Yannis Palaiologos
@yanpal.bsky.social
Journalist at @insidestory.gr, @kathimerini.gr
Author, "The 13th Labour of Hercules" (2nd ed., Portobello, 2016), about the Greek crisis: http://amzn.to/2aLOIL8
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Author, "The 13th Labour of Hercules" (2nd ed., Portobello, 2016), about the Greek crisis: http://amzn.to/2aLOIL8
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Hard to know what’s going on with respect to these discussions but the sentence that rings most true in this piece is “It’s embarrassing.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S., Ukraine agree to change draft of peace plan that appeased Russia
Negotiators had been working off an early proposal that bipartisan lawmakers say would further destabilize global security and reward Russia after its 2022 invasion.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hard to know what’s going on with respect to these discussions but the sentence that rings most true in this piece is “It’s embarrassing.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
This should be fun.
President Donald Trump is planning to unveil a new proposal for addressing health care costs, as his administration tries to avert a spike in premiums driven by the expiration of key Affordable Care Act subsidies, three people familiar with the matter told CNN. https://cnn.it/49BWYws
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This should be fun.
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Kash Patel’s deployment of SWAT teams to protect his girlfriend and his own travel on government jets has led to questions about whether the FBI director is using taxpayer funds inappropriately. His moves have drawn sharp criticism from some former agents and conservatives.
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
The F.B.I. director’s travel on government jets has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether he is using taxpayer-funded resources inappropriately.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Kash Patel’s deployment of SWAT teams to protect his girlfriend and his own travel on government jets has led to questions about whether the FBI director is using taxpayer funds inappropriately. His moves have drawn sharp criticism from some former agents and conservatives.
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Στα 8 στρέμματα η αρτιότητα για εξοχική κατοικία και στα 30 για τουριστικές μονάδες, με το νέο ειδικό πολεοδομικό σχέδιο.
«Φρένο» στη δόμηση της Μυκόνου
Στα 8 στρέμματα η αρτιότητα για εξοχική κατοικία και στα 30 για τουριστικές μονάδες, με το νέο ειδικό πολεοδομικό σχέδιο.
www.kathimerini.gr
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Στα 8 στρέμματα η αρτιότητα για εξοχική κατοικία και στα 30 για τουριστικές μονάδες, με το νέο ειδικό πολεοδομικό σχέδιο.
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When you help preside over economic policy that is both inflationary and nonsensical and tell average Americans struggling with affordability that they should deal with it by finding a new place to live.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When you help preside over economic policy that is both inflationary and nonsensical and tell average Americans struggling with affordability that they should deal with it by finding a new place to live.
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“I’ve learned that humans are far from the only species intelligent and complex enough to develop a form of language and culture,” the whale biologist David Gruber writes. In this guest essay, he explains how using A.I. in his research has made him feel more connected to the natural world.
Opinion | How to Use. A.I to Talk to Whales
This is not your average chatbot.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“I’ve learned that humans are far from the only species intelligent and complex enough to develop a form of language and culture,” the whale biologist David Gruber writes. In this guest essay, he explains how using A.I. in his research has made him feel more connected to the natural world.
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Hi All, just released my free weekend update. Its fascinating who backed the Trump-Putin 28 point plan, and what it means about the US government being a mouthpiece for Russia. Plus, you cannot back Trump and Ukraine--if you back Trump, you can only have one master open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #160: The US Becomes A Mouthpiece To Pass On Putin's Demands
Vance To The Fore; The 28 Points—Is It More Interesting Who Backed Them?
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hi All, just released my free weekend update. Its fascinating who backed the Trump-Putin 28 point plan, and what it means about the US government being a mouthpiece for Russia. Plus, you cannot back Trump and Ukraine--if you back Trump, you can only have one master open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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No formal "counter-proposal" from Europeans in Geneva - whose leaders instead agreed to try to dilute or amend US-Russian draft to keep Trump onside - but a list of demands on UA territory, size of army & EU control over frozen assets & sanctions
w @christopherjm.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
w @christopherjm.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
US, Ukrainian and European officials convene for peace talks
Meeting in Geneva follows rearguard diplomatic move to reshape US plan
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
No formal "counter-proposal" from Europeans in Geneva - whose leaders instead agreed to try to dilute or amend US-Russian draft to keep Trump onside - but a list of demands on UA territory, size of army & EU control over frozen assets & sanctions
w @christopherjm.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
w @christopherjm.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
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Washington signalled room for negotiation on a US plan to end the Ukraine war that has drawn pushback from Kyiv, its allies and US lawmakers ahead of Sunday talks on the proposal in Switzerland ➡️ u.afp.com/Shwu
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Washington signalled room for negotiation on a US plan to end the Ukraine war that has drawn pushback from Kyiv, its allies and US lawmakers ahead of Sunday talks on the proposal in Switzerland ➡️ u.afp.com/Shwu
The fever dreams have all come true.
