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With David Frum on Venezuela, spheres of influence, and the deeper implications of Trump's foreign policy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
Bonus Episode: How Is Trump Planning to ‘Run’ Venezuela? (With Anne Applebaum) | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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January 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM
With David Frum on Venezuela, spheres of influence, and the deeper implications of Trump's foreign policy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
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Do read O'Brien's summary of the US changing sides in 2025.
'a challenge to the survival of liberal democracy and the rule of law... it left other democratic states leaderless and divided... emboldened Russia and China ...upended the world order more than anything else since 1945'
Do read O'Brien's summary of the US changing sides in 2025.
'a challenge to the survival of liberal democracy and the rule of law... it left other democratic states leaderless and divided... emboldened Russia and China ...upended the world order more than anything else since 1945'
On the last day of 2025, I tried to sum up in this free piece the big stories of the year. Boil it down, however, and one story surpasses all others, be that for the Russo-Ukraine war or global geopolitics overall.
2025 was the year when the USA changed sides
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
2025 was the year when the USA changed sides
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides
Amongst many stories, one stands out
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Do read O'Brien's summary of the US changing sides in 2025.
'a challenge to the survival of liberal democracy and the rule of law... it left other democratic states leaderless and divided... emboldened Russia and China ...upended the world order more than anything else since 1945'
Do read O'Brien's summary of the US changing sides in 2025.
'a challenge to the survival of liberal democracy and the rule of law... it left other democratic states leaderless and divided... emboldened Russia and China ...upended the world order more than anything else since 1945'
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On the last day of 2025, I tried to sum up in this free piece the big stories of the year. Boil it down, however, and one story surpasses all others, be that for the Russo-Ukraine war or global geopolitics overall.
2025 was the year when the USA changed sides
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
2025 was the year when the USA changed sides
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides
Amongst many stories, one stands out
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
On the last day of 2025, I tried to sum up in this free piece the big stories of the year. Boil it down, however, and one story surpasses all others, be that for the Russo-Ukraine war or global geopolitics overall.
2025 was the year when the USA changed sides
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
2025 was the year when the USA changed sides
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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OBrien nails Rusamerica. And this American carnage - from the 670,000 people who starved to death in 2025 under 🇺🇸 aid cuts to every victim of Russia's genocide war in Ukraine - falls on shoulders of every 🇺🇸 voter who failed to vote for only candidate who could have stopped it. Unforgivable. 🎯 👇
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
OBrien nails Rusamerica. And this American carnage - from the 670,000 people who starved to death in 2025 under 🇺🇸 aid cuts to every victim of Russia's genocide war in Ukraine - falls on shoulders of every 🇺🇸 voter who failed to vote for only candidate who could have stopped it. Unforgivable. 🎯 👇
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The GOP is gone. What remains is the Trump cult.
Words & Phrases That Have Lost All Meaning
The year a political party vanished
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The GOP is gone. What remains is the Trump cult.
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This sums it up rather well.
December 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This sums it up rather well.
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The US Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, dropping some hard facts regarding the developments unfolding around Ukraine and how Trump and his cronies are nefariously involved in it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The US Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, dropping some hard facts regarding the developments unfolding around Ukraine and how Trump and his cronies are nefariously involved in it.
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The rift between the U.S. and its allies keeps widening—and journalist Tim Mack breaks down why.
Watch here:https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-inevitable-trumpian-betrayal
Watch here:https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-inevitable-trumpian-betrayal
The Inevitable, Trumpian Betrayal of Ukraine
All Things Ukraine, Venezuela, and European Allies on Where in the World is Tim Mak?
contrarian.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The rift between the U.S. and its allies keeps widening—and journalist Tim Mack breaks down why.
Watch here:https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-inevitable-trumpian-betrayal
Watch here:https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-inevitable-trumpian-betrayal
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What the US is doing to Europe it is also doing to its one time allies in the Indo-Pacific. There is one rule of action for the US government now. If you are a democracy, you will be abandoned; if you are a dictatorship, you will be praised and supported.
Japan has urged the US to give Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi more public support after expressing frustration at the level of backing she received following comments about Taiwan that enraged China: on.ft.com/4ppLWPW
Japan frustrated at Trump administration’s silence over row with China
Tokyo asks US to be more vocal in its support after Beijing reacted furiously to prime minister’s comments about Taiwan
on.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
What the US is doing to Europe it is also doing to its one time allies in the Indo-Pacific. There is one rule of action for the US government now. If you are a democracy, you will be abandoned; if you are a dictatorship, you will be praised and supported.
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I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
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Today’s Russian papers on chances of a peace deal: “Don't count on Russia making noticeable concessions.” But: “If proposals are acceptable to Russia, one could talk of a summit in Budapest.” Meanwhile, Russia’s “economic malaise betrayed by rise in wage arrears." #ReadingRussia
What today's Russian papers are saying about the prospects for a Ukraine peace deal
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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December 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Today’s Russian papers on chances of a peace deal: “Don't count on Russia making noticeable concessions.” But: “If proposals are acceptable to Russia, one could talk of a summit in Budapest.” Meanwhile, Russia’s “economic malaise betrayed by rise in wage arrears." #ReadingRussia
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What do Jeffrey Clark, Harmeet Dhillon, Heather Honey and Kari Lake have in common? While they do happen to be Trump’s favorite election deniers, they’re also the force behind the administration’s anti-voting efforts.
Here’s what you need to know👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Here’s what you need to know👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
What do Jeffrey Clark, Harmeet Dhillon, Heather Honey and Kari Lake have in common? While they do happen to be Trump’s favorite election deniers, they’re also the force behind the administration’s anti-voting efforts.
Here’s what you need to know👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Here’s what you need to know👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
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Just sent out my free weekend update. Though the reporting this week made it crystal clear that the Trump administration is with Putin, that was not a bad thing for Ukraine. Accepting the truth is the first step to recovery-and the truth cannot now be denied. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #161: Not A Bad Week For Ukraine
Truth, Democracy and Corruption, Possible High Command Changes, Are European Gloves Coming Off?
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Just sent out my free weekend update. Though the reporting this week made it crystal clear that the Trump administration is with Putin, that was not a bad thing for Ukraine. Accepting the truth is the first step to recovery-and the truth cannot now be denied. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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It’s not that complicated, people.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s not that complicated, people.
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The last few hours have proven 2 terrible things. First, the US and Russian governments are so close that the US government takes large parts of Russian proposals and passes them off as their own, and second that some people are so desperate to exonerate Trump that they act like this a good thing.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The last few hours have proven 2 terrible things. First, the US and Russian governments are so close that the US government takes large parts of Russian proposals and passes them off as their own, and second that some people are so desperate to exonerate Trump that they act like this a good thing.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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👏 UK on US peace plan: Russia can end war by withdrawing its troops
UK on US peace plan: Russia can end war by withdrawing its troops – Reuters
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has stated that the country supports US President Donald Trump's plan for peace in Ukraine, saying that Russia can end the war immediately by withdr...
www.pravda.com.ua
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
👏 UK on US peace plan: Russia can end war by withdrawing its troops
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He's a total chauvinist. He thinks men are superior to women, and women only have one purpose.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
He's a total chauvinist. He thinks men are superior to women, and women only have one purpose.
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In today’s Russian papers: the new icebreaker Stalingrad, 14-year-olds can now be prosecuted for sabotage & “Russia’s industry is somewhere between stagnation and decline.” #ReadingRussia
"Russian industry is somewhere between stagnation and decline,” says Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In today’s Russian papers: the new icebreaker Stalingrad, 14-year-olds can now be prosecuted for sabotage & “Russia’s industry is somewhere between stagnation and decline.” #ReadingRussia
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What Happens When The Government Loses Its Credibility: The Comey Prosecution open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
What Happens When The Government Loses Its Credibility: The Comey Prosecution
This is one of those long posts we occasionally have when a judge files a highly significant order.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 AM
What Happens When The Government Loses Its Credibility: The Comey Prosecution open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Interesting editorial in one of today’s Russian papers. It states that in a political system like Russia's “politicians who find themselves in power get used to having more and more powers [and] have no external incentive to change.” #ReadingRussia
Do Russians want a leader with a 'strong hand'? Interesting editorial in a Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Interesting editorial in one of today’s Russian papers. It states that in a political system like Russia's “politicians who find themselves in power get used to having more and more powers [and] have no external incentive to change.” #ReadingRussia
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Today's Russian newspapers react to Donald Trump sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies:
▪️“3/4 of Russia’s oil exports are now sanctioned.”
▪️“a political signal…a negative indicator”
▪️“Trump can backpedal any time. He’s that kind of person.”
#ReadingRussia
▪️“3/4 of Russia’s oil exports are now sanctioned.”
▪️“a political signal…a negative indicator”
▪️“Trump can backpedal any time. He’s that kind of person.”
#ReadingRussia
"Three-quarters of Russia's oil exports now under sanctions: - Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Today's Russian newspapers react to Donald Trump sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies:
▪️“3/4 of Russia’s oil exports are now sanctioned.”
▪️“a political signal…a negative indicator”
▪️“Trump can backpedal any time. He’s that kind of person.”
#ReadingRussia
▪️“3/4 of Russia’s oil exports are now sanctioned.”
▪️“a political signal…a negative indicator”
▪️“Trump can backpedal any time. He’s that kind of person.”
#ReadingRussia