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Autodidact historian, mostly central and eastern Europe Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 Historical musicology "Why, said Montag slowly, 'we've stopped in front of my house.'"
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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)

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He nails it.

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Democrats should go to all these ruby red and vulnerable GOP districts where voters are upset at Trump and Musk and court them. Full court press.

submitted 12 hours ago • 146 comments

Waiting to hear from all the “Trump-Russia was a hoax” crew and somehow they’ve evaporated into nothingness

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"During the meeting, Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss closed negotiations." Astonishing betrayal of an ally. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

submitted 15 hours ago • 137 comments

This is Vovchansk now. Who’s to say it won’t be another European city next — maybe even yours? The failure to stop russia will not just echo through history — it will dictate the future.

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

Getting a contract for a new book on Monday.... and I must say, I couldn't be more motivated, inspired, and excited about the new work. There will be Ukraine!

submitted 17 hours ago • 19 comments

The Art of the Deal. Trump, The Great Negotiator, sells out Ukraine #Ukraine #USA #UK #Trump #EU #Europe #Czech #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Slovakia #RussiaIsATerroristState youtu.be/Jk0nUUqG_Ag?...

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Our country was built on one voice, one vote. Citizens United changed that. Hear End Citizens United President @tiffanymuller.bsky.social break down how wealthy special interests are drowning out the voices of everyday Americans:

submitted 17 hours ago • 7 comments

Stas always gets to the heart of the matter.

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Today I sat in Room 600 in Nuremberg, where the Nazis were tried. There is a huge crucifix hanging in the room, which is slightly ironic to me: looking at Christ from the room where absolute evil was being judged, it seems that Christ could not have been more wrong about people. 1/2

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Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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The lives this American administration has taken in its first month. @nytimes.com

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🇸🇰 Seven years after Ján Kuciak’s murder, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is back in power, and protesters are back in the streets. Pavla Holcová of @investigacecz.bsky.social speaks with Ján Gálik, a key figure in For a Decent Slovakia movement and co-organizer of the 2018 and 2024 protests.

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Some think the pragmatic thing to do right now is for Ukraine to agree to whatever deal Trump-Russia work out just so the war stops. This is wishful thinking, ignorance, or malice. Stopping the war is not on offer! Ru wants to take all of Ukraine and all it’s offering now is…

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NEW: A first-of-its-kind analysis by @propublica.org found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% after Texas’ near-total abortion ban went into effect in September 2021. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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"Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief" By Nafeez Ahmed and Zarina Zabrisky bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

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Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

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If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

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OTD in 1939 in Zakopane, Poland the 5th of 7 (!!) Gestapo-NKVD conferences took place, deepening Nazi-Soviet collusion in destroying the Polish state & committing crimes against humanity. Imagine, today, the Kremlin meeting fascists to carve up eastern Europe over their heads..

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Here we go. Certain generals must be removed before any martial law plan is put into action—as Trump and Hegseth are worried there may still be some generals out there who support the Constitution rather than his proposed dictatorship. This is a political purge intended as a precursor to far more.

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So we spent a ton of money to move 170+ Venezuelans from inside the United States to #GTMO, where we spent a ton of money to hold them for less than a month, before we spent a ton of money to bring one of them back stateside and repatriate the rest. Talk about wasteful government spending…

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