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I watched this speech three times because it explains something the West still refuses to confront: Russia has found ways to wage war without forcing us to recognize that we are under attack. Strategic adviser Avi Shahar argues that expressions such as “hybrid warfare” and “below the Article 5 threshold” disguise what Russia is actually doing. The Kremlin manipulates political divisions, changes how we understand Western values, and simultaneously persuades parts of the left to reject patriotism while convincing parts of the right that Putin defends traditional values. I examine his argument, where I believe he is right, and why the Kremlin benefits every time Western leaders substitute carefully worded statements for meaningful consequences. Source video: https://x.com/EerikNKross/status/2100688952218853842 CHAPTERS 0:00 The speech I had to watch three times 0:24 Russia’s false claim to traditional values 2:39 Why “hybrid attack” is dangerous language 3:21 Starting a war we refuse to recognize 3:38 Who is Avi Shahar? 4:13 Russia benefits from Western euphemisms 5:21 Russia stole the dictionary 6:44 Undermining the values required for defense 8:51 The authoritarian strategy of gradual destruction 9:26 How Western institutions became targets 10:47 The Kremlin’s real objective 12:07 Manipulating both the left and the right 13:36 There is no “hybrid war”—only war 14:45 Is Shahar’s argument correct? 15:26 Putin is waiting to see what the West will do 15:55 Final thoughts and Operation Summer Strength Facts over noise. Context over headlines. Truth over talking points. Principle over partisanship. #Putin #Russia #NATO #Ukraine #HybridWarfare Fundraisers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMTs6amkGUg and Here is the direct link to the Ukraine Support Bridge: https://ukrainesupportbridge.com/ - Ukrainian Refugee M's Room and Board is covered for this year. It is not for the rest of her time at CSU. I will be pushing on the other fundraisers for now, but if you still wish to give to make that whole (Aprox 48K total), here is the direct link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ms-journey-at-charleston-southern-university?attribution_id=sl:2708fb35-6c96-49b9-a5f9-6b7567483de6&lang=en_US&ts=1786462653&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp30-treatment-3&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link ***** To support me as as I provide Ukraine war context: ***** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorGerdesExplains Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/professorgerdes Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/professorgerdes YouTube Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/@Professor-Gerdes/membership 🇺🇸 Contact the White House to express your support for Ukraine https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ *****IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE DIRECT AID TO UKRAINE: ***** 🇺🇸 Alternatively, you may choose to donate to Samaritan’s Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/ukraine-response/?utm_source=FY22UkraineResponseVanityURL&utm_medium=direct&utm_campaign=m_YUKR-22L3&utm_content=Ukraine-Response-Redirect%20%20 🇺🇦 If you wish to support the Ukrainian Army, give directly to United 24. Follow this link: https://u24.gov.ua/ ***BUY SOMETHING TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE *** 🇺🇦 If you purchase from Saint Javelin with my link below, a cut of the proceeds will go directly to humanitarian aid for soldiers (bandages, tourniquets, etc.). I don't get the revenue. It goes to buy medical supplies from UnitewithUkraine.com. Use this link: https://www.saintjavelin.com/en-us?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Gerdes 🇺🇸 This is the absolute CHEAPEST THING YOU CAN DO to support Ukraine (This is NOT MY SITE) https://amzn.to/4aPtwQr - Just support the war effort somehow. 🇺🇦 I wrote a book about Ukraine's president Zelenskyy which I have updated for the first 4-5 months of the war in Ukraine: It is free if you have Amazon Kindle Unlimited or $9.99 otherwise: https://amzn.to/3Q2wnyE 🇺🇦 If you cannot give or buy, you can like, share, and pray for the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇸 Please leave comments and tell me how I can help you gain more perspective. You can contact me @Dr_Gerdes on Twitter or email professorgerdesyt@gmail.com #UKRAINE #UKRAINERUSSIAWAR #UKRAINEWAR

