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3 weeks ago | 
open.substack.com | Byline Supplement |Heidi Siegmund Cuda |Alexander Kovaleski
At the end of April, Iâm off to Ukraine with my son, friends, and a convoy of trucks. How many trucks, what they contain, how it will be used, all this matters hugely. But after Trumpâs outrageous treatment of Ukraine and its President, the fact that weâre going is arguably more important:âRight now, whatâs keeping us going is the support of ordinary people,â Maksym wrote to us the other day.
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4 weeks ago | 
bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Stephen Colegrave
The Mob has been part of America since the nineteenth century when the earliest recorded accounts of Sicilian Mafia activity emerged in New Orleans, the city where the Matranga crime family began their racketeering and extortion, branching out into drugs, gambling and prostitution in the 1860s. Meanwhile in New York, the Italian ghetto gave rise to similar criminal gangs which spread throughout the city.
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1 month ago | 
bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Matt Bernardini
Over the last few weeks, many in Europe and especially Ukraine, have watched in horror as the United States has turned its back on many of the post World War II alliances that created such a close bond with the continent. With regard to Europe’s biggest geopolitical issue, the war in Ukraine, many of Washington’s top officials have aligned themselves with the Kremlin. This has created concern in Kyiv about how much longer Ukraine can fend off Russia without support from the US.
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1 month ago | 
bylinesupplement.com | Peter Jukes |Byline Supplement
Writing any kind of definitive editorial for Byline Times in the tumultuous first 50 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency is a hiding to nothing and a hostage to fortune.
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1 month ago | 
open.substack.com | Byline Supplement |Brian Klaas
Thank you for reading The Garden of Forking Paths. Please consider supporting my work with a paid subscription, for about the price of one coffee per month—like caffeine but for your inquisitive brain. My work is fully reader-supported. Or, you can support my work by buying my book, FLUKE, twice named a “best book of 2024.”One of the strangest dynamics of modern politics is that the richest man in the world chooses to get his information from grifting ignoramuses on social media.
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1 month ago | 
bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Adam Bienkov
This article was first published in the February 2025 print edition of Byline Times. Subscribe to our monthly news magazine by clicking the link belowDuring the EU Referendum campaign, the majority of the British press united in urging the nation to ‘break free’ from Europe. The Sun newspaper, which had spent years lamenting the influence of ‘foreign bureaucrats’ in UK politics, was typical in urging voters to “BeLeave” in our independence.
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1 month ago | 
bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Matt Bernardini
Much of the world watched in horror as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office last week. Trump unleashed a torrent of lies about Ukraine not wanting to end the war, and Vance told Zelensky he had not expressed gratitude for the help America has given. Zelensky has, but you’d be more likely to know that if you lived in Europe, because Trump has continued to hammer the American media into submission.
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1 month ago | 
democracyforsale.substack.com | Byline Supplement |Peter Geoghegan
A newsletter dedicated to revealing how dark money and hidden influence threaten our democracy Over 23,000 subscribersBy subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy“The brilliant incisive investigator, formerly in charge of openDemocracy's amazing investigative work into dark money, think tanks, and the subversion of democracy ”Byline Supplement, Byline Supplement“Peter is an essential voice on an essential topic.
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1 month ago | 
bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Zarina Zabrisky
On the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the world order is no longer shifting—it’s spiraling. While Ukraine fights for survival on the 600-mile frontline, Russia’s hybrid warfare weaves global changes on the invisible front. The Kremlin’s long-term goal is to expand Russian economic and geopolitical interests to create an empire.
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1 month ago | 
bylinesupplement.com | Byline Supplement |Zarina Zabrisky
On the third anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion, a "human safari" is happening in the embattled city of Kherson, in south Ukraine. This latest Russian war crime—remote drone pilots using FPV drones to hunt civilians—is slightly less intense, due to winter weather. Fog and wind hamper FPV drone flights, but bring no relief.
