Michael Weiss

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1Apr 17, '23Tucker Carlson pushed a fake version of a U.S. intelligence document about Ukrainian war casualties. It was doctored by a fraud podcaster who claimed to be a Russian woman from Luh61.8×5.2M14k3.8k619
2Oct 20, '23Exclusive: We have emails and documents from members of GRU Unit 29155–Putin’s assassination and sabotage squad—proving their culpability for a 2011 bombing in Bulgaria. The IEDs w60.6×5.1M7k3.1k1.2k
3Apr 17, '23A big drop today of two ex-Wagner fighters testifying to mass killings, including of more than 20 Ukrainian children and teenagers. Azamat Uldarov and Aleksey Savichev are both for54.7×4.6M11k4.3k704
4Mar 24, '25This is where we are now.37.2×3.1M49k7.3k3.5k
5Jan 12, '23Russia's Ministry of Defense spokesman Igor Konashenkov says Russia has already destroyed 4 Bradley Fighting Vehicles in Ukraine. Which is indeed remarkable in that none have been 36.5×3.1M12k2.1k164
6Mar 31, '24NEW: A yearlong investigation by @InsiderEng, @60Minutes and @derspiegel has uncovered evidence suggesting that Havana Syndrome may have its origin in the use of directed energy we34.8×2.9M6.6k2.8k1.6k
7Oct 17, '24The Prime Minister of Canada says under oath that RT, which the U.S. State Department alleges is engaged in "information operations, covert influence, and military procurement," is34×2.9M11k4.2k872
8Apr 14, '23It's not even that this was the one document doctored by pro-Russian Telegram users, inverting Ukrainian and Russian casualties. (I have the original, which shows Russian losses ar28.1×2.4M8.1k1.9k248
9Feb 6, '23A pro-Kremlin Twitter account tweets a nonexistent Turkish newspaper, claiming “NATO soldiers” have been killed in Ukraine. @elonmusk, evidently very concerned about media corrupti26.3×2.2M6.9k1.6k162
10Oct 31, '25Best of luck to both sides.23.6×2M53k2.3k3.3k
11May 22, '23None of this would have happened but for the expansion of the CSTO, which many of us warned you about. Ukraine was provoked into invading Russia.22.9×1.9M9.4k1.2k187
12Jun 17, '25The memes have started.22.2×1.9M37k4.2k1.5k
13Jul 25, '24NEW: @InsiderEng and its partners @lemondefr and @derspiegel have identified the French chef arrested on suspicion of working for Russian intelligence to disrupt the Paris Olympics20.4×1.7M7.7k3k1.5k
14Oct 18, '24North Korea becoming a co-combatant in the largest land war in Europe since World War II seems like a front-page news story to me, but maybe I'm wrong...20.1×1.7M21k4.5k559
15Sep 20, '25You wear eye makeup as a grown man, none of your colleagues in the Senate liked or respected you, and you owe your vice presidency to a South African oligarch who trips on ketamine19.8×1.7M25k2.4k539
16Jun 7, '23Carlson cost Fox News almost $800 million for spreading lies he didn’t believe. He lost his job. His first Twitter episode (yes) is all about blaming Ukraine for blowing up the Kak19.7×1.7M7.4k1.1k231
17Jan 8, '25New: After an eighteen-month investigation, @InsiderEng has uncovered new evidence suggesting that Russia’s GRU paid tens of millions of dollars to the Taliban in Afghanistan to ta19.4×1.6M9.7k3.9k2k
18Jan 29, '24Exclusive: Tatjana Zdanoka, a Latvian member of the European Parliament, has been an agent of Russian intelligence for at least twenty years, @the_ins_ru can reveal, based on email18.9×1.6M8.4k2.5k877
19Jul 23, '24This is what happens when a bunch of South African tech bros try to grow their own redneck in a lab in California.18.9×1.6M29k3.6k940
20Oct 29, '25Look where Ukraine killed him. They can get to almost anyone, anywhere in one of the most surveilled states on the planet. The front is global now. Ukraine’s campaign of eliminatin18.1×1.5M15k2.2k568
21Sep 23, '25Zelensky looks shocked when hears it.17.8×1.5M30k1.8k2.4k
22Sep 4, '24Elon Musk naturally promoted nonsense peddled by Tenet Media, which was financed by now-indicted Russian operatives.16.7×1.4M25k6.2k711
