Odd-Inge Graven
@oddingeg.bsky.social
Political nerd, Helgeland, Norway. MA Student, Int'l Affairs, King's College London. Sic semper tyrannis. Cat owner/slave.
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Odd-Inge Graven
@oddingeg.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Sadisme i Trumps USA - Verdibørsen - NRK Radio
Å være slem er selve poenget. - Det vi ser er fascisme, sier historiker
radio.nrk.no
Anbefaler denne podcasten på det sterkeste, dersom du er interessert i hva som faktisk skjer i Trumps USA: radio.nrk.no/podkast/verd...
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Really perceptive piece, by two of my brilliant @jhu.edu colleagues, @himself.bsky.social and @radchenko.bsky.social.
Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe | Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko
Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe | Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko
Liberal democracies view Putin’s Russia as a bully – and Trump’s US as an angry drunk with a bazooka. The response is pure venom, say Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko of Johns Hopkins
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Really perceptive piece, by two of my brilliant @jhu.edu colleagues, @himself.bsky.social and @radchenko.bsky.social.
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This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
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My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
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The missing files included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, was a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania, and Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The missing files included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, was a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania, and Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
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What to make of the EU decision on funding for Ukraine? It is a good outcome in my opinion. Here is why:
December 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What to make of the EU decision on funding for Ukraine? It is a good outcome in my opinion. Here is why:
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And this is why Russia is so desperate.
If we just stay in there Russia will collapse.
If we just stay in there Russia will collapse.
Russian economic collapse: military plants have also stopped paying workers.
The situation is so bad inside Russia now that even strategic military manufacturers are running out of money, and workers have been unpaid for over 3 months.
A lot is going wrong, all at once.🍿🍿🍿
The situation is so bad inside Russia now that even strategic military manufacturers are running out of money, and workers have been unpaid for over 3 months.
A lot is going wrong, all at once.🍿🍿🍿
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
And this is why Russia is so desperate.
If we just stay in there Russia will collapse.
If we just stay in there Russia will collapse.
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I read somewhere that the secret key to postwar British history is that in any incident, meeting, whatever, there’s a high chance that most participants are a bit tipsy and someone round the table is absolutely steaming drunk.
Happy 79th anniversary to this diary entry from Evelyn Waugh, in which he drinks enough to make you wonder how he lived for a further 19 years:
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I read somewhere that the secret key to postwar British history is that in any incident, meeting, whatever, there’s a high chance that most participants are a bit tipsy and someone round the table is absolutely steaming drunk.
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You guys. No. It's named by statute. Do better.
BREAKING: Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center will become the Trump-Kennedy Center: Leavitt
Leavitt said the the board unanimously voted to rename the performing arts venue.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You guys. No. It's named by statute. Do better.
Om noen fortsatt er i tvil om at Assange er hakkende gal, så har han altså anmeldt 30 stk. i den -svenske- Nobelkomiteen for tildeling av fredsprisen til Machado...
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Om noen fortsatt er i tvil om at Assange er hakkende gal, så har han altså anmeldt 30 stk. i den -svenske- Nobelkomiteen for tildeling av fredsprisen til Machado...
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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The new US National Security Strategy reads better in either the original Russian via which it was dictated or the 1930s vintage German in which it was based. It makes Putin and Stephen Miller the architects of US foreign policy. The big loser? Our allies. The big winner? China.
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The new US National Security Strategy reads better in either the original Russian via which it was dictated or the 1930s vintage German in which it was based. It makes Putin and Stephen Miller the architects of US foreign policy. The big loser? Our allies. The big winner? China.
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A presidential memo saying officers carrying out Caribbean boat strikes can’t be prosecuted is a confession the attacks are war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
On the horrific news that Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of boat bombing survivors, remember: The Trump Murder Memo "authorizing" the strikes preemptively clears those carrying them out. That's unusual. And we still haven't heard from the commander who resigned:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A presidential memo saying officers carrying out Caribbean boat strikes can’t be prosecuted is a confession the attacks are war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
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It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories:
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories:
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
Recommended Sunday read: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Recommended Sunday read: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I dag er statstviterens dag i Argentina (Día nacional del politólogo), til minne om den argentinske statsviteren Guillermo O’Donnell. Det er bare å gratulere hverandre med dagen! www.25digital.com.ar/index.php/20...
