The war has a frontline and a rear; calm days and terrible nights. I try to show you its different faces. A moment from Kyiv in the video.
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The war has a frontline and a rear; calm days and terrible nights. I try to show you its different faces. A moment from Kyiv in the video.
I’m not really into tea, but when I walked into this tea shop in Kyiv, I was impressed. Just wanted to show you. In case someone still thinks Kyiv is stuck in Soviet or prehistoric times. 😉
Pectoral, 4th century BCE, Scythian gold. I shortly explained who were the Scythians and showed other examples of ancient Crimean heritage. Salted with Ukrainian reality. Sunday Letter: www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...
Unfortunately, NO ONE CARES
Gabbard disclosed the identity of an undercover agent when she published their identity after revoking the clearance of CIA agents that disclosed Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. She said she did it at Trump’s request. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory apple.news/AoFBLlIHBR1-...
CNN reports the Trump admin will begin an 'immigration enforcement operation' as soon as next week. Let me be clear: there is no emergency here—he wants to bait us. Trump's plan to attack Chicago has nothing to do with immigration. This con of his has nothing to do with safety.
Catelin Drey FLIPPED the Iowa State Senate. 30,000 volunteers just quietly got on with it, and where determined to ignore the distracting noise to get Catelin elected. Organize!
📌BREAKING: Democrats flip seat in Iowa special election, and smash Republicans' supermajority in the state. Congratulations, Catelin Drey!
🚨🚨 GREAT NEWS🚨🚨 IN IOWA DEMOCRAT CATELIN DREY HAS WON SPECIAL ELECTION FOR STATE SENATE Democrats now have stopped the Republican Super Majority in the State Senate Congratulations CATELIN DREY !!
A place where we began our live walk in Kyiv today. Thank you to everyone who joined. I don’t announce live walks on socials - even the place is unknown until the last moment. All you get is time. Safety first. Want to join next time? Subscribe: www.patreon.com/strategywoman
Evening in Kyiv. The air raid alert began an hour ago. Drones. We had a few calm days. And it’s so easy to get used to them.
A postcard video from Kyiv. Just a small reminder of how beautiful this city is.
Drones. Warning of a missile attack. Midnight. I’m showing you Ukrainian art. Maybe I just need something beautiful. Ruslan Kutniak, Village Grail, 2017
3 am in Kyiv. I woke up to loud explosions. Ballistic missiles, as the monitoring channels report.
Greetings from Kyiv. I managed to sleep a little, and even wake up. Kyiv survived a terrible attack. Residential buildings and sleeping people were the target. As of now, 8 people have been killed. I need a warcoffee.
We need to move on. Kyiv is slowly coming back to life. A privilege to have a warcoffee today and finish my letter to you.
Evening in Kyiv. I went out and bought some chocolate. I’m not really into chocolate, but I today I needed to sweeten either my body or my life. The death toll in Kyiv has risen to 19. People may still be trapped under the rubble.
Looks delicious! Can only imagine how stressful the attack was last night. Stay strong!
Bread baked in Kyiv today. After a sleepless night, someone still did it. So did I: sent a letter about bread, rituals, childhood memories. My small act of resistance. Exclusive for supporters www.patreon.com/posts/bread-...
Looks like Ken was a naughty boy—again!
"Gabbard didn’t know the CIA officer had been working undercover, according to a person familiar with the fallout from the list’s release. Three other people with knowledge of the situation said that Gabbard’s office didn’t meaningfully consult with the CIA before releasing the list."
Save the date: A judge just scheduled a hearing for this Friday in the Lisa Cook case. 10am ET.
Another illegal arrest August 27th at the Portland 24/7 Music Festival.
Really enjoyed your live walk. You said you were nervous, but you did great! Impossible for you to read all the comments when they fly by so fast.🙂 Stay safe!
I’d love your feedback if you joined today’s live walk on Patreon. • How was the video quality for you? • The sound? • Was the duration okay? • What did you enjoy the most? • What would you like me to add to future walks? No need to answer everything - even a short thought means a lot.
This is horrible news. Stay strong! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
More than numbers. At night, russia attacked Ukraine with 598 drones and 31 missiles. 12 people were killed in Kyiv - among them three children, aged 2, 14, and 17. More than numbers.
Warcoffee in Kyiv. The calmness covers the city like a blanket.
It speaks. It cries. I saw it today at the exhibition of paintings by wives and mothers of fallen heroes.
ICE, DC Police, Park Police, DHS, and HSI brutally arrested a man who refused to provide identification after being stopped for eating in public. Goons attempted to stop community members from recording his injuries during the incident.
A half dozen armed goons brutally attacked a man FOR EATING IN PUBLIC?
Washington, DC, folks, our nation's capital. This is what a police state looks like. Coming to your city soon.
My God. This looks like North Korea, China, Russia, 1930s Germany....
We all know whose side he's on.
We can now expect Ghislaine Maxwell to be a speaker at the 2028 Republican National Convention.
The President of the United States is a pedophile. And MAGA doesn’t care. Trump is the fatal cancer on American democracy.
Nice. I really like that tree painting!
One minute in Kyiv. Let’s walk with me. The city lives.
In August 1991, Levko Lukianenko, who had spent 25 years in Soviet prisons, drafted the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine in a notebook he had at hand. The Act was adopted on August 24, 1991. Now, everyone can have a copy of this ‘Notebook of Independence.’ 1/2
We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.
Because it’s time for warcoffee and a treat. Life goes on in Kyiv. We don’t need red carpets to feel strong.
To make your feed a bit more beautiful today: A view of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.
Looks like Trump on the left!
Doesn't it seem strange that, just before the talks with ‘almost a Nobel peace winner’ (no, he won’t get it), a ballistic missile hit Kharkiv, 20+ drones are heading towards Odesa. putin isn’t talking about peace; he is talking about surrender.
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Rick Scott was confronted by a voter in a restaurant for his decision to cut Medicaid. Her frustration underscores the tension created by Republican policies to cut healthcare for millions.
Washington, DC August 16, 2025 Dupont Circle
Ohio can't afford school busses, but it can afford this www.wlwt.com/article/ohio...
Imagine those bomber pilots having to tip their wings for the brutal dictator they were trained to fight against and who is working to destroy the very country they swore to protect. Not one media outlet pointing it out. Not one.
SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR BY TRUMP
As Putin greeted President Trump in #Alaska, a B2 Spirit aircraft flew over his head. B-2 bombers were used to bomb nuclear objects in Putin's ally, Iran.
The only thing that should be happening in Alaska is the arrest of indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin. Anything else is a victory for evil. A POTUS should meet with those defending themselves against war crimes—with Putin begging to be involved due to a fear of consequences.
Per CNN, police believe the Emory shooter targeted the CDC because he was sick or thought he was sick “and blamed the illness on the Covid-19 vaccine.” And this is why we keep telling you that anti-vax conspiracy theories are dangerous. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
TO BE CLEAR, the ship is the Nazi Ship Bismarck, which was christened at a huge Nazi event attended by Hitler himself. READ MORE: www.thedailybeast.com/new-trump-st...
Just an honest labor statistician collecting the data, crunching the numbers, and reporting them fairly, and definitely not an extremist ideologue with an axe to grind, unshackled from respect for the law or political norms.
The President has created more economic uncertainty than even the novel coronavirus and today the only certainty is continued uncertainty.
Today, salt mining is making a comeback in western Ukraine - including at the Drohobych saltworks, one of the oldest still-operating enterprises in Europe. Its history goes back to 1390. 2/2
Greetings from Kyiv, where it is calm and warm. I’ve had my warcoffee and dialogues with war. War: Mood? Me: Oh, this mood, built from cubes of sun and determination. War: Okay. Live. Me: With your darkest permission.
Join others in reading the letter about the Ukrainian artist Mykhailo Guida and try to hear the stories his paintings tell. Free to read: www.patreon.com/posts/art-te...
I heard President Trump say he “solved” six wars. Can someone help me figure out which ones he meant so I can delete them from this article I published today about ongoing wars around the world?
When employees are asked “what are the traits I want my leader to exhibit,” the number one answer is usually INTEGRITY. People want truth, not lies, excuses or misinformation.
I’m sorry, but “territorial concessions” by any democratic nation protecting their sovereignty and their citizens to any invading army seems kinda nuts, as well as contrary to what our US has always believed. Why is this on the table at all?
For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq. “If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.” National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.
Always appreciate the wisdom you bring to Nicole Wallace’s show!
Watching the US prep for a critically important meeting with Putin in Alaska reminds me of students who realize they had an assignment a day before it is due. Hoping I’m wrong, but concerned about the diplomatic approach & the potential outcome.
The rest of the story on Armenia-Azerbaijan. My latest in @thebulwark.com
Greetings from Kyiv! Glad to be back home. Glad it was calm here while I was away. Glad I had some rest. Not glad about the current situation with these strange negotiations - nothing good for Ukraine.
Greetings from Kyiv! I’ve slept for a long while before my body decided - You can back to life. And now, after the cup of home warcoffee, looking in the eyes of Monday, I finally can tell you - Hi. How have you been? Kyiv is gently wrapped in wind and sweaters.
