Young and Daft
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One crucial fact to always keep in mind:
👉Putin will never accept any outcome of the war that leaves Ukraine free and functioning.👈
It is out of the question. The reddest of red lines. No shades of grey, no exceptions. If it seems like Putin is agreeing to this, it's a trap.
👉Putin will never accept any outcome of the war that leaves Ukraine free and functioning.👈
It is out of the question. The reddest of red lines. No shades of grey, no exceptions. If it seems like Putin is agreeing to this, it's a trap.
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The only reason the Minsk agreements were needed was cos Russia wouldn't follow
UN Charter 45
Nuclear NPT 70
Helsinki Accords 75
Paris Charter 90
Belovezha Accords 92
Budapest Memo 94
Black Sea Fleet Treaty 97
Friendship Treaty 98
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait ‘03
Karkiv pact 10
And others.
UN Charter 45
Nuclear NPT 70
Helsinki Accords 75
Paris Charter 90
Belovezha Accords 92
Budapest Memo 94
Black Sea Fleet Treaty 97
Friendship Treaty 98
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait ‘03
Karkiv pact 10
And others.
And remember the Minsk agreements made Russia promise to respect borders
OTD in 2009 Russia reaffirmed commitment to the Budapest Memorandum signed 15 years previously.
Which is why you can trust us on the "peace deal" now proposed.
Which is why you can trust us on the "peace deal" now proposed.
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The only reason the Minsk agreements were needed was cos Russia wouldn't follow
UN Charter 45
Nuclear NPT 70
Helsinki Accords 75
Paris Charter 90
Belovezha Accords 92
Budapest Memo 94
Black Sea Fleet Treaty 97
Friendship Treaty 98
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait ‘03
Karkiv pact 10
And others.
UN Charter 45
Nuclear NPT 70
Helsinki Accords 75
Paris Charter 90
Belovezha Accords 92
Budapest Memo 94
Black Sea Fleet Treaty 97
Friendship Treaty 98
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait ‘03
Karkiv pact 10
And others.
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Nothing to see here.
Just the rich and prosperous Europe being satisfied supporting "for as long as it takes" rather than getting involved and put an end to the bloodthurstiest dictator of our time.
Just the rich and prosperous Europe being satisfied supporting "for as long as it takes" rather than getting involved and put an end to the bloodthurstiest dictator of our time.
This is outrageous, unacceptable, disgusting‼️World must speak up‼️🤬
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Nothing to see here.
Just the rich and prosperous Europe being satisfied supporting "for as long as it takes" rather than getting involved and put an end to the bloodthurstiest dictator of our time.
Just the rich and prosperous Europe being satisfied supporting "for as long as it takes" rather than getting involved and put an end to the bloodthurstiest dictator of our time.
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New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
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Of course western nations will not call out the genocide in Ukraine, because then they would have to do something about it and it would also limit their opportunity to go back to business as usual with Russia.
The 1948 UN Genocide Convention identifies five acts that meet the definition of genocide. The fifth act is “forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” This is exactly what Russia is doing with the mass abduction and indoctrination of Ukrainian children
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Of course western nations will not call out the genocide in Ukraine, because then they would have to do something about it and it would also limit their opportunity to go back to business as usual with Russia.
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a visibly ailing president alternates between funneling billions to his family, dozing off during paeans to his own genius, going on white supremacist tirades about the need to expel ethnic groups from the US, and building monuments to himself
US media: next, the jobs report shuttered
US media: next, the jobs report shuttered
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
a visibly ailing president alternates between funneling billions to his family, dozing off during paeans to his own genius, going on white supremacist tirades about the need to expel ethnic groups from the US, and building monuments to himself
US media: next, the jobs report shuttered
US media: next, the jobs report shuttered
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Oh, and one more interesting moment: in the announcements of the interview, the India Today host kept saying that India and Russia have stood for each other through thick and thin - so that's the general "emotional background" with which they will treat Putin's visit.
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Oh, and one more interesting moment: in the announcements of the interview, the India Today host kept saying that India and Russia have stood for each other through thick and thin - so that's the general "emotional background" with which they will treat Putin's visit.
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◾️Europeans need to get themselves involved into working on a settlement, not get in the way.
My comment: Russia will continue the war. Its rhetoric towards Europe is becoming increasingly more hostile. Russia can only be stopped by force.
My comment: Russia will continue the war. Its rhetoric towards Europe is becoming increasingly more hostile. Russia can only be stopped by force.
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
◾️Europeans need to get themselves involved into working on a settlement, not get in the way.
