Ralph Waszak
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Ralph Waszak
@rwaszak.bsky.social
Proud dad, attorney with Stark & Knoll, lifelong learner and long suffering Cleveland Indians/Guardians fan.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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"China Imports No U.S. Soybeans for Third Month; Argentine Arrivals Up 634%" 🤔 share.google/yxJk9FytGMTY...
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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John Phelan just re-nuclearized the surface navy by saying the Trump class will carry nukes

That's utterly bonkers.
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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If you wanted to see the Inside CECOT segment from 60 Minutes, it aired in Canada 🇨🇦 Thank you, Canada, for sharing! 💚
December 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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This is a good quality upload:

archive.org/details/ceco...
cecot-60mins : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
60 minutes segment on cecot
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Here you go, and for free, even

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Vanity Fleet
The Trump-class ships are about branding, not strategy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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The Trump administration is censoring information. If you come across something before it’s censored, save it, download it, print it. Thank you to everyone preserving and sharing records, the censored Epstein files, and to Canada for helping us access Inside CECOT. Don’t let censorship win.
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Reward countries that toe the line, punish those that don’t: that’s how Trump is exerting control in Latin America | Jordana Timerman
Reward countries that toe the line, punish those that don’t: that’s how Trump is exerting control in Latin America | Jordana Timerman
His interference in the region has been aided by the collapse of the leftist forces that once pushed back against US imperialism, says Jordana Timerman, a journalist based in Buenos Aires
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Hi All, Sent out my weekend update yesterday--about the war at sea, European support for Ukraine. It also asks the question if the Trump administration is starting to sabotage existing sanctions against Russia.
My free weekend update is out. This week confirmed the basic truth that Ukraine is winning the war at sea. Offensively the Ukrainians took the war into a vital Russian naval base and attacked a Russian tanker at sea. Russia is far more vulnerable than many admit. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #164: Ukraine Is Winning The War At Sea
Europe: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?; Is The Trump Administration Quietly Unwinding Sanctions On Russia?
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Nearly four years into Russia's invasion, Ukraine’s Nova Post has learned to operate through blackouts, missile strikes and broken transport links. It now delivers more than 1.5 million parcels a day, cementing its status as a rare wartime corporate success reut.rs/49mKckG
Delivering under fire: How Nova Post became Ukraine's wartime success story
Nearly four years into Russia's invasion, Nova Post has learned to operate through blackouts, missile strikes and broken transport links. It now delivers more than 1.5 million parcels a day, cementing...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson
Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson
The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth, says journalist and media professor Jane Martinson
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Thousands of newly released documents and photographs reveal harrowing claims by victims and details of the financier’s network of rich and powerful associates
Epstein files reveal scale of alleged abuse of underage girls
Thousands of newly released documents and photographs reveal harrowing claims by victims and details of the financier’s network of rich and powerful associates
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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December 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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BREAKING: A Russian general was killed after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow
Investigators say a Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated under his car in southern Moscow. Lt. Gen.
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Trump administration recalls nearly 30 career diplomats around world

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration recalls nearly 30 career diplomats around world
Tenures end for mission chiefs in at least 29 countries, including 13 in Africa, as US reshapes its diplomatic posture
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Record-setting temperatures and rainfall in the Arctic over the past year sped up the melting of permafrost and washed toxic minerals into more than 200 rivers across northern Alaska, threatening vital salmon runs, according to a new report. nyti.ms/48Qr26R
December 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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NEW: Ukrainian forces recently liberated territory including part of the city of Kupyansk in a tactical counterattack in the Kupyansk direction. 🧵(1/6)

Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar121225
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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The peace plan put forward by the US calls for Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the parts of the Donbas it still controls in exchange for vague security guarantees at the end of the war.

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
To yield or not to yield the Donbas to Russia is at the heart of Zelensky's dilemma
The peace plan put forward by the US calls for Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the parts of the Donbas it still controls in exchange for vague security guarantees at the end of the war. Both the U...
www.lemonde.fr
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much worse it is today
I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much worse it is today
The long read: Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance is slowly becoming a memory
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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yeahhhhhhh I assume it's bad-bad
Warde Manuel is one of the least interventionist ADs in college sports. Whatever Sherrone Moore did to make him act on this is likely horrific shit and I’m not sure I would like to find out.
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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🚨 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

www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/e...
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...
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Fed says it will start technical buying of Treasury bills to manage market liquidity reut.rs/4ab7bQS
Fed says it will start technical buying of Treasury bills to manage market liquidity
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would imminently start buying short-dated government bonds to help manage market liquidity levels to ensure the central bank retains firm control over its interest rate target system.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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NEW: Justice Dept files motion in court seeking to dismiss civil lawsuit filed by injured police officers who responded on Jan 6

Officers' suit sought court order to hang the legally-required Jan 6 honorary plaque for police

Justice Dept argues the plaque is faulty!

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December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM