Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Jul 28 – 'Blind Ideological Zealotry' Let EU Agree To This Trump Deal
- Aug 2 – Uncertainty Increases As Real Tariffs Reach Higher Levels
Related:
– The cost of Europe’s great capitulation to Trump – Asia Times
– Vague trade deal allows new US attacks on EU tech rules – Politico
– Europe’s trade deal with the US was dead on arrival – it needs to be buried. Here’s how to do it – Guardian
– Tariff roulette: inside Trump’s chaotic trade negotiations (archived) – Financial Times
- Jul 29 – Job Application à la Ukraine
- Jul 31 – Ukraine – Anti-Corruption Independence Restored, Zelenski Weakened, Four Cities Are Falling
Related:
– Russia’s advance in Ukraine accelerates for fourth straight month – Telegraph
– Republican war hawks find momentum, a trust-but-verify moment with Trump (archived) – Washington Post
– After Trump’s Ukraine pivot, Senate panel moves to fund more military aid (archived) – Washington Post
– U.S. Will NOT Accept Ukraine Defeat / John Mearsheimer (video) – Daniel Davis
- Aug 1 – Hala Jaber – What The World Is Offering Palestinians Isn’t A State
Related:
– Looting, chaos and Israeli gunfire prevent aid from reaching Gazans (archived) – Washington Post
– Starvation as Strategy: The West’s Complicity in Gaza’s Man-Made Famine – Elijah J Magnier– To Restore Our Humanity We Must De-Zionise The World – Nate Bear
– Why Did Einstein Refuse the Presidency of Israel? – Princeton.edu
– Israel’s international isolation has begun – Mondoweiss– Israeli soldier reveals 'strange order' to cancel Gaza border patrols on 7 Oct – The Cradle
– WSJ promotes Israeli-backed warlord linked to aid theft as Gaza's 'future leader' – The Cradle
– John Mearsheimer: What’s happening in Gaza is genocide. The United States should have nothing to do with it. (video, long) – Tucker Carlson– Serbian Firm Owned by ex-Netanyahu Aide Was Paid for Qatari PR Campaign Aimed at Israelis (archived) – Haartez
– How the Israeli Right Explains the Aid Disaster It Created (archived) – The New Yorker
The fiercest defenders of Netanyahu’s war in Gaza continue to insist that Palestinians aren’t starving.
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Other issues:
Russiagate:
- Russophrenia: the West’s favourite delusion about Russia – Brian McDonald
- No Doubt Left: Russiagate Was a Cover-Up – Racket
- Newly Declassified Appendix to Durham Report Sheds Additional Light on Clinton Campaign Plan to Falsely Tie Trump to Russia and FBI’s Failure to Investigate – Senator Grassley
Russia:
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s article ‘The Helsinki Act’s 50th anniversary: Expectations, reality, and future,’ Rossiyskaya Gazeta, August 1, 2025 – MID.ru
- Living With Russia. The alternative is what, exactly? – Aurelian
- Sanctioned tanker suffers explosion after Russian port call – Safety4Sea
- Sanctions bill targets China for enabling Putin’s war in Ukraine (archived) – Washington Post
- Putting maximum pressure on Russia requires secondary sanctions on oil (archived) – Washington Post Editorial
Trump hitting India had an immediate effect. The same might be true with China. - India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say (archived) – NY Times
China:
- Getting China Wrong – Quillette
- Did DPP support just collapse in Taiwan? – Taipology
- China is betting on a real-world use of AI to challenge U.S. control (archived) – Washington Post
- China summons Nvidia over backdoor security concerns with AI chips (archived) – Washington Post
The Bezzle:
- (Crypto) Money by Vile Means – Compact <– Recommended
- Tequila, Drugs and Torture: The Spending Binge of Two Crypto Bros That Ended Behind Bars (archived) – WSJ
- Michael Hudson: From Babylon to Wall Street – How Bankers Make You Poor – Naked Capitalism
Others:
- The UK's Online Safety Act Ushers in a 1984 State – RealClearWorld
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …