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The FT has a detailed expose of Donald Trump Jr's corrupt visit to Mongolia with Putin-aligned oligarch Umar Kremlev (the same guy who paid for Don Jr's wedding celebration, yes). Note also that Don Jr. sold the right to accompany him on the trip literally to the highest bidder: by auction.

🛳️ Three tankers carrying Russian diesel are heading to the US. One of them is under US sanctions, - FT The vessels are carrying around 140,000 tonnes of the fuel. The Talisman tanker is due to arrive on the US east coast on 9 November. It is under US, EU and UK sanctions.

It is reported that Jared Kushner, the arriviste son-in-law of Donald Trump, was paid $50 million by the UAE in 2017/2018 to get former Sec of State Tillerson fired. (He was indeed fired.) A good reason for Europe to refuse to engage with Kushner's "diplomacy" ❌❌❌ newrepublic.com/post/217201/...

This smells on all sides. The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, NYT reports. A US official said the review is part of efforts to “improve US-Russia relations and help end the war,” while praising fund chief Dmitriev as a useful intermediary.

❗️Ukrainian sources say Kyiv has received no update from Pete Hegseth or the Pentagon on approvals for Patriot and NASAMS missiles, with no movement reported. Zelensky said Ukraine has been waiting nearly a month for Hegseth’s sign-off and instructed his team to raise the issue again. #Ukraine

Repeat after me: Russia has no legitimate security concerns; only its neighbours do. Russia has been the only one invading others.

So, Musk lied when he accused Ukraine of violating Starlink’s terms of service. What a surprise. NOT.

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New: I wrote a long critical essay about Marco Rubio -- the moral compromises he's made and the intellectual hypocrisies he hourly indulges to serve Donald Trump. macspaunday.substack.com/p/marco-solo...

The war in the Middle East continues, and certain actors stand to benefit from it. One of the main beneficiaries is Moscow. Putin profits from high oil prices, seeks sanctions relief, and uses the crisis to pressure Ukraine.⤵️

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

The names and faces of those behind the Kremlin's misinformation network 'Doppelgänger' have been revealed. These facts must be investigated and those responsible brought to justice, as individuals who create and promote Russian propaganda commit a series of grave crimes

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Bill Clinton on Ukraine: I'm tired of the way we treat our allies like dirt. And now, just this last week, Trump has finally done what he's threatened to do since he ran the first time, which is to abandon Ukraine and embrace Putin all over again.

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Why did no one in russia listen to the Wests concerns about putting dismantling the growing democracy in russia? When Georgia, Moldavia and Ukraine said they didn't want to be invaded? Why didn't russia listen when the mentally sane part of the world said to stop stealing, raping and killing?

This is going around. It's not just the content which is insulting nonsense. The entire attitude of Witkoff throughout this process has been a kind of sycophancy, though I worry that Witkoff - like Trump - may in fact genuinely admire Putin. And the key point from a bargaining perspective is that...

the market. Not one cent. This is all about making Trump look good and as though it’s bringing prices down. And making Russia look like the good guy when it’s far from it. Believe none of it - it’s a giant scam, a lie and as fake as it gets in the real world.

US EXPORTS FAR MORE DIESEL THAN PUTIN IS SENDING - ITS ALL A CON Another 40,000 tons of sub standard diesel sludge is being sent to the US as roughly 200,000 tons a day is exported FROM the US. 40kt is around 2 hours of US consumption. None of it is making the slightest difference to the price or

Four brothers went to war against Hitler. Three were killed. The fourth survived, and his grandson, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is the president of Ukraine. Zelensky comes from a family that fought tyrants: Trump negotiates with them while demanding concessions from their victims.

3/3 Trump's exact words "the heaviest rainfall they've had in ten years." So let's check how much rain there was in Kyiv on 23 Feb 2022, and in the days before that too. Oh look, none at all. Presidementia cannot be trusted with anything he says, ever.

Why would any country buy any US weapon when they now know there’s a kill switch and that the US uses those kill switches?

