Nicky Schwenzer
@nickyschwenzer.bsky.social
Construction Consultant • Lifelong Democrat • 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸
London/Miami 🏍️🐶🍫🩵🏄🍷🏞️🎶🏎️ “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. It's not the length of life, but the depth.”
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“Democracy is fragile. You have to fight for every bit, every law, every safeguard, every institution, every story. You must know how dangerous it is to suffer even the tiniest cut. This is why I say to us all: we must hold the line.”
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Ru proposed 28 points aiming to build on them and get even more. Instead, push back by Ukraine, Europe, and US public opinion + Senators has likely watered down some of the points, making it likely that Ru will reject the plan it initiated itself. The Trump admin will look like the chumps they are.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ru proposed 28 points aiming to build on them and get even more. Instead, push back by Ukraine, Europe, and US public opinion + Senators has likely watered down some of the points, making it likely that Ru will reject the plan it initiated itself. The Trump admin will look like the chumps they are.
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Continually amazed with the vast incredulity summoned daily by the absolutely unqualified jokers dealing with Russian intelligence operatives
Actual request: “can you get your cool boss Putin to call trump and praise me?”
Pathetic
Actual request: “can you get your cool boss Putin to call trump and praise me?”
Pathetic
![YU: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you need to solve only one problem. [laughs]
SW: What?
YU: Russian-Ukrainian war.
SW: I know! How do we get that solved?
YU: My friend, I just want your advice.
Do you think that it will be useful if our bosses will talk on the phone?
SW: Yes, I do.
YU: You do. And when you think it could be possible?
SW: I think as soon as you suggest, my guy is ready to do it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eik4clq3pw3yevaiytbsiw5y/bafkreigairuhgeq63gme2bxdbquwpvhnmvf7ccwx7cmed7hzluzjrs6eru@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Continually amazed with the vast incredulity summoned daily by the absolutely unqualified jokers dealing with Russian intelligence operatives
Actual request: “can you get your cool boss Putin to call trump and praise me?”
Pathetic
Actual request: “can you get your cool boss Putin to call trump and praise me?”
Pathetic
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@edrusi.bsky.social on the spot: “Ed Arnold from the RUSI think tank in London warned that, if U.S. security guarantees are not firmly pinned down, the coalition is “in a really dangerous position, in that you're deploying a force with a backstop that deep down you know is not credible.”
Europe’s leaders are trying to nail down their plans to back up Ukraine with multinational military force if the country manages to land a peace deal with Russia.
As potential deal looms, France and Britain map out boots-on-ground role in Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a new joint task-force — with U.S. buy-in — aiming at “finalized security guarantees” if a peace deal lands.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@edrusi.bsky.social on the spot: “Ed Arnold from the RUSI think tank in London warned that, if U.S. security guarantees are not firmly pinned down, the coalition is “in a really dangerous position, in that you're deploying a force with a backstop that deep down you know is not credible.”
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This is the day's essential read in legal reporting: how John Sauer lies profusely to SCOTUS. And here's the proof. The Trump administration made erroneous claims to SCOTUS, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters in a filing asking the justices to sign
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is the day's essential read in legal reporting: how John Sauer lies profusely to SCOTUS. And here's the proof. The Trump administration made erroneous claims to SCOTUS, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters in a filing asking the justices to sign
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Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI
WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress who released a video in mid-November telling members of the military that they are not required to follow illegal orders announced Tuesday the Federal Burea...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
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When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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JUST NOW!! Congressional Democrats Slam White House for 'Forcing Ukraine into Capitulation' with Peace Deal
Top US lawmakers in security and foreign affairs urge swift course correction, warning that forcing Kyiv into 'unjust surrender' would threaten NATO and global stability.
Top US lawmakers in security and foreign affairs urge swift course correction, warning that forcing Kyiv into 'unjust surrender' would threaten NATO and global stability.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
JUST NOW!! Congressional Democrats Slam White House for 'Forcing Ukraine into Capitulation' with Peace Deal
Top US lawmakers in security and foreign affairs urge swift course correction, warning that forcing Kyiv into 'unjust surrender' would threaten NATO and global stability.
Top US lawmakers in security and foreign affairs urge swift course correction, warning that forcing Kyiv into 'unjust surrender' would threaten NATO and global stability.
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Donald Trump's love affair with tariffs keeps getting crazier cepr.net/publications...
Tariffs and Trump Crazy: It Keeps Getting Worse
Trump’s tariffs are taxes on US consumers, not foreign countries, and his recent claims about tariffs reveal major misunderstandings of basic economics.
cepr.net
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Donald Trump's love affair with tariffs keeps getting crazier cepr.net/publications...
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"The corruption requires the stupidity. And the stupidity reveals the abyss."
The Corruption Requires the Stupidity
When one stares into the abyss ...
www.notesfromthecircus.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"The corruption requires the stupidity. And the stupidity reveals the abyss."
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It turns out that not legislating and just doing censure votes is bad for morale www.thebulwark.com/p/from-repub...