My usual warcoffee after a regular workout. A routine we can take for granted or cherish deeply. There’s always something to complain about. But also there’s always something (even small) to be grateful for.
Greetings from Kyiv. Had my warcoffee with thoughts. I do a lot to help others discover Ukraine, yet too often I meet tremendous indifference. Maybe we should stop chasing hype and ‘haute couture’ words? Thank you to those who genuinely want to know what Ukraine is.
I’ve finished writing, had my second cup of warcoffee, and now I’m hunting for a book for my always-hungry brain. I read a lot about history. Perhaps that’s why I don’t comment on Friday’s upcoming meeting between the two. We’re too far from peace, maybe even further now.
They knew his kind was out there! Someone the Enemies of Our Nation could easily Corrupt and use. 🤔🧐🤨
#FreeDC
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
Did you know? (I'm kidding...I know you knew this) People who commit Genocide do so in an evil calculated manner They attack their victims victims not only with violence... They attack the populations mental, physical and emotional health They crush any hope of the people to even live
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.
We are kicking off another big week criss-crossing the district, all across NM-1! Thank you to everyone who came out today in Rio Rancho and Sandoval County. We’ll be out and about all week so please come and see us! The work continues here at home and in Washington DC! Here’s the latest:
Looking forward to the federal takeover of Tusla, Oklahoma's police department. More in tomorrow's Popular Information. popular.info/subscribe
The horrors you've seen committed by the Jews on the Palestinians in Gaza & The West Bank are cold and calculated. The Jews methods of Genocide are purposeful. The Jews attack every part of human dignity, gutting the population like gutting a fish, cutting off the head, peeling off the scales
For President Trump, “denying entire chapters of American history is as easy as denying last month’s jobs numbers, and it is no less dangerous to the nation’s understanding of itself,” David Firestone writes.
Let me take you on one minute walk in the Carpathians. Tomorrow morning, I’m leaving this calm and gorgeous place. The Carpathians are safe. You can come.
Greetings from the Carpathians. I once said my suitcase is too small for this view. It’s the one I’d love to pack and take to Kyiv. I’m leaving soon. Ukraine is so much more than the war. I hope I can help you see it.
Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
Music is one of the sounds of Ukraine’s resistance. Met this gentleman today in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Headline writer finally gets it right: ‘Extortion’: Newsom Threatens to Sue After Trump Fines UCLA $1 Billion www.kqed.org/news/1205152...
A glimpse inside the Kyiv National Art Gallery. I keep chasing gorgeous ceilings and chandeliers. I visited an exhibition there - will show you next week.
I’m at the railway station. The train will carry me from Kyiv to Ivano-Frankivsk, a long journey to a literary (writing) school in the Carpathians. I’ll be there nearly a week A few days ago, I shared a letter with my supporters about the goals I have for this trip www.patreon.com/posts/135374...
Night train to Ivano-Frankivsk. Comfortable. A young woman shares my compartment. She’s also heading to the literary school. A writer. I told her I try to help people discover Ukraine. And maybe, for the first time, I truly felt proud. Thank you for reading.
Carpathians. I came looking for more mature words, but found this breathtaking nature also. It’s raining perfectly. Ukraine is beautiful. I want the world to see it.
Greetings from the Carpathians. The day started early - at 7 am with free writing. It’s when you write whatever you want and your thoughts wander freely on the paper (or screen, in my case). I haven’t checked the news yet.
Beautiful
One minute in the Carpathians. Maybe you need now a break for nature. Ukraine is beautiful. You know what to do after the war.
Greetings from the Carpathians. What’s great here (besides the stunning beauty) is the calm. I’m not even sure if they have air raid alerts here. And the warcoffee? Bearable.
Not sure if anyone’s interested in rain. But here it is - His Majesty, Carpathian Rain.
Something about Ukrainian food. Hutsul banosh (on the left) is creamy cornmeal cooked with sour cream and topped with brynza. It was born in the Carpathians. Deruny are grated potato pancakes, fried till crispy and served with sour cream - popular in the western and northern regions of Ukraine.
Greetings from the Carpathians! Having my morning warcoffee and sending you the stillness of beauty. Mountains don’t have breaking news. I wish more people stopped chasing headlines and started living, noticing, admiring.
Today, we went to the mountains for a few hours. One of the guides (a milk-haired man in a jacket once blue) told us about opryshky, mountain rebels who fought against feudal oppression in the Carpathians from the 16th to the 19th century. I’ll look into it more. Coming soon in one of my letters.
