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Rich
@jgrichard.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello, trying this out.
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In his speech, Putin mentioned international law and said that all countries in the international community must abide by it.
But it is obvious that this does not apply to Russia.
But it is obvious that this does not apply to Russia.
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
In his speech, Putin mentioned international law and said that all countries in the international community must abide by it.
But it is obvious that this does not apply to Russia.
But it is obvious that this does not apply to Russia.
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Once a cozy, peaceful Kupiansk. Today, a town that russia has turned into ruins and utter desolation 😢
When Kupiansk was liberated by the Ukrainian army, it was intact. Our forces did not bomb it to drive the enemy away. But years of daily Russian attacks followed.
When Kupiansk was liberated by the Ukrainian army, it was intact. Our forces did not bomb it to drive the enemy away. But years of daily Russian attacks followed.
January 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Once a cozy, peaceful Kupiansk. Today, a town that russia has turned into ruins and utter desolation 😢
When Kupiansk was liberated by the Ukrainian army, it was intact. Our forces did not bomb it to drive the enemy away. But years of daily Russian attacks followed.
When Kupiansk was liberated by the Ukrainian army, it was intact. Our forces did not bomb it to drive the enemy away. But years of daily Russian attacks followed.
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So it appears that within 24 hours, Vance pushed to halt strikes on Iran while simultaneously helping to undermine our European alliances.
This guy is a master at how not to properly run foreign policy.
This guy is a master at how not to properly run foreign policy.
‘Vance hates us’: Europe’s Greenland fears grow as US vice president dives into talks
www.politico.eu/article/jd-v...
www.politico.eu/article/jd-v...
‘Vance hates us’: Europe’s Greenland fears grow as US vice president dives into talks
Diplomats worry there can be no compromise with the U.S. if President Donald Trump wants to “conquer” the self-ruling Danish island.
www.politico.eu
January 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
So it appears that within 24 hours, Vance pushed to halt strikes on Iran while simultaneously helping to undermine our European alliances.
This guy is a master at how not to properly run foreign policy.
This guy is a master at how not to properly run foreign policy.
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You cannot back Donald Trump and support Ukraine. Trump has helped Putin by starving Ukraine of air defense (which the Russians understand). Trump is helping Putin freeze Ukrainian cities, turn off Ukrainian lights and, ultimately, kill Ukrainians.
And he has been doing this for almost one year.
And he has been doing this for almost one year.
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
You cannot back Donald Trump and support Ukraine. Trump has helped Putin by starving Ukraine of air defense (which the Russians understand). Trump is helping Putin freeze Ukrainian cities, turn off Ukrainian lights and, ultimately, kill Ukrainians.
And he has been doing this for almost one year.
And he has been doing this for almost one year.
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Reminder here that Bezos attended a dinner with MBS, who ordered the killing of a WaPo journalist. I think Bezos has different priorities than the rest of us.
"One journalist said it was 'nauseating and irresponsible to have our owner remain silent given this unprecedented event.' Another said they were 'disappointed,' though 'not surprised.' A third said, 'If there is a moment to stand up for our journalistic values, this would be it.'"
New: Bezos Abandons His Post
Inside the Washington Post newsroom, after the FBI raided reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, where shock has given way to mounting frustration over the billionaire owner’s silence
www.status.news/p/washington...
Inside the Washington Post newsroom, after the FBI raided reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, where shock has given way to mounting frustration over the billionaire owner’s silence
www.status.news/p/washington...
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Reminder here that Bezos attended a dinner with MBS, who ordered the killing of a WaPo journalist. I think Bezos has different priorities than the rest of us.
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Trump enthusiastically endorsing keeping the Maduro regime in power in Venezuela.
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Trump enthusiastically endorsing keeping the Maduro regime in power in Venezuela.
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What too many people refuse to admit is while they search around frantically for signs that Trump will help Ukraine, what has really happened is that Trump has protected Putin while the Russians have criminally attacked Ukrainian civilian life. This foolishness must stop now.
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 AM
What too many people refuse to admit is while they search around frantically for signs that Trump will help Ukraine, what has really happened is that Trump has protected Putin while the Russians have criminally attacked Ukrainian civilian life. This foolishness must stop now.
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How Trump's bizarre Greenland obsession could create a global crisis. From @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump Is Risking a Global Catastrophe
His irrational fixation on Greenland could lead to widespread conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 AM
How Trump's bizarre Greenland obsession could create a global crisis. From @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Oh yeah, Trump is all set to get tough on Russia. Big, massive sanctions are defintely coming and he is going to side with Ukraine this time….
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Exclusive: Trump says Zelenskiy, not Putin, is holding up a Ukraine peace deal
U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters that Ukraine - not Russia - is holding up a potential peace deal, rhetoric that stands in marked contrast to that of European allies, who have consistently arg...
www.reuters.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Oh yeah, Trump is all set to get tough on Russia. Big, massive sanctions are defintely coming and he is going to side with Ukraine this time….
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Russia bombs Ukrainian civilians, causes a humanitarian crisis in Kyiv amidst freezing temperatures, and continues to demand unrealistic concessions.
