Edward S. Solomon
@edsolomon.net
Retired from government, law, broadcasting.
Articles: EdSolomon.substack.com (always free)
Metro Washington, DC. Supports Ukraine & Taiwan
Articles: EdSolomon.substack.com (always free)
Metro Washington, DC. Supports Ukraine & Taiwan
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Edward S. Solomon
@edsolomon.net
· Aug 7
NATO and the European Union are throwing Ukraine under the bus.
It's not personal, it's business.
edsolomon.substack.com
A controversial post that was painful for me to write.
The European Union and its members have given massive amounts of aid to Ukraine, but from the beginning has never wanted to jeopardize trade with Russia. The EU won't do what it takes to end the war.
edsolomon.substack.com/p/nato-and-t...
The European Union and its members have given massive amounts of aid to Ukraine, but from the beginning has never wanted to jeopardize trade with Russia. The EU won't do what it takes to end the war.
edsolomon.substack.com/p/nato-and-t...
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Pourquoi la presse française ne rapporte-t-elle pas cette déclaration de l'ambassadeur de russie à Londres, d'une crudité lumineuse : "Il n'est pas question d'un deal, mais d'un accord de capitulation" ?
Russia just said the quiet part out loud.
Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, admitted there is no “deal” to be made with Ukraine — only an agreement on its surrender.
That single sentence destroys years of Kremlin talk about “peace” and “negotiations.”👇
Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, admitted there is no “deal” to be made with Ukraine — only an agreement on its surrender.
That single sentence destroys years of Kremlin talk about “peace” and “negotiations.”👇
December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pourquoi la presse française ne rapporte-t-elle pas cette déclaration de l'ambassadeur de russie à Londres, d'une crudité lumineuse : "Il n'est pas question d'un deal, mais d'un accord de capitulation" ?
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The 🇪🇺EU is not so unpopular after all, at least not among Europeans 😊
In fact, EU membership is backed by 80% of citizens in the member states.
Figures based on variety of recent polls, with EU wide value accounting for each country’s population.
#EU #Europe #StrongerTogether
In fact, EU membership is backed by 80% of citizens in the member states.
Figures based on variety of recent polls, with EU wide value accounting for each country’s population.
#EU #Europe #StrongerTogether
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The 🇪🇺EU is not so unpopular after all, at least not among Europeans 😊
In fact, EU membership is backed by 80% of citizens in the member states.
Figures based on variety of recent polls, with EU wide value accounting for each country’s population.
#EU #Europe #StrongerTogether
In fact, EU membership is backed by 80% of citizens in the member states.
Figures based on variety of recent polls, with EU wide value accounting for each country’s population.
#EU #Europe #StrongerTogether
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Nulle personne normale ne peut ne pas avoir la gorge nouée en écoutant Roman.
La raison de ce qui est plus que du mépris pour les collabos pro-russes : des traîtres, mais aussi des soutiens d'un régime coupable de centaines de milliers de crimes imprescriptibles.
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe...
La raison de ce qui est plus que du mépris pour les collabos pro-russes : des traîtres, mais aussi des soutiens d'un régime coupable de centaines de milliers de crimes imprescriptibles.
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe...
"Je pouvais toucher ses cheveux, et je lui ai dit au revoir" : le témoignage bouleversant d'un enfant ukrainien au Parlement européen
Le témoignage de Roman Oleksiv, un jeune Ukrainien de 11 ans, a bouleversé le Parlement européen. Victime de la guerre, le jeune garçon a lancé un appel poignant à l'Europe.
www.franceinfo.fr
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Nulle personne normale ne peut ne pas avoir la gorge nouée en écoutant Roman.
La raison de ce qui est plus que du mépris pour les collabos pro-russes : des traîtres, mais aussi des soutiens d'un régime coupable de centaines de milliers de crimes imprescriptibles.
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe...
La raison de ce qui est plus que du mépris pour les collabos pro-russes : des traîtres, mais aussi des soutiens d'un régime coupable de centaines de milliers de crimes imprescriptibles.
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe...
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Istanbul. Alaska. Geneva. Results? Nothing.
Why? Because:
Russia doesn’t want peace.
