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Africans are building Putin’s suicide drones Russia is luring young African women to make weapons to attack Ukraine

"by drawing attention to the unusual presence of African workers on Russian assembly lines, they also raise troubling questions for African governments. Why are their citizens toiling at the heart of Vladimir Putin’s arms empire?" www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Unfollowing this account for that unfair characterization.

When each side no longer sees the other as people, they stop seeing a reason to stop killing each other. That's where we are in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
With @biannagolodryga.bsky.social & Zain Asher @cnnipr.bsky.social youtu.be/8ooNblpkBDk

US ‘silence’ encouraging Putin, says Zelensky, after Russia launches record air assault Russia launched its largest aerial assault of its three-year war on Ukraine overnight, targeting the capital and other regions with missiles and drones for a second night in a row, prompting Ukrainian...

US ‘silence’ encouraging Putin, says Zelensky, after Russia launches record air assault

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Analysis: As Trump aims to expand presidential authority, can anyone stop him? | CNN Politics From day to day, Donald Trump’s second term often seems like a roman candle of grievance, with the administration spraying attacks in all directions on institutions and individuals the president consi...

As Trump aims to expand presidential authority, can anyone stop him? | Analysis: cnn.it/43LA0PZ

Trump administration finally responds to large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine Keith Kellogg, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, is the first official in the current US administration to comment on Russia’s recent large-scale airstrikes on Ukrainian cities and v...

Trump administration finally responds to large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine

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What Are People Still Doing on X? Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout

"X is racist. The only thing up for debate is whether this is a feature or a bug for those in charge," writes Charlie Warzel.

17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.

Delighted that The CIA Book Club has been chosen as an NPR pick of the summer. "The book's allure is intrigue, danger, and suspense in the service of meaning. I'm in." Thanks @npr.org. #theciabookclub
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You gotta love the Czechs.

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China-Middle East Briefing | LinkedIn Joyce Karam | AL-Monitor brings you the weekly rundown on Thursday of China's deepening engagement in the Middle East & North Africa.

China, Iran steadily coming closer as nuclear talks with US continue. On energy, mil, trade, cooperation strengthening despite sanctions. Deal or no deal, naive to think Iran will abandon China. Fazli can only improve those ties. Sign-up to our NL here: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...

Muzzling Media Matters What began as Elon Musk’s personal vendetta against Media Matters has now escalated into a full-blown government-backed campaign, with Donald Trump’s FTC launching a probe into the non-profit group.

Under Trump’s second term, the figures Media Matters has long scrutinized have been elevated into positions of real power. The fringe is now the establishment. And they’re now attempting to muzzle the watchdogs in plain sight. www.status.news/p/ftc-invest...

Opinion | An act of antisemitic terrorism in the nation’s capital The killing of Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum was an act of terrorism.

"The slaughter Wednesday night of two Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington was an act of terrorism apparently motivated by virulent antisemitism," the Editorial Board writes. wapo.st/4keK6im

This isn’t getting nearly enough attention.

Estonian navy is stopped at intercepting a shadow fleet vessel because a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 violated Estonian air space. This reduces even the implausible deniability to 0, which Russia has been relying on with the shadow fleet.

Independent report on the Future of the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) - ICDS Under the auspices of the Estonian presidency of the Council of Baltic Sea States, Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Gabrielius Landsbergis were appointed as the independent Wise Persons to produce a report on...

@glandsbergis.bsky.social and I presented this morning our report commissioned by the CBSS to the organisation's foreign ministers, who agreed with our conclusions.

The report is now public and free to read. (/2)

icds.ee/en/independe...

According to Reporters Without Borders ( @rsf.org ) my beloved Estonia 🇪🇪 ranks second in the the world in media freedom. Media freedom is one of a principal foundations of democracy. rsf.org/en/index

Cables from US embassies reveal how the silencing of VOA, RFE/RL, RFA, MBN and Radio/TV Marti are harming US interests abroad

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’ Aix-Marseille University generates interest amid a US crackdown and calls for a ‘scientific refugee’ status

Most of the applications were sent using encrypted messaging, the university’s president, Eric Berton, wrote. “And with them came worrying, sometimes chilling, accounts from American researchers about the fate reserved for them by the Trump administration.”

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

What Recourse Does the Supreme Court Actually Have? As the Trump administration talks itself into refusing to comply with judicial orders, federal judges are moving closer to deploying the most powerful tool they have: contempt of court.

“As the administration talks itself into refusing to comply with judicial orders, federal judges are moving closer to deploying the most powerful tool they have: contempt of court,” Quinta Jurecic writs. “Even that tool might not be powerful enough”:

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...

New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"

www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

This appears to be correct: British Indian Ocean Territory is on the tariff list. The only residents there are at Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military installation, according to a CIA Factbook. www.cia.gov/the-world-fa...

Moscow has downgraded its relationship with Pyongyang before and could do so again after the Russo-Ukrainian War ends. Washington and Seoul should act accordingly. Moscow has downgraded its relationship with Pyongyang before and could do so again after the Russo-Ukrainian War ends. Washington and Seoul should act accordingly.

Moscow has downgraded its relationship with Pyongyang before and could do so again after the Russo-Ukrainian War ends. Washington and Seoul should act accordingly.

Very significant: China is launching a major exercise near Taiwan that looks like a dress rehearsal for a blockade against the island

Please tell me they corrected that typo?

Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...

Not the brand boost one would hope for.

Competing visions of international order Responses to US power in a fracturing world

The role of the United States is changing, how are countries around the world responding?

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The Trump Administration’s Use of Signal Puts Service Members at Risk ’Operational security’ is about reducing the danger for those in uniform.

We cannot let the accountability disappear along with the messages. My latest on ⁦‪@BulwarkOnline‬⁩ on the Signal chat.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...

Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.

I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.