23Aug 24, '25Hitler killed himself in a bunker, Mussolini was executed, and Germany and Japan were occupied.16.5×1.4M33k4.1k627
24Aug 7, '24The FBI is searching Scott Ritter's home as of an hour ago:14.9×1.2M7.2k1.4k328
25Jul 21, '24What an insane decade it’s been this week.14.4×1.2M41k7.6k578
26Mar 13NEW: Following the embarrassing lapses of Unit 29155, the GRU created a new, bespoke assassination and sabotage unit known as Center 795, meant to be "air-gapped" against compromis14.1×1.2M3.9k1.3k844
27Feb 28, '25Increasingly obvious they invited him to Washington to humiliate him. This is theatre for the benefit of their base and of course a suddenly very happy man in Moscow.13.6×1.1M39k5.6k1k
28May 21, '25“He’s finished, done, gone. He polls terrible. People hate him,” said a GOP operative who was granted anonymity to speak frankly. “He’d go to Wisconsin thinking he can buy people’s12×1M20k1.9k1.1k
29Oct 5, '23Still no explanation as to why likes on this critical thread about Elon Musk keep getting deleted every three hours, as even a Twitter Community Note now confirms.11×923k7.7k1.2k226
30Sep 13, '23Overnight Ukraine hit Sevastopol, one of its Russian-occupied, ports damaging or destroying two Russian landing ships. Comparing such an operation, of which there have now been sev10.1×844k7.4k1.4k118
31Mar 15, '25Who made this? Top marks.9.6×809k31k5.1k526
32Aug 15, '25Obama refused to send lethal aid to Ukraine, whose first invasion by Russia he characterized as not having anything to do with U.S. interests. He cut a deal with Putin to rescue As9.4×793k9.8k1.7k1k
33Feb 28, '25Brian Glenn to Zelensky in the Oval Office: "Do you even have a suit?" Zelensky: "Yes, I do." Glenn: "Some Americans are unhappy that you don't respect formal style."9.3×780k19k3.5k581
34Sep 8, '23DoD should now confirm the extent to which U.S. national security remains dependent on Musk and his technology and there should be a Congressional hearing as to whether or not this9.0×757k8.6k2.3k103
35Dec 8, '24Look, you can be sober and even skeptical about Syria’s future without being an asshole to people who are emerging from decades in regime dungeons, returning to homes and being reu8.3×698k14k2.8k609
36Mar 3, '25Arming Ukraine has re-industrialised America as the bulk of our spending has gone to opening factories and hiring workers to build weapons and ammunition and to otherwise revitalis8.3×696k8.3k2.6k916
37May 31, '24It was a slow news day yesterday, so you're all forgiven for not appreciating that a U.S.-made missile old enough to have seen Nirvana in concert whistled blissfully past Russia's 7.5×630k11k1.7k333
38Jun 6, '24This is incredibly touching to witness. Listen to what the veteran tells Zelenskiy and what Zelenskiy says in reply.7.5×626k7.1k1.4k726
39May 30, '24Twelve angry New Yorkers not about to be cheated out of “Summer Friday,” you’re God damn right there’s a verdict.7.1×594k12k650242
40Sep 14, '25I have my criticisms of Europe but Germany has overtaken the U.S. in security assistance to Ukraine. The Nordic and Baltic countries spend more of their GDP on Ukraine than other N6.8×568k9.6k2.2k391
41Apr 23, '25It was never about minerals, it was never about peace, it was never about Zelensky's wardrobe, and it was never about taxpayer money spent on weapons and ammunition. It was always 6.7×563k21k5.4k541
42Aug 17, '25Rutte, Stubb, Merz, Macron, Starmer, Meloni, van der Leyen… Looks like Zelensky is bringing a few “cards” to the White House this time.5.9×498k13k1.7k173
43Feb 18, '25I think we can stop calling it a negotiation. This is a wholesale adoption of the Russian position. He even blames Ukraine for starting the war.5.8×489k15k3.3k404
44Jun 12, '23Ukraine apparently croaked another Russian general today. Major General Sergey Goryachev, Chief of Staff of 35th Combined Arms Army of Russia. Missile, Makarivka.5.7×479k6.6k50818