The Republican revolt may be starting earlier than anyone expected. I’m a conservative Republican, but the evidence of serious trouble inside the party is becoming difficult to dismiss. Republican officeholders are breaking with President Trump, longtime conservatives are refusing to support some Trump-backed candidates, and Republican voters increasingly sound frustrated with their own party. I examine the tariff backlash, María Elvira Salazar’s public break with Trump, Karl Rove’s Democratic endorsement, the Texas Senate race, and a devastating Fox News poll. The central question is no longer whether Republicans face a difficult midterm election. It is whether the struggle between conservative Republicans and MAGA populists has already begun. 00:00 The Republican Civil War May Have Begun 01:09 Tariffs Become a Midterm Liability 02:03 Republicans Begin Breaking with Trump 03:50 Conservatives Are Holding Their Noses 04:43 Prominent Republicans Start Defecting 06:22 Trump’s Unforced Error in Texas 07:48 The Fox News Poll Alarming Republicans 09:42 Vance Asks Voters for More Time 11:13 Republican Voters Begin to Revolt 13:11 The Rebellion May Be Larger Than Expected #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Midterms #GOP #USPolitics Facts over noise. Context over headlines. Truth over talking points. Principle over partisanship. Fundraisers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMTs6amkGUg and Here is the direct link to the Ukraine Support Bridge: https://ukrainesupportbridge.com/ - Ukrainian Refugee M's Room and Board is covered for this year. It is not for the rest of her time at CSU. I will be pushing on the other fundraisers for now, but if you still wish to give to make that whole (Aprox 48K total), here is the direct link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ms-journey-at-charleston-southern-university?attribution_id=sl:2708fb35-6c96-49b9-a5f9-6b7567483de6&lang=en_US&ts=1786462653&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp30-treatment-3&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link ***** To support me as as I provide Ukraine war context: ***** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorGerdesExplains Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/professorgerdes Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/professorgerdes YouTube Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/@Professor-Gerdes/membership 🇺🇸 Contact the White House to express your support for Ukraine https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ *****IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE DIRECT AID TO UKRAINE: ***** 🇺🇦 I have partnered with Greg Terry for all donations to Ukraine. He has raised and delivered more than a quarter of a million dollars of aid to date. To directly support this effort of delivering necessary provisions to the front lines, click on these links (and then watch him give your donations to soldiers on the front lines on his channel): https://www.youtube.com/@GregTerryExperience Amazon Shopping List USA/North America (Shop and send to UKRAINE AID c/o Bethel Life's Gift Registry Address) https://a.co/iodWsUK Amazon Shopping List for EU/UK https://www.amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/... Direct Link for Financial Giving via our 501(c)(3) Tax-Deductible in the USA https://www.gregterry.org/donate.html Link for Greg's 501(c)(3) EIN Information https://www.gregterry.org/donate.html 🇺🇸 Alternatively, you may choose to donate to Samaritan’s Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/ukraine-response/?utm_source=FY22UkraineResponseVanityURL&utm_medium=direct&utm_campaign=m_YUKR-22L3&utm_content=Ukraine-Response-Redirect%20%20 🇺🇦 If you wish to support the Ukrainian Army, give directly to United 24. Follow this link: https://u24.gov.ua/ ***BUY SOMETHING TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE *** 🇺🇦 If you purchase from Saint Javelin with my link below, a cut of the proceeds will go directly to humanitarian aid for soldiers (bandages, tourniquets, etc.). I don't get the revenue. It goes to buy medical supplies from UnitewithUkraine.com. Use this link: https://www.saintjavelin.com/en-us?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Gerdes 🇺🇸 This is the absolute CHEAPEST THING YOU CAN DO to support Ukraine (This is NOT MY SITE) https://amzn.to/4aPtwQr - Just support the war effort somehow. 🇺🇦 I wrote a book about Ukraine's president Zelenskyy which I have updated for the first 4-5 months of the war in Ukraine: It is free if you have Amazon Kindle Unlimited or $9.99 otherwise: https://amzn.to/3Q2wnyE 🇺🇦 If you cannot give or buy, you can like, share, and pray for the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇸 Please leave comments and tell me how I can help you gain more perspective. You can contact me @Dr_Gerdes on Twitter or email professorgerdesyt@gmail.com #UKRAINE #UKRAINERUSSIAWAR #UKRAINEWAR

