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We know what we are fighting for.
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This is the most heart-warming video I have seen this year 👇
Wishing this warrior and his family that they may grow old in peace and freedom.
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Wishing this warrior and his family that they may grow old in peace and freedom.
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Was any empire ever thrown away for so little with so little understanding of basic geopolitics (and that's the most generous take)?
#47 and his cronies have ruined the GOP and USA brands for zero return. May the infamy never be forgotten...
#47 and his cronies have ruined the GOP and USA brands for zero return. May the infamy never be forgotten...
Witkoff’s back-channel push on Ukraine alarms allies
Witkoff’s back-channel push on Ukraine alarms allies
A 28-point-plan, drafted with Russian input, is the White House’s latest push to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Was any empire ever thrown away for so little with so little understanding of basic geopolitics (and that's the most generous take)?
#47 and his cronies have ruined the GOP and USA brands for zero return. May the infamy never be forgotten...
#47 and his cronies have ruined the GOP and USA brands for zero return. May the infamy never be forgotten...
This is an underrated and underappreciated dilemma: which devil is less evil?
Having grown up in peace and prosperity we have no right to pass judgement on Finnish jews or others in similar predicament between red and brown terror!
Having grown up in peace and prosperity we have no right to pass judgement on Finnish jews or others in similar predicament between red and brown terror!
Finnish Jews were in a schizophrenic position: fighting alongside Nazis.
Most Finns (probably) preferred the Nazis to lose the war, and Jews (and Social Democrats) had more at stake than the most.
But necessity makes for strange bedfellows.
www.anumuseum.org.il/blog/finland...
Most Finns (probably) preferred the Nazis to lose the war, and Jews (and Social Democrats) had more at stake than the most.
But necessity makes for strange bedfellows.
www.anumuseum.org.il/blog/finland...
Jewish Soldiers of Finland | blog | ANU
The Enemy of My Enemy: The Story of Jewish Soldiers in the Finnish Army Who Fought Alongside Nazi Germany
www.anumuseum.org.il
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is an underrated and underappreciated dilemma: which devil is less evil?
Having grown up in peace and prosperity we have no right to pass judgement on Finnish jews or others in similar predicament between red and brown terror!
Having grown up in peace and prosperity we have no right to pass judgement on Finnish jews or others in similar predicament between red and brown terror!
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This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
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3/ On its current trajectory, Russia does not appear able to win this war. You can read the full article at this link:
mickryan.substack.com/p/russia-can...
mickryan.substack.com/p/russia-can...
Russia Cannot Win in Ukraine on its Current Trajectory: Assessing Russia’s 2025 War Effort
A comprehensive assessment of Russia's 2025 war against Ukraine, how it might measure its strategic success or failure, and what this means for the direction of the war in Ukraine.
mickryan.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
3/ On its current trajectory, Russia does not appear able to win this war. You can read the full article at this link:
mickryan.substack.com/p/russia-can...
mickryan.substack.com/p/russia-can...
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1/7 The Trump–Vance war is being fought behind the scenes.
What would a Vance victory mean for US policy?
He is even worse and more dangerous than Trump ⬇️
What would a Vance victory mean for US policy?
He is even worse and more dangerous than Trump ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
1/7 The Trump–Vance war is being fought behind the scenes.
What would a Vance victory mean for US policy?
He is even worse and more dangerous than Trump ⬇️
What would a Vance victory mean for US policy?
He is even worse and more dangerous than Trump ⬇️
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1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin warns that Russia's recent tactical successes around Pokrovsk and elsewhere are likely to have little effect on the overall trajectory of the war in Ukraine, unless Russia is willing to commit fully to the total defeat and dismemberment of Ukraine. ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin warns that Russia's recent tactical successes around Pokrovsk and elsewhere are likely to have little effect on the overall trajectory of the war in Ukraine, unless Russia is willing to commit fully to the total defeat and dismemberment of Ukraine. ⬇️
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Die Befürchtungen um Russlands Austritt aus der Europäischen Konvention gegen Folter 2025 waren wohl berechtigt: Die lebenswichtigen Medikamente für den krimtartarischen Gefangenen Amet Suleimanow gab man seiner Frau mit den Worten „nicht erlaubt“ zurück.
khpg.org/1608815263
khpg.org/1608815263
Dangerously ill Crimean Tatar political prisoner ‘not allowed’ life-saving medication
Fears that Russia’s withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture would remove any last restraints were probably justified judging by its life-threatening medical torture of Am...
khpg.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Die Befürchtungen um Russlands Austritt aus der Europäischen Konvention gegen Folter 2025 waren wohl berechtigt: Die lebenswichtigen Medikamente für den krimtartarischen Gefangenen Amet Suleimanow gab man seiner Frau mit den Worten „nicht erlaubt“ zurück.
khpg.org/1608815263
khpg.org/1608815263
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ZERO CHARGES, my god
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
ZERO CHARGES, my god
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I was fortunate to have met her in July. She seemed like a wonderful person.
