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Basic decency prevents autocrats & extremism
"The authors do focus on one enemy ideology. It is [..] European liberal democracy. This is what this radical faction really fears: people who talk about transparency, accountability, civil rights, and the rule of law. "
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social nails it! 🎯💯
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social nails it! 🎯💯
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"The authors do focus on one enemy ideology. It is [..] European liberal democracy. This is what this radical faction really fears: people who talk about transparency, accountability, civil rights, and the rule of law. "
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social nails it! 🎯💯
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social nails it! 🎯💯
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The US "banned 5 people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Dept, is necessary to protect free speech. If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension."
Good piece about something bad, by @mmasnick.bsky.social.
Good piece about something bad, by @mmasnick.bsky.social.
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The US "banned 5 people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Dept, is necessary to protect free speech. If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension."
Good piece about something bad, by @mmasnick.bsky.social.
Good piece about something bad, by @mmasnick.bsky.social.
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
“For a year now, people have been telling me that Trump will eventually get tough on Russia. It’s been the geopolitical version of Waiting for Godot.”
Thank you @fromtga.bsky.social! 💯
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Thank you @fromtga.bsky.social! 💯
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Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump
The new US national security strategy shows us Europeans exactly where we stand: alone.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“For a year now, people have been telling me that Trump will eventually get tough on Russia. It’s been the geopolitical version of Waiting for Godot.”
Thank you @fromtga.bsky.social! 💯
open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...
Thank you @fromtga.bsky.social! 💯
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Das Erstaunlichste ist, wie irgendjemand überrascht sein kann. Derselbe Kanzler wurde <2 Monate nach Ende seiner Amtszeit Vorsitzender des Gesellschafterausschusses von Gazprom.
correctiv.org/transparenz/...
correctiv.org/transparenz/...
Bundeskanzler Schröder, Russlands Präsident Putin und der Verdacht auf Aktenklau
Gerhard Schröder ließ wohl Akten aus dem Kanzleramt in die Ebert-Stiftung schaffen – womöglich Dokumente zu Putin und Nord Stream
correctiv.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Das Erstaunlichste ist, wie irgendjemand überrascht sein kann. Derselbe Kanzler wurde <2 Monate nach Ende seiner Amtszeit Vorsitzender des Gesellschafterausschusses von Gazprom.
correctiv.org/transparenz/...
correctiv.org/transparenz/...
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A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
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Diese Geschichte ist unfassbar.
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
"Digitale Auslöschung": Wie US-Sanktionen einen europäischen Richter lahmlegen
Nicolas Guillou ist von beinahe allen digitalen Diensten dieser Welt gesperrt – von Amazon bis Paypal. Europa wirkt dagegen völlig machtlos
www.derstandard.at
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Diese Geschichte ist unfassbar.
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:
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"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 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"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...
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Tom Friedman’s piece in the NYT today again brings up the specter of Neville Chamberlain in ‘39. I disagree.
A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
@nicollewallace.bsky.social @mcfaulmike.bsky.social @benrhodes.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social have we lost all ability to put oneself in someone else’s shoes? If not, then why is this hard? We’d never consider a proposal like the one we/Putin (gross) offered Ukraine
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Tom Friedman’s piece in the NYT today again brings up the specter of Neville Chamberlain in ‘39. I disagree.
A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
That peace plan is the most credible, unrefutable evidence for collusion of Trump with Russia that we have ever seen.
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That peace plan is the most credible, unrefutable evidence for collusion of Trump with Russia that we have ever seen.
Excellent analysis by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact [..] brought us World War II. The Yalta agreement gave us the Cold War. The Witkoff-Dmitriev pact [..] will fit right into that tradition.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Excellent analysis by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact [..] brought us World War II. The Yalta agreement gave us the Cold War. The Witkoff-Dmitriev pact [..] will fit right into that tradition.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
Not sure what is worse
Russia-Ukraine war: US insists it authored peace plan
Russia-Ukraine war: US insists it authored peace plan
It comes after a group of senators said they were told by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the draft did not reflect Washington's position.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Not sure what is worse
If only American billionaires had similar decency left…
www.virgin.com/branson-fami...
www.virgin.com/branson-fami...
This is not a peace plan | Virgin
Ukraine: This is not really a peace plan at all
www.virgin.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If only American billionaires had similar decency left…
www.virgin.com/branson-fami...
www.virgin.com/branson-fami...
Intense, but beautifully written piece by @timothysnyder.bsky.social - and spot on.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Intense, but beautifully written piece by @timothysnyder.bsky.social - and spot on.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Good.
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a "grave betrayal" of the electorate's trust and inflicted "profound harm".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Good.
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Wow. Witkoff / the U.S. administration are now officially the ambassadors of the Kremlin.
Utterly unacceptable plan and new low point.
www.ft.com/content/2353...
Utterly unacceptable plan and new low point.
www.ft.com/content/2353...
US and Russian officials draft new peace plan for Ukraine
Proposal envisages major concessions by Kyiv and rollback of American military assistance
www.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Wow. Witkoff / the U.S. administration are now officially the ambassadors of the Kremlin.
Utterly unacceptable plan and new low point.
www.ft.com/content/2353...
Utterly unacceptable plan and new low point.
www.ft.com/content/2353...
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This stuff is so crazy. Trump is now just letting his allies that helped him nearly overthrow the government take turns stealing taxpayer money.
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This stuff is so crazy. Trump is now just letting his allies that helped him nearly overthrow the government take turns stealing taxpayer money.
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Excellent summary - warrants a thorough read.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Excellent summary - warrants a thorough read.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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If Trump lies about everything else why does anyone presume he’s telling the truth about Gaza, Ukraine or Venezuela?
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If Trump lies about everything else why does anyone presume he’s telling the truth about Gaza, Ukraine or Venezuela?
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc