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michaelhobbes.bsky.social • 14 days ago

lol what are they smoking over there
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/putin-trump-ceasefire-proposal/682092/

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clearcutcontempt.bsky.social•14 days ago

In order to write for The Atlantic, you have to read Manufacturing Consent, but as a how-to manual.

trixienorton.bsky.social•14 days ago

I have yet to find any evidence that the Atlantic isn't a right-wing project.

7leaguebootdisk.bsky.social•14 days ago

Used to like them, been blocked for a while, I won't click through.

mbillips.bsky.social•14 days ago

The worst negotiator in the world is going to hold the line against his daddy. Uh huh.

missylissa.bsky.social•14 days ago

The Atlantic writers are where the Venn diagram of "believe that wrestling is real" and "went to an Ivy League school" overlap.

penbird42.bsky.social•13 days ago

Here's The Atlantic printing the #BloodLibel that "Hamas just wants to kill every Jew in the world"

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/hamas-covenant-israel-attack-war-genocide/675602/

scaustin.bsky.social•13 days ago

trump get tough with Putin. ROTFLMAO

pelledge.bsky.social•14 days ago

Seriously, how much more in denial of the situation could one be?

bhcphd.bsky.social•14 days ago

Kitty litter. They’re smoking kitty litter.

pinehurstman.bsky.social•14 days ago

They really should have their water tested for lead

jmchao.bsky.social•14 days ago

“What do we have to pretend to believe so we don’t have to admit Maddow and resist libs were right?”

k-rad.bsky.social•14 days ago

Copium by the kilo

explaintrade.com•13 days ago

Russia was hitting energy infrastructure within an hour of this call, and Trump's reaction was to bitch about Canadian negotiators

They are huffing paint.

chrism333333.bsky.social•13 days ago

transmutedmala.bsky.social•13 days ago

It’s so fascinating to see people working off of models of the world that are SO fucking inaccurate. These were the people telling minorities they were overreacting in the lead up to the election. These idiots have no idea what’s going on.

reallysmallfish.bsky.social•14 days ago

Centrism.

michiganchris.bsky.social•14 days ago

Center-rightism?

blandpotato.bsky.social•14 days ago

Trump would rather be tough on child immigrants than tough on Putin

dprdonuts.bsky.social•14 days ago

...humans were a mistake.

chriswb71.bsky.social•13 days ago

wait wait .. this writer thinks .. Trump cares about peace?

defund-and-abolish.bsky.social•13 days ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

neonwilderness1.bsky.social•14 days ago

The Atlantic's decline over the past decade or so has been bleak. It's like the big news rags are a jobs program for elite fail children and people who were born yesterday.

grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social•13 days ago

The rot had already set in before that. I let my subscription lapse early in Obama 2 after getting disgusted with the endless opining on the sex lives of college girls (decrying hook up culture on the one hand and wringing their hands about how discussing consent makes romance impossible)

grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social•13 days ago

This and demanding more triangulation and compromise on gay marriage was what they were obsessing over before they pivoted to "aren't these trans folks taking things too far?"

austinjhall.bsky.social•13 days ago

Like this guy from Vanity Fair. Check out how much he was pulling for doing the most minimal work possible

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-14513405/vanity-fair-writer-yearly-sum-bryan-burrough-graydon-carter.html

brentscipio.bsky.social•13 days ago

The media thinks every president is competently negotiating things. Why? Because they're president? 99% of Trumps actions are theater. They're moves to make himself seem strong/competent. He "makes a deal" for ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, "Mission accomplished!" Then we watch as the bombs drop

brentscipio.bsky.social•13 days ago

I don't mean to downplay the horrible actions his admin takes to ruin immigrants' lives. Those are both real and devastating. His people clearly hate immigrants. The actions that aren't theatre are all horrible for sure.

piscadork.bsky.social•14 days ago

So many decades of us wasting time with ambassadors, third party negotiators, having people read previous international agreements to make sure we aren't violating the law, and putting the work in to resolve conflicts when we could have just had our guy call your guy and gab

redross49.bsky.social•13 days ago

“They made a desert and called it peace” as recorded by Tacitus. This is what Trump calls peace.

fleezlow.bsky.social•14 days ago

Very soon now:

-Trump will get tough with Putin
-Republicans will get tough with Trump
-Republican voters will get tough with Trump and the Republicans

austinjhall.bsky.social•14 days ago

Godot should be coming by here any minute now. Let's keep our powder dry

edgegrrl.bsky.social•14 days ago

This is grade AA sarcasm. 🏆🥇

andyd10.bsky.social•13 days ago

- Democrats will get tough

fleezlow.bsky.social•13 days ago

No, the the good part is Dems don't have to get tough, all this stuff fixes itself. Soon.

adlemm.bsky.social•14 days ago

Amazing stuff... Literally the only thing Trump has been consistent with is total and complete subservience to Putin. Whether he's compromised by Russia in some way, or just lives in pants shitting fear of Putin, there is no chance he "gets tough" with Russia.

wraithtek.bsky.social•13 days ago

I think the other option is that he genuinely admires/idolizes violent autocrats like Putin, wants to emulate their brand of “strength” at home. Wants to be in their rich guy dictator club.

spottedfawn.bsky.social•13 days ago

He absolutely idiolizes Putin. He sent Putin love letters decades ago begging Putin to be his BFF ffs. That is not normal.

chriswb71.bsky.social•13 days ago

that too. along with most of the GOP. I remember when Obama was President pundits on FOX said Obama wears mom jeans, made fun of him for tearing up over dead children, and openly admired Putin's tough guy shtick.

adlemm.bsky.social•13 days ago

I think that’s part of it but doesn’t fully explain it… He’s not nearly as subservient to other dictators, and many of the decisions in favour of Russia are broadly unpopular with his own party and base. If he were compromised by Russia, what would he be doing that he isn’t doing already?

bladepuppy.bsky.social•14 days ago

fluffy dog has to get tough with owner to get extra treats that it already got

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