Winter is coming and so is the Big Blue Wave! Any Republicans should know, we may be nice but we aren’t pushovers. We will vote you out and then we are going to seek you out and charge you to the full extent of the law for your illegal and immoral behaviors.

This email exchange basically proves that Epstein helped Russia blackmail Trump, which means that Trump is compromised by Russia and explains why he refuses to pressure it. As a result, Trump should not be involved in negotiations on Ukraine. Why is no one talking about this?

Putin personally chose Steve Witkoff as a key backchannel to the U.S., per WSJ. The Kremlin’s outreach came via Saudi Crown Prince MBS, who relayed Putin’s interest in meeting Witkoff. After vetting Trump’s circle, Moscow settled on him, with aide Kirill Dmitriev involved in the effort.

Trump once called for Russia to illegally release Hillary’s emails. I call for America to legally release the full Epstein files.

👀🇺🇦 "He disappeared": Zelensky on the Russian general Kuzovlev who reported to Putin about the occupation of Kupyansk.

Stewart Lee: Trump’s BBC lawsuit isn’t about money. It’s about destroying a news provider #TheNerve www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

AP: At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein with zero explanation or notice to the public apnews.com/article/rele...

Totally agree with you. Incidentally, totally different music, I’ve just streamed Taylor Swift’s record of her Eras tour. What a trooper. Her music doesn’t grab me but she’s a great performer and comes over as a genuinely pleasant woman.

Trump: I'm too busy throwing parties and building my ballroom to pay attention to what dangerous criminals I'm pardoning. "Trump's priority is the ballroom right now." -Karoline Leavitt youtu.be/3efJmZvVrco?...

Even us Brits, who have screwed our economy up, live a couple of years longer than the Americans.

“.. Not since the U.S. allied with Joseph Stalin during the Lend Lease Act has a White House official enjoyed such frequent, personal access to a Russian or Soviet leader. “Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/putin-...

Trump’s DOJ and AG Pam Bondi are now breaking the law to protect powerful pedophiles. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

Hey! Remember when Barr (Bondi) withheld the Mueller (Epstein) documents for weeks so he (she) could mischaracterize what was in the Mueller (Epstein) Report and spin the findings for three weeks and then over-redact them? I sure do!

Trump has now conducted 28 boat strikes, killing over 100 people. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner. This is a danger to us all.

In a newly intercepted call, a Russian sailor from Belgorod reveals a grim ultimatum from the Black Sea Fleet: “Sign the contract, stay on the ship. Don’t sign, get sent to the infantry.” The sailor describes it bluntly: "810 means storming positions. You know what that means.”

Oof, Roscosmos has ditched its fancy plans for the future "Russian Orbital Station" and embraced a scheme to use 30-year-old ISS scrap instead. "Clearly a money-saving move" but "remarkable even for Russia’s threadbare space program," writes Eric Berger. arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...

‼️A tipping point may have been reached in Russia's ongoing economic collapse. 🔹Tankers of unsold Russian oil are piling up near Shandong, China 🔹The price of Urals crude is now below $35, far under $46 breakeven price And with that big discount they STILL can't find buyers.

If you look at comments on his @theguardian.com pieces you will find a majority of commentators disagree with him. He doesn't even carry his Guardian readers with him. @owenjones.bsky.social

On this date In the year 1981 the crew of the Penlee lifeboat, all 8 men from Mousehole, Cornwall, lost their lives in attempting a heroic rescue in hurricane force winds. In tribute to them we reproduce an article about the Newhaven lifeboat, first published in @sussexbylines.co.uk 2021

Hi All, Sent out a free piece. The Chinese have transformed their standing recently, and some attribute it to long-term planning. Actually, it is more down to the disastrous leadership choices of Trump and Putin. Sometimes it really pays to be lucky more than good. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Finally… and long overdue. Anti‑drone corridors are being established around Kharkiv as part of stepped‑up measures to protect the city from UAV attacks.

I don’t think I’m being alarmist. If anything, I worry that we’ve become so inured to Trump’s madness that we’re not alarmist enough. Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness

These are the people who are willing to go on the record. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

On the Pokrovsk front, drone pilots from Ukraine’s 79th Air Assault Brigade are striking Russian targets over 21 km away. Footage shows precision hits in Hrodivka, a staging point for Russian assaults on Myrnohrad.

Russians in Kupyansk have been completely cut off from supplies. A small contingent of Russians -hidden in basements- is present in the center. It will take some time, but they will eventually give up, surrender or get killed. Just like the Kucheriv Yar pocket(s).

1. For over a decade, but particularly since 2022, the ideology of Putin's presidency has rested on the claim that the West is an existential threat to Russia - that the main goal of the West is to destroy the Russian nation and state, Russian values and culture.

TL;DR: Russia has decided that the UK is Russia's enemy, and there's nothing we can do to change that as long as Putin is in power. The choice is whether to be an undefeated enemy or a defeated one. That's all the choice we get.

An exceptionally interesting read. Nice to know that there's an occasional mensch in Putin's circle, It's interesting that a number of people around that circle are willing to express their reservations to the NYT. There must be high-level apparatchiks who know that something has gone wrong.

"After Trump’s mass pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters, some have gained influence inside the Justice Department, meeting with officials to push for prosecutions of the federal lawyers who once helped convict them, Reuters found." archive.ph/oEnzB#select...

Dangerously deluded.

'Kills children after 2 days of use' was the kind of thing that would end a product back in the day

House Republicans Press Jack Smith Over Investigations Into Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

I just can't even - 47 is such a petty thin skinned idiot of a man child. How anyone in MAGA can somehow see his constant whining as "manly" in the toxic way that they define it is beyond me.

No surprise there.

@muellershewrote.com has long made the case that Garland’s attempts to indict Trump were sabotaged by MAGA forces within the FBI. Assuming the good guys ever take back control of the White House, think oh how much harder it’s going to be to purge the system of all the MAGA instruments 1/

Putin made it clear he’s not backing down on Ukraine. In a speech, he said Russia will take “historic lands” by force if needed, ignoring Trump’s push for a deal. While the US tries to pressure Kyiv into concessions, Europe is focused on real security guarantees. Peace talks are still going nowhere.

Yes. Apparently, 1,000 FBI agents were assigned to the task of removing/reacting Trump from the Epstein files. It disgusts me that more than 1,000 people know what Trump did to young girls and lack the courage to speak up.😡

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Ukraine is on the verge of bankruptcy. The International Monetary Fund estimates that it will require a total of 137 billion euros ($160 billion) in 2026 and 2027. It must get the money by spring. The EU has pledged to come up with the funds, one way or another, - AP

🇺🇦✈️ Ukraine has received dozens of heavy logistics drones Ultra, capable of delivering cargo weighing up to 150 kg to the military at the front, - Militarnyi

🇺🇸 Ex-US NatSec Advisor John Bolton: Trump is narcissistic and believes his personal rapport with Putin ensures peace between the U.S. and Russia, but Putin sees him as an easy target for manipulation.

Russia’s Defense Minister Belousov has again claimed that Kupyansk is under Russian control, stating that Ukrainian forces are "unsuccessfully trying to retake it", despite the fact that Ukraine controls 90% of the city and has pushed Russian troops dozens of kilometers from its center.

🇪🇺 The EU’s struggle isn’t just about Belgium blocking the use of €210 B frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, it’s about intense U.S pressure. According to Politico, Trump officials have been pushing European capitals to reject the plan, deepening divisions just days before a crucial EU summit.

Looks like the Caspian Sea is firmly in play. Russia loses further control of its waterways

Dear Susie, STFU! You are an enabler of a convicted felon, rapist and pedophile. WTH is wrong with you? Grow a uterus! Sincerely, The real Women and Mothers of the World! #Pinks #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #wtpBLUE

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Lindsey Graham makes me sick. He’s facilitated Trump all along the way. Once or twice he acts slightly critical but he always bends to pressure.

Solovyov is vile and is not alone in his rants. The fact that he is allowed to persist shows how sick Putin’s Russia is. The Goebels of our days.