[Gift link. The Atlantic]: The New Rasputins

January 13, 2025Posted inAnne Applebaum, Donald Trump, Geopolitics, Putin, The Atlantic, Vladimir PutinNo Comments
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.By Anne Applebaum, January 7, 2025 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/trump-populist-conspiracism-autocracy-rfk-jr/681088/?gift=HoRfrgrF5SCKopc-hfobxPYMm07I0Wox5qt3iIzI66Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Explosion in Moscow. Russian Lieutenant General Kirillov, head of the military's radiation, chemical, and biological defense forces, and his assistant, were killed.

[Maks24]: ☠️🔥 Explosion in Moscow. Russian Lieutenant General Kirillov, head of the military’s radiation, chemical, and biological defense forces, and his assistant, were killed.

December 17, 2024Posted inMAKS 24, Putin, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
🛴 Scooter nearby was rigged with explosives, according to local residents. The liquidation of the head of the radiation and chemical protection troops of Russia is the work of SBU,…

Gifted article [NYTOpinion]: Putin Sees America Hurtling to Disaster, With Trump at the Wheel

November 26, 2024Posted inDonald Trump, Journalist, Mikhail Zygar, Putin, Russia, Russia, The New York Times, Trump, Vladimir Putin
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/opinion/putin-trump-russia-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c04.qD0-.NJhyDuy5v_QB&smid=url-share Gifted article [NYTOpinion]: Putin Sees America Hurtling to Disaster, With Trump at the Wheel Guest Essay. By Mikhail Zygar Nov. 19, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/opinion/putin-trump-russia-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c04.qD0-.NJhyDuy5v_QB&smid=url-share“ ..to many in the Kremlin, a…

Podcast [Puck Impolitic]: Impolitic with John Heilemann: Tom Nichols: Incendiary Nominations, Global Conflagrations, & Presidential Pyromania

November 20, 2024Posted inCommentators, Elon Musk, Impolitic, John Heileman, Pete Hegseth, Podcast, Putin, Republicans, Russia, Tom Nichols, Trump, Ukraine
This is worth your while to listen to: Tom Nichols: Incendiary Nominations, Global Conflagrations, & Presidential Pyromania, Impolitic with John Heilemann John is joined by Tom Nichols, professor emeritus of…