DnDiplomacy
@panagiotisbakalis.bsky.social
International Relations, Defense and RPG aficionado
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The Trump Organization has entered into real estate deals in all three countries Trump plans to visit this week
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Trump’s Middle East trip marked by potential private business conflicts
The Trump Organization has entered into real estate deals in all three countries Trump plans to visit this week.
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May 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Trump Organization has entered into real estate deals in all three countries Trump plans to visit this week
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"On the contrary, each time authorities at the agency tried to take action to dismantle the scam, they were forced out by the agriculture minister of the day."
"The misappropriated funds could amount to €45 million a year, in one of the biggest farming frauds of recent years"
"The misappropriated funds could amount to €45 million a year, in one of the biggest farming frauds of recent years"
Greek authorities potentially lost millions in EU agricultural subsidies to fraud — and it looks like an inside job
Our investigation finally available to read online
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
Our investigation finally available to read online
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
The big fat Greek plot to defraud the EU
“Farmers” raked in millions of euros for land they didn’t own or work.
www.politico.eu
February 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"On the contrary, each time authorities at the agency tried to take action to dismantle the scam, they were forced out by the agriculture minister of the day."
"The misappropriated funds could amount to €45 million a year, in one of the biggest farming frauds of recent years"
"The misappropriated funds could amount to €45 million a year, in one of the biggest farming frauds of recent years"
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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
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My latest post looks at the history behind the clashes close to the DRCongo’s border with Rwanda. The Congo has suffered since colonial times with the resource curse, whereby great mineral wealth brings grief and instability, and this is the latest example. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/c...?
Congo's Curse
How competition for scarce resources causes grief and instability
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
My latest post looks at the history behind the clashes close to the DRCongo’s border with Rwanda. The Congo has suffered since colonial times with the resource curse, whereby great mineral wealth brings grief and instability, and this is the latest example. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/c...?
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"Trump is right there, always comforting: You’re not really mediocre, and even if you are mediocre, it shouldn’t matter. You’re a white man in the greatest country on earth. You’re entitled to all your heart’s desires. I, alone, will make you happy."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-things...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-things...
The Things They Hate and Acts of God
The New American Normal
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"Trump is right there, always comforting: You’re not really mediocre, and even if you are mediocre, it shouldn’t matter. You’re a white man in the greatest country on earth. You’re entitled to all your heart’s desires. I, alone, will make you happy."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-things...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-things...
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by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis
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Preparing mass layoffs of civil servants in order to replace them with loyalists is another move from the authoritarian playbook
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
‘I am terrified’: Workers describe the dark mood inside federal agencies
“I would love to leave, but I don't know where I'd go," said one staffer.
www.politico.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Preparing mass layoffs of civil servants in order to replace them with loyalists is another move from the authoritarian playbook
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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"In February 1933, Germany’s wealthiest industrialists, financiers, and CEOs were very explicitly promised by Hitler and Göring that these would be the last elections held for the next 10-100 years. They had no qualms getting out their checkbooks and signing over German democracy."
"A pact with the devil"
David de Jong on oligarchs getting in bed with fascists.
www.publicnotice.co
January 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"In February 1933, Germany’s wealthiest industrialists, financiers, and CEOs were very explicitly promised by Hitler and Göring that these would be the last elections held for the next 10-100 years. They had no qualms getting out their checkbooks and signing over German democracy."
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I'd missed this imperialist pretzel logic from Michael Brendan Dougherty. Thanks to @jonathanbchait.bsky.social for the catch. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
January 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'd missed this imperialist pretzel logic from Michael Brendan Dougherty. Thanks to @jonathanbchait.bsky.social for the catch. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Well, as the world's smallest 'trusted elite' let me take this opportunity to reiterate to whoever is listening: Hegseth is deeply unfit in multiple ways. His ideology is disqualifying, his alcoholism is disqualifying, his lack of skill and expertise is disqualifying and, oh yes, he raped a woman.
Public opinion is mostly not people deciding what they think on their own. It's mostly regular people taking cues from trusted elites, often overcoming their first impression.
Hegseth gaining support among Republicans is because right-wing elites are defending him. Similar shift happened re: Jan. 6.
Hegseth gaining support among Republicans is because right-wing elites are defending him. Similar shift happened re: Jan. 6.
December 14, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Well, as the world's smallest 'trusted elite' let me take this opportunity to reiterate to whoever is listening: Hegseth is deeply unfit in multiple ways. His ideology is disqualifying, his alcoholism is disqualifying, his lack of skill and expertise is disqualifying and, oh yes, he raped a woman.
Excellent design and timely concept. Extra planar threats are real!
A cultural moment / a one page RPG (that is definitely about hunting extra-large beings, nothing else)
December 14, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Excellent design and timely concept. Extra planar threats are real!
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Lmao what
Literally everyone (including the cops themselves) who supports police unions shits all over every other kind of labor solidarity because it's not about the benefits, it's about having govt sanctioned force to use against their perceived enemies
Literally everyone (including the cops themselves) who supports police unions shits all over every other kind of labor solidarity because it's not about the benefits, it's about having govt sanctioned force to use against their perceived enemies
December 14, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Lmao what
Literally everyone (including the cops themselves) who supports police unions shits all over every other kind of labor solidarity because it's not about the benefits, it's about having govt sanctioned force to use against their perceived enemies
Literally everyone (including the cops themselves) who supports police unions shits all over every other kind of labor solidarity because it's not about the benefits, it's about having govt sanctioned force to use against their perceived enemies
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The Israeli military continues to operate in the Quneitra countryside close to Damascus, displacing civilians in towns and villages in the area, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
Arab diplomats condemn Israel’s incursion into the buffer zone
US and regional diplomats are meeting in Aqaba, Jordan to decide Syria’s future as refugees return home from abroad.
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December 14, 2024 at 6:54 PM
The Israeli military continues to operate in the Quneitra countryside close to Damascus, displacing civilians in towns and villages in the area, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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“The United States must therefore be prepared to successfully prosecute a high-end conventional war while at the same time providing face saving off-ramps to the adversary. To do otherwise risks a nuclear holocaust, as indeed occurred in three game iterations.” www.csis.org/analysis/con...
Wargaming Nuclear Deterrence and Its Failures in a U.S.–China Conflict over Taiwan
A new report informed by 15 wargame simulations examines nuclear dynamics in a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, assessing what creates the greatest pressure for nuclear weapons use in such a conflict, what...
www.csis.org
December 14, 2024 at 6:53 PM
“The United States must therefore be prepared to successfully prosecute a high-end conventional war while at the same time providing face saving off-ramps to the adversary. To do otherwise risks a nuclear holocaust, as indeed occurred in three game iterations.” www.csis.org/analysis/con...
📌 this thread is gold
December 9, 2024 at 7:56 AM
📌 this thread is gold
Oh Elon and your ideas...
December 7, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Oh Elon and your ideas...
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"South Korea: The Deeper Story Behind the Unrest"
UMass Amherst's Heesoo Jang writes for Zeteo about how President Yoon's surprise martial law declaration was a culmination of longstanding tensions – and offers lessons on democracy to the rest of the world.
UMass Amherst's Heesoo Jang writes for Zeteo about how President Yoon's surprise martial law declaration was a culmination of longstanding tensions – and offers lessons on democracy to the rest of the world.
South Korea: The Deeper Story Behind the Unrest
President Yoon's surprise martial law declaration is a culmination of longstanding tensions – and offers lessons to the world.
zeteo.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:19 AM
"South Korea: The Deeper Story Behind the Unrest"
UMass Amherst's Heesoo Jang writes for Zeteo about how President Yoon's surprise martial law declaration was a culmination of longstanding tensions – and offers lessons on democracy to the rest of the world.
UMass Amherst's Heesoo Jang writes for Zeteo about how President Yoon's surprise martial law declaration was a culmination of longstanding tensions – and offers lessons on democracy to the rest of the world.
Finally a politician that fights for the people that are really in need: White South African billionaires www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Names David Sacks as White House AI and Crypto Czar
Donald Trump says he is selecting venture capitalist David Sacks of Craft Ventures LLC to serve as his artificial intelligence and crypto czar, a newly created position that underscores the president-...
www.bloomberg.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Finally a politician that fights for the people that are really in need: White South African billionaires www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Peak millennial performance!
December 5, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Peak millennial performance!
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The US military is too feminized, says 44-year-old man whose mommy is calling US Senators on his behalf to get them to approve his nomination as Defense Secretary.
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM
The US military is too feminized, says 44-year-old man whose mommy is calling US Senators on his behalf to get them to approve his nomination as Defense Secretary.
Fitting since the European idea has also been demolished as an ideal and turned into an industrial lobbying forum...
One of the most photographed murals in Brussels was torn down today to make way for a European Commission conference center.
‘Future is Europe’ mural is a thing of the past
It may or may not be resurrected.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Fitting since the European idea has also been demolished as an ideal and turned into an industrial lobbying forum...
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Oh, okay, so a guy makes a poorly thought-out commitment at 2 am then awkwardly tries to walk it back in the morning, and all of you are acting like you haven't been there.
December 3, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Oh, okay, so a guy makes a poorly thought-out commitment at 2 am then awkwardly tries to walk it back in the morning, and all of you are acting like you haven't been there.
Live coverage of the crisis unfolding in ROK www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
Live updates: South Korea president declares martial law to overcome opposition party
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol blamed the opposition party for “unprecedented” impeachment attempts of various government officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Live coverage of the crisis unfolding in ROK www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...