John Jorgensen.bsky.social
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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
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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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How are these things connected? We could use the Russian assets now and then some other money in two years. 🤷♂️
🇧🇪 Belgian PM: "If we use Russian assets to finance the war, then we also assume that the Russians will be exhausted in two years... A tsar like Putin can do everything: starve his people, lead them to the slaughter and organize genocide. But lose the war? He cannot do that."
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
How are these things connected? We could use the Russian assets now and then some other money in two years. 🤷♂️
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36 years ago Romanian dictator Chaushesku was cured from tyranny using lead. One thing he has in common with Hussein who was hanged, Milosevic who died in prison, and Kaddafi who was executed, is they all thought they’ll never face responsibility. A lesson russians will learn soon.
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
36 years ago Romanian dictator Chaushesku was cured from tyranny using lead. One thing he has in common with Hussein who was hanged, Milosevic who died in prison, and Kaddafi who was executed, is they all thought they’ll never face responsibility. A lesson russians will learn soon.
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If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
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American tech companies are not truly concerned about censorship, as they happily operate in countries with strict regulations.
You never hear the Trump administration complain about Saudi Arabia, Russia, or China.
This is about bullying Europe, nothing more
You never hear the Trump administration complain about Saudi Arabia, Russia, or China.
This is about bullying Europe, nothing more
December 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
American tech companies are not truly concerned about censorship, as they happily operate in countries with strict regulations.
You never hear the Trump administration complain about Saudi Arabia, Russia, or China.
This is about bullying Europe, nothing more
You never hear the Trump administration complain about Saudi Arabia, Russia, or China.
This is about bullying Europe, nothing more
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Jette Albinus is one of the best military leaders I know. We are lucky to have her in charge of Multinational Division North in Latvia.
❗Jette Albinus ist die erste Frau, die in der 🇩🇰 dänischen Armee den Rang eines Generalmajors erreichte. Sie führt die Multinationale Division in #Lettland. Lest mehr über sie hier 👉 www.reservistenverband.de/magazin-loya...
>> Wir sind das Magazin vom @reservistenverband.bsky.social <<
>> Wir sind das Magazin vom @reservistenverband.bsky.social <<
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Jette Albinus is one of the best military leaders I know. We are lucky to have her in charge of Multinational Division North in Latvia.
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Jeg er meget uenig med Jan Werner. Jeg mener at han komplet fejllæser Putin og truslen fra Rusland. Jeg synes også det er rimeligt at nævne at han ikke har nogen særlige kompetencer for at forstå Rusland, men udelukkende ekstrapolerer fra nogle generelle IP-teorier.
December 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Jeg er meget uenig med Jan Werner. Jeg mener at han komplet fejllæser Putin og truslen fra Rusland. Jeg synes også det er rimeligt at nævne at han ikke har nogen særlige kompetencer for at forstå Rusland, men udelukkende ekstrapolerer fra nogle generelle IP-teorier.
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Why negotiations most likely will not bring peace in Ukraine.
I explain why this war will be decided on the battlefield.
libmod.de/en/almost-fo...
I explain why this war will be decided on the battlefield.
libmod.de/en/almost-fo...
Almost four years of Russia's full-scale invasion: A historical look into the future
Almost four years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, historian Jan Claas Behrends (ZZF/European University Viadrina) takes a historically informed look back—and warns against illusions a...
libmod.de
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Why negotiations most likely will not bring peace in Ukraine.
I explain why this war will be decided on the battlefield.
libmod.de/en/almost-fo...
I explain why this war will be decided on the battlefield.
libmod.de/en/almost-fo...
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Huge news for 🇺🇦!
- Kremlin and MAGA stooges in 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇰 have been sidelined.
- 🇪🇺 shows Trump the middle finger. No more siding with the rapist and pressuring the victim.
It’s hard to overstate the importance🙏🏻
- Kremlin and MAGA stooges in 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇰 have been sidelined.
- 🇪🇺 shows Trump the middle finger. No more siding with the rapist and pressuring the victim.
It’s hard to overstate the importance🙏🏻
December 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Huge news for 🇺🇦!
- Kremlin and MAGA stooges in 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇰 have been sidelined.
- 🇪🇺 shows Trump the middle finger. No more siding with the rapist and pressuring the victim.
It’s hard to overstate the importance🙏🏻
- Kremlin and MAGA stooges in 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇰 have been sidelined.
- 🇪🇺 shows Trump the middle finger. No more siding with the rapist and pressuring the victim.
It’s hard to overstate the importance🙏🏻
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ICC arrest warrants for Putin and five other Russians accused of war crimes in Ukraine will stay in place even if Ukraine peace talks succeed, ICC prosecutors said
Deputy prosecutors Mame Mandiaye Niang &Nazhat Shameem Khan said a UNSC resolution would be required to suspend court-issued warrants
Deputy prosecutors Mame Mandiaye Niang &Nazhat Shameem Khan said a UNSC resolution would be required to suspend court-issued warrants
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
ICC arrest warrants for Putin and five other Russians accused of war crimes in Ukraine will stay in place even if Ukraine peace talks succeed, ICC prosecutors said
Deputy prosecutors Mame Mandiaye Niang &Nazhat Shameem Khan said a UNSC resolution would be required to suspend court-issued warrants
Deputy prosecutors Mame Mandiaye Niang &Nazhat Shameem Khan said a UNSC resolution would be required to suspend court-issued warrants
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THIS is absolutely it!
Europe needs a strategy for victory in 🇺🇦. It can and it must. Although the voices of capitulation are louder and louder spurred on by wannabe dictator Trump siding with war criminal Putin, it would be a disaster to bow out👇🏻
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Europe needs a strategy for victory in 🇺🇦. It can and it must. Although the voices of capitulation are louder and louder spurred on by wannabe dictator Trump siding with war criminal Putin, it would be a disaster to bow out👇🏻
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
THIS is absolutely it!
