Tom O’Kane

In Blow to Trump’s Power Grab, Federal Judge Blocks Troop Deployment In Oregon Read more here.

A federal court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon, with plans to issue a permanent block by Friday. While the current order bars deployment, the final order will presumably also bar troop federalization.
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#TechCoupDaily News ☕️ The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next.

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A Few Day-After-the-Election Thoughts The clearest read of what happened last night is that, as far...

Not just correct, but essential. Democrats "have a pretty good model: find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Donald Trump’s autocracy. Full stop. It’s not more complicated than that. That’s your opposition message."

20 Years of RT: How Russia’s Propaganda Hydra Survived the Ban RT marks two decades as a state propaganda entity, using disinformation tactics to influence perceptions and advance Russia's agenda abroad.

Despite bans across Europe, the US, and Canada, Russia’s state-funded network RT is far from gone.

Not all immigrants are asylum seekers of course, but the question remains: why is empathy so lacking for the small minority who are asylum seekers? That’s what scares me the most.

Dems Are Suddenly Very Serious About Retaking the Senate “We are so back.”

NEW: Dems are finally getting very serious about retaking the Senate — with eyes on Maine, North Carolina, Iowa, Ohio, Alaska, and Texas.

Read the latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

Emily Thornberry on British Foreign Policy Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 05/11/2025 · 56m

EXTREMELY excited that the superb foreign policy podcast Behind The Lines is now part of the Quiet Riot family of shows and WHO better to kick us off than the marvellous @emilythornberry.bsky.social

And a huge welcome to @snellarthur.bsky.social

🎧👇

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Dems won. Cue the far-right crash-out. "New York City is now a third-world metropolis wearing the Big Apple as a skin suit.”

womp womp.

This is what a New Era looks like.

The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.

rightwing guy inherits insurance empire from his dad.

struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".

builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.

profits!

gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.

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Attn Pennsylvania voters: Reports are coming in of signs near polling places reading “No Kings, No Retention” with a crown-slash logo. These signs are fake and misleading, part of a disinformation push. In Pennsylvania, you should vote YES to retain the Supreme Court justices on the ballot.

Russian tanks stuck in the mud

A damaged and abandoned Russian monster tank.

1/ A Russian soldier fighting in Chasiv Yar says that new recruits sent to the front die almost immediately, with his own unit taking over 90% casualties. The fields are strewn with rotting corpses. To avoid having to pay compensation to relatives, collecting IDs is banned. ⬇️

1/ The fatal capsizing of a Russian floating crane in Sevastopol has highlighted the inability of the Black Sea Fleet's principal shipyard to build the cranes needed for the construction of new naval vessels, as a critical Russian commentary notes. ⬇️

1/ The vast number of Russian casualties sustained in the war in Ukraine will one day require a reckoning, warns a Russian warblogger. He laments that Russia missed the opportunity to conquer Ukraine in 2014 after the revolution which ousted the pro-Russian leadership. ⬇️

2/ The man describes himself as a former Wagner Group fighter now serving with the 61st Separate Marine Brigade (military unit 38643). He says that he was fighting with the 2nd assault company near the village of Malynivka, about 14 km east of Pokrovsk.

1/ A Russian marine says that his commander, whom he describes as an incompentent drunkard, ordered his unit to march 20 km and attack a Russian-held position, after which all but three of his men were killed. He's now considering a suicide mission to kill his commanders. ⬇️

Hopefully US allies in the region get this.

The Pivot To Confront China Was Really A Pivot To Work With China At least the Administration is being honest about it now.

Just sent out this piece. Last week was refreshingly honest in one way. The Trump administration could finally stop pretending that it was pivoting to Asia to confront China, and tell the truth that it was pivoting to work with China. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

War and Power A bold, revisionist study of modern warfare, showing that military victory is rooted not in large armies and decisive battles, but in the full spectrum of ec...

Hi All, my latest book, War and Power: Who Wins Wars and Why, is being released in North America in two weeks. The Publisher, Basic Books/Hatchette, has just released a discount code for 20% if you buy through them. Code is WAR&POWER (not case sensitive). www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/phill...

The far right on Samir Zitouni, the rail worker who saved multiple lives during the LNER attack

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named: Samir Zitouni is credited with saving lives on the train

spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.

What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day

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Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni.

Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors

Very poor headlineby Guardian, making it seem she was guilty of something. What she actually did, was try to maintain a last shred of respect for human rights in Israel. More evidence of grotesque abuse of Palestinians. Israel long ago lost its legitimacy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Donald J. Trump & @ @realDonald Trump So many Fake Polls are being shown by the Radical Left Media, all slanted heavily toward Democrats and Far Left Wingers. In the Fair Polls, and even the Reasonable Polls, I have the Best Numbers I have ever had and, why shouldn't I? I ended eight Wars, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, kept Prices, Inflation, and Taxes down, and am setting standards for Right Track / Wrong Track for a future U.S.A. Fake News will never change, they are evil and corrupt but, as I look around my beautiful surroundings, I say to myself, "Oh, look, l'm sitting in the Oval Office!"

Psychologists are paid to listen to this.

Argentinian President to Headline CPAC Mar-a-Lago After Receiving $40 Billion Bailout From Trump Argentina President Javier Milei will deliver a speech at CPAC Mar-a-Lago this week after receiving a $40 billion bailout from President Donald Trump.

Is this an Onion story? 😜

Argentinian President to Headline CPAC Mar-a-Lago After Receiving $40 Billion Bailout From Trump.

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OMG

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