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When Putin came to power, Russia had real elections. They were imperfect, but they were real. Independent TV covered opposition candidates and challenged the official narrative. Political donations didn’t get anyone in trouble. Governors answered to voters of their respective regions, not Moscow.

I spent 10 years in Putin's prisons for the crime of political participation. Now he's counseling Trump about "rigged" elections.

🧵It's not my business to tell Americans how to conduct elections, but taking Putin's advice here is like taking fire safety tips from an arsonist

Da partiet FORs Mariel Leeraand og Glenn Diesen skulle avsløre at pengegaven til partiet ikke kom Russland, forklarte de at pengene kom fra Putin-tilhenger Atle Berge. En mann som i praksis er en russisk oligark 🤷🏻‍♂️

Trump asked today, why didn’t Ukraine fight back in Crimea in 2014? As I wrote in my book, The War Came To Us, Ukraine’s decision to not fight against Russia’s invasion was largely influenced by behind-the-scenes pressure from the US. Here’s what then-interim President Oleksandr Turchynov told me:

The Fall of the American empire is well underway.

Wow! Source?

Jeg er enig i at min Ukraina-analyse fra januar 2022 står seg godt ;-). En åpen versjon ligger her: www.minerva.no/nato-russlan...

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech - CleanTechnica In response to new Trump tariffs, China cut dysprosium, terbium, and tungsten exports—hitting U.S. EVs, wind, and military systems hard.

Dette er jo interessant: cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/c...

Czech ammunition initiative now has enough resources to provide ammunition on a monthly basis to Ukraine until September,Czech Minister Jan Lipavský announced

He said this initiative decreased the efficiency of Russian artillery "by 500%"&the ratio "from 1:10[in favor of the Russian army]to 1:2"

Let's check in with a leading introductory economics textbook.

NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.

🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.

Snorre Valen: Vi må ikke redusere ukrainerne til statister De selverklærte realistene i Ukraina-debatten sliter selv med å realitetsorientere seg, skriver Snorre Valen.

Dersom vi i «kjølighetens» eller «realismens» navn presser Ukraina til å akseptere løgnene som fortelles om dem, vil det til slutt også bli vårt eget problem. USAs behandling av Ukraina er et forvarsel om hva resten av Europa har i vente, enten vi liker det eller ikke.

Elon spends nearly $300 million on getting Trump elected, and now Trump is using White House resources to promote his cars to help Elon boost his stock prices. Not even a speck of ethics left in the Trump White House.

Trump is the wrecking ball the Russians needed to finally destroy the US, it's trade and defense alliances, giving the enemies of democracy free rein to make territorial gains globally.

No US President has ever destroyed so much US equity value so quickly.

This is the way, #America. This is the way.

LET'S ROLL!

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Forskere fant flere biter av verdens eldste runestein – kan endre runenes historie Nyheten gikk verden rundt da den nær 2000 år gamle Holesteinen ble oppdaget. Nye funn kan endre deler av vår språkhistorie, mener forsker.

Nyheten gikk verden rundt da den nær 2000 år gamle Holesteinen ble oppdaget. Nye funn kan endre deler av vår språkhistorie, mener forsker.

Not a single Democratic Senator should be voting to confirm ANY of Trump's completely unqualified nominees, especially those Russian state TV hosts refer to as "our girlfriend" - Tulsi Gabbard.

La oss fokusere på det vi kan gjøre noe med: Gi vesentlig mer av vår krigsprofitt til Ukraina. Vi vet alle at når en blir defensiv har en tapt diskusjonen. At Norge tviholder på et ikke budsjettert enormt overskudd mens Ukraina kjemper for livet - er ikke det griskhet?

USA minner mer og mer om en bananrepublikk. Hvem skulle trodd det? Les kronikken.

Bernt Hagtvet setter halen grisen: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Utrolig skummelt! Ser det rundt meg blant vanlige folk nesten daglig. Tilsynelatende oppegående folk gjentar russiske talepunkter og hevder helt uten ironi at Russland jo har noen poeng 🤷

Russland bedriver kontinuerlig destabilisering av hvert eneste land i Europa! Vær på vakt mot Putins trollfabrikker og destabiliserings agenter! Slik vi også ser det i UK, Tyskland og definitivt også her i Norge, 😡 #Russland #destabilisering #troll

Nei, ukrainske flyktninger i Norge forandrer ikke på at Norge er en sinke i å støtte Ukraina. 🧵1/12

YouTube video by LBC Ian Hislop’s unfiltered take on Elon Musk | LBC

If you want to know the truth about Elon Musk, British journalist Ian Hislop nails him.

I refuse to entertain anyone's delusions about Elon Musk that he cares about or is working to help anyone other than himself.

youtu.be/diHcpZvBjT0?...

Nuclear Strategy and the Limits of Deductive Reasoning How to calculate nuclear risks (and how not to)

Hi all, I published my latest newsletter post this morning, focusing on how we can calculate nuclear risks.

It’s a bit more academic, but if you were to choose just one of my posts to read that I have published so far, I’d say it should be this one.

missilematters.substack.com/p/nuclear-st...

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What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.

The video evidence is what I always come back to when I think of Jan. 6. We @propublica.org created this interactive piece of videos that Parler users recorded and uploaded from their own POV that day, and it remains as disturbing today as it was then.

projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...

Kjære NRK: Russland har ikke erobret «store områder øst i Ukraina» i 2024.

Ord gir makt. Når skal NRK lære seg denne helt sentrale læresetningen i etterrettelig og balansert journalistikk? 🧵1/25

Let’s make @anntelnaes.bsky.social great cartoon famous - as she has quit WP over having it pulled

Fun fact - if they hadn’t canned it most of us would never have seen this..

Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.

You are entitled to your own opinion.

You are not entitled to your own facts.

Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.

Last reminder! Instead of funding russia's invasion of Ukraine by purchasing chinese fireworks (china is russia's war's main enabler), consider donating that money to Ukraine. They really need it! The @69thsb.bsky.social is a fantastic organization to support, among others