Read this but also even just the paragraph that starts “On the 30th anniversary of the massacre, Thompson went back to My Lai and met some of the people whose lives he had saved…” www.latimes.com/opinion/op-e...

if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.

NEW: #CCP-owned entities behind the #BRI are growing their global reach while local workers, economies, and ecosystems pay the price. We looked at illicit activity in host nations — and assessed which could be most at risk in the future. 🧵 1/ Read 👇 buff.ly/1u1sgSJ

ShowerCiv, the new 4x civilization game for glass touch screen shower doors. automatically saves and quits game when it detects you have prune hands, via governmental mandate

NEW: In 2016, Belgrade mayor Siniša Mali told a court that foreign friends had paid school fees for his children that cost 5x his salary. We found that the money came from three offshore companies — including one owned by Mali himself. www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

Small update on Russian recruitment: Based on regional data, the high pace of recruitment continues. Moscow Oblast has spent over 11 billion rubles on bonuses this year (~6,000 contracts), Bashkortostan 7-8 billion (~5,000 contracts), Sverdlovsk Obl. 7 billion (~4,000 contracts).

The signing of this economic partnership deal is a reminder that Ukraine has never been the obstacle to peace or progress with the U.S. Ukraine has agreed to just about everything Trump has asked for. Putin, on the other hand, keeps playing Witkoff and stringing the U.S. along.

Last month, I gave a talk to the Kansas Federation of Republican Women, addressing the myths I have encountered about Ukraine and US support for the country. It's lengthy, but I do think it was informative. ENJOY! irenekenyon.substack.com/p/a-chat-abo...

voters just want to be taken seriously and treated like adults

Think semiconductors are spared from the tariffs? Think again. WIRED found that the list of exempted imports contains only a narrow range of items, omitting key products like GPUs, servers, lithography machines. It makes building data centers & chip plants harder. from me & @willknight.bsky.social

Great comic timing from the Danes here.

Sen. Bill Cassidy: "Is there some way that we cut Medicare so that it's-- excuse me, reform Medicare."

Update on the situation at IMLS -> “Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave”

Russia's non-military production seems to be in a slight downtrend (orange), while total industrial production still grows, but only slowly (red). This means that resources (especially workers) are shifting from the civilian to military sector of the economy.

You can see why. 404.

Strong words from Lindsay Graham on the risk of new sanctions for Russia if they dont come to table. This bill seems to be congressional support for idea floated by Bessent and Trump for more sanctions (and tariffs 🤔) to pressure. Details matter. 🧵 x.com/lindseygraha...

Teaching Americans foreign languages, especially those they might not learn as much otherwise, is 1) cheap 2) good policy

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

dont be ridiculous-i've made my position on the trump admin abundantly clear-its a disaster for Ukraine, European security & the US- which is why Europe is acting to go alone. Just because trump is awful doesnt mean Biden team can be spared criticism - they had the chance to solve this & blew it to

if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.

They’ve lost Ann Coulter on this

Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him. Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.

DC bound today for discussions on energy with the Canadian Club @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social I imagine tariffs will come up, just perhaps.

If you're India, having spent a great deal of treasure and political capital on developing the Chabahar port - what's the read on having Belt-adjacent naval exercises being held out of there?

Hey guess what! I got laid off because Meduza ran into funding struggles about which I can’t go into detail, but which are Elon Musk’s fault. Would you like to hire me, a Russia understands and expert shitposter, or do you know someone who would? Please lmk.

KEILAR: So you endorse the cuts to key support staff on the veteran hotline? BANKS: There have not been cuts to key support staff at the VA KEILER: Sir, there have. It's easy to find. BANKS: The VA is gonna work more efficiently KEILAR: Senator, that's just not true

Canada has imposed new sanctions against seven individuals and three entities associated with the ongoing conflict in Sudan. www.canada.ca/en/global-af...

The moves come at a time when China, the main rival of America, has overtaken the United States in number of global diplomatic posts. China has forged strong ties across nations, especially in Asia and Africa, and exerts greater power in international organizations. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

Listening to the wireless, hearing an American congressman discuss how Putin won't harm American business people. Have these people not heard about Evan Gershkovich, Brittney Griner, and Marc Fogel?

Senator Mark Warner says "I respect the office of the president," adding that Trump has "made great, great progress on border crossings — that's something we ought to celebrate." "On the border, I give him good marks."

If your response to fascism is to sit politely while wearing pink, you need to resign and let someone else do your job.

these people are hopeless. i hope they all get tea partied next year

In 2025, German nationalists want the German military to remain dependent on the United States and want Europe to surrender to Russia.

Hey @cnn.com, please explain how Canada is “escalating” by matching tariffs that Trump unilaterally imposed? Appallingly bad “journalism,” when the moment requires exactly the opposite…

But, Ukraine… www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

lol

There it is: Trump announces the US will not be enforcing its new shell company registry, which is the single-best tool to counter kleptocracy.

Just asking questions.

One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy. “It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”

A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/m...

You came up with a nice way to rank websites three decades ago that you don't even use anymore. There's no reason you should get to order people around, to determine meager schedules for family and leisure. In a world with a decent wealth cap, your opinions would be as useless and ignored as mine.

Exclusive: Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralized, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey's growing influence in the country, four sources familiar with the efforts said reut.rs/3XmJNIQ

When you're suddenly desperate to convince people it's a good thing you drove the economy into recession.

Our adversaries aren’t going to stop competing with us just because we leave the field.

OC Media has been a crucial resource for coverage of the Caucasus, and is emblematic of the kind of knowledge we are going to lose through this insane assault on foreign assistance

This will be seen in Europe and the UK as an egregious attack on the rule of law and human dignity, aided and abetted by elements of the current US administration, who evidently see this as fan service.

This program was essential to my studies of the Russian language. Devastated.