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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 2h

You forgot Crimea. Crimea is Ukraine.

fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 4h

I suspect there are numerous Kremlin troll farm accounts here posting under false flag. Pro-Russian communist/socialist/marxist accounts cheering for Putin's fascist capitalist oligarchy, makes no sense. LGBTQ+ accounts supporting Putin's Russia which is extremely homo/transphobic. etc

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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 5h

Europe, the UK, Canada, Japan and Ukraine need to cut out Trump from any further negotiations about Ukraine, because Trump represents Putin & not the West.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 10h

"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
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Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 6h

That's an unfair accusation. European leaders saw this coming and started preparing for it early 2024. They've *doubled* their monthly aid to Ukraine in 2025 to fully replace the missing US aid.

A bar chart of quarterly aid allocations from the U.S. and Europe to Ukraine from 2022 to 2025. The U.S. aid goes to almost zero in Q1 2025, and literally zero in Q2 2025. Trump hasn't approved any new aid to Ukraine at all in the first half of 2025.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 6h

Furthermore, almost all US news & social media are owned by fascist billionaires who are Trump supporters. They're parroting Kremlin propaganda, just like Trump is.

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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.ukr.monster · 2d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

"Release the Epstein files!"

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't get a picture of the best sign I saw today, but I remember what it said:

Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.

#NoKings

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23h

I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings

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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 22h

7 million No Kings protesters and the only arrests today that I read about were Trumpers in Myrtle Beach, SC and Wilkes-Barre, PA who showed up flashing their guns at people. But please tell us again about how today was going to be nationwide riots caused by violent left wing Antifa terrorists. 😂😂😂

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 23h

You forget that Russia retreated from around Kyiv, then Kharkiv, then Kherson. Russia is now on the brink of economic and military collapse - they'll have no choice but to retreat from all of Ukraine eventually. This will happen sooner than many expect. Ukraine is winning the war of attrition.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 23h

You forget that Russia retreated from around Kyiv, then Kharkiv, then Kherson. Russia is now on the brink of economic and military collapse - they'll have no choice but to retreat from all of Ukraine eventually. This will happen sooner than many expect. Ukraine is winning the war of attrition.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 1d

Mariam is out on bail. Here, she's hugging her daughter. 🥺

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

I agree. I think Ukraine will win sooner than many expect.

I remember when the Russian army retreated from around Kyiv, then Kharkiv and Kherson, many of these military experts were baffled. They'll be proven wrong again.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

You're clueless, these systems were developed very rapidly. Ukraine now has a whole range of indigenously developed missiles, Neptune (many variants), Palyanitsa, and Flamingo, to mention just a few. All of which are used in combat and are in serial production.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

Then you're not paying enough attention to what's actually happening in this war. Look at the data and how each side has evolved over the past four years. It's obvious that Ukraine is winning this war of attrition. Russia is on the brink of economic & military collapse, while Ukraine grows stronger.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

No Kings
Grand Rapids, MN

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Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings-Barcelona, Spain

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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings, Boise, Idaho

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

It won't take 5-10 years for the few U.S. systems that matters to Ukraine though, those will be replaced much sooner. The truth is that the U.S. is *already* largely irrelevant for the outcome of this war. Ukraine and its allies (without the U.S.) will defeat Russia regardless.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

Europe & Ukraine are working to replace those with equal or better systems.

Europe must decouple itself *completely* from the U.S. - it is no longer a reliable ally and won't be for many decades ahead.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

> only the US has the necessary weapons tech, stockpiles and industrial capacity

No, this is an outdated view. Europe & Ukraine have ramped up their arms production by an order magnitude since the war began. Only a few U.S. systems with no alternative, e.g. Patriot, are still needed from the U.S.

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