Ghost of Kyiv
@samvydav24.bsky.social
Ukrainian-American focused on the War in Ukraine until this terrible conflict's conclusion. Fundraising for Amicus Ukraine NGO.
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Ghost of Kyiv
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· Mar 4
Rally Confirmed Events - Stand For American Values
Confirmed Events: ALL EVENTS HAPPENING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH Don’t see your city? Here is an organizational kit: WASHINGTON, DC - 3-9pm @ Russell Senate Office Building EVENT LINK NEW YORK CITY, N...
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Full list of rallies happening around the country, share far and wide!
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Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
Oh I see what we're doing here.
Putin said Russia is "ready to consider" halting strikes deep into Ukraine on election day, claiming 5-10 million Ukrainian citizens in Russia should vote in Ukrainian elections on Russian territory.
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Oh I see what we're doing here.
Hell yeah!
Australia has delivered the last 12 of its 49 promised Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hell yeah!
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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Russia is losing billions of dollars each month because of oil sanctions... Discounts on Russian oil have risen to 30% and in some cases over 50% (!) relative to Brent.
Source: www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sanctions-dr...
Source: www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sanctions-dr...
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Russia is losing billions of dollars each month because of oil sanctions... Discounts on Russian oil have risen to 30% and in some cases over 50% (!) relative to Brent.
Source: www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sanctions-dr...
Source: www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sanctions-dr...
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After Hitler, Our Turn
December 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
After Hitler, Our Turn
I mean, this is objectively not true.
I just gave my 20yo a rundown of the day's news, and he said, "It's all so dumb, it's hard to take seriously and so it's hard to fight. We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians!"
"We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians" is going to stick with me.
"We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians" is going to stick with me.
December 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I mean, this is objectively not true.
Ukraine (under pressure) gave up its nuclear deterrent for worthless security guarantees. Now russia has successfully used nuclear blackmail to attack Ukraine with minimal consequences. That's not de-escalation, it's an incentive structure for non-nuclear states to get their own nukes.
🇯🇵🚀 Japan needs to possess nuclear weapons, a security official in the administration of Prime Minister told journalists.
"In the end, we can only rely on ourselves. It's not a matter of the near future."
Kyodo writes that the statement could provoke criticism outside the country as well.
"In the end, we can only rely on ourselves. It's not a matter of the near future."
Kyodo writes that the statement could provoke criticism outside the country as well.
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Ukraine (under pressure) gave up its nuclear deterrent for worthless security guarantees. Now russia has successfully used nuclear blackmail to attack Ukraine with minimal consequences. That's not de-escalation, it's an incentive structure for non-nuclear states to get their own nukes.
Real coherent policy we got going folks.
The US is preparing new sanctions against Russia, which could be announced as soon as this week, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, cited by Bloomberg.
December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Real coherent policy we got going folks.
This article made me dig up an old Facebook post I made on the eve of the 2016 elections. Unfortunately, too much of it holds up today. For those of us who have lived in totalitarian regimes or know our history, the signs of Trump's white nationalist authoritarianism were plain to see:
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This article made me dig up an old Facebook post I made on the eve of the 2016 elections. Unfortunately, too much of it holds up today. For those of us who have lived in totalitarian regimes or know our history, the signs of Trump's white nationalist authoritarianism were plain to see:
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While some instances can be irritating, it is better than people signal virtue than vice.
Virtue signaling is not only acceptable, actually, it’s good and necessary to foster healthy communities, especially in a time where vitriol and hate is mainstream
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
While some instances can be irritating, it is better than people signal virtue than vice.
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At least some good news: The Russian budget is going to suffer over the next months...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
At least some good news: The Russian budget is going to suffer over the next months...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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My "No foreign government is blackmailing the United States with the Epstein files" t-shirt answers a lot of questions raised by my "No foreign government is blackmailing the United States with the Epstein files" t-shirt.
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My "No foreign government is blackmailing the United States with the Epstein files" t-shirt answers a lot of questions raised by my "No foreign government is blackmailing the United States with the Epstein files" t-shirt.
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this feels like a last-minute “wait, shit, no war announcement, what else could we say”
Exclusive: In his address to the nation tonight, Donald Trump is considering announcing onetime bonus checks of $1,776 for many military members, Ashley Parker and Nancy A. Youssef report.
$1,776 Checks for the Military
The president is considering bonuses for many service members.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
this feels like a last-minute “wait, shit, no war announcement, what else could we say”
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perhaps going to be the most poorly aged tweet of all time soon
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
perhaps going to be the most poorly aged tweet of all time soon
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I’ll also note that there are 25 million naturalized citizens, so even if the Trump admin succeeded at its wildest dreams, we’re talking 2,400 denaturalizations a year, or 0.01% of the total naturalized immigrant population.
So it’s more to spread fear and send a message than make a tangible dent.
So it’s more to spread fear and send a message than make a tangible dent.
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I’ll also note that there are 25 million naturalized citizens, so even if the Trump admin succeeded at its wildest dreams, we’re talking 2,400 denaturalizations a year, or 0.01% of the total naturalized immigrant population.
So it’s more to spread fear and send a message than make a tangible dent.
So it’s more to spread fear and send a message than make a tangible dent.
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If you think "they can't do this" - what will stop them? Because SCOTUS will stop them? Because they will respond to outrage over how unjust their immigration actions are? Look around. They don't care. They revel in the injustice.
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Trump's reprehensible attempt to deport courageous Chinese dissident Guan Heng is part of a broader pattern of deporting dissenters/victims of persecution back to their oppressors. The policy is simultaneously evil and stupid: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Trump's Attempt to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng is Part of an Awful Pattern
The Trump Administration's effort to deport Chinese dissident Guan Heng has rightly drawn widespread condemnation. Guan is a hero…
reason.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If you think "they can't do this" - what will stop them? Because SCOTUS will stop them? Because they will respond to outrage over how unjust their immigration actions are? Look around. They don't care. They revel in the injustice.
bsky.app/profile/ilya...
bsky.app/profile/ilya...
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
Russian oil revenue in complete collapse. Keep that in mind for any budget or negotiation conversations.
Just a heads up the Russian oil tax for December is looking like it's going to be over 22% lower than the lowest result in 2025. We still need to see the official exchange rate but eyeballing it it looks like 8204 Rubles per ton. Here's the chart for this year:
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Russian oil revenue in complete collapse. Keep that in mind for any budget or negotiation conversations.
Brent crude is selling below $60 for the first time in nearly 5 years. Which means russian Urals oil is selling below $40. So that's nice.
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Brent crude is selling below $60 for the first time in nearly 5 years. Which means russian Urals oil is selling below $40. So that's nice.
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The message that Trump and Marco Rubio are sending is that America does not care about human rights and are all too happy to punish those who do. Even from a purely self-interested perspective, this makes no sense as it diminishes America's soft power in the world.
A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The message that Trump and Marco Rubio are sending is that America does not care about human rights and are all too happy to punish those who do. Even from a purely self-interested perspective, this makes no sense as it diminishes America's soft power in the world.
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Incredible operation: The Ukrainian Security Service (SSU) attacked a Russian Kilo-class submarine in the Novorossiysk seaport using an underwater drone known as “Sub Sea Baby.” According to the official SSU statement, the submarine sustained critical damage.
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Incredible operation: The Ukrainian Security Service (SSU) attacked a Russian Kilo-class submarine in the Novorossiysk seaport using an underwater drone known as “Sub Sea Baby.” According to the official SSU statement, the submarine sustained critical damage.
Fucking abhorrent. They're gonna blame zelensky as an obstacle to peace for refusing to hand over his own land. Fucking infuriating and pathetic.
AFP reports that in Berlin, Witkoff and Kushner pressured the Ukrainian side to give up the part of Donbas under its control.
www.brecorder.com/news/4039753...
www.brecorder.com/news/4039753...
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fucking abhorrent. They're gonna blame zelensky as an obstacle to peace for refusing to hand over his own land. Fucking infuriating and pathetic.
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All Trump supporters must acknowledge this. Their backing of the president means that they support the forced transfer of millions of Ukrainians from a democracy to a corrupt and brutal dictatorship.
This is the America you have made. Own it.
This is the America you have made. Own it.
December 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
All Trump supporters must acknowledge this. Their backing of the president means that they support the forced transfer of millions of Ukrainians from a democracy to a corrupt and brutal dictatorship.
This is the America you have made. Own it.
This is the America you have made. Own it.