"The idea of diplomatic relations with Russia is a sick joke when they use the house we provide to work against our interest and propagandise for the murder of our friends." https://t.co/SCSHZLc63X
💰Slovakia's latest scandal: PM Robert Fico vanished after his Moscow trip, but his social media video blaming Ukraine for halting Russian gas helped reveal his location—a €5,740/night luxury suite at Capella Hotel Hanoi, Vietnam. For context, his monthly salary is €11,200. 1/3
"Ucrania es más fuerte que nunca, porque por primera vez en siglos, tiene un Estado, un ejército y un liderazgo. Los debates públicos fomentan su unidad nacional y su identidad política clara hacia Rusia. Y tiene aliados que la apoyan genuinamente. Ya no es un satélite de nadie."
5/9 Ukraine now has partners for the first time in history who genuinely support it, despite their shortcomings. Ukraine is no longer anyone's satellite state.
This isn’t just a prop, it’s 🇷🇺 mentality.
A dummy missile labeled ‘To Washington’ and a vehicle declaring ‘Remove US interference from the fatherland.’
@IlvesToomas There is a similar organisation of "Russia Patriots" with connections to DPR here in Ireland.
They haven't committed anything (that anyone noticed) yet, but likely only due to lack of orders, not enthusiasm.
Read the whole post.
And how does a Russian who fought for Russia in the Donbas get into Germany... where he plans violence and sabotage?
What Verfassungschutz doing?
Recently, a wave of de-monetization campaigns have taken place on X. Several large organizations and "superspreader" accounts have lost their verification on the platform, reducing their visibility and removing their ability to monetize on ad share revenue or subscription services.
This started soon after a group of MAGA activists started opposing Vivek Ramaswamy's and Elon Musk's views on H-1B visas. The most vocal of all was @LauraLoomer, and she was the first one to lose her blue tick. Soon after this, @ConservativeOG lost their gold checkmark, and all the accounts affiliated with the group lost their blue ticks.
Another group affiliated with Nick Fuentes called "Groypers" was suspended soon after, as well as the following accounts:
Myron Gaines (grifter from Fresh and Fit podcast)
Anastasia Loupis (Danish conspiracy theorist)
Sulaiman Ahmed (Pakistani serial liar and Mario Nawfal's co-host)
Stew Peters (American racist conspiracy theorist)
Jake Shields (antisemite conspiracy theorist)
In addition, some content farms were suspended for engagement manipulation.
In Dec 2022 Elon himself claimed that "a high priority software update for Twitter is showing the reason for account suspension or deboosting" and that "rules should be equally & consistently applied." In Jul 2023 he doubled-down on this, stating that "The reason for suspension should be shown, along with ability to appeal quickly and easily."
Yet, I'm not sure if any of these people have been explained WHY their reach has been limited or why they were suspended.
Is it because their spreading lies and are being constantly Community Noted? Then why not do the same for Dom Lucre, Ian Miles Cheong or Matt Wallace? Is it because of antisemitic content? Then why are Vadim Loskutov AKA @runews and @DougAMacgregor still around?
The whole incident reeks of "rules for thee but not for me," where Elon's friends miraculously avoid suspensions and demonetizations but then those who criticize his views seem to be getting the whip.
And I'm not saying because I'm a big fan of these racist and antisemite bullshit peddlers (most of them even have Vatnik Soup entries), it's just unbelievable how unpredictable and unhinged the platform's owner seems to have become.
Mid-Dec 2 AfD politicians spoke at an event organized by Swiss neo-Nazi group Junge Tat & attended by members of Blood & Honour
Musk has thrown his full support behind the pro-Russian AfD party
Also 2 members from AfD spent election night at Mar a Lago https://t.co/fkpPM0lGZm
Every time I try to have an intellectually honest conversation with someone who says he doesn't care about Ukraine, but cares about Gaza, it always comes down to America is the biggest evil in the world. In the end, it's not about Gaza, it's not about Ukraine, it's about the radical left's struggle against the US. As if a world would be a better place if we were left only with the likes of Putin and Xi. I'm sorry, a democratic US will always be the lesser evil than totalitarian Russia and China. It was true during the Cold War and it's true today.
"Una Ucrania neutral es una ilusión de quienes no entienden la historia.
En los últimos 350 años, Rusia atacó Ucrania en 24 guerras (h/t Victor Yushchenko).
Durante siglos, los ucranianos han luchado y muerto por liberarse de Rusia.
No se puede imponer la neutralidad a Ucrania."
Neutral Ukraine is a delusion of those who don’t understand history.
Over the last 350 years, Russia fought Ukraine in 24 wars (h/t Victor Yushchenko)
For centuries, Ukrainians have fought and died for freedom from Russia. Neutrality cannot be forced on Ukraine 1/
Why isn't the Russo-Ukranian War just another local/regional conflict?
The Russo-Ukranian War is a traditional imperialist war - expansion of borders, establishing control, restructuring Ukrainian national identity - which the world has not seen since WWII.
There were many local and regional wars, usually fueled by ethno-religious motives, there were distant imperialist interventions of both the West and the East, but a war of a nature such as the one against Ukraine has not been fought after Hitler.
It's not a matter of casualties alone, the destructive weapons used alone. The spirit of this war is the spirit of a long-gone, different Europe. When large nations could start wars with their neighbors simply by feeling more powerful than them.
This breaks all the rules, this brings us back to the age of war, when the strong constantly prey on the weak, but this time in an era of weapons of mass destruction. Russia's behavior should terrify and should ring all the alarms no matter on which continent one lives.
@polidemitolog Furthermore, it is a war that is part of a global strategy against the entire international order, by Russia, Iran and China against all democracies, and for unipolarity to replace the US as the superpower.