Trond K. Botnen
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Når den sosialdemokratiske regjeringen i UK kan, så kan vel også en Ap-regjering i Norge? En no-brainer om man mener alvor i klimapolitikken. www.nrk.no/nyheter/stor...
Storbritannia vil innføre letestopp etter nye olje- og gassfelt
Storbritannia vil ikke åpne for nye letelisenser for olje og gass, melder Reuters. Regjeringen vil imidlertid tillate leting nær eksisterende felt. Det kom frem da Labour-regjeringen la frem sitt stat...
www.nrk.no
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Når den sosialdemokratiske regjeringen i UK kan, så kan vel også en Ap-regjering i Norge? En no-brainer om man mener alvor i klimapolitikken. www.nrk.no/nyheter/stor...
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NEW: The Trump administration continues efforts to negotiate a peace deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.🧵(1/7)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 25, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112525
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 25, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112525
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November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
NEW: The Trump administration continues efforts to negotiate a peace deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.🧵(1/7)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 25, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112525
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 25, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112525
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Om noen skulle lure på hvorfor norsk natur bygges ned i rekordfart- her er grunnen. Kommunene har vide fullmakter til å bygge ned, og bruker dem. Strandsonelova er full av muligheter til å gi dispensasjon, og kommunene bruker dem. www.aftenposten.no/norge/politi...
Kunnskapsministeren har fått ja til hytte 11,5 meter fra vannet
Kunnskapsminister Kari Nessa Nordtun (Ap) og familie har fått godkjennelse til å bygge ny hytte 11,5 meter fra vannkanten i Farsund kommune.
www.aftenposten.no
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Om noen skulle lure på hvorfor norsk natur bygges ned i rekordfart- her er grunnen. Kommunene har vide fullmakter til å bygge ned, og bruker dem. Strandsonelova er full av muligheter til å gi dispensasjon, og kommunene bruker dem. www.aftenposten.no/norge/politi...
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NEW: US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
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November 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
NEW: US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
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NEW: US and Ukrainian officials indicated that the initially reported US-proposed 28-point peace plan is not final and is currently undergoing changes.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112325
Other Key Takeaways⬇️(1/4)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112325
Other Key Takeaways⬇️(1/4)
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
NEW: US and Ukrainian officials indicated that the initially reported US-proposed 28-point peace plan is not final and is currently undergoing changes.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112325
Other Key Takeaways⬇️(1/4)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112325
Other Key Takeaways⬇️(1/4)
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NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
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"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
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The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
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Meanwhile in Russia: state media hosts and experts praised Trump's 28-point "peace plan," noting that it's in perfect alignment with Russia's goals and does not take Ukraine's interests into account.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
Russian state TV praises Trump's 28-point peace plan
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Meanwhile in Russia: state media hosts and experts praised Trump's 28-point "peace plan," noting that it's in perfect alignment with Russia's goals and does not take Ukraine's interests into account.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
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NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to indicate that his demands have not fundamentally changed since the August 2025 Alaska summit.
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to indicate that his demands have not fundamentally changed since the August 2025 Alaska summit.
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
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NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
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NEW: Russia killed at least 26 Ukrainian civilians and injured at least 139 on the night of Nov. 18 to 19 strikes that disproportionately impacted civilian areas.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/7)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/7)
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
NEW: Russia killed at least 26 Ukrainian civilians and injured at least 139 on the night of Nov. 18 to 19 strikes that disproportionately impacted civilian areas.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/7)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/7)
The real danger to press freedom has nothing to do with Trump's personal insults.
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The real danger to press freedom has nothing to do with Trump's personal insults.
And everything to do with his threats to corporate media's profits.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The real danger to press freedom has nothing to do with Trump's personal insults.
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NEW: Russian forces are struggling to focus on a single decisive objective in the Pokrovsk direction and instead continue simultaneous attempts to close the encirclement of the wider Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket while also attacking within both towns. 🧵 (1/7)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar111825
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar111825
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
NEW: Russian forces are struggling to focus on a single decisive objective in the Pokrovsk direction and instead continue simultaneous attempts to close the encirclement of the wider Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket while also attacking within both towns. 🧵 (1/7)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar111825
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar111825
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NEW: Russian forces may be attempting to fix Ukrainian forces within Pokrovsk itself while also encircling Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket from the west. 🧵(1/3)
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111725
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Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111725
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November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
NEW: Russian forces may be attempting to fix Ukrainian forces within Pokrovsk itself while also encircling Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket from the west. 🧵(1/3)
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111725
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Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111725
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As Trump again ramps up attacks on judges as biased, consider: his own appointees rule against his admin 49% of the time. Republican appointees 65%. Reporters should ask: If the judiciary is biased, why do the judges he picked keep ruling against him?