Team Trump wants business deals.
Europe refuses to shape events in Europe.
Berlin will be no different.
Why? Because:
Russia doesn’t want peace.
Team Trump wants business deals.
Europe refuses to shape events in Europe.
Berlin will be no different.
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Istanbul. Alaska. Geneva. Results? Nothing.
Why? Because:
Russia doesn’t want peace.
Team Trump wants business deals.
Europe refuses to shape events in Europe.
Berlin will be no different.
Why? Because:
Russia doesn’t want peace.
Team Trump wants business deals.
Europe refuses to shape events in Europe.
Berlin will be no different.
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1/2 After further review, I respectfully agree with Norway's Finance Minister on this issue. Norway is a major supporter of Ukraine, but should not be solely responsible for the unreasonable guarantees demanded of EU members by Belgium. @norwaymfa.government.no
www.reuters.com/business/nor...
www.reuters.com/business/nor...
Norway won't provide $160 billion guarantee for frozen Russian funds, finance minister says
Norway could support a European Union plan to utilise frozen Russian assets for Ukraine but the Nordic country will not use its sovereign wealth fund as a sole financial backstop for the scheme, Finan...
www.reuters.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
1/2 After further review, I respectfully agree with Norway's Finance Minister on this issue. Norway is a major supporter of Ukraine, but should not be solely responsible for the unreasonable guarantees demanded of EU members by Belgium. @norwaymfa.government.no
www.reuters.com/business/nor...
www.reuters.com/business/nor...
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2/2 The fact that Norway has surplus energy to sell to the rest of Europe does not make it a "war profiteer". It sensibly NEVER relied on Russian energy, and for 50+ years has invested vast sums in North Sea platforms and renewables. @norwaymfa.government.no
energifaktanorge.no/en/norsk-ene...
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Electricity production - Norwegian Energy
Norway has the highest share of electricity produced from renewable sources in Europe, and the lowest emissions from the power sector. <br />
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December 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
2/2 The fact that Norway has surplus energy to sell to the rest of Europe does not make it a "war profiteer". It sensibly NEVER relied on Russian energy, and for 50+ years has invested vast sums in North Sea platforms and renewables. @norwaymfa.government.no
energifaktanorge.no/en/norsk-ene...
energifaktanorge.no/en/norsk-ene...
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Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, warning that the Kremlin leader’s ambitions won’t stop with Ukraine. politi.co/3MCBk1w
Merz compares Putin to Hitler: ‘He won’t stop’
“Just as the Sudetenland was not enough in 1938, Putin will not stop,” Merz told a party conference in Germany.
www.politico.eu
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, warning that the Kremlin leader’s ambitions won’t stop with Ukraine. politi.co/3MCBk1w
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#Gier ist keine Leistung, sie ist eine unbehandelteErkrankung …
Wenn #Narzissmus jede #Empathie verdrängt & #Milliarden auf Yachten parken, während Millionen leiden, braucht es Grenzen …
nicht Applaus!
#GesellschaftlicheGesundungHeißt …
#TaxTheRich. #LimitCapitalism
Langsam wird es verstanden.🖖
Wenn #Narzissmus jede #Empathie verdrängt & #Milliarden auf Yachten parken, während Millionen leiden, braucht es Grenzen …
nicht Applaus!
#GesellschaftlicheGesundungHeißt …
#TaxTheRich. #LimitCapitalism
Langsam wird es verstanden.🖖
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#Gier ist keine Leistung, sie ist eine unbehandelteErkrankung …
Wenn #Narzissmus jede #Empathie verdrängt & #Milliarden auf Yachten parken, während Millionen leiden, braucht es Grenzen …
nicht Applaus!
#GesellschaftlicheGesundungHeißt …
#TaxTheRich. #LimitCapitalism
Langsam wird es verstanden.🖖
Wenn #Narzissmus jede #Empathie verdrängt & #Milliarden auf Yachten parken, während Millionen leiden, braucht es Grenzen …
nicht Applaus!
#GesellschaftlicheGesundungHeißt …
#TaxTheRich. #LimitCapitalism
Langsam wird es verstanden.🖖
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Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
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NEW: Russia is now demanding that Finland [and Sweden] leave NATO.
