It’s a bad look.

This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Meanwhile, back in the real world . . . Bagram Air Base was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s. What an idiot.

Extremely painful for all those tech companies that made generous donations to Trump's inauguration. Oh the irony... What will they do now to try and please him? www.cnbc.com/2025/09/20/t...

Has Karl Rove become a dangerous radical left terrorist??? Well done. Not enough old-school Republicans are speaking up.

Another thoughtful, balanced piece by @michaelshurkin.bsky.social: 'The standard that matters to me is not “is it legal?,” but “does it make any sense?” And is this a good thing or a bad thing for U.S. national interest?' shurkin.substack.com/p/our-little...

I thought RFK Jr already had a soul mate—or was that a brain mate?

That’s exactly right. Europe is still trying to avoid a war that Russia has been waging for more than a decade in different forms. Europe needs to accept that “hybrid” and cyber attacks, subversion, sabotage, corruption and traffic of influence are methods of war.

Well, no, Laura Loomer—for one—didn’t like him (although she has been deleting posts that made that clear)

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The thing is that is NATO sank Russia's Baltic Fleet Russia would probably just cool down, not escalate. Those afraid of Russia is just making things worse. What Russia needs is a big fat punch in the face.

A timid response will only invite more aggression. Putin is testing the waters and not getting enough pushback.

Mieux vaut tard que jamais, je suppose

Call Putin's bluff and let him take the responsibility of expanding the conflict

Children, teenagers, mothers, elderly: these are just some of the civilian victims of the russian terrorist state in Kyiv on August 28, following tens of thousands of others. Those who support russia are scum. Our leaders' everlasting sin and guilt before history and humanity: not acting directly.

Petty vindictiveness from a small man

"Here’s a section of the CBO report that Trump and his courtiers missed: 'We estimate that the changes in tariffs will reduce the size of the U.S. economy...The increases in tariffs will make consumer goods and capital goods more expensive.'" www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-four...

Trump: “If my hand gets any blacker, I’m not going to let it vote.”

He is like the kid that you have to let win every game to avoid a meltdown

So Trump's character reference is Ghislaine Maxwell...

@fred-mars.bsky.social J’en peux plus de la défense et du style RDZ. Et Rulli qui se prend pour Neuer… Heureusement qu’on a PEA.

It has been Trump’s plan all along: become a “President for life” like his idols Xi, Putin and Kim.

Whatever one may think of Bolton, this is disturbing. His “crime” is probably to have become a vocal critic of Trump’s.

I’ve been concerned since 2018, when Trump expressed admiration for Xi and the removal of term limits in China. Being “President for life” has been Trump’s goal all along.

Despite the war’s horrendous human cost, Russian leaders really feel that they’re winning, and that they can dictate the terms of a peace agreement. Would they feel the same if Trump was not in the White House? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

SVP L’Equipe, arrêtez de couvrir l’OM pendant quelques jours 🙏 Le match amical de l'OM face au Club Esportiu Europa arrêté en raison d'une altercation entre joueuses www.lequipe.fr/Football/Act...

Well done Porsche. It goes some way towards making up for Ferdinand’s work for the Nazi. apple.news/AgkAt-aO5Qke...

Two big takeaways from yesterday. First, by “joking” that if the U.S. were at war in 2028 there would be “no more elections,” brushing aside the constitutional mandate for regularly scheduled votes. Then later, when a hot mic caught him telling French President Macron that

Thoughts ahead of Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy & European leaders. First, Trump wants both sides to stop fighting, but is only prepared to put pressure on Ukraine. If Putin had any worries on that score, the Alaska summit will have reassured him. Sanctions are postponed, again. 1/16

Maybe Signal wasn't that bad after all

So Trump will push for a move to electronic voting, which is much easier for the government to rig (as it is done in Russia).

Like him or not, Bolton is often right. Watch Rahm Emanuel nod in agreement.

Europe really has to stop clinging to the fantasy that Trump can be on the side of Ukraine and democracy.

Bridget Brink, the former US ambassador to Kyiv who resigned over disagreements with Donald Trump's Ukraine policy, said the president's administration 'has no strategy when it comes to Putin and Russia'. Follow live updates on the Alaska summit here: on.ft.com/45hJcwq

Concerning any possible Trump-Putin ‘deal’ in Alaska to end the Ukraine war, it is vital to remember Putin has abrogated every agreement Moscow signed with Kyiv since independence in 1992-the Budapest Memo(1994) and the Friendship(1997) and Border(2003) Treaties. Leopards don’t change their spots.

"Why was the flight delayed for an hour?" "The pilot saw a problem with an engine, but it is okay now." "Wow, you replaced an engine in an hour?" "No, we replaced the pilot." (This is an old Soviet Union joke, but it now applies to America under Trump)

What does “nuclear submarine” refer to exactly? A submarine with nuclear propulsion? A submarine armed with ICBMs with nuclear warheads? Trump probably doesn’t understand the difference, but I guess it creates ambiguity and it doesn’t matter to the general public. “Nuclear” sounds scary enough.

Cette lettre des rabbins demandant à ce que soit mis fin à la politique de famine à Gaza et alertant sur les les exactions des colons en Cisjordanie est fondamentale. Je l'ai exprimé souvent : la politique de Netanyahou est une trahison des valeurs du judaïsme. fr.timesofisrael.com/des-rabbins-...

I was the AEA's President Elect as the first Trump term began. We worried about government statistics then, and appointed a committee that included members (such as Google's Chief Economist) who might be in a position to help make reliable statistics available if the government went dark. #econsky

I'm confident that the employment numbers will improve very quickly... ... or disappear altogether.

This is like asking “WTH is Microsoft?” in the mid 1980’s.

“Japan will open their Country to Trade including Cars and Trucks, Rice and certain other Agricultural Product” Because Japanese consumers can’t wait to drive American cars and eat American rice 🤦🏻‍♂️ www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/b...

Beating Qatar is not easy, but Trump and Infantino can do it newrepublic.com/article/1979...

Trump’s cryptic birthday letter to Epstein, as reported by the WSJ

Espérons que le souvenir de l’occupation et, surtout, de la collaboration, ne disparaîtra pas avec lui. Une bonne occasion de revoir “L’œil de Vichy”. www.franceinfo.fr/culture/patr...

Trump turns Lula—an otherwise unsavory character—into a hero