If the Ukrainian government were to accept the so-called 28-point plan and relinquish the Donbas, it could risk a serious rupture in civil-military relations.

EU foreign policy chief @kajakallas.bsky.social sending a very visual message on Ukraine at EU-Indo Pacific ministerial meeting.

"we may be witnessing the emergence of a neo-royalist world order. The world now looks less like the liberal, rules-based system many of us grew up studying, and more like a world dominated by powerful patrons, loyal clients, and informal hierarchies ...”

that's what you get when you (Europe) rely on a country (the US) that is now led by maniacs and amateurs. Remember that Trump openly said he would "encourage" Russia to attack European countries "if they don't pay" (for defence)

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.

Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...

“Chinese elites see Trump as “very soft” on their country…He is described as a president unconstrained by liberal principles, who weakens America’s standing…China has learned how to intimidate America’s President…” economist.com/internationa...

"In Ö gibt es Vorstellung, Außenpolitik sei moralischer Schönwetterraum, wo man „Brücken baut“ & „Konflikte moderiert“. Ein Staat hat 2 Grundaufgaben: Sicherheit & Wohlstand der eigenen Bevölkerung. Das erfordert nüchternes, interessensbasiertes Vorgehen" www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...

Creating the US SA was always and obviously the idea.

President Donald Trump has said no US officials will attend the G20 summit in South Africa later this month, reviving debunked claims of white Afrikaners being systematically "killed and slaughtered" in the country ➡️ u.afp.com/Sno4

Eine hervorragende, eindringliche Analyse der russischen imperialistischen Tradition. Kann russland überhaupt ohne Expansionskriege weiter existieren? @mmkeupp.bsky.social leitet den Leser zu der Erkenntnis, dass das kaum möglich ist. Es gibt keine russische Identität ohne Reich.

Keupp: "Das sind Kriegsverbrechen" "Das Traurige ist, dass wir uns inzwischen so daran gewöhnt haben, dass Russland diesen Krieg verbrecherisch führt", so Marcus Keupp, Militärexperte, zum UN-Bericht über russische Drohneneinsätze in der Ukraine. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

Just perfect. "Been in Europe 3 yrs, never felt this close to Russia, you are repeating line by line the propaganda on Russian TV," Pussy Riot artist tells a stunned Putin-Versteher Sarah Wagenknecht to her face, on prime-time TV.

Vorbildlich! Dieser Politiker will Rechten gegenüber toleranter sein und sie durch politische Verantwortung entzaubern www.der-postillon.com/2019/06/paul...

Heute vor zehn Jahren ist jemand aufgestanden und hat einen der besten Tweets aller Zeiten geschrieben.

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Einfach verrueckt. Und immer wieder Religion. www.derstandard.at/story/310000...

Mit dem Sender AUF1 hat sich Stefan Magnet einen reichweitenstarken rechtsextremen Kanal geschaffen, der jetzt vom deutschen Verfassungsschutz beobachtet wird. Hinter dem Sender steckt ein Geflecht aus Vereinen und Firmen – mit einer Spur bis nach Irland.

Es ist so. Via @derstandard.at

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Sehr gute Wahl. Und nicht der orangene Demokratiezerstörer. orf.at/stories/3407...

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.

"... pockets of American Christianity are openly rejecting Jesus’ ethics as politically naive. This should unsettle anyone who has criticized Islam for its political entanglements. American Christianity now faces its own version of the political theology crisis" Great read by @shadihamid.bsky.social

Stephen Miller is laying out the roadmap for the Insurrection Act. A preview of today's Lewis & Sykes chat on Substack...

Es wird immer unglaublicher.

Uff, Durchmarsch für Rechtspopulist Babis so far in unserem Nachbarland

exact quotation, and other relevant sections of the speech, translated here: defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

exactly like the Chinese surveillance state

"Can Germany afford its €1.35tn welfare state?", fragt die FT. (www.ft.com/content/efe2...) Gut, dass Österreich da ganz anders dasteh...oh, wait

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

Excellent guest. Alarming perspective.

Weitere Ausführung zu meinen bei #Maischberger @Das Erste gemachten Äußerungen zum Christentum in den USA: siehe Zitate auf meinem LinkedIn, Facebook und Instagram.

Bonus episode @therestpolitics.bsky.social with Gerald Knaus on why we should be really worried re rise of far right in Germany and how MAGA are fuelling it, which should make us more worried still alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/453-...

Ich finde Snyders Analyse alarmierend: Hegseth ruft alle US-Generäle ohne Agenda zusammen. Denkbar sind Loyalitätstests, Säuberungen oder die Vorbereitung auf Einsätze gegen die eigene Bevölkerung. Ein Schritt hin zu einer gefährlichen Militarisierung im Inneren.

Eine wie üblich inhaltsleere und banale Kickl-Rede mit billigen Beleidigungen. Die FPÖ wird dennoch mehr als 30 Prozent bei den nächsten Wahlen machen. #fpö #parteitag

Gegen Faschismus zu sein ist bei den Nachbarn jetzt mit Terrorismus gleichgesetzt. Gilead everywhere. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

"Es geht ein Gespenst um, das stetig an mieser Stimmung wächst: der Pessimismus. Kann nichts mehr gut werden?" www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Das ist sehr unbehaglich, was Kommunikationswissenschaftler Bernhard Pörksen erzählt: Er war einige Wochen in den USA und die autoritäre Wende dort war in Gesprächen kein Thema Er erlebte viel mehr: "Eine Kommunikation wie in Watte, undeutlich, am Privaten orientiert, ihrem Wesen nach unpolitisch"

Putin. Trump. Netanyahu. Erdogan. Xi Jinping.

I think what Trump meant to say on UA being able to „win the war“ is: „I tried mediating, it didn’t work, so I’m done with this except for selling you (‚NATO‘) weapons.“ It doesn’t mean the US will get engaged. Prove me wrong. (Interestingly, he talks about NATO as if the US was already out.)

Bitter, sehr bitter.

Warum besuchte Peter Thiel im Geheimen im August die Uni Innsbruck und was geschah dort? Meine Recherche dazu: www.falter.at/maily/202509...

Bizarre — the far right is on the rise, and so are the religious fanatics. www.falter.at/maily/202509...

Was für eine absurd dumme Rede. www.diepresse.com/20130267/un-...

Trump to the UN: "The 'carbon footprint' is a hoax made up by people with evil intentions, and they're heading down a path of total destruction."

The US is imposing sanctions on Brazil for trying to protect its democracy, and throwing a lifeline to Milei to prop up his administration.