Painting is the aesthetic side of the object but it has never been original, has never been its own goal. Kazimir Malevich

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Recent reports on Starshield satellite communication disruptions in Ukraine raise serious concerns and must be investigated.   I joined @SenatorShaheen, @SenThomTillis, and six of our Senate colleagues in calling for the @DeptofWar Inspector General to determine what happened with this critical capability and protect American personnel. It remains in our national interest to help Ukraine defend itself from Putin’s aggression.
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Russia just killed a 1-year-old in Kharkiv. Russia is a terrorist state.
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President Trump habitually conflates America’s interests and his own preferences, even when they are patently different — and that’s narcissism, not confusion. | @AndrewCMcCarthy nationalreview.com/2026/10/t…
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Thousands of internal AfD emails (hexane.cc) contain—according to AI-generated summaries—Nazi-era terminology, swastikas, "Heil Hitler" cards, slogans like "drop dead, Merkel," concentration camp-themed jokes about refugees, and the phrase "Heil und Sieg." Alexander Gauland is among those in leadership. This is not an "isolated incident," but a pattern—and yet, this pro-Russian, Nazi-aligned party in Germany remains unbanned.
❗️ The AfD leak site's thousands of emails shows nazism from party members and staff labeled under racism/antisemitism. We went through the worst: 1. A 2018 email forwarded by Alexander Gauland concerns a "Hitler-Wallfahrt", a Hitler pilgrimage, by a former judge at the party's Thuringia arbitration court. 2. A member joked in a district WhatsApp group about turning refugees into handbags and boots, an allusion to the Nazi camps. 3. A district chairman quit, saying a board member sent a "Heil Hitler" Christmas card with a swastika and it was laughed off. 4. A Bavarian official urged party leaders to chant "Merkel verrecke", roughly "Merkel, croak", every day. 5. Federal party staff discussed luring a photographer to an event to remove him by force. The thread signs off "Heil und Sieg". 6. A 2025 NRW email is titled "Sale of swastika flags and drugs at the info stand". 7. This year alone, branches moved against members over a Nazi banner with a swastika, a Hitler impression and a call for machine guns against Arab clans.
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❗️ The AfD leak site's thousands of emails shows nazism from party members and staff labeled under racism/antisemitism. We went through the worst: 1. A 2018 email forwarded by Alexander Gauland concerns a "Hitler-Wallfahrt", a Hitler pilgrimage, by a former judge at the party's Thuringia arbitration court. 2. A member joked in a district WhatsApp group about turning refugees into handbags and boots, an allusion to the Nazi camps. 3. A district chairman quit, saying a board member sent a "Heil Hitler" Christmas card with a swastika and it was laughed off. 4. A Bavarian official urged party leaders to chant "Merkel verrecke", roughly "Merkel, croak", every day. 5. Federal party staff discussed luring a photographer to an event to remove him by force. The thread signs off "Heil und Sieg". 6. A 2025 NRW email is titled "Sale of swastika flags and drugs at the info stand". 7. This year alone, branches moved against members over a Nazi banner with a swastika, a Hitler impression and a call for machine guns against Arab clans.
‼️BREAKING: A leak site published 421.179 internal emails from Germany's far-right AfD, including the mailbox of ex-leader Alexander Gauland. ICD found it shows AI-written summaries, not the emails. The newest is from 12 September. Its own index file names a server "afd_exfil".
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Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias2h
Putin has managed to convince this White House to blame Ukraine for energy price dynamics that were unleashed by their attack on Iran, while obscuring their attention from the fact that Russia and Iran are allied.
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Like I said today in @PostOpinions, Trump’s willingness to do the bidding of a murderous despot is despicable and dangerous. wapo.st/47o44SX
Trump again spends the day praising Putin. "Russia has been frankly fine on Ukraine"
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The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent2h
⚡️️What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says. "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children. kyivindependent.com/what-rus…
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‼️BREAKING: A leak site published 421.179 internal emails from Germany's far-right AfD, including the mailbox of ex-leader Alexander Gauland. ICD found it shows AI-written summaries, not the emails. The newest is from 12 September. Its own index file names a server "afd_exfil".
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‼️BREAKING: The hacker behind the AfD email leak told us they targeted the party to expose what they call its greed and financial misuse. "Hacktivism is often the only answer to populism of this magnitude." "The AFD takes a legitimate frustration and uses it to rob the poorest 20% of this country," they wrote. "The amount of financial misuse in these documents is appalling, regardless of what you think of immigrants."
