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Silicon Bites Ep425 | 2026-10-18 | Kompromat does not explain what we are seeing. A man who fears exposure would do the minimum required for his blackmailer to keep the secrets hidden. But Trump is now doing the maximum within his power to help Putin. This is alignment, this is partnership, infatuation even – a person willing to do whatever it takes for one of the world’s most malignant killers and autocrats to stay in power, sustain his evil war, and prevent Russia from collapsing. He is all in, and we see he is relishing in this open support for Putin, and abusive denigration of Ukraine and Zelenskyy. He is enjoying it, revelling in it, gaining sadistic pleasure from hurting what he perceives to be a weak and irrelevant country – but one he is constantly forced to focus on, to the detriment of his money-making schemes, grift and global extortion rackets. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:White House — Executive Order: Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (16 Oct 2026)Reuters (via US News) — Trump waives key Russia-related sanctions, tariffs before they take effect under new law (16 Oct 2026)CNBC — Trump waives broad new Russia sanctions and tariffs under Graham Act, citing national interest (17 Oct 2026)RFE/RL (Alex Raufoglu) — Trump waives Graham Act sanctions on Russia before they take effect; Razom, FDF and congressional reactions (17 Oct 2026)NBC News — Zelenskyy says Trump is "rewarding Putin" as he waives new Russia sanctions passed by Congress; diesel up almost 70% (17 Oct 2026)The Hill — GOP lawmakers bash Trump's decision to waive Russia sanctions: "beyond irresponsible" (17 Oct 2026)AP (via NPR) — Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold; at least four killed overnight (17 Oct 2026)AP (via The Globe and Mail) — Zelensky urges support for new U.S. sanctions on Russia after Trump pauses them (17 Oct 2026)Kyiv Independent (via Yahoo) — "Putin feels joy" — Zelensky calls Trump's waiving of key Russia sanctions "wrong" (17 Oct 2026)Newsweek — Zelensky links huge Russia energy attack to Trump sanctions waiver (17 Oct 2026)Volodymyr Zelensky, X (@ZelenskyyUa), 17 Oct 2026 — statement on the energy attack and the Graham ActRFE/RL — Russian overnight attack kills civilians, targets energy facilities across Ukraine; air force figures; Kherson and Sloviansk casualties (17 Oct 2026)----------