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Tror det står igjen ca $1B fra det som ble vedtatt under Biden som USA kan bruke på å overføre våpen, ammo, e.l. til Ukraina. Kilde: husker ikke.

Så om man kritisertrer Trump for Epstein, Iran, e.l. har altså ingenting så si for hvorvidt man er medlem i denne MAGA sekten. Da står vi fortsatt med bare religion og konspirasjonsteorier som identifiserer sektmedlemmer dersom dissens ikke har noe å si. La oss si det finnes noen MAGA som ikke er religiøs eller tror på konspirasjoner ala at Lee Harvey Oswald handlet alene, hvordan identifiserer man da om disse er sektmedlemmer eller ei?

Men (profilerte) personer som setter eget ego foran lojalitet til Trump er vel per definisjon ikke kultmedlemmer? Hvis det ikke er mulig å identifisere kultmedlemmer ut fra i hvilken grad de støtter Trump, kan man da identidisere de på noen andre måter enn religion og konpsirasjonsteorier? I min egen Twitterfeed har jeg sett betydelig langt mer dissens enn støtte til Trump i forbindelse med f.eks. Epstein og Israel/Iran.. vet ikke om alle er (profilerte) personer som setter eget ego foran lojalitet til Trump, men at at setter andre ting foran Trump gjør vel kanskje ikke at de er de første til å vinne Cultmember og the Year award.

Så fellesnevnerne så langt, for å identifisere kultmedlemmer her er: - religiøs - tror på konspirasjonsteorier Ganske bred definisjon? Noe av det som normalt kjennetegner en kultmedlemmer er bl.a. at de har en "a charismatic leader who exercises total control". Dissens er fy-fy. Hva med MAGA som er uenig med Trump når det kommer til Covid, Epstein, Iran, Israel, Musk og andre personalvalg, osv - er disse fortsatt kultmedlemmer? Eller hva med ganske MAGA folkevalgte som har stemt mot Trump i kongressen - er disse fortsatt kultmedlemmer? Har ikke sett den, men ut fra tittelen handler den kanskje mer om MAGA enn kulten?

Hva er fellesnevneren for alle disse da? Om jeg står og snakker med en "forvirret populist" den ene dagen og en "bygdetulling" neste dag, hvordan kan fastslå at de begge er med i samme MAGA kult? Hva er en forvirret populist? En som egentlig ikke er populist, men tror han er det? Er alle i MAGA populister? Og er alle populister på høyresiden MAGA?

Leser mye om denne MAGA kulten, men hvem er de egentlig?

Mye å ta tak i for Ukraina om dagen. For et par dager signerte Zelenskyy endelig en lov om reformering av Ukraine’s Asset Recovery and Management Agency. Dette har vært et krav fra EU for å motta diverse økonomisk støtte. Loven har ligget på pulten til Zelenskyy i sikkert en mnd, men forsinkelsen har ført til at Ukraine kommer til å motta €1.5B mindre enn avtalt. Nå har også EU kommet på banen og presisert at dersom torsdagens avstemning i Radaen, om gjennoppretting av uavhengigheten til NABU/SAPO, ikke går gjennom, så kommer finansiell støtte fra EU til å stanse. Opptil 70 folkevalgte fra Zelenskyys eget parti har signalisert at de kan komme til å stemme mot det nye lovforslaget fordi det er redd for "represalier" fra NABU/SAPO, men er vel likevel liten tvil om at forslaget går gjennom da Ukraina er helt avhengig av det for videre støtte.. IMF er heller ikke helt happy om dagen og har varslet at de sannsynligvis kommer til å endre sitt program. "The current program, according to which the government would have received another $4.8 billion, could be discontinued" I tillegg til uavhengighet for NABU/SAPO krever de også at Ukraine må utnevne en sjef for et annet anti-korrupsjon organ, Bureau of Economic Security (BES), som de har trenert i et par mnder. Ny leder er egentlig valgt, men myndighetene vil ikke ha han, og har bedt om at de ansvarlige velger en annen person. IMF krever at flere andre kontroversielle lover oppheves og andre helt nødvendige reformer må gjennomføres.

Russland [midlertidig] forbyr bensineksport for å ha nok selv. Russia Bans Refiners From Exporting Gasoline to Ensure Supplies Russia banned gasoline producers from exporting the fuel until the end of August to meet accelerating demand, after drone attacks and Western sanctions temporarily disrupted seasonal maintenance. The Russian government aims to ensure ample domestic fuel supplies as holidaymakers take to the roads and farmers harvest their crops.

Og dette er et godt eksempel på hvorfor man ikke blindt skal stole på en kar i retail helsesektoren til å drive med "bias and credibility". Flere av påstandene er korrigert og oppdatert av ANI og et par er i beste fall uklare eller missing context. Denne med "Media Misquotes RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat On Nationalism" så vises det til en ANI artikkel med headline "Avoid using word 'nationalism', as it is derives from Hitler or Nazi: Mohan Bhagwat" hvor påstanen er at ANI "attributed the statement to Bhagwat who was was narrating what an RSS worker in the UK had told him". Leser man 5 linjer lenger ned i artikkelen fremkommer hvor usagnet kommer fra. Neppe en gang "missing context" siden konteksten står der, men overskriften av kanskje litt clickbait. Men FALSE? Tja. Det samme med denne elefanten som ble "‘fed’ a pineapple with firecrackers". Joda elefanten døde etter å ha spist en pinapple with firecrackers, men det var uklart om matingen var med vilje eller om den bare tilfedligvis hadde spist en pineappple with firecrackers som de to lokale bøndene hadde spredt litt utover gården for å holde dyr unna. Det var jo tre siktede i saken, men to av de hadde rømt, så man hadde ikke helt enda fått avklart hvorvidt elefanten ble "matet" en pineapple with firecrackers, eller om den av egen vilje spiste en pineapple with crackers som lå litt rundtomkring på gården for å holde dyr unna. I beste fall en "missing context". Men FALSE? Tja. Sakene om Anju Bobby George og Donald Trump er senere korrigert. Den 20 år gamle saken (!!) om Nancy Cartwright klarte jeg ikke å finne noen ANI kilder på. Mulig for gammel eller slettet. Saken om Eid preyers in Sringagar (hvor de feilaktig brukte bilder fra en moske i Jammu) fant jeg ingen korrigering eller oppdatering om feilaktig bildebruk på. MBF skriver jo også: Asian News International (ANI) reports national news with minimally emotionally loaded headlines.. The wording of the articles is also relatively neutral and balanced. ANI primarily sources information to itself as they are the source and provider of news. ANI reports international news with low bias as they use credible mainstream news agencies.. ...men å bruke en sak fra 2005 for å konkludere rundt "credibility" er tydeligvis null problem.

War crimes in real time The new world leader in war crimes justice is probably Ukraine. Its general prosecutor is investigating 177,000 suspected war crimes. “This is the most documented war in history. We are doing this in real time.” In the past, crimes were typically documented postwar, after memories had faded and witnesses died. Other game-changers are new digital tools. Matviichuk says they help “to restore events, to identify perpetrators, to communicate, for example, with people from occupied territories, which we couldn’t dream of 30 years ago during the Balkan wars.” Using AI, prosecutors can search endless statements by Russian propagandists for incitations to commit atrocities. Russian soldiers who executed or castrated Ukrainians or used chemical weapons must fear justice for ever, because there’s no statute of limitations on war crimes.

Spørsmålet er hva som skal være utslagsgivende, hva er kriteriene for at vi skal forby norske borgere å besøke et land, mens andre slipper unna? Iran, Kina og Nord-Korea er alle aktive på IT-fronten, hacker og stjeler, som også er en form for hybridkrig. Hvorfor skal man forby norske privatpersoner å besøke Russland, mens man fortsatt står fritt til å reise til andre land ala Israel, Iran, Kina, Nord-Korea, Azerbaijan, India/Pakistan, Libanon, Yemen, m.fl?

Første Patrioten fra Tyskland var på plass allerede i slutten av forrige uke (eller uka før?). Til gjengjeld rykker Tyskland øverst på ventelista over nye systemer, hvor egentlig Sveits stod. Da begynner leveransen av Tysklands nye patrioer allerede neste år, men Sveits må vente litt lenger før de får sine. Ukraine receives first of promised additional Patriot systems from Germany However, it is a tough ask for some countries, given that their Patriots will not be replaced until early next year. The replacements are expected to come from orders once promised to Switzerland. In 2022, Switzerland ordered five Patriot systems, with the expectation that deliveries would start in 2026 and end two years later.

Det finnes av ulike grunner mange forferdelige land i verden, noen terroriserer egen befolkning, andre terroriserer andre lands befolkning. Å begynne å forby privatpersoner å reise inn i andre land, enten kanskje for å besøke familie, dokumentere hva som skjer der, eller whatever, er virkelig feil vei å gå. Ja, også? Hvorfor skal ikke norge borgere få lov å besøke egen familie i det landet? Fordi de driver en "hybridkrig" (hva nå i all verden det innebærer) og konvensjonell krig (at det er i Europa er vel mindre relevant?). Hvilke andre land bør vi forby norske borgere å reise til?

Hindre norske borgere å besøke familie i Russland bare fordi vi ikke liker landet? Skal samme gjelde for de som besøker India, Pakistan, Israel, m.fl.?

Trakkasering og sanksjoner mot journalister og andre plagsomme røster er utbredt. Nå sier Ukrainska Pravda til britiske The Times at det er de som står for tur. President Zelensky is trying to silence criticism from Ukraine’s leading political news site, its editor-in-chief has told The Times, as the government grapples with protests against a new law that would subordinate its anti-corruption bodies to a presidential appointee. Sevgil Musayeva, the editor of Ukrainska Pravda, accused the presidential office of threatening advertisers not to pay the website and barring officials from speaking to her staff. The presidential office denies the claims. Ukrainska Pravda’s advertising revenue has plummeted, claims Musayeva, because the presidential administration has called companies and asked them to pull support for events run by the site. Six of Ukraine’s largest businesses had telephoned the media outlet’s advertising sales department to withdraw from longstanding sponsorship arrangements, explaining they had been warned off by the presidential administration, claimed Musayeva. The presidential office has also developed a plan to sanction the Ukrainska Pravda’s owner, Dragon Capital, which could force it into a hostile takeover by allies of the president due to lack of funds, European diplomatic sources told The Times. “This issue is at the forefront of people’s minds, on everyone’s screens,” said a diplomat from one of the G7 embassies in Kyiv. “Talks [warning about Ukraine’s move to sanction Dragon Capital] are happening now behind closed doors.”

Exclusive: Chinese engines, shipped as 'cooling units', power Russian drones used in Ukraine Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labelled as "industrial refrigeration units" to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions, according to three European security officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. The shipments have allowed Russian weapons-maker IEMZ Kupol to increase its production of the Garpiya-A1 attack drone, despite the U.S. and E.U. sanctions imposed in October designed to disrupt its supply chain, according to the sources and documents, which included contracts, invoices and customs paperwork.

FT har en lengre artikkel om Zelenskyys mektige stabssjef, mannen som egentlig styrer showet i følge mange. The polarising power of Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s other wartime leader President Zelenskyy’s right-hand man is fuelling concerns over creeping authoritarianism Andriy Yermak is not Ukraine’s president. But he often acts like one. Yermak’s own role has been described in myriad ways by those who’ve observed him — from Zelenskyy’s right-hand man to Ukraine’s de facto vice-president. But, his allies and critics agree, almost nothing happens in Ukraine without his knowledge and approval. Nobody gets to the president without going through him. But his judgment has been called into question by many observers, including those close to him. It was Yermak who, against the advice of US and Ukrainian officials, pushed for an Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump in February, as Kyiv sought American backing and a minerals deal. The fiasco that followed nearly upended relations between the two countries, and was seen as evidence of Yermak’s overconfidence. Yermak has come to personify a debate roiling the country, over whether centralised powers imposed by the wartime administration might cripple Ukraine’s democratic future once the war ends. For many Ukrainians, he is a symbol of an old order they are desperate to leave behind. This week, Zelenskyy faced the most serious domestic challenge of his presidency, after a sweeping move to sideline Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption bodies sparked the first major mass protests since the start of the war. There were chants of “Yermak out” and “Fuck Yermak” among the crowds of thousands gathered in Kyiv. In interviews with more than 40 people, including current and former Ukrainian officials, western diplomats in Kyiv and officials from European governments and Washington who have dealt directly with Yermak, I was frequently told that he wields as much influence as Zelenskyy, perhaps more. To detractors, Yermak is an unelected tsar amassing boundless power — eroding the democratic checks and balances that Kyiv has implemented since its Euromaidan revolution in 2014. He draws up lists of domestic political enemies for Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council to sanction. He has been accused of manipulating judicial investigations to discredit his rivals and stalling anti-corruption inquiries. He is said to orchestrate black ops, spreading leaks and rumours via anonymous channels on Telegram. “His aim is to centralise everything in a post-Soviet style of rule that resembles something not so different from autocracy,” said one person who worked closely with Yermak in the president’s office. Last week, one of Yermak’s close allies, Yulia Svyrydenko, was appointed Ukraine’s new prime minister — a move widely reported as evidence of his growing hold over Zelenskyy. A western ambassador described Yermak’s role bluntly: “He’s the president, the prime minister, the foreign minister . . . all the ministers put together.” One Ukrainian minister warned me that few inside the government would dare talk about Yermak on the record — a prediction that turned out to be true. “Everyone’s future and fortunes,” he said, “are determined by Andriy Yermak.”

Sjefen for SBU, Vasily Malyuk, fortalte på tirsdag om en hendelse fra mai hvor NABU bl.a. gjennomsøkte hjemmet (eller kontoret?) til sjefen for Nasjonalgarden, Oleksandr Pivnenko, med flere. Pivnenko var angivelig ikke mistenkt for noe (så vidt jeg forstår), men SAPO raidene/søkene førte at 6 personer ble avløst fra sin stilling, bl.a. nestkommandere Oleksandr Bilous. How do you feel about going to the National Guard commander, a Hero of Ukraine, combat general Pivnenko, with a search? Just showing up there, where there are some third-party issues and that’s it. Does he deserve this? Han sier at dette søket resulterte i direkte påvirkning på situasjonen ved fronten, og at innenriksministeren måtte bruke en uke på å rydde opp. "Halvparten [av Nasjonalgarden] la fra seg våpnene, og andre halvparten ønsket å marsjere mot Kyiv" Han sier videre at dersom den nye loven hadde vært på plass i mai, ville ikke Riksadvokaten ha gitt tillatelse til søket hos Pivnenko / forhindret det / satt det på vent.

Billionaire and ex-header Google makes drones for Ukraine. What drives him? Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt produces drones for the war in Ukraine. The fact is that Schmidt is not just a former Google CEO. This is a person who switched his attention to the use of artificial intelligence for military purposes and relied on Ukraine as a training ground for a new technological revolution. The entrepreneur collected a team for several years, which according to American tradition would be called a dream team. Its task is to develop drones and autonomy systems for them. One of his UAVs is currently the most effective in intercepting the shahes. Most of those with whom the spoke in the preparation of the material, note that Schmidt intercepter is one of the most effective in the fight against enemy drones. In particular, it demonstrates the high accuracy of detecting goals in the night sky. Most of the shots dead with drones, about 90%, falls on these systems. Schmidt's selskap, Swift Beat, står for 90% av dronene som tar ned UAVs som Shahed.

How Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s power grab sparked his biggest political crisis The hasty manoeuvres to bring the anti-corruption bodies under the oversight of prosecutor-general Ruslan Kravchenko, a Zelenskyy appointee, were set in motion over the weekend by the president and his powerful chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, according to several lawmakers and western diplomats familiar with the matter. The rush appears to have been sparked by investigations into members of Zelenskyy’s circle and the president’s desire to further consolidate control over powerful institutions during wartime. Several officials close to Zelenskyy said it seemed at least in part in response to a criminal case opened by NABU against the president’s close ally and former deputy prime minister Oleksiy Chernyshov, who was charged with abuse of power and illegal enrichment last month. The new law came just over a week after Zelenskyy and senior aides launched raids on prominent critics and activists, leading to accusations that wartime powers were being used to marginalise opponents, silence civil society and tighten control over state institutions. That followed sanctions earlier this year targeting high-profile figures, including former president Petro Poroshenko. Two MPs who asked not to be named, including one from the president’s own party, likened the legislation to the so-called dictatorship law pushed through parliament by a show of hands in January 2014. That gave the then pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych extraordinary powers to crack down on Euromaidan protesters, sparking weeks of bloodshed. While Zelenskyy has methodically consolidated power since he was elected in 2019 through several government reshuffles, the move against Nabu is seen as a departure from the president’s early position on the law enforcement agencies’ independence.

Ukraine’s best drone-killing weapons ranked by military experts 1. Gepard Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (5 Points) 2. Mobile Fire Teams (3 Points) 3. Interceptor Drones (3 Points) 4. IRIS-T SLM Air Defense System (3 Points) 5. Manned Aviation (3 Points) 6. Electronic Warfare Systems (1 Point)

Ukraine has been building up to this moment for several weeks, with what appears to be a growing crackdown on internal dissent. In early July the government blocked the appointment of Oleksandr Tsyvinsky, a well-regarded detective, to the vacant position of Director of the Bureau of Economic Security. That was followed by what appeared to be the politically motivated arrest of Vitaliy Shabunin, a prominent anti-corruption campaigner. In mid-July a shakeup of the government promoted uber-loyalists, including a new prime minister. Then, on July 21st, the domestic security service and the prosecutor-general’s office launched dozens of raids targeting officers at NABU and SAPO—the investigative and prosecution pillars of Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption system, set up under Western oversight after the 2014 Maidan revolution. I tillegg har statsminister Yulia Svyrydenko gått ut og sagt at problemet med korrupsjon er overdrevet og primært er en påstand fremsatt av "individual social groups". Loven er vistnok allerede signert av Zelensky.

Det har vært mye reaksjoner på SBUs raid mot NABU/SAPO i går (forøvrig annonserte NABU/SAPO i dag at siktelser kommer kom en annen korrupt SBU offiser). Den største frykten er at NABU og SAPO enten blir lagt ned eller blir underlagt presidenten. Disse uavhengige enhetene ble opprettet etter press spesielt fra USA. Nå som Biden og demokratene er vekk er det ikke lenger noe press fra USAs side om at disse må få operere uavhengig. Trump..has no desire to defend the structures created by the US Democratic Party, nor even Europeans who are afraid to criticize Zelensky, so as not to undermine the support of Ukraine in the West, did not exert any pressure on the Ukrainian authorities. Control or dismantling. What awaits anti-corruption authorities after searches in NABU Ukrainian authorities crack down on anti-corruption agencies as their independence hangs in the balance Allerede for to år siden kom det advarsler mot at å sidestille korrupsjon med forræderi potensielt kan gjøre stor skade på anti-korrupsjonsarbeidet, da SBU tar saken vekk fra SAPO. Two senior officials following the proposal, who were granted anonymity to speak candidly, say concerns are growing within Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies that Zelenskyy’s plan will take top corruption cases away from their oversight and pass them to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), which falls under the president’s command. The SBU could, potentially, have the power to bury corruption cases involving top officials. The move, the officials say, could put Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure under threat, and anti-corruption watchdogs are sounding the alarm. I dag har det allerede blitt stemt over et nytt lovforslag i Radaen over det man fryktet. Et forslag som leggerNABU/SAPO basically under (en håndplukket) Riksadvokatens kontor og fratar de uavhengighet. Ukraine moves against independent anti-corruption bodies Ukraine’s parliament has backed a push by Kyiv’s presidential office for greater control over the country’s independent anti-corruption bodies, in a move that critics warn would hand President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s circle more influence over investigations. Framed as a wartime measure to regulate investigations into missing people, the legislation includes provisions that would place Nabu and Sapo under tighter executive control. An MP close to the president said eliminating agencies supported by Ukraine’s western backers could throw Kyiv into jeopardy at an especially fraught moment, given that “we need money”. Civil society groups including Transparency International warned that the latest actions might be part of a broader effort to weaken institutions established after the 2014 revolution that toppled pro-Russia president Viktor Yanukovych. Western partners said in a joint statement from G7 ambassadors in Kyiv on Monday that they were “closely following” the situation and had raised concerns with Ukrainian government officials.

Foreign Legion. What is known about the losses of foreigners in the Russian forces in Ukraine Based on the open data of the BBC, together with the publication of “Mediazona”* and a team of volunteers, established the names of 118 139 Russian military, who died during a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among them are more than 500 foreigners from 28 countries, including the United States and Sri Lanka. Making a roll-call list, we did not use the data of the Ukrainian side and the publications of Western intelligence services. According to the number of deaths among foreigners, most likely, the DPRK is leading. But ordinary North Koreans do not use social networks, and official Pyongyang hides data on its losses, so we have not yet been able to establish the name of any dead from North Korea. According to South Korea’s intelligence, about 600 North Korean soldiers were killed at the front.