rwhetsel.bsky.social

rwhetsel.bsky.social

@rwhetsel.bsky.social

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"In recent weeks, Russia has ramped up those efforts. Most of the Russian content so far, spread by bot networks around the world, has targeted Democratic candidates, especially in closely contested Senate races that could determine control of Congress." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/u...

nytimes.comCovert Russian Group Targets James Talarico With Baseless Claims in Texas Senate RaceRussian influence operations appear to be stepping up efforts to meddle in the midterms, according to intelligence officials. Most are targeting Democrats.

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Best Twitter riposte of the day. Virtually everything Elon says about Ukraine is false, or, as a White House staffer says today to the Economist, "it's as if he spoke to Putin first." And that, literally, is what he does.

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The StarLink/StarShield coverage furnished to Ukraine is under arrangements with the German government, which pays for them. Germany has just learned the hard way that Elon Musk is not a reliable contract partner. puck.news/who-really-p...

puck.newsWho Really Pays for Starshield?Elon Musk’s military satellite service is back online over Ukraine after a week-plus outage, but no one in Washington will say who cut it off—or why.

From the Reich-liinked article....

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

As public opposition to data centers (and the dirty energy that powers them) keeps growing, Democrats would be extremely foolish to hand Big Tech developers and the fossil fuel industry a massive sweetheart deal. They should vote NO on the so-called permitting reform bill.

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Check this soft launch out! #Resist #ThisIsHow —This is beautiful & precisely the thing I’ve been thinking about & had no spoons to do & @ziibiing.com has done it WAY better so chi miigwetch!

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com

join me for a secret sunday soft launch of my new website. i would love to get your feedback. www.wecanbeavillage.com

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#ThisIsHow #Resist “One Minneapolis mom's advice to other cities: start collecting your neighbors' phone numbers now. We'd also have set up the money ahead of time. Foundation emergency funds took weeks…while rent kept coming due. Neighbor-to-neighbor giving moved faster than any institution.”

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com

join me for a secret sunday soft launch of my new website. i would love to get your feedback. www.wecanbeavillage.com

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Thank you sir for taking the time to care about the tragic events that killed and critically injured our brave Canadian military personnel in Wainwright Alberta at a time when your country is being bombed 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇦

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Replying to @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

Elon Musk is a citizen of Canada. Elon Musk is also a citizen of South Africa. And Elon Musk is a naturalized citizen of the U.S. who apparently lied about his student visa to stay in this country to make money. Why would anyone expect him to have allegience to the U.S.?

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Replying to @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

The US govt / DoD has always had very strict procurement vetting requirements regarding the companies they did business with and their senior executives. These were bypassed for years to allow them to work with SpaceX, and concerns regarding Musk’s national security vulnerabilities were overlooked.

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The Court That Dark Money Built still responds to dark money, through flotillas of dark-money-funded front groups that file orchestrated “amicus” briefs — and they win pretty much every time. It’s a racket. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comBillionaires know just how they want Supreme Court justices to rule—and are spending big to tell themHow “friend of the court” filings became a cog in the right’s push to control the law.

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Replying to @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Unfortunately for Tzar Putin, the Chinese are much smarter than him Ch will not sit at a table where Ru is an equal partner, particularly with the US. Ch whole strategy is in making Ru & Putin dependent, not equal Ch has its own ambitions, particularly for E Russia & is patiently achieving them…

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Worth noting this, in light of Meta's temporary ban on the 'No Kings' Instagram account

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

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BREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @democracydefendersfund.org letter👇 -TN

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No amount of support for Russia can end the war, because Russia is the criminal aggressor. A modicum of support for Ukraine could, however, end the war, by making it impossible for Russia to continue. This should not be a hard choice.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

⚡️ "Give us Starlink, open it for us on Russian territory, and we will destroy his ballistic missile launchers," Zelenskyy stressed that stopping Russian ballistic launches would force Vladimir Putin to negotiate, rendering further energy strikes unnecessary.

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🔥 UPDATE: Three people were killed in Kyiv overnight, Ukraine's State Emergency Service says. In the Desnianskyi district, a Russian strike on a high-rise injured 21 people. A child was among them. Rescuers pulled 16 residents out and put out a 400-square-meter fire.

Medoyid_ua@rusni-pizda.bsky.social

🔥 BREAKING Russia killed three people in Kyiv overnight. Another 22 were wounded. The target was energy infrastructure in the capital and the surrounding region, hit by a massed ballistic missile strike. Parts of Kyiv are without power.

Good (rhetorical) question below. Agree. -Data center -bot -Russians who want to hurt others -AI -fungible -the oil price is set by the futures market, not by supply and demand Examples of words that are part of my "lexicon" without my understanding them Much catching up to do...

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social

When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it

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FYI, here's the plan for the "surprise" papal visit next weekend--assuming the White Sox win tonight. He throws out the first pitch in Chicago Friday at ALDS game four. He insists on visiting a No Kings rally Saturday. He preaches Sunday at St. Raphael's in Springfield, OH.

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Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comOleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and waterThe BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".

Is Minnesota for the current US regime what Ukraine has been for the current Russian regime? "We can't afford that good example of civic life on our doorstep because that example makes our subjects ask why life can't be similar for them. Tear that good example down."

Askme@askme99.bsky.social

For the Texans out there - vote Talarico if you want to change the 30 years of decline in your state

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Replying to @rbreich.bsky.social

How can half of America be so damn lacking in critical thinking skills that they fall for this every single time? Republicans have gutted the education system so they can fool the rubes easily. They really don’t care about the people of this country. They only care about stealing money from us.

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"This is just my opinion, but instead of electing Socialists to run our states or country, why not go live in a socialist country for a year first to see what it's like." — Anonymous MAGAt