Full story. US discovered a Russian plot, notified Germany, Germany protected him. This feels like a really material escalation against countries supporting Ukraine but I will leave that to the IR people to decide.

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holy shit that’s wild

damn it would have been so cool if this guy had been assassinated

@chrislhayes.bsky.social story for you.

Now imagine this if trump is president again

I have no doubts this is true but holy shit the Russians are bad at understanding what motivates their opponents

@irhottakes.bsky.social Where does this fall on the ladder of escalation

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