‼️BREAKING: A leak site published 421.179 internal emails from Germany's far-right AfD, including the mailbox of ex-leader Alexander Gauland. ICD found it shows AI-written summaries, not the emails. The newest is from 12 September. Its own index file names a server "afd_exfil".
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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦
@IAPonomarenko3h
None of this sick verbal diarrhea is worth even a second of anyone's attention
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar3h
Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
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Trump's remarks were made the same day Russia conducted a drone strike killing six civilians including children in a Kharkiv region park, plus missile and energy infrastructure attacks leaving hundreds of thousands without power. kyivindependent.com/what-russias-d… kyivindependent.com/russian-drone-… kyivindependent.com/russia-strikes…
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A friend suggested @BrankoMilan might be paid to write stuff like this, but knowing the consistency of his thoughts, I strongly disagree. Mr. Milanović is a useful idiot for free. No need to pay him for being who he is.
Branko Milanovic
@BrankoMilan20h
It is a strange world. Because 5.7 million people live in three small Baltic countries (whose total size is less than a Chinese Tier II city). and whose half of the population lives in Europe, and another third are Russians who cannot get citizenship, and because they have traumas and bad memories of the Soviet rule, the entire world of 8 billion people should go into a nuclear apocalypse and die.
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The Baltic countries lie entirely in Europe. Non-citizens comprise ~9% of Latvia's population, ~4-5% of Estonia's and near zero in Lithuania—not one third—while ethnic Russians total ~14% overall (most with citizenship). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_st… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_… stat.gov.lv/en/shrt/RIR2602 worldometers.info/population/cou…
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I just cast my ballot for James Talarico. As a second-generation Indian American, I am thoroughly disgusted by the xenophobia, racial resentment, and increasingly brazen attacks on my identity. My family has contributed to the American story through hard work, sacrifice, and an unwavering belief in the opportunities this nation promises. I am every bit as American as anyone else, and I will not tolerate being treated as a perpetual foreigner in the country I call home. I implore every eligible Texan to get out and vote. This election is about the kind of state and country we are prepared to defend—and the principles we refuse to surrender. @TeamTalaricoHQ @texasdemocrats
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“Russia has been fine on Ukraine” is the U.S. government policy now.
Q: Have you agreed to a trilateral meeting with Putin and Xi? Trump: I would do it. Not for Ukraine, because Russia has been fine on Ukraine.
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🇺🇦 Who ordered the suspension of Starlink in Ukraine? 🇺🇸 Trump: I don't know who it was, but I would like to know.
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As Trump continues to bend to Putin, he is putting Ukraine at greater risk in its fight for freedom by restricting access to the technology Ukraine uses to intercept Russian missile attacks, putting untold Ukrainian lives at risk and undermining Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. We are demanding answers from SpaceX about who ordered these restrictions and why.
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Senators demand answers from SpaceX about limits on Starshield/Starlink impacting Ukraine's defenses
As Trump continues to bend to Putin, he is putting Ukraine at greater risk in its fight for freedom by restricting access to the technology Ukraine uses to intercept Russian missile attacks, putting untold Ukrainian lives at risk and undermining Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. We are demanding answers from SpaceX about who ordered these restrictions and why.
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What a repulsive, barbarian post from someone who is supposed to teach students at @LSEnews and #NYCU @lugaricano @vseviov
Branko Milanovic
@BrankoMilan20h
It is a strange world. Because 5.7 million people live in three small Baltic countries (whose total size is less than a Chinese Tier II city). and whose half of the population lives in Europe, and another third are Russians who cannot get citizenship, and because they have traumas and bad memories of the Soviet rule, the entire world of 8 billion people should go into a nuclear apocalypse and die.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The Baltic countries lie entirely in Europe. Non-citizens comprise ~9% of Latvia's population, ~4-5% of Estonia's and near zero in Lithuania—not one third—while ethnic Russians total ~14% overall (most with citizenship). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_st… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_… stat.gov.lv/en/shrt/RIR2602 worldometers.info/population/cou…
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A baby girl was killed in her stroller today by a Russian drone strike in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Region. Her name was Anhelina. Her mother died as well. ​An absolutely barbaric strike on a park full of families with children. ​6 people have been confirmed killed so far, including other children.
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The Administration should not waive sanctions passed by Congress to punish Russia for its brutal war of choice in Ukraine. I agree with the President that ending this war is in the US’s national interest, but we should exercise American power to pressure Russia to stop fighting, rather than buy their oil and hold our Ukrainian allies back from using their full combat potential.
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