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USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) Legend-class Maritime Security Cutter leaving San Diego - July 19, 2025
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USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) Legend-class Maritime Security Cutter leaving San Diego - July 19, 2025
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NEW: A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a resolution on May 20 calling for Russia to return all the Ukrainian children it has deported before finalizing any peace agreement to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Russian Occupation Update, May 22, 2025: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
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May 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW: A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a resolution on May 20 calling for Russia to return all the Ukrainian children it has deported before finalizing any peace agreement to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Early thoughts on the potential upcoming "peace negotiations" in Istanbul -- still very early and highly speculative, as they are based solely on Putin’s proposal to hold talks and Zelensky’s verbal agreement to attend:
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May 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Early thoughts on the potential upcoming "peace negotiations" in Istanbul -- still very early and highly speculative, as they are based solely on Putin’s proposal to hold talks and Zelensky’s verbal agreement to attend:
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Zelensky won't agree to a ceasefire while his capital is being bombed, — Macron said.
"U.S. anger should be directed at one person: Putin, who started this war against a neighboring country. He must finally stop lying to the world," the French President emphasized.
"U.S. anger should be directed at one person: Putin, who started this war against a neighboring country. He must finally stop lying to the world," the French President emphasized.
April 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Zelensky won't agree to a ceasefire while his capital is being bombed, — Macron said.
"U.S. anger should be directed at one person: Putin, who started this war against a neighboring country. He must finally stop lying to the world," the French President emphasized.
"U.S. anger should be directed at one person: Putin, who started this war against a neighboring country. He must finally stop lying to the world," the French President emphasized.
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What is the Trump administration’s strategy for preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons? How does Israel view the threat of Iran’s nuclear program, and what are its preferred policy options?
@poni.csis.org experts explore these questions:
@poni.csis.org experts explore these questions:
What Factors Drive U.S.-Israeli Differences on Iran’s Nuclear Challenge?
U.S.-Israeli differences over the Iranian nuclear challenge are growing. With Washington signaling interests in diplomacy and Israel advocating for military action, their diverging strategies could…
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April 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What is the Trump administration’s strategy for preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons? How does Israel view the threat of Iran’s nuclear program, and what are its preferred policy options?
@poni.csis.org experts explore these questions:
@poni.csis.org experts explore these questions:
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You can't be serious?
April 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You can't be serious?
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Lessons to learn from US collapse: support local news, support investigative reporting, keep your public broadcasting going.
Breaking News: The White House is said to be planning to ask Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding from public media, including NPR and PBS.
White House to Ask Congress to Rescind Funding From NPR and PBS
The Trump administration plans to ask Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some funding for public media in the United States...
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Lessons to learn from US collapse: support local news, support investigative reporting, keep your public broadcasting going.
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The Signal chat leak should have triggered resignations, investigations, and hearings with real consequences. Instead, it triggered a shrug. Accountability isn’t eroding in the US, it's already gone. What remains is performance, denial, and power protecting itself.
HOULAHAN: Do you believe it's now time potentially for the the FBI to open an investigation into this?
PATEL: I'm not going to comment on that
PATEL: I'm not going to comment on that
March 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Signal chat leak should have triggered resignations, investigations, and hearings with real consequences. Instead, it triggered a shrug. Accountability isn’t eroding in the US, it's already gone. What remains is performance, denial, and power protecting itself.
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Potato Führer Lukashenko has officially taken office as President of Belarus.
"Half the world dreams of our dictatorship," he said. This is his 7th term. He is the only president of Belarus in its entire history of independence.
"Half the world dreams of our dictatorship," he said. This is his 7th term. He is the only president of Belarus in its entire history of independence.
March 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Potato Führer Lukashenko has officially taken office as President of Belarus.
"Half the world dreams of our dictatorship," he said. This is his 7th term. He is the only president of Belarus in its entire history of independence.
"Half the world dreams of our dictatorship," he said. This is his 7th term. He is the only president of Belarus in its entire history of independence.
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Russia continues to persecute religious minorities, especially Evangelical Christian communities in occupied Kherson Oblast as part of a wider campaign in occupied Ukraine aimed at destroying independent Ukrainian national and religious identities. (1/2) isw.pub/UkrWar032425
March 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Russia continues to persecute religious minorities, especially Evangelical Christian communities in occupied Kherson Oblast as part of a wider campaign in occupied Ukraine aimed at destroying independent Ukrainian national and religious identities. (1/2) isw.pub/UkrWar032425
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Great @npr.org article on the vital work that our friends at the @archive.org are doing to preserve online history against political attacks.
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Great @npr.org article on the vital work that our friends at the @archive.org are doing to preserve online history against political attacks.
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BENNET: Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were as director of the CIA participating in this thread? Were you aware of that?!
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
March 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BENNET: Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were as director of the CIA participating in this thread? Were you aware of that?!
