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Tim Grecco
@timgrecco.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Post-truth is pre-fascism.
"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."
— @timothysnyder.bsky.social
"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."
— @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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#Belarus One hand releases & deports political prisoners, another jails them for years. Activist Ales Zdaravennau from Rechytsa sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony + huge fine for "treason" & "aiding extremism". Detained at Lithuanian border in March, his brother Vadzim arrested too.
December 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#Belarus One hand releases & deports political prisoners, another jails them for years. Activist Ales Zdaravennau from Rechytsa sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony + huge fine for "treason" & "aiding extremism". Detained at Lithuanian border in March, his brother Vadzim arrested too.
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Writing my “looking ahead piece” for 2026 for @voxeurop.bsky.social today. Lesson of 2025 clearly not learned yet. Hopefully the National Security Strategy finally has made it clear… and we can also put the “EU does best during crisis” myth to bed.
Cas Mudde: In 2025, Europe must learn to stand on its own two feet
The EU faces a turbulent 2025 as internal divisions, weakened leadership in France and Germany, and Trump’s return strain its unity, says the far-right expert.
voxeurop.eu
December 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Writing my “looking ahead piece” for 2026 for @voxeurop.bsky.social today. Lesson of 2025 clearly not learned yet. Hopefully the National Security Strategy finally has made it clear… and we can also put the “EU does best during crisis” myth to bed.
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🚨The courage, the honor, the truth and candor missing from the U.S. government in this moment has one unadulterated Congressperson who is standing up to the lies: Senator Mark Kelly. Spread this message, this truth, this courage.
December 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🚨The courage, the honor, the truth and candor missing from the U.S. government in this moment has one unadulterated Congressperson who is standing up to the lies: Senator Mark Kelly. Spread this message, this truth, this courage.
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Poland states the obvious: EU and NATO member state Hungary is an ally of Putin’s Russia Russia
December 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Poland states the obvious: EU and NATO member state Hungary is an ally of Putin’s Russia Russia
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Why is Lukashenka releasing political prisoners now?
This is not a sign of liberalization. It is a calculated move driven by pressure, not reform.
Sanctions are tightening and #Belarus’s room to maneuver is shrinking.
This is not a sign of liberalization. It is a calculated move driven by pressure, not reform.
Sanctions are tightening and #Belarus’s room to maneuver is shrinking.
December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Why is Lukashenka releasing political prisoners now?
This is not a sign of liberalization. It is a calculated move driven by pressure, not reform.
Sanctions are tightening and #Belarus’s room to maneuver is shrinking.
This is not a sign of liberalization. It is a calculated move driven by pressure, not reform.
Sanctions are tightening and #Belarus’s room to maneuver is shrinking.
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„Im Inneren war ich immer frei“, sagt Maria Kalesnikawa. Opimismus und Lachen hat sie sich nicht nehmen lassen. Im ARD-Exklusiv-Interview spricht die Oppositionelle aus Belarus über ihre Zeit in politischer Haft und die Sehnsucht, ihre Liebsten wieder in die Arme zu schließen.
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
„Im Inneren war ich immer frei“, sagt Maria Kalesnikawa. Opimismus und Lachen hat sie sich nicht nehmen lassen. Im ARD-Exklusiv-Interview spricht die Oppositionelle aus Belarus über ihre Zeit in politischer Haft und die Sehnsucht, ihre Liebsten wieder in die Arme zu schließen.
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Seeing Belarus political prisoners such as Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka being freed is good.
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Seeing Belarus political prisoners such as Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka being freed is good.
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A group of German journalism students investigated the drone sightings over military installations in Western Europe and in one instance tracked it back to three commercial vessels belonging to Russian services.
December 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A group of German journalism students investigated the drone sightings over military installations in Western Europe and in one instance tracked it back to three commercial vessels belonging to Russian services.
Whitehouse: Not only were the founders extremely interested in checks and balances but they were desperately concerned about corruption.
This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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That symbol on the helmet is not a U.S. military insignia, but it does resemble a Jerusalem cross and also mirrors imagery often used by neo-Nazi or white supremacist groups.
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
That symbol on the helmet is not a U.S. military insignia, but it does resemble a Jerusalem cross and also mirrors imagery often used by neo-Nazi or white supremacist groups.
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Hungary has vetoed the EU’s eurobond plan to fund Ukraine, blocking a potential fallback if efforts to tap frozen Russian assets fail. The rejection, revealed during an ambassadors' meeting, removes a key alternative as talks with Belgium, holder of most frozen Russian reserves, remain deadlocked.