From Republican House to Retirement Home
Mike Johnson is watching dozens of his colleagues shuffle off toward the exits.
www.thebulwark.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It turns out that not legislating and just doing censure votes is bad for morale www.thebulwark.com/p/from-repub...
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Did my best to break down the centers of power on the American right as the fight to succeed Trump heats up. www.ms.now/opinion/marj...
Opinion | What MTG’s resignation says about the post-Trump GOP
When Trump finally leaves the stage, six different MAGA coalitions will vie for influence in the Republican Party, says Philip Bump.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Did my best to break down the centers of power on the American right as the fight to succeed Trump heats up. www.ms.now/opinion/marj...
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DEMOCRATS IN 'ILLEGAL ORDERS' VIDEO NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI: Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI -- @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI
WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress who released a video in mid-November telling members of the military that they are not required to follow illegal orders announced Tuesday the Federal Burea...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
DEMOCRATS IN 'ILLEGAL ORDERS' VIDEO NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI: Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI -- @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
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Wow. WSJ obtained a recording of Steve Witkoff's October 14 phone call with Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide. This post-Gaza peace deal talk "appears to be the genesis of the 28-point peace proposal." Witkoff looks pretty dumb here. Amateur hour. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wow. WSJ obtained a recording of Steve Witkoff's October 14 phone call with Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide. This post-Gaza peace deal talk "appears to be the genesis of the 28-point peace proposal." Witkoff looks pretty dumb here. Amateur hour. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump: “If I say it, they’re going to it. They’re not going refuse me, believe me.” (2016)
Trump: “Can’t they just shoot [protesters] in the legs?” (2020)
Vance: “I don’t give a shit [if it’s a war crime].” (2025)
Trump: “we should use [US cities] as training grounds for our military” (2025)
Trump: “Can’t they just shoot [protesters] in the legs?” (2020)
Vance: “I don’t give a shit [if it’s a war crime].” (2025)
Trump: “we should use [US cities] as training grounds for our military” (2025)
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump: “If I say it, they’re going to it. They’re not going refuse me, believe me.” (2016)
Trump: “Can’t they just shoot [protesters] in the legs?” (2020)
Vance: “I don’t give a shit [if it’s a war crime].” (2025)
Trump: “we should use [US cities] as training grounds for our military” (2025)
Trump: “Can’t they just shoot [protesters] in the legs?” (2020)
Vance: “I don’t give a shit [if it’s a war crime].” (2025)
Trump: “we should use [US cities] as training grounds for our military” (2025)
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GOP: “why would anyone be concerned that Trump might issue an illegal order?”
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
GOP: “why would anyone be concerned that Trump might issue an illegal order?”
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NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
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Having spent the last few days back in Ukraine — reminded how this amazing resilient culture just grows stronger with every atrocity committed against it—it’s so obvious JD Vance’s peace plan ventures are all about saving Putin’s face
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Having spent the last few days back in Ukraine — reminded how this amazing resilient culture just grows stronger with every atrocity committed against it—it’s so obvious JD Vance’s peace plan ventures are all about saving Putin’s face
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People in cities across the world are protesting against attempts to coerce Ukraine into capitulation.
How did we even end up here — seriously discussing that Ukraine should give away its own land which terrorist state russia tried hard but has failed to conquer for 11 years?
Photo from Sydney.
How did we even end up here — seriously discussing that Ukraine should give away its own land which terrorist state russia tried hard but has failed to conquer for 11 years?
Photo from Sydney.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
People in cities across the world are protesting against attempts to coerce Ukraine into capitulation.
How did we even end up here — seriously discussing that Ukraine should give away its own land which terrorist state russia tried hard but has failed to conquer for 11 years?
Photo from Sydney.
How did we even end up here — seriously discussing that Ukraine should give away its own land which terrorist state russia tried hard but has failed to conquer for 11 years?
Photo from Sydney.
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
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November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s assignment to help restart talks between Ukraine & Russia has resulted in a striking split screen w/ his boss Pete Hegseth, optics that have not gone unnoticed in the secretary’s office, per source.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/p...
How Trump’s ‘drone guy’ became central to the US effort to end the Ukraine war | CNN Politics
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll was at the White House earlier this month and preparing for a trip to Kyiv to discuss drone technology when he received an unexpected assignment from President Donald Trump...
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s assignment to help restart talks between Ukraine & Russia has resulted in a striking split screen w/ his boss Pete Hegseth, optics that have not gone unnoticed in the secretary’s office, per source.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/p...
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NEW: Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters, w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
NEW: Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters, w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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Listen to the tone of his voice when he says:
"I've been stressed by things more important than Donald Trump trying to intimidate me."
Listen.
"I've been stressed by things more important than Donald Trump trying to intimidate me."
Listen.
Sen. Mark Kelly: “I’ve had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I’ve been nearly shot down multiple times. I’ve flown a rocket ship into space four times, built by the lowest bidder. I’m not going to be silenced by Donald Trump.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Listen to the tone of his voice when he says:
"I've been stressed by things more important than Donald Trump trying to intimidate me."
Listen.
"I've been stressed by things more important than Donald Trump trying to intimidate me."
Listen.