I really encourage Democrats to adopt my "Make Stupidity Embarrassing Again" slogan. It addresses the root of so many voters' frustrations.
Alex Finley
@alexzfinley.bsky.social
Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com alexzfinley.substack.com
Voter fraud that removes ineligible people from the rolls? The data says it's extremely rare, not a systemic problem. The guest argues the real goal is different: sow confusion, spread chaos, pit people against each other. Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidas-def...
From false claims that large numbers of non-U.S. citizens are illegally registered to vote to attacks on mail voting, here are five election rumors circulating ahead of the midterms. bit.ly/4yDljei
Five False Election Rumors to Watch For
Voters should expect recurring false election narratives to resurface in the coming months — and familiarize themselves with the facts.
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findings reveal another US election drawing colossal sums to shape the outcome—and also show how the wealthiest donors are tilting Republican, even as the party trails Democrats in the polls. The GOP advantage is amplified by Republican donors' overwhelming control of US print and broadcast media.
Party of the 0.0001%: America’s mega-donors are overwhelmingly backing Trump’s Republicans in this year’s race for Congress, as billionaires from Silicon Valley to Wall Street bankroll the party’s midterm push. 16 of the country’s 20 largest donors have ploughed money into the GOP campaign. The
US billionaires line up to bankroll Republicans’ election push
Ultra-wealthy overwhelmingly back Donald Trump’s party over Democrats as money floods into midterms race
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Trump says Kennedy Center renovation depends on whether his name is on it ft.trib.al/mFMrwT2
Trump says Kennedy Center renovation depends on whether his name is on it
President’s vow comes after a federal judge rejects effort to rename building
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The CEO of a German drone company supplying Ukraine has gone into hiding after being warned of an alleged Russian assassination plot. Donaustahl CEO Stefan Thumann now changes locations every few weeks and travels with bodyguards. www.kyivpost.com/post/84620
German Drone Maker Goes Into Hiding Over Suspected Russian Plot as 2 Agents Are Arrested
The German drone maker says authorities warned him of a planned Russian murder attempt, forcing him to move locations every few weeks.
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Hey friends! Why the fuck did none of you pay for my wedding? Apparently this is standard practice.
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 4d ago⚡️Donald Trump Jr. admits Russian oligarch with Putin ties partially funded wedding celebration. The couple described Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev as a "dear friend" who generously funded a three-day party for the Trumps in the Bahamas with no political motive whatsoever.
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
Only the willfully blind can believe that handing 🇺🇦 towns to russia will bring peace. It'll usher in WWIII, make its architects complicit in the russian atrocities that follow, repeat the same disastrous policy that got us here. Doing the same thing and expecting a different result is insanity.
An unelected American 🇺🇸 with no diplomatic experience is telling me to surrender my home, and telling Ukraine 🇺🇦 to surrender even more land, to an imperialist, fascist dictator committing acts of terrorism every day. I never thought I’d see the day, but here we are 🇺🇸
The Trump administration is hoping to put so many restrictions on voting by mail that people simply won’t be able to vote that way at all, @qjurecic.bsky.social argues:
Rules Designed to Create Chaos
The Trump administration is hoping to put so many restrictions on mail-in balloting that people simply won’t be able to vote that way at all.
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"I’ve never read 'the art of the deal'.... But apparently the 'art of the deal', as applied to this war, is to give Russia everything it wants, then commence negotiations through which Russia then gets more than it originally demanded. Donald probably wonders why Putin keeps dragging things out."
Darth Putin@darthputinkgb.bsky.social · last wk.The "negotiations" and the humiliation of Donald Trump. Your Prez's take. darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/ukraine-wa...
NEW: The Russian Ministry of Education is institutionalizing classes teaching Russian “traditional values” to preschool and kindergarten-aged children, including in occupied Ukraine. (1/6) Read the full update: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Moscow commuters are being shown messages portraying Western elections as rigged and manipulated. There is a useful political function to this: if elections everywhere are supposedly fake, scrutiny of Russia’s own elections becomes easier to dismiss.
What makes a credible intelligence chief is not whether he agrees with the president. It is how he acts when the intelligence does not.
The CIA Director Is a Failure
John Ratcliffe has mired the agency in politics—and possible illegality.
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only fraudulent economists are allowed now?
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last wk.FT exclusive: The IMF dropped the lead candidate to become its new chief economist at the eleventh hour after he was found to have made critical remarks about the Trump administration’s economic policies, according to people briefed on the process ft.trib.al/8I7TNVM
EXC: Dorchester hotel to sell Qatari sheikh’s car over unpaid £460,000 bill www.ft.com/content/031b...
The Dorchester hotel to sell Qatari sheikh’s car over unpaid £460,000 bill
Member of ruling family ran up debt at Mayfair institution equivalent to stay of up to several months
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New midweek update out (first part free). The US might be running out of Patriot interceptors quicker than people realize--and that will matter more than Iran being deprived money. People have their heads in the sand about the real state of US power. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...
Midweek Update #27: When Will The US Run Out Of Patriot Interceptors?
More And More This Looks Like The End Of An Era; China And Russia Must Be Loving This
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Autocracies are studying Ukraine for the next invasion. Terry Virts, who saw Earth from space, puts it plainly: if Ukraine wins, it's the last war of WWII. If it loses, the first of WWIII. Watch full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/meidas-def...
A CNN journalist spent years reporting on al-Qaeda. Now he’s handing over a massive archive. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Peter Bergen donated more than 150,000 pages of documents to Georgetown University. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... #alQaeda #terrorism
A CNN journalist spent years reporting on al-Qaeda. Now he’s handing over a massive archive.
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Bergen donated more than 150,000 pages of documents to Georgetown University.
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New records released today tell us Rudy Giuliani knew the air at Ground Zero was dangerous but lied to New Yorkers. People died because of this. Yet no right wing media outlet will ask him about it abcnews.com/US/nyc-mayor...
NYC Mayor Mamdani releases thousands of long-sought city documents on 9/11 air quality
First responders who rushed to the World Trade Center on and immediately after the 9/11 attacks were likely exposed to dangerous toxins, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
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A difficult but important read that provides real insider knowledge on how CIA lost its way, leading to a horrible tragedy in the already tragic GWOT. I recommend the whole essay, but this particular chapter… well, it hits hard. victormotier.substack.com/p/khost?utm_...
Khost
Section 22
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Voices from the Front | Shaun Pinner | Substack
Author of *Live. Fight. Survive.* | Former British soldier, Mariupol defender & POW turned journalist reporting from Ukraine on the war, survival and the human cost behind the headlines. Click to read...
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