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Evan S. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇪
@winstonsmith2024.bsky.social
Instructor of psychology and law. Advocate for mental health, anti-death penalty, pro Ukraine, pro democracy--if we can keep it. Rescue cat owner. Tired, but not quite retired. No DM's, please.
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What's done is done. Trump, without consulting anyone, has demolished the East Wing of the WH. But now he plans to build a ballroom that will almost double the size of the White House residence. Ideally, construction of this monstrosity must be stopped immediately.
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Russian drones have caused injuries in Dnipro tonight.

The region was attacked first, but I'll begin in the city where a block of flats caught fire.
This may have been caused by drone debris rather than a direct hit.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Do me a favor and forward this post.This needs to get out to everyone. We need to be unified.
Congress, pay attention. We the People decide where our money goes — not the President. And we are demanding full support for Ukraine, with everything they need to win. Trump does not hold the power of the purse. The American people do. Act accordingly.
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Do me a favor and forward this post.This needs to get out to everyone. We need to be unified.
Congress, pay attention. We the People decide where our money goes — not the President. And we are demanding full support for Ukraine, with everything they need to win. Trump does not hold the power of the purse. The American people do. Act accordingly.
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Ding dong, the wicked witch will resign from Congress. So, why did MTG quit, and what is her next move?

First, I don't think she quit because she's afraid. She has enough money now to afford security for her and her family for long after Trump is gone.

Mainly, she did it for the money.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you want to understand the Russian invasion of Ukraine from a European geopolitical perspective, you can't go wrong with Anders Puck Nielson. He nails it every single time. Here, he talks about Putin's real goal in proposing his most recent peace deal with Ukraine.

youtu.be/vx3oGZYqxm4?...
Trump's ultimatum and the limits of US leverage over Ukraine
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Can you ask her to post this on BS?
My bedtime reading, is a mega long post on Xitter from Estonia's former Intel chief.

@eeriknkross.bsky.social worked out the "DimWit" surrender plan contains 150% more violations than points drawn up by Dmitriev.. sorry, I mean the White House.. or maybe not!

Sorry it's too long to screenshot all
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
More Russian "liberation."
Ternopil' - another body is reported to have been recovered from the rubble. I have not seen official confirmation, but it's almost certain to be correct.

Death toll now 33. Murdered by Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Life will go from daily and nightly bomb and missile attacks, to daily and nightly arrests, imprisonment, and torture for Ukrainians living in the surrendered territories. Some may even be transported to Siberia in an effort to "Russify" the population.
With Trump + his spineless followers desperate to give away Donetsk, it's worth remembering the people living there, whose lives will be ripped apart.

Recently @annabowles.bsky.social was in Kramatorsk & told the moving story of volunteer Ivanna. Please read!
annabowles.substack.com/p/the-heart-...
"The heart of Kramatorsk is war"
The army keeps Ukraine going, and sometimes civilian volunteers keep the army going. As well as taking me on a supply run to a unit base, Ivanna told me about her absolute dedication to the cause.
annabowles.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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It's now 75 hours since the deliberate massacre of civilians by Russia in Ternopil and emergency services are still working on site. 7 people are still unaccounted for.

Another body was found during the night, so now 32 killed including 6 kids, with a further 94 injured.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."

www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Excellent piece by Branson.
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll warned NATO allies that if Ukraine doesn’t sign the peace deal by Thursday, the terms will become significantly harsher. Driscoll, now Trump’s special envoy on the peace plan, made the statement in Kyiv after talks with Zelensky, The Guardian reports.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Putin-Trunp peace plan for Ukraine should be more accurately called the Putin-Trunp piece of Ukraine plan.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Zelenskyy's basic strategy should be to stall. Say that with the exception of surrendering the Donbas, he accepts the basic principles of the deal, but many ambiguities still need to be worked out. Point out that any agreement must include Europe's concerns, as well. Refuse to be rushed by Trump.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Former 20 year president of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haass, says the Putin-Trunp Ukraine peace agreement goes against the usual practice of working with your allies to negotiate an agreement and then presenting it to your adversary. But, what if Russia is Trump's ally?
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Absolutely. Another sell-out by Trump to Putin.

My Congressman, Mike Turner, has been a big supporter of Ukraine on TV, but he rarely goes against Trump's wishes. I plan to write and call him after I finish these replies. Everyone should contact their representatives in opposition to this plan.
I do hope all those sycophants in Congress who support Ukraine actually take to the streets and organise protests against this anti democratic and anti-US tyranny.

This is a despicable betrayal of US values.

bsky.app/profile/twmc...
The Guardian points out that the document Trump is forcing Ukraine to sign was highly likely to have been written in Russian by a Russian. Then translated in a way not natural for a native English speaker.

Agent Orange is literally on the verge of doing Putin's work and killing a free nation.
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Quelle suprise!
The Guardian points out that the document Trump is forcing Ukraine to sign was highly likely to have been written in Russian by a Russian. Then translated in a way not natural for a native English speaker.

Agent Orange is literally on the verge of doing Putin's work and killing a free nation.
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Lawyers first look to the plain meaning of words, then resolve ambiguities against the drafter of the words. Here, it is plainly evident what Trump meant. Johnson is full of sh*t.
You’re a pretty shitty lawyer, Mike.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Annotated: the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan on.ft.com/3XtPapn
Annotated: the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
Draft agreement has shocked Europe and is unlikely to satisfy Kyiv or Moscow
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Totally unsurprising. Trump coddles our enemies and threatens our friends.

Alternatively, our enemies are not Trump's enemies, and our friends are not Trump's friends.
❗️🇺🇦🇺🇸 Trump warned Zelensky that if he does not sign the agreement by next Thursday, arms supplies and intelligence sharing will be suspended, — The Sun
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
OMG. They aren't even hiding it anymore.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Well put.
We are required by law to refuse unlawful orders. When the sitting president calls for the death of people teminding us of that he is a fascist dictator. If you are fine with this is does not make you a democrat, republican, conservative or liberal, it makes you a fascist.
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Even Abraham Lincoln, during the height of the Civil War, did not call for the leaders of the Confederacy to be executed.

Cue the Republicans to say we should take him seriously, but not literally, or something.
Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM