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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> proposals, presented to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> in Paris last week, include having Washington formally recognize annexed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crimea</span></a> as Russian territory &amp; eventually lifting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> under a future accord, acc/to 3 people familiar…. In exchange, Moscow [says it] would end hostilities in Ukraine at a time when Russia’s military enjoys battlefield momentum &amp; sizable advantages in troop strength &amp; weaponry.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewWorldOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewWorldOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Jeff Horton (Elbows Up CanElxn 2025)<p>I was explaining to my daughters this morning how historically we applied economic and political sanctions to countries in order to isolate them and make them weaker.</p><p>We know that somehow the American people have become scared of their own shadow and voted for a guy to isolate themselves. </p><p>Anybody know who is writing about this from that perspective, the idea that perhaps Russia/etc convinced the U.S. to sanction itself?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<p>“China’s leaders see <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> as being the key to upgrading its military strength, solving the problems created by a shrinking workforce, and a source of national pride – especially when Chinese firms manage to circumvent US-led <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> on core technology.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/humanoid-workers-and-surveillance-buggies-embodied-ai-is-reshaping-daily-life-in-china" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/21/humanoid-workers-and-surveillance-buggies-embodied-ai-is-reshaping-daily-life-in-china</span></a></p>
Pekka Kallioniemi<p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> is very good at moral outrage. Speeches in the EU Parliament? Powerful and will probably make a round on Twitter. <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanctions</span></a> on <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> officials? Well, mostly symbolic. Lights on buildings in blue and yellow? Absolutely beautiful! But none of this stops Russian tanks or drones. Europe’s soft power is valuable, but it’s not enough when your opponent only understands hard power.</p>
Jay<p>The civilized world has taken down another of <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s "shadow fleet", with <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> arresting the tanker <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/KIWALA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KIWALA</span></a> in the Baltic Sea. </p><p>The oil tanker KIWALA was engaged in the export of Russian crude <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> and <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a> products to third countries and was heading to the port of Ust-Luga.</p><p>The <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/tanker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tanker</span></a> is under <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> in connection with previous activities in the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>. </p><p>Estonia began preparing for the operation on Thursday evening, and the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/arrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrest</span></a> itself began on Friday at 3 a.m.</p>
libUnderseaMonkey.so 🇪🇺<p>I was just thinking what the hell sort of mad-ass country would be so stupid as to effectively voluntarily impose massive trade <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> on itself, seriously harming both the economic and social life of its society and making itself a pariah among nations hitherto considered friends and allies...</p><p>...and now I'm not sure if I'm talking about <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> or <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a></p>
william.maggos<p>Think <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> are bad? Imagine being subject to <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a>. And bombings. Then choosing to endure more of it in order to stand up against the murdering of children. <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Houthis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houthis</span></a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a><br><a href="https://pca.st/episode/5d03d721-1433-4b46-a173-6ab70569a0e1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pca.st/episode/5d03d721-1433-4</span><span class="invisible">b46-a173-6ab70569a0e1</span></a></p>
Pekka Kallioniemi<p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Dugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dugin</span></a>’s Eurasianist theories have been used to justify <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wars</span></a>, interference in Western politics, and violent <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitical</span></a> strategies. But I guess normalizing Russian <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> and <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> is just the next step in restoring trade relations and lifting <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a>. </p><p>16/17</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"I’ve said before that Trump does not think of policy the way most of us do, operating instead like a low-level mob boss running a protection racket. Unfortunately, a bunch of rubes decided to give him another bite at the apple, and now the entire global economy has to pay up."</p><p>~ Marlon Weems</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mob</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobBoss</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <br>/6</p><p><a href="https://thejourneyman.substack.com/p/here-comes-the-pain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thejourneyman.substack.com/p/h</span><span class="invisible">ere-comes-the-pain</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The only legible purpose of the tariffs is for Trump to arrogate more power to himself: so that nations and corporate leaders and labor unions come begging him for relief, and so that he can shake them down."</p><p>~ Brian Beutler</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mob</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobBoss</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PutinsPoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPoodle</span></a><br>/5</p><p><a href="https://www.offmessage.net/p/fighting-means-fighting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">offmessage.net/p/fighting-mean</span><span class="invisible">s-fighting</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>“Vladimir Putin bet his life that American voters would be weak and decadent enough to return Donald Trump to the presidency. He was right. …</p><p>We have a deeply stupid government—from our economically illiterate president to our craven and foolish secretary of state," (continued in /4)</p><p>~ Jonathan V. Last</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mob</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobBoss</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PutinsPoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPoodle</span></a><br>/3</p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-american-age-is-over" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/the-american-</span><span class="invisible">age-is-over</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trump’s son Eric appeared to confirm that the tariffs are a shakedown when he posted: 'I wouldn’t want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with [Trump]. The first to negotiate will win—the last will absolutely lose. I have seen this movie my entire life.