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Published: May 8, 2025 12:47

Excellent analysis here of the crass unreality of Trump’s budget proposal. Worth adding—it is not just unreal but unrealistic. If something like this were followed it is unclear the US would be able to borrow money in 2026.…

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Published: May 8, 2025 12:46

Reporters writing about Trump’s Alcatraz fantasy - please mention current US incarceration rates and the huge associated costs, human and financial.

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Published: May 8, 2025 02:35

Peter Krékó, quoted here, has been doing great work. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: May 8, 2025 02:34

Russia keeps killing civilians, and our official policy, sadly, is to blame the Ukrainian victims. The US could act to stop this, but we seem to lack both empathy and strategy. Good reporting here. …

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Published: May 6, 2025 15:43

Thanks to every one who helped me to raise funds for drone defense and (with Mark Hamill) mine clearing robots and (with Slawek Sierakowski) evacuation vehicles. You saved lives. We will keep going. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: May 6, 2025 15:42

One of the very first discussions of my book "On Freedom," from Kyiv with Scott Simon. https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5106875/timothy-snyders-on-freedom-explores-how-we-misunderstand-the-concept

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Published: May 6, 2025 15:41

Latest of an interesting group of articles broadly about the Westsplaining of Ukraine. Unfortunately the present moment, with the Putinism on display in the White House, also calls for simpler critiques. trafo.hypotheses.org/52545…

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Published: May 5, 2025 14:35

Yes, Trump’s crypto grifts, well reported in NYT, reveal unprecedented corruption. But they also reveal that the people who can ruin the economy are in effect shorting the US dollar.

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Published: May 4, 2025 16:22

Fascism, this time around, celebrates physical cowardice. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: May 4, 2025 16:21

In order to serve Trump, being unqualified is the qualification. https://lastcampaign.substack.com/p/trumps-surgeon-general-pick-distorted?triedRedirect=true

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Published: May 4, 2025 15:02

I am very honoured to among this group, and touched to be together with my exceptional colleague Serhii Plokhii, the great historian of Ukraine and much else. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04-23-honorary-degree-recipients-2025-announced

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Published: May 4, 2025 14:56

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. https://snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow

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Published: May 3, 2025 14:26

The underlying story is the oligarchy. The policy is the froth. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/trump-cryptocurrency-usd1-dubai-conference-announcement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Published: May 3, 2025 14:25

Yes. We keep writing headlines that assign powers to the president that he does not have. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: May 2, 2025 19:05

“decide yourself” – Thank you, R.E.M. This support of Radio Free Europe is incredibly touching. https://ffm.to/remrfe2025?mc_cid=179bafec14&mc_cid=179bafec14

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Published: May 2, 2025 16:07

It’s strange how we cannot make policy to protect Americans from Russian and Chinese disinformation without elements of the American far right identifying with and protecting Russian and Chinese disinformation.…

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Published: May 2, 2025 15:59

We are choosing ignorance and poverty https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01396-2

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Published: May 2, 2025 15:57

Big Lie institutionalizes itself through the children. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: May 1, 2025 17:49

If the Trump administration wanted to oppose antisemitism, they could start with themselves. They are trivializing the concept of antisemitism, making it meaningless — and that is a terrible antisemitic action.…

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Published: May 1, 2025 17:45

Makes excuses for genocide, extends war, applauds aggressor, repeats lies https://nypost.com/2025/04/30/us-news/steve-witkoff-shouldnt-be-leading-iran-russia-negotiations-allies-and-insiders-say/

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Published: May 1, 2025 17:43

This is just not the historical moment for the NYT to be telling victorious center-left wing parties in other countries what they "need" to do. [contains quote post or other embedded content]