Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
What if Freud was right (at least some of the time)? A review, by @stossel.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What if Freud Was Right?
A neuroscientist dares to argue that old-fashioned psychoanalysis holds the key to curing mental illness.
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Spreading lies to stir up fear and hatred. It's long past time that more people saw through the far-right's sickening tactics. Here's a useful burst of truth from @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu to help.
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d agoVance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
new, from Renee DiResta: "How Matt Taibbi was groomed by Mike Benz in a Twitter Space, uncritically ate up a truly wild conspiracy theory, and started touting it in a congressional hearing as if he had evidence of “millions" of censored tweets" Read here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
When Matt Taibbi Met Mike Benz
How independent media turned an obscure political operative into a "whistleblower"—and his claims into government action.
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I love these 2 women. @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu with a fantastic discussion on Russia & #Ukraine. From propaganda history to modern drone warfare. youtu.be/RKadgswP0A0
August 1st Live with Anne Applebaum
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Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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For fun, we watched "Troy," the 2004 movie with Brad Pitt as Achilles. Helen is blonde, the characters speak using fake-formal language and the whole thing is dreadful, both boring and silly.
Russia commits war crimes every single day
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4d agoIt was a massive attack involving dozens of ballistic missiles. Russia killed nine people and injured 28 more, including four children, in Kyiv overnight. Civilian infrastructure was heavily damaged across multiple districts of the city.
on the a "financially and politically incestuous set of relationships" around Nigel Farage www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships
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This is a clear example of the DoJ being weaponised against a member of the public to support The Dear Leader's lies. Really shameful behaviour.
🤡 Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation
The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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“the boss wants this money" from @wsj.com, a deep dive into the extortion operation run out of the White House gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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31 people injured by a Russian attack on Lviv A Russian missile hit a residential building directly. The attack damaged over 20 residential buildings,a schooltwo kindergartens. The youngest injured is a 6-yr-old boy,the oldest is a 93-yr-old woman. The search&rescue operation in Lviv continues.
🇺🇦❗️ Today, Lviv shuddered from a massive direct hit directly on high-rise buildings: the enemy directed 22 (!) missiles at the city and at 4:45 a massive strike was delivered – more than 21 residential buildings were damaged, Sadovyi noted.
"Power is the ability to shape the world to your advantage. This should not be confused with constantly declaring how powerful you are" From Edward Luce, @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Trump’s waning sway over the world
The habitual trolling that serves him at home is sapping his potency on the global stage
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A gift link to an @theatlantic.com article on the warning signs the White House wants to erect outside one of the most beloved museums in America, warning people away www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Trump’s Trigger Warnings
The president is ordering new signs outside the Smithsonian to warn Americans about history.
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Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 2w agoThis is an outrageous attack on the Smithsonian, on the professionals who work there and the Americans who love it. Like the Bolsheviks deliberately destroying churches www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
This is another step towards a one-party state: only give government grants to your political friends www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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This is an outrageous attack on the Smithsonian, on the professionals who work there and the Americans who love it. Like the Bolsheviks deliberately destroying churches www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Trump orders warning signs near Smithsonian, escalating fight over history
The president’s executive order calls for signage near the National Museum of American History cautioning visitors about “inaccurate information.”
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“Where is the money? There is no transparency and the US government does not inform us.” From @financialtimes.com, on Venezuela giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going
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Loved the Odyssey, what a triumph of imagination. The main message: don't break the rules of your civilization or it may crash and burn around you
They did it again. A warehouse belonging to the Ukrainian publishing house Knygolav was destroyed in the russian attack on Kyiv. Around 250,000 books were lost in the fire.
“Petrescu told me that the team had been lobbying Grenell to help the Tates, and that he was willing. “Ric was rooting for the boys,” she said.” “Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse” Heidi Blake The New Yorker (June 15, 2026) apple.news/AZS0y4mmzQHq... This material may be protected by copyright.
Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse — The New Yorker
How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women.
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"There's a series of institutions that have been created, going back decades actually, that are designed to prevent foreign interference and other interference, and actually the Trump administration [has] pretty systematically dismantled them," said @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu.
"if we lose it can only be because someone has cheated" Listen to Hannah Rosin: the election deniers are in charge www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
The Election Deniers Are in Charge Now
In Georgia, where Donald Trump once tried to “find” more than 11,000 votes, election deniers are now in powerful election-board positions.
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my colleague Simon Shuster has done a deep dive into Ukraine's most succesful drone and missile designer, and it is quite a story www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Ukraine’s Dr. Strangelove
A rocket designer with a dubious past sets out to build a missile shield with Europe—and without America.
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Market manipulation for sale - Truth Social to sell trading firms 'fastest' access to Trump's posts www.reuters.com/technology/t...
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If the head of US intelligence isn't able to say who won the election in 2020, then maybe he shouldn't be head of US intelligence.