Russian FM Lavrov announced that the NATO arrangements demanded by Vladimir Putin in December 2021 are still in place and Europe's "last chance." Lavrov addressed his words directly to Finnish FM Valtonen on Thu.
Russian FM Lavrov announced that the NATO arrangements demanded by Vladimir Putin in December 2021 are still in place and Europe's "last chance." Lavrov addressed his words directly to Finnish FM Valtonen on Thu.
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
NEW: Russia is now demanding that Finland [and Sweden] leave NATO.
Russian FM Lavrov announced that the NATO arrangements demanded by Vladimir Putin in December 2021 are still in place and Europe's "last chance." Lavrov addressed his words directly to Finnish FM Valtonen on Thu.
Russian FM Lavrov announced that the NATO arrangements demanded by Vladimir Putin in December 2021 are still in place and Europe's "last chance." Lavrov addressed his words directly to Finnish FM Valtonen on Thu.
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We are fucked.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
We are fucked.
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Russia praises Norway for not taking part in guaranteeing a proposed loan against frozen 🇷🇺 assets. Money that would help 🇺🇦 stand strong against the invader. I'm sorry the majority in the 🇧🇻 parliament chose to stand on the wrong side in this important matter.
Посольство России одобрило отказ Осло обсуждать воровскую затею ЕС
Посольство России в Норвегии приветствует решение парламента не поручать правительству рассмотрение вопроса о присоединении Осло к обсуждаемому в ЕС кредиту... РИА Новости, 11.12.2025
ria.ru
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Russia praises Norway for not taking part in guaranteeing a proposed loan against frozen 🇷🇺 assets. Money that would help 🇺🇦 stand strong against the invader. I'm sorry the majority in the 🇧🇻 parliament chose to stand on the wrong side in this important matter.
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Starmer has zero convincing arguments for a £1.6bn policy that wasn’t in the manifesto. But if you’re a billionaire Silicon Valley bro - as Blair’s financial patron, Larry Ellison is - building a centralised database has many enticing possibilities
2/
www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
2/
www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer
The government's wildly unpopular new policy is backed by Britain’s wildly unpopular former PM. It’s also a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream, argues Carole Cadwalladr
www.thenerve.news
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Starmer has zero convincing arguments for a £1.6bn policy that wasn’t in the manifesto. But if you’re a billionaire Silicon Valley bro - as Blair’s financial patron, Larry Ellison is - building a centralised database has many enticing possibilities
2/
www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
2/
www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
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Welcome to the United States of China
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Welcome to the United States of China
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The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Michael Anton: An American fanatic
Trump’s hacks make their hatred for us clear
comment.press
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
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German court blocks confiscation of “shadow fleet” tanker Eventin
The Main Customs Office ordered the seizure of the ship — and its €40M crude oil cargo — in March after it lost control and was towed to anchorage off the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
The Main Customs Office ordered the seizure of the ship — and its €40M crude oil cargo — in March after it lost control and was towed to anchorage off the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
German court blocks confiscation of “shadow fleet” tanker Eventin
Germany’s Federal Fiscal Court has ruled that customs authorities cannot seize the oil tanker Eventin, which has been anchored off the island of Rügen for nearly a year, Der Spiegel reports. The court...
theins.press
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
German court blocks confiscation of “shadow fleet” tanker Eventin
The Main Customs Office ordered the seizure of the ship — and its €40M crude oil cargo — in March after it lost control and was towed to anchorage off the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
The Main Customs Office ordered the seizure of the ship — and its €40M crude oil cargo — in March after it lost control and was towed to anchorage off the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
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Thanks, good read! Very important to recognize:
Russia doesnt follow any laws
US doesn’t follow maritime laws (seized Venezuelan Tankers and bombed fishing boats)
Europe doesn’t even dare to control a ship, that clearly violates our rules?
Yes. The rule based order is great. But ….
Russia doesnt follow any laws
US doesn’t follow maritime laws (seized Venezuelan Tankers and bombed fishing boats)
Europe doesn’t even dare to control a ship, that clearly violates our rules?
Yes. The rule based order is great. But ….
