Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Nov 17 – Ukraine Is Buying Fighter Jets With Money It Does Not Have?
- Nov 19 – Ukraine SitRep – Power Play In Kiev And Chaos At The Front
Related:
– Zelensky has never been more vulnerable. Trump just upped the pressure (archived) – Washington Post
– The U.S. Tightens the Vise on an Already Besieged Zelensky (archived) – NY Times
– Move Over, Netflix: Ukraine’s Corruption Investigators Bring the Drama (archived) – NY Times
– Iskander: An Improved Russian Missile Tests Ukraine’s Air Defence – RUSI
– Blackout – Evaluating Ukraine’s energy crisis – Amerikanets
- Nov 18 – The Defeat Of The West And Europe’s Bleak Future
Related:
– When grades stop meaning anything – Argument
– Sheriff David Hathaway : Breaks Silence on Government-Sanctioned Killings (vid) – Judging Freedom
– DHS Scrubs Record of FBI Financing of Right-Wing Terror Group – Hidden Histories
- Nov 20 – High Noon In Kiev
- Nov 21 – Trump’s 28-Point Ukraine Plan
- Nov 22 – Kellogg Fired Over Leaking 28-Point Plan – Proposal Designed To Trap Putin
Related:
– US vice president defends Ukraine-Russia peace framework, says critics ‘living in a fantasy land’ – Anadolu
– Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit – Guardian
– Zelensky may never have faced a more agonizing choice (archived) – Washington Post
– Zelensky running out of time with Trump peace plan on the table – Asia Times
– A DMZ for Ukraine – Atlantic
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Other issues:
Gaza:
- With UN blessing, the US and Israel impose the master’s plan – Aaron Maté
- Why Did Russia Abstain From the Latest UNSC Resolution on Gaza Instead of Veto It? – Naked Capitalism
- Understanding Why China Abstained on the UN Security Council’s Gaza Resolution 🧵 – Quia Collective
- China‘s Silence on Gaza is Strategic (vid) – Zhang Sheng
- Navy Considers Base for 10,000 Near Gaza Without US Troops – Bloomberg (archived)
- Inside the American-Run Base Helping Plan the Future of Gaza (archived) – NY Times
U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.
South America:
- White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats (archived) – Washington Post
- Exclusive: US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations, sources say – Reuters
- FAA warns pilots to ‘exercise caution’ over Venezuela, citing escalating tensions (archived) – Washington Post
- White House considers leaflet drop to pressure Maduro on his birthday (archived) – Washington Post
- The Day After: What Successful Regime Change in Venezuela Would Really Take – War on the Rocks
- Mexico’s week in review: Sheinbaum weathers the storm – Mexico News Daily
- U.S. Banks Shelve $20 Billion Bailout Plan for Argentina – MSN
Markets:
- Private credit markets and stablecoins need close monitoring, G20 watchdog tells leaders – Reuters
- The Warning Signal That Preceded Every Crash Since 1929 Just Flashed Again – Investing
- Construction Spending on Data Centers, Factories, Powerplants, and Office Buildings: Boom at One End, Bust at the Other End – Wolfstreet
Epstein:
- EXCLUSIVE: How Trump’s Own Appointees Aided Russiagate Plot Against Him – RealClearInvestigations
- The Jeffrey Epstein Story is Beginning to Smell Like Russiagate – The Racket
- Why are the “Epstein Survivors” refusing to answer questions? – Michael Tracey
China:
- China Warns of Severe Consequences if Japan Fails To Retract Its Threats of Military Intervention Over Taiwan – Scheerpost
- More economic sectors of Japan feel pinch over Takaichi’s wrongdoings; Chinese FM warns further measures if Japan continues wrong course – Global Times
- Japan’s Takaichi Has Few Good Options to End China’s Retaliation (archived) – Bloomberg
- Japan’s China row could be the GDP killer that sinks Takaichi – Asia Times
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …