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"How 'War' Becomes War: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Ours of Us"
"From the moment the armed services violently engage their first civilians, their prestige will be gone forever, and service members will be destroying the Republic they are sworn to serve."
snyder.substack.com/p/how-war-be...
How “War” Becomes War
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Ours of Us
snyder.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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"As the most recent U.S. ambassador to Orban’s Hungary, I’m often asked if the Trump administration’s tactics feel familiar. The short answer is yes. But the more important—and unsettling—question is this: Does the way Americans are responding feel familiar, too?"

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
April 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump likes being #2, he likes doing the PR work, being in front of the camera, getting the adulation, but serving the boss. Musk will dominate him at home and Putin will dominate him abroad. He will deliver their lines, as he has just done for Putin in shocking fashion, and does for Musk every day.
‘The US Is Doing Russia’s Work’ Say Ecstatic Propagandists

Putin’s mouthpieces are in a lather of excitement over the US administration’s willingness to make a deal to their liking.

My latest for @cepa.org:

cepa.org/article/the-...
February 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
February 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"I am on a night train from Kyiv, bound for Zaporizhzhia, a city in the southeast of Ukraine which is about twenty miles from the front... As I get ready to go to sleep, I find myself thinking that Americans are also speeding towards a line."
snyder.substack.com/p/crossing-a...
Crossing a line
Borders between one kind of life and another
snyder.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trump has dismissed the director of the Office of Government Ethics. David Huitema, the former director, played a key role in vetting Trump administration appointees for conflicts of interest.
February 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
February 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
what are the steps you would only take if push came to shove?

and what constitutes a "shove"?

and how many shoves have you already gone through without noticing?

the final Alt-Right Playbook is now live.

it's called The South Bank of the Rubicon.

youtu.be/0YFdwfNh5vs
The Alt-Right Playbook: The South Bank of the Rubicon
YouTube video by Innuendo Studios
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February 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM