Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Security Service of Ukraine reported that 34% of Russia's strategic aviation worth about $7 billion was hit by yesterday's Spiderweb attack. 228528
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Reading the tea leaves about Trump's alleged trade negotiations, Japan & EU left the US without receiving any US demand. Everything is decided by Trump, but he is unable or unwilling to decide anything. Trump loves chaos, but that will sink the US economy. 211619
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialNew York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 19/04/2025Just before the author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was asked not to mention the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the campus library. Holiday refused, and the talk was canceled. This is the story he was going to tell.nytimes.comOpinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on CensorshipHow a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored. 12472179
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/04/2025China has suspended exports of rare earth minerals and magnets crucial to the world’s automakers, aerospace manufacturers and military contractors. The crackdown is part of the country’s retaliation for President Trump’s sharp increase in tariffs.nytimes.comChina Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War IntensifiesBeijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries. 106762255
nuri-yesbol.bsky.social @nuri-yesbol.bsky.social · 05/04/2025www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comObama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agendaIn a campus speech, the former president said universities should be prepared to lose federal funds to defend academic freedom, rather than be “intimidated.” 000
nuri-yesbol.bsky.social @nuri-yesbol.bsky.social · 27/03/2025www.spiegel.de/internationa...spiegel.deHegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found OnlineDonald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ... 000
nuri-yesbol.bsky.social @nuri-yesbol.bsky.social · 26/03/2025www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansU.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. 000
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialRoman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 21/03/2025This is Odesa, Ukraine, today. After a recent conversation with Putin, President Trump wrote that they had agreed on an “immediate ceasefire on all energy facilities.” But why did Putin agree? Because he never intended to honor it — he simply played Trump. 36933
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/03/2025The Russians "have spent the past decade building a cult of cruelty at home. Now they have exported that cult not just to Europe, not just to Africa, but to Washington too" 331507277
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Leaders of the free world stand united in London The United States is not among them 20245797713163
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 03/03/2025While Trump & his attack dog Vance berote brave Zelensky, the Russian armed forces continue the war as if nothing has happened. Trump has not asked Putin to make the slightest concession & Putin has not provided any, because Trump is Putin's obedient servant. 614832
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Macron: “But we must not forget one point—if anyone is playing the Third World War, it is Vladimir Putin. He was the one who started the war three years ago, and he brought 10,000 North Korean soldiers to European soil.” 10485622379
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Some hope before the London summit with 15 European leaders and Zelenskyy on a cold and sunny day. Starmer might play an important role here today. 1842837
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialRuprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025„Entweder stützt Europa jetzt die 🇺🇦 oder es fällt mit ihr. Entweder bleibt Europa frei oder es wird ein russisches Hegemonialgebiet. Entweder bleibt Europa eigenständig oder es wird dem Kreml gefügig. Entweder bleibt Europa EU oder es zerfällt in Protektorate.“ zeitung.faz.net/fas/feuillet...zeitung.faz.netDie Ukraine ist Europas letzte Chance 1646772
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/03/2025The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US. It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy. The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy. 28281961792
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun. 21555943913016
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 01/03/2025This is the best illustration of what happened today. 723642
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialDavid Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025This isn't about Zelenskyy, a patriot and hero. This is about an American administration penetrated and compromised by America's enemies. 13452681186
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia. 268121152746
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialDavid Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them. Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them. 20268471751
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialFlorian Klenk 👨🏻💻 @klenkflorian.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Der Präsident eines Staates, der seit drei Jahren geschunden und zerstört wird und dessen Bevölkerung vergewaltigt wird, muss sich vom US-Präsidenten vor der ganzen Welt anbrüllen lassen. Was für eine Schande 1545995932
nuri-yesbol.bsky.social @nuri-yesbol.bsky.social · 28/02/2025youtu.be/0y1n4CsEIfc?...youtu.beAnne Applebaum: westliche Demokratien und ihre neuen Feinde | Sternstunde Philosophie | SRF KulturYouTube video by SRF Kultur Sternstunden 000
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Still, this is good news. I would go further, and say the Vance/Musk intervention has strengthened the democratic centre. Historically high turnout, young ppl coming out to vote for the Left etc. And a potential chancellor who seems to feel encouraged now to firmly stand up to Trump/Musk. We'll see. 91227
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 23/02/2025🇩🇪🇺🇸 “Look at these recent interventions into Germany by Mr. Elon Musk. Interventions from DC are no less dramatic, drastic & brazen than those from Moscow. We are massively under pressure from two sides.” — Friedrich Merz. 17912148
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The first impression from the German elections is that Alternative for Germany's apparent rise stalled after JD Vance's objectionable public interference in their favor. Trump, Musk & Vance have become European hate objects & rightly so. 1121340
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Trump wants to defeat Ukraine, which Putin has failed to do, while he only wants to help Putin. The US has now exited the Western alliance. It no longer acknowledges that Russia is the aggressor. Europe & Ukraine need to defend themselves against Trump. 1016230
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 23/02/2025After Germany's center-right CDU won the elections, its leader Friedrich Merz promised to “achieve independence” from the US, which supported the Nazi-infected Alternative for Germany. The US has turned anti-democratic. www.ft.com/content/a87d...ft.comGermany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’Friedrich Merz says he has ‘no illusions’ about Trump administration’s ‘indifference’ towards Europe 26518126
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Trump's obedient Treasury servant Scott Bessent has published an op ed in FT, calling for US seizure of Ukrainian mineral assets without offering Ukraine anything whatsoever. These ruthless predators have no shame & no morals. www.ft.com/content/91a7...ft.comEconomic partnership will protect the Ukrainian people and the US taxpayerTrump’s bold international leadership aligns interests and benefits all 1114432
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Let this sink in: Musk & Vance (& of course their boss Trump) supported Alternative for Germany that even Le Pen has condemned for its support for SS. With Trump & Putin for SS! This is what the US has arrived at. 715930
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Apparently, no European center-right politicians of significance attended the Trumpist CPAC conference, only true extremists. Comparatively moderate rightwing extremists such as Polish President Andrzej Duda and Le Pen's deputy felt (and were) discriminated against. 311513
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 24/02/2025🇩🇪🗳️ German election 2025 The conservative coalition (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s national vote, while the far-right AfD saw its best-ever result, winning swathes of support in the east. For the SPD, it was a disaster. The results: www.politico.eu/article/germ... 2925983
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/02/2025DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement. 195109123463
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...understandingwar.orgInstitute for the Study of WarRussian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f... 7235341647
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialEurasia Group @eurasiagroup.net · 20/02/2025Europeans suddenly find themselves fighting a two-front war, writes @ianbremmer.com. Putin isn’t just seeking a deal on Ukraine – he wants an overhaul of the European security order. @gzeromedia.comgzeromedia.comTrump's dealmaking with Putin leaves Ukraine and Europe with nowhere to turnLess than a month into Donald Trump’s second term, talks to end the Ukraine war have finally begun. For the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, American and Russian officials sat do... 03012
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/02/2025This, a conversation between two very different people, Bret Stephens and Masha Gessen, is interesting www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘The World Is There for the Carving’: Two Columnists on the Trump-Putin AllianceWe’ve never seen anything like this: a president who appears aligned with a Russian dictator in targeting the weak and the vulnerable. 3243676
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony. snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...snyder.substack.com"Recoup the costs"The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine 1292921985
nuri-yesbol.bsky.social @nuri-yesbol.bsky.social · 21/02/2025www.euronews.com/2025/02/21/j...euronews.comBardella drops out of US conference after speaker gives Hitler saluteJordan Bardella, leader of France's National Rally, cancelled his appearance at CPAC after Steve Bannon made an apparent Nazi salute during his speech. 000
nuri-yesbol.bsky.social @nuri-yesbol.bsky.social · 17/02/2025www.ft.com/content/11f1...ft.comVance’s real warning to EuropeEuropeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America 000
nuri-yesbol.bsky.social @nuri-yesbol.bsky.social · 17/02/2025www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comAnalysis | A guide to the Trump administration lexiconTransparency, free speech and fraud have different meanings under Trump. 000
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say. 298168195420
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Toretsk. The city is dead, robbed of life by Russians in the largest war on the European continent since WWII. #StandWithUkraine 📹: libkos 731311471
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/02/2025Staffed by more than 30 engineers, lawyers and others — many with ties to Musk’s companies — DOGE and its allies have rattled the federal workforce.washingtonpost.comElon Musk’s DOGE has swept into 14 federal agencies. Here’s what to know.Internal email lists and other documents and interviews provide the widest view so far of who is working in DOGE — and officials inside other agencies with Musk connections. 109410161
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/01/2025Greeted with loud cheers, Elon Musk virtually delivered a short speech Saturday at a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, where he urged the crowd to not be ashamed of their country’s history.washingtonpost.comElon Musk urges far-right German party to move beyond ‘past guilt’The billionaire was received by cheers while addressing a rally for Alternative for Germany where he told attendees they shouldn’t be ashamed of their history. 148414173
Reposted by @nuri-yesbol.bsky.socialJürgen Nauditt @juergennauditt.bsky.social · 25/01/2025In Belarus, the Internet has been blocked again ahead of the so-called "elections" in 2025. Belarusians report problems with the Internet; human rights activists believe it is blocked on purpose. Access to foreign websites from abroad is restricted for three days under the pretext of "security". 49127
