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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

This has to be right. Starmer's summit on Sunday has become a potentially decisive moment. If Europeans don't throw their weight behind Ukraine and behind a massive and immediate increase in their defence efforts (& damn the deficits), Europe will find itself at the mercy of Putin & Trump.

In case you didn't read it, these few people with a backbone were not brought on by Musk, but people who were already working for the Federal Govt. whose department got turned into Musk's DOGE agency.

This👇 Trump does this all the time. Outrageous statement followed by walkback or pretend it didn’t happen x days of headlines later. Don‘t let the news-outrage cycle waste your energy or guide your comms. That’s one of the reasons the Democrats lost to him, twice.

Today's front page of The New York Post.

💬 “Capitulation is pathetic and weak.” Democratic Sen. Blumenthal slams Trump’s attacks on Ukraine, calling them a “disgusting betrayal” of a nation fighting for freedom. “What world is he living in? His words defy facts and truth.”

Wednesday: „We need peace with Russia.“ Friday: „Russian drone hits the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.“ We reap what we saw, and the seeds of appeasement have accuracy to deliver total war by 100%.

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

„Zoberme palice, lopaty a poďme do Národnej rady. Zoberme palice, lopaty a poďme na úrad vlády. Navozíme sem desať tisíc ľudí pred Národnú radu a z toho parlamentu zostane iba kopa kameňov" Robert Fico

CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz said he’d want 🇩🇪 to have “consensus” with Russia before joining a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. That’s like saying a woman who left her husband after he tried to kill her can only date new guys with her ex’s consent. kyivindependent.com/german-peace...

Národné tradície. (foto od @mirokollar.bsky.social )

Give yourself 1 minute to read this thread.

Victorious Syrian soldiers showing retreating Russian troops the shoe (in Arab culture possibly the worst humiliation).

This is heavy

This was Assad’s garage while 90% of his country lived in poverty Just like Yanukovych

Wow! This is big news.

Finally, I join @saintjavelin.bsky.social team. I am looking forward to wear it especially to my work where my coworkers are women from Ukraine :) (I am a housekeeper in Dutch hotel, hehe)

If we extrapolate the current war against Ukraine to World War II (as we often do), at this point, Hitler has invaded Poland but suffered defeats near Warsaw and Krakow, lost Poznan and has been locked in grueling battles for almost three years over completely devastated border districts.

The other day, I was giving a ride to an Azov guy I know. And he was like... "Sometimes, I find myself praying that the next shell comes for me and delivers me from this hell on earth. Sometimes, Russians on comms don't get it why we laugh as we repel their meat grinder assaults...

I was just listening to The Score by Fugees and I've realized many Western politicians should play this at home and listen carefully because even Fugees know better how the deterrence works than many of our current state representatives.

-Hacking & cyberattacks -Disinformation campaigns & election interference -Assassination plots -Arson attacks -Destroyed undersea cables -Bomb plots What exactly do the Russians have to do to us before European leaders inflict consequences that deter further attacks?

The guys are so exhausted they don't even mind the impacts

Russia has begun to forcibly conscript young Ukrainian men from occupied Mariupol into the Russian army. The report and photos come from the Mariupol City Council and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. There is no end to their evil.