December 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Hungary has vetoed the EU’s eurobond plan to fund Ukraine, blocking a potential fallback if efforts to tap frozen Russian assets fail. The rejection, revealed during an ambassadors' meeting, removes a key alternative as talks with Belgium, holder of most frozen Russian reserves, remain deadlocked.
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There is a reason why Witkoff-Kushner clandestinely try to betray Ukraine and this is due to the overwhelming support of the American people for Ukraine. The Reagan National Defense Survey polled following numbers:
December 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
There is a reason why Witkoff-Kushner clandestinely try to betray Ukraine and this is due to the overwhelming support of the American people for Ukraine. The Reagan National Defense Survey polled following numbers:
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IAEA confirmed that the new sarcophagus at Chornobyl lost key safety functions after a drone strike earlier this year,specifically its ability to contain radioactive material.
While no irreversible damage to structural or monitoring systems was found, the agency stresses urgent repairs are needed.
While no irreversible damage to structural or monitoring systems was found, the agency stresses urgent repairs are needed.
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
IAEA confirmed that the new sarcophagus at Chornobyl lost key safety functions after a drone strike earlier this year,specifically its ability to contain radioactive material.
While no irreversible damage to structural or monitoring systems was found, the agency stresses urgent repairs are needed.
While no irreversible damage to structural or monitoring systems was found, the agency stresses urgent repairs are needed.
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I, for one, am not cool with supporting a white-nationalist America that is an enemy of Europe and a friend of the Kremlin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I, for one, am not cool with supporting a white-nationalist America that is an enemy of Europe and a friend of the Kremlin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
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"Trump and his people are openly hostile to Europe. Once it is spelled out in the NSS, European leaders cannot ignore or explain the fact away anymore."
The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.
Europe Needs A New Strategy Too
The new US National Security Strategy helps - or forces - European leaders to let go of the consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and to focus on an own strategy instead.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Trump and his people are openly hostile to Europe. Once it is spelled out in the NSS, European leaders cannot ignore or explain the fact away anymore."
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1/ The US National Park Service has for the first time made access to its parks free on June 14, explicitly tying it to Donald Trump's birthday. The inauguration of a public celebration of the leader's birthday marks a very significant step on the road to authoritarianism in the US. ⬇️
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1/ The US National Park Service has for the first time made access to its parks free on June 14, explicitly tying it to Donald Trump's birthday. The inauguration of a public celebration of the leader's birthday marks a very significant step on the road to authoritarianism in the US. ⬇️
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Austria’s FM Beate Meinl-Reisinger at the OSCE meeting in Vienna: Peace in Ukraine is possible only when sovereignty, full territorial integrity, and self-defence are guaranteed. “The rule of law must prevail, not the law of the strongest.”
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/05/p...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/05/p...
Peace in Ukraine must guarantee its sovereignty and territorial integrity, says Austrian Foreign Minister
Beate Meinl-Reisinger at the OSCE meeting in Vienna: “The rule of law must prevail, not the law of the strongest.”
euromaidanpress.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Austria’s FM Beate Meinl-Reisinger at the OSCE meeting in Vienna: Peace in Ukraine is possible only when sovereignty, full territorial integrity, and self-defence are guaranteed. “The rule of law must prevail, not the law of the strongest.”
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/05/p...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/05/p...
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RUSSIA GETS: Reduced economic pressure.
THE UNITES STATES GETS: The possibility Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can make money in Russia at some point in the future.
UKRAINE AND EUROPE GET: Screwed.
THE UNITES STATES GETS: The possibility Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can make money in Russia at some point in the future.
UKRAINE AND EUROPE GET: Screwed.
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
RUSSIA GETS: Reduced economic pressure.
THE UNITES STATES GETS: The possibility Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can make money in Russia at some point in the future.
UKRAINE AND EUROPE GET: Screwed.
THE UNITES STATES GETS: The possibility Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can make money in Russia at some point in the future.
UKRAINE AND EUROPE GET: Screwed.
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: in 2008, after Russia attacked Georgia, Viktor Orbán spoke about the need for a clear moral stance and condemned Russian aggression.
A year later he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one — and everything changed.
A year later he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one — and everything changed.
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: in 2008, after Russia attacked Georgia, Viktor Orbán spoke about the need for a clear moral stance and condemned Russian aggression.
A year later he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one — and everything changed.
A year later he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one — and everything changed.
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A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
Islamophobia, the Great Replacement Theory, and GB News are key elements in the Russian propaganda networks supporting the Reform Party
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
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Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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US making the war longer and worse for Ukraine and the world, and hurting obvious US interests in the bargain. And for what?
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
US making the war longer and worse for Ukraine and the world, and hurting obvious US interests in the bargain. And for what?
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Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