Optimistic to think they would ever fly that far in a real conflict. But sure

RU elections are a scam. UA constitution prohibits elections during wartime. Putin prevented the election in Ukraine by starting a war.

VP of EU Commission Kaja Kallas: “We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.”

Fuck Donald Trump for putting National Guard troops in harm's way domestically for no reason.

These two things are true: 1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal. 2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.

Regarding the shooting of Natl Guard at Farragut West metro: you can’t execute a presence/show of force mission without putting troops at risk. Basically, you are throwing people out there and daring opponents to take a shot. Someone tossed force protection out the window, and for what? 😢

I’m a veteran of the United States Navy, and I fully and completely support Senator Mark Kelly.

❗️There will be no peace in Ukraine as long as Putin thinks he is in control of the situation, - Senator Lindsey Graham said.

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The very fact that it is Russia who pushes for general amnesty as a part of a peace plan is the explicit acceptance of the guilt.

Putin is being ill served by his advisors. At the outset of this war, he was given vastly inflated readiness estimates for his army and overly pessimistic assessments of Ukrainian capabilities. The result was a failed 3 day incursion trapping Putin in a war of attrition. 1/4

#StandWithUkraine Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.

3/3 Translation: We made record profits but we want MORE profits. So 13,000 people lose their jobs while we tell customers we're doing this "for them." (as if firing workers will make customer service better). The system working exactly as designed.

The Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols. This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive." They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.

Your Own Personal Jesus “reach out and text faith”

Even the few Epstein emails we have seen to date categorically prove that Maxwell perjured herself in her Blanche testimony. That would violate any deal she had for leniency. She should be shipped back to a high security prison and stripped of any and all privileges. Perjury charges are in order.

❗️Ukraine plans to fight for another three years, and such colonial wars usually take about ten years. I don't think Putin will be able to withstand this for another three years, — Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski.

Attending a Veterans rally in DC on Veterans Day.

From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president. The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.

Wearing a mask won’t prevent you from getting sick. It will prevent you from spreading aerosol droplets when you sneeze or cough which can reduce the transmission of a disease assuming you are infected. But masks, much like vaccines, are a communal measure. They work best if everyone complies.

Mamdani www.iphonelife.com/blog/31961/t...

So, I have a solution to the SNAP crisis. It’s so simple I can’t believe I didn’t think of it before. Eat the rich.

A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls. But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.

A POTUS with diagnosed dementia who is escalating nuclear tensions seems like something out of Science Fiction. But it’s happening. Oh, you didn’t know they have diagnosed his dementia? Well yeah, 6 Mo. MRIs and cognitive exams are only given to track progress after a diagnosis of the disease.

Killing people on the open seas without a declaration of war is mass murder.

I’m posting this as often as I can

In retrospect, “deplorable” was much kinder than “stupid Nazi traitor”.

The videos I’ve seen of the boats blown up by USN are of fast boats with multiple, large outboard motors. To reach US waters in those craft would require the boat be completely filled with fuel cans. (They guzzle gas like crazy.) There would be no room for drugs in that event.

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Jamie Raskin (MD 8th Cong Dist.) stopped by on his way to the airport to fly to Penn.

It begins. Light turnout but folks are still coming in.

Opinion: Project 2025 is laying the groundwork for Nazism that is bubbling up in the next generation of Republican leaders, and texts revealed by Politico prove it, writes John Casey. Read in Advocate: apple.news/ApdBFYaElSta... 👉if there was any doubt, WAKE UP, IT'S HERE👈

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DHS is repelling from helicopters into apartment buildings to raid them and zip tie children in the middle of the night while saying "fuck them kids." They're shooting at people on the streets and lying about it. This is a hostile occupying force that is a threat to everyone's safety.

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

“For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power. The law be damned. They love this. They are proud of this. And they will keep doing it.” open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

There is a social contract between the public and government. We consent to be governed because we can hold them accountable through the electoral process. Similarly, we consent to law enforcement because we expect agents of the law to be held accountable through judicial review. 1/4

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Hegseth has no idea how much damage he is doing to our military with this talk of “enemies within.” Our armed forces depend on the trust and faith of our citizenry, without which we would have no one willing to serve. You earn trust in drops, you lose it in buckets.

Border patrol agents who marched in force in Chicago do not need camo or tactical gear with M4s. They don’t work undercover and they mask up because they don’t want to be doxxed. These cowards don’t want their family and friends knowing what they are doing to immigrants. They should be ashamed.

Ok, so you have announced an unworkable plan for Gaza, great. Now release the Epstein files.

Dear MSM, when reporting on the NC mass shooting at a bar on a pier, please remember that you don’t “park” a boat, you moor it. That is all.

We are no longer at a “tipping point” or “an inflection point.” We are no longer “sliding” toward autocracy. Donald Trump no longer “aspires” to be an autocrat. Last week, Trump went full-bore authoritarian. The United States currently is not a functional democracy. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Do you think current FBI director Kash Patel understands that the threats of DOJ investigations into former directors Comey and Wray set a terrible precedent for him? Is he smart enough to know what this means?

He is absolutely right.

Folks in the District, MD, VA (DMV) areas (Metropolitan DC) should write Purina, Cologuard, Car Shield, and Snuggles Diapers demanding they withdraw their advertising from Sinclair affiliate WJLA until Sinclair sees fit to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Live! Show.