I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends. It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.

“For a year now, people have been telling me that Trump will eventually get tough on Russia. It’s been the geopolitical version of Waiting for Godot.” Thank you @fromtga.bsky.social! 💯 open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...

Das Erstaunlichste ist, wie irgendjemand überrascht sein kann. Derselbe Kanzler wurde <2 Monate nach Ende seiner Amtszeit Vorsitzender des Gesellschafterausschusses von Gazprom. correctiv.org/transparenz/...

A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today. 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.

The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.

We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate. Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓

Diese Geschichte ist unfassbar. Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%" Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

Tom Friedman’s piece in the NYT today again brings up the specter of Neville Chamberlain in ‘39. I disagree. A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”

That peace plan is the most credible, unrefutable evidence for collusion of Trump with Russia that we have ever seen.

Excellent analysis by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact [..] brought us World War II. The Yalta agreement gave us the Cold War. The Witkoff-Dmitriev pact [..] will fit right into that tradition.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all

Not sure what is worse

If only American billionaires had similar decency left… www.virgin.com/branson-fami...

Intense, but beautifully written piece by @timothysnyder.bsky.social - and spot on. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Good. Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

Wow. Witkoff / the U.S. administration are now officially the ambassadors of the Kremlin. Utterly unacceptable plan and new low point. www.ft.com/content/2353...

This stuff is so crazy. Trump is now just letting his allies that helped him nearly overthrow the government take turns stealing taxpayer money. Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Excellent summary - warrants a thorough read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

If Trump lies about everything else why does anyone presume he’s telling the truth about Gaza, Ukraine or Venezuela?

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

This is a desecration and an abomination. First he posts an AI video of himself wearing a crown dumping shit on the heads of Americans, then he starts tearing down part of the White House for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom.

THIS 👇🏻 by @milestaylor.bsky.social - word for word! open.substack.com/pub/treason/...

The Andrew formerly known as Prince

Thank you Poland 🙏🏻🇵🇱! Well done! 👍🏻 amp.dw.com/en/nord-stre...

Es wird allerhöchste Zeit, dass diese wörtliche Aussage von Friedrich Merz nicht nur zu seiner Sprech- und Handlungsmaxime wird, sondern in der gesamten Partei politikleitend. Dann klappt es auch mit dem Halbieren der AfD.

Of course. Let’s have no illusions: Trump’s handler Putin will make sure that Tomahawk deal is stopped. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Wenn der Kriegsminister die freie Presse rauswirft.

I can only conclude this lady hasn’t got the faintest of what is going on in the U.S. www.reuters.com/world/nobel-...

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health. It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Warum sind viele von diesen positiven Ergebnissen überrascht? Wer redet uns etwas anderes ein? Vorweg AfD und BSW, aber auch Buchautoren wie Oschmann und deren Rezeption in den Medien. Leider hält die CDU in Ostdeutschland nur halbherzig dagegen

Hegseth said yesterday he wants to ban any symbols of “superficial individual expression” by people serving in the military. Of course, he was probably talking about dangerous things like rainbows.

Once again I’m reminded, trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets.

BREAKING: Jim Comey has been indicted. abcnews.go.com/US/former-fb...

Trump’s behavior at the UN today is utterly unacceptable. I wonder if Americans understand how bad he makes the U.S. look and how much damage he is causing.

JUST IN: DISNEY announces Jimmy Kimmel’s show will return on Tuesday Countdown to grandpa Don rage-post in 3…2…1…

I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches

Jede(r) Vierte will AfD wählen. Haben die noch alle Latten am Zaun?

What the religious right in the US is currently doing is not really new. In fact, it is reviving an ancient idea and practice, that of the “Miles Christianus.” Militant to militaristic Christianity is not just an aberration, but an integral part of Christian history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_C...

Die, die sagen, man könne nichts mehr sagen, sind diejenigen, die an die Macht gelangt dafür sorgen werden, dass man nichts mehr sagen darf. (Las ich neulich irgendwo sinngemäß und stimmte zu.)