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
As Trump again ramps up attacks on judges as biased, consider: his own appointees rule against his admin 49% of the time. Republican appointees 65%. Reporters should ask: If the judiciary is biased, why do the judges he picked keep ruling against him?
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Bli med på jobb som profesjonell grønnvasker i Equinor ✨
"Jeg var litt nervøs på vei til jobb, fordi guess what? Vi har nettopp resubmitta søknaden vår for oljefeltet Rosebank, som ble erklært ulovlig av en britisk domstol, og som kan bidra til okkupasjonen av Palestina. Oopsie."
#stoprosebank
"Jeg var litt nervøs på vei til jobb, fordi guess what? Vi har nettopp resubmitta søknaden vår for oljefeltet Rosebank, som ble erklært ulovlig av en britisk domstol, og som kan bidra til okkupasjonen av Palestina. Oopsie."
#stoprosebank
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Bli med på jobb som profesjonell grønnvasker i Equinor ✨
"Jeg var litt nervøs på vei til jobb, fordi guess what? Vi har nettopp resubmitta søknaden vår for oljefeltet Rosebank, som ble erklært ulovlig av en britisk domstol, og som kan bidra til okkupasjonen av Palestina. Oopsie."
#stoprosebank
"Jeg var litt nervøs på vei til jobb, fordi guess what? Vi har nettopp resubmitta søknaden vår for oljefeltet Rosebank, som ble erklært ulovlig av en britisk domstol, og som kan bidra til okkupasjonen av Palestina. Oopsie."
#stoprosebank
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NEW: Russian forces are attempting to complete their encirclement of Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.🧵(1/5)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 16, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111625
Other Key Takeaways:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 16, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111625
Other Key Takeaways:
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
NEW: Russian forces are attempting to complete their encirclement of Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.🧵(1/5)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 16, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111625
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 16, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111625
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NEW: Russian forces used weather conditions to exploit vulnerabilities in Ukraine’s drone-based battlefield defenses in the Novopavlivka direction, highlighting Ukraine’s need for traditional weapons systems. 🧵(1/7)
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111525
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Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111525
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
NEW: Russian forces used weather conditions to exploit vulnerabilities in Ukraine’s drone-based battlefield defenses in the Novopavlivka direction, highlighting Ukraine’s need for traditional weapons systems. 🧵(1/7)
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111525
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111525
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
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NEW: The Russian military command appears to be prioritizing the seizure of Pokrovsk over efforts to close the wider Ukrainian pocket in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area.🧵(1/4)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111425
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111425
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
NEW: The Russian military command appears to be prioritizing the seizure of Pokrovsk over efforts to close the wider Ukrainian pocket in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area.🧵(1/4)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111425
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111425
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NEW: Russian forces continue to advance and to intensify offensive operations in the Hulyaipole and Velykomykhailivka directions, exploiting the effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI) and poor weather that hampers Ukrainian drone observation.
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111325
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111325
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM
NEW: Russian forces continue to advance and to intensify offensive operations in the Hulyaipole and Velykomykhailivka directions, exploiting the effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI) and poor weather that hampers Ukrainian drone observation.
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111325
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111325
The Verdict of History
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The Verdict of History
Trump and his fascist glorification
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November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Verdict of History
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Når du blir spurt på #dax18 om du vil respektere en dom fra Høyesterett, Cecilie Myrseth, så bare si «ja». Ikke rot det til med at «det er et hypotetisk spørsmål» og slikt. @trulsgulowsen.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Når du blir spurt på #dax18 om du vil respektere en dom fra Høyesterett, Cecilie Myrseth, så bare si «ja». Ikke rot det til med at «det er et hypotetisk spørsmål» og slikt. @trulsgulowsen.bsky.social
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NEW: The rate of Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction remains relatively slow, likely in part because the Russian military command continues to pursue grinding offensive operations throughout the theater.🧵(1/5)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 11, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111125
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 11, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111125
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
NEW: The rate of Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction remains relatively slow, likely in part because the Russian military command continues to pursue grinding offensive operations throughout the theater.🧵(1/5)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 11, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111125
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 11, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111125