to the Kremlin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNiL...

submitted 2 days ago • 24 comments

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

submitted 2 days ago • 777 comments

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

submitted 2 days ago • 1109 comments

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 2 days ago • 1657 comments

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 439 comments

Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.

submitted 2 days ago • 466 comments

People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world

submitted 2 days ago • 130 comments

Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

submitted 2 days ago • 496 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 4 days ago • 481 comments

1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired. This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all. Subscribe to support my journalism.

submitted 5 days ago • 71 comments

Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.

submitted 5 days ago • 1082 comments

1/3. It should be astonishing, though it’s not, that the American negotiators want to begin from the premise that Russia was right and that Ukraine is not sovereign. Accepting the lies of the aggressor isn’t just unethical, it’s also unstrategic.

submitted 5 days ago • 76 comments

Trump’s numbers on US & European aid to Ukraine are completely fabricated — Europe has given more to Ukraine and the US hasn’t reached anywhere near $350 billion.

submitted 6 days ago • 145 comments

To be clear, the Vance/Musk intervention did not change the outcome. Still, the fact that it happened changes German and European politics forever

submitted 7 days ago • 58 comments

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

submitted 9 days ago • 1585 comments

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

submitted 10 days ago • 1249 comments

Reminder: Zelenskyy refused to leave Kyiv as bombs fell. Donold hid in a bunker from protesters with cardboard signs.

submitted 10 days ago • 414 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 11 days ago • 2012 comments

We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.

submitted 12 days ago • 495 comments

President's Day rallies

submitted 13 days ago • 370 comments

I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.

submitted 20 days ago • 1060 comments

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

submitted 15 days ago • 315 comments

The rule of law we take for granted was centuries in the making. But it can be destroyed in weeks. www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th... @stevevladeck.bsky.social

submitted 17 days ago • 51 comments

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

submitted 21 days ago • 170 comments

If you thought the Afghanistan withdrawal was bad (as I do), the #USAID withdrawal is magnitudes worse. Thanks to @anneapplebaum.bsky.social for succinctly explaining the rapidly developing global consequences, including starvation of children on the brink.

submitted 22 days ago • 57 comments

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 21 days ago • 1057 comments

Donald Trump’s new State Department appointee.

submitted 28 days ago • 993 comments

🇺🇸 Many people are calling or wanting to call their Republican reps, but are unsure of what to say, or the reps aren’t listening to them at all. Parkrose Permaculture just did a great video on how to talk with your Republican reps. @parkroseperma.bsky.social #resist #usapoli youtu.be/rubjXo3PTFw?...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Déjà vu all over again.

submitted 23 days ago • 961 comments

Trump should obviously be impeached. Either he has lost control, or he is using his power to do obviously illegal things. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 24 days ago • 107 comments

"give me the man and I will find the crime" was a Stalinist thing

submitted 24 days ago • 61 comments

Take the time to read this important analysis. We are in exactly the situation that laws, Constitutin and basic common sense should prevent. And yet. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...

submitted 25 days ago • 83 comments

Congress must stop Trump and Elon's coup. Call your elected leaders now: (202) 224-3121

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submitted 25 days ago • 82 comments

Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”

submitted 25 days ago • 668 comments

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 26 days ago • 617 comments

Yes, It’s a Coup and Yes, It’s Targeting You

submitted 26 days ago • 598 comments

OK, "Reclaim the Treasury Payment System" isn't a great rallying cry for getting the masses out in the streets. But if you're in the media and not writing about Musk's ongoing coup and not screaming, "Fire!," then you are doing it wrong Here's my howl. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

submitted 27 days ago • 55 comments

i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

submitted 26 days ago • 1755 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

submitted 30 days ago • 4417 comments

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

submitted 30 days ago • 3401 comments

Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...

submitted 26 days ago • 817 comments