Lasiet @aivarsozolins.bsky.social komentāru @zurnalsir.bsky.social — ej.uz/u3um

Mana saruna ar Eiropas Komisijas ekonomikas komisāru Valdi Dombrovski par "reparāciju aizdevumu" - iesaldēto Krievijas aktīvu nodošanu Ukrainai, tos nekonfiscējot. ir.lv/politika/dom...

Mana saruna ar Eiropas Komisijas ekonomikas komisāru Valdi Dombrovski par "reparāciju aizdevumu" - iesaldēto Krievijas aktīvu nodošanu Ukrainai, tos nekonfiscējot. ir.lv/politika/dom...

PODCAST: "Ir" komentētāji @raudseps.bsky.social un @aivarsozolins.bsky.social jaunākajā "Ārskatā" diskutē par parlamenta vēlēšanām Moldovā, "reparāciju aizdevumu", kas ļautu Eiropā iesaldētos Krievijas aktīvus novirzīt Ukrainai, un citām aktualitātēm. Klausieties — ej.uz/d7hr #SIF_MAF2025

Yes. It's possible. But I the odds of that possibility increase by hysterical claims that we're already in a fascist country. I'll just point out that some people were certain that we were headed for fascism after 2017 and that Biden couldn't win. We're here now b/c of 200K votes in three states.

October 5, 1970 Led Zeppelin III was released. The album, which peaked at No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic, featured a broad range of instrumentation and some of the band’s most recognizable tracks, including the fiery “Immigrant Song.” #ClassicRock #RockNRoll youtu.be/RlNhD0oS5pk?...

‘I was called an enemy of the people’: how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

When people start doubting that Trump actually wants to work with dictators, they might ask themselves why the two states he is working hard to limit military sales to are Taiwan and Ukraine.

Reportedly, this is an encounter of a Russian soldier with a pig in a tunnel in Kharkiv region.

Miller has Fascist Hissy #3 today after another court ruling. This one from a judge appointed by radical left marxist Donald J Trump.

Donald Trump is offering nine universities funding if they sign a compact that’s a “complete adoption of the MAGA high-education agenda,” Kevin Carey writes. The document is “shot through with the tensions that mark Trumpism in its latest form”:

Arrived in Prague and sat down to sort through my ballot Me: these are the worst elections I remember… My mother: the worst elections are when there is a one party system and you can’t vote for anything else, but you have to turn up and vote anyway, because they surveil you Me: ok, fair enough

This is fascism.

Today I'm reviewing the Latvian translation of my book. Sections on US foreign policy feel like they describe a vanished world. One that existed in 1990, and to some extent even in 2024, but no longer does. That world was far from perfect, as the book shows, but what has replaced it is despicable.

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PODCAST: "Ir" kolēģi Ieva Jakone, @aivarsozolins.bsky.social un @raudseps.bsky.social raidījumā "Šķiltava" diskutē par to, vai koalīcija noturēsies un kāpēc Latvija "Rail Baltica" projektā atpaliek no kaimiņiem. Klausieties pilno epizodi — ej.uz/uh63

Despite what its detractors say, a clear - and in most member states very large - majority of EU citizens believe that their country has benefited from EU membership. The UK benefited a lot from EU membership too, despite the Brexiter lies. It's time to plan to rejoin!

Jaunajā IR stāsts par Rail Baltica būvniecību - kā Lietuva spējusi tikt vistālāk un kāpēc esam astē? Kaut esam piesaistījuši vislielāko summu projektam, rezultāts ir visīsākais uzbēruma posms, ko par to uzbūvēsim. 50km. Sliedēm vēl nav ne centa! Jo miljardu maksā divas zelta stacijas. Ģeniāli 🤦‍♀️

That grinding sound you are hearing is the Ukrainians relentlessly dissecting arguably the most important part of the Russian economy. And they are doing this with almost no help from their partners--indeed the US has tried to stop them from attacking into Russia. kyivindependent.com/russia-to-be...

"The use of frozen Russian assets is not confiscation. Kyiv will repay the loan after Russia compensates for the damages", - von der Leyen Sure, when Russia pays for ALL the damage.

Ted Cruz: “How about we all come together and say let's stop attacking p*dophiles." 🤔

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Danish Major General Jette Albinus is the highest-ranking NATO commander in Latvia, and her message to Russia is clear: we will fight back with all we have, so don't even think about attacking. Read the full interview in English for free at Ir.lv — ej.uz/tiji

Gallego: "The president is an idiot. He doesn't actually understand how the military works."

Erasing history.

