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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago

Bleak tidbit from Regime Change — Bessent attempted a Hitler-style shakedown of Zelenskyy as one of his first acts as Treasury Secretary

“Bessent’s proposal would require Ukraine to pay the United States 50 percent of future revenue from state-owned natural resources, including hydrocarbons and rare earth minerals. The document prescribed very specific commitments from Ukraine, but offered no security commitments from the United States. Even though the minerals deal had been Zelensky’s idea, part of the “Victory Plan for Ukraine” he had recently unveiled, he was shocked by Bessent’s terms. Zelensky explained that he was leading his country through a particularly violent phase of the three-year-old war, and insisted that he and his staff needed more time to consider the proposal. Bessent saw things very differently. He had traveled nearly five thousand miles to an active war zone to obtain Zelensky’s signature, and now Zelensky was telling him no. “You need to sign this,” Bessent urged. “The purpose of this is to show that there is no daylight” between the U.S. and Ukraine. Zelensky, furious, replied that the document was an attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty. This was not the way international agreements worked—this was a shakedown.” Excerpt From Regime Change Maggie Haberman https://books.apple.com/us/book/regime-change/id6761716648 This material may be protected by copyright.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 13h ago

The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 3h ago

🔴 Ukrainian Flamingo missiles hit Russian space center. On August 15, Ukrainian "Flamingo" missiles reportedly struck the Progress Rocket Space Center in Samara and caused a fire near the Savasleyka airbase in Russia.

Meidas Ian@lordye.bsky.social · 17h ago

If only you hadn’t sacked all your experienced generals and Middle East intelligence officers, or listened to absolutely ANYONE based in Bahrain for decades that this would be the outcome! Bibi has been waiting for someone this stupid and Iran has been prepared for this farce of a war for decades!

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Meidas Ian@lordye.bsky.social · 17h ago

No surprises there. This farce of a regime has no-one of relevant experience in any FUCKIN department! bsky.app/profile/meid...

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 19h ago

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Military families and service members are now describing horrific conditions across MULTIPLE ships: human waste flooding bathrooms, virtually no food, water or soap, months without port calls, exhausted crews, and no end in sight. This crisis is far bigger than just the Lincoln.

Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 4d ago

Climate crisis wipes out EU's economic growth. Brutal summer set to cost EU economy €180 billion this year — equivalent to 1 % of GDP, which is all the growth expected in 2026. “Every year adaptation without mitigation is a year borrowed against a hotter baseline.” www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Europe’s scorching summer is erasing its economic growth, says report

Dutch growth is set to be almost entirely wiped out, and France could be pushed into a contraction.

politico.eu

Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · yesterday

This morning the website of Parliament’s standards commissioner has been updated to confirm that his investigation is no longer suspended

Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · yesterday

Nigel Farage has won Clacton by-election, which was boycotted by other major Westminster parties 
The contest was triggered when the Reform UK leader resigned as an MP while under investigation for £5m gift he didn't declare Now he’s been re-elected, that parliamentary investigation will resume

Julia@toddlenrant.bsky.social · 2d ago

They also have a monopoly, a seriously bad fit with privatisation. Water services are vital to population and should be in public control. I'm seething! And in this heat!

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · yesterday

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · yesterday

These are the headlines from the Clacton by-election: ⚫ Nigel Farage won but refused to show up to the count ⚫ Reform claimed it followed advice from the police, but police refuted this ⚫ Farage: 22,239 votes, Count Binface: 9455 ⚫ The Westminster probe into the undeclared £5m is now set to resume

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