Portside

Democracy is messy

The old is dying and the new struggles to be born

Trump thinks of himself as an unstoppable force. But Putin is an unmovable object who won’t be bullied because he is the ultimate bully.

Wins, losses and deep thoughts

The tribunal will focus on the crime of aggression against Ukraine, but Putin is immune while in office. Even with its limitations, it is a significant step towards the first court to prosecute the crime of aggression since Nuremberg and Tokyo.

Ukraine claims that it targeted 41 strategic bombers in the operation, adding that "at least" 13 were destroyed.

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Ed Martin is a major actor in Trump's attempted regime change to authoritarianism. His particular role is to transform the law into a tool to intimidate Americans. Martin will now continue his work for Trump as the official "weaponization czar."

The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest.