Dominic Holland
@dominicholland.bsky.social
Posted here are politically relevant notes to myself, publicly available. Apolitical is political; no one is beyond politics, or history. And physics is not a good lens through which to view social reality.
Putin's useful malignant clowns: the Trump regime.
This is not a plan for peace. It is a plan for Russian victory and Ukrainian capitulation, argues Christian Caryl.
Don’t Call This a ‘Peace Plan’
If the U.S.-Russia plan for Ukraine goes forward, Donald Trump will be remembered as the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.
foreignpolicy.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Putin's useful malignant clowns: the Trump regime.
Excellent!
Ukrainian drone operators wiped out a Russian assault group in Zaporizhzhia after spotting a tank-led column forming in fog
Russia attacked with tanks, MT-LBs, and six Ulan vehicles near Verbove but was caught completely off guard by Ukrainian FPVs euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Russia attacked with tanks, MT-LBs, and six Ulan vehicles near Verbove but was caught completely off guard by Ukrainian FPVs euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Russian media claimed Mala Tokmachka “secured forever.” Ukrainian FPV drones destroyed entire column hours later
A small drone unit stops Russian tanks, Ulans, MT-LBs.
euromaidanpress.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Excellent!
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
It's the Ross Douthat / Bret Stephens paper now.
These two are not just clowns; they are eager shills for fascists and other assholes.
These two are not just clowns; they are eager shills for fascists and other assholes.
In this interview, we learn all about Mike Johnson's attitude towards mayonnaise and bananas, but we also learn that the NYT's interviewer is incapable of asking him a serious question about anything. Which reflects rather more on NYT than it does on Johnson.
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It's the Ross Douthat / Bret Stephens paper now.
These two are not just clowns; they are eager shills for fascists and other assholes.
These two are not just clowns; they are eager shills for fascists and other assholes.
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2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."
9 years ago,House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Speaker to be Kevin McCarthy had a recorded conversation in which McCarthy says, "There are two people that I think Putin pays, (Representative Dana) Rohrbacher and Trump. Swear to God."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
Washington Post: House majority leader said in 2016, "Putin pays" Trump
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
Democrats will have to repair the damage
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Putin would like to get strategically important parts of UKR by making a "deal" with Trump. Then he'll take the rest more easily than would otherwise be the case. This kind of thing happened before: the Mnichovská zrada.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Putin would like to get strategically important parts of UKR by making a "deal" with Trump. Then he'll take the rest more easily than would otherwise be the case. This kind of thing happened before: the Mnichovská zrada.
Do yourself a favor and listen to Weiss and Snyder:
My chat with the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Ukraine and the United States. Was meant to be 30 minutes and ended up going for an hour. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/o…
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Do yourself a favor and listen to Weiss and Snyder:
Stupid fearful insular parochial selfish indulgent nativist people in Britain, encouraged unbeknownst to themselves by Russia, did this. Congratulations!
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Stupid fearful insular parochial selfish indulgent nativist people in Britain, encouraged unbeknownst to themselves by Russia, did this. Congratulations!
Indeed it is clear they aren't peace talks at all but the opposite of peace talks: a prelude to further war, and in the meantime, business and money for Russian and USA oligarchs.
also they mostly aren't "peace talks," they are talks about how to re-open US/Russia business deals
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Indeed it is clear they aren't peace talks at all but the opposite of peace talks: a prelude to further war, and in the meantime, business and money for Russian and USA oligarchs.
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"We now have proof, from the horse’s mouth so to speak, that Witkoff is doing exactly what Trump wants and Trump knows it. Can we stop, once and for all, making excuses on Trump’s behalf? The USA under his leadership is a danger to freedom—admit that and act on it."
Hi All, Just sent out this free piece. The controversial Bloomberg piece is the perfect example of why we must stop making excuses for Trump. Trump has reconfirmed that Witkoff was doing what he wanted and that Witkoff is soon off to Moscow to represent the USA. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Bloomberg Story Demonstrated Just How Much Some People Will Make Excuses For Trump
Hi All,
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"We now have proof, from the horse’s mouth so to speak, that Witkoff is doing exactly what Trump wants and Trump knows it. Can we stop, once and for all, making excuses on Trump’s behalf? The USA under his leadership is a danger to freedom—admit that and act on it."
Of course animals have consciousness. Arrogantly presuming they don't is a choice, an intentionally unexamined excuse so that humans can exploit, abuse, and eat them.
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Of course animals have consciousness. Arrogantly presuming they don't is a choice, an intentionally unexamined excuse so that humans can exploit, abuse, and eat them.
Trump's Sturmabteilung (SA), brought to you by every single person who voted Republican.
Thoughtful, decent, informed people do not vote for fascists. Fascists garnered ~50% of the vote in 2024. This is a statement the USA made about itself: it is sick.
Thoughtful, decent, informed people do not vote for fascists. Fascists garnered ~50% of the vote in 2024. This is a statement the USA made about itself: it is sick.
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trump's Sturmabteilung (SA), brought to you by every single person who voted Republican.
Thoughtful, decent, informed people do not vote for fascists. Fascists garnered ~50% of the vote in 2024. This is a statement the USA made about itself: it is sick.
Thoughtful, decent, informed people do not vote for fascists. Fascists garnered ~50% of the vote in 2024. This is a statement the USA made about itself: it is sick.
Excellent.
Operators from Ukraine’s 8th Special Forces Regiment disrupted Russian plans on the Slobozhanskyi front. In the clash, 9 Russian soldiers were killed, 3 vehicles destroyed, and retreating troops were eliminated by FPV drones.
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Excellent.
Not just Hegseth: this speaks to the character of everyone — every single person — who voted for Trump or, frankly, any Republican, because they all enabled this predictably disgusting shitshow. Also, being cowards, none will ever acknowledge their culpability, and their stupidity and/or assholery.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not just Hegseth: this speaks to the character of everyone — every single person — who voted for Trump or, frankly, any Republican, because they all enabled this predictably disgusting shitshow. Also, being cowards, none will ever acknowledge their culpability, and their stupidity and/or assholery.
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Many gen-z-ers, particularly males, voted for Trump in greater numbers than the same age group did earlier: surely many of them realize they backed the wrong horse — but maybe they don't.
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Many gen-z-ers, particularly males, voted for Trump in greater numbers than the same age group did earlier: surely many of them realize they backed the wrong horse — but maybe they don't.
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Racial profiling is all they do. Lawless.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Racial profiling is all they do. Lawless.
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Trump TRIES to UNLEASH HELL and it BACKFIRES in HIS FACE!! #MeidasTouch
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Trump TRIES to UNLEASH HELL and it BACKFIRES in HIS FACE!!
twp.ai
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Trump TRIES to UNLEASH HELL and it BACKFIRES in HIS FACE!! #MeidasTouch
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Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
"The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly" blah blah.
Department of War?
Has received?
Serious allegations?
Misconduct?
Hegseth is a liar, a coward, a clown-showboat, and scum.
Department of War?
Has received?
Serious allegations?
Misconduct?
Hegseth is a liar, a coward, a clown-showboat, and scum.
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly" blah blah.
Department of War?
Has received?
Serious allegations?
Misconduct?
Hegseth is a liar, a coward, a clown-showboat, and scum.
Department of War?
Has received?
Serious allegations?
Misconduct?
Hegseth is a liar, a coward, a clown-showboat, and scum.
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