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Paris is Burning…Bicycles?!
What I saw in Paris.
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Yeah, *that* Mike Pence said this:
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin’s war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day.
Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin’s war machine.
As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.
America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin’s war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration.
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia’s military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.
America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦
Mining Helped Kill This Spectacular Waterway —But Now It’s Coming Back to Life
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Trump says the US doesn't need Canada. But it's the source of key minerals for the military - goo.gl/alerts/jDsgXY #GoogleAlerts
My latest in @guardian : Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. But it’s the source of key minerals for the military theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. But it’s the source of key minerals for the military
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Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says (with bonus quote from yours truly!):
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Millions of Dollars, Years of Work, Zero Results: California’s Stillborn Lithium Rush
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Vince Beiser retweeted
I’m one of at least 28 former Washington Post journalists who have joined the @washingtonsun, which launched this morning. Paul Kane, Jeff Stein, Tom Sietsema and many other names will be familiar to Post readers —and we’ve got the Capital Weather Gang. Join us! washingtonsun.com/perspectiv…
Canada’s Backup Trade War Weapon: Critical Metals
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Vince Beiser retweeted
The time Dolly Parton and Kermit jammed to Sly and the Family Stone.
This is always how I will remember her.
Flattered to be quoted in this CounterPunch article: Bloody Grains: Running out of Sand - CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org/2026/07/31/…
AI is Spurring a Gold Rush—for Actual Gold
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Malaysia: Pro-Palestinian pressure hits US rare earth deal p.dw.com/p/5HR6N?at_medium=S…
Will the Iran War Hasten the End of Gas Stations? (A Summer Rerun)
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My latest in The Economist: Whose Native Land?
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Hey Ottawa! See you in November? IRPP Fall Lecture: The race for the critical minerals shaping the future : irpp.org/irpp-event/fall-lec…
Scavenging for Pennies Amid the Ruins of War
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