Eric Nelson
@commodorenelson.bsky.social
Biomedical international programs researcher🔬🇨🇭🇩🇪🇪🇸 🇮🇳 🇨🇳. US political centrist and globalist. Europe natsec news follower.
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She hates them all, she tells herself...hates the chaos, hates the cruelty, but hey, what's a gal to do? You don't choose to be born to a rich and famous alcoholic father, you just make it work. You don't choose to be a Republican operative at a time of rising authoritarianism, you just make it work
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
She hates them all, she tells herself...hates the chaos, hates the cruelty, but hey, what's a gal to do? You don't choose to be born to a rich and famous alcoholic father, you just make it work. You don't choose to be a Republican operative at a time of rising authoritarianism, you just make it work
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This picture is so perfect. There's Susie in the middle, a confused and exhausted look on her face like she's a harried mom trying to keep a chaotic household in order...surrounded on her left by dead eyed psychopaths she hopes she won't have to bail out of jail and smarmy sycophants on her right.
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This picture is so perfect. There's Susie in the middle, a confused and exhausted look on her face like she's a harried mom trying to keep a chaotic household in order...surrounded on her left by dead eyed psychopaths she hopes she won't have to bail out of jail and smarmy sycophants on her right.
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
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Very informative thread on how to mobilize the necessary money for supporting Ukraine without relying on unanimity and without creating more debt for Ukraine or other European states by @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social 👇
Is Germany again dragging its feet and undermining a "simple" solution to the Ukraine financing problem, instead pushing the ubercomplex reparations loan?
It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way.
But there isn't. Here is why:
It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way.
But there isn't. Here is why:
December 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Very informative thread on how to mobilize the necessary money for supporting Ukraine without relying on unanimity and without creating more debt for Ukraine or other European states by @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social 👇
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Obviously. If Russia actually wanted peace, they would just pack up and go home.
Britain’s MI6 spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
Blaise Metreweli said Russian President Vladimir Putin remains determined to “subjugate Ukraine and harass NATO members.”
www.thestar.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Obviously. If Russia actually wanted peace, they would just pack up and go home.
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Trump wants a deal for headlines. Ukraine wants actual protection. The U.S. is dangling "Article 5-like" security guarantees at Ukraine, but only temporarily, while pushing Kyiv to accept a rushed deal that may leave core issues unresolved.
December 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Trump wants a deal for headlines. Ukraine wants actual protection. The U.S. is dangling "Article 5-like" security guarantees at Ukraine, but only temporarily, while pushing Kyiv to accept a rushed deal that may leave core issues unresolved.
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On this day in 2021, the same Russia that is now being trusted to uphold some future agreement on Ukraine said this as they were massing troops on the border of Ukraine.
December 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On this day in 2021, the same Russia that is now being trusted to uphold some future agreement on Ukraine said this as they were massing troops on the border of Ukraine.
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Why the reparations loan is the least distortionary and most effective way to fund Ukraine now.
Lucas Guttenberg with some very clear, level-headed points.
Lucas Guttenberg with some very clear, level-headed points.
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Why the reparations loan is the least distortionary and most effective way to fund Ukraine now.
Lucas Guttenberg with some very clear, level-headed points.
Lucas Guttenberg with some very clear, level-headed points.
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Sen. Warner drove this in a couple of days later. Good thing Trump is pre-surrendering to China on tech, Taiwan, human rights. Because in a war, we could be truly screwed.
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David Sanger's NYT analysis of Trump's NSS, there's this nugget...
"...and there is barely a mention of the remarkably sophisticated, extensive cyber attacks that have burrowed deeply into American telecommunications and utility systems and stayed there, despite years of efforts to oust them."
"...and there is barely a mention of the remarkably sophisticated, extensive cyber attacks that have burrowed deeply into American telecommunications and utility systems and stayed there, despite years of efforts to oust them."
December 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sen. Warner drove this in a couple of days later. Good thing Trump is pre-surrendering to China on tech, Taiwan, human rights. Because in a war, we could be truly screwed.
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The latest example of the power of anti-corruption, pro-reform politics.
December 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The latest example of the power of anti-corruption, pro-reform politics.
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💥“We won't tolerate!" and "Resign! Resign!” — crowds chant outside Viktor Orbán’s and president’s offices in Budapest at a weekend protest led by opposition leader Péter Magyar. He still leads the polls but Orbán has vast resources — plus Trump and Putin's backing. 4 months to go until the election.
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
💥“We won't tolerate!" and "Resign! Resign!” — crowds chant outside Viktor Orbán’s and president’s offices in Budapest at a weekend protest led by opposition leader Péter Magyar. He still leads the polls but Orbán has vast resources — plus Trump and Putin's backing. 4 months to go until the election.
