Rob
@robtmackinnon.bsky.social
destitute petro monarch
Toronto
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im genuinely confused here. hegseth seems to have publicly admitted a couple days ago that he intended to "kill them all" but trump is now saying that he denies it? this is very odd to me
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
im genuinely confused here. hegseth seems to have publicly admitted a couple days ago that he intended to "kill them all" but trump is now saying that he denies it? this is very odd to me
Folds after two Republican committee chairs promise an investigation
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Folds after two Republican committee chairs promise an investigation
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Chotiner is a good interviewer and all but every time one of his exchanges goes viral it’s a reminder that virtually no one else in American political journalism turns to a subject after a ludicrous answer and says “wait what?”
Just once I'd like to hear a TV news anchor say, "Sir, that's not true, and if you keep insisting it is, we're going to end this interview to protect our viewers from further disinformation. And we won't invite you back."
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Chotiner is a good interviewer and all but every time one of his exchanges goes viral it’s a reminder that virtually no one else in American political journalism turns to a subject after a ludicrous answer and says “wait what?”
I wouldn't have wanted that bus to go over Pete, I wouldn't have wanted that
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I wouldn't have wanted that bus to go over Pete, I wouldn't have wanted that
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Credit to Turner and Wicker for actually drawing a line here; he's also tacitly confirming they feel they were lied to, which would further explain why they're coming off the top rope
Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation."
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Credit to Turner and Wicker for actually drawing a line here; he's also tacitly confirming they feel they were lied to, which would further explain why they're coming off the top rope
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The idea that cable-cutting in the Baltic has stopped because of Baltic Sentry and not for any other reason, and thus that “deterrence is working”, is a logical leap that I sincerely hope is supported by some evidence.
www.ft.com/content/dbd9...
www.ft.com/content/dbd9...
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The idea that cable-cutting in the Baltic has stopped because of Baltic Sentry and not for any other reason, and thus that “deterrence is working”, is a logical leap that I sincerely hope is supported by some evidence.
www.ft.com/content/dbd9...
www.ft.com/content/dbd9...
Third shadow fleet tanker apparent recipient of off-the-books sanctions
Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa.
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
November 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Third shadow fleet tanker apparent recipient of off-the-books sanctions
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Gretzky really is doing his best to make Canadians disown him
Trump went golfing with Wayne Gretzky today. That's FOX host Brett Baier on the right. Trump posted this on his Truth Social account.
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Gretzky really is doing his best to make Canadians disown him
Sitting across the table from Kushner and Witkoff to discuss the future of your country
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sitting across the table from Kushner and Witkoff to discuss the future of your country
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Canada is diversifying imports too, in particular government/military spending. Trump temporarily cut of military equipment shipments to Ukraine in the spring because Zelensky didn't thank Trump enough. US allies no longer consider the US a reliable military equipment supplier and are diversifying.
When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
November 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Canada is diversifying imports too, in particular government/military spending. Trump temporarily cut of military equipment shipments to Ukraine in the spring because Zelensky didn't thank Trump enough. US allies no longer consider the US a reliable military equipment supplier and are diversifying.
Trump will screw Ukraine and will likely leave the greedy rubes chasing a dream
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump will screw Ukraine and will likely leave the greedy rubes chasing a dream
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Ok this is a sign
Wow: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon seems to think that companies involved with Trump's ballroom project could be criminally prosecuted. thehill.com/business/559...
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ok this is a sign
Undoubtedly PM Tusk knows a lot has changed
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Undoubtedly PM Tusk knows a lot has changed
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He keeps calling it a ballroom but a ballroom is a place for dancing. What he wants is a gilded Holiday Inn banquet room where businessmen can shmooze, grope the waitresses, see and be seen, and cut crooked deals.
“.. What started as a 500-seat ballroom connected to the East Wing grew to 650 seats. Next, he wanted a 999-seat ballroom, then room for 1,350.” 🤡
@nytimes.com @lukebroadwater.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
@nytimes.com @lukebroadwater.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
He keeps calling it a ballroom but a ballroom is a place for dancing. What he wants is a gilded Holiday Inn banquet room where businessmen can shmooze, grope the waitresses, see and be seen, and cut crooked deals.
🎯
Just an evil group of people who'd get absolutely robbed blind by Putin
Just an evil group of people who'd get absolutely robbed blind by Putin
It’s clear that the primary interest of the US in “peace negotiations” is to create opportunities for Trump, Witkoff, their family members, business partners and cronies to make billions from business deals with Russia, and Ukraine is just the annoying nuisance in the way.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Just an evil group of people who'd get absolutely robbed blind by Putin
Just an evil group of people who'd get absolutely robbed blind by Putin
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one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
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The current Russian troll farm defence of its invasion, massacres and tortures is to go ‘what about Israel’?
Don’t be derailed. Human rights are human rights whether in Palestine or Ukraine
Don’t be derailed. Human rights are human rights whether in Palestine or Ukraine
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The current Russian troll farm defence of its invasion, massacres and tortures is to go ‘what about Israel’?
Don’t be derailed. Human rights are human rights whether in Palestine or Ukraine
Don’t be derailed. Human rights are human rights whether in Palestine or Ukraine
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Video of Ukrainian kinetic sanctions against Russian “Shadow Fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea, released by Ukraine’s SBU security service. Attack was carried out and observed by sea drones. These tankers will soon be uninsurable, and sunk if they come within range of Ukraine.
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Video of Ukrainian kinetic sanctions against Russian “Shadow Fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea, released by Ukraine’s SBU security service. Attack was carried out and observed by sea drones. These tankers will soon be uninsurable, and sunk if they come within range of Ukraine.
Just the absolute worst people
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Just the absolute worst people
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“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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I mean, yeah, but there's not much news there, it's just recycled Russian fever dreams & the feature film of this thing but the script was pretty easy to imagine.
Feel like Americans need to wake up to this.
For Europeans it's like Tusk says 'We know this is not about peace. It’s about business'
Feel like Americans need to wake up to this.
For Europeans it's like Tusk says 'We know this is not about peace. It’s about business'
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I mean, yeah, but there's not much news there, it's just recycled Russian fever dreams & the feature film of this thing but the script was pretty easy to imagine.
Feel like Americans need to wake up to this.
For Europeans it's like Tusk says 'We know this is not about peace. It’s about business'
Feel like Americans need to wake up to this.
For Europeans it's like Tusk says 'We know this is not about peace. It’s about business'
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It's worth remembering how Hegseth rose to prominence within Trump-world in the first place: his vociferous defense of war crimes. During his time at Fox & Friends, he regularly devoted segments calling for the release of US military personnel who committed atrocities.
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It's worth remembering how Hegseth rose to prominence within Trump-world in the first place: his vociferous defense of war crimes. During his time at Fox & Friends, he regularly devoted segments calling for the release of US military personnel who committed atrocities.
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Buy the ticket, take the ride.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
Off-the-books sanctions enforcement
Reportedly, this is one more photo of the burning Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Black Sea.
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Off-the-books sanctions enforcement