45Feb 18, '25Marco Rubio was, up until recently, chairman of the Senate intel committee. As such, he signed a letter addressed to President Biden about the GRU being responsible for attacks on 5.6×472k7.7k2.9k687
46Aug 10, '24I’m not sentimental by nature, but my God. What a country. What a people.5.6×467k20k2.2k206
47Feb 20, '25Zelensky survived a dozen-plus Russian assassination attempts including a special forces assault on his presidential complex. He stood up to Trump. I’m sure he’ll be deeply impress5.2×436k14k3.3k419
48Jul 17, '24Russia nearly killed Greece's PM in Odesa with a missile. So he's sending Ukraine 32 F-16s. Well done, Russia.5.1×426k11k1.9k144
49Mar 24, '25"Don't be an idiot" says the guy discussing U.S. airstrikes on Yemen in a Signal group chat.5.0×420k18k1.3k224
50Nov 13, '24NATO allies should think twice about sharing critical intelligence with the United States going forward.5.0×418k7.7k1.6k159
51Mar 3, '25Starmer, Macron and Meloni are playing at reconciliation, but Merz -- not yet chancellor -- is the only Western leader who sees the writing on the wall.4.8×406k7.6k862281
52Mar 5, '24Whatever they're putting in his beef bourguignon lately, double the dose.4.8×399k9k1k199
53Feb 27, '22The memes coming in hot from Ukrainians tonight… Here’s one.4.7×031k5.1k546
54Jun 19, '25All U.S. foreign policy now.4.5×381k11k1.7k174
55Dec 12, '23Fiona Hill: "They are thinking less about U.S. national security, European security, international security and foreign policy, and much more about how they can humiliate Biden."4.5×377k6.6k2.3k185
56Mar 9, '25Vance goes out of his way to lie about Ukraine and events concerning Ukraine. From Zelensky’s ministers owning yachts to stolen aid to nonsense about how security assistance works.4.4×366k12k2.9k402
57Jun 27, '20NEW: A Western intelligence source has told me the intelligence on GRU Unit 29155 offering the Taliban money to kill U.S. or British soldiers is correct.4.2×022k7.6k173
58Mar 10, '25That he has to "assure" anyone of this is the story.4.1×341k13k1.7k202
59Apr 12, '22How it started / How it's going4.0×028k3.6k224
60Jun 5, '25View post on X3.8×322k12k682475
61Mar 4, '22Ukrainian tractor pulls already art.3.7×025k4.1k286
62Apr 20, '24The Ukraine aid bill passed by a margin of nearly 200 votes. A gang of morally compromised ideologues held up the will of the American people to support an ally in the fight of its3.6×305k8.2k2k124
63Mar 4, '25What’s very, very funny about J.D. Vance’s denigrating British soldiers is that all *he* had to do was say “thank you” and apologise; instead, he denied saying what he said and now3.5×297k16k1.9k237
64Jun 1, '25Now go back and rewatch Zelensky in the Oval listening to Trump and Vance hector him about Ukraine’s having no agency or capability absent the U.S. He had this op in mind the whole3.4×286k7.6k1k192
65Feb 25, '22🧵 A Ukrainian intelligence source has passed along the following, which has already begun to trickle out in some form in the Ukrainian media. *All the usual caveats apply.* I cann3.1×013k4.4k1.8k
66Mar 1, '25From one of Ukraine's most prominent news outlets: "It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should s2.9×240k8.9k2.3k224
67Feb 18, '22The Kremlin and its surrogates are asking you to believe that after 8 years of not invading occupied Donbas, Ukraine waited until more than 150,000 Russian troops were stationed at2.8×016k4.1k340
68Jul 23, '24Navy pilot with 40 combat missions against Saddam under his belt. Built like a brick shithouse. Kelly can also say he got closer to Mars than Elon Musk ever will.2.6×219k7.5k1.2k141
69Feb 24, '22Reminder: Putin just announced a military operation to "de-Nazify" a country whose president is Jewish.2.4×013k3.8k202
70Mar 15, '22No comment.2.4×013k3.7k222
71Sep 13, '25A drug-addled South African rocket maker plotting regime change in Britain is very Brosnan-era Bond, isn’t it?2.3×189k8k1.1k148