Yet somehow, Ukraine is the problem.
Idiot.
Yet somehow, Ukraine is the problem.
Idiot.
January 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Russia bombs Ukrainian civilians, causes a humanitarian crisis in Kyiv amidst freezing temperatures, and continues to demand unrealistic concessions.
Yet somehow, Ukraine is the problem.
Idiot.
Yet somehow, Ukraine is the problem.
Idiot.
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Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
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NEW: Russian advances slowed in late December 2025 and early January 2026, likely due to less advantageous winter weather conditions and the end of efforts to meet arbitrary deadlines at the end of the year. (1/8)
Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar011426
Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar011426
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 AM
NEW: Russian advances slowed in late December 2025 and early January 2026, likely due to less advantageous winter weather conditions and the end of efforts to meet arbitrary deadlines at the end of the year. (1/8)
Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar011426
Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar011426
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I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
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Trump's desire to annex Greenland is a vanity project. We can accomplish all our security and economic needs in Greenland without annexation.
January 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Trump's desire to annex Greenland is a vanity project. We can accomplish all our security and economic needs in Greenland without annexation.
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Know what’s fucking insane?
Our NATO allies are sending troops to Greenland to defend against a possible US invasion.
I know this administration doesn’t understand anything about anything, but the US is not self-sufficient enough to thrive in an interconnected world on our own.
Our NATO allies are sending troops to Greenland to defend against a possible US invasion.
I know this administration doesn’t understand anything about anything, but the US is not self-sufficient enough to thrive in an interconnected world on our own.
January 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Know what’s fucking insane?
Our NATO allies are sending troops to Greenland to defend against a possible US invasion.
I know this administration doesn’t understand anything about anything, but the US is not self-sufficient enough to thrive in an interconnected world on our own.
Our NATO allies are sending troops to Greenland to defend against a possible US invasion.
I know this administration doesn’t understand anything about anything, but the US is not self-sufficient enough to thrive in an interconnected world on our own.
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Here’s an idea. First track the billionaires and their foreign tax shelters.
Bessent: "For individuals who want to wire money out of the country, they're gonna have to tick a box whether they are or are not on public assistance. Then we're going to start pushing over the coming days and weeks that if you're on public assistance, you cannot wire money out of the country."
January 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Here’s an idea. First track the billionaires and their foreign tax shelters.
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Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Most Dangerous Gambit
His irrational obsession with Greenland could lead to global conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Peter Thiel's Polymarket reporting made up bullshit about an offer to purchase Greenland, which incidentally happens to align with one of Peter Thiel’s long-standing ambitions.?
Nothing suspicious about that at all.
Nothing suspicious about that at all.
January 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Peter Thiel's Polymarket reporting made up bullshit about an offer to purchase Greenland, which incidentally happens to align with one of Peter Thiel’s long-standing ambitions.?
Nothing suspicious about that at all.
Nothing suspicious about that at all.
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cAllies are not ornaments. They are force multipliers. They are how America projects power without exhausting itself. They are how we avoid fighting alone, paying alone, bleeding alone. Undermining them in a moment of global tension is not toughness—it is sabotage.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Picking a Fight With Denmark While Confronting Iran Is Strategic Insanity
Video for paid subscribers follows
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
cAllies are not ornaments. They are force multipliers. They are how America projects power without exhausting itself. They are how we avoid fighting alone, paying alone, bleeding alone. Undermining them in a moment of global tension is not toughness—it is sabotage.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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One has to admit that Trump is brilliant at driving the news. We are now wasting attention on a ridiculous and unnecessary debate about invading Greenland, eclipsing attention on more important issues, foreign and domestic.
January 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
One has to admit that Trump is brilliant at driving the news. We are now wasting attention on a ridiculous and unnecessary debate about invading Greenland, eclipsing attention on more important issues, foreign and domestic.
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Invading Greenland – Trump’s Worst Idea Ever.
It’s time to end this discussion now.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/invading-g...
It’s time to end this discussion now.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/invading-g...
Invading Greenland – Trump’s Worst Idea Ever.
It’s time to end this discussion now.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Invading Greenland – Trump’s Worst Idea Ever.
It’s time to end this discussion now.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/invading-g...
It’s time to end this discussion now.
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/invading-g...
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Remember when we were being told how harsh Trump's sanctions would be on Russian oil sales? Well the reality is very different. After rising in October and November, Russian revenue was down only 2% in December. Moreover, Chinese purchases were up. energyandcleanair.org/december-202...
December 2025 — Monthly analysis of Russian fossil fuel exports and sanctions – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air
energyandcleanair.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Remember when we were being told how harsh Trump's sanctions would be on Russian oil sales? Well the reality is very different. After rising in October and November, Russian revenue was down only 2% in December. Moreover, Chinese purchases were up. energyandcleanair.org/december-202...
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Oh boy, here we go again. Yes, why don’t we go ask our attacker how we can defend against his future attacks. Brilliant idea
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Oh boy, here we go again. Yes, why don’t we go ask our attacker how we can defend against his future attacks. Brilliant idea