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Political writer. Covering Congress. Vincit Omnia Veritas. Diversity is our strength. Unity is our power. 🩵 "Freedom is not just an absence of evil, but a presence of good." -Timothy Snyder
@monaburns.bsky.socialBecause how else to describe the disruption of Russian pro-Trump info ops?"
@monaburns.bsky.socialAnton Shekhovtsov: "Mind you, if Ukraine keeps bombing Russian data centres and thus disrupts Russian digital campaigns aiming to boost MAGA in the run-up to the midterms, Trump will soon say that Ukraine is interfering in the US politics.👇
@monaburns.bsky.socialTo my knowledge, as of this morning, both Russia and Ukraine have denied that any binding, formal 'energy ceasefire' agreement exists This is just noise
@monaburns.bsky.social[email protected]: Congrats to the “conservatives” who have ushered in an era of: -A pro-Putin admin -Superpower suicide -Crony socialism -live-streamed executions -losing a war to Iran -unprecedented corruption -vindictive prosecutions -A disastrous economy for the working class
@monaburns.bsky.socialFrom 'Politics and Poll Tracker': "FEC: Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has filed paperwork to seek re-election in 2028. If re-elected he’ll be 101 by the end of his term in 2034." Do better Iowa
@monaburns.bsky.socialThe Bulwark:
'The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary'
"Katie Zacharia is ready to defend Trump. The Constitution? Less so."
www.thebulwark.com/p/katie-zach...
@monaburns.bsky.socialThe Bulwark:
A comprehensive rundown on Michigan as the Republican party goes scorched earth on el-Sayed, in what is a blatant Islamophobic, race-baiting turn of the campaign
www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
@monaburns.bsky.social"Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday that he will undergo surgery to remove an early-stage nodule on his lung.
The Vatican said the procedure was planned for this week."
www.nbcnews.com/world/pope-l...
@craigburley.bsky.socialReposted by @monaburns.bsky.socialMarjorie Goddamn Taylor Fuckin Greene, Uncrowned Queen Of The Spiteful Baseless Allegation, getting the “gauze lit stare off into the three-quarter distance” photo treatment from the NYT is peak “do we, your tormentors, not bleed? does your oppressor not feel the sting of your mocking worksongs?”
@kevinmkruse.bsky.socialReposted by @monaburns.bsky.socialI’m old enough to remember when the Treasury Secretary would only weigh in on things related to the economy. And this is a good reminder of why that used to be true.
@bgrueskin.bsky.socialReposted by @monaburns.bsky.socialWhoever recruited this guy to run for Senate, take a bow.
@atrupar.comReposted by @monaburns.bsky.socialZelenskyy: "Freedom, independence, Ukraine -- we can't lose it. And the truth is on our side."
@monaburns.bsky.socialBessent has fallen quite far in the pursuit of money and power And even -most of- his fmr finance bros are mortified
@monaburns.bsky.socialThe Atlantic (gift link)
“This makes plain the implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
@monaburns.bsky.socialFrom Jacob Rubashkin: "A pop-up Super PAC is spending six figures on mailers backing a socialist running as an independent in the Ohio Senate race against Husted and Brown. We won’t know the donors for a while but there are signs it’s a GOP-backed effort"
@monaburns.bsky.socialFrom the article on MTG: "I'm not going to be threated that way and I'm not going to have my children's lives threatened"
@monaburns.bsky.socialNYT (gift link)
America's Elected Officials Are Living in Fear
Last year, MTG told Trump she was getting violent threats after he publicly called her a “traitor.”
His response: “Your fault. You deserve it.”
She announced she would not seek re-election weeks later:
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
@monaburns.bsky.socialWhat an arrogant ass Besssent's former finance colleagues at Soros Fund Mgt are mortified by this Guaranteed And what must his teenage kids think?
@monaburns.bsky.socialDunno about you guys, but we're getting awfully sick of these ads here in CT ..
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