Rick Petree
@rickpetree.bsky.social
Battered but unbowed. "The truth will stand when the world won’t.”
American democracy/politics; IR (E-W, Turkey/ MENA, CEE/FSU); Energy Transition; global economics. @UniofOxford @HarvGSAS @HarvLawSchool (Ed., @HarvLRev)
American democracy/politics; IR (E-W, Turkey/ MENA, CEE/FSU); Energy Transition; global economics. @UniofOxford @HarvGSAS @HarvLawSchool (Ed., @HarvLRev)
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Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak emphasized that during the dispute with US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was right and did not make a single mistake.
"We will not apologize." Podoliak spoke about the conflict in the White House — online.ua
Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak emphasized that during the dispute with US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was right and did not make a sing...
news.online.ua
March 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak emphasized that during the dispute with US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was right and did not make a single mistake.
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Russia’s ‘3-day war’ is now 3 YEARS old—and they’re getting wrecked. 800,000 casualties, no tanks, no fleet… and now Trump is cutting Ukraine’s aid to throw Putin a lifeline. Sad! Read how Ukraine is WINNING despite the betrayals
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...
Trump's Lifeline to Putin: Cutting Ukraine's Aid Amid Russia's Collapse
Marco Rubio, Michael Waltz, and their ilk will spend the rest of their lives avoiding Ukrainians for fear of being spit on
adamkinzinger.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Russia’s ‘3-day war’ is now 3 YEARS old—and they’re getting wrecked. 800,000 casualties, no tanks, no fleet… and now Trump is cutting Ukraine’s aid to throw Putin a lifeline. Sad! Read how Ukraine is WINNING despite the betrayals
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...
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So, if I’m reading this correctly, Congress appropriated a bunch of funds for specific purposes. Musk will be throwing that out the window and disregarding the law they enacted. But individual legislators can call a hotline and beg for their pet projects to be spared. That’s how we’re doing it now.
Like huh it’s almost as if this information is inconsistent with the government’s representations in court that Amy Gleason, not Musk, is in charge of DOGE, and that agency heads, not DOGE, are responsible for the cuts
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
So, if I’m reading this correctly, Congress appropriated a bunch of funds for specific purposes. Musk will be throwing that out the window and disregarding the law they enacted. But individual legislators can call a hotline and beg for their pet projects to be spared. That’s how we’re doing it now.
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stolen from @rickpetree.bsky.social on the hellsite: @borowitzreport.bsky.social absolutely nails the absurdity of our moment www.borowitzreport.com/p/zelenskyy-...
Zelenskyy Meets With Russian Agent
“It was important to communicate with someone who speaks for Putin," the Ukrainian said.
www.borowitzreport.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
stolen from @rickpetree.bsky.social on the hellsite: @borowitzreport.bsky.social absolutely nails the absurdity of our moment www.borowitzreport.com/p/zelenskyy-...
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This presser was a horror show. Ukraine will not have US support going forward, because Trump and Vance are completely lost. Europe will step-up and this war will continue. Trump blew this bigger than any foriegn policy folly in recent history.
February 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This presser was a horror show. Ukraine will not have US support going forward, because Trump and Vance are completely lost. Europe will step-up and this war will continue. Trump blew this bigger than any foriegn policy folly in recent history.
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I have noticed that as independent media thrives, the billionaire backed legacy media is starting to call itself independent as well. Don't be fooled.
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February 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I have noticed that as independent media thrives, the billionaire backed legacy media is starting to call itself independent as well. Don't be fooled.
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Hegseth now says he doesn’t know who started the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Senator Duckworth shows receipts that he does know but won’t admit it now.
Senator Duckworth shows receipts that he does know but won’t admit it now.
February 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hegseth now says he doesn’t know who started the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Senator Duckworth shows receipts that he does know but won’t admit it now.
Senator Duckworth shows receipts that he does know but won’t admit it now.
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Is this the finding out part?
And it's not popular. Per @chrislhayes.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Is this the finding out part?
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We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
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SCOOP: Elon's favorite anon data expert, who's been appearing on NewsNation in sunglasses, isn't a govt. spending expert but rather a senior employee at an AI lending firm that's battled the CFPB for years.
Me at @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Me at @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Who Is the Anonymous Data Expert Telling Elon Which Cuts to Make?
Conservatives cite her account to spread misinformation about federal agencies. DataRepublican has worked at a tech firm that’s battled the CFPB.
www.rollingstone.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
SCOOP: Elon's favorite anon data expert, who's been appearing on NewsNation in sunglasses, isn't a govt. spending expert but rather a senior employee at an AI lending firm that's battled the CFPB for years.
Me at @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Me at @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Sheer vandalism.
NEW: Backstory on VA's decision to cancel roughly 1000 contracts worth $2B. DOGE apparently made no effort to find out what they were for and didn't both to find out they were putting of of business numerous service-disabled vet businesses with their decision. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-...