Europe needs a strategy for victory in 🇺🇦. It can and it must. Although the voices of capitulation are louder and louder spurred on by wannabe dictator Trump siding with war criminal Putin, it would be a disaster to bow out👇🏻
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Europe needs a strategy for victory in 🇺🇦. It can and it must. Although the voices of capitulation are louder and louder spurred on by wannabe dictator Trump siding with war criminal Putin, it would be a disaster to bow out👇🏻
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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And Ukrainian journalists, civil society, and legal institutions still work.
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
And Ukrainian journalists, civil society, and legal institutions still work.
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Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.
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If you need good news today, it’s coming out of Brussels after the Merz, von der Leyen dinner with de Wever! www.ft.com/content/4283... Germany and EU hold ‘constructive’ talks with Belgium on Russian assets
Germany and EU hold ‘constructive’ talks with Belgium on Russian assets
Merz jetted to Brussels for dinner with Belgian premier on Friday to try to win approval for a reparations loan for Kyiv
www.ft.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
If you need good news today, it’s coming out of Brussels after the Merz, von der Leyen dinner with de Wever! www.ft.com/content/4283... Germany and EU hold ‘constructive’ talks with Belgium on Russian assets
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This is absolutely the only way to go: Europe needs its own plan for 🇺🇦!
And not just any plan. A European strategy for victory is a requirement for a sustainable negotiated settlement. Seems hard for a lot of people to understand...
And not just any plan. A European strategy for victory is a requirement for a sustainable negotiated settlement. Seems hard for a lot of people to understand...
Europe needs its 'own plan' for Ukraine, Kubilius tells Euronews
Europe needs its 'own plan' for Ukraine, Kubilius tells Euronews
Europe is once again scrambling to find a foothold in talks to end the war in Ukraine as Putin is set to meet US negotiators in Moscow. For the EU defence tsar this is proof the continent needs to bolster its geopolitical standing fast, he told Euronews' flagship morning show Europe Today.
l.euronews.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is absolutely the only way to go: Europe needs its own plan for 🇺🇦!
And not just any plan. A European strategy for victory is a requirement for a sustainable negotiated settlement. Seems hard for a lot of people to understand...
And not just any plan. A European strategy for victory is a requirement for a sustainable negotiated settlement. Seems hard for a lot of people to understand...
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The Wall Street Journal has exposed the corruption of Steve Witkoff and the Trump family. They are currently selling out America's interests and our NATO allies for billions in business deals with the Russians.
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The Wall Street Journal has exposed the corruption of Steve Witkoff and the Trump family. They are currently selling out America's interests and our NATO allies for billions in business deals with the Russians.
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Two possibilities: 1) if defining smugglers/fishermen as enemy combatants is illegal (very likely) Hegseth belongs in a 🇺🇸 jail for extrajudicial killings, or 2) if definition is legal Hegseth belongs in The Hague
Reporter: You said that that second strike was in full accordance with the law of armed conflict but the Navy's own manual of law of war says that specifically firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime that's forbidden under U.S. Law and the law of armed conflict…
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Two possibilities: 1) if defining smugglers/fishermen as enemy combatants is illegal (very likely) Hegseth belongs in a 🇺🇸 jail for extrajudicial killings, or 2) if definition is legal Hegseth belongs in The Hague
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There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
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Its laughable how Trump/Kushner/Witkoff peddle business deals as some bold new way to tame russian aggression, when in reality, it’s the same tired playbook that’s been tried before, each time only fueling greater russian aggression
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Its laughable how Trump/Kushner/Witkoff peddle business deals as some bold new way to tame russian aggression, when in reality, it’s the same tired playbook that’s been tried before, each time only fueling greater russian aggression
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A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack.
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack.
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
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Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history, and that makes it extra difficult to interpret what's happening when he makes seemingly unexplainable decisions. It's a big problem if the European press won't discuss this issue.
Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history, and that makes it extra difficult to interpret what's happening when he makes seemingly unexplainable decisions. It's a big problem if the European press won't discuss this issue.
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Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
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for me it is not that Trump is spouting nonsense we all know he is an idiot, it is that I am so disappointed in the media surrounding him and take everything what he says like it is normal or even worth paying attention too.
sorry but it has to be said American media is in decline and absolute joke
sorry but it has to be said American media is in decline and absolute joke
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
for me it is not that Trump is spouting nonsense we all know he is an idiot, it is that I am so disappointed in the media surrounding him and take everything what he says like it is normal or even worth paying attention too.
sorry but it has to be said American media is in decline and absolute joke
sorry but it has to be said American media is in decline and absolute joke
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Thinking maybe Witkoff should just stay in Moscow. He could have Assad and Yanukovych as neighbors.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thinking maybe Witkoff should just stay in Moscow. He could have Assad and Yanukovych as neighbors.
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Regardless of the outcomes of peace negotiations, Russian war criminals must face justice. This has not been ‘a few bad apples’; it has been a systemic approach to barbarity endorsed from the top. There can be no ‘get out of jail free’ card for them.
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...
Russian military reportedly executes 5 Ukrainian POWs
Five Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were executed by Russian soldiers, Ukrainian mapping and analytical organization DeepState reported on Nov. 22.
kyivindependent.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Regardless of the outcomes of peace negotiations, Russian war criminals must face justice. This has not been ‘a few bad apples’; it has been a systemic approach to barbarity endorsed from the top. There can be no ‘get out of jail free’ card for them.
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...