Brian Whitmore @powervertical

The Case for a Pan-European Nuclear Doctrine Enhancing Europe’s security and ensuring strategic independence

Anton @shekhovtsov.substack.com was way ahead of the curve on this. Merz’s Munich speech makes that clear
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Shaun Pinner (@pinnerpatter) At Munich, Volodymyr Zelensky tore away the illusions and said out loud what everyone dealing in reality already knows: this isn’t a normal ruler, and this isn’t a normal war. ‘Putin doesn’t live lik...

Zelensky in Munich
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RUSSIA AND THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER The Power Vertical Podcast

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RUSSIA AND THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER powervertical · RUSSIA AND THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER One would think that Vladimir Putin is smiling when he looks at the rapidly changing US role in the world. One would assume that the Kremlin is d…

How does the changing U.S. posture in the world look from the Kremlin? On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I spoke with the always insightful Mikhail Zygar (@zygaro.bsky.social) to break it all down.

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Message to the IOC

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‘New heights’: Russia is aligning with China’s goals, top intelligence report The analysis by Estonia's highly-regarded foreign intelligence service dashes hopes of the US executing a 'reverse-Kissinger'

Worth reading open.substack.com/pub/latikamb...

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THE DARK ART OF GEOPOLITICAL EXTORTION The Power Vertical Podcast

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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport) I approve this bunny

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THE DARK ART OF GEOPOLITICAL EXTORTION The Power Vertical Podcast

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This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values

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“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

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Health Officials Investigating Measles Exposures to DC Residents (Washington, DC) - DC Health was notified of multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious. DC Health is informing people who were at t...

People of DC, more than two weeks into being totally iced in, now get news of measles spread—brought in by Right to Life marchers.

Looking for people exposed on the Metro, at DCA, at Children's Hospital, on Amtrak.

Gee, thanks, RFKJr et al.

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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

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THE DARK ART OF GEOPOLITICAL EXTORTION The Power Vertical Podcast

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08.02.2026 21:08 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

THE DARK ART OF GEOPOLITICAL EXTORTION The Power Vertical Podcast

The Power Vertical Podcast now available directly on Substack
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THE DARK ART OF GEOPOLITICAL EXTORTION powervertical · THE DARK ART OF GEOPOLITICAL EXTORTION It’s a playbook we’ve seen the Kremlin deploy again and again. And like Charlie Brown getting tricked by Lucy with the football, w…

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I spoke with Craig Kennedy about his new report on what was really behind Russia's reflagging of the Bella-1 oil tanker. www.powervertical.org/2026/02/06/t...

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