What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

At least one insurrectionist goes to jail www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...

Grok leugnet nun, dass im NS Menschen systematisch in eigens eingerichteten Gaskammern ermordet wurden.

Terrific

NATO had had enough. It was time to teach the Russians a lesson and make it plain these air incursions were no longer going to be tolerated. When the Russians obliged NATO sprang its trap. This is what happened...

Yesterday, I read an article by Ukrainian military and political observer Alexander Kovalenko on Russian armor. The author presents current losses and calculates how many vehicles remain that can be restored to combat readiness. war.obozrevatel.com/armiya-rossi...

Chancellor Merz: We’re currently unable to exert sufficient pressure on Putin to end this war.We’re dependent on American help.We see that China,India,Brazil,other countries around the world are even openly engaging with Russia,a new partnership is emerging there with this so-called Shanghai format

Many regions have raised their bonuses in recent weeks, suggesting recruitment problems in certain areas of Russia. The price of a new contract increases every month. If you only consider federal & regional bonuses, the cost per contract rose from 1.5 to 2 million RUB this year.

Russian recruitment continues at a high pace. Regional budget data suggests 35,000 new contracts in August. Federal budget data for Q2 indicated a much lower number, but the reason is probably technical (delayed spending at the federal level).

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My latest piece → As I have learned from well-informed sources, #Ukraine received its eighth IRIS-T SLM fire unit as part of Germany's continuing military assistance two weeks ago. This further strengthened the capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force. deaidua.org/news/2025/08...

Here are losses I could identify for August 26th 92 💀 43135 👻 in 364 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 24th 72 💀 42925 👻 in 362 past days #SkullThrone

UAVs attack! ☺️ DroneBomber

Here are losses I could identify for August 23rd 132 💀 42853 👻 in 361 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 22nd 130 💀 42721 👻 in 360 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 21st 111 💀 42591 👻 in 359 past days #SkullThrone

If you set the unit to % of GDP year-to-date, you can see that Russian military spending was north of 8% in the first half of 2025.

In the first two quarters of this year, Russian military spending was close to 40% of total federal budget spending. You can analyze the data yourself with the latest version of my budget browser: budget.jakluge.de

Russian Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery is under attack. Rostov region. Capacity of Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery is 5 mln tons of oil per year.

Here are losses I could identify for August 19th 222 💀 42376 👻 in 357 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 18th 154 💀 42154 👻 in 356 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 17th 75 💀 42000 👻 in 355 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 16th 106 💀 41925 👻 in 354 past days #SkullThrone

The US capital is being flooded with military troops at the direct order of the president and media is barely talking about, because the president didn't say "I am doing authoritarianism" but "the military is here to fight crime"

Is America great again?! #russiaHitsCivilians #russiaIsATerroistState #russianWarCrimes

Here are losses I could identify for August 14th 145 💀 41774 👻 in 353 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 13th 116 💀 41528 👻 in 351 past days #SkullThrone

🛢Russian crude oil and condensate exports (2020- 1H2025) 📈📉 Change in share in Russian exports: 2020 - 2025 🇨🇳 China: 34% - 46% 🇮🇳 India: 1% - 36% 🇹🇷 Turkey: 2% - 6% 🇪🇺 Europe: 50% - 5% 🇺🇸 USA: 2% - 0%

Here are losses I could identify for August 12th 97 💀 41412 👻 in 350 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 11th 127 💀 41315 👻 in 349 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 8th 99 💀 41036 👻 in 346 past days #SkullThrone

Here are losses I could identify for August 6th 101 💀 40937 👻 in 345 past days #SkullThrone

We've made this point before but let us make it again: while 🇷🇺 may be experiencing IFV/MBT shortage, that's not what these numbers tell, and even so, there's no evidence of it being an issue. In the meantime where this trend takes us is yet to be seen. Please stay tuned! 3/3

It's the trend we've been observing since late Apr this year, and here's some less-than-insightful thoughts on what could be driving this change: bsky.app/profile/wars... Moving forward, are we going to witness sub-100 Aug? Absolutely a possibility. 2/3

Our Jul 2025 #MonthlyLosses is going to be super quick: at 106 recorded 🇷🇺 losses in 🇺🇦, it didn't plunge under 100 as we anticipated it might, yet it's now record breaking low with 30% drop compared to Jun... which was already record low at 153 (initially, now 172). 1/3

I'm attaching another excellent article from "Wolya-Media" regarding this year's losses for both armies. I also recommend it because the journalists thoroughly described the current state of warfare. teletype.in/@volyamedia/...

Ukraine now has new ammunition designed to counter drones using standard rifles, Forbes reports. The 5.56mm NATO round breaks into five high-speed pellets on firing, creating a shotgun-like spread that’s effective against drones up to 50 meters away.

Here are losses I could identify for July 11th 111 💀 37996 👻 in 318 past days #SkullThrone

Ukrainian forces are now dropping standard artillery shells from drones. Excellent precision and no barrel wear.

A terrifying map that shows the flight paths of drones and missiles during the night attack on Ukraine. Surely in a moment the GSUA will report the results of the air defense work and it will turn out that 80-90% of the targets were neutralized, but there were definitely hits.

Nobody is rioting. Nobody is breaking any laws. These are cops in my city of Las Vegas just assaulting and arresting anyone on Fremont Street who looks at them. This is fascism.

Iran ermordet seine Kinder, unterstützt Russland mit Waffen, finanziert und bewaffnet Terrororganisationen wie Hamas, Huthies und Hisbollah, will Israel von der Landkarte tilgen, Juden vernichten und eine Atombombe bauen. Vergesst das bitte nicht, falls Ihr wieder über Israel herfallt.

Watching Republicans try not to talk about a US Senator being manhandled, pushed to the floor, subdued and then forced out of a press conference--after wanting to ask questions of a US government official, might be the most chilling moment of the last 5 months.

🇺🇸👀 Full video of Senator Padilla being forcibly removed from Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference.

Kanzler Merz bricht sein Wort, knickt vor der Moskau-Connection der SPD ein und schwächt Europas Sicherheit. Die Weigerung, Taurus zu liefern, ist sicherheitspolitisch fahrlässig. Dass Rüstungsstaatssekretär Jens Plötner bereits wirkt, lässt nichts Gutes erahnen.

Das Schweigen von @larsklingbeil.bsky.social und Matthias Miersch zum „Manifest“ ist dröhnend. SPD-Spitze muss sofort erklären, ob sie hinter der Außenpolitik der neuen Bundesregierung steht. Tut sie dies nicht, sollte der Bundeskanzler bereits jetzt über die Vertrauensfrage im Bundestag nachdenken.