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Imagine Roosevelt seeking to be a "mediator" between the UK and Nazi Germany, or Truman between North and South Korea, or Bush Sr between Iraq and Kuwait. If you're neutral towards an aggressive dictator waging a war of conquest, you're half-way towards siding with him.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Imagine Roosevelt seeking to be a "mediator" between the UK and Nazi Germany, or Truman between North and South Korea, or Bush Sr between Iraq and Kuwait. If you're neutral towards an aggressive dictator waging a war of conquest, you're half-way towards siding with him.
Also notable: "Trump has long seen himself as a “mediator” in the war and doesn’t want to take sides, a notable contrast from former President Joe Biden and most of the U.S.’s European allies. They insist Ukraine is a victim of Russian aggression and its concerns are paramount."
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Also notable: "Trump has long seen himself as a “mediator” in the war and doesn’t want to take sides, a notable contrast from former President Joe Biden and most of the U.S.’s European allies. They insist Ukraine is a victim of Russian aggression and its concerns are paramount."
This headline in Politico says it all: this is all about Trump's personal gratification and wish to be the star of a big show on the international stage, not about getting a fair or durable agreement.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This headline in Politico says it all: this is all about Trump's personal gratification and wish to be the star of a big show on the international stage, not about getting a fair or durable agreement.
8/ Nigerian scammers don't need to find reasons to perpetrate scams, but making magas out of MAGA may have been irresistable. /end
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
8/ Nigerian scammers don't need to find reasons to perpetrate scams, but making magas out of MAGA may have been irresistable. /end
7/ 🔺 "That guy na real maga, e fall for every trick" → "That guy is a real fool, he falls for every trick"
🔺 "Chai, dem don turn me to maga." → "Wow, they’ve made a fool of me."
🔺 "Chai, dem don turn me to maga." → "Wow, they’ve made a fool of me."
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
7/ 🔺 "That guy na real maga, e fall for every trick" → "That guy is a real fool, he falls for every trick"
🔺 "Chai, dem don turn me to maga." → "Wow, they’ve made a fool of me."
🔺 "Chai, dem don turn me to maga." → "Wow, they’ve made a fool of me."
6/ 🔺 "No be me be your maga." → "I’m not your fool."
🔺 "You just dey do maga for that girl." → "She’s using you, and you don’t even know it."
🔺 "The maga don believe everything wey you tell am." → The victim has believed everything you told them.
🔺 "You just dey do maga for that girl." → "She’s using you, and you don’t even know it."
🔺 "The maga don believe everything wey you tell am." → The victim has believed everything you told them.
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
6/ 🔺 "No be me be your maga." → "I’m not your fool."
🔺 "You just dey do maga for that girl." → "She’s using you, and you don’t even know it."
🔺 "The maga don believe everything wey you tell am." → The victim has believed everything you told them.
🔺 "You just dey do maga for that girl." → "She’s using you, and you don’t even know it."
🔺 "The maga don believe everything wey you tell am." → The victim has believed everything you told them.
5/ 🔺 "Dem don scam that maga again" → They’ve scammed that gullible guy again.
🔺 "You be maga o!" → You’re such a fool/gullible person!
🔺 "The yahoo boy don cash out from him maga" → The internet fraudster has made money from his victim.
🔺 "You be maga o!" → You’re such a fool/gullible person!
🔺 "The yahoo boy don cash out from him maga" → The internet fraudster has made money from his victim.
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
5/ 🔺 "Dem don scam that maga again" → They’ve scammed that gullible guy again.
🔺 "You be maga o!" → You’re such a fool/gullible person!
🔺 "The yahoo boy don cash out from him maga" → The internet fraudster has made money from his victim.
🔺 "You be maga o!" → You’re such a fool/gullible person!
🔺 "The yahoo boy don cash out from him maga" → The internet fraudster has made money from his victim.
4/ 🔺 "I be like maga for your eye?": → "Do I look stupid to you?", used to challenge someone who might be trying to take advantage.
🔺 "No go do like maga for street": → "Don't act like a fool when you're out in public".
🔺 "No go do like maga for street": → "Don't act like a fool when you're out in public".
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
4/ 🔺 "I be like maga for your eye?": → "Do I look stupid to you?", used to challenge someone who might be trying to take advantage.
🔺 "No go do like maga for street": → "Don't act like a fool when you're out in public".
🔺 "No go do like maga for street": → "Don't act like a fool when you're out in public".
3/ Some specific examples:
🔺 "Maga don pay": → A common phrase among scammers, meaning "the victim has paid up," indicating a successful swindle.
🔺 "Maga must pay": → Reflects the mindset that it is inevitable for a naive person to be conned.
🔺 "Maga don pay": → A common phrase among scammers, meaning "the victim has paid up," indicating a successful swindle.
🔺 "Maga must pay": → Reflects the mindset that it is inevitable for a naive person to be conned.
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
3/ Some specific examples:
🔺 "Maga don pay": → A common phrase among scammers, meaning "the victim has paid up," indicating a successful swindle.
🔺 "Maga must pay": → Reflects the mindset that it is inevitable for a naive person to be conned.
🔺 "Maga don pay": → A common phrase among scammers, meaning "the victim has paid up," indicating a successful swindle.
🔺 "Maga must pay": → Reflects the mindset that it is inevitable for a naive person to be conned.
