staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaumhttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkuunzheq22ccurious how Trump decided to attack NATO right after his long phone call with Putin02 May 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuunzheq22chttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mknwp2aors2rIran/Ukraine, what's the difference [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknwp2aors2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkl5nbgz3s2rRemember, this was the party of "patriots" [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl5nbgz3s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkk3f4flk22cHungarian oligarchs begin fleeing the country, transferring assets, in anticipation of corruption investigations https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/b702a94a-c207-459d-b8da-e8647d29d745 via @FT28 Apr 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkk3f4flk22chttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkjzs3zgvk2mAgain [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjzs3zgvk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkjw4w6c6c2xSince the election, support for the Hungarian opposition party, Tisza, has gone up to 66%. Orban's party, Fidesz, is at 25%. https://telex.hu/belfold/2026/04/22/66-25-brutalisan-elhuzott-a-tisza-a-valasztas-ota-egy-friss-median-kutatas-szerint28 Apr 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjw4w6c6c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkhxri2b6c2cIn Colorado, county clerks are discussing how to respond to federal subpoenas or the arrival of federal agents at polling places... in South Carolina, officials are planning for the presence of armed federal officers at voting sites... Read more: [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhxri2b6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkhj4gxdm22wNo modern president has glorified violence as much as this one [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhj4gxdm22whttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkesl4t4sk2aTrump and Elon Musk destroyed most of the global H.I.V. program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Zambia. Now the US is threatening to cut remaining support, unless Zambia gives access to the country’s mineral resources. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/health/pepfar-hiv-aids-zambia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d1A.IkUh.U9Jpudo4m25h&smid=url-share26 Apr 2026 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkesl4t4sk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkdqsqcc7c26"The Republican apologist class will go on producing the long, articulate, disqualifying-in-what-sense replies that history will read with the same grim clarity it reads the German conservative intellectuals of 1933" this is very good: [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdqsqcc7c26https://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mkb3d4emhk2x"I stand by every single word of this report...I have been inundated by additional sourcing going up to the highest levels of the government, thanking us for doing the work, providing additional corroborating information." Sarah Fitzpatrick on Kash Patel: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/04/kash-patel-fallout/686907/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3yOIdmXgFinOPHTdHoUG_J4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share24 Apr 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb3d4emhk2x