Anne Applebaum

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She became a Polish citizen in 2013. .. more

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Aug 26

Paperback, with new preface, available TODAY
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11h

Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h

At least one insurrectionist goes to jail
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Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h

the price of populism

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h

"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:
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The Economic Impact of Brexit

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h

The Economic Impact of Brexit

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 17h

when its definitely not a hostage situation

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 21h

Ukraine is still hitting military targets and oil infrastructure, every day

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 23h

Confirmed by Ukraine’s General Staff: the rare Russian A-60 airborne laser aircraft was likely destroyed in a strike on the Beriev plant in Taganrog. Also hit: drone factory “Molniya,” oil terminals in Novorossiysk, Tuapse refinery, and an S-400 launcher.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 23h

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk's poison hall of mirrors
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Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors

How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

The Economic Impact of Brexit

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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 1d

What’s in my bag?

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d

Trump’s 28-point peace plan with Russia “is misnamed,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. “It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future.”

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 2d

This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.

Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2d

❗️🇪🇺🇺🇦 The full text of the EU plan to end the war in Ukraine is published by The Telegraph

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

thank you!

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

It isn't even clear that the Kremlin likes this plan

Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225