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4 days ago Baltic States + UK wrote a letter interpreted as "Baltic Sea closing for shadow fleet".
No sanctioned tanker has arrived since (unusual*) but coming 24-36h the claim will get its first test with 5 sanctioned tankers inbound.
No sanctioned tanker has arrived since (unusual*) but coming 24-36h the claim will get its first test with 5 sanctioned tankers inbound.
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
4 days ago Baltic States + UK wrote a letter interpreted as "Baltic Sea closing for shadow fleet".
No sanctioned tanker has arrived since (unusual*) but coming 24-36h the claim will get its first test with 5 sanctioned tankers inbound.
No sanctioned tanker has arrived since (unusual*) but coming 24-36h the claim will get its first test with 5 sanctioned tankers inbound.
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Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
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No longer world's most insane Prez.
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM
No longer world's most insane Prez.
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Since Congress passed a law requiring Trump to release the Epstein Files, Trump has:
- Tried to start a war with NATO over Greenland
- Threatened to use the military to suppress free speech in Minnesota
- Illegally withheld 99% of the files and heavily redacted the ones that were released
- Tried to start a war with NATO over Greenland
- Threatened to use the military to suppress free speech in Minnesota
- Illegally withheld 99% of the files and heavily redacted the ones that were released
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Since Congress passed a law requiring Trump to release the Epstein Files, Trump has:
- Tried to start a war with NATO over Greenland
- Threatened to use the military to suppress free speech in Minnesota
- Illegally withheld 99% of the files and heavily redacted the ones that were released
- Tried to start a war with NATO over Greenland
- Threatened to use the military to suppress free speech in Minnesota
- Illegally withheld 99% of the files and heavily redacted the ones that were released
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It’s weird that Trump can stand up to allies but not Russia
January 17, 2026 at 11:37 PM
It’s weird that Trump can stand up to allies but not Russia
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For a year, the bottom of the Baltic Sea was overwhelmingly quiet.
Then, within a few days, six cables were damaged or even cut.
But the world was watching Washington, Venezuela and Greenland.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/b... (Me @foreignpolicy.com. Gift link.)
Then, within a few days, six cables were damaged or even cut.
But the world was watching Washington, Venezuela and Greenland.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/b... (Me @foreignpolicy.com. Gift link.)
January 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM
For a year, the bottom of the Baltic Sea was overwhelmingly quiet.
Then, within a few days, six cables were damaged or even cut.
But the world was watching Washington, Venezuela and Greenland.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/b... (Me @foreignpolicy.com. Gift link.)
Then, within a few days, six cables were damaged or even cut.
But the world was watching Washington, Venezuela and Greenland.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/b... (Me @foreignpolicy.com. Gift link.)
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Trump does not need you to believe that Renee Nicole Good rammed an ICE agent with her car and sent him to the hospital
What they want you to believe—what they NEED you to believe—is that if you don’t behave the way they want you to behave, they will fucking kill you
What they want you to believe—what they NEED you to believe—is that if you don’t behave the way they want you to behave, they will fucking kill you
The Law of the Gun
Minneapolis, Portland, and The Things That Come Next
www.firewalledmedia.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Trump does not need you to believe that Renee Nicole Good rammed an ICE agent with her car and sent him to the hospital
What they want you to believe—what they NEED you to believe—is that if you don’t behave the way they want you to behave, they will fucking kill you
What they want you to believe—what they NEED you to believe—is that if you don’t behave the way they want you to behave, they will fucking kill you
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Look at these two things side by side and tell me you don't feel any shame at all that American fascism's aesthetics are this fucked
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Look at these two things side by side and tell me you don't feel any shame at all that American fascism's aesthetics are this fucked
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
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Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
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One of my children has inadvertently recreated the Maduro raid with a doll's house and Playmobil.
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
One of my children has inadvertently recreated the Maduro raid with a doll's house and Playmobil.
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The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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21 years ago a single submarine of Swedish Navy sneaked past the extensive anti-submarine shields and sank air craft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in an exercise.
Sweden has since refined the stealth properties of the Gotland-class submarines and a newer class is under construction.
Sweden has since refined the stealth properties of the Gotland-class submarines and a newer class is under construction.
Swedish Radio program Gräns did an interview with commander Paula Wallenburg, top brass of Swedish submarines, guardian of Gotland depths.
She was also part of the crew that sank Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan in an exercise in 2005.
Worth a listen!
www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/somm...
She was also part of the crew that sank Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan in an exercise in 2005.
Worth a listen!
www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/somm...
Sommargräns: Så bra är Sveriges ubåtar - Gräns
Hör en längre intervju med Paula Wallenburg, kommendör och chef över Sveriges fyra ubåtar.
www.sverigesradio.se
January 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
21 years ago a single submarine of Swedish Navy sneaked past the extensive anti-submarine shields and sank air craft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in an exercise.
Sweden has since refined the stealth properties of the Gotland-class submarines and a newer class is under construction.
Sweden has since refined the stealth properties of the Gotland-class submarines and a newer class is under construction.
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The Europeans have done all they can to try and make this proposal serious and credible, but a serious and credible ceasefire enforced by western forces is the exact opposite of what Putin wants, because Putin's objectives for the total capture of Ukraine remain unchanged.
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The Europeans have done all they can to try and make this proposal serious and credible, but a serious and credible ceasefire enforced by western forces is the exact opposite of what Putin wants, because Putin's objectives for the total capture of Ukraine remain unchanged.
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Russian forces are mounting Igla MANPADS on Shahed drones to target Ukrainian helicopters that intercept them. The drones carry a camera and radio modem, and the missile is launched remotely by an operator in Russian territory.
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Russian forces are mounting Igla MANPADS on Shahed drones to target Ukrainian helicopters that intercept them. The drones carry a camera and radio modem, and the missile is launched remotely by an operator in Russian territory.
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Russian shadow fleet tanker „Qendil“ ran aground at the Turkish coast.
The tanker was previously target by Ukrainian UAVs.
The tanker was previously target by Ukrainian UAVs.
January 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Russian shadow fleet tanker „Qendil“ ran aground at the Turkish coast.
The tanker was previously target by Ukrainian UAVs.
The tanker was previously target by Ukrainian UAVs.
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Don't worry: this time for sure
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Don't worry: this time for sure
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Maduro rates the effectiveness of Russian air defense systems
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Maduro rates the effectiveness of Russian air defense systems
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After four years – equivalent to all of the US Civil War or almost all of WW1 - it’s no closer to this goal than it was in 2022. There’s no reason to think that Russia, with a weaker economy, will do in 2026 or 2027 what it was unable to do in 2022-2025.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
After four years – equivalent to all of the US Civil War or almost all of WW1 - it’s no closer to this goal than it was in 2022. There’s no reason to think that Russia, with a weaker economy, will do in 2026 or 2027 what it was unable to do in 2022-2025.
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A number of images from the FITBURG operation have been released by the Police and FBG, including showing both fast-roping from a FBG H215 Super Puma and an FDF NH90 low over the deck.
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
A number of images from the FITBURG operation have been released by the Police and FBG, including showing both fast-roping from a FBG H215 Super Puma and an FDF NH90 low over the deck.
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Strange story. Kapustin's "death" was a pretty big deal in the Russian press. Will they now renew the bounty on his head, or will they insist he is still dead?
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) faked the death of Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), and claimed the bounty placed on his head by Russia's intelligence service, HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov revealed on Jan. 1.
kyivindependent.com/ukraines-hur...
kyivindependent.com/ukraines-hur...
'Welcome back to life' — Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money
Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), was reported killed in action on Dec. 27.
kyivindependent.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Strange story. Kapustin's "death" was a pretty big deal in the Russian press. Will they now renew the bounty on his head, or will they insist he is still dead?
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Happy new year, serfs. I have good news & bad news. 2026 will be worse than 2025, but it will be better than 2027.
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Happy new year, serfs. I have good news & bad news. 2026 will be worse than 2025, but it will be better than 2027.