Trump will attempt to corrupt the midterm elections anyway possible, to avoid the inevitable articles of impeachment waiting for him, should the GOP lose. Which they would in a free and fair election.

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

Šonedēļ "Šķiltavā" lūzumi, sprādzieni un skaļas sūdzības. "Ir" kolēģi Agnese Meiere, @aivarsozolins.bsky.social un @raudseps.bsky.social diskutē par spraigajām ārpolitikas debatēm, Bauskas ielas iedzīvotāju likteni un Šlesera bļaustīšanos ap Dailes teātra izrādi. 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/20TR...

Nice catch, and a lucky escape for someone: A Russian Lancet loitering munition caught in anti-drone netting over a road in a frontline region of Ukraine. As the Lancet has a lidar and an air-burst function, it seems to have have malfunctioned, causing it to fail to detonate.

This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

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More authoritarianism and intimidation. This is not about 2020. That’s the smokescreen. This is about the midterms and 2028. There will be a lot more of this in the coming months.

80 years later and they're still relying on the "just following orders" defence.

Just sent out this free piece. The response to the execution of Alex Pretti reveals how we have gotten into this mess. The anger is not directed at Trump, who caused this whole situation. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Politico reports that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is too often sympathetic to Trump’s (and Putin’s) attacks on Europe, privately questioned the US president’s psychological state, calling him “dangerous” after their meeting. www.politico.eu/article/dona... 1/2

We got to go through that whole Nobel Prize shit again when Melania doesn’t get nominated for an Oscar.

Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.

“If you raise your voice I’ll erase your voice” said an ice agent. Insane

video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight

Alt text (from ABC's Rachel Scott):

Anderson Cooper played side-by-side video of Noem and Bovino smearing the victim of Saturday's shooting, then said, "If either of these public officials had an ounce of decency, they would call up Alex Pretti's parents and apologize."

Stockholm, Warsaw & Helsinki as a result of NATO Power. Vovchansk as a result of Russian power. Proving the 2 sides are exactly the same

Majors Jānis Slaidiņš atskatās uz pagājušo gadu frontē Ukrainā. Viņš, ka Putins šogad nespēs sasniegt savus stratēģiskos mērķus un turpināsies resursu karš. Piedāvājam izlasīt pilno interviju ar Zemessardzes štāba virsnieku brīvpieejā! 🔗 ir.lv/rubrika/kars...

Jaunākajā "Ārskatā" "Ir" komentētāji @raudseps.bsky.social un @aivarsozolins.bsky.social spriež, kāpēc Tramps krasi mainīja nostāju par Grenlandes piesavināšanos. Viņi pievēršas arī spriedzei Minesotas štatā un gaidāmajām Bulgārijas vēlēšanām. 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/2IDq... #SIF_MAF2025

Just released my free weekend update. This week answered an important riddle. How was the US to be paid from seized Russian assets? why the new "Board of Peace" is the perfect vehicle. Completely unaccountable and unsanctionable, it is a corrupt ruler’s dream. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

For those who missed it yesterday, this thread contains a detailed analysis of the Alex Pretti killing, clearly showing he was holding a phone when attacked by ICE, and had a gun removed from him shortly before being shot to death by ICE officers.

Holy shit.

They shot him when he was on his knees, his back to them, unarmed, and defenseless. Those who remember history are doomed to watch it repeat itself.

Bill Kristol sees this shit clearly. I don't know how so many elected Democrats don't.

Americans may not have much time left to save their democracy. MAGA are already killing people in the streets with impunity - do you think they'd hesitate to cancel or rig the mid-terms?

Unless it's the Russians paying. For newcomers: He resisted handing Ukraine the frozen Russian assets after the Kremlin threatened him.

Yes the US has reached the ”nothing is true and everything is possible” stage. Refer to Russia for further information how it continues from there

This new video from Bellingcat shows the moment a gun is taken off Alex Pretti just before he's shot to death by ICE officers bsky.app/profile/bell...

Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner

"The real reason that Trump hates the legal system so much — because it actually does what it’s supposed to. Namely: make democracy really, really hard to get rid of." An important explainer from @matthewwollin.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's Public Notice. open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

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Jaunākajā "Šķiltavas" raidījumā "Ir" kolēģi Luīze Lote Āboltiņa, @aivarsozolins.bsky.social un @raudseps.bsky.social diskutē par Mieriņas Miera balvu, priekšvēlēšanu gaisotnē gaidāmajiem dezinformācijas plūdiem un citām aktualitātēm. 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/7Buk...

EU chief says Europe needs to abandon caution after US treasury secretary calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’ – Europe live www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Medvedev stated that Trump wants to be like Putin. Russians are undoubtedly delighted by the topic of Greenland and everything that is currently happening within the North Atlantic Alliance. Interesting points from Medvedev's opus:

Hi All, Just sent out this piece. Yes, Trump is deadly serious in wanting to seize Greenland. He just does not want to invade. He would like to "assimilate" the island like the Borg--and hopes threats to Europe/NATO will help him do it. This will not be pretty. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

There is no recalibrated or sanitized way to conduct the war that Trump and Stephen Miller are waging on American cities right now. That’s because it’s a campaign of deliberate terror. The policy *is* the terror, and the terror *is* the policy. newrepublic.com/article/2053...

Klāt "Šķiltava"! "Ir" kolēģi Baiba Litvina, @aivarsozolins.bsky.social un @raudseps.bsky.social diskutē par migrācijas pakta ietekmi uz Latviju, Bartaševica vēršanos pret "Goru" un citām aktualitātēm. 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/1Y4j...

Krievija šogad pielietos "maksimāla spiediena stratēģiju", prognozē Zemessardzes štāba virsnieks Jānis Slaidiņš. Intervijā ar @aivarsozolins.bsky.social viņš atskatās uz gadu frontē un brīdina, ka šogad var notikt provokācijas pret Latviju. 🔗 ir.lv/politika/ukr...

Jaunajā IR: kā Donalds Tramps savā pirmajā prezidentūras gadā mēģināja piespiest Ukrainu padoties Putinam. Vairāk nekā 300 intervijās ar militāristiem un diplomātiem The New York Times žurnālists atklāj ASV politikas aizkulises - daudz ļoti spilgtu detaļu un informācijas.

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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.' TRUMP: Who said that? Q: The premier of Greenland TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

Trump: "One of the reasons they're doing these fake riots-- I mean they're just terrible. It's so fake. 'Shame! Shame! Shame!' You see the woman. It's all practiced. They take hotel rooms and they all practice together. It's a whole scam. We're finding out who's funding all this stuff too."

💥It’s official: Hungary’s parliamentary election will be held on April 12, just three months from now. Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz is trailing the opposition by 10–18 points, yet few believe he wouldn’t do whatever it takes to cling to power. Now he has backing from both Putin and Trump. A dangerous mix.

PODCAST: "Ir" komentētāji @aivarsozolins.bsky.social un @raudseps.bsky.social jaunākajā "Ārskatā" vērtē Trampa operāciju Venecuēlā, draudus Grenlandei un kā tie ietekmē Latvijas drošību. Klausies epizodi arī par citām ārpolitikas aktualitātēm — open.spotify.com/episode/3e0X... #SIF_MAF2025

Kaine: "I can tell you this -- we will force a vote in the Senate about no US military action in Greenland or Denmark if we need to. We will get overwhelmingly bipartisan support that this president is foolish to even suggest this."