Anne Applebaum

anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

19 October 2026 21:46

This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

fierygran.bsky.social

19 October 2026 16:07

He has carved out a 30-year career as the carney barker for a shifting coalition of the aggrieved: - City AM

The Kyiv Independent

kyivindependent.com

19 October 2026 15:25

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has yet to approve the transfer of a significant batch of Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine, Ukrainian officials told the Kyiv Independent, raising suspicions that Washington is deliberately withholding the weapons.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸

nothoodlum.bsky.social

19 October 2026 10:14

Mike Johnson: “It's kind of quiet around here. It has been for the last several days. It's very unfortunate.” Brennan: “Well, you did send your lawmakers home to their districts.” Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social

fierygran.bsky.social

19 October 2026 08:45

Been hearing commentators on rise of populism assert that the young are ‘rejecting democracy as having failed them’. Surely it can’t be possible that we’ve managed to lose our young to such an extent that they actually careless that their🌍 is being carved up by brutal dictators the likes of those 3?