Late to this shocking - though not surprising - story Greek shipping companies made almost $4bn carrying Russian oil in past three years

"The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark". A gift link here: lnkd.in/dAYq6ydz

By @arminkahelic.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Chief Justice John Roberts' legacy is a far-right Supreme Court that prioritizes expanding corporate power above all else. I warned of his right-wing nature when I testified against his nomination in 2005.

At yesterday’s (June 30) meeting of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Boad Ambassadors (#PIC SBA), the successor to outgoing High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, was to be once again discussed and decided upon. 1/

Really like this, Arminka! Highly recommended! 👇 I will follow with a few observations... 1/ time.com/article/2026...

really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to uphold birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order that argued children born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally or temporarily were not American citizens.

Bit of a sideshow in the ongoing psychodrama between the US and the EU but one worth watching: will the Europeans give in to US pressure over next international peace envoy for Bosnia and Herzegovina? After the reported Italian non-paper my guess is yes.

Today in #Bosnia, the #PIC (Peace Implementation Council Steering Board Ambassadors) are meeting in another attempt to select a successor to the outgoing incumbent, Christian Schmidt, who was forced out earlier than planned under US pressure. 1/ See www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

I spoke with Louis Monroy Santander about the recent elections in Colombia which saw a narrow win by a far-right populist candidate. The left/right split was notable & reflects a polarization that needs to be understood in the context of seven decades of violence in that country.

My interview on developments in & regarding #Bosnia with @andersstubkjaer.bsky.social (in Danish)- Europe+ needs to up its game to see off the US challenge to #BiH's peace enforcement architecture, as well as revisit its approach toward this country/ #WB6. pov.international/magtkamp-om-...

My @dpcglobal.bsky.social colleague @valeryperry.bsky.social spoke with Randall Puljek-Shank for DPC Voice. Topics discussed: his work in conflict transformation, what brought him to Bosnia during the war (and 20+ yrs after), & what activism involves now in the US: open.spotify.com/episode/3G3U...

New @privateeyenews.bsky.social.

Many questions about ongoing protests in Albania at today's midday briefing of the European Commission. Interesting to compare and contrast the Commission's clear and loud position regarding implications for Albania's EU path with its weak response to democratic backsliding in Serbia.

This blew my mind. Some of the largest data centers can require up to 5 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to the water use of 50,000 people. Why are we selling out the survival of our planet to enrich a handful of Big Tech CEOs?

If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.

"...he called for Europe to 'rearm itself morally, so that it can contribute to stable & peaceful development throughout the world.”' Only on the basis of standing behind its proclaimed values - at home & abroad - can the EU & #Europe+ successfully resist the hegemons: the US, RU (benefitting... 1/

1/ What if you put all the ways that Jared Kushner is selling out America while lining his pockets into one place? In our new cover story, @cjcmichel.bsky.social did just that www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Our tax dollars at work. Obscene and infuriating. But as you rightly note, on brand and consistent with IDF practice.

Collective self-respect can only be internally generated - and its velocity can be brrathtaking. It is amazing to witness it in real time. Must read piece! 👇

Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting.

Commemorated this year same day as D-Day/Operation Overlord, the Battle of Sutjeska a year before was also a costly fight in defeating fascism. I was unable to attend this year due to travel, but last year lots of Montenegrins, Bosnians, Croatians (esp. Dalmatian) there at the remembrance. 1/

Defence relies on the support of civil society. You can't defend a country where health services are in shambles or teachers are on strike.

“You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment. You become a journalist because you love the country … There is no democracy without journalism. It can’t be done. That is why I am a journalist.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

Fuckin' A. For starters...

10 days, 2800km of driving, 4 countries(🇧🇦 🇷🇸🇷🇴🇲🇩), 6 cities, numerous meetings along the way, lots of learning curve. Now first morning in sweet home #Sarajevo. @dpcglobal.bsky.social, @geopower-eu.bsky.social, @valeryperry.bsky.social, @omemisevic.bsky.social, Pavle Fukarek, @horizoneu.bsky.social

Can’t be repeated enough…

I'm quoted by @julianborger.bsky.social in his piece on the #PeaceImplementationCouncil for the @theguardian.com. #Europe+, less Italy, held the line against being jammed with the US-selected High Rep nominee. But it's evident that there is no coherent strategy... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Fuckin' A! This is the way ✊️ Protection of public patrimony is #CivicSelf-Defense.

According to @kurtbassuener.bsky.social, asserting a European vision over this geographic space would minimize the potential for non-military extraction and self-dealing by an increasingly transactional US, including pursuit of energy, mining, and other deals. www.biepag.eu/blog/europe-...

My latest guest blog for @biepag.bsky.social on how Europe+ can take the initiative in the #WB6 in the interests of these countries' citizens - and their own. www.biepag.eu/blog/europe-...

The citizens of BiH - citizens everywhere - should know what their representatives are being pressured to sign when it comes to extraction deals (or ANY deals); the lack of transparency on the SIC is just one of the issues Pippa and I discussed--

"Can we trust the United States?" former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen asks former US defence secretary Mark Esper at #GlobSec2026. "Yes, Europe can trust the US" Esper replies. This is followed by a long silence in the room. "Where's the clap?" Esper asks the audience.

I enjoyed chatting with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" last summer. He has always been kind to me when I've been a guest on his various shows — and he's a wicked smart satirist. Are you planning to tune in to his farewell episode tomorrow night?

My colleague Valery Perry speaks to @pippagallop.bsky.social of @ceebankwatch.bsky.social on the Southern Interconnection (SIC) pipeline, which has been pushed forward here in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with considerable velocity by the US Govt. 👇

Latest opinion piece by Senior Associates @kurtbassuener.bsky.social and @tobyvogel.bsky.social: the EU should push back against a Trump-backed pipeline project in Bosnia and Herzegovina

On the Day of Remembrance of the Crimean Tatar Genocide, write a letter to a Ukrainian prisoner held by Russia, like Volodymyr Ananyev and Appaz Kurtamet. It only takes a moment, and your words will give hope: hrhcrimea.org.ua/en/letters-b...

The Journal of Democracy has been spun off from the National Endowment for Democracy to become an independent nonprofit now housed at Stanford www.journalofdemocracy.org/about/

My / @dpcglobal.bsky.social's latest for @balkaninsight.com.web.brid.gy on how Europe+ ought to respond to the challenge posed by a de facto US alliance w reactionary Bosnian & Balkan leaders, in the succession of High Rep Christian Schmidt. balkaninsight.com/2026/05/18/i...

This is a form of psychosis. These people will burn the world if they have their way.

1/ Two days before his semiannual report to the UN Security Council, High Representative Christian Schmidt announced that he would be resigning his post as international High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

"What we’re watching isn’t subtle. Protections get stripped, and the response is immediate. Not years later. Not gradual. Immediate. That should tell you exactly why those protections existed in the first place." Must read thread here 👇

Hungarian oligarchs begin fleeing the country, transferring assets, in anticipation of corruption investigations giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

From page 246 (2023 Renard Press printing) of Sinclair Lewis' "It Can't Happen Here" (1935). Fascism is fucking eternal.

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

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I didn't mean to turn this into a short thread, but once I started ranting ... So here it is, on one page: skywriter.blue/@georgemonbi...