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https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattabrams Advisor, Investor, Co-Founder, Board Member cursed (and blessed) with curiosity and a drive to #leaveitbetter Focused on intersection of quality information, deliberative dialogue (citizens’ assemblies), and trust
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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/beacon... @hughpope.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

This thread 👇. Thanks @katestarbird.bsky.social

music.apple.com/us/album/acr... "Illegitimi non carborundum" Don't believe what you hear Don't believe what you see If you just close your eyes You can feel the enemy...

Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country

As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference "The Weak Strongman" snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...

More of this energy everywhere please!

Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

www.linkedin.com/posts/celine... @celinegounder.com @cbsnews.com

This will especially hurt rural folks

Elon Musk offered his own comment: “Haha wow,” alongside two emojis: a troll and a medal.

Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested during Huntington Beach City Council meeting www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

He's mad his lies about Ukraine were fact-checked by his own website so he wants to change the fact-checking system

My full lecture and Q&A about information disorder and what to do about it at Leiden University youtu.be/UfX5RLAcgLg?...

Putin wants the restoration of a divided Europe www.ft.com/content/ac1d...

readwise.io/reader/share... @adamkinzinger.bsky.social

Weak and pathetic: "The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, threatening to derail a traditional show of unity, according to five western officials familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/7380...

www.centraloregondaily.com/news/local/t... “I served nearly seven years active duty in United States Army. A 2016 Olympian for Team USA and, up until recently, I was the public affairs officer for the Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland"

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

I hate to ask this but i have to, are we now the bad guys? adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/are-we-now...

A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

Sucking up to Putin is his north star. www.politico.com/news/2022/02...

Dark Pence is back.

Zelensky telling the world what should have been obvious since 2016: Trump lives in a 'disinformation space'. www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/e...

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."

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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

In today's @nytimes.com @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social column: "My favorite tutor in these matters is @ox.ac.uk economist @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social, who got my attention with the statement 'No country in the world alone can make an iPhone' @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

on.ft.com/4348PjG @marietjeschaake.bsky.social

www.linkedin.com/posts/mattab... @wsj.com

centerformaritimestrategy.org/publications...

readwise.io/reader/share... @profgalloway.com

The Russian delegation participating in Russian-American talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Feb. 18 does not include one of the members of Putin's innermost circle who had been reported as a likely negotiator: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Head Sergei Naryshkin.🧵(1/6) isw.pub/UkrWar021725

Very happy to share our paper on the “Causes and Extent of Increasing Partisan Segregation in the U.S.” with J. Brown, E. Cantoni, @ryanenos.bsky.social & E. Sartre! 👇👇👇 Quick thread on what we do and find (1/10)

Residential segregation between Democrats and Republicans has steadily increased at all geographic levels since 2008. Decomposing this trend into different sources, from Jacob R. Brown, Enrico Cantoni, Vincent Pons, and Emilie Sartre https://www.nber.org/papers/w33422

🚨BREAKING: 'Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced hundreds of layoffs at its North Texas headquarters, the first mass layoffs in company history' Hey MAGA, are we great again yet, err nah?

Japanese business leaders including Kosei Shindo, head of the Japan-China Economic Association and adviser to Nippon Steel, met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing on Monday.

www.voronoiapp.com/markets/Tari... @voronoiapp.bsky.social