My comment: Russia will continue the war. Its rhetoric towards Europe is becoming increasingly more hostile. Russia can only be stopped by force.
My comment: Russia will continue the war. Its rhetoric towards Europe is becoming increasingly more hostile. Russia can only be stopped by force.
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Ein ausführlicher Blick von mir auf den Stand der ukrainischen Innenpolitik für „Was jetzt? - Die Woche“: Selenskyjs Gegenwart und Zukunft, Jermaks Entlassung, Operation „Midas“ und anderes. Lieben Dank an @zeit.de für die Gelegenheit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdyY...
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ein ausführlicher Blick von mir auf den Stand der ukrainischen Innenpolitik für „Was jetzt? - Die Woche“: Selenskyjs Gegenwart und Zukunft, Jermaks Entlassung, Operation „Midas“ und anderes. Lieben Dank an @zeit.de für die Gelegenheit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdyY...
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⚡️ Four unidentified drones breached a no-fly zone and moved toward Zelenskyy’s flight path as he traveled to Ireland.
According to Ireland’s Journal, the drones took off from northeast Dublin, stayed airborne for up to two hours, and their operators remain unknown.
According to Ireland’s Journal, the drones took off from northeast Dublin, stayed airborne for up to two hours, and their operators remain unknown.
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
⚡️ Four unidentified drones breached a no-fly zone and moved toward Zelenskyy’s flight path as he traveled to Ireland.
According to Ireland’s Journal, the drones took off from northeast Dublin, stayed airborne for up to two hours, and their operators remain unknown.
According to Ireland’s Journal, the drones took off from northeast Dublin, stayed airborne for up to two hours, and their operators remain unknown.
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Ukraine launches first joint long-term import-export electricity auctions since war start – Ukrenergo #Ukraine
Ukraine launches first joint long-term import-export electricity auctions since war start – Ukrenergo
en.interfax.com.ua
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ukraine launches first joint long-term import-export electricity auctions since war start – Ukrenergo #Ukraine
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Turns out the waste fraud and abuse was coming from inside the Trump family
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Turns out the waste fraud and abuse was coming from inside the Trump family
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ČSSR reprezentoval jako automobilový závodník – do historie se ale Theodor Pištěk zapsal hlavně jako kostýmní výtvarník. Oscarový tvůrce zemřel ve věku 93 let. Spolupracoval na filmech režisérů Jiřího Menzela, Oldřicha Lipského nebo Miloše Formana.
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‚Vždycky dokázal jít s dobou.‘ Oscarový Pištěk dělal Pana Tau, Arabelu, Amadea nebo Postřižiny
Oscarový tvůrce Theodor Pištěk zemřel ve středu ve věku 93 let, ve čtvrtek to potvrdili blízcí. Spolupracoval na filmech režisér Jiřího Menzela, Oldřicha Lipského nebo Miloše Formana.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
ČSSR reprezentoval jako automobilový závodník – do historie se ale Theodor Pištěk zapsal hlavně jako kostýmní výtvarník. Oscarový tvůrce zemřel ve věku 93 let. Spolupracoval na filmech režisérů Jiřího Menzela, Oldřicha Lipského nebo Miloše Formana.
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Russian military bloggers claim that an offensive in the Chernihiv region is allegedly being prepared.
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Russian military bloggers claim that an offensive in the Chernihiv region is allegedly being prepared.
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As @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu highlighted, @beckermax.bsky.social, @johannaflach.bsky.social and I wanted to dig deeper into how far-right parties are already shaping EU politics.
Here is our analysis for @swp-berlin.org:
Here is our analysis for @swp-berlin.org:
Before #EP2024, I predicted the far right to gain power in EU institutions "not through sweeping victory, but creeping normalisation":
fiia.fi/en/publicati...
Now, @beckermax.bsky.social et al. have analysed the "creeping integration of far-right parties in Europe".
I wish I'd been more wrong.
fiia.fi/en/publicati...
Now, @beckermax.bsky.social et al. have analysed the "creeping integration of far-right parties in Europe".
I wish I'd been more wrong.
The Creeping Integration of Far-right Parties in Europe
Where Far-right Parties Are Integrated into the EU System and Where They Are Not
www.swp-berlin.org
September 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu highlighted, @beckermax.bsky.social, @johannaflach.bsky.social and I wanted to dig deeper into how far-right parties are already shaping EU politics.