72Mar 8, '22🧵Just off the phone with an officer from Ukraine's military intelligence service (GUR). Someone I've known now for four years who's often rolled his eyes at official Ukrainian gov2.3×012k3.1k624
73Mar 9, '22🧵I spoke this afternoon to a senior European intelligence official. The picture shared about what's happening in Ukraine differs from U.S. government assessments, especially on Ru2.2×011k3.2k749
74Aug 22, '24The Democratic convention is turning out to be the most bipartisan event of the last four years.2.1×178k7.2k97160
75Mar 2, '22Speaks for itself, I should think.2.1×014k2k224
76Aug 9, '22Pinged a senior Ukrainian Ministry of Defense official just now about these stunning long-range strikes on a Russian air base in Crimea. His reply: "It's just warming up."2.1×013k2.1k129
77Sep 9, '21Just got back from a week in Europe. I was in four cities. Everywhere I went, I was asked for my vaccination card. I happily proffered it, as I did my passport. Most were pleasantl2.0×015k1.6k50
78Apr 14, '22How it started / how it’s going.2.0×013k2.3k151
79Feb 23, '22New: Spoke to a senior European intelligence official just now. The official says so far Russia’s attempts to draw Ukrainian retaliation have failed, “local warlords in Donbas are 1.9×012k2.2k149
80Apr 12, '22Viktor Medvedchuk's arrest by Ukrainian intelligence really can't be overstated. He's not just close to Putin, who is godfather to his daughter; he's long been rumored to be one of1.7×011k2.1k81
81Jun 30, '22Leaked footage of Vladimir Putin from inside the Kremlin today.1.6×07.9k2k506
82Sep 12, '22Unconfirmed, but am now hearing that Ukraine has captured "more than one" Russian general.1.5×011k1.1k82
83Mar 4, '22Just off the phone with a European diplomat with extensive Ukraine experience. Says: - Russia's campaign "not going well at all." - Ukraine "has completely won the information war.1.5×09.4k1.8k94
84May 12, '22.@michaeldweiss obtained a recording of an oligarch close to the Russian government saying Vladimir Putin is “very ill with blood cancer.” Is this the truth, a rumor or clever disi1.5×07.1k1.9k385
85Apr 24, '22Very intrigued by how Macron approaches Ukraine now that the domestic pressure is off. Already Paris greenlit the transfer of Milan anti-tank systems and Caesar artillery systems (1.4×010k1.2k60
86Feb 24, '22Javelins getting a good workout, a Ukrainian military official told me just now.1.4×09.5k1.2k93
87Sep 11, '22The totality of what the U.S. has done for Ukraine won’t be known for a spell. And that’s OK. Does Joe Biden deserve a lot of credit? Even more than that, I’d wager. But let’s not 1.4×09.9k1k54
88Mar 4, '22Prague. Zelensky is addressing foreign citizens remotely1.3×08.6k1.4k86
89Apr 15, '21The U.S. government affirms for the first time that a Russian spy close to Trump's campaign chair in 2016 not only received privileged Trump campaign information but did indeed pas1.3×06k2.5k151
90Apr 22, '22This would be the third fire of strategic infrastructure inside Russia this week.1.2×07.3k1.5k105
91Nov 8, '20Lindsey Graham will be visited on Christmas Eve by three ghosts. They will all be John McCain.1.2×08.8k1k23
92Feb 28, '22So it seems Zelensky convinced the EU to impose greater sanctions and help Ukraine in a way it was otherwise not going to do.1.2×07.3k1.4k222
93Aug 25, '20THREAD. Welp. I think I've found the former beauty queen Trump is rumored to have gotten to know perhaps a little too well in Moscow in 1996. The SSCI leaves several clues about th1.2×06k1.9k329
95Apr 4, '22View post on X1.1×07k1.3k66
96Mar 4, '22It feels like 1939 and 1989 simultaneously.1.0×06.8k93672
97Sep 9, '22We're reaching the point in the war in which Putin calls Macron asking him to intercede with Zelensky to stop.0.9×06.7k72532
99Feb 25, '22Wow.0.9×06.3k80625

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