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I hope it goes without saying that this goes doubly for purged military officers

submitted 3 hours ago • 6 comments

Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be legislators right now. We need them to be politicians. There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.

submitted 5 hours ago • 38 comments

For those who don't know, Kim is the main scholar of autocratic legalism on the planet

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Since August 2015 I've been demonstrating how Trump is a Useful Idiot, asset or agent of influence of fascist Russia. Trump-for-President and elite capture of the Republican Party are Russian active measures that were tested in Ukraine with Yanukovych and the Party of Regions.

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

submitted 14 hours ago • 226 comments

NEW PIECE: On the shorter side for my recent writings, I take a chance to step back and return to the big picture. Why should we care if the Trump administration, and Musk's DOGE, are acting unconstitutionally? The answer is not as simple as it might seem. www.crisesnotes.com/why-should-w...

submitted 14 hours ago • 7 comments

FT: "Ukraine to sign critical minerals deal ‘in the very short term’, US claims" Ukraine, don't! Trump works for Putin, not for you or the West! www.ft.com/content/f4e1...

submitted 5 hours ago • 7 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 6 hours ago • 105 comments

Agreed. @indivisible.org, the protests need a demand. Before it was drawing attention to cuts and freezes and ignoring court orders, stopping Cabinet appointments, and whipping up a national movement. Trump and Musk must be removed from power immediately.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Trump's KGB name is Краснов (Krasnov). We should begin to call him Агент Краснов (Agent Krasnov).

submitted 14 hours ago • 9 comments

Why is the article gone (404)?

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

For Europe, supporting Ukraine is a matter of security and stability on the continent. Keeping Ukraine strong means keeping a strong, battle-hardened army with real combat experience - the second largest in Europe. Ukrainian army can become a reliable ally in a defense union⤵️

submitted 12 hours ago • 23 comments

Oh fuck, what a grift. J6 terrorists sue a DOJ controlled by Trump; Trump orders DOJ lawyers to settle for an undisclosed amount, both sides agree to an NDA. This can happen dozens, hundreds of times. Just an ingenious way to funnel tax dollars to far-right terrorist groups.

submitted 13 hours ago • 66 comments

Anecdotal European stuff: I have spoken to a few Italians about the US “situation” lately and all are pretty much asking themselves the same question: where are the American opposition leaders? Where are Obama, Harris, Biden? Their absence is as horrifying as the acts of the current administration.

submitted 12 hours ago • 27 comments

True that the silence of establishment (much less progressive) opposition leaders in a moment like this is truly exceptional in comparative context. Perhaps a function of the still-powerful yet misplaced sense of American exceptionalism that still dominates elite circles.

submitted 12 hours ago • 10 comments

Yes! Read @craigunger.bsky.social “Kompramat “ and”house of Putin, house of Trump”. l.smartnews.com/p-j351SFc/2O...

submitted 13 hours ago • 3 comments

Correction: Trump’s Russian agent name is NOT “Agent Orange.” It is “Krasnov.” www.thedailybeast.com/former-intel...

submitted 14 hours ago • 5 comments

I wanted to comment on this new piece on how firing bureaucrats ➡️ dictatorship. This is important research & you should read it. BUT, it is focusing mainly on cases where dictators succeeded. Are there important differences between these cases & the US? A 🧵 👇 theconversation.com/firing-civil...

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

Feuds like the one raging between @jamellebouie.net and @chatterton.bsky.social are a little unseemly against the backdrop of the bloody world order unraveling at the hands of a psychopathic president. One they both oppose vociferously. An existential threat of the first order.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Macron has just urged the French to join the military reserve. “We are entering a new era”. France will have to spend more on defence. “The threat that Russia represents imposes choices on us” (Live exchange on social media)

submitted 1 day ago • 168 comments

Macron and Starmer's trip to DC next week takes us back to analogies from the 1930s.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

François Heisbourg, one of the world’s leading strategists and a cool head:

submitted 13 hours ago • 10 comments

OTD 11 yrs ago, in the heart of Kyiv, protesters with wooden shields stood against snipers in broad daylight. Their immense fortitude saved our democracy, and the fallen are forever remembered as the Heavenly Hundred. Same day, russian troops without insignia would start the invasion of Crimea.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Use frozen Russian Central Bank assets to pay for peace in Ukraine -- and Europe. euobserver.com/ukraine/ara8...

submitted 18 hours ago • 6 comments

The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

I'm going to boost this -- it's a Twitter link, yes, but there is a very good 7+ minute perspective on the European security situation by former MI6 head Sir Alex Younger (from BBC Newsnight). Really worth watching.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments