How Trump’s Miami–Moscow backchannel has put democracy at risk, eroded our national security, betrayed Ukraine, and endangers all US allies. #EndImpunity #3E
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First Ukraine, Then Who? How Trump’s Miami–Moscow Backchannel Put Democracy at Risk
Trump’s Miami–Moscow backchannel betrays Ukraine, undermines other U.S. allies, and rewards Russian aggression.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
How Trump’s Miami–Moscow backchannel has put democracy at risk, eroded our national security, betrayed Ukraine, and endangers all US allies. #EndImpunity #3E
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"Secret?"
Is anyone...anyone at all...surprised Tucker Carlson is Donald Trump's backchannel to Putin?
Is anyone...anyone at all...surprised Tucker Carlson is Donald Trump's backchannel to Putin?
December 6, 2024 at 4:49 PM
"Secret?"
Is anyone...anyone at all...surprised Tucker Carlson is Donald Trump's backchannel to Putin?
Is anyone...anyone at all...surprised Tucker Carlson is Donald Trump's backchannel to Putin?
Erik Prince - Trump’s proxy to open a backchannel to Putin in 2016 and wanted to guard the nuclear reactors Trump was gonna give to the Saudis - wants to build concentration camps.
February 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Erik Prince - Trump’s proxy to open a backchannel to Putin in 2016 and wanted to guard the nuclear reactors Trump was gonna give to the Saudis - wants to build concentration camps.
First Ukraine, Then Who? How Trump’s Miami–Moscow Backchannel Put Democracy at Risk #SpookyConnections spookyconnections.com/2025/12/02/f...
First Ukraine, Then Who? How Trump’s Miami–Moscow Backchannel Put Democracy at Risk
Trump’s Miami–Moscow backchannel betrays Ukraine, undermines other U.S. allies, and rewards Russian aggression.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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could've just let his term run out and have him retire! get your guy in then! backchannel some more rate cuts!
blithering idiots, the lot of them
blithering idiots, the lot of them
FT Exclusive: US prosecutors’ criminal probe against Jay Powell has galvanised the Federal Reserve’s top leaders to resist Donald Trump’s attacks — and could push the chair to remain a governor until 2028. ft.trib.al/spoz6ej
January 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
could've just let his term run out and have him retire! get your guy in then! backchannel some more rate cuts!
blithering idiots, the lot of them
blithering idiots, the lot of them
Trump's son, Donald Jr., news host Tucker Carlson, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff were involved in backchannel talks with President Zelensky's political rivals, Politico reported on March 18, citing undisclosed sources.
Trump Jr., Witkoff, Carlson involved in secret talks with Zelensky's rivals, Politico reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's son, Donald Jr., news host Tucker Carlson, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff were involved in backchannel talks with President Volodymyr Z...
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March 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Trump's son, Donald Jr., news host Tucker Carlson, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff were involved in backchannel talks with President Zelensky's political rivals, Politico reported on March 18, citing undisclosed sources.
Not sure if Palantir is a household name. It's time to resuscitate + integrate a decade's worth of warnings about these folks — e.g.,...
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April 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Not sure if Palantir is a household name. It's time to resuscitate + integrate a decade's worth of warnings about these folks — e.g.,...
www.wired.com/story/how-pe...
www.bloomberg.com/features/201...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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www.bloomberg.com/features/201...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-...
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rubio trying to defuse tensions on a backchannel by changing the us's facebook status to it's complicated
June 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
rubio trying to defuse tensions on a backchannel by changing the us's facebook status to it's complicated
IRGC SPOKESMAN TO TASNIM: TRUMP’S CLAIM OF BACKCHANNEL TALKS WITH THE IRGC IS A DELUSION STEMMING FROM DEFEAT.
August 17, 2026 at 12:59 PM
IRGC SPOKESMAN TO TASNIM: TRUMP’S CLAIM OF BACKCHANNEL TALKS WITH THE IRGC IS A DELUSION STEMMING FROM DEFEAT.
"The pact follows months of heated negotiations that reportedly made use of a diplomatic backchannel with Pedotopia maintained by American casting directors, superyacht owners, youth ministers, and scoutmasters."
Not sure how @theonion.com stays on top of breaking news like this but the print edition just showed up at my house with this:
January 30, 2026 at 9:39 PM
"The pact follows months of heated negotiations that reportedly made use of a diplomatic backchannel with Pedotopia maintained by American casting directors, superyacht owners, youth ministers, and scoutmasters."
Not THAT backchannel.
August 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Not THAT backchannel.
I'm imagining all the military backchannel today must be especially epic. One hope some of it leaks out. Disciplined career people lectured by an ignorant reckless grifter.
That backchannel is a sort of resistance too.
That backchannel is a sort of resistance too.
The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm imagining all the military backchannel today must be especially epic. One hope some of it leaks out. Disciplined career people lectured by an ignorant reckless grifter.
That backchannel is a sort of resistance too.
That backchannel is a sort of resistance too.
Trump administration officials have opened backchannel contacts with opposition leaders Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot in a hedge against Netanyahu ahead of Israel's elections, Channel 12 reports.
June 20, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Trump administration officials have opened backchannel contacts with opposition leaders Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot in a hedge against Netanyahu ahead of Israel's elections, Channel 12 reports.
IRGC Spokesman to Tasnim: Trump’s claim of backchannel talks with the IRGC is a delusion stemming from defeat.
August 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
IRGC Spokesman to Tasnim: Trump’s claim of backchannel talks with the IRGC is a delusion stemming from defeat.
Carter = heavily involved in Douglas MacArthur's backchannel attempt for the 1944 GOP nomination
September 25, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Carter = heavily involved in Douglas MacArthur's backchannel attempt for the 1944 GOP nomination
⚡️ UK backchannel contacts failed to develop, Kremlin says.
The comments follow reporting by the Financial Times (FT) that British national security advisor Jonathan Powell tried to open a backchannel with Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov earlier this year.
The comments follow reporting by the Financial Times (FT) that British national security advisor Jonathan Powell tried to open a backchannel with Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov earlier this year.
UK backchannel contacts failed to develop, Kremlin says
The comments follow reporting by the Financial Times (FT) that British national security advisor Jonathan Powell tried to open a backchannel with Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov earlier this ...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
⚡️ UK backchannel contacts failed to develop, Kremlin says.
The comments follow reporting by the Financial Times (FT) that British national security advisor Jonathan Powell tried to open a backchannel with Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov earlier this year.
The comments follow reporting by the Financial Times (FT) that British national security advisor Jonathan Powell tried to open a backchannel with Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov earlier this year.
My prediction about how the Strait opens back up?
Hormuz likely reopens after quiet backchannel deals brokered by Gulf states and pressured by China…with naval escorts restoring shipping while every side publicly claims victory.
NOT because of Donald Trump.
Hormuz likely reopens after quiet backchannel deals brokered by Gulf states and pressured by China…with naval escorts restoring shipping while every side publicly claims victory.
NOT because of Donald Trump.
May 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
My prediction about how the Strait opens back up?
Hormuz likely reopens after quiet backchannel deals brokered by Gulf states and pressured by China…with naval escorts restoring shipping while every side publicly claims victory.
NOT because of Donald Trump.
Hormuz likely reopens after quiet backchannel deals brokered by Gulf states and pressured by China…with naval escorts restoring shipping while every side publicly claims victory.
NOT because of Donald Trump.
U.S. Representative Ted Lieu has called Steve Witkoff an “actual traitor” following revelations of his backchannel dealings with Russian officials during Ukraine peace negotiations.
"Actual traitor. Steve Witkoff is supposed to work for the United States, not Russia," he said.
"Actual traitor. Steve Witkoff is supposed to work for the United States, not Russia," he said.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
U.S. Representative Ted Lieu has called Steve Witkoff an “actual traitor” following revelations of his backchannel dealings with Russian officials during Ukraine peace negotiations.
"Actual traitor. Steve Witkoff is supposed to work for the United States, not Russia," he said.
"Actual traitor. Steve Witkoff is supposed to work for the United States, not Russia," he said.
So no, it's not a comfort to know Rubio has been on the phone. He's not Kissinger II. More comforting is that Donald Trump seems deathly afraid of real shooting wars and nuclear anything. But the United States trying to do delicate backchannel de-escalation? Don't count on it. Not anymore. 9/9
May 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
So no, it's not a comfort to know Rubio has been on the phone. He's not Kissinger II. More comforting is that Donald Trump seems deathly afraid of real shooting wars and nuclear anything. But the United States trying to do delicate backchannel de-escalation? Don't count on it. Not anymore. 9/9
the funniest outcome here is that Iran insists on tolls and we have to figure out a way to backchannel payment to them to let ships through for the next two weeks to pretend they agreed to the ceasefire
April 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
the funniest outcome here is that Iran insists on tolls and we have to figure out a way to backchannel payment to them to let ships through for the next two weeks to pretend they agreed to the ceasefire
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What Dems Should Ask For
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“.. In recent days, Saudi officials have deployed their diplomatic backchannel to Iran with greater urgency to de-escalate tensions and prevent the conflict from worsening, the officials said ..”
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March 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“.. In recent days, Saudi officials have deployed their diplomatic backchannel to Iran with greater urgency to de-escalate tensions and prevent the conflict from worsening, the officials said ..”
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Trump is aiming to oust Zelensky. He said as much publicly, backchannel noises are even worse
Its unlikely to play out the way he wants in Ukraine
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Its unlikely to play out the way he wants in Ukraine
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February 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Trump is aiming to oust Zelensky. He said as much publicly, backchannel noises are even worse
Its unlikely to play out the way he wants in Ukraine
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Its unlikely to play out the way he wants in Ukraine
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The files revealed Jeffrey Epstein had backchannel access to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russia Sergey Lavrov through former Slovak Foreign Minister Miro Lajčák.
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April 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The files revealed Jeffrey Epstein had backchannel access to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russia Sergey Lavrov through former Slovak Foreign Minister Miro Lajčák.
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Europe’s increasing unity on Ukraine’s security further weakens U.S. negotiating power. As the hegemon retreats, its allies grow stronger—undermining the influence of backchannel deals orchestrated under the shadow of Orange.
March 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Europe’s increasing unity on Ukraine’s security further weakens U.S. negotiating power. As the hegemon retreats, its allies grow stronger—undermining the influence of backchannel deals orchestrated under the shadow of Orange.