More On the Vets Contract Purge At the VA
As I wrote below, yesterday VA Secretary Collins was out bragging that...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Sheer vandalism.
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This would really be the moment for some BigLaw gestures of solidarity with Covington & Burling, no? If a vengeful president can strip security clearances from any lawyer he sees as assisting the opposition, can any national security lawyers afford to remain outside his orbit?
Trump Takes Aim at Law Firm Aiding Jack Smith
The move, signed by President Trump on Thursday, is a major escalation of his promise to pursue perceived foes.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This would really be the moment for some BigLaw gestures of solidarity with Covington & Burling, no? If a vengeful president can strip security clearances from any lawyer he sees as assisting the opposition, can any national security lawyers afford to remain outside his orbit?
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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A seven-byline story from WaPo:
“.. Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits ..”
@washingtonpost.com $TSLA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
“.. Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits ..”
@washingtonpost.com $TSLA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
February 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A seven-byline story from WaPo:
“.. Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits ..”
@washingtonpost.com $TSLA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
“.. Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits ..”
@washingtonpost.com $TSLA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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“I’m the what?”
- Amy Gleason
- Amy Gleason
February 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“I’m the what?”
- Amy Gleason
- Amy Gleason
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Forget obsequious. It’s the clueless I worry about.
johnson might just be the most obsequious person to ever serve as speaker of the house
Johnson: "Elon's cracked the code. He's now inside these agencies. He's created these algorithms that are constantly crawling through the data & as he told me in his office, data doesn't lie. We're gonna be able to get the information. We're gonna be able to transform the way federal govt works."
February 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Forget obsequious. It’s the clueless I worry about.
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Well, that's not surprising. This fallout will continue to bottom out.
February 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Well, that's not surprising. This fallout will continue to bottom out.
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There is no version of what is happening now in Europe that makes America stronger, safer, more respected in the world.
Trump is now and always been Russia First.
His quislings like Hegseth and Rubio are traitors, and will be known in history that way.
Trump is now and always been Russia First.
His quislings like Hegseth and Rubio are traitors, and will be known in history that way.
Incoming German chancellor Merz says Europe must be “independent from US”. Trump has, with the assistance of MAGA morons destroyed our alliances. America now stands alone, no Allies. No friends.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
February 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There is no version of what is happening now in Europe that makes America stronger, safer, more respected in the world.
Trump is now and always been Russia First.
His quislings like Hegseth and Rubio are traitors, and will be known in history that way.
Trump is now and always been Russia First.
His quislings like Hegseth and Rubio are traitors, and will be known in history that way.
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If you haven't been to Auschwitz, go
Bergen-Belsen or Buchenwald, go
Go to the Japanese internment camp Manzanar
There's only one reason, one single reason Trump is rounding up people & locking them away out of view
And our country just sitting here, knowing it
www.rawstory.com/why-trump-is...
Bergen-Belsen or Buchenwald, go
Go to the Japanese internment camp Manzanar
There's only one reason, one single reason Trump is rounding up people & locking them away out of view
And our country just sitting here, knowing it
www.rawstory.com/why-trump-is...
Why Trump is detaining migrants out of sight and out of mind in Guantánamo Bay
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for immigrants, particularly the non-white variety from south of our border. His statements that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our co...
www.rawstory.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If you haven't been to Auschwitz, go
Bergen-Belsen or Buchenwald, go
Go to the Japanese internment camp Manzanar
There's only one reason, one single reason Trump is rounding up people & locking them away out of view
And our country just sitting here, knowing it
www.rawstory.com/why-trump-is...
Bergen-Belsen or Buchenwald, go
Go to the Japanese internment camp Manzanar
There's only one reason, one single reason Trump is rounding up people & locking them away out of view
And our country just sitting here, knowing it
www.rawstory.com/why-trump-is...
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We are back to the trump admin treating people seeking asylum like criminals & with inhumanity.
I’m ashamed.
So much for “give me your tired…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/w...
I’m ashamed.
So much for “give me your tired…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/w...
No Exit
About 300 migrants from all around the world were deported from the United States to Panama. There, they were trapped in a hotel, facing a choice of whether to return to places they had fled.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We are back to the trump admin treating people seeking asylum like criminals & with inhumanity.
I’m ashamed.
So much for “give me your tired…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/w...
I’m ashamed.
So much for “give me your tired…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/w...
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To be clear, the Vance/Musk intervention did not change the outcome. Still, the fact that it happened changes German and European politics forever
🇩🇪🇺🇸 “Look at these recent interventions into Germany by Mr. Elon Musk. Interventions from DC are no less dramatic, drastic & brazen than those from Moscow. We are massively under pressure from two sides.” — Friedrich Merz.
February 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
To be clear, the Vance/Musk intervention did not change the outcome. Still, the fact that it happened changes German and European politics forever