TransatlanticGail
@transatlanticgail.bsky.social
Democrat; Supporter of WeHoldTheseTruths, that is the Constitution and the Rule of Law; support Ukraine; fighting disinformation and lies where possible. Frequent Traveler, not Trans.
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If leading Democrats were close with Yarvin, then there would be multiple news cycles about how they refuse to denounce him.
But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
Curtis Yarvin, a major influence on Vice President JD Vance, is openly fantasizing about Hitler again.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right.
October 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
If leading Democrats were close with Yarvin, then there would be multiple news cycles about how they refuse to denounce him.
But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
But Yarvin is only friends with the MAGA Vice President, so crickets…
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⚡️ Drones strike merchant vessels in Black Sea off Bulgaria and Ukraine, killing at least one.
A Russian drone struck a merchant vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag in the Black Sea. Separately, two merchant ships were hit by drones around 112 kilometers off Bulgaria's coast on Oct. 6.
A Russian drone struck a merchant vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag in the Black Sea. Separately, two merchant ships were hit by drones around 112 kilometers off Bulgaria's coast on Oct. 6.
Drones strike merchant vessels in Black Sea off Bulgaria and Ukraine, killing at least one
A Russian drone struck a merchant vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag in the Black Sea. Separately, two merchant ships were hit by drones around 112 kilometers (70 miles) off Bulgaria's coast on O...
kyivindependent.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM
⚡️ Drones strike merchant vessels in Black Sea off Bulgaria and Ukraine, killing at least one.
A Russian drone struck a merchant vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag in the Black Sea. Separately, two merchant ships were hit by drones around 112 kilometers off Bulgaria's coast on Oct. 6.
A Russian drone struck a merchant vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag in the Black Sea. Separately, two merchant ships were hit by drones around 112 kilometers off Bulgaria's coast on Oct. 6.
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An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities:
"It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
"It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
October 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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If Nidal Hasan is executed by firing squad, as the Pentagon spokesman says Hegseth and Trump have decided, it will be the first death sentence carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, and the first by firing squad since 1945.
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October 6, 2026 at 2:50 AM
If Nidal Hasan is executed by firing squad, as the Pentagon spokesman says Hegseth and Trump have decided, it will be the first death sentence carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, and the first by firing squad since 1945.
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
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⚡️Kharkiv targeted in deadly Banderol strike as Russia kills 5, injures 61 across Ukraine over past day.
Overnight, Russia launched 205 attack drones of various types, including 49 jet-powered drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.
Overnight, Russia launched 205 attack drones of various types, including 49 jet-powered drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.
Kharkiv targeted in deadly Banderol strike as Russia kills 5, injures 61 across Ukraine over past day
Overnight, Russia launched 205 attack drones of various types, including 49 jet-powered drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.
kyivindependent.com
October 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
⚡️Kharkiv targeted in deadly Banderol strike as Russia kills 5, injures 61 across Ukraine over past day.
Overnight, Russia launched 205 attack drones of various types, including 49 jet-powered drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.
Overnight, Russia launched 205 attack drones of various types, including 49 jet-powered drones, Ukraine's Air Force said.
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I think not 😡😡😡😡
October 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I think not 😡😡😡😡
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Texas…. Please😩
October 5, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Texas…. Please😩
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Hours before Kristi Noem left her job as DHS secretary, her agency bought five planes from a donor at a huge markup. They were supposed to fly deportees but have sat idle. Another symbol of waste and fraud under Trump. Gift link. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Hours before Kristi Noem left her job as DHS secretary, her agency bought five planes from a donor at a huge markup. They were supposed to fly deportees but have sat idle. Another symbol of waste and fraud under Trump. Gift link. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Disability advocates warn these changes could push more people into institutions by making the support they need at home harder to get. This affects children, adults, and elderly parents. Nobody should have to give up their freedom to get the care they need.
How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
www.nbcnews.com
October 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Disability advocates warn these changes could push more people into institutions by making the support they need at home harder to get. This affects children, adults, and elderly parents. Nobody should have to give up their freedom to get the care they need.
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A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
October 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
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Post-human necropolitics by the numbers
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
www.economist.com
October 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Post-human necropolitics by the numbers
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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"Empire of Grift”
by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
October 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
"Empire of Grift”
by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
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Trump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.
October 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Trump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.
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Hundreds of protestors are in the streets of downtown Minneapolis to stand up for the Minnesota 15, demanding justice for all victims of ICE terror.
October 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Hundreds of protestors are in the streets of downtown Minneapolis to stand up for the Minnesota 15, demanding justice for all victims of ICE terror.
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If your vote didn’t matter they wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you
(H/T Gen Z for @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social )
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(H/T Gen Z for @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social )
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October 4, 2026 at 4:30 AM
If your vote didn’t matter they wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you
(H/T Gen Z for @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social )
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(H/T Gen Z for @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social )
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Nothing to see here, just a national *news* station airing a segment where they do open anti-Muslim racism and laugh about beating the shit out of a Democratic senate candidate
October 4, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Nothing to see here, just a national *news* station airing a segment where they do open anti-Muslim racism and laugh about beating the shit out of a Democratic senate candidate
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⚡️ German Chancellor Merz arrives in Kyiv, pledges further support for Ukraine.
Merz was accompanied by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and 10 executives from Germany's defense and energy sectors.
Merz was accompanied by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and 10 executives from Germany's defense and energy sectors.
kyivindependent.com
October 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
⚡️ German Chancellor Merz arrives in Kyiv, pledges further support for Ukraine.
Merz was accompanied by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and 10 executives from Germany's defense and energy sectors.
Merz was accompanied by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and 10 executives from Germany's defense and energy sectors.
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 4, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
October 4, 2026 at 7:35 AM
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 4, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The attack marked the fourth consecutive day that Russian forces targeted bridges across the Dnipro River in the capital.
The full extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.
The full extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.
Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges were targeted in multiple Russian drone strikes amid an intensifying campaign against infrastructure in the capital.
kyivindependent.com
October 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM
The attack marked the fourth consecutive day that Russian forces targeted bridges across the Dnipro River in the capital.
The full extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.
The full extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.
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⚡️ Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges were targeted in multiple Russian drone strikes amid an intensifying campaign against infrastructure in the capital.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges were targeted in multiple Russian drone strikes amid an intensifying campaign against infrastructure in the capital.
Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges were targeted in multiple Russian drone strikes amid an intensifying campaign against infrastructure in the capital.
kyivindependent.com
October 4, 2026 at 9:19 AM
⚡️ Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges were targeted in multiple Russian drone strikes amid an intensifying campaign against infrastructure in the capital.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges were targeted in multiple Russian drone strikes amid an intensifying campaign against infrastructure in the capital.
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This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev.
This is literally the culmination of the original plan.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
This is literally the culmination of the original plan.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev.
This is literally the culmination of the original plan.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
This is literally the culmination of the original plan.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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I've been all over Florida getting to know the folks that make our state so spectacular. I've been listening to your stories and loving every moment. Get involved, sign up to volunteer and canvass with our team at AngieNixon.com.
#AngieforFlorida
#AngieforFlorida
October 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I've been all over Florida getting to know the folks that make our state so spectacular. I've been listening to your stories and loving every moment. Get involved, sign up to volunteer and canvass with our team at AngieNixon.com.
#AngieforFlorida
#AngieforFlorida
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"Any action to restrict abortion pills would immediately break Trump’s 2024 campaign pledge that he would “not block” access to the drugs..."
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
"Any action to restrict abortion pills would immediately break Trump’s 2024 campaign pledge that he would “not block” access to the drugs..."
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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