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Paul Handley retweeted
Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. Trumpworld isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating.
Same playbook, same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's poison.
Paul Handley retweeted
Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall to access Georgia voter data without authorization axios.com/2026/10/25/anthrop…
Paul Handley retweeted
🧵Saw most of the new Musk documentary. You should see it. It is frightening. The woman he was seeing at the time of the 2024 elections with whom he had a child suggests that he suggested he may have done something with Starlink in the US 2024 elections, (beyond bribing people).
Paul Handley retweeted
40K people got to see what we are fighting for today. And what are we fighting for? Access to space on public land. The desire to not see an entire multipurpose space converted to an upscale golf course. Real radical ideas…
Let’s hope the MCM, and everyone else, can continue to use this park.
Paul Handley retweeted
US: Bird flu has been spreading for around two months on a Utah mink farm holding thousands of animals. None have been culled, workers aren't being monitored, and the USDA says it doesn't regulate mink. So thousands of animals are exposed, workers could be at risk, and nobody seems to be taking responsibility.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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After seven failed attempts, some of which were thwarted by opposition from U.S. officials, Maria Corina Machado is back on Venezuelan soil, her aides confirm.
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Over half of all mail ballots spoiled in North Carolina’s largest county are due to new rules passed by the GOP-controlled state board of elections.
The county is also a Democratic stronghold that could sway election results in the battleground state. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
Paul Handley retweeted
THE POPE, MELANIA TRUMP, AND THE UKRAINE CEASEFIRE
🕊️ Oct. 16: Pope Leo calls Putin. Pushes for a ceasefire
🕊️ Oct. 19: Pope Leo calls Zelenskyy. Same mission
😈 Oct. 23: Melania announces the ceasefire. The White House calls her the “exclusive intermediary”
The Pope wasn’t even mentioned.
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TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.
Paul Handley retweeted
Sharing @edwardwhitenz's excellent Fifth Plenum preview in @FT. Glad to be quoted.
Most China watchers think a revived Party chairmanship is very unlikely. I'm not so sure.
Deng and Jiang ruled through bargains among elders and factions, so they could step back safely. Xi rules by fear. He has taken down even Zhang Youxia, Miao Hua and Zhong Shaojun, his own trusted generals who seemed untouchable. A ruler like this cannot let go.
And power ends at death. Only Mao got around that. Deng, twice purged by Mao, still would not repudiate him, because repudiating Mao meant repudiating the Party itself.
That is the height Xi needs. Short of it, he will be torn down after he dies.
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Angie Nixon: "Laura Loomer calling me out of my name, JD Vance telling me I need to leave this country, I don't deserve to be here, Donald Trump, Ashley Moody, all of that stuff." Her answer: "Don't let them steal our joy." @AngieNixon @rolandsmartin youtu.be/2foyFOJvwV8
Paul Handley retweeted
Collective punishment is a WAR CRIME, forced displacement and targeting civilian homes are war crimes.
Refusing to use that language normalizes it.
Palestinian families displaced as Israeli forces demolish Hebron homes, local officials say bbc.in/4ie4rpv
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“Road junction” is certainly a creative way to describe a military checkpoint enforcing an occupation.
Two Palestinian gunmen attacked a road junction near Hebron on Friday, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to direct Israel’s military to prepare for a “full lockdown” of the West Bank.
The militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. wapo.st/47AMafU
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Alexandria teen becomes first child in state functionally cured of sickle cell disease
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This is the kind of deal the Democrats need to investigate immediately if they take Congress. An oil deal in Alaska which actually might be a gift to the Russians with Trump involvement. ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…
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NYT - A Russian energy giant secretly funded a US firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine. nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/po…
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So Ramaswamy is making the argument that because his opponent was traumatized and abused as a child, she’s not qualified for office? Just astonishing how anti-human being this guy is. I have a feeling more voters will believe a candidate lacking shame or empathy is unqualified to represent a state the size of Ohio.
