The Abu Dhabi talks between Ukraine, the US, and russia wrapped up almost as fast as they began, with today’s session lasting barely two hours. It’s obvious why: there was never any real foundation for negotiations.
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Moscow remains intent on destroying Ukraine at all costs, an ambition emboldened by Donald Trump, while Ukraine refuses to surrender in an undefeated war just to appease third-party dealmakers. Far from genuine diplomacy, these meetings are nothing more than a sideshow.
🔥 BREAKING: Ukraine reportedly struck russia’s massive Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea! A huge fire erupted, reportedly visible all the way from Estonia. Oil tankers may also have been hit, but this remains unconfirmed. Meanwhile, explosions were reported in Smolensk, Adygea, and Tver.
🇺🇦 Ukraine has rejected a new US proposal to redraw its borders as part of a peace deal with russia, according to The Telegraph. A Ukrainian source says the delegation has never discussed surrendering occupied territory and will never recognize russian occupation, either legally or in practice.
There is an active outbreak of avian flu (H5 influenza) in dairy herds in Washington State, particularly the Yakima Valley. A number of dairy workers have been infected, with at least one death. Speaking with workers, we believe the official case numbers are a vast undercount. 1/
9th Cir., 2-1, vacates the injunction against ICE troops that ordered them not to shoot into crowds in Portland with less-lethal rounds unless they would be legally justified in using deadly force. Maj. op. is Lee (Trump I), Tung (Trump II). Dissent is de Alba (Biden). LINK
MS NOW: Democrat Scott Colom's lead in the Mississippi Senate race has now increased to 2,607 votes.
The day's first updates from Mississippi—per the AP's count—net Scott Colom an additional 39 votes. (That effectively erases Hyde-Smith's small gain yesterday.) His statewide lead is now 2,575.
JUST IN: DOJ demanded 18 months of journalists' records from LinkedIn as part of a classified leak probe. Today, a federal appeals court shot down that "overbroad" demand and warned of threats to press freedom. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2026/11...
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Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · yesterdayAG says he will be monitoring the opposition's speech and trying to jail those he deems go too far. "There's been so much vile rhetoric coming out the incoming congressmen and senators... You cannot threaten... We cannot let the rhetoric turn from just honest debate to actual criminal conduct."
Police receive further criminal allegations against Russell Brand www.theguardian.com/news/2026/no...
Police receive further criminal allegations against Russell Brand
Met says several people have been in contact since start of disgraced comedian’s rape and sexual assault trial
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U.S. President Donald Trump's former Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had a "troubling" back-channel with Andriy Yermak, the controversial former head of the President’s Office Head, the Kyiv Independent can exclusively reveal.
Exclusive: Zelensky’s ex-chief of staff Yermak ran 'troubling' back-channel with Trump's Susie Wiles
U.S. President Donald Trump's former Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had a "troubling" back-channel with Andriy Yermak, the controversial former head of the President’s Office, the Kyiv Independent can exc...
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21.02.2008: Saakashvili offered to abandon Georgia’s NATO ambitions in exchange for russia supporting the restoration of Georgia’s territorial integrity. Putin laughed off the proposal and warned that the situation for Georgia would only get significantly worse in the future.
Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦@andrewchak.bsky.social · 2d agomoscow commits atrocities until the sheer volume overwhelms our capacity to comprehend them. Then comes the poisonous vocabulary that makes the horror wrought by russia easier to ignore: “proxy war” “NATO expansion” “escalation” Words launder responsibility. www.realclearworld.com/articles/202...
JUST IN: A 28th straight loss for DOJ in efforts to obtain state voter rolls, this time in Delaware. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"He became President of the United States in that moment, period"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTrump: "Pete Hegseth gets an 'A' PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense against a disgruntled, angry, defeated, former Congressman, Thomas Massie, a TOTAL LOSER!"
I recall him saying his goal was to denazify Ukraine. Now, it's historically Russian land. What a crock
Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · yesterdayPutin justifies his invasion by claiming Ukraine is “historically Russian territory.” According to Putin’s logic, how many other countries are “historically Russian”? Based on the Russian Empire in 1914, at least 15 more states are potential targets www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
“How about the acid wash of the e-mails that didn’t mean anything? How about the 33,000 missing e-mails that were acid washed — acid washed. And Rudy was telling me, nobody does it because it’s such an expensive process. OK, 33,000.”
CNN@cnn.com · yesterdayHouse Democrats are demanding that the Interior department retain documents related to Trump's construction projects around Washington after whistleblowers warned that key paperwork has already been destroyed before Democrats take power, congressional sources tell CNN. https://cnn.it/4k7pJX9
to all the people arguing in our mentions that it's honeytrap not honeypot: congratulations, you have been caught in The Museum of English Rural Life's honeypot honeytrap
This is a genuine honeypot from our collection. It has no ulterior motives. But, to be safe, please do not pass it any state secrets.
❗️At the negotiations in the UAE, a large-scale prisoner exchange was agreed upon for the near future, — sources from “Radio Svoboda”.
Thank you for that, Sir. That admission is noted for the record.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayHegseth notes that everything he did was "ordered by the commander in chief" (he was just following orders, you see)
Making up a word like "narco-terrorists" doesn't change the fact that you murdered a bunch of fisherman who'd been charged with no crime, like you were playing Call of Duty in your mom's basement
CNN: “.. Multiple credible whistleblowers have approached Huffman’s committee in recent weeks to voice concern that the Interior Department is getting rid of records in anticipation of forthcoming scrutiny ..” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/11/10/p...
