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Edward S. Solomon

@edsolomon.net
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Retired from government, law, broadcasting. Articles: EdSolomon.substack.com (always free) Metro Washington, DC. Supports Ukraine & Taiwan

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 9h
A Democratic Party that refused to use its power to deliver for the working class ended up being a delivery system for Trump. If Democrats win power and once again do the same thing, they will be a delivery system for an even worse version of Trump - pass it on.
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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 11h
If you were wondering what happened to Russia's active measures assault on the United States with the aim of undermining its democracy, world power and global standing . . . Well, it never stopped. (Follow @olgalautman.bsky.social to keep up to date.)
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 15h
The fact that Western embassies and international missions are openly refusing to give in to the Kremlin’s threats and publicly declaring that they’re staying in Kyiv is a great slap in Putin’s face and a very eloquent middle finger to him. Excellent and thank you.
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Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen @kgekjell.bsky.social · 15h
Norges ambassadør til Ukraina, Lars Ragnar Hansen: "Vi blir i Kyiv".
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Anders H. Eide @anderseide.bsky.social · 20h
With Europe’s security threatened and an economy ten times that of Russia’s unravelling petro-party, Putin should have grasped by now that he will loose his senseless war. And maybe he has, but is still depraved enough to carry on for his own cynical survival. kyivindependent.com/germany-anno...
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Germany announces $1.46 billion in aid for Ukraine, including interceptor drones
The package was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a joint press conference in Kyiv.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 04/10/2026
🤯 Russian officials and state media are refusing to publicly name pneumonic plague following the death of a 28-year-old anti-plague lab technician in Siberia. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Russia Hides Potential Pneumonic Plague Outbreak After Fatal Lab Breach
A 28-year-old researcher's death from suspected pneumonic plague in Irkutsk has led to 189 people being isolated and emergency measures.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When your government tells you “we’re all in the same boat.” =====================
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz paid an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital promising long-range weapons and at least 1,000 interceptors to counter jet-powered drones.
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Merz pays surprise visit to Kyiv, promises ‘thousands’ of interceptors
The German leader underscored the importance of supporting Ukraine, saying: "If Russia is not stopped, its war machine will sooner or later turn against us."
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Tilman @tilmane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sounds like the end of the AI boom may remind us on the end of the dotcom boom before.... josiahwaters.substack.com/p/americas-b...
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America’s Bond Market Is Entering a Crisis With No Historical Parallel
Shortly after 1 p.m.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Baltic States Prepare for War
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.
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Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen @kgekjell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
She was almost 2 years old.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/10/2026
⚡️ "FP-9 will be ready this autumn, I'm sure," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed about Ukraine’s upcoming long-range missile.
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Edward S. Solomon @edsolomon.net · 03/10/2026
The Manchester City Football Club, owned by a member of the UAE's royal family, was found to be breaking Premier League spending rules. The Telegraph reports that the UAE is now threatening to pull billions of pounds in UK investments. [Gift Article] www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/055f6c0...
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UAE threatens Burnham over Man City: We’ll pull billions out of UK
Prime Minister under pressure as Gulf state warns it will withdraw investment in retaliation for Premier League row
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Edward S. Solomon @edsolomon.net · 03/10/2026
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies [Gift Article] www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 03/10/2026
3 October 1990 Germany was reunified
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unbelievable. Except totally believable. We utterly fail at elite accountability in 🇺🇸, & elite universities have been at the forefront of that since Iran-Contra, repeatedly offering sinecures to the authoritarians. It's why all the things keep happening time & again: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This guy is a hero 👏 That ending was peak unnecessary police overreach.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/10/2026
🔴 Over the past month, Russia has launched a wave of sabotage operations across Europe and near its borders. 🧵 1/11 ⬇️
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Susanne Baumann @germanambuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Last night we celebrated German Unity with Hamburg's First Mayor Tschentscher, Minister for Small Business Lord Leong & guests. 🇩🇪 unification reminds us that freedom & democracy aren’t guaranteed. We must reject the increasing "people vs establishment" framing & double down on democracy.
