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OPINION: The $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund — when the DOJ tries to buy its own exoneration
A few weeks ago, the Trump administration announced the creation of a fund worth nearly $1.776 billion — a figure deliberately evoking 1776, the…
OPINION: Judge Pitts strikes down ICE courthouse arrest policy — a ruling restoring judicial integrity
On June 24, 2026, federal judge P. Casey Pitts, sitting at the federal court for the Northern District of California, handed down a decision…
OPINION: Zelensky absent from Gdańsk — the UPA, the heroes, and the Polish-Ukrainian wound
The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk on June 25–26 was meant to be one of the high points of international support for Ukraine.…
OPINION: EU Extends Ukrainian Refugee Protection — But Excludes Men of Military Age
The 26th of June 2026 will stand as a notable date in the history of European policy toward Ukraine. That day, two pieces of…
OPINION: Former Russian Soldiers Banned from the EU — Paris and Rome Block, the Signal to Moscow Is Ambiguous
The idea is simple, direct, morally unassailable: ban entry into the European Union for former Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine. Ursula von der…
OPINION: 80% of Russians Expect the Crisis — Putin Won the War and Lost His Country
On June 25, 2026, Ukrainska Pravda published the findings of a survey that should be required reading in every European foreign ministry: 80% of…
OPINION: OFAC Removes Russians from Sanctions — Trump Quietly Yields to Moscow
On June 24, 2026, OFAC — the Office of Foreign Assets Control within the U.S. Treasury Department — quietly removed from its SDN list…
OPINION: One million civilians under Russian occupation, cut off from basic services
A report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) published in January 2026 establishes that approximately one million civilians…
OPINION: Lukashenko blinked before Zelensky — and that is enormous
On June 19, 2026, President Zelensky issued a public ultimatum to Alexander Lukashenko: seven days to remove the signal repeaters from Belarusian territory that…