Douglas Herbert
@dougdecodes.bsky.social
World Affairs Commentator at France 24, public speaker and media trainer. Beyond just “fighting disinformation”, I seek ways to promote the acceptance of #facts. Journalism lecturer at Université Paris Panthéon-Assas & IJBA
Journalistic vanguard: This is cutting-edge stuff from AP. But I wouldn’t expect anything less from one of the world’s most trusted news outlets. #AI #journalism www.ap.org/media-center...
AP debuts global data and intelligence offering | The Associated Press
AP Intelligence, a new offering from The Associated Press, fills a critical gap in the world’s data
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December 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Journalistic vanguard: This is cutting-edge stuff from AP. But I wouldn’t expect anything less from one of the world’s most trusted news outlets. #AI #journalism www.ap.org/media-center...
An excellent explainer by Elina Ribakova on “why size matters less in conflict than it used to”. #Russia #Ukraine #Europe giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Ukraine, Europe and the new economics of war
By maintaining stability and innovating to hold out against Russia, Kyiv has shown that size matters less in conflict than it used to
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December 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
An excellent explainer by Elina Ribakova on “why size matters less in conflict than it used to”. #Russia #Ukraine #Europe giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
And then this happened. At a time when more and more people say they are sick of the news, and want to just “tune out”, it is more important than ever to resist that urge and stay aware of the troubling things transpiring on a daily, if not hourly, basis. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... #immigration
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
And then this happened. At a time when more and more people say they are sick of the news, and want to just “tune out”, it is more important than ever to resist that urge and stay aware of the troubling things transpiring on a daily, if not hourly, basis. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... #immigration
“The world as seen from the White House is a place where America can use its vast powers to make money.” -The NYTimes describing the new U.S. National Security Strategy #USA #Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
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December 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“The world as seen from the White House is a place where America can use its vast powers to make money.” -The NYTimes describing the new U.S. National Security Strategy #USA #Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
As #India hosts Vladimir #Putin over the next two days, a #Ukrainian political analyst says “[Narendra] Modi’s hypocrisy is off the charts”. India, whose purchases of #Russian oil have helped Putin fund his war, has never condemned Russia’s unprovoked invasion. www.theweek.in/news/world/2...
‘Modi’s hypocrisy is off the charts’: Ukrainian analyst fumes at New Delhi for ‘publicly siding with evil’- The Week
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December 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
As #India hosts Vladimir #Putin over the next two days, a #Ukrainian political analyst says “[Narendra] Modi’s hypocrisy is off the charts”. India, whose purchases of #Russian oil have helped Putin fund his war, has never condemned Russia’s unprovoked invasion. www.theweek.in/news/world/2...
And then this happened.
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
And then this happened.
“…to many #Japanese Americans, the images of uniformed federal agents ushering people onto buses, the mass #detentions and the dehumanizing language used by government officials stir collective memories of the trauma faced by their own parents and grandparents.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“…to many #Japanese Americans, the images of uniformed federal agents ushering people onto buses, the mass #detentions and the dehumanizing language used by government officials stir collective memories of the trauma faced by their own parents and grandparents.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Douglas Herbert
It is time to seriously consider the possibility that this failed president doesn't even know what the term "vetting" means
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It is time to seriously consider the possibility that this failed president doesn't even know what the term "vetting" means
Reposted by Douglas Herbert
All leaders make mistakes.
Effective leaders admit them, learn from them, and get better.
Ineffective leaders deny them, don't learn from them, and get worse.
Effective leaders admit them, learn from them, and get better.
Ineffective leaders deny them, don't learn from them, and get worse.
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
All leaders make mistakes.
Effective leaders admit them, learn from them, and get better.
Ineffective leaders deny them, don't learn from them, and get worse.
Effective leaders admit them, learn from them, and get better.
Ineffective leaders deny them, don't learn from them, and get worse.
While the U.S. goes through the motions of a “peace plan” for Ukraine - ramping up the pressure on #Ukraine and its European allies to fall into line - Vladimir #Putin is operating in a parallel universe, signing decrees that suggest very different end goals.
www.boursorama.com/actualite-ec...
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Ukraine-Poutine veut consolider l'identité russe dans les régions annexées
Les autorités russes doivent consolider l'identité et l'usage du russe dans les régions ukrainiennes annexées lors de l'invasion de l'Ukraine en 2022, montre un document signé par le président russe V...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
While the U.S. goes through the motions of a “peace plan” for Ukraine - ramping up the pressure on #Ukraine and its European allies to fall into line - Vladimir #Putin is operating in a parallel universe, signing decrees that suggest very different end goals.
www.boursorama.com/actualite-ec...
www.boursorama.com/actualite-ec...
« ‘Putin’s calculation is he hopes that Trump gets frustrated with Zelensky and backtracks with any kind of support, and if there is no intelligence sharing or long-range missiles, the Europeans can’t replace it’. » -Stefan Meister, German Council on Foreign Relations
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
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Putin’s Win-Win: Take a Russia-Friendly Peace Deal, or Fight On
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November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
« ‘Putin’s calculation is he hopes that Trump gets frustrated with Zelensky and backtracks with any kind of support, and if there is no intelligence sharing or long-range missiles, the Europeans can’t replace it’. » -Stefan Meister, German Council on Foreign Relations
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
“…nothing has changed in the past 10 months, except for increasingly brutal #Russian attacks on #Ukrainian civilian targets and energy infrastructure. Mr. #Putin is impervious to both Mr. Trump’s flattery and his veiled threats.” - Angela Stent, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“…nothing has changed in the past 10 months, except for increasingly brutal #Russian attacks on #Ukrainian civilian targets and energy infrastructure. Mr. #Putin is impervious to both Mr. Trump’s flattery and his veiled threats.” - Angela Stent, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
“Guaranteeing #Ukraine’s security would also be a security guarantee for #Russia, since an Ukraine integrated into the West would not pose a threat to anyone — except perhaps to Russia’s myths.” -Pavlo Klimkin, Ukraine’s former foreign minister (06/2014-08/2019). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | 7 Experts on How to Actually End the War in Ukraine
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November 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
“Guaranteeing #Ukraine’s security would also be a security guarantee for #Russia, since an Ukraine integrated into the West would not pose a threat to anyone — except perhaps to Russia’s myths.” -Pavlo Klimkin, Ukraine’s former foreign minister (06/2014-08/2019). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
“Ukraine has been here before, namely when #Trump sought to impose a lopsided mining agreement on #Kyiv. The #Ukrainian side ultimately agreed to the plan, with considerable modifications. But despite all the drama, the deal didn’t bring peace any closer. This time may be no different.” (Politico)
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
“Ukraine has been here before, namely when #Trump sought to impose a lopsided mining agreement on #Kyiv. The #Ukrainian side ultimately agreed to the plan, with considerable modifications. But despite all the drama, the deal didn’t bring peace any closer. This time may be no different.” (Politico)
As the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, observes, the 28-point “peace” plan that the U.S. is pressuring #Ukraine to sign contains “no concessions from #Russia”. On the contrary, the deal hashed out in secret between Washington and Moscow would see Russia invited to rejoin the G8, Politico reports.
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
No-nonsense lead: “The draft plan…would force draconian measures on #Ukraine that would give #Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty. The plan is likely to be viewed as surrender in Kyiv.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv
It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
No-nonsense lead: “The draft plan…would force draconian measures on #Ukraine that would give #Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty. The plan is likely to be viewed as surrender in Kyiv.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
CNN’s Reliable Sources cuts to the quick on Donald #Trump’s open contempt for reporters who ask him questions he doesn’t like. #journalism #pressfreedom
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
CNN’s Reliable Sources cuts to the quick on Donald #Trump’s open contempt for reporters who ask him questions he doesn’t like. #journalism #pressfreedom