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This is why sanctions only work if they are constantly updated to close loopholes. Trump's constant resistance to new sanctions on Russia, in practice, amounts to a gradual easing of the sanctions.
⚡️NYT: 17% of the world’s tankers are now part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” helping Moscow dodge sanctions and keep its oil flowing.
September 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This is why sanctions only work if they are constantly updated to close loopholes. Trump's constant resistance to new sanctions on Russia, in practice, amounts to a gradual easing of the sanctions.
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Spain decides not to buy US F-35 jets because of fears of US political reliability. There will be more of this on.ft.com/41tL4zH via @FT
Spain shuns US F-35 jets as tensions grow with Washington
Madrid to purchase European military aircraft in sign of deepening rift with Trump over defence and foreign policy
on.ft.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Spain decides not to buy US F-35 jets because of fears of US political reliability. There will be more of this on.ft.com/41tL4zH via @FT
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I nat blev vores kollegaer fra palæstinensisk Røde Halvmåne atter angrebet i Gaza. Og vi mistede endnu en kollega. Vores kontor i Khan Younis blev bomber, bygningen sat i brand. En kollega blev dræbt og 3 andre såret. STOP angreb på nødhjælpsarbejdere og uskyldige civile #NotATarget.
August 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I nat blev vores kollegaer fra palæstinensisk Røde Halvmåne atter angrebet i Gaza. Og vi mistede endnu en kollega. Vores kontor i Khan Younis blev bomber, bygningen sat i brand. En kollega blev dræbt og 3 andre såret. STOP angreb på nødhjælpsarbejdere og uskyldige civile #NotATarget.
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Autocratic populism produces poverty and decline
💥Viktor Orbán’s demographic strategy is a disaster. Over the past decade, 37.8% of Hungary’s population decline was due to emigration to other EU countries. Hungary is losing the competition to retain its own citizens while birth rates tank. Read Direkt36's in-depth article on @vsquare.bsky.social👇
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 als...
vsquare.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Autocratic populism produces poverty and decline
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Russians linked to Wagner trained people in paramilitary camps in Bosnia and Serbia to disrupt the Moldovan elections, learning "how to organise mass riots and how to provoke the police into a violent reaction”
balkaninsight.com/2025/07/15/d...
balkaninsight.com/2025/07/15/d...
Disruptors: Inside Russia’s Balkan Training Camps for Moldovan ‘Destabilisation’
A joint investigation by BIRN and Moldovan CU SENS sheds new light on the training camps run by Russian operatives in Bosnia and Serbia that Chisinau says were used to train Moldovans in destabilisati...
balkaninsight.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Russians linked to Wagner trained people in paramilitary camps in Bosnia and Serbia to disrupt the Moldovan elections, learning "how to organise mass riots and how to provoke the police into a violent reaction”
balkaninsight.com/2025/07/15/d...
balkaninsight.com/2025/07/15/d...
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@camanpour.bsky.social and Jamie react to the controversial closure of USAID and Trump’s deep cuts to emergency services
🔗 youtube.com/shorts/V_azb...
Watch Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files 🗂️ on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#USAID #Trump #ElonMusk
🔗 youtube.com/shorts/V_azb...
Watch Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files 🗂️ on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#USAID #Trump #ElonMusk
“Musk's most memorable act was to take away food...from the poorest people in the world.”
YouTube video by Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@camanpour.bsky.social and Jamie react to the controversial closure of USAID and Trump’s deep cuts to emergency services
🔗 youtube.com/shorts/V_azb...
Watch Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files 🗂️ on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#USAID #Trump #ElonMusk
🔗 youtube.com/shorts/V_azb...
Watch Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files 🗂️ on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#USAID #Trump #ElonMusk
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So, Trump’s air strikes obliterated surprisingly little in Iran, seem to have fallen well short of his bombastic claims, and are arguably the most ridiculous use of US airpower on record. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites
President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran’s nuclear program that would have lasted weeks, NBC News has also learned.
www.nbcnews.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So, Trump’s air strikes obliterated surprisingly little in Iran, seem to have fallen well short of his bombastic claims, and are arguably the most ridiculous use of US airpower on record. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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The most common question I get on here is: If tariffs are so bad, why do other countries use them?
The answer: They basically don't.
Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
The answer: They basically don't.
Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
July 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The most common question I get on here is: If tariffs are so bad, why do other countries use them?
The answer: They basically don't.
Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
The answer: They basically don't.
Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
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This is very good. We need to cut our strategic dependencies from the U.S., soonest.
⚡️Denmark to provide European-produced satellite communication services to Ukraine's military.
Denmark will provide Ukraine's military with European-made satellite communication services as Kyiv continues to fend off Russia's war, the Danish Defense Ministry announced on July 14.
Denmark will provide Ukraine's military with European-made satellite communication services as Kyiv continues to fend off Russia's war, the Danish Defense Ministry announced on July 14.
Denmark to provide European-produced satellite communication services to Ukraine's military
"Denmark has now contributed to strengthening Ukraine's satellite-based communications in their defense against Russia. There is a very large potential in space-based solutions that can contribute to ...
kyivindependent.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is very good. We need to cut our strategic dependencies from the U.S., soonest.
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Lov og tak for Tyskland og kansler Mertz www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
Ukraine-Krieg: Deutschland finanziert Kiew weitreichende Raketen
Die Ukraine brauche "Waffensysteme, die weit auch in die Tiefe des russischen Raumes reichen", sagt General Freuding - und kündigt neue Hilfe an.
www.zdfheute.de
July 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Lov og tak for Tyskland og kansler Mertz www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
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The scope of these funding cuts is unimaginable.
This is a massive, massive blow to the foundations of research.
It will hugely impact US society and economy. This should be a top story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
This is a massive, massive blow to the foundations of research.
