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Molly McKew

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


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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

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Wait who’s offering free drinks

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

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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 🤷‍♀️

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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...

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

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

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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.

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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

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Also must hold hands to go down stairs

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

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

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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

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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...

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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

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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.

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

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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

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Not a day since his funeral have I not wished McCain was still here. No politician is perfect. But he was a champion of so many things that matter so deeply, and he was brave enough to stand up for them, and had courage of conviction to drag many along in his wake.

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

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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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As proven by 2016, there are always plenty of political dunce caps to go around.

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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.

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Estonian soldier Martin Jääger, 42, killed on 22 June 2024, near Raihorodka, on the Kupiansk-Svatove line. Member of Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade, served in the elite Scout Battalion of Estonia’s Defense Forces for over a decade. Third Estonian volunteer to die in Ukraine.

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Niece: “Do you want to play war, Grandpa?” Dad: “How about I teach you gin?” Niece: “Ok.” [ten minutes later, dad staring at discard pile and forgetting how new cards are dealt in] Dad: “Tell you what, let’s play war.”

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We will not be a great power as we navigate this troubled century if we let Ukraine fall. Not America, NATO, or Europe.

Another set of forces for whom that value of a single human life means nothing will control the shaping of the century.

www.greatpower.us/p/ukraine-is...

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We will not be a great power as we navigate this troubled century if we let Ukraine fall. Not America, NATO, or Europe.

Another set of forces for whom that value of a single human life means nothing will control the shaping of the century.

www.greatpower.us/p/ukraine-is...

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Left alone in a crucible against a dying power, Ukraine was forced to redefine what power is on its own.

Ukraine has now utterly changed how we will think of power for the remainder of the century.

The “great power” militaries are running to catch up.

www.greatpower.us/p/ukraine-is...

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Left alone in a crucible against a dying power, Ukraine was forced to redefine what power is on its own.

Ukraine has now utterly changed how we will think of power for the remainder of the century.

The “great power” militaries are running to catch up.

www.greatpower.us/p/ukraine-is...

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Arsen Fedosenko’s photos are full of soldiers full of life who ultimately gave those lives for Ukraine

Each one shows a choice to fight. Each one is a reminder of how much has been asked of Ukrainians

Fedosenko was killed by a glide bomb in the Kharkiv region

www.greatpower.us/p/ukraine-is...

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There are those who will tell you the fight in Ukraine is not “existential” for America or the civilized world. That we have done enough. But those people are wrong, and they do not get it. Ukraine is the greatest power of this generation.

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There are those who will tell you the fight in Ukraine is not “existential” for America or the civilized world. That we have done enough. But those people are wrong, and they do not get it. Ukraine is the greatest power of this generation.

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Alexandre Plennevaux 🇧🇪 🇪🇺's avatar Alexandre Plennevaux 🇧🇪 🇪🇺 @pixeline.be
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Beautiful piece, and beautiful pictures of an ugly war...

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Arsen Fedosenko’s photos are full of soldiers full of life who ultimately gave those lives for Ukraine

Each one shows a choice to fight. Each one is a reminder of how much has been asked of Ukrainians

Fedosenko was killed by a glide bomb in the Kharkiv region

www.greatpower.us/p/ukraine-is...

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Outstanding piece of writing: "We haven’t done enough. There is more we can do. We are avoiding our choices, and letting others make them for us. Ukraine can win. Ukraine must win. And we must be brave enough to achieve it.".

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Ukraine has transformed how we think of power. It is the greatest power of this generation.

Captain Arsen Fedosenko saw the war for what it was, knew what it was for, and knew Ukraine must win. He was a piece of great Ukrainian power.

My latest:

www.greatpower.us/p/ukraine-is...

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Molly McKew's avatar Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social
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Ukraine has transformed how we think of power. It is the greatest power of this generation.

Captain Arsen Fedosenko saw the war for what it was, knew what it was for, and knew Ukraine must win. He was a piece of great Ukrainian power.

My latest:

www.greatpower.us/p/ukraine-is...

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Any techbro with Dolly-level money is like “but really I want to go to space and found a colony comprised only of my genetic descendants” so these techbro-funded narrative laundering publications can just knock it the F off until they do 1/10000000th of the charitable works of this lady

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Dolly Parton has, over 30 years, donated almost **230 million** books for children even without ALL THE OTHER THINGS

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An incredible piece of reporting by @markmackinnon.bsky.social on incredible efforts by incredible Ukrainians to defend their nation & our freedom

Make time to read ever word

It connects themes of war, competition, and the successes & failures of the free world in mind blowing ways

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An incredible piece of reporting by @markmackinnon.bsky.social on incredible efforts by incredible Ukrainians to defend their nation & our freedom

Make time to read ever word

It connects themes of war, competition, and the successes & failures of the free world in mind blowing ways

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