toomas ilves, ex-verif @ilvestoomas@respublicae.eu
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"The buck stops with the crank lawyers that gave the president advice that he followed"
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Republican Accountability: Mike Pence on the potential indictment of Trump for Jan. 6:
"I hope it doesn't come to that. I'm not convinced that the president acting on the bad advice of a group of crank lawyers that came into the White House in the days before January 6 is actually criminal." https://t.co/tT7ibFU6LS
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The great @NormEisen explains it for you.
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Norm Eisen: Yesterday was a red (target) letter day for Trump
There’s been a lot of reporting on the three specific charges the letter contains
I’ll unpack all three in this THREAD based on our @just_security model prosecution memo 👇1/x
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The story of West European blinded by Russia and rubbishing Eastern Europe is that gift that keeps making us throw up.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/19/ukraine-thought-uk-had-too-rosy-a-view-of-putin-tony-blair-was-told-as-pm?CMP=share_btn_tw
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"American leaders, like their Soviet counterparts during the Cold War, frequently act as if they are in control of other countries and the course of events," @PhillipsPOBrien writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/ukraine-war-us-aid-nato/674747/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Miks on Vene Õigususklik Kirik Eestis ikka registreeritud?
Neid videosid on sadade kaupa. Kas ukrainlaste tapmise õnnistamine on "usuvabadus"?
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Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇦: The reality of russian “Christianity.” The russian Orthodox Church is a demonic and terrorist organization. The russian orthodox priests continue to bless tanks and rockets so they would be more effective at killing Ukrainians. https://t.co/4FYMQyp1jR
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Re https://n.respublicae.eu/KarinaVinnikova/status/1676316292838563845?s=20
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Karina Vinnikova: @CriTown @i_am_weasel_98 @Orlined @preciousInka They are.
But 🇷🇺 Christianity is when a priest hallows a ballistic missile called “Satan”. https://t.co/MfnpAN7gBy
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I did a "fireside" chat in Tallinn with @carlbildt on where things are in the world, especially in Europe.
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Marko Mihkelson: Fireside chat with Carl Bildt at the Estonian Council on Foreign Relations https://youtu.be/3LT-I7wHToI via @YouTube @eestivalisnk @ilvestoomas
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This in a nutshell -- or maybe a synecdoche -- is precisely why Europe will never, ever, EVER be what it wants to be in innovation and tech.
Your passport matters more than your fitness for the position.
And this is for a *competition* economist.
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-economist-fiona-scott-morton-quits-eu-job-emmanuel-macron/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=Top%20US%20economist%20quits%20EU%20job%20after%20Macron%20speaks%20out
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Re "On Tuesday, Macron told reporters he was "skeptical" about the nomination and said the move was not "coherent" with Brussels' strategic autonomy goals."
Yeah, let's not hire the most qualified person, that will REALLY give Europe strategic autonomy from those Americans.
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When it comes to IT, Germany and Austria are hardly "North". The powerhouses of IT innovation in Europe are indeed Northern, but they are DK, SE, FI, EE and LT.
DE and AT are laggards and generally protectionist, a disaster when it comes to IT.
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Jakob Hanke Vela: France has done the EU a big favor. The other countries who behind closed doors were outraged about FSM appointment — but refused to speak out — have been cowardly.
It’s not North/South: German, Austrian, Irish officials who understood what was at stake were just as worried.
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Re Or is that what Wolfgang Schmidt said as an "anonymous diplomat", as in the case of perfectly legal reimbursement of Estonia by the EU.
National biases at @POLITICOEurope don't really help the publication's reliability, objectivity and trustworthiness. Especially regarding IT.
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Glad to see a little sanity from LATAM in this gremium
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Benjamin Alvarez: "Today it is Ukraine, but tomorrow it could be any of us." Chilean President Gabriel Boric with an impassioned speech at the #EUCELAC Summit in Brussels today. With English subtitles: https://t.co/E0rOE9VOyB
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Yet they whine and cry "Russophobia" when they can't visas to the EU. "It's a violation of human rights!"
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Bad Baltic Takes: At a beach resort in russia, a banner encourages people from the Baltic countries and gay people to go drown themselves. (Other tourists pay double.)
Of course, there are no tourists to read this here. In reality, russia’s efforts to lure people from the Baltics to russia have… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1681233872804012035 https://t.co/6rtPPy3xa2
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Hungary's idea of how to win friends and influence people.
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Ambassador David Pressman: Statement of Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the joint statement of 38 countries below: https://t.co/GaNyRLtYeG
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Good analytic thread from @icds' @IvanUlisesKK on Russia's unilateral Black Sea Grain Initiative suspension.
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Ivan U. Kłyszcz: Russia's suspended participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative might play out differently from the last time it did so, in October 2022. Four points to highlight:
First, Putin has been hinting since March at creating a Russian grain… https://t.co/xVgSS9rIi8
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"the sides of the road could be mined.”
Best tourism promotion I've seen in my life.
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Steve Rosenberg: After the attack on the Kerch bridge, Russian newspapers encouraging readers to go ahead with summer holidays in occupied Crimea, suggesting a 400km detour to get there, but warning against too many stops along the way: “the sides of the road could be mined.” #ReadingRussia https://t.co/oAYGTGdqYa
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Um, @eu_eeas, why are we helping this country? The new cars sold to Russians are stolen in Europe anyway. A criminal state with EU assistance. Enough.
https://www.ft.com/content/0fc846f7-aac8-4a34-a7dd-3b0615bce983
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Georgian women apparently control the Western world.
Why are male Georgian government pawns so helpless?
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Eto Buziashvili: Georgian govt-owned media is pushing conspiracy that there exists a global network, where I, together with @achkhikvadze @ralakbar @HannahThoburn as well as Transparency International, DW, and others, are controlling DC and "lobbing against the country." 1/6 https://t.co/pXoGnagRyV
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The Georgian government is going full propagandistic paranoid Putin. Read this.
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Ani Chkhikvadze: Last night, on primetime 🇬🇪 gvmt TV accused me of controlling DC & with @HannahThoburn & others lobbying “against the country”, for “radical opposition” and organizing a revolution. These attacks are getting worse. For future ref my name is Ani, not Ana, at least get that right. https://t.co/VS9cc8knvv
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