Aurea
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Democrat, antifascist and gauche by nature
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Aurea
@mariaurea.bsky.social
· Oct 16
TRUMP, AN AMERICAN ABERRATION
The mercurial former US President Trump is a convicted felon, an insurrectionist, an admirer of foreign dictators, a racist, a misogynist, and a dangerous American aberration. His return to power would betrayal of Washington's legacy in American history again.
The mercurial former US President Trump is a convicted felon, an insurrectionist, an admirer of foreign dictators, a racist, a misogynist, and a dangerous American aberration. His return to power would betrayal of Washington's legacy in American history again.
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TRUMP, AN UNPRINCIPLED PEACEMAKING. "There never was a good war, or a bad peace,” wrote Benjamin Franklin. Though the cruelties of war are never “good”, the use of force can be just. In a moment dominated by Trump self-styled peacemaker, bad peace deals do exist. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
TRUMP, AN UNPRINCIPLED PEACEMAKING. "There never was a good war, or a bad peace,” wrote Benjamin Franklin. Though the cruelties of war are never “good”, the use of force can be just. In a moment dominated by Trump self-styled peacemaker, bad peace deals do exist. (Econ)
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TRUMP'S VP VANCE, RECENTLY EXPLAINED, APPROVINGLY, HOW TRUMP WONDERS WHY UKRAINIANS & RUSSIANS DO NOT SIMPLY “STOP KILLING EACH OTHER & START TRADING WITH ONE ANOTHER," IN PART BECAUSE "MORE PEACE IN THE WORLD"IS "GOOD FOR AMERICAN WORKERS". (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
TRUMP'S VP VANCE, RECENTLY EXPLAINED, APPROVINGLY, HOW TRUMP WONDERS WHY UKRAINIANS & RUSSIANS DO NOT SIMPLY “STOP KILLING EACH OTHER & START TRADING WITH ONE ANOTHER," IN PART BECAUSE "MORE PEACE IN THE WORLD"IS "GOOD FOR AMERICAN WORKERS". (Econ)
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TO APPEASE HITLER, BRITAIN & FRANCE BETRAYED CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT MUNICH IN 1938. BUT THE NAZI LEADER WANTED WAR, NOT "PEACE FOR OUR TIME", IN THE PHRASE OF BRITAIN'S PM NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, WHO DID NOT BELIEVE HIS OWN WORDS & HASTENED TO RE-ARM BRITAIN. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
TO APPEASE HITLER, BRITAIN & FRANCE BETRAYED CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT MUNICH IN 1938. BUT THE NAZI LEADER WANTED WAR, NOT "PEACE FOR OUR TIME", IN THE PHRASE OF BRITAIN'S PM NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, WHO DID NOT BELIEVE HIS OWN WORDS & HASTENED TO RE-ARM BRITAIN. (Econ)
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"Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid." .. (Heinrich Heine) (Cartoon Dave Granlund)
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid." .. (Heinrich Heine) (Cartoon Dave Granlund)
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AMERICA'S ALLIES DREAD, TOO, TRUMP-BROKERED TRUCE THAT REWARDS PUTIN FOR HIS AGGRESSION & FAILS TO DETER FUTURE RUSSIAN ATTAKS ON UKRAINE & ITS EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
AMERICA'S ALLIES DREAD, TOO, TRUMP-BROKERED TRUCE THAT REWARDS PUTIN FOR HIS AGGRESSION & FAILS TO DETER FUTURE RUSSIAN ATTAKS ON UKRAINE & ITS EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS. (Econ)
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🚨ALERT🚨 Two national guardsman were just shot near Farragut Sq. The situation will likely escalate. Please avoid downtown and be extra careful around any law enforcement. Stay safe.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🚨ALERT🚨 Two national guardsman were just shot near Farragut Sq. The situation will likely escalate. Please avoid downtown and be extra careful around any law enforcement. Stay safe.
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A decade ago, Johannes Regenbrecht was a German diplomat working on the MINSK ACCORDS, A DOOMED ATTEMPT TO HALT UKRAINE'S SLOW DISMEMBERMENT BY RUSSIA. Those talks in 2015 were led by France & Germany but backed by other Western powers. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A decade ago, Johannes Regenbrecht was a German diplomat working on the MINSK ACCORDS, A DOOMED ATTEMPT TO HALT UKRAINE'S SLOW DISMEMBERMENT BY RUSSIA. Those talks in 2015 were led by France & Germany but backed by other Western powers. (Econ)
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Trump should now be charged with murder.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Trump should now be charged with murder.
