The pro-EU Party of Action & Solidarity has crushed the pro-Russia Patriotic Electoral Bloc in the Moldovan election. It won 51 seats - an outright majority. Moldova is now on a trajectory towards EU membership. A very bad night for Putin, who targeted Moldova with a wave of election propaganda.

Looks like Putin's attempt to bully Moldova has failed. With 90% of votes counted, the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has a 20 point lead over the Russian-funded Patriotic Bloc open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

He is a Marine, was in Iraq 2004 to 2008. Wife & 2 boys.

I just found out that Darren Markland @drdagly.bsky.social was killed in a biking accident about a week ago now. He was such a smart, humane doctor and had such a lovely, warm presence that I was always happy to run across his posts. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

The first photo is a purported pic of the shooter’s truck. It’s still early, yadda yadda, but if you compare it to online photos of the church (second image), seems possible it’s legit.

Multiple people were shot at a Michigan church, which was also set on fire, authorities say abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-...

This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like

Good to see Sinclair is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back. Also: "Sinclair indicated in a statement that ABC did not accept any of its proposals" It's almost as if Trump/Carr/MAGA were bluffing about the culture being on their side on this, and the truth was the opposite. newrepublic.com/article/2008...

Do not bow down to these people. Do not allow them to convince you that you must. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

BREAKING Troy Edwards, James Comey’s son-in-law, has resigned from the Department of Justice. Edward’s as a prosecutor in the same office that just indicted his father-in-law.

They really indicted a former FBI director because Trump hates him, after firing a previous Trumpy prosecutor for saying there was no case. Even after everything, this is breathtaking.

NEW: Nature trained AI to predict which NIH grants from 2014 would have been cut if the Trump admin had its way back then — and what science would have been lost to history. "The results show the damage that cuts in funding can do to research, and the unpredictable nature of the research process."

Oh hey, Republicans are going to use the federal government to try to ratfuck Democrats running in competitive elections in 2025 and 2026. Neat.

Free speech @economist.com

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.   I wrote about why I left academia, why I left America, why I left Substack - and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:   Some major personal news: steady.page/en/democracy...

Weird scorned lover vibes today. Wonder what Trump found out. And if it's permanent, or just a spat.

As People Mag Points out, a treatment for autism Dr. Oz just announced Trump’s FDA is approving is sold by a supplement company owned by… Dr. Oz. people.com/what-is-leuc...

Regretting that he understands English now.

two-weeks inflation!

The White House may call it deregulation, but in reality, it's replacing written rules with unwritten rules. (Rule 1: "Don't upset the President.") It's swapping transparent, tested rules for secret, shifting ones. One set serves the public interest, the other reflects the President's whims.

Damn @carolleonnig.bsky.social with a barn burner of a scoop www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

They’re putting in place a patronage network. Instead of open, accountable structures, public goods will be allocated to courtiers.

It's hard to write about a complex visa program in a way that can resonate with everyone. But @maxblau.bsky.social and Zaydee Sanchez did it with the narrative of a single woman, told with such respect and care. Read the thread and the story below: projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...

Reportedly, 3 MIGs for 12 minutes in Estonian airspace. In related news, Medinsky's Historical Military Institute has a new placard project up in Moscow, with pics of "lapdog" Kallas, text on why Baltics aren't "real" nations, etc.

we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased. www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...

To recap: the site “Charlie’s Murderers,” which targeted those critical of Kirk and shared their personal info, went down Sunday night. It was replaced by “Charlie Kirk Data Foundation,” which never had an accessible database or functioning submission portal, and is now also gone

Lese majeste is back, baby.

Politicizing the military as with what they are doing to DHS/ICE/CBP. So dangerous.

Vote D or Trump decides what you watch on TV is easy messaging.

New from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social www.unpopularfront.news/p/this-is-it

Russia designated the 'LGBT Movement' as a terrorist organisation. They know there is no such group; that's the point. It means they can choose to arrest ANYONE with any association with LGBT issues and treat them as a terrorist. The fact that 'antifa' is not a group should not be a comfort here.

Wow. Besides issuing personal apologies, they're demanding Kimmel donate to TPUSA.

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>robinson’s uncle posted about helping Azov on linkedin

at the center of the efforts to destroy civil society in russia, hungary, georgia and elsewhere is the stigmatization, harassment, & criminalization of NGOs. that's what this is about, a full-on assault on democratic debate & freedoms. this is not hyperbole. it's right here.

The reported US decision to lift sanctions on Belarus’s Belavia airline could create backdoor for Russia to obtain spare parts While step has not been confirmed, Belarusian media claim it followed talks between US administration and Belarus leadership euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/15/t...

Part of Trump’s ongoing effort to normalize relations with/Belarus as a proxy for Russia, imo. He’s limited in what he can do directly for Putin, so it’s lateral moves for now. Zapad is thus painted as a “normal” defensive military exercise & Belavia is “normal” airline, etc.

“Hoist with his own petard” gets a teachable moment.

omfg other korean LG energy solutions workers in tennessee are preemptively leaving apple.news/ADhXzmk7nTJm...

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A man who practiced politics the same way Joseph McCarthy did — by creating enemies lists — is being memorialized in the same way. But, since it’s not the 1950s anymore, the list is a publicly available, searchable database.

Please share. A humble ask from Ukrainian 🇺🇦

Because we are not responding consistently and firmly, Russia will now regularly violate the airspace of NATO countries with drones. Because we are not clear, Putin is creating a grey area.

Trump says he’s ready for sanctions on Russia if: -NATO members stop buying Russian oil (Hungary and Slovakia sure aren’t stopping) -They put tariffs on China (the EU certainly won’t) These are poison pills. Trump doesn’t plan to sanction Russia. Congress has to force him.

NEW: Extremist groups that viewed Charlie Kirk as a moderate in life are using his death to fundraise and promote their cause. @davidgilbert.bsky.social reports:

Generations of South Koreans have woven the American story into their own, but a few hours in Georgia last week threaten to unravel those decades of goodwill. Here’s the mood in Seoul as workers detained in a raid on a Hyundai plant return to the Korean capital.

This protest sign in South Korea says everything about US efforts to lure foreign manufacturing investment. 🤡 @apnews.com

His dad is law enforcement (sheriff's office). Lots of pics with him & guns through his childhood. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Some thoughts on yesterday www.garbageday.email/p/the-logica...