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, good read! Very important to recognize:
Russia doesnt follow any laws
US doesn’t follow maritime laws (seized Venezuelan Tankers and bombed fishing boats)
Europe doesn’t even dare to control a ship, that clearly violates our rules?
Yes. The rule based order is great. But ….
Russia doesnt follow any laws
US doesn’t follow maritime laws (seized Venezuelan Tankers and bombed fishing boats)
Europe doesn’t even dare to control a ship, that clearly violates our rules?
Yes. The rule based order is great. But ….
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Russia will not stop unless it is stopped
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Russia will not stop unless it is stopped
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Badass.
Zelensky stood just 1.3 km from Russian positions and 500 meters from the gray zone during his visit to Kupiansk.
Zelensky stood just 1.3 km from Russian positions and 500 meters from the gray zone during his visit to Kupiansk.
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Badass.
Zelensky stood just 1.3 km from Russian positions and 500 meters from the gray zone during his visit to Kupiansk.
Zelensky stood just 1.3 km from Russian positions and 500 meters from the gray zone during his visit to Kupiansk.
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Putin has claimed Ukrainian defenders in Kupiansk were surrounded by russian troops.
He even invited international media there to verify it.
President Zelenskyy did some mythbusting, visiting the city.
Kupiansk is Ukraine.
Video by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
He even invited international media there to verify it.
President Zelenskyy did some mythbusting, visiting the city.
Kupiansk is Ukraine.
Video by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Putin has claimed Ukrainian defenders in Kupiansk were surrounded by russian troops.
He even invited international media there to verify it.
President Zelenskyy did some mythbusting, visiting the city.
Kupiansk is Ukraine.
Video by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
He even invited international media there to verify it.
President Zelenskyy did some mythbusting, visiting the city.
Kupiansk is Ukraine.
Video by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Indiana Republican state senators endured numerous bomb threats, swatting, and other acts of violence, and had the integrity to stand up to a vicious pressure campaign. Yesterday, they defied President Trump and voted "NO" on his demand for redistricting. @cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump | CNN Politics
Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire te...
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Indiana Republican state senators endured numerous bomb threats, swatting, and other acts of violence, and had the integrity to stand up to a vicious pressure campaign. Yesterday, they defied President Trump and voted "NO" on his demand for redistricting. @cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
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England fans could expect to pay £5,000+ for world cup match tickets.
Add to this profiteering by airlines, hotels, taxi firms, restaurants.
Also need to hand vast amount of personal data to US govt. No guarantee you will be allowed to enter the US.
Why bother. Stay at home. Support local economy
Add to this profiteering by airlines, hotels, taxi firms, restaurants.
Also need to hand vast amount of personal data to US govt. No guarantee you will be allowed to enter the US.
Why bother. Stay at home. Support local economy
Fifa accused of ‘betrayal’ as England fans face £5,000 bill for World Cup tickets
Football Supporters Europe has called for an ‘immediate halt’ to ticket sales after it was found that prices are five times higher than the last World Cup
www.independent.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
England fans could expect to pay £5,000+ for world cup match tickets.
Add to this profiteering by airlines, hotels, taxi firms, restaurants.
Also need to hand vast amount of personal data to US govt. No guarantee you will be allowed to enter the US.
Why bother. Stay at home. Support local economy
Add to this profiteering by airlines, hotels, taxi firms, restaurants.
Also need to hand vast amount of personal data to US govt. No guarantee you will be allowed to enter the US.
Why bother. Stay at home. Support local economy
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While 🇷🇺 is 'cosplays' at being a serious negociations party, "ISW continues to assess that the frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse" as the Kremlin wants to make believe, especially to our media.
#нетвойне
#нетвойне
NEW: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov effectively rejected seven points of the US-proposed 28-point peace plan on Dec. 11, including the original plan’s points on territorial swaps based on the line of contact & the provision of reliable security guarantees for Ukraine.
Other Key Takeaways:
Other Key Takeaways:
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
While 🇷🇺 is 'cosplays' at being a serious negociations party, "ISW continues to assess that the frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse" as the Kremlin wants to make believe, especially to our media.
#нетвойне
#нетвойне