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Merkel government hoped for a “frozen peace” that would limit Ukraine’s losses & stop Russia from advancing towards Moldova or NATO territory. Germany even increased its purchases of cheap Russian gas, arguing that ties of mutual dependence might calm Russia. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Merkel government hoped for a “frozen peace” that would limit Ukraine’s losses & stop Russia from advancing towards Moldova or NATO territory. Germany even increased its purchases of cheap Russian gas, arguing that ties of mutual dependence might calm Russia. (Econ)
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That explains the urgent tone of a statement by 15 leaders from Canada, Europe & Japan on November 22nd, urging Trump to seek a “just & lasting peace” for Ukraine. Moral & practical anxieties overlap in that appeal. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
That explains the urgent tone of a statement by 15 leaders from Canada, Europe & Japan on November 22nd, urging Trump to seek a “just & lasting peace” for Ukraine. Moral & practical anxieties overlap in that appeal. (Econ)
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Gyunduz Mamedov was Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine from 2019-2022. During that time he established the War Crimes Department, which led Ukraine’s first coordinated investigations of international crimes since 2016. Since 2022 he has served in the Ukrainian army.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Gyunduz Mamedov was Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine from 2019-2022. During that time he established the War Crimes Department, which led Ukraine’s first coordinated investigations of international crimes since 2016. Since 2022 he has served in the Ukrainian army.
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Putin is a violator of international law. He knows that Trump despises his European allies, who weren't even consulted in the drafting of the plan. This is not good for the US. Japan & South Korea will take note. Eyeing Taiwan, so will China. (Econ)
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Putin is a violator of international law. He knows that Trump despises his European allies, who weren't even consulted in the drafting of the plan. This is not good for the US. Japan & South Korea will take note. Eyeing Taiwan, so will China. (Econ)
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AS TRUMP IS PUTTING PROFITS AHEAD OF PRINCIPLES, THE THIRD PILLAR OF TRUMP PEACEMAKING, THE HISTORICAL RECORD IS NOT ENCOURAGING. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
AS TRUMP IS PUTTING PROFITS AHEAD OF PRINCIPLES, THE THIRD PILLAR OF TRUMP PEACEMAKING, THE HISTORICAL RECORD IS NOT ENCOURAGING. (Econ)
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AMERICA'S ALLIES FEAR A PEACE THAT IS SO UNJUSTLY ONE-SIDED RUSSIA'S FAVOUR THAT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY UKRAINIAN PEOPLE & WOULD TEAR AT THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THEIR ALREADY SUFFERING PEOPLE. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
AMERICA'S ALLIES FEAR A PEACE THAT IS SO UNJUSTLY ONE-SIDED RUSSIA'S FAVOUR THAT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY UKRAINIAN PEOPLE & WOULD TEAR AT THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THEIR ALREADY SUFFERING PEOPLE. (Econ)
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TRUMP'S POSITIONS ARE ERRATIC BUT NOT RANDOM. HE FAVOURS SHOWS OF MILITARY FORCE & BLUSTERY THREATS TOWARDS ADVERSARIES, BUT AS A PRELUDE TO DEALMAKING, NOT WAR. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
TRUMP'S POSITIONS ARE ERRATIC BUT NOT RANDOM. HE FAVOURS SHOWS OF MILITARY FORCE & BLUSTERY THREATS TOWARDS ADVERSARIES, BUT AS A PRELUDE TO DEALMAKING, NOT WAR. (Econ)
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TRUMP'S INSTINCTS CONSISTENTLY LEAN TOWARDS THE ACCOMMODATION OF GREAT POWERS, AS WHEN HE DECLARES THAT UKRAINE "SHOULD NEVER HAVE STARTED"A WAR IN ITS DEFENSE, BUT INSTEAD "MADE A DEAL"WITH ITS MUCH LARGER INVADER. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
TRUMP'S INSTINCTS CONSISTENTLY LEAN TOWARDS THE ACCOMMODATION OF GREAT POWERS, AS WHEN HE DECLARES THAT UKRAINE "SHOULD NEVER HAVE STARTED"A WAR IN ITS DEFENSE, BUT INSTEAD "MADE A DEAL"WITH ITS MUCH LARGER INVADER. (Econ)
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TRUMP SEEMINGLY STRUGGLES TO GRASP WHY PEOPLE MIGHT FIGHT TO DEFEND VALUES, SCORNING AMERICAN VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AS "SUCKERS"& "LOSERS, ACCORDING TO HIS FORMER AIDES. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
