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Tokyo ¦ 下町 Japan
Joined June 2010
Christian Dimmer retweeted
A man who kills civilians, every day, is a "humanitarian" ? Who kidnaps children? Who authorizes soldiers to use torture and rape?
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff just told Putin he is a humanitarian. This is completely fucking insane.
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
us special envoy steve witkoff to president putin: “you talk so much about my president, president trump, being a humanitarian. you are a humanitarian also, sir, and i salute that.” truly hard to watch.
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“We are heading into dictatorship, if we are not already there,” Robert Kagan warns. America is in “much deeper trouble” than European leaders understand. (2026)
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
Very valuable and very sober analysis "The plot against Ukraine (and Europe): We are now part of the axis of evil." By David R. Lurie publicnotice.co/p/trump-puti…
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear, and Twitter becomes much friendlier. Isn’t that interesting? So much of our politics is driven by the internet, and so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it?
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel. If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.
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When we started responding to Russia’s operation against our data centers, and when our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots. And it’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from – if they disappeared when Yandex went offline. This proves, again and again, that Europe is not the source of the problems. Europe is not the one making everything more difficult. Most importantly, we need people in America, every morning, when the day in Europe is already moving toward evening, to really see what is happening. To see the truth. From a speech at the Warsaw Security Forum. (3/3)
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10…
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it. More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months. And here’s the part that should make your blood boil. Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence. The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it. Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price. We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us. wapo.st/3QmJjSz
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
I'd never seen this -- MAD Magazine, 1991. Really good.
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"We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator ...we take an oath to the Constitution ... and we're willing to die to protect it". - Mark Milley (2023)
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“We don’t take an oath to a King”…. “We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator” “We take an oath to the Constitution.…and we're willing to die to protect it" - General Mark Milley
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
Bizarre. There are no more rules and we’re truly broken. The Vice President of the U.S. openly campaigning in Hungary for the most corrupt hand puppet of Putin. Extraordinary.
JD Vance: "Will you stand against the bureaucrats in Brussels? Will you stand for western civilization? Will you stand for freedom, truth, and the God of our fathers? Then, my friends, go to the polls and stand for Viktor Orban!"
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
William Barr in 2024: I think [the Biden] administration is a disaster for the country Q: Is [the Biden WH] worse than subverting the peaceful transfer of power? Barr: Did [Trump] succeed? *Barr served as Trump’s attorney general from 2019 to 2020.
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
“I think we are one big step into dictatorship already.” Conservative historian Robert Kagan tells me he’s deeply concerned that Trump plans to disrupt upcoming elections.
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
A list of countries that currently have mail-in voting: Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Poland Portugal Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe
Trump: "We're the only country in the world that has mail in ballots"
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Trumps claim that we're the only country that has Mail in ballots is a blatant lie. Dozens of other countries have mail in ballots. idea.int/sites/default/…
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
Pam Bondi, "There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime" Ted Lieu, "You just lied under oath. There is ample evidence in the Epstein files" Pam Bondi, "Don't you ever accuse me of a crime" Ted Lieu, "You just lied under oath, and this is on video tape" Ted Lieu then reads an extract from the Epstein files about a girl who says she was raped by Trump and Epstein and had her head blown off, with officer saying it couldn't have been a suicide Ted Lieu, "You have not held a single man accountable" "Shame on you" "if you had any decency, you would resign after this hearing concludes"
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Christian Dimmer retweeted
BREAKING: Multiple Epstein victims tell NBC News that Pam Bondi intentionally un-redacted their names and other victims' names as a way to threaten them into silence! “I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and [they] thought that [they] could scare us by putting our names out there.” “It had a list of victims, and one was redacted. That makes no sense. This is a list of victims. That is INTENTIONAL!” This is an impeachable offense. Pam Bondi needs to be impeached immediately!
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