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This is extortion of an ally: “The terms of the new proposal … call for Ukraine to relinquish half of its revenues from natural resources, including minerals, gas and oil, as well as earnings from ports and other infrastructure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...

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A must-read thread on Ukraine

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And crucially, as pointed out here by someone who knows what he's talking about, the fabled Ukrainian deposits of rare earths are precisely that. Fables. They don't exist thecritic.co.uk/the-ukrainia...

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Why America Should Be on Ukraine's Side and Not Putin's Side, explained in 8 minutes. open.substack.com/pub/michaelm... Ambassador and Stanford Professor McFaul is on “Putin’s list.” During 45, Putin wanted McFaul. That means the former ambassador holds democratic views regarding Ukraine. Listen.

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Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

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You have to go abroad to find a conservative politician willing to tell the truth about what Trump is up to. “Where are the American values that I used to admire?” asked Chris Patten, former chairman of the British Conservative Party.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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"No matter how many times Donald Trump openly parrots the Kremlin line, it’s never not going to sound wrong coming from the President of the United States." from @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

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NYT reveals the US gutted the G7 statement for the war’s anniversary, stripping all pro-Ukraine language. Washington pushed for a vague text, avoiding naming Russia the aggressor or Ukraine the victim, to safeguard talks with RF. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...

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"Ukrainians have shown that fear of Russian domination is a powerful motivation, at least in Eastern Europe. Perhaps their spirit will, at this darkening hour, infect their neighbors to the west, who will prove themselves worthy of their freedom."

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This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

submitted 2 days ago • 1069 comments

If your adversary can't believe their luck, either you're very, very bad at negotiating, or you don't think they're your adversary.

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#Ukraine 🇺🇦 In response to #Trump's lie, #Ukraine started the war, first, the war started in 2014 and was followed by another episode in 2022. We published a full #timeline from 1987 to 2017 to teach Trump a lesson in # history. ukraine.glosm.eu/index.php/ti...

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“We are witnessing a very sad moment in American history. The President of the United States is aligning himself with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to undermine the independence of Ukraine and its democracy”

submitted 2 days ago • 88 comments

You know who Trump never calls a dictator? Putin. And he actually is a dictator. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

You never imagine the descent into despotism being quite this embarrassing, you know? You expect liberal democracy to fall to a Palpatine, not Biff Tannen.

submitted 2 days ago • 333 comments

Agree.

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President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a “dictator”, a day after the US leader blamed him for starting the war that began when Russia invaded three years ago.

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“Zelensky survived a dozen Russian assassination attempts including a special forces assault on his presidential complex.He stood up to Trump. I’m sure he’ll be deeply impressed to learn our Congressional Republicans live as terrified hostages of their own party leader.” ~ @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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Slava Ukraine. Trump is a liar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB8w...

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Russian officials at the bilateral meeting also continued to signal the Kremlin's unwillingness to negotiate on the war in Ukraine and determination to achieve its maximalist objectives in Ukraine. 🧵(1/7) isw.pub/UkrWar021825

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Important piece here on why calls for elections in Ukraine help Putin.

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America's image has changed, says the Singapore Minister of Defense, "from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent" www.mindef.gov.sg/news-and-eve...

submitted 5 days ago • 70 comments

Rubbish report by far right US outlet. "Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online journalism" says it all. Calls the UK government socialist and accuses Ukraine of false flag operations. Stick to spreading lies about your own country.

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One Russian newspaper today sums up how Moscow views events of the last few days: “Dumbfounded Europe, kneed by America just below the belt, is still struggling to get its breath back.” #ReadingRussia

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Hi All, just sent out my weekend update, free as always. This is arguably the most momentous week in European history since 1991 or even 1945. The US pivoted this week to be a friend of dictators who is forcing unilateral concessions on democracies. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

submitted 6 days ago • 50 comments

The Art of the Deal. So, Trump has embraced Putin, wants sanctions dropped and welcomes him back into the international community. Agreed he can keep the land he occupies and is stopping Ukrainian lethal aid. So what is left to put any sort of pressure on Putin? What am I missing?

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