Nicky Schwenzer
@nickyschwenzer.bsky.social
Construction Consultant • Lifelong Democrat • 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 London/Miami 🏍️🦮🍫🩵🏄🍷🏞️🎶🏎️ “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. It's not the length of life, but the depth.”
Flashback, because ICE claims they need shock gloves. This happened immediately after they shot Renée Good. 1/7/26
Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 7mo ago👉 ICE Abusing Protesters After Murdering Driver 1/7/26 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
Government institutions are “hollowed out” under autocracy, meaning that the civil service must lose its professional ethics and impartiality and do what the leader asks. Yet government institutions are also retooled and infused with new missions and priorities.
Some ships may pass through undetected with their transponders off, but the figures are nowhere near the more than 130 ships that traversed the Strait of Hormuz daily before the war launched by the U.S. and Israel in February. - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Hormuz traffic slows further after US threatens more economic pressure on Iran
Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran in...
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Karoline Leavitt may well become the gold standard for Press Secretaries going forward. . . www.salon.com/2026/08/14/t...
The worst White House press secretary of all time - Salon.com
Karoline Leavitt is leaving the White House. She won't be missed by the media she mocked and despised
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I don't know how much this is rising to the surface, but the sailor who jumped overboard and had to be rescued is only 19 years old. Anyone would crack under these conditions, but let's remember that a lot of enlisted people are basically kids. www.ms.now/news/uss-abr...
'The boat is finally getting to me': Wife of USS Lincoln sailor who jumped overboard shares texts
The wife of a sailor who jumped off the USS Lincoln told MS NOW her husband expressed his mental health concerns to leadership during his long deployment on the aircraft carrier in the Iran war, but w...
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Unsurprisingly @migueldelaney.bsky.social has the best piece about Bezos buying into Liverpool www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Jeff Bezos is buying into Liverpool – this is why
The world’s third-richest man is part of a consortium that has bought a 30 per cent stake in Liverpool. While the Amazon founder may be a ‘silent partner’ in the deal, it is clear that the uncertainty...
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When JD Vance moves his mouth, Peter Thiel speaks
Matthew Sheffield@matthew.flux.community · 8h agoIn case you thought Trump's foreign policy of insulting and threatening allies while destabilizing oil markets and global supply chains with an endless war was just accidentally de-dollarizing the global economy, here is JD Vance flat-out saying that he wants to remove the dollar's reserve status.
📻On Iran and Hormuz, told NPR that #IRGC is consolidating power, doesn't want war to end...what we are seeing is effectively the iteration of the third Islamic Republic. the1a.org/segments/hor...
The News Roundup - International
Bibi walks a tightrope. Friday marks five years since Afghanistan.
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The difference between a winner and a loser this week shows that "mainstream" is a huge tent with room for many types of politicians, but not all types. Competence and authenticity are really crucial. historykeepshappening.substack.com/p/authentici...
Why Hong lost and Flanagan won
The winning 2026 Democratic nominees know who they are and campaign that way.
historykeepshappening.substack.com
The presiding judge in my case against Todd Blanche is laying the foundation for contempt against Todd Blanche & DOJ lawyers who represent him. I've got exclusive details into why the court ended the hearing on this specific issue & why it sets the tone moving forward. youtu.be/qDD-kjBiqok?...
Trump DOJ SCRAMBLES as Judge WARNS of CONTEMPT After DISASTER Hearing In MY Lawsuit!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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The fact that ICE and law enforcement are constantly saying it's okay that they shot someone because they nebulously feared for their life and we lock these women up who killed husbands who, say, raped them with a fucking curling iron and made them bleed for five years is ABSOLUTELY INSANE link next
Authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat spoke to me about how Donald Trump continues to embrace the aspiring tyrant playbook. Ben-Ghiat warned Trump installing his personal lawyer Todd Blanche as Attorney General conjures up Hitler’s use of his personal attorney Hans Frank: youtu.be/CaB8yJvOg64?...
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Trump's choice of Todd Blanche as AG is like Hitler's choice of Hans Frank
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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Administration also tells the justices that the ballroom the project was already 65 percent complete and suggested it was too late to stop construction. So they dig a big hole in the ground w/o asking Congress or anyone, use that as a lever to keep building below ground, and now say oops too late.