Here is our analysis for @swp-berlin.org:
Here is our analysis for @swp-berlin.org:
Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and continuous, writes Calvin Bailey (Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead) in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Are We at War with Russia? How Warden's Rings Map Russia's Hybrid Strategy
Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and continuous.
www.rusi.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and continuous, writes Calvin Bailey (Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead) in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Are We at War with Russia? How Warden's Rings Map Russia's Hybrid Strategy
Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and continuous.
www.rusi.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and continuous, writes Calvin Bailey (Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead) in the latest RUSI Commentary.
👇👇🤌🤌
Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and continuous, writes Calvin Bailey (Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead) in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Are We at War with Russia? How Warden's Rings Map Russia's Hybrid Strategy
Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and continuous.
www.rusi.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
👇👇🤌🤌
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This reveals that European leaders are thinking exactly what you think they are thinking, all the while they call the president "daddy."
Merz: “They are playing games”
Macron: “There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine."
Stubb: “We cannot leave Ukraine alone with these guys"
Merz: “They are playing games”
Macron: “There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine."
Stubb: “We cannot leave Ukraine alone with these guys"
“We cannot leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys.” www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Macron warned US could ‘betray’ Ukraine in leaked leaders’ call, Spiegel reports
According to a transcript obtained by the German outlet, Europe rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sharply criticized Washington.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This reveals that European leaders are thinking exactly what you think they are thinking, all the while they call the president "daddy."
Merz: “They are playing games”
Macron: “There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine."
Stubb: “We cannot leave Ukraine alone with these guys"
Merz: “They are playing games”
Macron: “There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine."
Stubb: “We cannot leave Ukraine alone with these guys"
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Putin’s alleged “secret daughter” has been identified and confronted in Paris. The encounter raises new questions about the lives of Russia’s elite abroad while the Kremlin wages a brutal war against Ukraine.
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Putin’s alleged “secret daughter” has been identified and confronted in Paris. The encounter raises new questions about the lives of Russia’s elite abroad while the Kremlin wages a brutal war against Ukraine.
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finally shone in the one place Europeans hoped it never would. It has illuminated the face of today’s America and it’s not our friend. It may even be an adversary and we need a plan to deal with it and refuse to be browbeaten by a government that’s little more than a criminal enterprise.
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
finally shone in the one place Europeans hoped it never would. It has illuminated the face of today’s America and it’s not our friend. It may even be an adversary and we need a plan to deal with it and refuse to be browbeaten by a government that’s little more than a criminal enterprise.
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MERZ & MACRON TELL EACH OTHER WHAT WE ALL
NEED TO HEAR
In what must be a deliberate leak, the French President in essence tells the German Chancellor that Zelensky must be very careful how he plays this situation now and that in effect, America has sold us all out, and by definition it is no longer
NEED TO HEAR
In what must be a deliberate leak, the French President in essence tells the German Chancellor that Zelensky must be very careful how he plays this situation now and that in effect, America has sold us all out, and by definition it is no longer
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
MERZ & MACRON TELL EACH OTHER WHAT WE ALL
NEED TO HEAR
In what must be a deliberate leak, the French President in essence tells the German Chancellor that Zelensky must be very careful how he plays this situation now and that in effect, America has sold us all out, and by definition it is no longer
NEED TO HEAR
In what must be a deliberate leak, the French President in essence tells the German Chancellor that Zelensky must be very careful how he plays this situation now and that in effect, America has sold us all out, and by definition it is no longer
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👉 Read GMF’s Etienne Soula's analysis of the Communication and why Brussels’ approach may leave Europe exposed in great-power competition.
www.gmfus.org/news/too-lit...
www.gmfus.org/news/too-lit...
Too Little to Meet the Moment
The European Commission published its long-awaited Communication on how the EU should implement its 2023 Economic Security Strategy on December 1, after a year that saw Europe come under sustained…
www.gmfus.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
👉 Read GMF’s Etienne Soula's analysis of the Communication and why Brussels’ approach may leave Europe exposed in great-power competition.
www.gmfus.org/news/too-lit...
www.gmfus.org/news/too-lit...
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Clear and square from the President Stubb, kiitos! foreignaffairs.com/united-state... via
@foreignaffairs.com
@foreignaffairs.com
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
foreignaffairs.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Clear and square from the President Stubb, kiitos! foreignaffairs.com/united-state... via
@foreignaffairs.com
@foreignaffairs.com
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In their 2026 budget, Russia has allocated $7B for youth indoctrination project to mobilize up to 1M Ukrainian children in occupied territories.
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In their 2026 budget, Russia has allocated $7B for youth indoctrination project to mobilize up to 1M Ukrainian children in occupied territories.