Eric Beckett Weaver
weavere.bsky.social
Eric Beckett Weaver
@weavere.bsky.social
Historian of CEE
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Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men.

Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
April 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Whiskey Pete Hegseth has a Russian burner phone which he uses to communicate in secret with someone. 👊🇺🇸🔥
March 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Belgrade - should be in the news
January 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Judges holding demonstrations, writing letters of dissent. Resignations, threats. The National Judicial Council annulling a controversial agreement made with the government. What is going on in #Hungary's judiciary? Let me explain. Brace yourselves, thread is coming.⬇️
January 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Russian military intelligence paid $200,000.- in Afghanistan for each killed U.S. soldier, new investigation shows.
The Cold War never ended for Russia. It's always been at war with the United States, and here's one more proof. The US and Europe just fail(ed) to see it.
theins.ru/en/politics/...
Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war
The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces. An investigation by The Insider has not only confirmed the ex...
theins.ru
January 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you promise ppl concerned abt yr age that you won't run again, and then do; swear you have no cognitive age-related issues when you do run again, but clearly do; and swear you won't pardon yr son, but do... I supported him bc the alt is so obvs awful, but it's time now to take stock.
December 2, 2024 at 9:31 AM
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November 23, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Remember, it’s okay for
radio, cable, local news, newspapers, podcasts, youtube, facebook, and twitter to be right wing echo chambers.

But IT IS NOT OKAY for a new app that’s starting to gain traction to be a left wing echo chamber.

NO NO NO NOT FAIR!
😠 😭
November 23, 2024 at 1:42 AM
So is MTG going to tell the world about all the other rapists and pedophiles in R ranks now?
November 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Dear #democraticparty friends: To poor people "The stock market is rising" mantra was just trickle down economics repackaged. They don't benefit. Raising the minimum wage nationally would have helped them though
November 21, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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Raw unvarnished truth here.
November 21, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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💘 American band Metallica has shared a cover of "Nothing Else Matters," performed on a bandura by Ukrainian artist and soldier Taras Stoliar.

📹: metallica / Instagram
November 20, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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According to Russian media, someone in Trump’s transition team spoke with Tass and promised the lifting of sanctions. So predictable yet so infuriating.
November 20, 2024 at 4:58 AM
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BREAKING NEWS:

The House Ethics Committee will meet this Wednesday to discuss its Matt Gaetz report.

Repost if you agree they need to RELEASE the report!
November 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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November 16, 2024 at 9:57 PM