Wise words from @lordrickettsp.bsky.social on BBC R4 Today after Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine: UK gov’t has to start a conversation with the people about the threats from Russia & what it means for us. Europe can’t keep hoping that life will return to normal, as long as Trump & Putin are in power.
Andrew Whiteley
@andrewwhiteley.bsky.social
Green Guardian reading guitar playing trans activist left wing deep state liberal metropolitan wokerati elite (Hampshire branch) Angry every day at the injustices in the world No tofu though, it's like eating cardboard #FBPE
Brexit and Russia… “I think you would have to start with Boris Johnson. “The reason why there is still this confusion is there was no public attempt to establish with confidence what actually happened because successive British governments declined to look closely at what was going on.” (Times)
Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto says it is a “complete mistake” for the US to restrict satellite and intelligence support used by Ukraine. He warned that weakening Ukraine would convince Putin he can win and prolong the war. “I think that is completely wrong.” #Ukraine
North Carolina A&T students marched back to campus after their polling place was closed. They voted anyway! It took students about 45 minutes to reach Union Square — now the closest early polling place. Some sections of sidewalk were missing or obstructed by branches, forcing people into the street.
Trump's line was that Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries set the price of oil. The chokepoint he set ablaze says otherwise. The risk premium has one author. Kyiv is the capital, or simply: The place in question is Kyiv. Months into his Iran war, the strait is still mined and still burning.
🔥 BREAKING A supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude hit a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz. Blast and fire followed. The vessel was nearly triple the size of the 750,000-barrel tanker that struck a mine there earlier.
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Friends — It's time to defund Elon Musk. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk
OTD in 2016 Gorbachev stated quite categorically that he never received a promise by NATO not to admit new members to the alliance. He said the idea that Russia was betrayed is a myth. Which triggers my trolls.
🚨 SHOCK: Retired three-star Gen. Mark Hertling warns the U.S. could be dragged into ANOTHER Middle East war as Saudi Arabia seeks military help against the Houthis. HERTLING: “It's just going to draw the United States into another Middle Eastern war beyond what's going on in Iran right now.”
Putin’s oil barrels is filled with Ukrainian civilians blood. Screw you Trump.
❗️About an hour ago, the Russians hit the territory of the Sumy community with KABs, - OVA Occupiers used 8 KABs, 4 of which were in the regional center. At least two people are injured. Another air bomb hit a high-rise building and hit a reservoir. Miraculously, serious consequences were avoided.
especially since the US had promised Ukraine its 1992 Borders in the Budapest Memorandum in exchange for them giving up their 1,100" nuclear weapons.. their Bombers ( which are being used to bomb them).. This was not a verbal Promise.. but a written one
The last time Trump criticized Putin was July 31st 2025, 443 days ago. The last time Trump criticized Zelenskyy is measured in hours, not days. The US taking the side of the aggressor is a truly terrible global strategic signal, and will destabilize the world for years to come.
Woow. From Trump's inner circle comes the rebuff to Trump's incoherent ramblings. 🤬
ICE caused a horrible accident in city Heights, endangering our community San Diego
This is a concerted campaign of ethnic cleansing, occurring over decades and getting worse all the time.
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Washington Post Journalist in West Bank (Gift Article)
In the latest surge of violence, settlers targeted Palestinians during the olive harvest, a cultural touchstone and economic lifeline in the Israeli-occupied area.
nytimes.com
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla paid just 4.9% of their profits in federal corporate taxes in 2025. They've seen their collective tax bill drop by $95B thanks to two rounds of Trump tax cuts. Meanwhile, tech layoffs in 2026 have already surpassed 2025. Trickle-down economics was always a scam.
Let no one forget: Farage backs Trump and Trump backs Farage. Do tell all your friends, face to face. #ArrestFarage
After the 2016 election, my father and I exchanged letters to attempt to discuss his odious vote for Trump. He conceded some points but. he. did. not. want. to. hear. one. more. word. about. Russia. Well guess what Dad? It was all true and worse. #RemoveTrump
Of all the many evil betrayals I’ve seen in the last 60 years I’ve been alive, I’m struggling to think of any that match what Trump and Musk did to innocent Ukrainian citizens while Putin was sending missiles this way. A trio to live on in infamy well after I am gone
Trump was embarrassed by the coverage of his new Press Sec, but he's not embarrassed by the fact that he's sold out the United States to Putin and Netanyahu. It tells you everything you need to know about the man.