Now that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is stepping down to spend more time with her soulless penchant for dishonesty, President Donald Trump has an opportunity to save American taxpayers some money by not replacing her. What's the point? My column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Why replace Leavitt? Trump lies just fine on his own. | Opinion
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is stepping down – and there is absolutely no reason to replace her.
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"Half of Afghan women now leave their homes only once or twice a month as Taliban-imposed restrictions curtail their freedom of movement and participation in public life, according to data released by U.N. Women on Wednesday."
Half of Afghan women rarely leave home as Taliban restrictions deepen, UN agency says
Half of Afghan women now leave their homes only once or twice a month as Taliban-imposed restrictions curtail their freedom of movement and participation in public life, according to data released by...
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Thanks to Maddie Hale for having me on The Trump Report. We discussed Trump’s Air Force One switch, threats from Iran, Israel’s influence, military experts & the Epstein files. This isn’t just chaos. It’s what happens when ego and political survival drive national security decisions.
Trump’s ‘complete betrayal’ of US service members — he’ll be ‘burnt at the stake’ for this
YouTube video by The Trump Report
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Remember Republican hysterics about the deficit, coupled with Trump’s campaign promises to “easily” reduce the debt? They’re worth keeping in mind as the deficit soars with nary a word from the GOP. The party didn’t flip-flop — it never genuinely cared in the first place www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
U.S. budget deficit surges as Trump’s campaign promises continue to unravel
In his first term, the president said he would “easily” reduce the debt, but he delivered the opposite results. In his second term, it’s much worse.
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The politics of the future is a war against billionaires—and it's a war the billionaires started. Their campaign to destroy American democracy is an early phase of a sinister cult vision to tyrannize the future. My interview with @KQEDNews Political Breakdown. www.kqed.org/news/1209526...
The Tech Billionaires’ ‘War on Democracy’ | KQED
In his new book “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy,” journalist Gil Durán warns that tech billionaires are attempting to overthrow American democracy - a movement that’s ...
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Congressional approval not needed for White House ballroom, Trump tells high court Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cong...
Congressional approval not needed for White House ballroom, Trump tells high court
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to intervene in a lower court decision that halts his $400 million White House ballroom construction unless he receives author...
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After years of hard work and therapy, it finally happened for me
Trump regime crime cartel: a soup to nuts supply chain of grift and corruption www.hcn.org/issues/58-7/... bhttps://www.hcn.org/issues/58-7/the-montana-company-getting-billions-to-build-the-border-wall/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-08-14-Newsletter
Billions in border wall contracts are going to a Montana firm run by a Trump donor - High Country News
Barnard Construction’s leadership donated over $1 million to the president’s campaign. They’re among the administration’s top wall contractors.
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In other news, the Mad King orders the military to hunt down anyone who has low water pressure in their shower. The media reports that the military is severely overtaxed. They have yet to complete last week's order to hunt down all the Armadillos in the US. 😎 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets
President has suggested steam catapults every year since 2017, saying digital systems are too ‘complicated’
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The roads crack The tracks expand and buckle Much of Europe’s transportation infrastructure was not built to withstand the scorching summer heat that’s become routine. Stopgap fixes include painting the tracks white. No Paywall 🎁 #Climate #DV1 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...
As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope (Gift Article)
The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said.
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It took chipping away at it by the The Guardian, NYT, et. al before the WaPo blew the story wide open: “The mysterious strikes targeting multiple Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galápagos Islands this year were carried out as part of a covert CIA program.” talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
CIA Behind Mystery Strikes on Ecuadorian Fishing Boats
FENIX 701 It took chipping away at it by the The Guardian,...
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Republicans and the news media will try once again to change the rules on discussing the economy the instant a Democrat becomes president. Democrats don’t have to let it happen. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-next-d...
The Next Democratic President Must Refuse to Be Hamstrung by Trump's Deficit
It's exploding again - and that's without a recession. Yet only Democrats are supposed to do something about it.
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The Trump administration gives a green light to crooks. Casey Michel explains: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Green Light for Crooks
The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.
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This is some major gestapo style shit www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Documents show federal surveillance operation in Minnesota targeted progressive groups, unions
Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then ragi...
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