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Willing outcast from the "bird". Hoping to see a brighter future in 2029. 💙💙💙
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“Overall, the US was treating Ukraine as a partner by the end of 2024 and is now treating that country as an annoyance to be put in its place in the US quest for better relations with Russia….The US has changed sides.”
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides
Amongst many stories, one stands out
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Overall, the US was treating Ukraine as a partner by the end of 2024 and is now treating that country as an annoyance to be put in its place in the US quest for better relations with Russia….The US has changed sides.”
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Lindsey Graham “had recently returned from Ukraine, where officials had given him a map of the country’s mineral riches. The senator recalls showing it to Mr. Trump, who proclaimed, ‘I want half.”’
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Lindsey Graham “had recently returned from Ukraine, where officials had given him a map of the country’s mineral riches. The senator recalls showing it to Mr. Trump, who proclaimed, ‘I want half.”’
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“So you call Zelensky embattled and courageous?” [Trump] snapped…’Sir, he is,’ Mr. Kellogg responded. “It’s an existential fight on Ukrainian soil for his nation’s survival’…Mr. Trump grumbled, ‘He’s an idiot.”’
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“So you call Zelensky embattled and courageous?” [Trump] snapped…’Sir, he is,’ Mr. Kellogg responded. “It’s an existential fight on Ukrainian soil for his nation’s survival’…Mr. Trump grumbled, ‘He’s an idiot.”’
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“China has installed 30,000 miles of high-speed rail when America has managed to complete exactly zero miles.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/a...
America Wants to Build Again. If You Squint, You’ll See Hopeful Signs.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“China has installed 30,000 miles of high-speed rail when America has managed to complete exactly zero miles.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/a...
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JUST IN: Defense attorneys say DOJ is trying to stall a hearing Tuesday where evidence against the man charged with alleged DNC/RNC bomb planting could be tested. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Cole122825.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
JUST IN: Defense attorneys say DOJ is trying to stall a hearing Tuesday where evidence against the man charged with alleged DNC/RNC bomb planting could be tested. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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I wrote this in 2018 but it’s worse now. We’ve created our own version of Russian oligarchy and corruption.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Convergence Is Worse Than Collusion
Trump and Putin share many more goals than just Trump’s election.
www.theatlantic.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I wrote this in 2018 but it’s worse now. We’ve created our own version of Russian oligarchy and corruption.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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“The year 2025 was a setback for humanity — and unfortunately, the United States is a reason for the retreat…for the first time in this century, the number of children worldwide dying before the age of 5 is believed to have risen, by about 200,000.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
Opinion | In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“The year 2025 was a setback for humanity — and unfortunately, the United States is a reason for the retreat…for the first time in this century, the number of children worldwide dying before the age of 5 is believed to have risen, by about 200,000.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
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Hey - fellow American taxpayers - look what else we are "buying"
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hey - fellow American taxpayers - look what else we are "buying"
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We have become Russia.
December 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We have become Russia.
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“Pundits who predicted a quick Ukrainian defeat were wrong in 2022, and they are wrong today.”
Opinion By "Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire, and Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, are members of the U.S. Senate."
"Kyiv is not losing, and Moscow is not winning."
Gift link.
Gift link.
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Pundits who predicted a quick Ukrainian defeat were wrong in 2022, and they are wrong today.”
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Presidents have too much power. How is this something that a President can turn off in an instant?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts 5 Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Presidents have too much power. How is this something that a President can turn off in an instant?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
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NEW: Judge seizes on pair of fresh Trump administration errors in Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case, extends order keeping him free into next month www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
More stumbles by feds mar Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case
Judge extends order protecting illegally deported immigrant from re-arrest
www.politico.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
NEW: Judge seizes on pair of fresh Trump administration errors in Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case, extends order keeping him free into next month www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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"Putin is betting Europe lacks the resolve to impose meaningful costs...The evidence suggests he is right: no Russian officials have faced consequences for any of the mysterious arms factory explosions, the Baltic cable severances or the parcel bomb campaign."
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
Russia is Losing – Time for Putin's 2026 Hybrid Escalation
2025 offered the most generous potential off-ramp for Vladimir Putin. He rejected it.
www.rusi.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Putin is betting Europe lacks the resolve to impose meaningful costs...The evidence suggests he is right: no Russian officials have faced consequences for any of the mysterious arms factory explosions, the Baltic cable severances or the parcel bomb campaign."
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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This all won’t end up well.
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This all won’t end up well.
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What? This is not the proper behavior expected from the recipient of the FIFA Peace Prize.
Trump on Venezuela: "They took all of our oil and we want it back. They illegally took it."
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What? This is not the proper behavior expected from the recipient of the FIFA Peace Prize.
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What? Just lazily stating that a peace deal exists doesn’t lead to real peace?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Why Trump’s ‘peace deals’ keep unraveling
Ending wars requires patient diplomacy and a longterm commitment, not flashy headlines.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What? Just lazily stating that a peace deal exists doesn’t lead to real peace?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Well, why not? We’ve fallen for this BS for 20 years.
December 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Well, why not? We’ve fallen for this BS for 20 years.
