Evan Procknow
@eprocknow.bsky.social
French colonial history; all things Algeria and the Sahel. Also tweets about policy, defense, and sports in that order.
Really don’t like to see feculent hogs like this repeat word-for-word White Russian propaganda from 1919
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h agoIn Tucker’s recent interview with his favorite Holocaust-denying “historian,” TC is shocked to learn that the Bolsheviks erected a statue to Judas in Moscow. The only problem is, there is no evidence that this ever happened. But who cares about evidence when you have a fascist narrative to push?
Wild what powerful people will just straight-up say on the record.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 19h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
The US is governed by a racist regime. But you know that. "The State Department is making permanent a program under which citizens from 50 countries, mainly in Africa, are required to post bonds to apply for a U.S. visa, & raising the cost as well, to as much as $20,000." www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
U.S. will make visa bond program permanent, affecting mostly African countries
A draft notice published Friday in the Federal Register says a nearly year-long review “provided sufficient data” to suggest the bond program effectively enforces compliance with visa conditions, and ...
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I’m a little puzzled about the logistics here. Lots of people don’t choose a major until the end of their first year, or go in thinking they’ll pursue one major but change their minds. But obviously you need to get loans sorted before that.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
The corruption with politicians like RFK, Jr is not monetary. It’s intellectual. He routinely lies about facts and science to support a dangerous, deadly narrative; preying on desperate people who want to believe those they’ve been told to hate are responsible for their woes MAGA at its worst
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoI worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
High-level politicians of Germany's far-right, neo-Nazi adjacent AfD are blaming Moroccan immigrants to Spain's Ceuta last week on Israel. Progressives should ask whether they want to acquiesce to an ultimately far-right framing of migrants as "invaders," just because it lets them blame Israel.
International incidents drag a cohort of loud & ignorant takes claiming that it is *foreign power I hate* that's behind it. It's either incapacity to distinguish between responsibility in an incident and indirectly benefitting from it, or it's just blanket prejudice and obnoxiousness.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d agoWhen you hear of an incident between foreign countries, a good rule of thumb is to start with it likely has local causes. Spain and Morocco have their own shit. It’s not a dastardly (((globalist))) plot to make Europe less aryan, nor a dastardly Zionist plot to get Spain back for verbal criticism.
I told you it was opulent 👀😂
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 3d ago🇦🇺💣 BREAKING: Hull City has reached a verbal agreement to sign Australia int'l defender Lucas Herrington for a deal worth up to $23m, per sources. - $17m (!) fixed fee - $6m add-ons - 15% sell-on clause of any profit - Deal not done, but just formalities www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
It sounds glib but it’s true that conservatives only appeal to liberal values in bad faith. They think it’s a gotcha, something they can exploit. There’s no principles there.
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d agoSpeaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn
I spoke with Lux, the high school teacher arrested for clapping at a data center zoning meeting in Kansas. some very interesting twists and turns in this one
“Clapping Is a First Amendment Right:” An Interview With the Person Arrested for Clapping at a Data Center Meeting
"I have a right to speak. I'm here to speak. I have a right to clap, and if you want me out, you're going to have to drag me out."
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US further siding with Morocco and making Sahrawi self-determination more difficult www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US offers first funding for private ammonia project in Western Sahara
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency said on Tuesday it had agreed to fund early-stage studies for a project aimed at producing ammonia in Western Sahara, marking the first U.S. government financin...
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🇺🇸 Sources: Mauricio Pochettino is close to continuing as USMNT head coach. Andres Cantor 1st. Would be 4 year deal Talks with U.S. Soccer progress and in a good place. Not done yet w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social @henrybushnell.bsky.social @david-ornstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...
Mauricio Pochettino, U.S. Soccer ‘close’ on deal to renew USMNT coach: Sources (Gift Article)
Pochettino and the U.S. federation have been in talks since the Americans exited the 2026 World Cup in the round of 16
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a U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT official showed THIS MAP at a DIPLOMATIC MEETING WITH AFRICAN OFFICIALS my. god.
Alt USAID/ USAID Forever@altusaid.altgov.info · last wk.We can't even. "A senior US State Department official displayed a map of Africa that was completely wrong before high-level officials from African nations, including some whose countries had been mislabelled." open.substack.com/pub/emilysba...
Another Trump appointment without the statutory qualifications for the job; yet again the Senate GOP ignores that fact. "Better than Pulte" is not the bar. [50 USC 3023: "Any individual nominated for appointment as DNI shall have extensive national security expertise."]
Politico@politico.com · last wk.GOP confirms Jay Clayton as spy chief
NEW: DHS' top number-cruncher just left the department -- and blasted the administration's "war on immigrants" on the way out. He's one of the very few DHS officials to step down and speak out publicly against this White House. Me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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FIFA’s offices moved to Trump Towers in New York City last summer in case you were wondering.
Adam Crafton@adamcrafton.bsky.social · last wk.Exclusive @TheAthleticFC Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin writes to FIFA’s Infantino to request he appear before the House Judiciary Committee & provide all of his and FIFA’s records of contacts with Trump, his administration and Trump family business by Aug 9. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
Absolutely amazing that this all evolved out of Bush family tennis trash talk, the origins of which neither W nor Rubio have even the faintest idea
Modern narcotics control as a migration regime. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.
The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.
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You don't have to be Carl von fucking Clausewitz to appreciate that the time to think through this very foreseeable scenario is BEFORE you start a war of choice dipshits
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump allies believe the President has now exhausted most options to exit the Iran war and are now “afraid” a longstanding, unpopular, expensive conflict is inevitable, causing major anxiety about GOP chances in midterm elections.-Politico
🚨 EXCL: Arsenal exploring move to sign Vinicius Junior from Real Madrid. #AFC interest early stage + clubs not yet in talks but idea approved at all levels. Much rests on contract process as no breakthrough yet & #RMFC do not want free exit @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
Arsenal exploring deal for Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior
The Brazil international is in the final 12 months of his contract and is a prominent target among others for the Premier League champions.
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External CT intervention in Mali always works out well
John Hudson@johnphudson.bsky.social · 2w agoScoop: The Trump administration is considering military options in Mali against Islamist militants at the urging of Sebastian Gorka, per officials. If approved, it would add an 8th nation to the list of countries Trump has bombed in his second term
What is the purpose of the National Museum of American History? This article dives into today's hearing in the House, with NMAH Director Anthea Hartig responding to Trumpist criticism and historian David Blight sticking up for the Smithsonian. (Gift link) 🗃 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/a...
G.O.P. Lawmakers Join White House in Challenging a Smithsonian Museum (Gift Article)
A House subcommittee questioned the director of the National Museum of American History after a scathing White House report characterized it as insufficiently patriotic.
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