…'”</p><p>~ Heather Cox Richardson</p><p> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mob</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobBoss</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <br>/2</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-3-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/april-3-2025</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"It is not at all surprising that Trump sees the appeal in sanctions. It is no different from a mob boss moving into town and sending his thugs to every business on Main Street, roughing up the proprietors and asking for protection money so they don’t get pushed out of business. … It’s a mentality fit for someone repeatedly linked to organized crime."</p><p>~ David Dayen</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mob</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MobBoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobBoss</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-03-theyre-not-tariffs-theyre-sanctions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/economy/2025-04-0</span><span class="invisible">3-theyre-not-tariffs-theyre-sanctions/</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>none of the separate countries have economies that rival USA, BUT THAT’S WHY <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> EXISTS. put them all together and they do rival the “largest” economy in the world.</p><p>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boycott</span></a> is happening because the EU left have been working on this for months. </p><p>for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Divest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Divest</span></a>, Macron literally said, stop all investments for the next month. that would tank Wall Street even further. </p><p>and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanctions</span></a>? EU been itching to sanction USA tech oligarchs. tis the excuse they been waiting for. /🧵</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> I expect your <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FineWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FineWords</span></a>"</em> to be followed with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/actions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actions</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> against members (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a>) and non-members (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>) that actively violate the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>* people.</p><ul><li>Otherwise this would only be hollow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LipService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LipService</span></a>.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FreeMaja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMaja</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YourTurn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YourTurn</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accountabiluty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accountabiluty</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consequences</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>Trump messes up again: </p><p>1) Talk about secondary tariffs immediately raised oil prices, improving Russia’s finances</p><p>2) Elon has fired a lot of the people enforcing the sanctions, so no matter the tough talk, Russia has returned to breaking them effectively.</p><p>Also, Peskov practically admitted that the sanctions are working by asking them to be lifted.</p><p>Stephanie Baker on Jake Broe: Sanctions make a difference.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SxBGQrLl7A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=2SxBGQrLl7</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nafo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nafo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> imposed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> in an EO that cited the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, a Cold War-era <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> that has most often been used to impose <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> on rogue states &amp; human rights violators. His admin claimed that unchecked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugTrafficking</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> constituted a dire threat to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> &amp; used it as justification to unilaterally impose 25% tariffs on America’s closest trading partner.<br>[IOW — BS]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Andreas K<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@fortune" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fortune</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@fortune/international-s1ub3e8sz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>international-fortune</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> sigh.</p><p>That's not how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> work.</p><p>You have to have something (e.g. a sizeable part of the world's economy, not sure if 1/6th or 1/4th of the worldwide GDP nominal/ppp qualifies), and then you take it away.</p><p>Basically the idea is the big guy sanctions the small guy.</p><p>But if 1/4-1/6 of the world economy tries to sanction the rest of the world, 🤷</p><p>1/6</p>
Russia-Ukraine Daily News<p>🇷🇺🇺🇸 The Kremlin has a deliberate strategy to test how far <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is willing to go in pressing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> to ease <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a>, Bloomberg reports.</p><p>...The purpose in picking Russian Agricultural Bank was to see if Trump would firstly engage with the idea and then whether he could bring the European Union on board.</p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-28/putin-tests-how-far-trump-will-go-against-europe-on-sanctions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-03-28/putin-tests-how-far-trump-will-go-against-europe-on-sanctions</span></a></p><p>Archive: <a href="https://archive.is/m7Y62" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/m7Y62</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>
User name cannot be blank 🇪🇺<p>oops 😐<br>_________</p><p>"One of the biggest corporate donors to the populist Reform U.K. party has sold almost $2 million worth of transmitters, cockpit equipment, antennas and other sensitive technology to a major supplier of Moscow’s blacklisted state weapons agency, documents show"</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/reform-uk-donor-farage-technology-russia-sanctions-india.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7U4.POt3.fQLqFe4yUMLB&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/e</span><span class="invisible">urope/reform-uk-donor-farage-technology-russia-sanctions-india.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7U4.POt3.fQLqFe4yUMLB&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ReformUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReformUK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PayWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayWall</span></a></p>
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