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Russia is not preparing to slow down. Ukrainian intelligence says Moscow is producing key missile types at 110–120 percent of its monthly targets and launched a record 198 ballistic and hypersonic missiles in July. Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, warns that Russia can currently launch approximately 77 ballistic and cruise missiles simultaneously and intends to build toward 200. His proposed answer is systematic strikes against the factories, components and infrastructure producing those weapons. This briefing also examines Ukraine’s continuing confidence in victory, Russia’s accelerating Rassvet satellite network, Moscow’s preparations for a possible mobilization without formally announcing one, Chinese components communicating from British military boats, Ukraine’s criticism of UNICEF’s false equivalence, depleted American weapons inventories, Pentagon demands for faster production and concerns that Ukraine could manufacture improved Patriot systems faster and more cheaply than existing American production lines. Chapters 0:00 Russia Is Preparing for Greater Conflict 0:20 Russian Missile Production Surges 1:05 From 77 to 200 Missiles at Once 1:53 Ukraine’s Only Way to Stop the Buildup 2:25 Blinding Russia’s Air Defenses 2:59 Ukrainians Still Expect Victory 3:37 Ukraine’s Most-Trusted Leaders 4:22 British Military Cameras Communicate With China 5:10 UNICEF Accused of False Equivalence 6:43 German Journalist Sparks Russian Outrage 7:22 Russia Accelerates Its Starlink Alternative 9:57 Russian Milblogger Says Victory Was Squandered 10:16 Moscow Rejects Freezing the War 10:59 Mobilization Without Calling It Mobilization 12:52 Adam Kadyrov’s Rapid Promotion 13:20 Pentagon Orders Faster Weapons Production 13:35 Iran War Depletes American Stockpiles 14:35 Why Ukraine Should Manufacture Patriots 15:30 Defense Contractors Fear Ukrainian Competition 16:44 Trump Backs Away From More Iran Strikes 17:40 “Boom Boom Boom” Becomes a Campaign Slogan 18:04 Shout-Out and Font Poll 19:01 Closing Facts over noise. Context over headlines. Truth over talking points. Principle over partisanship. ***** To support me as as I provide Ukraine war context: ***** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorGerdesExplains Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/professorgerdes Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/professorgerdes YouTube Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/@Professor-Gerdes/membership 🇺🇸 Contact the White House to express your support for Ukraine https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ *****IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE DIRECT AID TO UKRAINE: ***** 🇺🇦 I have partnered with Greg Terry for all donations to Ukraine. He has raised and delivered more than a quarter of a million dollars of aid to date. To directly support this effort of delivering necessary provisions to the front lines, click on these links (and then watch him give your donations to soldiers on the front lines on his channel): https://www.youtube.com/@GregTerryExperience Amazon Shopping List USA/North America (Shop and send to UKRAINE AID c/o Bethel Life's Gift Registry Address) https://a.co/iodWsUK Amazon Shopping List for EU/UK https://www.amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/... Direct Link for Financial Giving via our 501(c)(3) Tax-Deductible in the USA https://www.gregterry.org/donate.html Link for Greg's 501(c)(3) EIN Information https://www.gregterry.org/donate.html 🇺🇸 Alternatively, you may choose to donate to Samaritan’s Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/ukraine-response/?utm_source=FY22UkraineResponseVanityURL&utm_medium=direct&utm_campaign=m_YUKR-22L3&utm_content=Ukraine-Response-Redirect%20%20 🇺🇦 If you wish to support the Ukrainian Army, give directly to United 24. Follow this link: https://u24.gov.ua/ ***BUY SOMETHING TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE *** 🇺🇦 If you purchase from Saint Javelin with my link below, a cut of the proceeds will go directly to humanitarian aid for soldiers (bandages, tourniquets, etc.). I don't get the revenue. It goes to buy medical supplies from UnitewithUkraine.com. Use this link: https://www.saintjavelin.com/en-us?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Gerdes 🇺🇸 This is the absolute CHEAPEST THING YOU CAN DO to support Ukraine (This is NOT MY SITE) https://amzn.to/4aPtwQr - Just support the war effort somehow. 🇺🇦 I wrote a book about Ukraine's president Zelenskyy which I have updated for the first 4-5 months of the war in Ukraine: It is free if you have Amazon Kindle Unlimited or $9.99 otherwise: https://amzn.to/3Q2wnyE 🇺🇦 If you cannot give or buy, you can like, share, and pray for the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇸 Please leave comments and tell me how I can help you gain more perspective. You can contact me @Dr_Gerdes on Twitter or email professorgerdesyt@gmail.com #UKRAINE #UKRAINERUSSIAWAR #UKRAINEWAR

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