Russia is taking Ukraine’s best in this unjust war.
May she rest in peace
Russia is taking Ukraine’s best in this unjust war.
May she rest in peace
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was fortunate to have met her in July. She seemed like a wonderful person.
Russia is taking Ukraine’s best in this unjust war.
May she rest in peace
Russia is taking Ukraine’s best in this unjust war.
May she rest in peace
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What we're reading: A non-partisan report found that Trump’s attempted military takeover of blue cities has already cost taxpayers $500 million.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-takeover-cities-cost-b2863774.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-takeover-cities-cost-b2863774.html
Trump’s military takeover of US cities has already cost taxpayers nearly $500M
President’s decision to bolster urban law enforcement with federal forces in cities like Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago proving hugely costly, according to a report
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What we're reading: A non-partisan report found that Trump’s attempted military takeover of blue cities has already cost taxpayers $500 million.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-takeover-cities-cost-b2863774.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-takeover-cities-cost-b2863774.html
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As NATO is so aggressive, we have moved our border guards from where NATO *is* on our Estonian border, and sent them to die in Ukraine, where NATO *is not*
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
As NATO is so aggressive, we have moved our border guards from where NATO *is* on our Estonian border, and sent them to die in Ukraine, where NATO *is not*
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Kherson streets covered with anti-drone nets.
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Kherson streets covered with anti-drone nets.
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i think i have worked with all of these at some point in my life.
hahahahahaha
hahahahahaha
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
i think i have worked with all of these at some point in my life.
hahahahahaha
hahahahahaha
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„BND-Präsident Martin Jäger hat erst kürzlich…noch einmal gesagt – für einen ehemaligen Diplomaten ungeheuer deutlich –, dass wir Zielgebiet Nummer eins für #Russland seien. #Deutschland wird in Umfragen von Russen als der Hauptgegner genannt.“
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
Verteidigung & Schutz: „Deutschland wird in Umfragen von Russen als der Hauptgegner genannt“ - WELT
Was würde passieren, wenn die Nato angegriffen wird und der Krieg nach Deutschland kommt? Journalist Hauke Friederichs hat darüber ein Buch geschrieben. Er erklärt, welche Szenarien realistisch sind –...
www.welt.de
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
„BND-Präsident Martin Jäger hat erst kürzlich…noch einmal gesagt – für einen ehemaligen Diplomaten ungeheuer deutlich –, dass wir Zielgebiet Nummer eins für #Russland seien. #Deutschland wird in Umfragen von Russen als der Hauptgegner genannt.“
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
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1/ Russian soldiers fighting near Pokrovsk say they are eating bark to avoid starvation, while they face systematic extortion, embezzlement, and violence from their commanders, who send numerous men to their deaths and routinely execute others who are deemed inconvenient. ⬇️
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
1/ Russian soldiers fighting near Pokrovsk say they are eating bark to avoid starvation, while they face systematic extortion, embezzlement, and violence from their commanders, who send numerous men to their deaths and routinely execute others who are deemed inconvenient. ⬇️
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„So aufgeregt im Moment…über den raschen Aufbau einer deutschen Drohnenabwehr diskutiert wird, so klar ist auch, dass die russischen Späh-Überflüge kein…neues Phänomen sind. Sie begannen schon vor Jahren, und sie nehmen zu.“ schriebt GSP-Präs. Dr. Bartels in der ESUT.
esut.de/2025/11/fach...
esut.de/2025/11/fach...
Drohnen am Himmel über Europa: Was zur Abwehr taugt
Mit Drohnen ist auch bei der Verteidigung des Bündnisgebiets zu rechnen, schreibt unser Kolumnist Hans-Peter Bartels.
esut.de
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
„So aufgeregt im Moment…über den raschen Aufbau einer deutschen Drohnenabwehr diskutiert wird, so klar ist auch, dass die russischen Späh-Überflüge kein…neues Phänomen sind. Sie begannen schon vor Jahren, und sie nehmen zu.“ schriebt GSP-Präs. Dr. Bartels in der ESUT.
esut.de/2025/11/fach...
esut.de/2025/11/fach...
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OTD in 1998 Ukraine demolished 1st of 44 Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic
bombers at Pryluky air force base as part of a written promise that we would never invade them.
bombers at Pryluky air force base as part of a written promise that we would never invade them.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
OTD in 1998 Ukraine demolished 1st of 44 Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic
bombers at Pryluky air force base as part of a written promise that we would never invade them.
bombers at Pryluky air force base as part of a written promise that we would never invade them.
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Merz kommt wie erwartet bei der Jungen Union nicht weiter in Sachen Rente.
Robin Alexander skizziert folgende Szenarien:
Robin Alexander skizziert folgende Szenarien:
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Merz kommt wie erwartet bei der Jungen Union nicht weiter in Sachen Rente.
Robin Alexander skizziert folgende Szenarien:
Robin Alexander skizziert folgende Szenarien:
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“What began as a way to increase the pace of deportations has come to look like a national police force, answerable to the president, that is at least as focused on bullying the residents of Democrat-run cities as it is on deporting undocumented migrants.”
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“What began as a way to increase the pace of deportations has come to look like a national police force, answerable to the president, that is at least as focused on bullying the residents of Democrat-run cities as it is on deporting undocumented migrants.”
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Amazing how racist goon squads can wake people up to danger, but it's unfortunate that everyone had to touch the hot stove to find out it was hot
In the recent New Jersey governor’s race, the Democratic Party clawed back much of the ground it had lost with Hispanic voters in the 2024 presidential race, according to a township-level analysis of results by The New York Times. See the maps.
Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025
The New Jersey governor’s race was the first significant sign that President Trump’s success with Hispanic voters in 2024 may have been only a temporary shift.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Amazing how racist goon squads can wake people up to danger, but it's unfortunate that everyone had to touch the hot stove to find out it was hot
Colour me shocked.
„When The Independent searched “is trump in cognitive decline,” Google’s AI Overview tool displayed a message saying: “An AI Overview is not available for this search.”
Inputting exactly the same query, but for Biden, Google’s AI Overview responds with a summary.“
Inputting exactly the same query, but for Biden, Google’s AI Overview responds with a summary.“
Google AI Overview appears to block results on searches for ‘Trump cognitive decline’ but not for Biden
Google appears to have blocked certain artificial intelligence search results for queries about President Donald Trump’s mental acuity
www.yahoo.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Colour me shocked.
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Finde schade, dass diese Passage aus einem Interview mit mir gestrichen wurde:
Frage: „Ihre schärfste Waffe ist das Wort. Ist es auch Ihre liebste Waffe?“
Ich: Nein, meine liebste Waffe ist ein Flugzeugträger, und wenn ich das Geld und 7000 Mann Besatzung hätte, würde ich mir sofort einen kaufen.
Frage: „Ihre schärfste Waffe ist das Wort. Ist es auch Ihre liebste Waffe?“
Ich: Nein, meine liebste Waffe ist ein Flugzeugträger, und wenn ich das Geld und 7000 Mann Besatzung hätte, würde ich mir sofort einen kaufen.
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Finde schade, dass diese Passage aus einem Interview mit mir gestrichen wurde:
Frage: „Ihre schärfste Waffe ist das Wort. Ist es auch Ihre liebste Waffe?“
Ich: Nein, meine liebste Waffe ist ein Flugzeugträger, und wenn ich das Geld und 7000 Mann Besatzung hätte, würde ich mir sofort einen kaufen.
Frage: „Ihre schärfste Waffe ist das Wort. Ist es auch Ihre liebste Waffe?“
Ich: Nein, meine liebste Waffe ist ein Flugzeugträger, und wenn ich das Geld und 7000 Mann Besatzung hätte, würde ich mir sofort einen kaufen.
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Keine normale Partei.
Mit der verpflichtenden Musterung ebnet die Regierung den Weg zum Zwangsdienst an der Waffe. Das lehnen wir entschieden ab. Wir werden niemanden alleine lassen: Wer von Musterung, Wehrpflicht oder Kriegsdienst betroffen ist, dem stehen wir mit Rat und Tat zur Seite.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Keine normale Partei.
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Suspects in a major corruption case centered around the state nuclear power monopoly Energoatom are linked to a Russian official and could have transferred money to Russia, according to audio tapes released by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).
Explainer: How is Ukraine's biggest corruption scheme linked to Russia?
Suspects in a major corruption case centered around the state nuclear power monopoly Energoatom are linked to a Russian official and could have transferred money to Russia, according to audio tapes re...
kyivindependent.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Suspects in a major corruption case centered around the state nuclear power monopoly Energoatom are linked to a Russian official and could have transferred money to Russia, according to audio tapes released by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).