⚡️World Gymnastics lifts restrictions on Russian, Belarusian athletes. The organization's Executive Committee has "decided to lift all restrictions applicable to Russian and Belarusian athletes since February 2022, with immediate effect."

⚡️ Russia is projected to lose nearly 100,000 troops by the end of May with almost no ground gained in its spring offensive. 🔗 united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

“Russia is now reaching monthly casualty rates between 30,000 and 35,000 killed, which is now above its regeneration or mobilization capacity”: Joachim Kaschke, the German coordinator of military assistance to Ukraine 📹 DW

Some people hide their sadness behind a smile.

Robert Mugabe would approve

Trump just stole $1.8B. He’s going to give it to his business, his kids, and people like Flynn, Eastman, Giuliani, and the Oath Keepers. He’s doing this without court approval or Congress. This is a crime, but there’s no one to prosecute it because the DoJ is in on it.

One of the Kremlin’s oldest propaganda tactics is monopolising the language of anti-fascism while behaving in ways that are historically associated with authoritarian expansionism.    Historical memory becomes a shield for present-day aggression while any criticism is reframed as ‘hostile’.

My eyes cannot roll back in my head enough

"If this sort of looting of the public coffers at the president’s behest and for his personal gain and that of his allies isn’t an impeachable offense, then the term has truly lost all meaning." On the IRS lawsuit settlement:

Zelenskyy: Russia simplified access to citizenship for people originating from Transnistria region of Moldova. It is a very telling move. It means not only Russia is looking for new soldiers in this way – citizenship also entails military obligation – it is also a claim to Transnistria’s territory.

NEW: The Iranian regime is introducing a formalized toll system under the guise of maritime insurance policies and continuing to deploy incentives & threats to vessels in the Persian Gulf as part of their efforts to solidify Iranian control over the strait. More: isw.pub/IranUpdate05...

Trump's capitulation on Taiwan has been explicit and striking. Has any of the China hawks who've justified support for or acquiescence to Trump because "he'll be tough on China" reconsidered? Has any acknowledged they were wrong? Feel free to offer names of those who have or haven't in the replies.

It is remarkable how many establishment Dems simply do not understand they are in the middle of an existential war against MAGA politics, and that there’s no co-existence possible here.

With the news that Gov Jared Polis of Colorado just granted clemency to Tina Peters, justice has been once again perverted, and this time by a DEMOCRAT desperate for Donald Trumps adoration. Congrats Jared Polis. I bet you get invited to the WH now

americans will use anything but the metric system

The reason people keep doing crimes for Trump is that you get rewarded for doing them, congratulations to Colorado's Dem governor for making sure we get more people trying to overturn elections on his behalf bsky.app/profile/kyle...

in a way, isn’t causing men to crash out before she’s even done anything just proof that Lupita is perfect for Helen of Troy

This is Mugabe-level corruption with a much bigger pot to start with

Probably just a coincidence.

Trump is negotiating to settle his lawsuit against his own IRS, and one of the remedies being floated (along with almost 2 billion dollars) is the IRS dropping all audits of Trump, his family, and his businesses. Just absolutely staggering corruption.

Meanwhile in Russia… “An elevator with a person inside collapsed in an Astrakhan residential complex, which was completed at the end of 2025.” Old elevators: Bad New elevators: Also Bad www.gazeta.ru/social/news/...

NEW: The FBI visited the home of Milwaukee County’s elections director in an attempt to question her over absentee ballots from the 2020 presidential election. The visit marks the latest sign that the Trump administration is probing the 2020 election results in Wisconsin.

The mainstream media fail us when they write small stories on individual bad acts instead of hitting the total button on Trump's deep corruption, with headlines like: HOW TRUMP PUTS JUSTICE UP FOR SALE or BILLIONAIRES BUY OFF TRUMP. Instead, the media treat each grift as a one-off, soon forgotten.

All in Trump businesses, I assume.

MORE: Adani's lawyer went to Trump's DOJ and made a proposal: If prosecutors dropped the charges, Adani would be willing to invest $10 billion in the American economy and create 15,000 jobs.

wow

I published a new class in my Foreign Influence Operations course. Class 21 is titled: Why are the French stealing African penises? It looks at how Russian information operations have reached an industrial scale in Africa and discusses why we should care. alexzfinley.substack.com/p/class-21-w...

Russians have started covering submarines with anti-drone nets at their naval base in the Pacific.

OTD in 1955 the Warsaw Pact was formed. A Russian led ‘defensive' alliance that repeatedly attacked itself, its members mysteriously left as soon as they could.

⚡️Russian lawmakers approve bill allowing Putin to invade foreign countries. The law allows the Russian president to order troop deployments abroad to "protect" Russian citizens facing arrest, detention, trial, or other perceived persecution by foreign nations and international courts.

It is notable that one of the most pronounced differences between Ukraine and the USA is that while both have corruption problems, the Ukr are investigating theirs up to the highest levels of govt, while the US govt is openly fostering more corruption.

The FBI director has been accused of “padding the stats” to inflate his arrest accolades at the bureau.

House Democrats today secured the necessary signatures to bypass Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a package of Russia sanctions and billions of dollars in Ukraine aid.

This is simply bonkers. The White House is in active discussions with DOJ about settling Trump's lawsuit against the IRS in his favor, *precisely because* a judge might soon throw it out. WH apparently wants DOJ to agree to "settle" the lawsuit *before* that happens. Utter insanity.

When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under. Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?!

U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

Would you trust Pete Hegseth with your wallet? Your bank account? How about ***$1.5 trillion***??? My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com ... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/o...

We love to see it--peat bogs for peace!

Spain’s growing reliance on renewable energy has helped keep power prices stable even as the war in the Middle East drives up costs, said the country’s minister for environmental transition

"The biggest donor in the midterm elections is not Elon Musk, or George Soros, or any of the other billionaires who are often thought to wield the fattest wallets in politics. It is a venture capital firm: Andreessen Horowitz."

This is mass political violence. “More than 10,000 times, judges have said those detentions, typically carried out with no opportunity for detainees to plead their case, were illegal. That’s roughly 90 percent of all cases — a staggering rejection of a core piece of Trump’s immigration agenda.”

Maybe it's time the Brits just elect the head of lettuce? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gen. Ben Hodges: The war has changed in Ukraine’s favor. Russia is losing more soldiers than it can replace. That is a negative trend for Russia and may force full mobilization, including in Moscow and St. Petersburg - something the Kremlin does not want.

Don’t let them tell you that Ukraine depleted our weapons stocks. They didn’t. Completely different systems. In fact, because of Ukraine our industrial base has improved. They lie and lie. We won’t fall for it

We’re getting there.

I have to admit I was shocked when I saw this story. I figured after 9/11 all airport perimeters had some form of security. That a guy can just jump a fence and no sensor goes off is…not great.

His remarks don’t “appear” to undermine his campaign pledge. They in fact do undermine his campaign pledge.