Vlad is hilarious.

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What Would and Should Court Reform Look Like? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...

Last night Ukraine could not intercept a single Russian ballistic missile. The USA deliberately starving Ukraine of Patriot missiles is now clearly understood by the Russians as American support for their terror bombing. The USA is helping Putin kill Ukrainians.

Every day, it is hard to be a Republican and not be a dumb asshole. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

Looks like it was parts of the processing units that were hit in the Omsk attack, which is a much bigger problem (for Russia) than storage tanks getting hit.

Day 1595 of my 3 day war. To prevent imperialists discovering location of my front line bunker in Moscow, we camouflaged the inside of it. I remain a master strategist.

But the police and the National Guard should *not* have indulged Trump's lies. They obeyed in advance. This is on them — the individuals who behaved antithetically to what their job requires. They facilitated authoritarianism; they further corrupted their organizations.

Cheating: it's what Trumpers do, all the time.

For Trump's America, no corruption is too big, no corruption is too small. Heaping shame on the USA every single day. But of course the USA has done this to itself: over 77 million voluntarily voted for the well-established malignant ass-clown. MAGA is a disease. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

Russia is a terrorist state. All they've got left is terrorism, and they are eager terrorists: it's who they are, it's what they do — it's all they know how to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/w...

'If somewhere between 33% and 43% of Russian oil production is already off-line, and Ukrainian strike on oil targets can keep increasing, there will be an oil crisis.' Also: can and should Ukraine target Russian export hubs for Russian crude going to China and India and cut that revenue stream?

'the present state of the Russian war economy is “not sustainable”. Russia is basically living hand-to-mouth with all of its buffers spent (Putin has thrown away the entirety of Russia’s once large sovereign wealth fund) and can only fund the war through energy sales.'

A black woman surrounded by KKK.

I have been wondering about that. Ukrainian authorities will have to have a plan to move in and take total control. Crimea can not remain for much longer in rump Russian control: Russia's days of control of Crimea are rapidly ending.

To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things. We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th – it is ours. Video in link: snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

Ukraine’s Forces hit over 200,000 Russian targets in June, Defense Minister Fedorov said. He said nearly 28,000 Russian troops were killed or seriously wounded, while strikes beyond 50 km from the front almost doubled. Footage also showed a Bulava/RAM2X hitting a Russian Mi-8 military helicopter.

Excellent!

Hi all, just sent out this free July 4th post. Americans have ceased being Americans, the change is more profound than many realize and involves fundamental issues of how people see themselves, war and the world. If it doesn’t change, the country will be crippled. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Do yourself a favor and listen to Dara Massicot discussing the Russian military since the 1990s through to today. "Origins of the War with Dara Massicot" youtu.be/tjBU795KgaE?...

Well-worth listening to Philips O'Brien here: Phillips O'Brien | European Strategy and the Ukraine War | REECAS NW 2026 Keynote Address youtu.be/iNj3T6i13t8?...

Is America great or what? Some are born great Some achieve greatness And some have greatness thrust upon them. MAGA has achieved greatness. Also, they were born great; it's who they are. The rest of us have their greatness thrust upon us. Great in the MAGA sense means mad and evil.

"Olympian Is Indicted After Arrest at Washington’s Reflecting Pool" The U.S. Park Police had arrested Mr. Hearn. This is goon's work to service the ego of the orange malevolent clown. The indictment takes that to a new level. Police state goonery.

Republicans are the problem. Words like "partisan" are for normal politics, a word that normalizes Republicans: see, they're just like Democrats! It is well past time to recognize that Republicans are the problem. Democrats and all anti-Trump will have to wrest the state away from Republicans.

The tens of millions of MAGA are not merely gullible. Trump's gargantuan graft is hugely appealing to them; and it is fundamental to their identity that they can not be honest about any of that. This is a societal sickness so big and so rotten it can destroy the country.

The USA starving Ukraine of Patriots is a crime. Trump is helping Putin kill Ukrainians. Last night was the USA aiding Russia.

