Molly McKew

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Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us

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So two dudebros with direct lines to Putin were psyoping a candidate to pick a guy as VP who believes every country should “defend themselves” — a dream come true for Russia and China. Cool cool cool www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/u...

How J.D. Vance Won Over Donald Trumpwww.nytimes.com It started with a meeting at Mar-a-Lago more than three years ago. Later, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and other key allies made direct appeals on his behalf.

it’s funny because all these guys trying to make the case for abandoning Ukraine are like “let europe do it, we need to be in asia!” turns out they are happy to abandon whoever — to what, pursue relations with strongmen? 🇨🇳🇷🇺 gave him nothing in 1st term, 2nd will be same. Just blind to humiliation

Absolutely regardless of what I think about anything in this election — what an amazing psyop this is and I am going to have to teach it in class

A+ most cynical tweet in the history of young girls being abused by powerful men

Actually it highlights that the Russians are terrible and we’ve let them get away with this behavior for far too long. Their war isn’t only against Ukraine and it isn’t only in Ukraine.

Russian assassination plot highlights risks for western arms makers in Ukraine https://www.ft.com/content/e28385a9-2c92-4832-84c7-91c057ce153a

Russian assassination plot highlights risks for western arms makers in Ukrainewww.ft.com Many European and US companies are hesitant about having a significant local manufacturing presence

If someone else doesn’t write the series of sci-fi books about the future after the space billionaires try to seed galactic colonies with only their genetic descendants, I might have to.

very chill stuff, very chill stuff indeed www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/t...

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Look I know NATO is not about the fashion but I am completely obsessed with Melanie Joly’s DC safari wear dress

The club of non-NATO continues its saddest summer reunion tour

India's Modi discusses the Ukraine war with Austria's leader a day after meeting Putin

India's Modi discusses the Ukraine war with Austria's leader a day after meeting Putinapnews.com Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has discussed the war in Ukraine with the leader of Austria, an ally of Kyiv that has a policy of military neutrality.

You would think news orgs would be cautious about leaning in to models that make up their own sources and facts and present them as truth. But 🤷‍♀️

Every day in board rooms across America, a VP who makes 750,000 dollars a year with no job description tells the CEO lies about what "AI" can do

DOJ halts Russian info op targeting American discourse on Ukraine since beginning of full-scale invasion “Russia intended to disseminate AI-generated foreign disinformation… to undermine our partners in Ukraine and influence geopolitical narratives” www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Justice Department Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and Private Sector Partners to Disrupt Covert Russian Government-Operated Social Media Bot Farmwww.justice.gov The Justice Department today announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that spread dis...

Has anyone bothered asking the trump campaign for a comment on the missile strike on the Ukrainian children’s hospital?

Golden hour Wave swept sea Wild rose heavy on the breeze And yet still Everywhere The insistence we were here

Super neat club to be in.

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Do you remember how in 2016 Clinton appeared to faint - the army of trolls went wild - and momentum shifted in the campaign? A real world action triggering an outpouring online. (You can relive the moment here.... podcasts.apple.com/a... ) Biden faces the same now.

‎Dark Shining Moment: Murky World Battle Space on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show Dark Shining Moment, Ep Murky World Battle Space - 2 Apr 2024

I keep thinking about this tweet This was 32 yrs ago 32 years Today Clinton is 77, Gore 76 Trump 78. Biden 81. This is not a comment on the candidates But perhaps on our Independence Day, a reminder that we are a great nation not because we ARE a thing, but because we dare aspire to it

Happy Independence Day

As part of a “so the Ukrainian sea drones can’t get us here, right?” exercise

After a stop in Cuba, 2 Russian ships dock in Venezuelan port as part of 'show the flag' exercises

After a stop in Cuba, 2 Russian ships dock in Venezuelan port as part of 'show the flag' exercisesapnews.com Two Russian naval ships have docked in the Venezuelan port of La Guaira during exercises in the Atlantic Ocean that Moscow says are to “show the flag” in remote, important regions.

Maybe he’ll declare himself his own vice president, just in case.

Donald Trump has not named a running mate this week, prompting another round of speculation — including within his own team — about when he may announce his pick.

Trump Continues to Delay Naming a Running Mate, Amid Biden Debate Falloutwww.nytimes.com Donald J. Trump has not named a running mate this week. He appears eager to avoid stepping on the controversy swirling around President Biden in the debate’s aftermath.

Just wanna be clear though that when dudes say they have skeletons in their closets we usually don’t have to worry they mean DOG skeletons

There are a lot of potentially end-times destructive things that people are minimizing but one that rarely gets discussed is what’s going to happen when the US military ends up being deployed in/near filtration camps. www.axios.com/2024/07/02/t...

Sometimes I’m really not sure Americans understand how far out of alignment we are with our global near-peers on most things And they watch it all on their news, which is doesn’t purposefully isolate them from the world, and they know more about it than most Americans

Ukraine cannot stop the deadly rain of Russian bombs unless the US gives it permission to use long-range missiles to hit airfields in Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a new interview.

Zelenskyy urges Biden to allow Ukraine to hit Russian airfields to stop Kremlin bombing campaignwww.politico.eu Ukraine needs U.S. permission to use ATACMS to hit Russian bases where bomb-dropping aircraft are based.

Un-thanks to everyone who decided the best thing to do with St3v3 Bann0n before he goes to jail for the remainder of the election is give him lots of chances to throw word grenades first. Please do not feel any need to communicate from prison on his behalf. FFS.

It’s still the best! I make it when I have a lot to write…

Think often about COVID 2020 era & most positive takeaway for me might be @mollymckew.bsky.social's thread on egg coffee.

If you want a window into what Americans voters really have to say about themselves and the country, just search “black jobs” on any social media right now and remind yourself to stop reading the media praying to make money off controversy-engagement

Y’all I have had La Isla Bonita stuck in my head for three days and I think you should listen to it too

Don’t do the work of the enemy for them and tell yourself you are the one helping. That’s all.

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one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so on, for ever and for aye.

Arrest warrants for Shoigu and Gerasimov from the ICC. Accountability must come for the Russians, finally, after a long century. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu and Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimovwww.icc-cpi.int On 24 June 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”), composed of Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Presiding, Judge Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez and Judge Hayke...