Putinism, like Trumpism, is a cult. In fact, Trumpism is actually based on Putinism
December 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Putinism, like Trumpism, is a cult. In fact, Trumpism is actually based on Putinism
Loyal Serfs may enrol in Prez's free online bachelor's degree in Putinism. Lesson 1
Putinism 101: The duality of Putinism.
darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/putinism-101
Putinism 101: The duality of Putinism.
darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/putinism-101
Putinism 101.
A Bachelor’s Degree. Lesson One. The duality of Putinism
darthputinkgb.substack.com
August 27, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Loyal Serfs may enrol in Prez's free online bachelor's degree in Putinism. Lesson 1
Putinism 101: The duality of Putinism.
darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/putinism-101
Putinism 101: The duality of Putinism.
darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/putinism-101
Putinism 101, Lesson 2. "Russia is just defending itself". The 4 ways Russia does peace wars.
Free article for a Sunday read.
darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/putinism-1...
Free article for a Sunday read.
darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/putinism-1...
Putinism 101, Lesson 2. “Russia is just defending itself”
In someone else’s country. The 4 ways Russia does peace wars.
darthputinkgb.substack.com
September 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Putinism 101, Lesson 2. "Russia is just defending itself". The 4 ways Russia does peace wars.
Free article for a Sunday read.
darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/putinism-1...
Free article for a Sunday read.
darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/putinism-1...
More disgraceful Putinism from Trump.
Trump's Pentagon plans to delay spending the remaining $400M in Ukraine aid until FY2029—the year Trump leaves office—despite Kyiv's urgent weapons shortages. Congress was notified in May, but the funds remain unspent and not under contract. #Ukraine #Trump #Putin
www.kyivpost.com/post/81216
www.kyivpost.com/post/81216
Pentagon Won't Finish Ukraine Aid Spending Until 2029, Source Says
Members of Congress from both parties have criticized the Pentagon for sitting on aid that lawmakers backed last year.
www.kyivpost.com
July 28, 2026 at 10:30 AM
More disgraceful Putinism from Trump.
"America has adopted Putinism as its modus operandi for foreign affairs. So tell me: Why would America not also adopt Putinism in its domestic affairs?"
Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
www.thebulwark.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"America has adopted Putinism as its modus operandi for foreign affairs. So tell me: Why would America not also adopt Putinism in its domestic affairs?"
Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
It’s Putinism — no one anywhere can be free because my people might get ideas
trump very clearly sees any attempt to hold a criminal head of state accountable as a threat to his own standing
This sounds like a defense of fellow wannabe dictator Yoon Suk Yeol
August 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It’s Putinism — no one anywhere can be free because my people might get ideas
This is one of the bedrocks of Putinism
I'm not a categorical pacifist but people have no idea how bad sustained political violence is to live under. one of the common ways that dictators get their initial legitimacy is being perceived as the guy who made that shit stop.
August 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
This is one of the bedrocks of Putinism
Countries that are imperialist and aggressive in their foreign policy do not remain liberal democracies in their domestic policy.
This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 28, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Countries that are imperialist and aggressive in their foreign policy do not remain liberal democracies in their domestic policy.
Pure Putinism
Trump on Greenland: "It cannot go on the way it is. It's not gonna go on the way it is. I'll make a statement. It's not gonna happen. So they're going there, and it's purely friendship ... people from Greenland are asking us to go there."
March 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Pure Putinism
His domestic policy is Orbanism, his foreign policy is Putinism, and his economic policy is 17th Century mercantilism.
October 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
His domestic policy is Orbanism, his foreign policy is Putinism, and his economic policy is 17th Century mercantilism.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”
(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”
(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
July 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”
(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”
(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
My latest in The Atlantic :
The Tragic Success of Global Putinism
How the West underestimated an ideology’s animating force
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Tragic Success of Global Putinism
How the West underestimated an ideology’s animating force
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Tragic Success of Global Putinism
How the West underestimated an ideology’s animating force
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My latest in The Atlantic :
The Tragic Success of Global Putinism
How the West underestimated an ideology’s animating force
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Tragic Success of Global Putinism
How the West underestimated an ideology’s animating force
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
1/7 Trumpism is a cheap American copy of Putinism.
Both rely on spectacle, disinformation, and manufactured chaos—tools perfected by Vladislav Surkov, Putin’s shadowy strategist.
