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Enig, men må bare spørre. Ville du også heller hatt straffefrihet for Schumachers overfall på Battiston i 1982 enn VAR?

07.03.2026 16:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Asle Toje, David Irving, professor Richard J. Evans – og Minerva Asle Toje har endelig innrømmet å ha løyet. Hvorfor lar Minerva ham servere en ny løgn?

Muligens aller siste runde i Toje-Bals-debatten som Minerva har holdt liv i på overtid. www.vagant.no/asle-toje-da...

07.03.2026 10:55 — 👍 39    🔁 11    💬 6    📌 0
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NEW: Russia is reportedly sharing intelligence with Iran to support Iranian attacks against US forces in the Middle East in contrast to the Kremlin’s recent attempts to frame Russia as a potential US ally and US-Russia relations as increasingly friendly. (1/8)

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar030626

07.03.2026 01:20 — 👍 282    🔁 97    💬 8    📌 10

Jo lengre krigen varer jo bedre blir Ruzzland i Paralympics og dårlige i vanlig OL.

06.03.2026 17:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

En hund funker på samme måten, bare bedre. Mon koster jo litt, da.

06.03.2026 17:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Biggest Pro-Trump Mega-Media Monopoly Ever (it’s already distorting war coverage) But this mega-media monopoly can be stopped. Here’s how.

The Biggest Pro-Trump Mega-Media Monopoly Ever (it’s already distorting war coverage)
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06.03.2026 11:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

MORE: Kremlin officials are criticizing the United States for military operations against Iran and are using the escalation in the Middle East to set conditions to blame the United States for any future failures in negotiations for a peace in Ukraine. 🧵(1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar030526

06.03.2026 03:08 — 👍 200    🔁 40    💬 6    📌 3
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The Oligarchical Corridor A Source of War

The Oligarchical Corridor
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06.03.2026 03:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Moral Basis of Civilization Trump is actively destroying it

The Moral Basis of Civilization
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05.03.2026 21:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

E.T. go home.

05.03.2026 04:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Da får vi gratulere ham med en velfortjent Darwin Award.

05.03.2026 04:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW: Ukrainian forces damaged a Russian frigate and other Russian warships during March 1 to 2 overnight strikes against the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai.

Read the Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 4, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar030426

More Key Takeaways ⬇️ (1/4)

04.03.2026 23:52 — 👍 311    🔁 45    💬 1    📌 3
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‘We say no to war.’ Spain pushes back against Trump’s threats Spanish PM insists he won’t bow to U.S. commercial pressure as he leads international opposition to the strikes against Tehran.

In the midst of the crisis in the Middle East, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has stood out as the sole EU leader to directly challenge Trump over the war against Iran.

04.03.2026 10:57 — 👍 168    🔁 47    💬 7    📌 6
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Melania Trump Promotes ‘Peace Through Education’ at U.N. as War With Iran Expands

Message to Iranian schoolgirls: "Rest in peace through education". www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

03.03.2026 12:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Russia’s winter offensive ground to a halt as Ukraine recaptured more land than it lost in February, Syrskyi says The Commander-in-Chief reported that over three winter months, Ukrainian forces killed or wounded nearly 100,000 Russian troops — more than Russia managed to recruit into its ranks over the same…

For the first time since Kursk, Ukraine regained more ground than Russia seized in a single month, Syrskyi says.

Russia's reward for three months of grinding? 92,850 casualties — and less territory than where it started February.

🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/03/r...

03.03.2026 11:38 — 👍 238    🔁 85    💬 4    📌 4
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Trump Hasn’t a F*cking Clue What He’s Doing He has no endgame for his war, which may be his undoing.

Trump Hasn’t a F*cking Clue What He’s Doing
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03.03.2026 11:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to posture himself as a peacemaker and potential mediator between Iran and the Gulf States amid the ongoing US-Israeli operation against Iran.

Russian forces advanced in the Slovyansk and Pokrovsk directions. isw.pub/UkrWar030226

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03.03.2026 01:16 — 👍 154    🔁 37    💬 7    📌 7
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NEW: Russia continues to offer no support but boilerplate condemnations to Iran following the deaths of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other senior Iranian officials.

Read more:isw.pub/UkrWar030126

Other Key Takeaways:

01.03.2026 21:30 — 👍 176    🔁 36    💬 6    📌 4
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Sunday thought: Trump’s Real Reason for War Friends,

Sunday thought: Trump’s Real Reason for War
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01.03.2026 20:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW: Russian officials largely condemned the February 28 US and Israeli strikes against Iran, consistent with Russian rhetoric around the June 2025 Israel-Iran war. (1/5)

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar022826

28.02.2026 22:00 — 👍 130    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 1
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Trump's War The costs could be catastrophic

Trump's War
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28.02.2026 21:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW: Russian forces have likely begun artillery and drone preparation of the battlefield for the anticipated Russian Spring-Summer 2026 offensive against Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Donetsk Oblast. 🧵(1/6)

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar022726

28.02.2026 02:05 — 👍 174    🔁 48    💬 5    📌 6

Han trenger akutt rebrending.

28.02.2026 05:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cabinet Apocalypse A News Review in an Imagined Conversation

Cabinet Apocalypse
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26.02.2026 15:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW: ISW has not observed evidence of Ukrainian forces operating within Pokrovsk since late January 2025, indicating that Russian forces seized the entire town on a prior date. (1/8)

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar022526

26.02.2026 02:26 — 👍 115    🔁 14    💬 4    📌 3
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NEW: The fifth year of Russia’s invasion is not beginning well for Moscow. Recent Ukrainian successes on the battlefield disprove Russian claims that things can only get worse for Ukraine the longer Kyiv delays surrendering to Russian demands.

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar022426

25.02.2026 04:04 — 👍 358    🔁 109    💬 4    📌 7
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Fascist Failure The State of Trump

Fascist Failure
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25.02.2026 13:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Vi må alle ha ryggen til Gaute og andre som står opp mot rasistpakket på ytre høyre flanke.

25.02.2026 10:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Life and Death and Other Numbers On four years of war in Ukraine

Life and Death and Other Numbers
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24.02.2026 16:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW: Kremlin officials used the February 23 Defender of the Fatherland Day holiday to set conditions to mitigate any domestic backlash that may result from limited rolling reserve involuntary callups in the future.(1/5)

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Feb. 23, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar022326

24.02.2026 03:11 — 👍 116    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 2