In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/12/ukraine-fighting-corruption-trump/685162/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK33X0lgpfLuVN_3VQ2IrzF5k

Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption

The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.

The Atlantic
@anneapplebaum who is "the state"? That doesn't mean anything. What person and position are you referring to?

@sonjdol @anneapplebaum

NABU, SAP, Prosecutors office.

@sonjdol @anneapplebaum The article explains the headline, if you read it.

@anneapplebaum

I can imagine Kash investigating, and completing the investigation, before the jet touches down to pick up his girlfriend.

@anneapplebaum This is not the same corruption.
In Ukraine, it is strong politicians who abuse their power to overbill weaker companies.
In the United States, it is weak politicians who accept bribes from strong companies to give them free rein to their activities.
@anneapplebaum
This is an interesting article.
Google supporting ads to a Russian AI company
https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115673180205550100
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Attached: 1 image New, by me: Drones to Diplomas: How Russia's Largest Private University is Linked to a $25M Essay Mill A sprawling academic cheating network turbocharged by Google Ads that has generated nearly $25 million in revenue has curious ties to a Kremlin-connected oligarch whose Russian university builds drones for Russia’s war against Ukraine. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/12/drones-to-diplomas-how-russias-largest-private-university-is-linked-to-a-25m-essay-mill/

Infosec Exchange
@anneapplebaum
"...Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail..."
😂
If they're lucky.

@anneapplebaum Plus, the leader Ukrainians threw out to become free from under the influence of Russia, Yanukovich, was the spitting image of Trump.

Maga is the Russianisation of USA.

And Russia was always about making money, too. It’s just the red scare propaganda of the west that we believe it to be.

@anneapplebaum Better late than never.