❗️Zelensky says the Pentagon is delaying interceptor missiles already paid for by Ukraine’s partners. New Patriot batches await Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s approval, while European partners also need US authorization to transfer interceptors. Hegseth is playing with lives. #Ukraine

When Trump says the Ukraine does not want to end the war, what he is really saying is that Ukraine does not want to surrender to a deal that he has worked out with Putin which would see the Ukrainians hand over more of their land and people. Speaking the truth is important.

This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Marco Rubio says Trump is pausing sanctions for 60 days to see whether talks involving Ukraine and Russia can produce a positive result and avoid another year of war. RBC-Ukraine reports the US is considering further sanctions relief covering tankers, gas, companies and individuals. #US

Republican Rep. Don Bacon sharply criticized Trump’s post on Russia, saying the president is “being duped by Putin” and “doesn’t know who is at fault in this war.” Bacon also accused Trump of denying what members of his own administration say about Russian aid to Iran. #US

TRUMP TREACHERY CONTINUES OVER STARLINK AS HE LETS UKRAINIANS DIE

The fire covered a significant area of ​​​​the tank, creating a critical thermal impact on neighboring tanks and technological bridges of the oil depot.

THE GAP BETWEEN THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER AND THE SEATING OF THE NEW CONGRESS IN JANUARY Stand by for a January 6 moment from the Republicans that goes on for weeks. They’re going to launch a fake election onslaught the likes of which we have not seen. They’re not willing to give in and they’ll use

the lame duck session to pass laws and regulations that disrupt the process and even invalidate it. Don’t expect them to go quietly. Expect a crisis they manufacture to suit their agenda. I don’t believe they’ll go quietly.

Simply put. We'll likely see Trump and Putin agree to a fake "armistace deal" in the next week or so, aimed at saving midterm elections. Putin is now milking Trump for maximum concessions before agreeing, with Trump piling on the gifts. Turning off Starlink was to ensure that if..

Ukraine doesn't agree, Putin just ramps up the massacres on newly undefended cities - as it's required for Ukraine's interceptors - until Zelensky agrees. Russia will break the agreement the day after the election, claiming Ukraine broke the agreement, but..

Putin will already have massive concessions, walking away with huge new revenue streams for his war machine.

Wow. Since last September, the Justice Department has filed lawsuits against 30 states and the District of Columbia to obtain state voter rolls. 26 of those cases have been decided in district court. The DOJ lost every single one of them. buff.ly/UiTIK8N

To be honest, the entire World is already struggling to understand and explain to their kids! Particularly the global inaction of the US society and the complicity from tech companies!

1,000 years from now, teachers will struggle to explain to their students how at this time in history, we found literally the most despicable human being in America and made him the most powerful person in the world

No matter how much President Trump talks about how sorry he feels for all the young men dying, how sorry he feels for Ukraine,Russia,Europe,I'm convinced he doesn't feel sorry for anyone He’sthe president of the United States,he will pursue his country's national interests exclusively, as he should

In contrast, in Ukraine, after exceeding 161 km/h, the terminal turns off, which causes the connection with the drone to be lost. ​ This blocks the use of some interceptor drones against jet Shaheds and the delivery of food and water by Starlink drones to isolated combat positions.

Comment from me: Russian cemeteries have indeed increased significantly; 48,000 Russian soldiers were casualties in Ukraine in September.

The Telegraph obtained information that it was Elon Musk’s idea to reduce the maximum speed of Starlink-controlled (interceptor-) drones in Ukraine, then got cold feet that this might backfire on Starlink in the European market and then finally blamed Trump for this episode.

Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski: “The USA haven’t spent a single cent on Ukraine since January 2025, so more than 1.5 years. We in Europe are doing it.”

It was Musk after all. The Telegraph's lead story tomorrow (published online this evening) says four sources tell them it was at Elon's behest Starlink/Starshield was slowed, which allowed Russia to kill more Ukrainians.

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Reuters reports the order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield service came from inside the White House, citing two US officials and a Western official. A senior US official said Trump did not make the request. Kyiv was reportedly told it was a White House decision. #Ukraine