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World traveller. Cultural and political observer and geo-politics junkie. Hater of extremists of whatever stripe. Boss fan and dog lover.
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There may be a small possibility that Trump has started to realize that Putin has been playing him. Of course, he will never admit it, but any sign of progress is welcome 👍🏻 newrepublic.com/post/197230/...

AXIS OF EVIL There are scientists from RUSSIA in IRAN assisting with ‘civil nuclear work’. IRAN sends drones + mercs to RUSSIA. CHINA sends support tech + trade $ to RUSSIA. N. KOREA sends troops / munitions to RUSSIA and gets mil. tech in return. & Trump thinks Putin is a ‘reasonable guy’. WTF?

Luckiest Dog in Australia

The Russians, who have been murdering Ukrainian civilians and bombing cities for three years, are suddenly very worried about "gross violation of international law" and "global and regional security" www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/22/r...

Putin really said this a couple of days ago! I would very much like to know how many US businessmen are beating a path to Moscow right now 🤪🙃😂

Having said that, I find it hard to muster an ounce of sympathy for the corrupt and detestable mad Mullahs of Teheran.

Imho, Trump lives in the moment & has no strategy. He saw Israel had destroyed Iran’s air defense so there was little risk in an air attack which would “cover him in glory”, & took the shot. Whether anything was really achieved will determine whether he hit the bullseye or not.

The whole idea of "antiwar" Trump has long rested on a confused reading of his hatred of multilateralism, the international order, and the Deep State. He doesn't hate those things for "dovish" reasons. He hates them for degenerate/corrupt reasons. Thoughts on that: newrepublic.com/article/1969...

Dog’s are Amazing

Russia’s Economy of Death (full version)

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Bridget Brink was an excellent US Ambassador to Ukraine who resigned after Trump’s words and deeds put her in a very difficult position. A link to her recent statement is below. She is running for Congress in her home state of Michigan and can be relied on to support Ukraine. GOOD LUCK, Bridget!

Director of National Unintelligence

Dachshund’s are small but mighty 😂😂 youtu.be/HkJORj-mkdM?...

Good Sky interview. Sleazy Dmitri Peskov makes Katherine Leavitt look honest. Watch him squirm as he tries not to offend Trump and avoid questions on Ukraine. news.sky.com/video/assass...

This is real. A Member of the Russian Parliament intends to petition his government to offer asylum to Elon Musk. Obviously a nutjob. Or do the KGB know something we don’t? Maybe ICE are looking into Elon’s original visa application? 😂😂

“Deathonomics” Russia pays sign-up fees of $25k to recruits from deprived areas + a death benefit of some $50k. The average wage there is some $600 pm, opposed to $5,000 pm in USA. Putin does not care how many die because in Russia, the main purpose of citizens is serving the state. Tell Trump.

What is it with Donald 🦆 and 2 weeks for everything?

Steven Miller’s grandparents arrived in the USA from what is now Belarus about 100 years ago. Does that make him more “American” than many Latino’s (or others) whose grandparents came over an open border at the same time?

Ryan Garcia is a former WBC boxing champion and he used to be a loud and proud Trumper. Looks like he’s having second thoughts, like a lot of other American Latino’s, including several in Congress. Watch that space.

Same old TACO Trump. Shoot from the lip and then back off when the consequences become apparent.

What can I say that has not already been said? 🤪

My favorite pic from the No Kings marches …