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I too was struck that Zelensky is working in his third language, in which he manages sharpness and wit. Trump barely coherent. A friend of mine said weeks into the 2022 invasion that Zelensky will eventually tire, today indicates his skill and resolve.

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Whether it’s Munich or the White House… JD Vance really does have a massive “kneel before Zod” need, doesn’t he?

submitted 6 hours ago • 31 comments

"Look what you made me do"

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Not a single Democrat should show up at Trump's state of the union speech. Not a single Democrat should dignify that piece of shit with their presence.

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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

submitted 6 hours ago • 870 comments

A photo fit to adorn a political tombstone.

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”It is not unclear if US will refrain from helping, they won’t. What is unclear is if they will act against us, ie give Russia free reign.” Joakim Paasikivi, recently retired Lieutenant colonel of Swedish Armed Forces on a potential situation with European soldiers guarding a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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People saying 'but what about US aid to Ukraine?' Nothing more is coming. What is being delivered was secured by Biden. Trump wasn't going to agree to send anything additional.

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We're used to seeing this type of propaganda coordination in Russia, and with all the Russia sycophants around the world. So to see this choreographed praise of dear leader in America adds a stomach-turning coda. As I wrote today, Trump isn't just fawning, he's imitating Putin.

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The world you grew up in and have lived in until a month ago is over. Done. The US and Russia are allies. NATO and democracies are our government's enemies. It's a total sweeping previously unthinkable unspeakably dangerous reversal. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/why-this-wee...

submitted 6 hours ago • 20 comments

A message for Starmer.

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The whole thing was a set up. Full scale betrayal of Ukraine now coming

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To review: Putin's intelligence service hacked the DNC email system in '16 to help Trump. In '16, Putin offered Trump a Moscow building development deal. Trump’s '16 campaign chair, Paul Manafort, was in business with a Russian intelligence officer. Those are just the things in the Mueller report.

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Lindsey Graham immediately following up an Oval Office meeting at which Trump and Vance disgraced themselves and the United States with a call for Zelenskyy to leave Ukraine's presidency only makes me feel more strongly that this whole event today was pre-planned and in service of Kremlin interests.

submitted 7 hours ago • 319 comments

The night before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I wrote down what I thought would be Putin's strategic objectives and have been using it as a slide. Until today, I thought he had failed in dividing NATO. But it seems we're closer to that after today's oval office meeting.

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Yes, this shameful ambush of President Zelenskyy is exactly what Trump wanted because he thought it would make him look like a strong man. Instead, it showed exactly who we all know Trump to be: a useless, ignorant, vile, lying traitor, completely under the sway of Putin.

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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

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John Bolton on BBC just now: "I think we are in danger not just of losing the NATO alliance [...] but practically every alliance around the world as our friends and allies look at this performance and wonder if there's anybody in this administration who understands what's at stake here."

submitted 9 hours ago • 132 comments

Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

submitted 7 hours ago • 1192 comments

Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist. He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1420 comments

If the US administration does this, all European governments should expel their US ambassadors in protest.

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

Can you imagine Trump speaking to Putin that way?

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"Once again, Republicans are proving that their defining 2024 campaign theme - fighting for hardworking people and against the wealthy establishment - was a lie all along." A must-read piece on the crisis emerging for the GOP from @andrewbatesnc.bsky.social.

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Brexit has never looked quite so daft

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“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT

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I keep reading that Zelensky shouldn't have risen to the bait. The man is human. He's seen tens of thousands of Ukrainians murdered, their cities blown apart & their children stolen. He was sitting by a man who's looting his country's minerals & praising Putin. And for 40 minutes, he held it in.

submitted 6 hours ago • 50 comments

Is there a single fucking Republican in America with any morals left willing to stiffen their spine and speak out against what happened today?

submitted 6 hours ago • 293 comments

It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

submitted 6 hours ago • 263 comments

“He’s gotta stop the fighting” — Trump on Zelenskyy (note how he never makes this demand of Putin, the aggressor)

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Does everyone realize that we are more than a month into Trump 2.0 and not a single elected Democrat has yet done a single thing in reaction to Trump's many outrages that would count as innovative or surprising or even memorable.

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Europe’s leaders must realise that this could be any one of them. They must act accordingly, starting in Ukraine, to ensure our security.

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Good. This was all that was needed.

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This is pretty good, but the message should be much stronger.

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Read this transcript. Just read it. The United States has abandoned decency and is ruled by a gang of cartoon villains. apnews.com/article/trum...

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POTUS and VPOTUS “showed the U.S.-led alliance something it needed urgently to know: The national-security system of the West is led by two men who cannot be trusted to defend America’s allies—and who deeply sympathize with the world’s most aggressive dictator.” search.app/uwV185FqGEFb...

submitted 6 hours ago • 191 comments

Perhaps the EU could bin Hungary and let the UK back in? Just a thought.

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When you’ve lost the telegraph…

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So Ukraine has in its power to start WW3…?

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NEW: Keir Starmer has tonight spoken to both President Trump and President Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy “retains his unwavering support for Ukraine”. The PM will host Zelenskyy and other world leaders on Sunday.

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oopsie

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Breaking: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned of military action in Mexico if the country fails to meet President Trump’s border demands

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🔍ANALYSIS: The US president set a trap in the White House and his Ukrainian counterpart walked straight into it

submitted 7 hours ago • 128 comments

The worst part of this insult is that so far the US has refused both Ukraine and other Europeans the participation in this diplomacy. However, given other Republican voices tonight, Trump's audience in the US won't care.