To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/capitulati...

Ich bin sprachlos - der SPIEGEL geschichtsvergessen, kompletter Bullshit, totale Ahnungslosigkeit, krasse Geschichtslüge, üble Geschichtspolitik, peinliche Bildungsferne, arrogantes Nichtwissen, kurzum: der SPIEGEL als Erfülllungsgehilfe vom faschistischen Diktator Putin.

“Mother, I've weighed the risks - which I prefer to living in a world dominated by Nazis. Bill" Thank god for Bill and so many more like him (Pic from @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social on X)

On the state of the Russo-Ukrainian war — very sound and in accord with what I see. By @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

What air defence doing? #РусниПизда #NAFO

Read this by @warinthefuture.bsky.social. He's been right all along.

In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue.

Putin is a career criminal. Understanding this is essential. »“Mobsters don’t have win-win games. They only have zero-sum games,” Khodorkovsky said. “I’ve said this 100 times to both American and European officials. Everyone said they understood. But they don’t.”« 🎁 link (no paywall)

Many powerful and important speeches given today. Be sure not to miss this one.

Exclusive footage of President Zelenskyy doing target selection before today's drone strikes

New normal in the capital of Mordor 💥 Their air defense hits oil tanks so our "drone debris" can't take all the credit for the fire show 😁

Russians are a bunch of whiny little 3rd world bitches. Pathetic. »“We f***ed around until this happened. Everything is on fire. We have the best air defence and all that, f***,” commented a local, who filmed the resulting blaze from his window.« 🎁 link (no paywall)

Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat.

»“It was a miracle, right after the strike it started to rain. At first, the rain was quiet and calm, but later, as the fire began to spread, the rain started to pour down. In this we see God’s blessing,” he said.« 🎁 link (no paywall)

»Scores of targeted attacks against supply routes, part of what Kyiv calls a “logistics lockdown,” has caused gasoline shortages.« 🎁 link (no paywall)

Treat every Russian as a potential security threat. 🎁 link (no paywall)

Really important that this story gets out there. Classic Kremlin disinfomation and smear campaign and lots of people even on this site fell for it. inews.co.uk/news/starmer...

@thebulwark.com keeps churning out thoughtful pieces about Ukraine.

If you quote me to try to dunk on me and also instantly turn replies off so I can't mock you then you just get blocked and I swiftly forget you exist and what you posted.

For those wondering: Russia, in the 5th year of this war: - attacked the Orthodox monastery in Kyiv that holds Ilya Muromets, Nestor the Chronicler and & *checks notes* Yuri I Vladimirovich ("Founder of Moscow") Dolgorukiy.

»The men were offered payment and directed by a Russian-speaking contact named 'El Money', a court heard« 🎁 link (no paywall)

Again and again, Russia kills the people and destroys the cultural sites it says it went to war to protect. These crimes will end when the US supplies missile defense to Ukraine and enforces sanctions on Russian energy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The Ukrainian capital smells of smoke today, in the aftermath of a large-scale Russian missile-and-drone attack that damaged one of the most important cathedrals in Orthodox Christianity. My report from Kyiv

Russia is a satanic death cult.

Includes an analysis of this article: responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-russ.... As always, very much worth your time, by @markgaleotti.bsky.social

OTD in 1940 USSR issued ultimatum to Lithuania to let us occupy & form pro-USSR government or we would invade them & install pro-USSR government. It totally had nothing to do with a secret clause in a treaty with the nazis. We became the world's largest country by peaceful means.

»When a latter-day Liber de Spectaculis is written, Sunday’s events will be described as falling well short of the one benchmark that seems to matter to the president: talis qualem mundus numquam vidit—“such as the world has never seen.”« 🎁 link (no paywall)

"The UFC event captures something about this moment in our history. After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Wer BSW wählt, muss wissen, dass die bereit sind, den Faschisten die Macht zu übertragen. www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/unse...

"Longwell started the Bulwark in 2018 for Never Trumpers like herself. It has since morphed into a popular, straight-shooting opinion news site...More than one million people have signed up for its newsletters; it has more than 140,000 paid subscribers." www.wsj.com/business/med...

Why could a ceasefire in Ukraine, if mishandled, make Ukraine’s and Europe’s situation more dangerous not less? We try to explain - and see the full report for notes on how to make sure any possible ceasefire makes things better not worse.

OTD in 1941 Soviets started forcibly deporting 50,000 of the Baltic people we had ‘liberated from fascism’. 60% died. 75% were women & kids Imagine mass deportations happening today..

The US is reducing its military footprint in Europe to the degree that it will do nothing to defend NATO states against Russia, but enough that the Trump administration will hope that it can still bully democratic Europe. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/w...

»The Trump administration broke an agreement to fund the bipartisan semiquincentennial celebrations, saying it will not “light taxpayer money on fire.”« 🎁 link (no paywall)

One fights with the army one has, not the army one wishes one had. Welcome to the resistance, MTG.

I’d add one crucial point, because this is a flaw we see all too often. The russian MFA’s statement came immediately (of course it had been prepared in advance and was unsurprisingly extremely aggressive). Typical. Our response, which came later, said nothing. Admittedly, there was nothing to say...

This is a great article. Here's a fun proposal: Europe should respond by liberating and denazifying Królewiec, Vyborg, and the so-called Republic of Karelia.

🇩🇪 Merz: Our goal for Ukraine remains a just and lasting peace that also takes our security interests into account. That is why we support Ukraine. We did so yesterday, we are doing so today, and we will continue to do so tomorrow — for as long as it is necessary.

These people were not deplorable but degenerate. »JD Vance led the push inside the White House to release the Jeffrey Epstein files and floated the idea that Ghislaine Maxwell could be interviewed by Tucker Carlson as part of a White House PR “gambit”, according to a report.« 🎁 link (no paywall)

»The attacks on Russian logistics are part of a synchronized, multilayered campaign that covers the close-in “kill zone,” the midrange resupply zone in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, and the territory far inside Russia where Ukraine has hit sites producing crucial weapon technology.« #NAFO

This is a fun vocabulary test. vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app

🔥 Ukraine’s Flamingo missiles reportedly flew more than 1,000km into Russia, striking facilities linked to Moscow’s war machine. My latest piece examines why these strikes matter far beyond the immediate damage. 👇 Read, share and Restack.

Reporter: Are you concerned, Mr. President, about the latest inflation number which came out this morning? Trump: No, I love it. I love the inflation.

»The path forward is difficult, but clear: Old Europe can and must assume responsibility for the continent's future, just as Ukraine has done. It must stop signaling fear – and give Kyiv what it needs to drive out the invaders.« Read and share this article, it's good.

Dear friends, here are more reports from our defenders on the latest deliveries we made for them 💙💛🥰 Thank you so much for joining me in supporting them ❤️‍🔥 It is because of their sacrifice that russians will never have Ukraine 🇺🇦✌️

»This is the heart of the thesis with which this assessment began: that Putin is losing not in one or two dimensions, but in every dimension by which strategic progress can honestly be measured. On the evidence assembled here, the thesis holds.« @warinthefuture.bsky.social 🎁 link (no paywall)

Vacationers in occupied Crimea – those who “don’t care about politics” – are suddenly getting plenty of cardio, sprinting away from Ukrainian drones. Trouble came from where they least expected it – they signed up for a “special military operation,” and ended up with an actual war.

Seriously. Did these people have lead pipes in their houses in their youth?