Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman

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Spencer Ackerman is an American journalist and writer. Focusing primarily on national security, he began his career at The New Republic in 2002 before writing for Wired, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast.1

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82 posts in the last 8 weeks peak 7 in a day
Sep 14: 2 postsSep 16: 1 postSep 17: 5 postsSep 18: 1 postSep 20: 1 postSep 22: 7 postsSep 23: 2 postsSep 25: 3 postsSep 26: 4 postsSep 28: 1 postSep 29: 2 postsSep 30: 1 postOct 5: 1 postOct 9: 1 postOct 13: 1 postOct 14: 5 postsOct 15: 1 postOct 16: 1 postOct 17: 1 postOct 19: 5 postsOct 21: 3 postsOct 22: 1 postOct 23: 1 postOct 26: 4 postsOct 27: 5 postsOct 28: 7 postsOct 30: 2 postsNov 2: 2 postsNov 3: 2 postsNov 4: 5 postsNov 5: 1 postNov 6: 3 posts
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Democrats push resolution to cut funding for Iran-Israel war

Grouped with voices who said: Cutting aid should go further structurally

I would go beyond this and urge them to cut off aid to Israel and add to the case against the NDAA its provision to merge aspects of the US/Israeli defense technological bases… View on Bluesky

Protests and riots spread across France and Europe

Grouped with voices who said: Muslims are being unfairly scapegoated for the unrest

Very proud to publish this dispatch from Paris by reporter Faten Mhadheb, on the scapegoating of Muslim immigrants for violence in this month's protests and how the legacy of the… View on Bluesky

Lula wins Brazil runoff, Trump and allies allege fraud

Grouped with voices who said: Lula's win is a defeat for authoritarianism

They tried soooooooooo hard to steal Brazil’s election AND FAILED View on Bluesky

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