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Denmark isn’t exaggerating. If a country threatens to seize another’s territory, it becomes a potential threat by definition, even if they are treaty allies on paper. This is the situation Trump has created for Greenland and Denmark. #holdfast #steadystate
🚨 Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies
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Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fr...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Denmark isn’t exaggerating. If a country threatens to seize another’s territory, it becomes a potential threat by definition, even if they are treaty allies on paper. This is the situation Trump has created for Greenland and Denmark. #holdfast #steadystate
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The strategy explicitly calls for Washington to "cultivate resistance" against EU-aligned governments by backing nationalist parties.
Denmark's intelligence service—one of America's closest allies—now warns the US is using "economic and technological strength as a means of power" against partners.
Denmark's intelligence service—one of America's closest allies—now warns the US is using "economic and technological strength as a means of power" against partners.
Europe now faces two strategic adversaries: Russia and the United States
Trump's security strategy calls for "cultivating resistance" against EU governments
euromaidanpress.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The strategy explicitly calls for Washington to "cultivate resistance" against EU-aligned governments by backing nationalist parties.
Denmark's intelligence service—one of America's closest allies—now warns the US is using "economic and technological strength as a means of power" against partners.
Denmark's intelligence service—one of America's closest allies—now warns the US is using "economic and technological strength as a means of power" against partners.
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And again, any discussion of America's ability to reshape the global order needs to take the level of skill and state capacity of the current US government into account
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
And again, any discussion of America's ability to reshape the global order needs to take the level of skill and state capacity of the current US government into account
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god this is a satisfying sentence
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
god this is a satisfying sentence
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Historian here OTD a day that will live in infamy we need to point out that the reconstruction of Japan and Germany proved to be successful after WWII but the Reconstruction of the misbegotten Confederacy was brutally overthrown. We still live with the legacy of that history in the United States.
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Historian here OTD a day that will live in infamy we need to point out that the reconstruction of Japan and Germany proved to be successful after WWII but the Reconstruction of the misbegotten Confederacy was brutally overthrown. We still live with the legacy of that history in the United States.
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However many shells you think you have, I can tell you that if your country gets into a real large-scale 'big boy' war, the exact number of shells you have is "not enough."
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
However many shells you think you have, I can tell you that if your country gets into a real large-scale 'big boy' war, the exact number of shells you have is "not enough."
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i have no idea why “the US must adopt the defense procurement strategy of the weaker party fighting a defensive conflict with deep asymmetries in order project power abroad(???)” is becoming a mainstay opinion of the commentariat but here we are
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
i have no idea why “the US must adopt the defense procurement strategy of the weaker party fighting a defensive conflict with deep asymmetries in order project power abroad(???)” is becoming a mainstay opinion of the commentariat but here we are
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ukraine was armed with weaponry the US produces in abundance and was able to hold their own in conventional conflict, it is not a secret sauce for defeating big powers that can be adopted everywhere and i guarentee you, ukraine would much rather fight with real combined arms, not drones
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
ukraine was armed with weaponry the US produces in abundance and was able to hold their own in conventional conflict, it is not a secret sauce for defeating big powers that can be adopted everywhere and i guarentee you, ukraine would much rather fight with real combined arms, not drones
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
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Incredibly depressing if the lesson of the US is preemptive institutional surrender
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Incredibly depressing if the lesson of the US is preemptive institutional surrender
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No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
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The state is not a tumour on a preexisting society that can be separated and extracted from it, it's a form of social organisation that forms part of a society.
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The state is not a tumour on a preexisting society that can be separated and extracted from it, it's a form of social organisation that forms part of a society.
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A rather new framing for EU enlargement - not only with a focus on security (that has been there for a while), to be gained not primarily by exporting EU stability but by importing military strength into the EU.
Kaja Kallas at the first EU Enlargement Forum in Bruxelles: Ukraine has the strongest army in Europe, so taking Ukraine in the EU means being defended by the best army on the continent
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A rather new framing for EU enlargement - not only with a focus on security (that has been there for a while), to be gained not primarily by exporting EU stability but by importing military strength into the EU.
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Historic. Commentators making parallels with early 1930s accommodation with Nazis. Long story short: conservatives combine with far right and neofascists to pass legislation. The vote was about business supply chains but will be remembered as another waypoint on the EU's lurch rightwards.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Historic. Commentators making parallels with early 1930s accommodation with Nazis. Long story short: conservatives combine with far right and neofascists to pass legislation. The vote was about business supply chains but will be remembered as another waypoint on the EU's lurch rightwards.
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Harm to SNAP recipients, federal workers, and others is real. In a normal democracy it’d make sense to prioritize reducing that harm in the short term.
In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Harm to SNAP recipients, federal workers, and others is real. In a normal democracy it’d make sense to prioritize reducing that harm in the short term.
In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
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as we can currently see, the old prejudices can be woken up at terrifying speed. I was at a conference with a Polish colleague a year ago who told me about historic resentment and mistrust between Poles and Ukrainians. Let us not forget the Poles& the Germans. And the French &the Germans. Etc etc
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
as we can currently see, the old prejudices can be woken up at terrifying speed. I was at a conference with a Polish colleague a year ago who told me about historic resentment and mistrust between Poles and Ukrainians. Let us not forget the Poles& the Germans. And the French &the Germans. Etc etc
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Yes NATO is crucial. Yes the EU lacks power. But it is so reductive to think that peace comes only from who has the most rockets, while forgetting why countries would use these rockets in the first place. Centuries of Europeans killing each other, not trusting each other. All that stuff runs deep &/
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Yes NATO is crucial. Yes the EU lacks power. But it is so reductive to think that peace comes only from who has the most rockets, while forgetting why countries would use these rockets in the first place. Centuries of Europeans killing each other, not trusting each other. All that stuff runs deep &/
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Of course we can talk about rules that do not work properly, but the concept behind European integration must be clear. It is a legal framework in which individual member can resolve their many differences with peaceful means.
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Of course we can talk about rules that do not work properly, but the concept behind European integration must be clear. It is a legal framework in which individual member can resolve their many differences with peaceful means.
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Some people can’t understand that the Democratic Party is a coalition of groups and the Republican Party is a ideological based party, and they insist on applying Republican structure on to Democrats
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Some people can’t understand that the Democratic Party is a coalition of groups and the Republican Party is a ideological based party, and they insist on applying Republican structure on to Democrats
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Just wrote an upbeat (!) Morning Shots.
I mean, if not today, when?
We should relish this moment. For a few hours. Because we should realize that these results are going to make the Trump administration even more aggressive about tilting the 2026 playing field, and we need to be ready for that.
I mean, if not today, when?
We should relish this moment. For a few hours. Because we should realize that these results are going to make the Trump administration even more aggressive about tilting the 2026 playing field, and we need to be ready for that.
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just wrote an upbeat (!) Morning Shots.
I mean, if not today, when?
We should relish this moment. For a few hours. Because we should realize that these results are going to make the Trump administration even more aggressive about tilting the 2026 playing field, and we need to be ready for that.
I mean, if not today, when?
We should relish this moment. For a few hours. Because we should realize that these results are going to make the Trump administration even more aggressive about tilting the 2026 playing field, and we need to be ready for that.
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A blaring red warning signal for the rule of law; a President declaring “we’re just gonna kill people” without a trial or even a shred of due process.
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A blaring red warning signal for the rule of law; a President declaring “we’re just gonna kill people” without a trial or even a shred of due process.
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Look at my defense industry dawg
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Look at my defense industry dawg