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staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu PinnedPaperback, with new preface, available TODAY
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@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euTeam of Mercenaries
by @GrahamDavidA
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euAmerican "free speech defenders" pressure other people not to exercise their right to free speech www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euThe Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners)
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euNobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
@atrupar.comReposted by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.euFirst Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president
(Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
@antongerashchenko.bsky.socialReposted by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.euChancellor Merz in Kyiv: "This morning, on a peaceful Sunday, there was an air raid alert in Kyiv. I can only repeat once again from this place: Mr. Putin, stop this senseless war. We are ready to negotiate. We are ready to talk to each other about ending this war.
@amwclark.bsky.socialReposted by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu"Empire of Grift”
by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euNegotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports
@nytimes.com
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euA deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euI talked to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer about the radical transformation of US foreign policy, away from a process designed to help all Americans and towards the interests of a few people in the administration or close to the president
youtu.be/vn4i_Jk_khc?...
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euState Department employees were falsely accused of "censoring" Americans. When do they get justice?
@firinglineshow.bsky.socialReposted by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu"Architecture is not incidental or accidental. It reflects who we are."
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu argues President Trump's White House renovations are damaging the ideas behind America.
"It's changing what it means to be an American president."
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@timothysnyder.bsky.socialReposted by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.euToday, Monday 9/28, on Thinking Live... I'll be speaking with @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu about the geopolitics of our moment. Join us at 10am ET via snyder.substack.com
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu@firinglineshow.bsky.socialReposted by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.euWhat should the next president do with Trump’s White House ballroom?
“Knock it down” says @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu.
She argues the ballroom is about more than architecture: “It’s Trump seeking to remake the institution itself.”
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euAn alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking U.S. foreign policy, from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba.
On @firinglineshow.bsky.social Watch here:
@dtwyman.bsky.socialReposted by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.euThis episode of firing line featuring @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
is really worth watching. Particularly for its conclusion dealing with the importance of architecture.

@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euIncredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@firinglineshow.bsky.socialReposted by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu“American foreign policy should be about benefiting all Americans,” says Pulitzer Prize-winning historian @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu.
“When it’s designed to enrich a few people who have some kind of contact to the administration... it’s not good for America.”
FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/4dYciVj
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.euyes, they are