It will hugely impact US society and economy. This should be a top story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The scope of these funding cuts is unimaginable.
This is a massive, massive blow to the foundations of research.
It will hugely impact US society and economy. This should be a top story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
This is a massive, massive blow to the foundations of research.
It will hugely impact US society and economy. This should be a top story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
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My initial take on the latest wave of talk of Russian economic collapse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFPU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFPU...
Even Putin’s Officials Warn of Economic Trouble
YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chat
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My initial take on the latest wave of talk of Russian economic collapse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFPU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFPU...
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To recap: Trump promised 90 trade deals in 90 days, falsely claimed every country was begging to make a deal, and now his own Treasury Secretary admits no one’s calling—so they’re just sending out letters instead.
Trump in April on trade deals: I'm telling you, these countries are calling us up kissing my ass. They are dying to make a deal. 'Please, please sir, make a deal. I'll do anything sir!'
Trump Treasury Secretary Bessent today on why there are no deals: Many of these countries never even contacted us
Trump Treasury Secretary Bessent today on why there are no deals: Many of these countries never even contacted us
July 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
To recap: Trump promised 90 trade deals in 90 days, falsely claimed every country was begging to make a deal, and now his own Treasury Secretary admits no one’s calling—so they’re just sending out letters instead.
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Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too.
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too.
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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”China is a bigger challenge for the European economy than Trump’s tariffs - due to substantial dependencies in Europe’s supply chains. But Europe has - theoretically - leverage, if Europe is willing to use it.” - @jankaoertel.bsky.social,
@ecfrasia.bsky.social.
At our conference #StocktakingEU.
@ecfrasia.bsky.social.
At our conference #StocktakingEU.
June 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
”China is a bigger challenge for the European economy than Trump’s tariffs - due to substantial dependencies in Europe’s supply chains. But Europe has - theoretically - leverage, if Europe is willing to use it.” - @jankaoertel.bsky.social,
@ecfrasia.bsky.social.
At our conference #StocktakingEU.
@ecfrasia.bsky.social.
At our conference #StocktakingEU.
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It is truly astonishing how little respect our traditional allies have for Donald Trump and his band of incompetent cronies.
While we will never be militarily or economically irrelevant, we are increasingly becoming politically irrelevant.
While we will never be militarily or economically irrelevant, we are increasingly becoming politically irrelevant.
June 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It is truly astonishing how little respect our traditional allies have for Donald Trump and his band of incompetent cronies.
While we will never be militarily or economically irrelevant, we are increasingly becoming politically irrelevant.
While we will never be militarily or economically irrelevant, we are increasingly becoming politically irrelevant.
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👀👀
holy shit -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner tries to "help out" Hegseth by getting him to confirm that the Pentagon does not in fact have plans to take Greenland by force, but Hegseth instead more or less testifies that yep, they have devised plans for that
June 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
👀👀
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Musk did irreversible damage to the US civil service, soft power, science, education. His teams stole data and broke the law."I was on drugs and had family trouble" is not an excuse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Musk did irreversible damage to the US civil service, soft power, science, education. His teams stole data and broke the law."I was on drugs and had family trouble" is not an excuse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
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Story: Vietnam negotiating tariff relief from Trump administration.
Photo: Eric Trump in Vietnam to accept a billion-dollar payoff to the Trump family from the Vietnamese government.
Picture = thousand words.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Photo: Eric Trump in Vietnam to accept a billion-dollar payoff to the Trump family from the Vietnamese government.
Picture = thousand words.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
May 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Story: Vietnam negotiating tariff relief from Trump administration.
Photo: Eric Trump in Vietnam to accept a billion-dollar payoff to the Trump family from the Vietnamese government.
Picture = thousand words.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Photo: Eric Trump in Vietnam to accept a billion-dollar payoff to the Trump family from the Vietnamese government.
Picture = thousand words.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Grov vold skal straffes hårdere. Igen. Er denne kurs virkelig socialdemokratisk?
Hans Mortensen og Arne Hardis spørger justitsminister Peter Hummelgaard: buff.ly/MXllmfS
Hans Mortensen og Arne Hardis spørger justitsminister Peter Hummelgaard: buff.ly/MXllmfS
May 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Grov vold skal straffes hårdere. Igen. Er denne kurs virkelig socialdemokratisk?
Hans Mortensen og Arne Hardis spørger justitsminister Peter Hummelgaard: buff.ly/MXllmfS
Hans Mortensen og Arne Hardis spørger justitsminister Peter Hummelgaard: buff.ly/MXllmfS
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Her er brevet. Alle udenlandske studerende skal væk fra Harvard. ‘Et signal til Harvard og alle universiteter…’
May 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Her er brevet. Alle udenlandske studerende skal væk fra Harvard. ‘Et signal til Harvard og alle universiteter…’
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I open Episode 7 of the David Frum Show with a rebuttal to claim that US living standards have stagnated over past 40 years www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zdz...
Susan Rice and Trump’s National-Security Disaster | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I open Episode 7 of the David Frum Show with a rebuttal to claim that US living standards have stagnated over past 40 years www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zdz...
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Helpful illustration of the US military aid to Ukraine already paid for and in the pipeline. If this continues despite Trump deciding "he is out", it's not terrible for Ukraine. Especially if they (and their European partners) are also allowed to purchase weapons at US manufacturers.
Helpful chart showing projected US aid to Ukraine which is already in the proverbial pipeline. "weapons and support from contracts signed in the past three years will continue flowing to Ukraine for years to come" www.csis.org/analysis/can...
May 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Helpful illustration of the US military aid to Ukraine already paid for and in the pipeline. If this continues despite Trump deciding "he is out", it's not terrible for Ukraine. Especially if they (and their European partners) are also allowed to purchase weapons at US manufacturers.