By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with There is the possibility that during the exceptional telephone call President Vladimir Putin has just had with Mohsen Rezaei, head of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, Putin told Rezaei that President Donald Trump is so obsessed with his personal impotence that rational deterrence is impossible with him. If Putin said […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with There is a good reason that the podcasters on the Ukraine war draw large audiences by repeating the same mistake and not correcting it. Delivering the certainty of war fact by podcasting the daily news from the battlefield several times a day is next to impossible. More certain is the process […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with A reconnaissance scout on the battlefield; a spy under cover on enemy territory; a G2 General Staff officer; a national security advisor; a politician running for election; or a journalist would be disbelieved, suspected of duplicity, even shot, if he or she made the same mistake so confidently, so loudly, so […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with In the Polymarket betting market which the Trump family plays as the house, the White House one  betting $300 million on itself,  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is running neck and neck with Gavin Newson as the Democratic candidate for the presidential election in two years’ time. In the opinion polls, she is […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Bribery for President Donald Trump and his family has become such a political liability in US politics that, according to a new poll reported last week, “about 69 per cent of registered voters, and almost 50 per cent of those who voted for the president in 2024, said they were ‘very’ […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
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