Bruce M.
@brucemorere.bsky.social
Not a fan of Musk. Putin is a war criminal.
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Talk in Europe now is a "two-speed EU" or Coalitions of the Willing.
My Charlemagne this week is on how to turn the European Union into the European Onion—a multi-layered construct with a core and outer tiers.
Unity still matters. Getting stuff done matters more.
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
My Charlemagne this week is on how to turn the European Union into the European Onion—a multi-layered construct with a core and outer tiers.
Unity still matters. Getting stuff done matters more.
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
The European Onion is a joke whose time has come
A new model of European integration, without the tears
www.economist.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Talk in Europe now is a "two-speed EU" or Coalitions of the Willing.
My Charlemagne this week is on how to turn the European Union into the European Onion—a multi-layered construct with a core and outer tiers.
Unity still matters. Getting stuff done matters more.
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
My Charlemagne this week is on how to turn the European Union into the European Onion—a multi-layered construct with a core and outer tiers.
Unity still matters. Getting stuff done matters more.
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
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1/ The Russian army is reportedly forcing its soldiers to abandon Telegram and move over to the government-authorised MAX app. A Russian warblogger explains why the transition will prove to be very difficult. ⬇️
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Russian troops are being forced onto MAX a state-run messenger controlled by security services according to the Ukrainian channel Taras Shevchenko Reports.
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
1/ The Russian army is reportedly forcing its soldiers to abandon Telegram and move over to the government-authorised MAX app. A Russian warblogger explains why the transition will prove to be very difficult. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/wart...
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Europe can't afford to wait. Russian disinfo in Africa directly threatens Europe. Kremlin networks flood platforms with fake successes of juntas & stories painting Europe as the enemy. These campaigns open doors for Moscow's resource grabs & migration leverage against Europe
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Europe can't afford to wait. Russian disinfo in Africa directly threatens Europe. Kremlin networks flood platforms with fake successes of juntas & stories painting Europe as the enemy. These campaigns open doors for Moscow's resource grabs & migration leverage against Europe
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President Emmanuel Macron has been overshadowed at the Munich Security Conference by the newsworthy speeches of Marco Rubio and Keir Starmer. But Macron’s comments on Friday night hinted at a VERY newsworthy speech by the French President later this month 1/
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
President Emmanuel Macron has been overshadowed at the Munich Security Conference by the newsworthy speeches of Marco Rubio and Keir Starmer. But Macron’s comments on Friday night hinted at a VERY newsworthy speech by the French President later this month 1/
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February 13, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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The left bank of Kyiv has been hit hardest by Russia’s latest attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of residents facing much of the winter without central heating as nighttime temperatures drop to -19°C (-2 °F).
'Everyone is waiting for spring' — How Kyiv's hardest hit district is coping with no heating
The left bank of Kyiv has been hit hardest by Russia’s latest attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of residents facing much of the winter without central heating a...
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February 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The left bank of Kyiv has been hit hardest by Russia’s latest attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of residents facing much of the winter without central heating as nighttime temperatures drop to -19°C (-2 °F).
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Encore difficile de comprendre l'effet réel des coupures de terminaux Starlink du côté russe du front. Mais quand l'ambassadeur russe à l'ONU demande d'un coup de couper Starlink globalement au nom de la "lutte anti-terroriste", c'est que ça va mal très mal.
February 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Encore difficile de comprendre l'effet réel des coupures de terminaux Starlink du côté russe du front. Mais quand l'ambassadeur russe à l'ONU demande d'un coup de couper Starlink globalement au nom de la "lutte anti-terroriste", c'est que ça va mal très mal.
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On the day that the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened, Israel allowed just five patients and seven relatives to leave. Around 20,000 Gazans need urgent medical treatment abroad
The reopened Rafah crossing in Gaza brings pitiful gains
Gaza’s putative technocrats are still languishing in Cairo
econ.st
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 AM
On the day that the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened, Israel allowed just five patients and seven relatives to leave. Around 20,000 Gazans need urgent medical treatment abroad
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I don’t think these guys understand the level of hatred they have engendered in Europe
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JD Vance Booed at Olympic Opening Ceremony in Milan
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February 7, 2026 at 6:49 AM
I don’t think these guys understand the level of hatred they have engendered in Europe
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/w...
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🇰🇿👀 "Every Kazakh needs to prepare for guerrilla warfare. Every Kazakh needs to think about how you'll react tomorrow when the enemy comes. He'll come, because he'll come": Kazakh TV proclaims the inevitability of war with Russia and the need to prepare for it.
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
🇰🇿👀 "Every Kazakh needs to prepare for guerrilla warfare. Every Kazakh needs to think about how you'll react tomorrow when the enemy comes. He'll come, because he'll come": Kazakh TV proclaims the inevitability of war with Russia and the need to prepare for it.