WTF newrepublic.com/post/203517/... This is like a Maddow fever dream circa 2018
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Translated From Russian
Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be using Russian language.
newrepublic.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The fever dreams have all come true.
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"It's the most significant sign yet that the MAGA coalition, centered around one uniquely charismatic man, is showing cracks," the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/48hJhAp
Opinion | Marjorie Taylor Greene and the future of MAGA
The Epstein files caused the rupture, but tensions with Trump had been brewing for a while.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"It's the most significant sign yet that the MAGA coalition, centered around one uniquely charismatic man, is showing cracks," the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/48hJhAp
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I said this in my most recent @theatlantic.com article: The lawmakers had to make that video because it's so likely that Trump is, in fact, giving illegal orders, as @gregsargent.bsky.social discusses here.
What's weirdly missing from coverage of the Dem video is any discussion of this Q: Is it reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal orders, or not? The answer is, yes, of course it is.
On the boat bombings, for instance, evidence is extensive. Here's a look at it:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the boat bombings, for instance, evidence is extensive. Here's a look at it:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I said this in my most recent @theatlantic.com article: The lawmakers had to make that video because it's so likely that Trump is, in fact, giving illegal orders, as @gregsargent.bsky.social discusses here.
“European leaders, meeting today in panic mode, are paying a bitter price for their failure to seize the initiative. That is an indictment of their short-sightedness.”
The 28-point proposal being hawked around by America is so poorly put together, so vague, unbalanced and impractical that, in a more normal world, it would never have seen the light of day
Donald Trump’s peace plan would be bad for Ukraine, Europe and America
It is a sad mix of naked opportunism and strategic myopia
econ.st
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“European leaders, meeting today in panic mode, are paying a bitter price for their failure to seize the initiative. That is an indictment of their short-sightedness.”
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The 28-point proposal being hawked around by America is so poorly put together, so vague, unbalanced and impractical that, in a more normal world, it would never have seen the light of day
Donald Trump’s peace plan would be bad for Ukraine, Europe and America
It is a sad mix of naked opportunism and strategic myopia
econ.st
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The 28-point proposal being hawked around by America is so poorly put together, so vague, unbalanced and impractical that, in a more normal world, it would never have seen the light of day
Yes.
As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Yes.
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“.. There’s just so much nervousness in the office,” said a second former official. “The mood is, we don’t even know if what we’re doing is legal.”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“.. There’s just so much nervousness in the office,” said a second former official. “The mood is, we don’t even know if what we’re doing is legal.”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
We do not welcome it. Finally, the Europeans need to find the courage to speak the truth.
We welcome the continued US efforts to bring peace to Ukraine.
The initial draft of the 28-point plan includes important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace.
We believe therefore that the draft is a basis which will require additional work.
link.europa.eu/FCPdy6
The initial draft of the 28-point plan includes important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace.
We believe therefore that the draft is a basis which will require additional work.
link.europa.eu/FCPdy6
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We do not welcome it. Finally, the Europeans need to find the courage to speak the truth.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Imagine if someone a few weeks ago told you that Trump would call Marjorie Taylor Greene a “traitor” and drive her out of the House AND praise Mamdani as a guy who will do a good job as mayor. What would you have said to that?
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Imagine if someone a few weeks ago told you that Trump would call Marjorie Taylor Greene a “traitor” and drive her out of the House AND praise Mamdani as a guy who will do a good job as mayor. What would you have said to that?
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Anyone posted this one yet?
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Anyone posted this one yet?
And why would they? Trump is giving him everything he wants.
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to indicate that his demands have not fundamentally changed since the August 2025 Alaska summit.
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
And why would they? Trump is giving him everything he wants.
Stomach-turning.
Read my scoop overnight from Kyiv, where US army secretary Dan Driscoll’s brief meeting (he was running late after calls with Vance) with European ambassadors at the US ambassador’s residence in Podil left one feeling “nauseated” and others “shocked.” W/ @henryjfoy.ft.com
on.ft.com/43GWpxI
on.ft.com/43GWpxI
Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday
Hardline message over US-Russia plan at volatile meeting in Kyiv sparks alarm among European allies
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Stomach-turning.
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Read my scoop overnight from Kyiv, where US army secretary Dan Driscoll’s brief meeting (he was running late after calls with Vance) with European ambassadors at the US ambassador’s residence in Podil left one feeling “nauseated” and others “shocked.” W/ @henryjfoy.ft.com
on.ft.com/43GWpxI
on.ft.com/43GWpxI
Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday
Hardline message over US-Russia plan at volatile meeting in Kyiv sparks alarm among European allies
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Read my scoop overnight from Kyiv, where US army secretary Dan Driscoll’s brief meeting (he was running late after calls with Vance) with European ambassadors at the US ambassador’s residence in Podil left one feeling “nauseated” and others “shocked.” W/ @henryjfoy.ft.com
on.ft.com/43GWpxI
on.ft.com/43GWpxI