How "cash to crypto" swaps allow users everywhere to convert national currencies to stablecoins and then debit cards, avoiding financial oversight and sanctions (Aaron Krolik/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/technol
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Trump says open to exempting Orban's Hungary from Russia oil sanctions
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251107-trump-open-exempting-orban-s-hungary-russia-oil-sanctions
EU Sanctions Target Free Speech (Roger Koppl/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/eu-sanctions-target-free-speech-48e6d511?st=Q333aV
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p19#a260107p19
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Maybe an year ago, I was listening to an interview with Albanese where she spoke how powerless she was to stop genocide in Gaza. I thought that as an UN rapporteur, she only had to try and would change much. Later she tried, and got smashed by US politics in a blatant eradication of any civic common sense.
I guess I feel that in some way it is my fault. People like me who have encountered her have nudged her, and now she pays the price. I still feel it is a small price one in her posit…
Trump has 'greenlit' Russia sanctions bill, Lindsey Graham says (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/07/congress/russia-sanctions-lindsey-graham-00715548
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p135#a260107p135
Orban's chummy relationship with Trump could help his oil sanctions pitch (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/06/orban-trump-oil-sanctions-00640608
http://www.memeorandum.com/251106/p130#a251106p130