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Mario Mateljic
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Father of three. Husband.
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.

#NAFO
https://nafo-ofan.org/
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MAGA is a hate movement. Megyn Kelly said:

"I not only wanna see them killed in the water...but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out"

Combine that w/Hegseth acting like a teen pulling the legs off a spider:
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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urgent call to decouple: three elements of a plan to make Europe stand (in its own feet) again - recommended reading for EU politicians & entrepreneurs by @martinsandbu.ft.com @volteuropa.org @reneweurope.bsky.social @ecb.europa.eu
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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As a former OSD employee, I can only hope that his downfall is in the form of a 1 page memo from a GS-12.
Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).

Wall Street Journal:

"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."

www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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US envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner have already met in Moscow with Kremlin envoy Dmitriev. In about 30 minutes, their talks with Putin are set to begin.
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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I am writing about Austro-Hungarian military failures in the first months of the First World War and the lessons they offer for Ukraine today.

warontherocks.com/2025/12/when...
When Defense Becomes Destruction: Austria-Hungary’s Mistake and Ukraine’s Risk
The southeastern Polish city of Przemyśl, with its elegant 19th century Habsburg-era train station, remains one of the principal gateways to war-torn
warontherocks.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Russia staging propaganda events. Shocked, shocked! I tell you!
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.

But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.

The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Russia could stop the war in Ukraine any time...but Putin won't because the war keeps him in power
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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ROSNEFT IN DEEP TROUBLE

Russias largest company Rosneft, the state oil giant is in trouble. The company is actually owned 45% by the Russian state, some 19% by the Qatari Investment Fund and until the war 18% by BP, which has written off its holdings. The rest is free floating shares.
The company
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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As talks aiming to secure a peace deal continued with a high-level Ukraine-U.S. meeting held in Florida on Nov. 30, the final version of the document remains uncertain, fueling concerns that Russian leaders could walk away without being held accountable for their crimes.
'It's a path to new war' — Why amnesty for Russian war crimes can't be part of Ukraine peace agreement
A U.S.-backed 28-point peace plan leaked last month caused uproar in Ukraine and among its allies, among other reasons, because it contained a controversial point implying, in vague terms, a "full amn...
kyivindependent.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Same day
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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MAGA is back pretending they care about corporate power and "antitrust reform" (with the press' help) this time as a ruse to help Larry Ellison top Netflix in the acquisition bid for Warner Brothers, CNN, and HBO:
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Jarenlang riep met dat #glyfosaat veilig was op basis van een onderzoek uit 2000. Dit wordt nu teruggetrokken want #Monsanto zat erachter. Al die tijd waren boeren en milieu niet veilig.
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Currently 43 pages into transcribing Epstein and Bannon's emails, but in the meantime, here's how Epstein owned the ivy league school system and turned it on its head.

ellieleonard.substack.com/p/epstein-un...
Epstein University
When I wrote the article “How Jeffrey Epstein Cosplayed His Way Into Harvard” last July, I knew it was unfinished.
ellieleonard.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
A simple fully enforced European oil, LNG and fertilizer ban would have sent Russia into a full bankruptcy ages ago. But on the other hand we do the exact opposite.

www.highnorthnews.com/en/eu-talks-...
EU Talks Tough on Russian LNG, But Buys More Than Ever in 2025
The EU energy double standard continues. Just days after agreeing to stop buying Russian LNG by 2027 new data show that the bloc is importing record-levels of the fuel in 2025, up 7 percent over the s...
www.highnorthnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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More signs the Russian economy is crumbling amid manipulated official data.

Almost 70% of Russians reported having ZERO savings in the first 2 weeks of November. This despite claims income is up.

Something's definitely up, but it's not income. And it's sure not the economy.📉💥
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

The discussion should also be held in Europe where we have similar issues.
We're having the wrong conversation about unemployment
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Cramer: If you haven’t noticed, the president has been taking down some tariffs little by little, country by country. He is noticing the inflationary outcome of some of those specific tariffs.
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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YOU’RE WELCOME, AMERICA!!
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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My thoughts on Boris Johnson’s handling of the pandemic last night on @news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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This is not a peace plan.

It's complete capitulation to the war criminal in the Kremlin, orchestrated exclusively by Trump and his apparent master there without any input from Europe or Ukraine. It is obscene that the White House even saw fit to advance this proposal, let alone issue an ultimatum.
Ukraine Faces ‘Difficult Choice’ Over U.S. Plan to End War, Zelensky Says
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM