Kjell Romberg

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

Extraordinary WSJ article: "Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine"
Witkoff, Kirill Dmitriev & Kushner are preparing to loot $300 bn of frozen Russian assets & develop privileged US business in Russia, ignoring Ukraine.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

This week has offered many stark insights:
1. The US is by far the most corrupt Western country.
2. Trump's administration works for its own enrichment with Russia, sacrificing Ukraine (WSJ below).
3. The US must play no role on Ukraine-Russia issues. /1
www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Incredible, but not surprising, that Trump complains about corruption in Ukraine.
1. Trump is the most corrupt US president ever.
2. Zelensky & Ukraine's institutions have stood up against corruption in Ukraine.
3. Trump's favorite Putin is even more corrupt than Trump.

Why Europe has to act fast:
1. The more funding Europe gives Ukraine, the earlier the war can end with a Ukrainian victory.
2. Faster funding means less total cost.
3. It also means far less Ukrainian losses.
4. Which also cuts the reconstruction costs.
5. & safeguards democracy.

Why are two self-serving US businessmen (Witkoff and Kushner) going to see Putin in Moscow?
Do they represent the US? No!
Are they suspect of being utterly corrupt? Yes!
This says all you want to know about Donald Trump.
Should we ignore them? Yes!

Oil terminal in Russia's Novorossiysk halts operations after sea drone attack The Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) marine terminal in Novorossiysk has suspended oil loadings after an attack by Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels on the morning of 29 November.

Also: Ukrainian sea drones disabled one of Russia's most important oil terminals www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

'Successful' Ukrainian naval drone strike disables 2 Russian shadow fleet tankers, source says The operation targeted ships that, according to the source, could have transported nearly $70 million worth of oil and helped Moscow bypass international sanctions.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian sea drones disabled two of the "shadow fleet" tankers carrying Russian oil. No doubt the start of a campaign
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-na...

Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?

We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.

“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.

Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

They aren't working on behalf of Americans, just for themselves

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

🇩🇰 Danish Armed Forces have 122 photos of six Russian ships in the area of ​​the blown up Nord Stream gas pipeline four days before the explosion. One of the ships, the SS-750, had a mini-submarine on board, - FAS

Agree or disagree?

If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money.

They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.

There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.

Polish President cancels meeting with Orban following his visit to Putin Read more

newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/polish-...

YouTube video by The Atlantic America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins

I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

🔥In Russian Tatarstan, a battery warehouse is burning in the special economic zone "Alabuga": they produce "Shaheds" there

How beautifully it burns 😍

With 4 days of data to go, November, 2025, will likely end up as the third warmest November on record and third warmest November in the last 120,000+ years.

November will also mark the second consecutive month breaking 1.5°C over the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.

Stay tuned!

Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible

Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.

Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
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YouTube video by chrisjardine.energy How Energy Systems REALLY work - here's 3 ways of understanding Energy Systems | Energy 101, Ep 4

Energy systems are at the heart of climate change, technology, and the future of how we live, but they’re far more complex than most people realise.

This is a great explainer video by @chrisjardineenergy.bsky.social that helps to make sense of the energy system.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCXG...

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, a real estate mogul with no diplomatic experience, is reportedly running a "shadow operation" within the White House. Witkoff appears overly aligned with Moscow and lacks a clear understanding of Ukraine's position. Ukraine was excluded from drafting this plan.

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff isn’t working for the US, or for humanity. He’s working for Vladimir Putin. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ukrainian drones struck the capital of the Chuvash republic of Cheboksary in Russia, which is around 1,000 km from the Ukrainian border. Target was VNIIR-Progress factory. Explosion from the factory area can be seen from multiple angles.

I have very strong doubts about the 'Current Policy Scenario' (CPS) by the @iea.org.

What policies guarantee coal use to start a rapid decline within a decade?

Weak tea pledges don't count.

Unregulated fossil fuel supply has always found demand.

Var med en sväng i Aktuellt igår och pratade om klimatpolitik, regeringens och Michael Jacksons Moonwalk.

That’s why they travel in armed groups wearing body armor and masks these days…

But they hide behind a new label…ICE

Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office

Sverige rasar i global klimatranking Svensk klimatpolitik rasar från andra plats till 36:e • ”Talar sitt tydliga språk.”

Nästa år kan vi få en ny rödgrön regeringen som
1 klarar våra klimatmål
2 inte bromsar klimatarbetet i EU
3 ser till att Sverige åter får internationellt inlyftande och respekt i klimatfrågan
www.etc.se/klimat-miljo...