Tomasz Wlostowski

Incredible. I did not believe I would see this, but here it is: EU ban on transactions with Russian Central Bank has just been published in the OJ. Hell just froze over.

Pontius Pilate washing his hands.🤲

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@krzysztofbosak W lobbyingu brukselskim, firma FAKRO i jej prezes są niestety przykładem, jak się nie robi spraw. Niestety. Wiele krzywd, które spotkały tą firmę, były pośrednim wynikiem jednoosobowych decyzji jej prezesa, ktory po prostu nie pozwalał zawodowcom sobie pomóc. Smutne ale prawdziwe

Twarda gra, a nie „rodzina europejska”. Takie są realia. Inna sprawa, że moim zdaniem to był blef i należało ten blef przetestować. Czego wedle mojej wiedzy premier nie zrobił

@scarylawyerguy The issue is that each politician has its own constituency to whom they must appeal. Unfortunately for HRC, her electorate was more demanding. One cannot go lower than DJT's.

I honestly don't know how Hillary gets up every morning and doesn't want to punch a hole in the wall considering what Trump did is about 1000x worse than the email "scandal" reporters used to deny her the White House

A bit late for this line of thinking.

US Representative decided to share his deepest thoughts abt Denmark planning to defend Greenland. 🙄

EP Plenary debate on "EU Energy Security, Independence and Supply in the Geopolitical Context." EU Energy Commissioner Jorgensen wrapping up. The room is full. 😏 "Every year, we import for more than 370 bln EUR worth of fossils. Maybe it's a good idea to change that."

@wjakobik Jak cały zachodni świat (minus USA & Izrael) wynegocjuje przejście, wojna ustanie. Największy błąd jaki możemy zrobić to zajęcie - nawet pośrednio - stanowiska zbieżnego z USA i Izraelem.

@TomWlost To by było nawet niezłe, gdyby walki z innymi też ustały, ale bez tego będzie dalej ryzyko i koszt

Francja i Wielka Brytania będą rozmawiać z 30 krajami na temat utworzenia koalicji do odblokowania Cieśniny Ormuz. Ktoś inny zaczął, wszyscy będą sprzątać. Ropa Brent trzyma się poniżej 100 dolarów do następnej eskalacji.

This is objectively extraordinary: x.com/clashreport/st… Jake Sullivan, one of the most senior former U.S. officials, says that the U.S. is in a war aimed solely at destroying Iran, one of humanity's oldest civilizations, against the U.S.'s own interests, at the behest of Israel, a 76-year-old state. Listen to the video: he says that Israel's objective in the war "is just break Iran -cause chaos," basically destroy the country, "because as far as they’re concerned, a broken Iran is less of a threat to Israel." Which he says is not in the US's interests "because a broken Iran means a broken global economy, as they continue to threaten the Straits of Hormuz. It means a potential refugee flow, like we saw after the war in Syria into Europe." He also says the Trump administration cannot answer what their own objective is in the war "because they don't know why they're there in the first place," implying that they're there mainly at the behest of Israel (otherwise they'd be able to articulate at least one reason). The curse of the "former official" strikes again... This is the same Jake Sullivan who, as National Security Advisor, oversaw the unconditional U.S. support for Israel's destruction of Gaza. Apparently breaking a people at the behest of Israel is only bad when a different administration does it...

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@Piotr_Maciazek Zajęcie wyspy nie różni się niczym od jej zbombardowania, czyli skończy się zbombardowaniem przez Iran infrastruktury produkcyjnej i eksportowej w KSA, Katarze, czy ZEA, co wysadzi ceny w kosmos na lata. Skrajna głupota.

Pentagon zdecydował o wysłaniu na Bliski Wschód trzech tysięcy żołnierzy elitarnej 82. Dywizji Powietrznodesantowej - podaje "Washington Post".

The US Navy sent its two most powerful warships to fight Iran. Both are now gone from the front. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the most expensive warship ever built at $13.2 billion, left the Red Sea after a fire broke out in its laundry room. That’s the official story. The real story is what a Pentagon testing report quietly revealed at the same time. The Ford’s jet launch system is unreliable. Its radar is unreliable. Its weapons elevators, the lifts that move bombs and missiles to the flight deck, are unreliable. Pentagon testers said there is simply not enough data to assess whether the ship can keep operating if it takes enemy fire. Fixes for these combat systems have been identified. Most remain unfunded. The ship also doesn’t have enough bunks. It needs at least 159 more. This is the Navy’s flagship. Delivered years late. $13.2 billion. Deployed into a war zone with systems the Pentagon itself cannot certify as combat-ready. Then there’s the USS Abraham Lincoln. Iran claimed repeatedly that its missiles forced the Lincoln to retreat. The US called it propaganda. What’s not disputed: the Lincoln moved from 350 kilometers off the Iranian coast to over 1,100 kilometers away. Both carriers are now parked far beyond the range of Iranian anti-ship missiles. The Pentagon calls it “tactical repositioning.” The Ford has been at sea for nearly 11 months, one of the longest carrier deployments in modern US history. Maintenance on nuclear carriers takes months under normal conditions. After a fire, an 11-month deployment, and a backlog of deferred repairs, analysts are now talking about 12 to 14 months out of action. America went into this war with two carriers. It now has zero operating near the fight. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

@rgoodlaw Alien Tort Claims Act possibly against some defendants?

6/ "Ecuadorean officials said soldiers had recovered guns and other 'evidence of illicit activity' ... The Ecuadorean military did not offer evidence for its claims even though it tends to publicize photos of drugs, weapons and contraband it seizes during operations."

This is utterly extraordinary. If Hegseth et al got this wrong, think what else is happening with the drug boat strikes and much more. The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm. Gets worse as you read it. 1/

Very important words from EU Energy Commissioner.

"There is no road back to [the EU’s] dependency on Russian energy,” @DanJoergensen told us at our #POLITICOCompetitiveSummit. The bloc "should not ever again import as much as one molecule" of Russian oil or gas.

@WitoldRPL Zajecie Chark nic USA nie da. Uniemożliwi eksport z Iranu, ale to mogą przecież osiągnąć tylko zbombardowaniem instalacji. Co by USA nie zrobilo (bomby czy szturm), kończy się to całkowitym rozwaleniem infrastruktury energetycznej na Bliskim Wschodzie (KSA, ZEA, KAT, IRAK).

Jeśli okaże się, że Trump gra na zwłokę by zgromadzić siły do ataku na Chark to czeka nas wszystkich totalna katastrofa i powinniśmy się szykować na chiński atak na Tajwan oraz testowanie przez Rosję gotowości NATO do obrony swojego terytorium (na lądzie, nie w powietrzu).

@dantannNYC @DanielBShapiro As a lawyer, I always wondered if there are really no implied restrictions on pardon power. I realize it doesn't appear so and there is no case law for now, but that doesn't mean the courts couldn't step in and pull a rabbit out of a hat in case of just brazen corruption?

@TomWlost @DanielBShapiro Fun fact here, they're really acting like there are no consequences. For most of these potential crimes depending on the law violated, the statute of limitations is 4-10 years. Look for a shitload of pardons in the 9th inning , especially if it looks like the Dems retake the WH.

What possible US interest would this visit serve?

@dantannNYC @DanielBShapiro The interesting angle is that the brazenness of some of this is increasing, no? It's as if they assume full impunity to last forever

@TomWlost @DanielBShapiro Sadly none of these moves seem to happen unless someone connected to the team is profiting somehow.