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❗️Footage of the launch of 🇺🇦Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missiles, some of which were flying in the direction of 🇷🇺Kapustin Yar.
February 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
❗️Footage of the launch of 🇺🇦Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missiles, some of which were flying in the direction of 🇷🇺Kapustin Yar.
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🛰️ Russian Forces Halt Assaults Due to Starlink Shutdowns
Russian war correspondents also confirm that Starlink shutdowns create a technological lag for Russian forces, reducing their speed in making and executing decisions on the front.
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Russian war correspondents also confirm that Starlink shutdowns create a technological lag for Russian forces, reducing their speed in making and executing decisions on the front.
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theukrainianreview.info/russian-forc...
Russian Forces Halt Assaults Due to Starlink Shutdowns
In many front-line sectors, Russian occupiers are forced to pause assault operations due to Starlink terminal shutdowns. Advisor to the Minister of Defen
theukrainianreview.info
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
🛰️ Russian Forces Halt Assaults Due to Starlink Shutdowns
Russian war correspondents also confirm that Starlink shutdowns create a technological lag for Russian forces, reducing their speed in making and executing decisions on the front.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/russian-forc...
Russian war correspondents also confirm that Starlink shutdowns create a technological lag for Russian forces, reducing their speed in making and executing decisions on the front.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/russian-forc...
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Renault has pledged to push its long-range attack drones into mass production, intending for their delivery to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
January 28, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Renault has pledged to push its long-range attack drones into mass production, intending for their delivery to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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The Department of Homeland Security quickly issued a public statement that sought to justify the killing before any reasonable investigation could have been completed
Another horrifying shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis
What happens when armed men are given impunity
econ.st
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
The Department of Homeland Security quickly issued a public statement that sought to justify the killing before any reasonable investigation could have been completed
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France is trolling us 😅
January 24, 2026 at 2:46 PM
France is trolling us 😅
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Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
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He has suspended his predation of Greenland, but he cannot retract the mistrust it generated
Donald Trump’s expansionist itch has undermined global security
He has suspended his predation of Greenland, but he cannot retract the mistrust it generated
econ.st
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 AM
He has suspended his predation of Greenland, but he cannot retract the mistrust it generated
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JAN 21: Davos Day 2 — Trump Escalates on Greenland, Europe Pushes Back, China Gains Ground
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JAN 21: Davos Day 2 — Trump Escalates on Greenland, Europe Pushes Back, China Gains Ground
Factual information is our love language.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:21 AM
JAN 21: Davos Day 2 — Trump Escalates on Greenland, Europe Pushes Back, China Gains Ground
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Sentant sans aucun doute que la cause ukrainienne n'a rien à gagner du Davos millésime 2026, Zelensky a décidé de rester à Kyiv et de parer à l'urgence des bombardements russes.
A distance, il réitère son appel à créer une armée européenne commune.
Une mauvaise bonne idée. 1/
A distance, il réitère son appel à créer une armée européenne commune.
Une mauvaise bonne idée. 1/
January 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Sentant sans aucun doute que la cause ukrainienne n'a rien à gagner du Davos millésime 2026, Zelensky a décidé de rester à Kyiv et de parer à l'urgence des bombardements russes.
A distance, il réitère son appel à créer une armée européenne commune.
Une mauvaise bonne idée. 1/
A distance, il réitère son appel à créer une armée européenne commune.
Une mauvaise bonne idée. 1/
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1/ A poetry reading by Russian ultra-nationalists in Krasnodar has been violently suppressed by Russian security forces, much to the dismay of their online supporters. The incident highlights how much Putin's regime fears being outflanked from the nationalist right. ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 7:21 PM
1/ A poetry reading by Russian ultra-nationalists in Krasnodar has been violently suppressed by Russian security forces, much to the dismay of their online supporters. The incident highlights how much Putin's regime fears being outflanked from the nationalist right. ⬇️
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I wrote last yr Canada should consider joining the EU's geopolitical enlargement. Seems even more pertinent now: "a transcontinental EU that includes Canada and safeguards its members’ sovereignty from both Ru and American diktat would prevent Trump and Pu from creating the neat maps they desire...
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I wrote last yr Canada should consider joining the EU's geopolitical enlargement. Seems even more pertinent now: "a transcontinental EU that includes Canada and safeguards its members’ sovereignty from both Ru and American diktat would prevent Trump and Pu from creating the neat maps they desire...
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Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
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What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
January 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
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The international liberal order is ending. In fact, it may already be dead.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Miller said: “We live in a world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power … These are the iron laws of the world.”
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Miller said: “We live in a world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power … These are the iron laws of the world.”
January 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The international liberal order is ending. In fact, it may already be dead.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Miller said: “We live in a world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power … These are the iron laws of the world.”
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Miller said: “We live in a world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power … These are the iron laws of the world.”