TRUMP SEEMINGLY STRUGGLES TO GRASP WHY PEOPLE MIGHT FIGHT TO DEFEND VALUES, SCORNING AMERICAN VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AS "SUCKERS"& "LOSERS, ACCORDING TO HIS FORMER AIDES. (Econ)
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TRUMP'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF PEACEMAKING APPEAR TO INCLUFE A FONDNESS FOR BLUFFING, A MIGHT-MAKES-RIGHT WORLDVIEW, AND THE CONVICTION THAT WAR IS BAD FOR BUSINESS. HOWEVER, HISTORY ABOUNDS IN EXAMPLES OF THOSE SAME PRINCIPLES LEADING TO DOOMED PEACE AGREEMENTS. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
TRUMP'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF PEACEMAKING APPEAR TO INCLUFE A FONDNESS FOR BLUFFING, A MIGHT-MAKES-RIGHT WORLDVIEW, AND THE CONVICTION THAT WAR IS BAD FOR BUSINESS. HOWEVER, HISTORY ABOUNDS IN EXAMPLES OF THOSE SAME PRINCIPLES LEADING TO DOOMED PEACE AGREEMENTS. (Econ)
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For years, an academic consensus held that the Treaty of Versailles, imposed on Germany after the first world war by America, Britain, France and other victors, was too harsh, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s rise and a second global conflict. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
For years, an academic consensus held that the Treaty of Versailles, imposed on Germany after the first world war by America, Britain, France and other victors, was too harsh, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s rise and a second global conflict. (Econ)
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That view was powerfully shaped by “The Economic Consequences of the Peace”, a polemical and hostile account of the Versailles peace conference by a British delegate, John Maynard Keynes. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
That view was powerfully shaped by “The Economic Consequences of the Peace”, a polemical and hostile account of the Versailles peace conference by a British delegate, John Maynard Keynes. (Econ)
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Later scholarship offers compelling counterarguments. Keynes is charged with ignoring economic realities, starting with Germany’s relative prosperity at the war’s end in 1918, compared with the economic ruin that its armies imposed on Belgium, France and Poland. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Later scholarship offers compelling counterarguments. Keynes is charged with ignoring economic realities, starting with Germany’s relative prosperity at the war’s end in 1918, compared with the economic ruin that its armies imposed on Belgium, France and Poland. (Econ)
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The great powers were bluffing when they drew up the Versailles treaty. They looked the other way when German leaders told their citizens that their troops had been “stabbed in the back” by treacherous politicians, & had not been defeated in battle at all. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The great powers were bluffing when they drew up the Versailles treaty. They looked the other way when German leaders told their citizens that their troops had been “stabbed in the back” by treacherous politicians, & had not been defeated in battle at all. (Econ)
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Nor did America and Britain act when Germany stopped paying required war reparations and began to rearm. AND LIABILITY MATTERS TO PEACE DEALS, AS DOES THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT OF GREAT POWERS. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Nor did America and Britain act when Germany stopped paying required war reparations and began to rearm. AND LIABILITY MATTERS TO PEACE DEALS, AS DOES THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT OF GREAT POWERS. (Econ)
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According to Margaret MacMillan, the political will to enforce a peace deal may matter more than other commonly cited conditions, such as the harshness of a war-ending treaty, or the presence of a losing power at armistice talks. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
According to Margaret MacMillan, the political will to enforce a peace deal may matter more than other commonly cited conditions, such as the harshness of a war-ending treaty, or the presence of a losing power at armistice talks. (Econ)
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HISTORY OFFERS LESSONS ABOUT ACCOMMODATING AGGRESSORS, & ABOUT FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT MAKES RIGHT. (Econ)
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
HISTORY OFFERS LESSONS ABOUT ACCOMMODATING AGGRESSORS, & ABOUT FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT MAKES RIGHT. (Econ)