Really heartened to see this

„Ich weiß nicht, welche verdeckten Zahlungen Schröder von Putin bekommen hat. Es gibt eine offizielle Bezahlung und ich habe keine Zweifel, dass es auch verdeckte Zahlungen gibt. Das ist meine persönliche Meinung als Anwalt, der Rosneft und Gazprom mehrere Jahre lang untersucht…

Indeed. An extended press release

Republicans are running scared on abortion

Russian trolls on my YouTube channel say it’s extremely unfair for me to translate genocidal stuff Russians say, because it makes them look bad to the Westerners who wouldn’t know it otherwise.

'I’m relieved to have a prudent and experienced president in the White House, surrounded by prudent and experienced advisers,' Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 writes.

'That might not be true next year.' wapo.st/4aK2KcK

NPR news chief defends newsroom’s record after senior editor says network has 'lost America's trust' - my story on ⁦Uri Berliner⁩’s essay npr.org/2024/04/09/124…

Under the radar but interesting (and maybe important): NewsGuard, which (quite fairly) rates news organizations for credibility and quality, has downgraded the The New York Times for the first time. It said it did so because…More: dropbox.com/scl/fi/nmem5n9…

Given that the Russians famously repress evangelical Christians, in Russia and in occupied Ukraine, this is extraordinary. She can't have heard this by accident and she can't be repeating it because she thinks it is true.

Nearly 4 years ago I warned about Jan Marsalek's links to Russian intel services. Little did I know that by then, he was already investigating me, using corrupted Austrian security offices, at the request of Russian intelligence services. What a meta story derstandard.at/story/30000002…

This is wild. Ordinary Iranians seize another opportunity to give the finger to the regime

Thread from today's U.S. Senate event on Vladimir Kara-Murza

'The Kremlin dismisses the opposition as an irrelevant and unpopular bunch of foreign stooges. Yet it belies that claim by persecuting them assiduously.' Edward Lucas explains why the Kremlin wants to silence Vladimir Kara-Murza. cepa.org/article/toxic-…

Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in prison for criticizing the Putin regime and the Russian war in Ukraine. Join us in calling for the release of Kara-Murza and other political prisoners held by the Kremlin for supporting a free and democratic Russia. #FreeKaraMurza

Eyes should be on a vote for Ukraine aid and not on the clown show. Enough

Surreal; This awesome graduation dance video got these female students into trouble. They now face prosecution for the “crime” of dancing during their graduation ceremony at Al-Zahra University in Bushehr, Iran. The university president threatened legal action against all these…

A smart look-back at the 'Intellectual Dark Web' from Cathy Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 that includes John McWhorter summarizing many of the members' “drift into poised lunacy.”

plus.thebulwark.com/p/from-intelle…

Kinzinger: Johnson will be blamed in history books if Ukraine loses war with Russia | The Hill thehill.com/homenews/house…

This is really interesting and useful to boot. Haven’t seen anyone else do this

My extended look at: Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done on Foreign Policy? ⁦Susan Glasser⁩ ⁦Christian Caryl⁩ ⁦Steve Clemons⁩ ⁦Paul Glastris⁩ ⁦Fareed Zakaria⁩ washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/07/tru…