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Our national security strategy contains points lifted directly from TASS
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Our national security strategy contains points lifted directly from TASS
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Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine
A new tax reform approved in mid-November to keep the war going threatens the nation with a “gradual degradation of human capital.”
A new tax reform approved in mid-November to keep the war going threatens the nation with a “gradual degradation of human capital.”
Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine
A new tax reform approved by the Russian parliament in mid-November is intended to squeeze enough money out of the economy to keep the war going. The change provides for an increase in the VAT rate an...
theins.press
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine
A new tax reform approved in mid-November to keep the war going threatens the nation with a “gradual degradation of human capital.”
A new tax reform approved in mid-November to keep the war going threatens the nation with a “gradual degradation of human capital.”
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Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon on.ft.com/48RjAYW | opinion
Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon
Defence secretary faces serious questions over strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats
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December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon on.ft.com/48RjAYW | opinion
This is not policy. Just insanity
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is not policy. Just insanity
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The report can be found here, and it's worth noting a lot of additional evidence (some of which seems to be directly from the Bellingcat website) can be found in hyperlinks in the footnotes
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Dawn Sturgess Inquiry report
Report on the death of Dawn Sturgess by novichok poisoning in Salisbury on 8 July 2018.
www.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The report can be found here, and it's worth noting a lot of additional evidence (some of which seems to be directly from the Bellingcat website) can be found in hyperlinks in the footnotes
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Xenophobia is bad enough, but turning it on *American citizens* born in other countries is another step away from a rule-bound immigration regime towards...something else. lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l
Now Trump Is Threatening Naturalized Americans
He’s not just bashing refugees and illegal immigrants. He’s going after U.S. citizens born in other countries.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Xenophobia is bad enough, but turning it on *American citizens* born in other countries is another step away from a rule-bound immigration regime towards...something else. lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l
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The White House says their peace plan didn’t come from Russia — the problem is it reads like Putin’s wishlist. We need a deal to end the war that actually protects Ukraine and doesn’t reward the war criminal who started this.
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The White House says their peace plan didn’t come from Russia — the problem is it reads like Putin’s wishlist. We need a deal to end the war that actually protects Ukraine and doesn’t reward the war criminal who started this.
Russian-run smuggling operation that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth billions $€: Murmansk Shipping Company’s Russia flagged bulker Novaya Zemlya transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea after delivering stolen grain to Lattakia Syria. #T
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Russian-run smuggling operation that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth billions $€: Murmansk Shipping Company’s Russia flagged bulker Novaya Zemlya transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea after delivering stolen grain to Lattakia Syria. #T
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Here's a transcript of the podcast
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy
How our public sphere has drifted from reality to a “simulated” democracy—and what it might take to pull it back
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here's a transcript of the podcast
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
HM Treasury sanctioned dark fleet tanker KAIROS may sink in Black Sea after mysterious engine room explosion. Turkish Coastal Safety tugs and nearby vessel are assisting. Dark fleet tanker VIRAT also might be in distress. Another mystery is how deregistered Gambia flagged tankers transit Bosphorus.
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
HM Treasury sanctioned dark fleet tanker KAIROS may sink in Black Sea after mysterious engine room explosion. Turkish Coastal Safety tugs and nearby vessel are assisting. Dark fleet tanker VIRAT also might be in distress. Another mystery is how deregistered Gambia flagged tankers transit Bosphorus.
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Dim Philby is an appropriate nickname for a reason.
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Dim Philby is an appropriate nickname for a reason.
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!
Witkoff is not an useful idiot. He is a traitor. Plain and simple: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Witkoff is not an useful idiot. He is a traitor. Plain and simple: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@governorwalz.mn.gov was right about everything! “These are weird people”:
Fox host says he 'hasn't washed hands in 10 years'
Harvard and Princeton graduate Pete Hegseth says germs don't exist because he can't see them.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
@governorwalz.mn.gov was right about everything! “These are weird people”:
America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil:
As Long as Beijing Keeps Buying, Moscow Won’t Feel the Pain www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
As Long as Beijing Keeps Buying, Moscow Won’t Feel the Pain www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil
Last month, the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, signaling a renewed desire to drive Moscow to the negotiating table in its war a...
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil:
As Long as Beijing Keeps Buying, Moscow Won’t Feel the Pain www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
As Long as Beijing Keeps Buying, Moscow Won’t Feel the Pain www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Russia's bombardment of Ukrainian cities is relentless as Vladimir Putin tries to plunge civilians into a winter of cold and darkness. cbsn.ws/48BMIST
Scene after Russian strike on Ukrainian bus was all "mud, dust, blood, crying and bodies," prosecutor says
Ukrainians live in fear of Russian attacks. In one of the war's deadliest attacks, a missile destroyed a city bus in Sumy traveling between a university, the mall and the airport.
cbsn.ws
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Russia's bombardment of Ukrainian cities is relentless as Vladimir Putin tries to plunge civilians into a winter of cold and darkness. cbsn.ws/48BMIST
Where the green field, brand new, “investment” is happening in America? Not pledged. Decided and acted upon post January 2025
Lutnick on his meetings with EU leaders: "The idea is, 'Come on guys, embrace the ideas and the model of the Trump administration and you'll get a trillion of investment here.' So we're trying to teach them, encourage them to follow the Trump lead."
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Where the green field, brand new, “investment” is happening in America? Not pledged. Decided and acted upon post January 2025
Mikhail Nenashev transited Bosphorus & returned to the BlackSea: Russia flag bulker loaded stolen Ukrainian grain for its Med-bound journey in the occupied port of Sevastopol & delivered 27000t of stolen wheat to Syrian port of Lattakia. Kremlin pays for Russian military bases with grain & oil. #T
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Mikhail Nenashev transited Bosphorus & returned to the BlackSea: Russia flag bulker loaded stolen Ukrainian grain for its Med-bound journey in the occupied port of Sevastopol & delivered 27000t of stolen wheat to Syrian port of Lattakia. Kremlin pays for Russian military bases with grain & oil. #T
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The platform architecture forces convergence: authentic conviction expressed through the same escalating, performative patterns. Which isn't great for functional democracy.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The platform architecture forces convergence: authentic conviction expressed through the same escalating, performative patterns. Which isn't great for functional democracy.
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The Navy wants to build 12 Columbia-class submarines to replace the service’s aging Ohio-class fleet at an estimated cost of about $126.4 billion. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
Navy awards $2.3 billion contract designed to spur Columbia-class submarine acquisition, construction
The Navy wants to build 12 Columbia-class submarines to replace the service’s aging Ohio-class fleet at an estimated cost of about $126.4 billion.
www.stripes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Navy wants to build 12 Columbia-class submarines to replace the service’s aging Ohio-class fleet at an estimated cost of about $126.4 billion. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Here's a seven-point peace plan:
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Here's a seven-point peace plan:
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US secretary of state rows back on Ukraine peace plan in call with Senators on.ft.com/4ofequq
US secretary of state rows back on Ukraine peace plan in call with Senators
Lawmakers said Marco Rubio told them that a contentious 28-point proposal was not a Trump administration policy
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November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
US secretary of state rows back on Ukraine peace plan in call with Senators on.ft.com/4ofequq