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Irrational Monkey-in-Chief
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It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.

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Correction: This escalated really quickly, so, for the sake of historical accuracy, what has just happened is basically more like Iraq, March 2003 with a very similar script to Panama, December 1989.

Thanks for your attention to this matter ;)
January 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Trump says Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of Venezuela www.ft.com/content/46ee...
Trump says Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of Venezuela
Caracas residents report loud explosions and aircraft flying over the city
www.ft.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Trump says Maduro 'captured and flown out' of Venezuela
"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country”
Live: Trump says Maduro 'captured and flown out' of Venezuela
US President Donald Trump said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured after the US conducted a 'large scale strike' on country. This comes after Maduro declared a state of emergency ear...
f24.my
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 AM
It’s Jan 1991 all over again:
Explosions hit Venezuelan capital Caracas www.ft.com/content/46ee...
Explosions hit Venezuelan capital Caracas
Residents report loud blasts and aircraft flying over the city
www.ft.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Seven things to know about the EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine: ecfr.eu/article/seve...
Seven things to know about the EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine – European Council on Foreign Relations
Ukraine receives a vital lifeline, but it is not coming from immobilised Russian reserves.
ecfr.eu
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Baby wake up, Japan’s policy rate. is now at 75bps. //
#Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 30 years via @FT
years www.ft.com/content/cbaa...
Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 30 years
Bank of Japan implements quarter percentage point rise to 0.75% in progress to normalise monetary policy
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Russia Aiming To Paralyze Ukraine's Railways www.rferl.org/a/33623690.h...
Russia Aiming To Paralyze Ukraine's Railways
www.rferl.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Bulgarian PM Rosen Zhelyazkov and government resign weeks ahead of entry to euro www.ft.com/content/3d25...
Bulgarian PM Rosen Zhelyazkov and government resign weeks ahead of entry to euro
Move follows widespread public protests against proposed tax rises
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Under terms of the deal announced Friday, Warner Bros. shareholders will receive $27.75 a share in cash and stock in Netflix, valuing the business at $82.7 billion including debt.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $72 Billion Cash, Stock Deal
Netflix Inc. agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., marking a seismic shift in the entertainment business as a Silicon Valley-bred streaming giant swallows one of Hollywood’s oldest and most rever...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public www.ft.com/content/3254...
Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public
AI start-up picks law firm Wilson Sonsini for what could be one of the largest public offerings ever
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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‘No topic is too difficult’: children’s series on life in communist East Germany wins an Emmy
‘No topic is too difficult’: children’s series on life in communist East Germany wins an Emmy
In Fritzi’s Footsteps tells story of a girl growing up in Leipzig who witnesses the fall of the Berlin Wall
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan - www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
fyi:
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Donald Trump’s peace plan would be bad for Ukraine, Europe and America
economist.com/leaders/2025...
from The Economist
Donald Trump’s peace plan would be bad for Ukraine, Europe and America
It is a sad mix of naked opportunism and strategic myopia
economist.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Excellent note on what’s been going on behind the scenes on the US-Kremlin plan for #Ukraine:
How Steve #Witkoff pushed Ukraine sympathizers out of White House, and led the US into Russia's arms kyivindependent.com/exclusive-is...
How Steve Witkoff pushed Ukraine sympathizers out of White House, and led the US into Russia's arms
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials, the Kyiv Independent has learned. Witkoff — a real estate mogul w...
kyivindependent.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Now, everybody, please pretend to be shocked! 😮
➡️Rubio facing scrutiny after telling US senators that 28-point plan is a Russian proposal passed along to Ukraine
kyivindependent.com/state-secret...
Rubio facing scrutiny after telling US senators that 28-point plan is a Russian proposal passed along to Ukraine
The U.S. bipartisan Senate delegation attending the Halifax International Security Forum had received a phone call from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In it, Rubio was quite frank. According to Rep...
kyivindependent.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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UK business blames long run-up to Budget for fuelling uncertainty on.ft.com/4oXwMRP
UK business blames long run-up to Budget for fuelling uncertainty
Speculation about policy changes has hit confidence and postponed spending decisions, companies say
on.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM