Indeed, European leaders could offer Trump the same help he gave Ukraine. - Publicly state Trump's playing with WWIII. - Cut all financial help. - Restrictions on military sales. - Label Trump the unreasonable one, and that the Ayatollah is set to make a fair deal.

If the US is dishonest about Russian efforts against American lives, Europeans can in no way expect the US to be honest about Russian agression vs Europe.

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children. This is learned today: Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%. www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

NEW: Ukrainian forces advanced 10 to 12 kilometers deep in two separate drives in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that have reportedly liberated more than 400 square kilometers since late January 2026. 🧵(1/7) Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 10, 2026 isw.pub/UkrWar031026

It’s fine for Russia to use drones to freeze out your population — by the way, can you give us your drone defenses? This is the actual US position.

The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social Brexit a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce) b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%) www.cer.eu/insights/imp...

Devastating for Georgia. The country is turning into another Belarus, and we know full well who is pulling the strings.

The Hungarian fascist regime has released a video showing the detention of Ukrainian employees of the state-owned Oschadbank who were transporting cash between Austria and Ukraine in armored bank vehicles as part of routine operations between state banks.

President Zelenskyy: In three days, Middle Eastern countries have fired 800+ missiles for Patriot systems. Ukraine has never had so many missiles to defend against [Russian] strikes.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Jeg er for en europeisk atomavskrekking, men det fungerer best som EU-medlem i et mer føderalt Europa. En fransk-kontrollert løsning som kan havne i hendene på et Putin-finansiert Front Nationale er ikke optimalt verken for Norge eller andre europeiske land. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/8p...

From an ex-Hungarian MP @dailytelegraphnews.bsky.social, on April elections: "The question is whether those who write the rules, distribute the money, count the votes, and announce the results will be willing to tolerate a world where they are no longer in power" www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard “key energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian “attack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election apnews.com/article/hung...

Hilarious quote-tweets to this.

[OptaAnalyst] Bodø/Glimt are the first team from outside of Europe’s big five leagues to win four consecutive games in a European Cup/Champions League campaign against opponents from those leagues (England, Spain, Germany, Italy & France) since Ajax in 1971-72, who won the European Cup that season.

The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday.

This is true in rougly the same sense that a guy on the subway reeking of urine, screaming, and waving a knife around is “feared.”

Four years since russia’s unlawful full-scale invasion. Four years of senseless killing and destruction. Four years of russian war crimes, of utter moral decay from putin and his accomplices. Four years of heroic 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 resistance, defending freedom and democracy for all of us. Slava Ukraini!

Chancellor Merz: Countless people have lost their lives from the Russian aggression. Entire cities have been razed to the ground. No consideration has been taken for residential areas, hospitals, schools, kindergartens. Ukrainians have endured four winters of war so far.

Now a likely scenario: Icelandic EU-referendum on membership negotiations by august this year, and referendum on a negotiated accession agreement by autumn 2027. (Current polling suggests both referendums will give yes-majorities)

I stedet for et tredje vinter-OL i Norge, kan Norge og idrettsbevegelsen samle Europa bak først å øke forsvarsstøtten til Ukraina, deretter å støtte en ukrainsk OL-søknad for Lviv i 2038 (som måtte trekke søknaden i 2014 pga. russlands angrepskrig). www.nrk.no/ol/jonas-gah...

First, Trump stopped U.S. aid to Ukraine – and now Trump’s allies are stopping the EU’s aid to Ukraine. Even though Russia has invaded their neighbour, Hungary and Slovakia now prevent the EU from helping Ukraine and punishing Russia. www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

Ukrainian children in russian-occupied Mariupol are dressed in military uniforms and forced to march to the song, “I will serve in the army, I will defend my motherland.” This is the very definition of a war crime and cultural genocide.

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, a former EU Commissioner and President of the European Parliament, is forced to hold a red MAGA hat as he shuffles sheepishly into the Trump Board of Peace meeting. How much more humiliation are Europeans willing to endure?

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Once again--Trump is weakening Ukrainian air defense to help Putin kill Ukrainian civilians and damage Ukrainian infrastructure. How many times does this need to be said before people will get it.

Notable message from President Zelensky. The USA is clearly putting pressure on Ukraine to hand over more of its land to dictatorial Russia. Good to see the Ukrainian pushback--but the USA should hang its head in shame.

China imports lots of oil from Russia to help Putin, thereby destabilizing Europe and the transatlantic alliance. India and Turkey are desperate for cheap oil. But why has Brazil ramped up imports from Russia? No upside to Brazil from this. Only downside... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-does-b...

If Rubio gave a speech to Europe in 1941, he wouldn’t mention that the Germans invaded France.

The only comment I have on the Rubio speech is that I don’t want to spend too much time on the Rubio speech. Nothing is changing with regards to US policy. We don’t need to do a line-by-line analysis.

"Navalny was killed by dart frog poison administered by Russia two years ago, a multi-intelligence agency inquiry has found, according to a statement released by UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands." @theguardian.com h/t @drugdesigns.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Estimates of the economic costs of Brexit continue to grow. Now showing UK economy between 6 and 8 percent smaller than it would have been. That in turn means £60bn lost tax revenue every year. Think what a difference that would have made to tax & spend decisions …

Sam Altman was right - this unironically is PhD-level intelligence

Such a powerful image in Le Monde. (The writing on the plane says "Neutral athletes") Cartoon by: Letton Gatis Sluka

Am torn about this chart - it shows that despite the always defeatists talk, Europe and the EU in particular have stepped up for their security. However, it also shows that the level of support is still notably smaller, and in consequence Ukraine has suffered.

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Never become numbed to this endless indiscriminate murder

The question is obviously not if Europe can delete all US tech immediately. The question is how fast we can decouple from dependencies with the greatest risks.

Heartbreaking. A mom and her 11-year-old daughter were killed by Russia in Sloviansk today. Their home was destroyed completely by a Russian strike, and their bodies were found inside. 14 more people were injured by the strike, including a 7-year-old girl. Deepest condolences

The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.

Just beyond parody at this point

If this is true--it cements the US-Russian alliance. The USA becomes formally the enemy of freedom. Own up to this Republicans.

if you spend any significant amount of time on X the everything app, your brain is being cooked