Pottinger?

“A former senior U.S. official who knows Trump well said the U.S. president does not fully recognize that the U.S. and China have entered a new phase of all-out strategic competition for global leadership.” 2/

“Although Trump has railed against China over trade, he has shown little appetite for deepening U.S. military engagement in Asia to counter Beijing's military buildup. He has shown no inclination to contest spheres of influence with China by viewing the world as a geopolitical chessboard.” 1/

Momentum in CA politics not in Newsom's favor: "The latest state voter registration data show since February 10, 82,700 people have registered as No Party Preference voters, and the Republican Party has gained 48,000 voters. In contrast, Democrats have only gained 190 voters in over 200 days."

Sounds like something the PRC does, although 🇨🇳 has - for the most part - automated the surveillance long ago.

Making America Great Again. The age of Velveeta and plastic wrapped plasticky American cheese singles is over. The age of chèvre and Humboldt Fog is here. philadelphia.today/2025/10/emil...

<finger to earpiece> we’re going live now to…wait, I’m hearing Claire’s has fallen, I repeat Claire’s has fallen - they were defending shareholder value & the right to get your ears pierced in an abandoned mall - a phalanx of investment bankers has retreated to preserve carry - more after the break

So fucked up.

I agreed two years ago that Trump is a fascist and wrote about it. But I keep saying is that you were not living under a fascist regime and you can still do something about it.

"That somebody might use the app to break the law doesn't mean the app can be banned any more than a newspaper ... because someone might use its reporting in a manner that the administration considers unlawful," FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social told BBC.

Proud to partner with @theintercept.com on this article by Jeremy Busby of @joinjeremy.org. Jamming cell phones in prisons isn't about crime, it's about stopping incarcerated people from exposing abuses, like those shown in the upcoming @hbo.bsky.social documentary The Alabama Solution.

I remember when the idea of the US without an operational federal govt was enough to induce panic, in DC as well as in capitals around the world. Now it's just like, Ah, well, if Belgium could do it for 654 days, so can we.

One reason of many to be worried about Albo's refusal to retaliate proportionately against Chinese government predations is that it augurs his equally toothless and cowardly response when Trump's fascists start leveraging threats against Australians and Australian companies in Australia.

The very definition of complying in advance

“For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power. The law be damned. They love this. They are proud of this. And they will keep doing it.” open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Very nice to be referred to here as I look forward to giving talks the Hague on related themes, eg this on Oct 23rd leidenasiacentre.nl/event/jeffre... & at the Nowhere bookstore on the 24th cc @annegerritsen.bsky.social @iandenisjohnson.bsky.social @melissakchan.bsky.social

That’s the spirit of it www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Czechia's Ano party, led by former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, has won the October 3-4 parliamentary elections with around 35% of the vote, according to preliminary results. Speaking about Czech support for Ukraine, Mr. Babis said: I met Mr. Zelensky three times, even in November 2019

History will recognize President Trump’s mobilization of our nation’s military in American cities for what it is—a vile abuse of power by a cruel President pushing us toward authoritarianism.

Being fascist for the ‘gram

This Trump administration policy of generating an artificial civil war on the basis of big lies is of course meant to be frightening but it is also anti-American, unlawful, stupid and pursued by wildly unpopular people.

A new record for Bitcoin prices: Bitcoin traded above $125,000 earlier this morning before pulling back somewhat. #bitcoin #crypto #markets

President Lai congratulates LDP’s Takaichi Sanae on her election as LDP president – Taipei Times: ‘The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) also congratulated Takaichi, saying it hopes the decades-long friendship between the two parties would deepen.’

Putin once again commented on the possible transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine by Washington. “I’ve already said that this would lead to the destruction of our relations - at least of the positive tendencies that had begun to emerge in them.”

Taiwan’s military to order more Patriot missiles from US – Taipei Times: ‘Taiwan is planning to order an additional four PAC-3 MSE systems and up to 500 missiles in response to an increasing number of missile sites on China’s east coast, a defense official said yesterday.’

Shein enters bricks-and-mortar retail in France, sparking backlash – Reuters

Indonesian government lifts ByteDance’s TikTok licence suspension as app shares protest data – AFP

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1/ Nuclear is a crap option for Taiwan. There's an obvious effort to push it, but the truth is neither major party wants it in Taiwan. The KMT has long quietly opposed it, which is why we got a referendum and legislation only after the plant was closed. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Russia is masking its failed summer offensive with terror attacks on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure. We keep supporting Ukraine as long as needed: finalizing the next sanctions package, ensuring financing, providing weapons. Russia will not stop until forced to.

A mosque in my city got attacked last night. Shits getting grim here 😫

🚨BREAKING: Right-wing populist Andrej Babiš and his ANO movement gained a decisive win in a pivotal Czech parliamentary election, in a vote that risks turning Czechia into another headache for the EU.

Notable that there have been several protests about Taipei infrastructure against the Chiang mayoral administration in recent memory

It was one of the largest coordinated attacks across Ukraine, hitting especially hard in Western Ukraine - Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Stryi. Russia launched 700 Shaheds, 50 Kh-101 & Kalibrs, 2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. First casualties reported - 2 dead, 2 injured

Zaporizhzhia 💔 1 person killed, 10 more injured by the Russian attack on the city last night.

Massive Russian missile and drone attack on #Ukraine last night. Russia used different types of cruise missiles, Kinzhal missiles and drones on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian objects. Western regions of Ukraine were under the most intense attack. ◾️Lviv and Lviv region: massive attack.

It feels like the terms “hard left” and “populism” are being thrown around rather liberally here. Is opposition to oligarchy and the crushing of the lower/middle class really that radical? on.ft.com/3WlO2TQ

Xi Jinping softens feud with Jack Ma to boost China’s tech power trib.al/ghm3ulX

Sagapolutele is a lot more like Peyton Manning than he is like Tua or Mariota. AMAZING arm talent but not very good moving the ball with his feet. Definitely breaking the mobile stereotype of the non-white quarterback. Will be fun to see how he matures and whether he skills up his scramble. #GoBears

Setting the stage for an authoritarian crackdown

Read: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Sora is absolutely not a TikTok replacement. True TikTok replacement is yet to be built. Can probably be based on Bluesky though.

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

There is no left wing terrorism organization or machine in America. They just want to kill Americans.

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One of the most melodramatically malevolent federal officials ever to do it. If we live through this he should maybe become a stock villain of Italian theater.

'That had to sting': Ex-GOP insider flags response to Trump that may spell the end of MAGA www.rawstory.com/trump-hegset...

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The opinions of Judge Young (a Reagan appointee) and Judge Immergut (a George W. Bush U.S. attorney) are a reminder of a Republican Party that believed in the rule of law. But the fact that so far as I know no current elected Republican has praised those opinions suggests that old GOP is long gone.

The ruling is the latest to use Decree 54, a law that makes it illegal “to produce, spread, disseminate, send or write false news ... with the aim of infringing the rights of others, harming public safety or national defense or sowing terror among the population.” apnews.com/article/tuni...