Brian Whitmore

Hello Tartu! It’s nice to see you again

Chicago area marks Casmir Pulaski Day Monday to honor Revolutionary War hero Monday is Pulaski Day.

Happy Casimir Pulaski Day!

As the Father of the American Cavalry, today is about the Revolutionary War hero who bravely fought for our nation.

A celebration of his legacy and the Polish community in our state.

Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure live [1981] sounds better YouTube video by travelsuka tv

I miss these two beautiful humans so much.
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We The People Act Now (@wethepeopleactnow) More than ever, impeach this regime!

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Trump is about to turn CNN into "Fox News 2." Will the network go down swinging? The White House used thuggery to seize another news network that the president doesn't like, yet its on-air talent is largely silent. They shouldn't be. History is tuning in.

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FOUR YEARS OF WAR powervertical · FOUR YEARS OF WAR Four years ago this week, Vladimir Putin launched a war of aggression and a war of choice against Ukraine. At the time, Russian officials and even many Western ana…

This week The Power Vertical Podcast marks four years of Russia's war against Ukraine. I speak with the always insightful James Sherr & Serhiy Kudelia about what we have learned and what happens next. www.powervertical.org/2026/02/27/f...

Adrian Macovei (@adrianmacovei) The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world!

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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport) Measles Virus Endorses Casey Means for Surgeon General

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Trump's rambling State of the Union raises new questions about Biden's mental state.

James L Bruno (@jameslbruno) From Larry Sabato: “Funniest comment on SOTU, I think, was from Factbase of Roll Call: Trump's 1 hr 47 min speech was exactly the length of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film ‘Psycho.’”

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The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete Jimmy Iovine just called the Death of Spotify. He might be right.

This is interesting, though provoking, & informative

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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport) Let’s not brag about the men’s hockey team too hard. USA has a gold medal, but Canada still has a democracy

This
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The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?

A must-read from Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Brian Whitmore (@brianwhitmore) America’s Governor

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WAR BY OTHER MEANS: THE KREMLIN’S NEGOTIATING PLAYBOOK powervertical · WAR BY OTHER MEANS – THE KREMLIN'S NEGOTIATING PLAYBOOK One of the most common mistakes made by Western policymakers in negotiations with Russia is an assumption of good …

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week I speak with veteran diplomats Donald Jensen & Iuliia Osmolovska about their new report for the Atlantic Council on the Kremlin’s negotiating strategy

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Russia the Harbinger: Gangsterism, Global Putinism, and the Crisis of the West Chapter in Perpetual Conflict: Russia and the Struggle for European Security

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My chapter, “Russia the Harbinger: Gangsterism, Global Putinism, and the Crisis of the West” has been published in the edited volume Perpetual Conflict: Russia and the Struggle for European Security

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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

John Sipher (@johnsipher476727) My latest on Epstein and Russia https://tomorrowsaffairs.com/birds-of-a-feather-epstein-trump-and-russian-intelligence

John Sipher (@johnsipher.bsky.social) nails it here. A must-read piece and the best treatment of this subject I have read yet

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Report launch: Negotiating with Putin’s Russia The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series examines how Russia’s strategic culture is reflected at the negotiation table with its adversaries.

I will be moderating a discussion about Russian negotiating strategy on Feb. 18 at 1:30pm US Eastern time at the Atlantic Council. Live stream will be available here:

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James Talarico (@jamestalarico) This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

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My message remains the same a year later.

We don’t have kings in America, and I won’t bend the knee to one.

William Hancock (@williamhancock714058) Now Bannon is saying that the election of the Pope was rigged.

Oy vey
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The Case for a Pan-European Nuclear Doctrine Enhancing Europe’s security and ensuring strategic independence

Anton @shekhovtsov.substack.com was way ahead of the curve on this. Merz’s Munich speech makes that clear
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Shaun Pinner (@pinnerpatter) At Munich, Volodymyr Zelensky tore away the illusions and said out loud what everyone dealing in reality already knows: this isn’t a normal ruler, and this isn’t a normal war. ‘Putin doesn’t live lik...

Zelensky in Munich
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RUSSIA AND THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER The Power Vertical Podcast

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RUSSIA AND THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER powervertical · RUSSIA AND THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER One would think that Vladimir Putin is smiling when he looks at the rapidly changing US role in the world. One would assume that the Kremlin is d…

How does the changing U.S. posture in the world look from the Kremlin? On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I spoke with the always insightful Mikhail Zygar (@zygaro.bsky.social) to break it all down.

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Message to the IOC

‘New heights’: Russia is aligning with China’s goals, top intelligence report The analysis by Estonia's highly-regarded foreign intelligence service dashes hopes of the US executing a 'reverse-Kissinger'

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THE DARK ART OF GEOPOLITICAL EXTORTION The Power Vertical Podcast

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