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Reposted by Bernard Tingle
I have been saying this is not a problem for '28 but one for right now. Thank you @jessicadenson07.bsky.social for also trying to make this clear. Everyone, please watch/listen to info in video.
March 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I have been saying this is not a problem for '28 but one for right now. Thank you @jessicadenson07.bsky.social for also trying to make this clear. Everyone, please watch/listen to info in video.
As Trump and Putin menace Europe, I say this: Vive le Churchillo-Gaullisme!: ecfr.eu/article/as-t...
As Trump and Putin menace Europe, I say this: Vive le Churchillo-Gaullisme!
Our continent must be prepared to defend itself, by combining the best of its two most influential traditions
ecfr.eu
March 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As Trump and Putin menace Europe, I say this: Vive le Churchillo-Gaullisme!: ecfr.eu/article/as-t...
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Short yet compelling analysis by Alex Finley who knows what she's talking about.
As Trump Courts Putin, Russians Keep Trying to Kill Americans open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
As Trump Courts Putin, Russians Keep Trying to Kill Americans open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
As Trump Courts Putin, Russians Keep Trying to Kill Americans
The “gray zone” war on America and its allies isn’t going to stop.
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Short yet compelling analysis by Alex Finley who knows what she's talking about.
As Trump Courts Putin, Russians Keep Trying to Kill Americans open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
As Trump Courts Putin, Russians Keep Trying to Kill Americans open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Hostility to Europe, & the EU in particular, is where the various strands of a potential Maga-Putin front come together. The Russian and US presidents share a venomous resentment of the soft power that Brussels wields through the aggregation of many national markets into one trading bloc
A Trump-Putin pact is emerging – and Europe is its target | Rafael Behr
US betrayal of Ukraine is the rehearsal for a grander bargain with Moscow and an assault on continental solidarity, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Hostility to Europe, & the EU in particular, is where the various strands of a potential Maga-Putin front come together. The Russian and US presidents share a venomous resentment of the soft power that Brussels wields through the aggregation of many national markets into one trading bloc
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“The bottom line with Trump is freedom & liberties belong to people who agree with him & that’s it. That’s his view of America. That’s not a view that people who believe in our constitution share” 👏
March 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“The bottom line with Trump is freedom & liberties belong to people who agree with him & that’s it. That’s his view of America. That’s not a view that people who believe in our constitution share” 👏
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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
Affirmative Action for Dictators open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Either Putin loses in Ukraine or the world will be a more dangerous place.
Either Putin loses in Ukraine or the world will be a more dangerous place.
Affirmative Action for Dictators
American Foreign Policy seen from Munich
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Affirmative Action for Dictators open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Either Putin loses in Ukraine or the world will be a more dangerous place.
Either Putin loses in Ukraine or the world will be a more dangerous place.
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"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
Appeasement at Munich
World Wars, Past and Possible
snyder.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
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⚡️UK announces $31 million social recovery aid package for Ukraine.
The UK is allocating 25 million pounds ($31 million) to launch a social recovery initiative in Ukraine called the SPIRIT program, the British government announced on Feb. 8.
The UK is allocating 25 million pounds ($31 million) to launch a social recovery initiative in Ukraine called the SPIRIT program, the British government announced on Feb. 8.
UK announces $31 million social recovery aid package for Ukraine
The UK is allocating 25 million pounds ($31 million) to launch a social recovery initiative in Ukraine called the SPIRIT program, the British government announced on Feb. 8.
kyivindependent.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
⚡️UK announces $31 million social recovery aid package for Ukraine.
The UK is allocating 25 million pounds ($31 million) to launch a social recovery initiative in Ukraine called the SPIRIT program, the British government announced on Feb. 8.
The UK is allocating 25 million pounds ($31 million) to launch a social recovery initiative in Ukraine called the SPIRIT program, the British government announced on Feb. 8.
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Mindset reset:
Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life.
If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed.
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life.
If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed.
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
February 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Mindset reset:
Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life.
If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed.
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life.
If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed.
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
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"The GOP can again be the majority
party in the America if we understand America wants
diversity, not dictators. To that end we must guarantee equal opportunities to men and women, blacks & whites, straights and gays to pursue their diverse beliefs unhampered by government." --a GOP Senator in 1987.
party in the America if we understand America wants
diversity, not dictators. To that end we must guarantee equal opportunities to men and women, blacks & whites, straights and gays to pursue their diverse beliefs unhampered by government." --a GOP Senator in 1987.
February 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"The GOP can again be the majority
party in the America if we understand America wants
diversity, not dictators. To that end we must guarantee equal opportunities to men and women, blacks & whites, straights and gays to pursue their diverse beliefs unhampered by government." --a GOP Senator in 1987.
party in the America if we understand America wants
diversity, not dictators. To that end we must guarantee equal opportunities to men and women, blacks & whites, straights and gays to pursue their diverse beliefs unhampered by government." --a GOP Senator in 1987.
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“Though both Hitler and Hugenberg were fiercely anti-Communist, antidemocratic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic, their attempts at political partnership failed spectacularly and repeatedly.”
Timothy Ryback on Hitler‘s relationship with his oligarchs:
Timothy Ryback on Hitler‘s relationship with his oligarchs:
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
www.theatlantic.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Though both Hitler and Hugenberg were fiercely anti-Communist, antidemocratic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic, their attempts at political partnership failed spectacularly and repeatedly.”
Timothy Ryback on Hitler‘s relationship with his oligarchs:
Timothy Ryback on Hitler‘s relationship with his oligarchs:
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No growth and less trade: Five yeas later, Brexit is a ‘flop’ for London
Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...
Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...
No growth and less trade: Five years later, Brexit is a 'flop'
For the time being, we only see the negative effects of Brexit that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it
February 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
No growth and less trade: Five yeas later, Brexit is a ‘flop’ for London
Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...
Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...
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Their aim is nothing short of a new Dark Ages. Anti-science, anti-education, anti-democracy, in favor of needless human suffering.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Their aim is nothing short of a new Dark Ages. Anti-science, anti-education, anti-democracy, in favor of needless human suffering.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Reposted by Bernard Tingle
NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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"A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power"
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
www.techdirt.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power"
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
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Neil Kinnock, a patron of @europeanmovement.co.uk says that Starmer needs to end his “cycle of hesitation” on European collaboration.
Starmer should end UK’s ‘cycle of hesitation’ with EU, says Neil Kinnock
Former Labour leader says government should show greater willingness to work with bloc
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Neil Kinnock, a patron of @europeanmovement.co.uk says that Starmer needs to end his “cycle of hesitation” on European collaboration.
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Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart
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Trump on the assassination attempt in Butler PA- “I believed then and I believe even more now that I was saved by God to Make America Great Again”.
January 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump on the assassination attempt in Butler PA- “I believed then and I believe even more now that I was saved by God to Make America Great Again”.
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Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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🇻🇪 Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, alone facing 20 armed men.
María is a warrior of democracy, an angel of freedom.
María is a warrior of democracy, an angel of freedom.
January 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🇻🇪 Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, alone facing 20 armed men.
María is a warrior of democracy, an angel of freedom.
María is a warrior of democracy, an angel of freedom.
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India will block oil tankers sanctioned by the US for transporting Russian crude, allowing only those chartered before Jan. 10 to discharge by March 12.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
India to Reject Oil Tankers That Were Sanctioned by US on Friday
India is set to reject oil tankers sanctioned by the US for their role in moving cargoes for Russia, another example of impact that Washington’s measures are having on the global oil market.
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
India will block oil tankers sanctioned by the US for transporting Russian crude, allowing only those chartered before Jan. 10 to discharge by March 12.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...