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Thursday we will host Dr Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation, India's premier
think tank, for a conversation on India's global role
globalaffairs.org/events/third...
think tank, for a conversation on India's global role
globalaffairs.org/events/third...
The Third Way: India's Role in a World in Transition
Samir Saran and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss India's distinctive foreign policy strategy and its implications for the global order.
globalaffairs.org
December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thursday we will host Dr Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation, India's premier
think tank, for a conversation on India's global role
globalaffairs.org/events/third...
think tank, for a conversation on India's global role
globalaffairs.org/events/third...
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Once Europe’s Ukraine champion, Poland now grapples with diplomatic sidelining, stemming from domestic infighting and war fatigue. However, the premier’s recovering popularity hints at a comeback, writes Piotr Buras.
https://bit.ly/48px6mt
https://bit.ly/48px6mt
The prodigal power: How Poland could make a diplomatic comeback
Once Europe’s Ukraine champion, Poland now grapples with diplomatic sidelining, stemming from domestic infighting and war fatigue. However, the premier’s recovering popularity hints at a comeback…
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Once Europe’s Ukraine champion, Poland now grapples with diplomatic sidelining, stemming from domestic infighting and war fatigue. However, the premier’s recovering popularity hints at a comeback, writes Piotr Buras.
https://bit.ly/48px6mt
https://bit.ly/48px6mt
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THREAD
The freeing of Russian and Belarusian political prisoners is certainly very welcome. Yet, their rescue in exchange for the release of Russia's foreign agents and a lifting of sanctions against Belarus's regime generates perverse incentive structures for Putin and Lukashenka.
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The freeing of Russian and Belarusian political prisoners is certainly very welcome. Yet, their rescue in exchange for the release of Russia's foreign agents and a lifting of sanctions against Belarus's regime generates perverse incentive structures for Putin and Lukashenka.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
THREAD
The freeing of Russian and Belarusian political prisoners is certainly very welcome. Yet, their rescue in exchange for the release of Russia's foreign agents and a lifting of sanctions against Belarus's regime generates perverse incentive structures for Putin and Lukashenka.
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The freeing of Russian and Belarusian political prisoners is certainly very welcome. Yet, their rescue in exchange for the release of Russia's foreign agents and a lifting of sanctions against Belarus's regime generates perverse incentive structures for Putin and Lukashenka.
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Does Trump count each renewed round of fighting-and-ceasefire as another war ended?
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Does Trump count each renewed round of fighting-and-ceasefire as another war ended?
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Brought to you by the lady who famously didn’t know what habeas corpus is…
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thehill.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Brought to you by the lady who famously didn’t know what habeas corpus is…
thehill.com/policy/natio...
thehill.com/policy/natio...
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📉🇭🇺 INVESTIGATION: Viktor Orbán vowed to boost Hungary’s population without immigrants. But births keep falling—and emigration is soaring. Direkt36's investigation shows many young people are leaving, posing serious risks for the country’s future.
Inside Viktor Orbán’s Failure to Achieve His Demographic Goal - VSquare.org
The Prime Minister has long said that he would like to grow the population of Hungary without bringing in immigrants. Recently, births have fallen, but the number of people leaving the country has also soared.
vsquare.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📉🇭🇺 INVESTIGATION: Viktor Orbán vowed to boost Hungary’s population without immigrants. But births keep falling—and emigration is soaring. Direkt36's investigation shows many young people are leaving, posing serious risks for the country’s future.
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💥One of the many growing similarities between Russia and Hungary is that you can be entirely sure the news is true when the Kremlin denies it — and the same goes for the Orbán government and its spokesman.
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
💥One of the many growing similarities between Russia and Hungary is that you can be entirely sure the news is true when the Kremlin denies it — and the same goes for the Orbán government and its spokesman.
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There goes the “drug runner” excuse. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/u...
Trump says U.S. seized oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
The White House has undertaken a large military buildup in the Caribbean and launched deadly strikes against boats that it claims were trafficking drugs.
www.cnbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
There goes the “drug runner” excuse. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/u...
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supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
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The leftward shift in special House elections, including in a (relatively) higher turnout contest, is hard to see as bad news for Democrats.
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www.pbump.net/o/the-leftwa...
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The leftward shift in special House elections, including in a (relatively) higher turnout contest, is hard to see as bad news for Democrats.
www.pbump.net/o/the-leftwa...
www.pbump.net/o/the-leftwa...
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I guess we’ve answered the question of what it would take to knock the Epstein files off the top of the news cycle…
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I guess we’ve answered the question of what it would take to knock the Epstein files off the top of the news cycle…
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Is Trump bringing the “Muslim ban” back? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss the National Guard shooting in DC on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/aS5fMN
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Is Trump bringing the “Muslim ban” back? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss the National Guard shooting in DC on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/aS5fMN
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