Nicki Kenyon

Timchenko divested his shares in Gunvor literally the day before he was sanctioned in 2014. There’s no one who doesn’t know who controls Gunvor.

He’s going to lie. Why even bother?

<—— this is my shocked face

At least working very hard to.

US Suddenly Lifts Sanctions on Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Washington has ended sanctions imposed on the former Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik, his associates, family members and companies connected to them.

Gee. Wonder why this corrupt piece of garbage who’s been working to undermine peace in the Balkans was delisted… 🤔
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/29/u...

Possible? I don’t know. I know that in Russian «двоюродная сестра» is cousin, but the translation is different. It’s one degree of separation sister. Hard to explain.

Firing an entire federal arts commission to clear the path for your own triumphal arch? It’s a textbook indicator of authoritarian executive overreach — the exact trend we warned about in our assessment.

#authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment

When I told my dad that his first cousin in France is my cousin, rather than my aunt, he literally looked at me like a monkey doing a math problem. This is SOOOOO idiotic!

I know. This is so stupid though! THIS is what they're trying to "get" him with? There's plenty to criticize there, but THIS????

I honestly don’t understand what the issue is here. We’re from Ukraine. Any cousin related to either of my parents is aunt/uncle. I know technically that’s wrong in the United States, but what the heck is the big deal?

It’s amazing that sanctions have been a foreign policy tool for decades, and so many people still don’t understand how they work!

“Sanctions don’t work!” That’s why the Russians are demanding sanctions relief. 🙄

Totally Brazen. Comically Corrupt. Painfully Dumb. Trump’s mask-off economic doctrine is on full display: Riches for friends, pain for enemies. Is it any wonder business leaders are falling in line?

"Canada was at war with Nazi Germany two years before us—and declared war on Imperial Japan the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. On June 6, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landed on Juno Beach in conjunction with U.S. and British forces."

Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, announces the sale of its international assets just a few days after U.S. sanctions were imposed.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

I love how he’s being described as “libertarian” and “free market,” when he’s run his country into the ground economically and is being sustained by billions in aid from the United States. 🙄

Trump defends pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao: 'Don't believe I've ever met him, but he had a lot of support' On Thursday, President Donald Trump issued a pardon for the former Binance CEO, who previously served four months in prison.

"I do pardon a lot of people. He was recommended by a lot of people. Are you talking about the crypto person? A lot of people say he wasn't guilty of anything."

Someone please make the bad man stop!!!!

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Smacks of Putin/Medvedev. Ручной медвежонок.

Authoritarians have long used aesthetics of purity and “restoration” (“beautification”) to mask control. And repainting the Kennedy Center as the “Trump Kennedy” Center is cult-of-personality politics, not patriotism.

Во мандавошка!

Someone PLEASE tell me this is a joke!

This report from @steadystatevets.bsky.social is a MUST read 👉 substack.com/home/post/p-...

#50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere

OMG! 😂😂😂😂

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Uncle Tom was noble and honorable. Tossing his name around as an epithet at an unethical loser like Tim Scott is the height of ignorance.

If sanctions are so ineffective, why are the Russians desperately trying to get them repealed? Why are there gas shortages?

Two people killed and 12 more injured by the Russian attack on #Kyiv this morning.

Despite everything, life in Kyiv continues. We are very tired but we move forward.

Uncle Tom? One of the strongest and noblest characters in all of literature? The man who stood up to the evil Simon Legree refused to give information about runaway slaves, and got beaten savagely and killed for standing up to his evil white master? THAT Uncle Tom? Reading the book would be helpful.