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Edward S. Solomon @edsolomon.net · 02/10/2026
My opinion: Mr. Trump is totally aligned with Putin. His pro-NATO and anti-NATO vacillation is an act, akin to creating a cliff-hanger episode of his old TV show, The Apprentice. If Russia directly attacks a NATO member, Mr. Trump will order all US troops within the EU to remain confined to base.
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Alba Asenjo @albaasenjo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“In what world would the police learn from a victim that she'd been literally gang-raped while intoxicated by five men in a fraternity house, and not elevate those allegations to the district attorney,”- NY Governor Kathy Hochul Madre mía, vaya rueda de prensa.
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Woman in alleged Cornell gang-rape case was ‘failed’ by system, New York governor says
Kathy Hochul speaks at presser with state attorney general Letitia James, who will be taking over the entire case
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Let's be clear. The guys who're now clamoring for solidarity in the form of ECB intervention to cap their yields show no solidarity in support for Ukraine. In the Euro zone, solidarity is a one way street. Needless to say, that's politically unsustainable... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-debt-c...
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Ariana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the US has not invited France, the UK, and Baltic states to discuss NATO, all other NATO nations must boycott. NATO and European security requires unity, and is protected by the whole or fractured by Putin's asset Trump. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Ariana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We know that Trump and Putin seek to break up NATO. We should not be naive - this deliberate exclusion of NATO members (nuclear and heavy spenders) is in pursuit of that destructive goal.
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Edward S. Solomon @edsolomon.net · 02/10/2026
My opinion: Mr. Trump is totally aligned with Putin. His pro-NATO and anti-NATO vacillation is an act, akin to creating a cliff-hanger episode of his old TV show, The Apprentice. If Russia directly attacks a NATO member, Mr. Trump will order all US troops within the EU to remain confined to base.
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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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John Reed @johnreedwrites.ft.com · 02/10/2026
Putin has told military leaders to abandon rules of war, Zelenskyy says as.ft.com/r/2ccf0dd7-a... @christopherjm.ft.com
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Putin has told military leaders to abandon rules of war, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian leader tells FT his Russian counterpart has given the order that ‘there are no rules now’
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The entire interior U.S. should be alarmed as Canada fast tracks a new crude oil pipeline from Alberta to Canada's West Coast that will push more of Canada's oil away from U.S. refineries that rely on it, and could negatively impact U.S. refineries.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 01/10/2026
European leaders must stop calling Russian attacks “hybrid,” according to Estonia's foreign minister. They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” Margus Tsahkna told us in an interview.
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It’s war, not hybrid attacks, says Estonian foreign minister
Margus Tsahkna says Europe must present a united front again Moscow.
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Embassy of Spain in the United States @spainintheusa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"It has been a pleasure to speak with Governor Spanberger about current and future economic, commercial, and cultural exchanges between Spain and the state of Virginia." - Ambassador Moreno Bau
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Stefan Wolff @stefwolff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tehran has many points of failure, Washington only one. My new piece on who in Iran can say yes. www.navigatingthevortex.com/p/iran-us-de...
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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"If you rejoin the European Union, there'll be an economic boom," says @cergrant.bsky.social, director of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 buff.ly/D0Mcex7
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wie wir im "hybriden Krieg" dagegenhalten können, wie gefährlich die Lage zwischen Russland und der NATO ist und warum es vielleicht keine "Lösung" für den Krieg in der Ukraine gibt, besprechen @marcusgatzke.bsky.social und ich hier mit @carlomasala1.bsky.social
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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Estonia bans the transport of both Russian and Belarusian grain through its territory.
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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Czechoslovakia was far from helpless. Its army was well equipped, its defensive system was formidable, and its armaments industry was significant." Still, not heeding his generals' views, president #Beneš took the fatal decision not to fight #Hitler. President Zelensky learnt from history. 🇺🇦 #OTD
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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"They're not really shooting at us."
Cartoon showing a Russian sailing ship firing broadsides into the bottom of a cliff holding up a EU-flagged castle.
