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One of the most common disinformation tactics I see in social media campaigns is: "...faulty generalization is an informal fallacy wherein a conclusion is drawn about all or many instances of a phenomenon on the basis of one or a few instances of that phenomenon." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faulty_...
Faulty generalization - Wikipedia
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I’ve just finished watching a lecture on how to notice architectural details. We looked at different buildings in Lviv. It made me return to the videos and photos from my recent visit there. Perhaps it’s time to write another letter.
You could have voted no on Blanche. Idiot.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"the Russian #Orthodox Church, through its institutions and representatives, serves as a governing arm of the #Putinist regime in #Israel." www.inss.org.il/publication/...
The Russian Orthodox Church as an Institutional Arm of the Putin Regime in Israel | INSS
The Church as a Political Actor: Historical Background The Russian state has a long-standing tradition of using religious institutions as instruments of influence. In fact, from the time the Russian O...
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"The head of the Russian #Orthodox Church has said the Kremlin’s vast arsenal of #nuclear weapons is a sign of God’s “grace and mercy”. www.thetimes.com/world/russia...
Russia’s nuclear bombs blessed by head of the Orthodox church
Patriarch Kirill called the country’s atomic arsenal a ‘shield for the motherland’
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"With the modern development of the repressive apparatus, #Putin’s system clearly does not face the threat of a popular uprising. The danger, if it exists, is more likely to come from within the system itself." www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/03/p...
Putin Can Learn 3 Big Lessons From World War I - The Moscow Times
Opinion | It has become commonplace to compare the war in Ukraine to World War I, with its desolate blasted landscapes and grinding trench warfare.
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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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Every word! “We ask @economist.com to provide Ukrainian authors with equivalent space a format proportionate to that given to Melnichenko. This is not a request for a favor. It is a demand for editorial consistency.” Will @zannymb.economist.com respond? nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...
Why Did ‘The Economist’ Platform a Russian Oligarch?
The magazine’s recent interview discussing the future of Russia merely restated Vladimir Putin’s talking points.
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This is not a request for a favor. It is a demand for editorial consistency. @journalistjon.bsky.social @nicolastenzer.bsky.social @zannymb.economist.com nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...
Why Did ‘The Economist’ Platform a Russian Oligarch?
The magazine’s recent interview discussing the future of Russia merely restated Vladimir Putin’s talking points.
nationalinterest.org
"We ask The #Economist to provide Ukrainian authors with equivalent space—not in the letters to the editor section, but in a format proportionate to that given to Melnichenko.
The question is whether Washington will rejoin an effort that its own generals call necessary and that its own allies are no longer waiting for it to lead." time.com/article/2026...
How America’s Adversaries Have Stopped Fighting Alone
"The war with Iran has made it clear that America’s adversaries are increasingly acting as a coordinated bloc," write Ariane Tabatabai and John Drennan.
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"The question is not whether China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are cooperating. They are. Nor is it whether the long-time allies and partners of the U.S. see the threat. They do. And they have begun to answer it.
What’s clear is the discrepancy between what Trump officials say in places like Fox News where they are not accountable for lying, versus what they say when they get near a courtroom where they are accountable for lying. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | What ruined the Reflecting Pool? Jeanine Pirro had a choice.
Despite Trump’s claims, there was no evidence of vandalism.
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Luca-Marie Hoffmann in #BILD: Während das Friedensziel verfehlt wurde, konnte die Ukraine Russland mit Angriffen im Hinterland unter Druck setzen. Mit Zitaten von @carlomasala1.bsky.social, @nicolange.bsky.social und mir. @epik-ukraine.bsky.social @russlandwatcher.de @konflikt-sicher.bsky.social
Ukrainische „Einflussoperation“: 40 Tage, die Putin schwer zugesetzt haben
Selenskyjs 40-Tage-Operation sollte Putin zum Einlenken zwingen. Experten erklären, warum das Ziel verfehlt wurde – und was die Ukraine erreichte.
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Trump said on Fox News, “Gas is $1.99 a gallon in three states.” Yes - the State of Denial, the State of Confusion, and the State of Delusion.
I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: climate change-driven extreme weather events are increasing at the same time that the government is dismantling weather monitoring and alert systems.
In the November elections, to be radical is to be pragmatic.
The growing cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea continues to spread far beyond Ukraine. Japan’s new defense report is the latest warning that we should all be paying attention.
Japan’s Defense Report Deserves Far More Attention
Another warning the international community should not ignore
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Just after midnight in Kyiv. Once again, the city is under ballistic missile attack. Loud explosions shake the summer night.
We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d agoBREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Man, if Putin had told Trump exactly what he wanted the US to do to help Iran and Russia and hurt Ukraine, it would have been exactly what Trump did in his war. This is a Russian strategic dream we are watching.
Hi all, I had the pleasure of doing a Substack live with @frhoffmann.bsky.social last night. A deep dive into the Ukraine-Russia missile war and where ranged warfare is heading globally. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Live with Phillips P. OBrien and Fabian Hoffmann
A recording from Phillips P. OBrien's live video
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the Embassy of Ukraine in Belgium has appealed to the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the contest organizers, demanding that they change the registration procedure and classify #Crimean wines exclusively as products of #Ukrainian origin." intent.press/en/news/war/...
Crimean wineries were allowed to participate in the wine competitions
The prestigious international wine competitions—the Belgian Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2026 and the Korea Wine Challenge 2026—have included wines from annexed Crimea on their lists of participants....
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"The prestigious international #wine competitions—the Belgian Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2026 and the Korea Wine Challenge 2026—have included products from annexed Crimea on their lists of participants."