29 de Noviembre: hoy es el Día Nacional del Politólogo - 25 Digital
Hoy se celebra en Argentina el día del Politólogo, en memoria del Dr. Mariano Moreno...
www.25digital.com.ar
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I dag er statstviterens dag i Argentina (Día nacional del politólogo), til minne om den argentinske statsviteren Guillermo O’Donnell. Det er bare å gratulere hverandre med dagen! www.25digital.com.ar/index.php/20...
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As I wrote about the “peace” deal, it was a plan for Russia & the US to divide up resources that should go to Ukraine in a sweeping attempt to comprise American security
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
As I wrote about the “peace” deal, it was a plan for Russia & the US to divide up resources that should go to Ukraine in a sweeping attempt to comprise American security
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Today’s WSJ has the goods on how people who only believe in money are the most dangerous people:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Phillips P O'Brien: trump's 28-point plan put one thing in stark relief—and that was how much better the Biden Administration was for Ukraine than Trump's. There is no comparison. Biden was Ukraine's friend and Trump is not (he is Russia's).
The Change From Biden To Trump Has Been Devastating For Ukraine
And Why it is Important for the Direction of US Foreign Policy
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Phillips P O'Brien: trump's 28-point plan put one thing in stark relief—and that was how much better the Biden Administration was for Ukraine than Trump's. There is no comparison. Biden was Ukraine's friend and Trump is not (he is Russia's).
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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A homicidal Crown Prince Bone Saw and a seriously inebriated Pete Hegseth get starring roles in the Thanksgiving edition of South Park. www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
South Park skewers Saudi Arabia and Pete Hegseth in Thanksgiving episode
The episode revolves around the town’s annual ‘Turkey Trot’ race
www.the-independent.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A homicidal Crown Prince Bone Saw and a seriously inebriated Pete Hegseth get starring roles in the Thanksgiving edition of South Park. www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
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If this is true, European states are inviting their own failures and embracing the end of what brought peace to Europe for 80 years. Welcoming Putin back into the G8, where he can team up with Trump to humiliate Europe invites disaster. www.newsweek.com/europe-russi...
Europe offers G8 return to Russia for Ukraine peace deal
Ukraine did not react positively to the peace deal brokered through the U.S., prompting European leaders to craft a counter-offer.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If this is true, European states are inviting their own failures and embracing the end of what brought peace to Europe for 80 years. Welcoming Putin back into the G8, where he can team up with Trump to humiliate Europe invites disaster. www.newsweek.com/europe-russi...
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It doesn’t matter whether the so-called "peace plan" is from the U.S., Russia, or a mix of both.
Its points are unfair, naive, and dangerous. It rewards the aggressor, echoes Russian propaganda, and ignores that Russia could use false-flag operations to "justify" another attack
Its points are unfair, naive, and dangerous. It rewards the aggressor, echoes Russian propaganda, and ignores that Russia could use false-flag operations to "justify" another attack
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It doesn’t matter whether the so-called "peace plan" is from the U.S., Russia, or a mix of both.
Its points are unfair, naive, and dangerous. It rewards the aggressor, echoes Russian propaganda, and ignores that Russia could use false-flag operations to "justify" another attack
Its points are unfair, naive, and dangerous. It rewards the aggressor, echoes Russian propaganda, and ignores that Russia could use false-flag operations to "justify" another attack
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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He summoned Boebert to the Situation Room to pressure her to withdraw her name. Called Mace. Threatened Massie and Greene. Now he knows it will pass and he’s trying to save face. But he also knows it may die in the senate and DOJ intends to cite a new “pending investigation” to block it.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
He summoned Boebert to the Situation Room to pressure her to withdraw her name. Called Mace. Threatened Massie and Greene. Now he knows it will pass and he’s trying to save face. But he also knows it may die in the senate and DOJ intends to cite a new “pending investigation” to block it.
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Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. It starts with the Ukrainian corruption scandal--we must all remember that this war is not about Zelensky personally, it’s about that for which the Ukrainians are fighting and dying. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #159: Ukraine Is Much More Than Zelensky
Ukraine’s Ranged War: Thermal Plants and Ports; Russia's Ranged War: Darkness and Death; Pokrovsk is all about the Relative Losses
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. It starts with the Ukrainian corruption scandal--we must all remember that this war is not about Zelensky personally, it’s about that for which the Ukrainians are fighting and dying. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.