Jack Hutton

[Financial Times]: Putin envoy visits White House as Donald Trump toys with détente.

By hutton.jack April 3, 2025Financial Times, Max Seddon, Russia, Steve Witkoff, Trump, Vladimir PutinNo Comments

By Max Seddon in Berlin, April 3, 2025 Reuters reported on Wednesday that Dmitriev had been invited to the White House by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy…

Claude Malhuret, Senator of Allier: Trump’s Betrayal of The Democratic World.

By hutton.jack March 6, 2025Autocracy, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, France, National Security, Putin, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

President of the "Les Indépendants" Group, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Note via Susan Glaser of the New Yorker on Twitter/X : "Powerful speech about Trump’s betrayal of the…

Eric Burlison

By hutton.jack February 28, 2025Elon Musk, Eric Burlison, Medicaid, Social Security

U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2023.In a speech on the House floor at the start of his term, Burlison criticized DirectTV for removing Newsmax TV from its listings, despite Newsmax being caught spreading misinformation…

[Rolling Stone]: CPAC 2025: Conservative Elites Celebrate Trump as America Self-Immolates.

By hutton.jack February 23, 2025Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/cpac-2025-trump-conservative-elites-celebrate-1235276778 Tragedy and Farce The annual MAGA gathering felt like watching the most comfortable, frantically aggrieved parts of Trump’s base yell at the TV. By Asawin Suebsaeng, February 22, 2025…

[Substack, The Status Kuo]: Hold My Beer, Neville Chamberlain

By hutton.jack February 19, 2025Autocracy, Donald Trump, Geopolitics, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

The U.S. “peace talks” with Russia over Ukraine, which include neither Ukraine nor any of our allies, is an upside down horror show. By Jay Kuo, Feb 19, 2025 https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/hold-my-beer-neville-chamberlain?r=buqu&utm_medium=ios

[The Atlantic]: There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

By hutton.jack February 18, 2025Anne Applebaum, Articles, Autocracy, Autocrats, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Elon Musk, J.D. Vance, Russell Vought, Steve Bannon, The Atlantic, Trump, Trump Administration

How regime change happens in America. By Anne Applebaum, February 13, 2025. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671 Summary of "There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing: How Regime Change Happens in…

[Foreign Affairs]: The Path to American Authoritarianism

By hutton.jack February 18, 2025Articles, Autocracy, Foreign Affairs, Republicans, Trump

What Comes After Democratic Breakdown. By Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way, February 11, 2025 https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/02/11/the-path-to-american-authoritarianism/content.html Summary of "The Path to American Authoritarianism" (full transparency: ChatGPT used here to quickly…