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Global crisis style note: What Trump is doing to Ukraine is not 'blackmail', which would be demand for payment under threat of exposure of compromising information*. This is demand for payment under threat of violence/refusal to protect from violence. The word is 'extortion'.

submitted 12 hours ago • 28 comments

Give her a medal.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Extortion.

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

"During the meeting, Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss closed negotiations." Astonishing betrayal of an ally. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

submitted 1 day ago • 149 comments

The lies are the point: Ukraine is a battle for objective reality iandunt.substack.com/p/the-lies-a...

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Accept our protection racket and don't badmouth the Boss. Gangsters. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

So Nigel Farage has chosen to explain away Trump’s outrageous remarks about President Zelensky instead of doing the right thing and condemning them. Deeply disappointing but not at all surprising. He sounds like a spokesman for Trump. He certainly doesn’t speak for Britain.

submitted 2 days ago • 112 comments

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

submitted 3 days ago • 2182 comments