2/ "Maga" is widely believed to have evolved from the Yoruba word "múgùn" (or "mugu"), which translates to someone who can be easily manipulated or used as a "ladder to reach the top".
Calling someone a "maga" is an insult, implying they are simple, easily controlled, or naive.
Calling someone a "maga" is an insult, implying they are simple, easily controlled, or naive.
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
2/ "Maga" is widely believed to have evolved from the Yoruba word "múgùn" (or "mugu"), which translates to someone who can be easily manipulated or used as a "ladder to reach the top".
Calling someone a "maga" is an insult, implying they are simple, easily controlled, or naive.
Calling someone a "maga" is an insult, implying they are simple, easily controlled, or naive.
1/ Why have so many supposedly MAGA accounts on X been exposed as being based in Nigeria? The answer may be linked to the unfortunate coincidence that the word "maga" in Nigerian Pidgin English means "a gullible person, a fool, or the unsuspecting victim of a scam". ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1/ Why have so many supposedly MAGA accounts on X been exposed as being based in Nigeria? The answer may be linked to the unfortunate coincidence that the word "maga" in Nigerian Pidgin English means "a gullible person, a fool, or the unsuspecting victim of a scam". ⬇️
7/ Despite the losses, his unit is receiving a steady stream of new recruits, who get killed as soon as they arrive: "They fucking keep replenishing, replenishing, replenishing", Ramzan says. /end
Source:
t.me/ne_zhdi_novo...
Source:
t.me/ne_zhdi_novo...
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
7/ Despite the losses, his unit is receiving a steady stream of new recruits, who get killed as soon as they arrive: "They fucking keep replenishing, replenishing, replenishing", Ramzan says. /end
Source:
t.me/ne_zhdi_novo...
Source:
t.me/ne_zhdi_novo...
6/ He was not evacuated despite his injuries and had to stay in his position for another 25 days, presumably without any treatment.
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
6/ He was not evacuated despite his injuries and had to stay in his position for another 25 days, presumably without any treatment.
5/ Things didn't get any better on the second operation. "From my platoon of 20 men, four returned, and from each dugout, the same thing happened with each platoon." He himself was seriously wounded in the legs.
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
5/ Things didn't get any better on the second operation. "From my platoon of 20 men, four returned, and from each dugout, the same thing happened with each platoon." He himself was seriously wounded in the legs.
4/ On his first operation, he says, "140 men went on the first mission, and only four of us are currently in contact."
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
4/ On his first operation, he says, "140 men went on the first mission, and only four of us are currently in contact."
3/ "They told me, 'You fucking cunt.' I said, 'Okay, we'll see.' ... He fucking wanted to shove me into the toilet. That's why I went to the Special Military Operation."
When he arrived in Ukraine, he found himself being thrown into bloody assaults in an unspecified region.
When he arrived in Ukraine, he found himself being thrown into bloody assaults in an unspecified region.
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
3/ "They told me, 'You fucking cunt.' I said, 'Okay, we'll see.' ... He fucking wanted to shove me into the toilet. That's why I went to the Special Military Operation."
When he arrived in Ukraine, he found himself being thrown into bloody assaults in an unspecified region.
When he arrived in Ukraine, he found himself being thrown into bloody assaults in an unspecified region.
2/ The man, who identifies himself as Ramzan, says that he was serving a sentence in a penal colony when he was brutally forced to sign a military contract by a "camp boss" – another prisoner who were working for the prison management.
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
2/ The man, who identifies himself as Ramzan, says that he was serving a sentence in a penal colony when he was brutally forced to sign a military contract by a "camp boss" – another prisoner who were working for the prison management.
1/ A Russian soldier recruited under duress from a penal colony says that his unit has suffered 97% casualties in recent assaults, with a constant supply of new cannon fodder arriving and dying immediately. "They fucking keep replenishing, replenishing, replenishing," he says. ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
1/ A Russian soldier recruited under duress from a penal colony says that his unit has suffered 97% casualties in recent assaults, with a constant supply of new cannon fodder arriving and dying immediately. "They fucking keep replenishing, replenishing, replenishing," he says. ⬇️
In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan
6/ The Kyiv Independent says that according to "a high-ranking U.S. official who spoke on conditions of anonymity, the current plan is supported by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, while other top U.S. officials [including Rubio] were cut out of the negotiations process." /end
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
6/ The Kyiv Independent says that according to "a high-ranking U.S. official who spoke on conditions of anonymity, the current plan is supported by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, while other top U.S. officials [including Rubio] were cut out of the negotiations process." /end
5/ Although White House spokesperson Kathleen Levitt has claimed that Witkoff and Rubio have been working together on the proposed peace plan, this is said to be untrue.
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
5/ Although White House spokesperson Kathleen Levitt has claimed that Witkoff and Rubio have been working together on the proposed peace plan, this is said to be untrue.
4/ According to a source, the White House is "a mess of competing factions, each trying to present their version of events as the official administration line."
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
4/ According to a source, the White House is "a mess of competing factions, each trying to present their version of events as the official administration line."
3/ An unnamed White House communications official "is seen as "one of Witkoff's people," feeding media talking points favorable to Witkoff and his Russia-friendly approach."
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
3/ An unnamed White House communications official "is seen as "one of Witkoff's people," feeding media talking points favorable to Witkoff and his Russia-friendly approach."