Trump's graft nets him $2.2 billion. But the NYT is being its usual coy with regard to what's obvious about Trump and Trump supporters. It is fundamental to Trump supporters that they are gullible and frauds: you wil not have an informed or hionest discussion with any of them about him.

Dog rescued in Venezuela after 6 days in rubble! Such goodness all around 😍

The trouble with Right-wingers is that they are sly frauds (always in a ham-fisted way, of course). Their core identity is built on lies and lying. There Are Very Few Socialists in America open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

The Russians cannot win, but they can — and will contentedly — continue to do what they always do: commit war crimes. War crimes Rus.

It's hard to be a Republican and not be a malignant ass-clown. There's the always available go-to concern about exploiting welfare: those born in the USA to foreign parents could be "cashing welfare checks for American citizens"; and stronger stuff: “deny entry to all pregnant foreigners” etc.

Latest in @theatlantic.com . Ukrainians are striking sites around Moscow. They are having strategic and economic impact, but their real target might be Putin. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Birthright Citizenship Decision Is More Evidence for Court Reform talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-b...

In a sane world (an alt reality) today's dissents would sufficient to warrant Thomas, Gorsuch and Alito's impeachment and removal from office. If you defy the plain words, meaning, intent, history, precedent of a black letter constitutional injunction u are abusing your power and should be removed.

The Editorial Board at the NYT really are dumb. "The Supreme Court Remembers Its Principles" is surely amongst the stupidest reactions to the fact that (1) the case was even heard, (2) for four Republican jokers (justices) the Constitution means whatever they want. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o...

SCOTUS is 4-5 that the Constitution means anything they want it to mean. SCOTUS is a sick joke.

Well worth reading the whole thing. The first half-dozen paragraphs or so make crystal clear the absolute vileness of the vice president, J.D. Vance. Then there's Trump the racist, and then there's SCOTUS. SCOTUS, because of the Republicans on it, is ham-fisted sly and thoroughly mendacious.

The Supreme Court’s Corruption Must Be Broken

"The newest book on the Trump White House paints a genuinely sinister picture In Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s “Regime Change,” the president makes his staff worse — and they happily return the favor." www.ms.now/opinion/regi...

The war situation has developed not necessarily to Russia's advantage. But Putin is not even a Hirohito; for the man whose life is a lie, Russian "victory" is always inevitable. Smart money, however, is that Ukraine will liberate all occupied territory, including Crimea.

The corrupt court strikes again. SCOTUS Officially Kills Precedent that Protected Agencies from a Vengeful President — But with Special Federal Reserve Carveout talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scotus-...

Police State, brought to the USA by Republicans. It is Republicans who did this.

The problem is Republicans. Republicans. It's Republicans. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's hard to be religious in the USA and not be malignant. This malignancy is part of the deeply-rooted national disease that brought us contemporary Republicans. "A bridge, that is, between Christian nationalists and an authoritarian state that privileges their rights over everyone else’s."

As with some other things, i suspect if we have another dem president we will discover that the court did not so much transfer power to the executive as to themselves, ie they will find novel bullshit reasons to block a dem president the same way the find novel bullshit reasons to enable trump

I’m not going to hail Barrett and Roberts for allowing us to count our votes. It’s a huge win for democracy, but it shouldn’t have even been a question. That we were one vote away from disenfranchising votes is all the more reason to expand the court in 2029.

"Why Old People Cry" by Roger Rosenblatt Always read Roger Rosenblatt if you can. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/o...

Trump on Putin helping Iran, among other things, target and kill US military: “And I want to thank Vladimir Putin, he was very neutral. They could have made it much more difficult for us.”

"The reality, as always, is that the Trump administration, led by the President is bending over backwards, doing large things and small, to help Russia. This week was no exception. Very quietly, the US government removed sanctions on important Russian businessmen, Russian ships ..."

"As Ukrainian long-range strike continues to improve, this situation for Russia should only deteriorate further."