Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 3h

Of course. But Orban is not alone in Hungary. This visit could inflame tensions within Hungary. And then who knows what could happen!

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 3h

Technically, not.

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 3h

"Great progress was made." I guess Putin will just have to press Trump's snooze button in Budapest in order to get five more 2-week minutes.

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 6h

Trump and Putin are amazingly best friends again, will meet in Budapest to settle the war. They will try to screw Ukraine I’m sure

by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 4h

Although there is a non-EU way to enter Hungary, albeit a complicated one: Mediterranean sea, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia. But surely an accident over Kosovo could be arranged...

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 4h

I don't mind Hungary. His plane can simply be barred from flying into EU. And then if he does try, he could be shot down. End of Putin, possibly even end of war.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 6h

Trump and Putin are amazingly best friends again, will meet in Budapest to settle the war. They will try to screw Ukraine I’m sure

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 12h

Hegseth-level covert.

John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 12h

Hush. Don’t tell anyone. 🤫

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 12h

Hush. Don’t tell anyone. 🤫

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d

(cont.) If, as the Russians stop behaving like Marxists, they reject liberal democracy and begin behaving like Russians but not like Westerners, the relations between Russia and the West could again become distant and conflictual” (Huntington 1993: 44-45)(2)

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d

I dislike Huntington's clash of civilizations thesis, but this quote from his 1993 article strikes me as particularly prophetic: "“A Western democrat could carry on an intellectual debate with a Soviet Marxist. It would be virtually impossible for him to do that with a Russian traditionalist. (1)
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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d

My god, the Giorgia Meloni deepfake is just pathetically bad.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29d

Russian disinformation trying extra hard this week, they've unusually deepfaked the audio and video of various European leaders as part of a disinformation campaign targeting Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who has been a regular target of their past activity.

by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d

For the record, the "I'd kill someone" is a relatively common expression in Italian.

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d

Hamas "takes out the gangs" - all hail the ICE of the Middle East.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s everlasting peace in the Middle East held for 24 hours, so now he has to defend Hamas killing people to keep his Nobel Prize hopes alive.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️ Update: Syria's al-Sharaa meets Putin during his first Russia visit.

During their meeting, Putin lauded the "friendly" relationship between Syria and Russia, while al-Sharaa said Damascus would respect all previously concluded agreements, TASS reported.

Syria's al-Sharaa meets Putin during his first Russia visit

During their meeting, Putin lauded the "friendly" relationship between Syria and Russia, while al-Sharaa said Damascus would respect all previously concluded agreements.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s everlasting peace in the Middle East held for 24 hours, so now he has to defend Hamas killing people to keep his Nobel Prize hopes alive.

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d

It something that just happens. Like an earthquake.

by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d

I know it has, but the scale in this case seems to be larger, and the intention more explicit.

by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d

I have to admit it really is a bad picture, though.

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d

Don't get me wrong. This is not surprising at all. But it is a big deal anyway.

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d

I discovered a relatively old article (2017) by an (apparently) leading scholar (citations) that is one of the worst pieces of garbage I have ever seen, tendentious, disinforming and propagandistic to the extreme. Shame on the (then) editor of Journalism Studies. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Ukraine, Mainstream Media and Conflict Propaganda: Journalism Studies: Vol 18 , No 8 - Get Access

www.tandfonline.com

by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d

Of course not for him. There is nothing unexpected in this news, but we should be talking about it nevertheless.

by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d

This is a pretty big deal, actually.

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 2d

🔴 Russian forces attacked a UN humanitarian convoy in Kherson region this morning, local authorities report.

Four UNHCR trucks came under drone and artillery fire — one burned, another was badly damaged, while two managed to escape unharmed.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 2d

🔴 Russian forces attacked a UN humanitarian convoy in Kherson region this morning, local authorities report.

Four UNHCR trucks came under drone and artillery fire — one burned, another was badly damaged, while two managed to escape unharmed.

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 4d

And yet he really likes being in the EU and does not want to see Ukraine in it at any cost. What a vile character.

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4d

Orbán now says helping Ukraine is a “war plan” and wants every Hungarian to help block it.

He claims Hungary now faces a Brussels-led retaliation campaign involving spy charges and legal tricks.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/h...

Hungary’s Orbán launches petition against EU defense policy, calls it a “war plans,” targets Ukraine support against Russia

While offering zero support to Kyiv, the pro-Russian Hungarian leader launched a nationwide petition to block EU military aid for Ukraine.

euromaidanpress.com

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 4d

Well said.

Graham C Lester @grahamclester.bsky.social · 4d

This "All options are on the table" rhetoric is usually used against places like Iran and North Korea, not against the American people!

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Graham C Lester @grahamclester.bsky.social · 4d

This "All options are on the table" rhetoric is usually used against places like Iran and North Korea, not against the American people!

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 4d

The year before that I attended a seminar with her. Where she inter alia predicted that she was going to be murdered at some point.

Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 9d

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4d

Orbán now says helping Ukraine is a “war plan” and wants every Hungarian to help block it.

He claims Hungary now faces a Brussels-led retaliation campaign involving spy charges and legal tricks.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/h...

Hungary’s Orbán launches petition against EU defense policy, calls it a “war plans,” targets Ukraine support against Russia

While offering zero support to Kyiv, the pro-Russian Hungarian leader launched a nationwide petition to block EU military aid for Ukraine.

euromaidanpress.com

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Alex Voronov @alexvoronov.bsky.social · 4d

”Det är samma budskap igen och igen. Ryssarna fortsätter hota väst enligt samma mall eftersom det fungerar. Det skapar tvekan. Det styr samtalsdagordningen mot frågan om allmän farlighet för alla. Det bromsar upp stödet. Det gör att Ukraina förlorar tid.”
(Ingen betalvägg)

Ryssland hotar, Ukraina förlorar tid

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open.substack.com

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by Michael Gentile

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 6d

A TanTrump of galactic dimensions is about to start.

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