But while Putinism serves imperial goals, Trumpism is a reality show with authoritarian ambitions
Both rely on spectacle, disinformation, and manufactured chaos—tools perfected by Vladislav Surkov, Putin’s shadowy strategist.
But while Putinism serves imperial goals, Trumpism is a reality show with authoritarian ambitions
August 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
1/7 Trumpism is a cheap American copy of Putinism.
Both rely on spectacle, disinformation, and manufactured chaos—tools perfected by Vladislav Surkov, Putin’s shadowy strategist.
But while Putinism serves imperial goals, Trumpism is a reality show with authoritarian ambitions
Both rely on spectacle, disinformation, and manufactured chaos—tools perfected by Vladislav Surkov, Putin’s shadowy strategist.
But while Putinism serves imperial goals, Trumpism is a reality show with authoritarian ambitions
Putinism
New: RFK Jr is facing a Hatch Act complaint after intervening in congressional races.
@wyden.senate.gov has asked the Office of Special Counsel to investigate RFK Jr’s phone calls + offers to third-party candidates, where RFK Jr said he would help them if they dropped out.
@wyden.senate.gov has asked the Office of Special Counsel to investigate RFK Jr’s phone calls + offers to third-party candidates, where RFK Jr said he would help them if they dropped out.
RFK Jr. faces Hatch Act complaint after intervening in congressional races
A top Senate Democrat has requested an investigation into whether the health secretary broke a law that bars political appointees from trying to influence elections.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Putinism
In the Bunker: Understanding Putinism, with Prof @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social It's a great chat.
Like & subscribe
youtu.be/DiF6_gHPifg
Like & subscribe
youtu.be/DiF6_gHPifg
Professor Brian Taylor: Understanding Putinism
YouTube video by In the Bunker with Darth Putin KGB
youtu.be
July 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In the Bunker: Understanding Putinism, with Prof @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social It's a great chat.
Like & subscribe
youtu.be/DiF6_gHPifg
Like & subscribe
youtu.be/DiF6_gHPifg
"The Coming Age of American Putinism".
Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right.
🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel
Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right.
🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel
September 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"The Coming Age of American Putinism".
Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right.
🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel
Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right.
🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel
"We have seen empires fall and civilizations crumble. But we’ve almost never seen a people renounce their leadership of the world—all at once, in full public view. That is what has happened in the 365 days since January 20, 2025."
This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
"We have seen empires fall and civilizations crumble. But we’ve almost never seen a people renounce their leadership of the world—all at once, in full public view. That is what has happened in the 365 days since January 20, 2025."
We have to see the movement for democracy and freedom against Trumpism/Putinism as a global one.
This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
January 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
We have to see the movement for democracy and freedom against Trumpism/Putinism as a global one.
The overlap with Putinism is nearly complete.
-- The entire worldview of the American right is situated in the domain of losses: a lost idealized past, lost status for supposedly-deserving dominant groups, sources of meaning that are imagined to be totally lost. Per prospect theory, people are risk-seeking when losses loom large.
[2/n]
[2/n]
July 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The overlap with Putinism is nearly complete.
The war will be over when Putin realizes that he can't win
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
Anne Applebaum: 'The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism' | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The war will be over when Putin realizes that he can't win
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...
"Understanding Putinism", with professor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social is out for patreons (incl free) first.
www.patreon.com/posts/133375...
www.patreon.com/posts/133375...
Understanding Putinism - with Professor Brian Taylor | In the Bunker with Darth
Get more from In the Bunker with Darth on Patreon
www.patreon.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Understanding Putinism", with professor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social is out for patreons (incl free) first.
www.patreon.com/posts/133375...
www.patreon.com/posts/133375...
7/10. Mumpery. Behavior typical of the Mump regime. Gaslighting, theft, scams, tax avoidance, disinformation, Putinism, dictator worship, threatening U.S. allies, submitting to U.S. enemies, persecuting Americans
December 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
7/10. Mumpery. Behavior typical of the Mump regime. Gaslighting, theft, scams, tax avoidance, disinformation, Putinism, dictator worship, threatening U.S. allies, submitting to U.S. enemies, persecuting Americans
Countries that are imperialist and aggressive in their foreign policy do not remain liberal democracies in their domestic policy.
This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Countries that are imperialist and aggressive in their foreign policy do not remain liberal democracies in their domestic policy.
Putinism is not Communism.
Trump claims "communism" is a bigger threat to the nation than the Pearl Harbor attack, and then abruptly boots reporters out of the Oval
June 29, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Putinism is not Communism.