Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/05/2025Make Russia pay for the damage Seize Russian assets now www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/make-...foreignaffairs.comMake Moscow PayThe case for seizing Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defense. 241408324
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/04/2025If the administration can exert federal oversight over Columbia, then any university is at risk. A collective response is needed. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...wsj.comExclusive | Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia UniversityIn an unusual move, the government is aiming to legally bind the school to changes as they negotiate over federal funding. 41892286
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/04/2025Lawyers, meanwhile, are figuring it out: Everyone has to hang together, or else they will all hang separately thehill.com/regulation/c...thehill.comHundreds of law firms, former judges sign onto briefs in support of Perkins CoieHundreds of law firms and former judges have signed onto friend-of-the-court briefs in support of Perkins Coie as the law firm challenges President Trump’s executive order targeting it. More… 512016406
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/04/2025"If there's anything worse than an economic plan that attempts to revive the 19th-c protectionist U.S. economy, it’s that the people responsible for explaining and implementing it don’t seem to have any idea what they’re doing, or why" read @dkthomp.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comThere Is Only One Way to Make Sense of the TariffsThe policy is absurd. It’s also an extension of Trump’s chaotic personality. 631135260
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialZbigniew Hołdys @zbigniewholdys.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Przypominam, że wybierając prezydenta RP nie głosujemy na największego jajcarza, kiciarza, pyskacza, kolesia w fajnym płaszczu, dziewczyny co ma ładne włosy - wybieramy przewodnika stada. Szefa plemienia. Kogoś, kto będzie kierował naszymi losami, a nie bawił się klockami lego. 1424245
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/03/2025In any other administration of the past 80 years, the defense secretary and the national security advisor would, following an equivalent scandal, now resign. 595163463579
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialDonald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Panie Prezydencie. Przywrócenie rządów prawa po ośmiu latach bezprawia, za które jest Pan współodpowiedzialny, było i jest głównym celem mojego rządu. A czasy, kiedy prezydent, premier czy prezes partii wpływali na losy śledztw, minęły. Proszę się do tego jakoś przyzwyczaić. 661035248
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialDonald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The war, the geopolitical uncertainty and the new arms race started by Putin have left Europe with no choice. Europe must be ready for this race, and Russia will lose it like the Soviet Union 40 years ago. From today, Europe will arm itself more wisely and faster than Russia. 662304539
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialRadosław Sikorski @radek-sikorski.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Ukraine is not, as the Russian ambassador said, a "project." Its statehood is older than Muscovy’s. It has been a member of the US longer than Russia. It has a language, an identity and its own aspirations. youtu.be/p4JFNtlxz9kyoutu.beRadosław Sikorski: Ukraine is not a "project", UN General Assembly, New York 24.02.2025YouTube video by Radosław Sikorski - kanał oficjalny 311196317
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialGarry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Yes. As I wrote long ago, if you think defeating Russia in Ukraine is expensive, wait until you see how expensive it gets if Russia wins. This is a true binary. There’s no draw or tie. 11600141
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialRafał Trzaskowski @rafal-trzaskowski.bsky.social · 14/02/202514 lutego? Dzień jak co dzień 😊 2065390
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/02/2025There is nothing "conservative" or "right-wing" about Patel, Gabbard or RFK Jr. They rather represent a new form of obscurantist radicalism: anti-evidence, anti-science, and opposed to the rule of law www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comThe New RasputinsAnti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe. 611920580
Reposted by @jerzn.bsky.socialZbigniew Hołdys @zbigniewholdys.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Mój nowy felieton (o Trumpie) jest na portalu @natematpl - > natemat.pl/586082,zbign...natemat.plZbigniew Hołdys: Słuchając monologu Donalda Trumpa zastanawiam się, czy to już jest koniec świataŁatwo zapominamy, że źródłem wiedzy o świecie są media. Trump to zrozumiał. Goebbels to zrozumiał. Jacek Kurski to zrozumiał. Dla mediów liczy się ostrość przekazu, wtedy kłamstwo tonie w morzu emocjo... 2337