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Edward S. Solomon @edsolomon.net · 30/09/2026
Reuters, quoting a NATO diplomat: "I would say that ⁠the Russian ​letter is only another Russian attempt to intimidate Europeans, and that the response by NATO ​is firm and responsible. (It) reaffirms that we will not be dissuaded from supporting Ukraine." www.reuters.com/business/aer...
reuters.com
Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic
Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear ​weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 30/09/2026
The attacks on Jack Smith expose something far bigger than one ugly Senate hearing: a collision between personal political loyalty and America’s constitutional system… hartmannreport.com/p/the-final-...
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The Final Stage of a Strongman’s Takeover Is Turning the Law Against the People Who Defended It
The attacks on Jack Smith expose something far bigger than one ugly Senate hearing: a collision between personal political loyalty and America’s constitutional system…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026
Spain, France align on welcoming UK back to EU, strengthening China trade defences reut.rs/4iYgfgb
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Spain, France align on welcoming UK back to EU, strengthening China trade defences
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and France's President Emmanuel Macron expressed enthusiasm on Wednesday for Britain rejoining ​the EU, and agreed Europe must strengthen its trade defences ‌against China.
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russian desk @deskrussia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Kremlin is pursuing a peripheral strategy that aims to encircle and subvert Europe. In Vladimir Putin’s mind, transforming our continent into a satellite state would tip the global balance of power to the detriment of a disunited and fragmented West. desk-russie.info/2026/09/22/o...
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Our Beautiful Present Time: War • russian desk
During visits to Moscow and then Kyiv on September 5 and 6, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner appear to have prioritized negotiating an energy truce, hoping
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Dietmar Pichler @dietmarpichler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rund 75 % der untersuchten Kommentare offen oder latent prorussisch Unabhängig davon spülen Algorithmen immer wieder Inhalte der russischen Staatspropaganda in die Userfeeds Über 3/4 der in Österreich lebenden Ukrainer erleben russische Narrative & Täter-Opfer-Umkehr inved.eu/insight/pres...
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PRESSEAUSSENDUNG: Neuer INVED-Report: Prorussische Narrative im österreichischen Informationsraum massiv verbreitet – INVED
Rund 75 % der untersuchten Kommentare offen oder latent prorussisch Unabhängig davon spülen Algorithmen immer wieder Inhalte der russischen Staatspropaganda in die Userfeeds Über 3/4 der in Österreich...
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John Reed @johnreedwrites.ft.com · 30/09/2026
“Russia is boiling western democracies like a frog — turning on the heat step by step, and testing our responses,” Estonia’s Defence Minister @tsahkna.bsky.social tells the Fat’a @richardmilne.ft.com as.ft.com/r/1f86a76d-8...
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Russia behind arson attack on defence company, says Estonia
Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna says Moscow is ‘boiling western democracies like a frog’
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Ariana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The story that "Trump supports easing sanctions against Russia in exchange for political prisoners" is a propaganda fairytale. Putin's partner is dutifully playing his role in rehabilitating Russia and bringing it back into the fold. Prisoners are a pathetic pretext for dummies.
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Ariana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Easing sanctions is key to helping Moscow finance and strengthen its war and genocide machine. Easing sanctions ensures more destruction of Ukraine and is a death sentence for more Ukrainians. This is clear and obvious.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 29/09/2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today that Moscow had proven it was not ready for “serious talks” after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized a surprise meeting with his German counterpart.
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Merz says Lavrov comments show Moscow not interested in serious negotiations
The chancellor’s remarks come days after a surprise meeting between Russia’s foreign minister and his German counterpart.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇨🇳🔱 “Italian luxury yacht maker Ferretti's controlling shareholder is Weichai, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate. Weichai owns 39.5% of Ferretti but was able to capture 8 of 9 board seats at the company's May board meeting. The vote passed with the support of a bloc of major Chinese shareholders.”
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Beijing's Trojan Yacht
The Trojans did not lose their city to a siege, they lost it to a gift they wheeled through their gates. Beijing understands this lesson better than we do. For decades the Chinese Communist Party stra
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Sasha Talebi @sashat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
While some of Ukraine's allies attempt to prevent Ukraine from harming the Russian oil revenue that makes the Kremlin's wars possible, here are the streets of Kyiv, where hospitals are bombed and rescuers try to save victims of Russian terror.
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