Hegseth's statements themselves are possibly prosecutable

If you listened closely to Hegseth and Trump, they were saying that the US military should be more like the Russian military--unaccountable for its actions, using lethality in favor of intelligence, and where training can be used to abuse recruits.

Es domāju, ka mums būtu jāatsakās no ceļu satiksmes noteikumiem, jo tie neko nedod - negadījumi notiek nepārtraukti. Jāļauj satiksmei regulēties tradicionālā, dabiskā veidā, nevis ar komunistu metodēm visu aizliegt.

ICE attempted and failed to disappear a food delivery guy. It needed to be scored.

⚡️PM Viktor Orbán said on Monday that 2-4 Hungarian drones “either crossed or not” into Ukraine’s airspace, but added “Ukraine is not a sovereign country” and Hungary is not their enemy, so it doesn’t matter. 🚀Ukraine’s army said one Hungarian drone incursion on September 26 reached 20–30 km deep.

Imagine spending massive amounts of money trying to buy votes and even threatening to blow up the Moldovan embassy in Brussels to sway the elections and failing so miserably: Maia Sandu’s pro-EU PAS has won a majority in the elections Russia made a huge effort to interfere with. Via @politico.eu

I'm finally looking forward to Russia's disinformation campaign no longer emailing us endless fake news videos about Moldova and Maia Sandu. Guess they won't be getting their bonuses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Honoured to deliver keynote at Baltic #DigitalEuro Conference. The #DigitalEuro is not just innovation, it’s a necessity to: ✅Strengthen Europe’s autonomy ✅Boost resilience of retail payments ✅Unlock digital opportunities My remarks ➡️ link.europa.eu/FFcCgJ

The future of Moldova is in Europe! 🇪🇺🇲🇩 On this historic step forward, the people of Moldova have chosen the path of democracy, hope and opportunities. They have chosen Europe. Europa este Moldova. Moldova este Europa.

“We have some great people coming in and it’s just an ‘esprit de corps.’ You know the expression ‘esprit de corps’? That’s all it’s about.” Has any president or secretary of defense done more to damage esprit de corps, and more to encourage division, in the ranks? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

"Trump will be the headliner at Tuesday’s show. Hegseth will be the undercard. The point to be transmitted to the assembled generals, to all their troops watching at home and abroad, and to the American people, will be this: This is Donald Trump’s military." www.thebulwark.com/p/they-want-...

Hegseth is summoning hundreds of the most senior US generals and admirals so he can give them a lecture on the “warrior ethos” this week.

Do we say a man is sane when he calls in the military to fight a war when there is no war? If such a man is not sane, do we have a solution to stop the madness if he’s in the White House?

Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.

Big elections in Moldova tomorrow which will decide the country’s future direction. Lots of interference from Russia. The pro-European PAS are ahead in the polling but the Putin-friendly “Patriotic” bloc are not far behind.

While the senile old man rides in carriages around castles, builds his ballroom, puts gold on everything, plans parades, attends a variety of sporting events, threatens people, and reads the scripts put in front of him, this psychopath is the one actually running the country.

I've put together a timeline of incursions into the airspace of European countries in recent months. Honestly, when it's all in one place, that looks very worrying. Please let me know if I've missed any incursions.

Mike Johnson refuses to swear in a Democrat who won her election in a landslide just so he can block a vote on the Epstein files. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

"The effect is a line-item veto for the president over spending... Once again, the rules magically change when Trump is in office... This is not behavior that a healthy democracy tolerates from its judiciary. It is the kind of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse."

Sharp analysis by @alanderminna.bsky.social (as always): shooting down Russian planes - while potentially necessary in the future - "may not be the de-escalation silver bullet it is presented as", especially in light of the shaky US commitment to Europe.

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🔎💥VISUALIZED INVESTIGATION: Six media outlets uncovered the full details of 2024’s arson attacks & explosive parcels across Europe. 🇷🇺 These sabotage ops were carried out by Russia’s GRU & masterminded by a smuggler of radioactive materials. 🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing-nat... @vsquare.bsky.social

"It’s a dark, highly pessimistic scenario. The possibility of invoking the Federal Contested Elections Act makes gerrymandering seem quaint. But one lesson of this year is that whatever isn’t nailed down in advance is apt to be seized at the earliest opportunity." www.thebulwark.com/p/dirty-proc...

We don’t call everyone who disagrees with us a Nazi, JD, just the ones doing Nazi shit like: -masked secret police kidnapping people off the street -creating concentration camps -attempting to eradicate trans people -banning/burning LGBTQ/opposing viewpoint books -murdering fishermen in open waters