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that
BENNET: It's am embarrassment
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Remember that the people on the Signal chat include the US negotiators on Ukraine. It is no wonder that Putin is twisting them around like taffy at the county fair.
#signalgate
#signalgate
March 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Remember that the people on the Signal chat include the US negotiators on Ukraine. It is no wonder that Putin is twisting them around like taffy at the county fair.
#signalgate
#signalgate
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A series of attacks have targeted Tesla facilities & vehicles across the U.S., bringing renewed attention to a long-standing debate among policymakers, scholars, & law enforcement over what qualifies as domestic terrorism.
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The Escalating Attacks on Tesla Facilities
Since January 2025, a series of attacks have targeted Tesla facilities and vehicles across the United States, bringing renewed attention to a long-standing debate among policymakers, scholars, and…
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March 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A series of attacks have targeted Tesla facilities & vehicles across the U.S., bringing renewed attention to a long-standing debate among policymakers, scholars, & law enforcement over what qualifies as domestic terrorism.
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NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine over three years ago with the intent, among other things, of stealing its children. There can be no true peace in Ukraine without the return of the children that Putin has stolen, writes @karolinahird.bsky.social: isw.pub/SpecialRepor...
March 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine over three years ago with the intent, among other things, of stealing its children. There can be no true peace in Ukraine without the return of the children that Putin has stolen, writes @karolinahird.bsky.social: isw.pub/SpecialRepor...
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By this reasoning, any American can be deported to El Salvador at any time, since in both absolute numbers and relative proportions US citizens murder more people than undocumented migrants do.
By this reasoning, the instant someone is accused of murder, we can do what we want to them because the murder victim didn't have due process. Or if someone is accused of theft, because the victim didn't get due process.
This is beyond just wrong. It's evil.
This is beyond just wrong. It's evil.
KARL: Do they have any due process at all?
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
March 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By this reasoning, any American can be deported to El Salvador at any time, since in both absolute numbers and relative proportions US citizens murder more people than undocumented migrants do.
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The most disappointing aspect of the Signal group chat leak is the absence of JD Vance memes
The rest was pretty much expected
The rest was pretty much expected
March 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The most disappointing aspect of the Signal group chat leak is the absence of JD Vance memes
The rest was pretty much expected
The rest was pretty much expected
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They did one of those WW2 game chat videos for real.
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
They did one of those WW2 game chat videos for real.
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Over the past week, Russia has launched 1,580 guided bombs, nearly 1,100 attack drones, and 15 missiles of various types against Ukraine, Zelensky reported. He emphasized that these weapons contain at least 102,000 foreign components, proving that sanctions are not working effectively.
March 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Over the past week, Russia has launched 1,580 guided bombs, nearly 1,100 attack drones, and 15 missiles of various types against Ukraine, Zelensky reported. He emphasized that these weapons contain at least 102,000 foreign components, proving that sanctions are not working effectively.
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Ukrainian teenagers who live on Russian-occupied Ukrainian lands have secret book clubs to discuss Ukrainian books.They take great risks doing that as anything Ukrainian is prohibited. The teenagers can be taken away from parents,be interrogated or face other dire consequences
March 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Ukrainian teenagers who live on Russian-occupied Ukrainian lands have secret book clubs to discuss Ukrainian books.They take great risks doing that as anything Ukrainian is prohibited. The teenagers can be taken away from parents,be interrogated or face other dire consequences
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"If the U.S. really is going to negotiate with the Russians on Ukraine, it really needs to understand the broader context of Russian active measures around the globe, including in Europe," says CSIS expert Seth Jones.
Learn more about Russia's shadow war: www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
Learn more about Russia's shadow war: www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
March 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"If the U.S. really is going to negotiate with the Russians on Ukraine, it really needs to understand the broader context of Russian active measures around the globe, including in Europe," says CSIS expert Seth Jones.
Learn more about Russia's shadow war: www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
Learn more about Russia's shadow war: www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
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"Ukraine agreed to a full ceasefire, but after U.S. contact with Russia, we took a step back - to a partial truce." - Zelenskyy.
March 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Ukraine agreed to a full ceasefire, but after U.S. contact with Russia, we took a step back - to a partial truce." - Zelenskyy.
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"The Houthis are aligned with Iran and Iran is almost certainly still supplying them with weapons, but the Houthis sometimes act without direct Iranian approval."
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US Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted at least 17 airstrikes targeting Houthi industrial and administrative sites across Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen since CTP-ISW's cutoff on March 18. More: www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"The Houthis are aligned with Iran and Iran is almost certainly still supplying them with weapons, but the Houthis sometimes act without direct Iranian approval."
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Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled
Dan Ives warns company is in ‘brand tornado crisis moment’ as it is removed from Vancouver auto show
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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When you send innocent people to a foreign gulag, you are not fighting terror. You are practicing it.
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
March 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When you send innocent people to a foreign gulag, you are not fighting terror. You are practicing it.