In less than 3 weeks, Moldova heads into its parliamentary elections facing very aggressive and sophisticated foreign interference. In our new report, we break down the threat landscape: a hybrid mix of money, manipulation, and manufactured dissent. 1/8

Who is this man to lecture Europe while sparing Putin from real pressure? Trump urged the EU to impose 100% tariffs on China and India to curb their purchases of Russian oil and pressure Moscow to end the war. He promised US backing for such measures. Yet on Russia itself, he offers nothing.

One of the ways a democracy disappears: the legislative branch neuters itself and takes orders from the leader. This week Senate Republicans will go "nuclear" to change the body's rules. The change? Stop having separate votes on nominees. Just do 50 at a time. Not kidding.

⚡️Russian military losses near 300,000 in 2025, Syrskyi says. "The Russian army's losses since the beginning of the year have already reached almost 300 thousand (299,210) people," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported Sept. 9.

Good piece by Ken Roth on why Putin invaded #Ukraine. It had nothing to do with "Nato" or "neo-Nazis". Rather, it was about crushing a pro-European democracy on Russia's doorstep, and "quashing" the example that offered to millions of Russians www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nothing to see here: just Boris Johnson acting as a fixer for Evgeny Lebedev - the son of a KGB foreign intelligence officer - and introducing him to Elon Musk www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

and here in Swedish

As the Polish military confirmed that aerial objects were shot down, the incident marks what is believed to be the first direct engagement by a NATO member against Russian assets in its own airspace since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

⚡️Putin ‘testing NATO resolve,’ US congressman warns as Poland confirms airspace breach by Russian drones. Polish authorities temporarily closed Warsaw Chopin Airport and placed the country’s air defenses on high alert overnight on Sept. 10.

All Ukraine on alert, as swarms of Russian cruise missiles cross country. 8 Tu-95 bombers launched weapons (largest No. since “Spiderweb” attack on RU bomber bases). Earlier, after drone incursions into Poland, it appeared Kremlin called off attack, but it was obviously a ruse.

Earlier, the department spiked a plan to reveal a Chinese information campaign, on the grounds that it prefers"telling the truth to our adversaries." Meanwhile the administration is gutting America's foreign broadcasters, so unclear who exactly will do that www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"On August 29, the State Department leadership notified staff that it was terminating more than two dozen agreements...designed to create common language and tactics to push back against Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and terrorist influence campaigns overseas..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Since January 20, Russian air raids in Ukraine have intensified dramatically

Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov threatened America with nuclear strikes if new sanctions are imposed, insulted Scott Bessent, provided an update about Margarita Simonyan's operation, and ran another fundraiser where Ukrainians were depicted as pigs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTh1...

We speak with @olgalautman.bsky.social about the U.S. telling its European allies it will no longer work against Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation warfare. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Russia escalating its genocidal war in Ukraine, targeting the EU Commissioner’s plane w GPS jamming, bombing EU and British building (& American factory) in Ukraine, & now swarming Poland w drones is happening because of Trump’s fealty to Putin. What promises were made to Putin?

As there are reports that Russian drones are in Poland and NATO scrambled jets to respond, RIA Novosti's main story right now is "Pentagon to cut funding for US military readiness in Europe" Screw Russia and anyone who supports this

The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.

NEW: The board of the Fulbright Program has just resigned after accusing Trump aides of political interference. They say a State Dept. office under Rubio and Darren Beattie has cancelled scholarships to nearly 200 US professors and researchers. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

Meanwhile in Russia: while the Kremlin's most prominent propagandists are always rooting for civil war in America, they are deeply disturbed by the Trump-Musk feud and want it to end ASAP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOSH...

Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and Dimitri Simes surmised that Trump is failing on every front and has no discernible master plan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPCy...

Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his fellow propagandists rejoiced about events in California, hoping they mark the beginning of a civil war in the United States they've long been rooting for. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWo7...

1. I'm going to thread out the very odd sequence of events that led Fox News anchor John Robert, theoretically a "straight news" guy, to pretend the early hours of June 7 actually happened a day ago in order to avoid pointing out that Donald Trump was wrong about something.

As I have been saying: Immigrations raids on non-criminal day laborers, and the ensuing US military incursion of California, have been orchestrated by shadow president Stephen Miller. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...

Trump's legal basis for federalizing the National Guard and deploying it in Los Angeles is surprisingly weak and vulnerable to judicial pushback—if the courts have the courage to enforce the law as written: slate.com/news-and-pol...

“The Insurrection Act” by Any Other Name: Unpacking Trump’s Memorandum Authorizing Domestic Deployment of the Military A leading expert @lizagoitein.bsky.social answers 5 key questions #TaskForce51 #NationalGuard #LosAngeles #NORTHCOM www.justsecurity.org/114282/memor...

This indictment is a travesty. DOJ is filing charges that never would have been brought by prior Departments of either party. From Rep. McIver here to Judge Dugan in WI to David Huerta in LA -- injustice. The congresswoman is vigorously contesting this and I think she will be successful!

Trump, who recently paid Ashli Babbitt's family $5 million and has floated the idea of reparations for January 6 rioters, calls protesters in Los Angeles "paid insurrectionists."

Gov. Newsom is asking for a restraining order on Trump/Hegseth's use of the military in Los Angeles, saying they are preparing to go on immigration raids with ICE. He wants a ruling within two hours. "They must be stopped immediately." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

American Bar Association responds to May 29 Pam Bondi letter (which she posted online but they never received) cutting it off from any ability to perform its traditional professional vetting of judicial nominees (long pre-nomination, but since '17 post nomination) static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Effectively, after sanctioning Mexico and Canada bc they're not doing enough on fentanyl trafficking, Trump is taking away California's tools to combat fentanyl trafficking.

CATO has a report out showing how much the immigration parts of the Big Ugly add to the deficit. www.cato.org/blog/deporta...

Alina Habba has created something called a "Special Prosecutions Division" to charge Donald Trump's political enemies. (This press release tells a third or fourth mutually inconsistent story about what happened at Delaney Hall.) www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/c...

Yeah, this is absolutely a possibility:

BREAKING: DC Circuit panel of three Trump appointees blocks Judge Boasberg's June 11 deadline for DOJ to report back on how the Trump administration will give constitutionally required due process to the people it sent to CECOT under the AEA in March. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

"nullification of the election results" = "winning imbued trump with sovereign authority and so all opposition to him is illegitimate and illegal"

We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists. W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info, Alianza Rebelde Investiga

Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces. ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation. Let’s start there.

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

This is an important reminder: even the LAPD acknowledged yesterday that everything was peaceful. Then Trump brought the chaos. He is responsible.

“Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the overturning of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, with strategists citing the successful effort that overturned the right to legal abortions as a possible blueprint for the new fight.”

Hope so

BREAKING: Tonight, California Gov. Newsom will be addressing California — and the nation — LIVE at around 6:30pm PT regarding Trump’s illegal militarization of LA and his broader assault on our democracy. Watch exclusively on the MeidasTouch channel.

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487

Offline, in real-world Los Angeles, most Angelenos are having a perfectly normal day. But online, the fires and riots are still raging. Seeking clicks, clout and chaos, unvetted social media accounts are preying on fears about where last weekend’s clashes will lead... www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/m...