If you're interested in our discussion of Israel's strike on Doha (and more) with Dan Perry, former head of Middle East coverage for AP, you can watch it for free here: claireberlinski.substack.com/p/what-happe...

So if I've understood correctly, JD Vance says Americans are alienated from Europe because Europe doesn't have free speech (which is why Germany should destroy its firewalls against neo-Nazi parties that serve as Putin's puppets).

I sometimes wonder if our new vice-president is entirely sincere.

He's serious about Canada, folks. It's not a joke. No one makes a joke like this every day.

He's not kidding about this. "Kidding" would be once, maybe twice at most. He's bringing this up every single day.

"Livesky?"

I just noticed that this is the first major news event during which I rushed to Bluesky, not Twitter, for updates.

And it seems as useful for this purpose as the old Twitter was.

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I just republished something I wrote about this a few years ago:https://claireberlinski.substack.com/p/caesarian-democracy?utm_source=publication-search

Meanwhile ...

claireberlinski.substack.com/p/notes-on-t... I've written about the concept of "Global Enduring Disorder" and its relevance to Ukraine. Tell me if you think these ideas make sense.

Sunday morning is going well.

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Izabella Tabarovsky writes about the new antisemitism. It's not about what you think, she writes. It’s about Soviet propaganda.

I've written an introduction and a footnote adding my own thoughts: It's not just about Soviet propaganda: It's about social media.

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Kim pledges to back Putin’s ‘sacred struggle’ during rare summit wapo.st/3PCbmu3

The UN Security Council has officially become the League of Nations. What should the rest of the world do about this, esp. the US?