The minute details are obviously significantly different but a core similarity between UKR and Palestine is that neither can actually reach a political solution because in each case their corresponding belligerent has an outwardly eliminiationist goal and has shown that it won't deviate from it.

Lack of a common foe enfeebled Europe — but not any more, says Simon Kuper ft.trib.al/DSHzkRZ

"Regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career — from his embrace of birtherism to his hatred of birthright citizenship — cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...

The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.

Breaking News: Nithya Raman, a rising star among West Coast progressives and a Los Angeles City Council member, said she will run for mayor. Her announcement presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass.

#TeslaTakedown #NoICE

Epstein took this photo at a 2015 dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk and emailed it to himself. Further review shows the same photo displayed on Epstein’s credenza. While much of the image on the credenza had previously been obscured, this email now makes clear what it shows.

“Buried in a footnote of Ghislaine Maxwell’s court filing, she makes the bombshell claim that there are twenty-five accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein who entered into secret settlements and that there are four unnamed employee co-conspirators of Epstein.” open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

La primavera pasada, la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA) norteamericana detectó evidencias de una llamada telefónica inusual entre un individuo asociado con los servicios de inteligencia extranjeros y una persona cercana a Donald Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Howard Lutnick is Trump’s Secretary of Commerce. Here’s his stock purchase agreement with Jeffrey Epstein. See, for example, pages 21-22 for their signatures. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

"The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found. (...) Substack takes about 10% of the revenue the newsletters make." www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

“We’re not a US state but we’ll be getting a half trillion dollars in debt so when we default they just annex us” is not the clever political strategy you think it is

“Trump treated black employees differently. A former hotel exec said Trump criticized a black accountant: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks.” nyti.ms/3qriGio

In light of Trump’s post yesterday, some history: “On Memorial Day 1927, 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neighborhood, eventually spurring an all-out brawl in which seven men were arrested. One of those arrested was Fred Trump.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...

Groenland: la situation s'améliore avec Washington, mais "la crise n'est pas terminée", a estimé samedi le ministre danois des Affaires étrangères Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

life comes at you fast

"Trump is visibly favoring some companies and investors, some of whom have publicly courted him with personal gifts — like the gold-plated desk clock recently presented by Rolex's CEO — and donations to his controversial plans to build a White House ballroom." www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

The White House did a dishonest y-axis so I fixed their y-axis for them, you’re welcome White House www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...

As the European Parliament dilly dallies over Mercosur, pt. 2... Brazil is considering pushing for a partial trade agreement between the Mercosur bloc and China for the first time, in what would be a major shift for Latin America's largest economy.

Ironically it has been a demand of student protesters since the 1960s that universities end their entanglement with the military and CIA. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.

This rules. Kick Bovino out of every fucking bar in the country.

Incredible stuff from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/igno...

Esta cita de la entrevista a Emmanuel Carrère que publica hoy "El País" habla de algo, para mí, clarísimo. La UE es el objetivo de Rusia y de EE.UU. porque hemos demostrado que millones de personas pueden vivir con dignidad. elpais.com/babelia/2026...

"El documento, de 32 páginas, revela que el 94% de los [470] fallecidos [durante el régimen de excepción de Bukele] no eran pandilleros. Entre ellos figuran pastores evangélicos, sindicalistas, taxistas y cuatro menores de edad, incluida una recién nacida". elpais.com/america/2026...

"Si bien un video difundido en las redes sociales capturó los abucheos a JD Vance (...), la reacción de la multitud a su presencia no se escuchó ni se comentó durante la emisión televisiva americana, transmitida en vivo por Peacock, la plataforma de NBC Sports". www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Sonoros abucheos a JD Vance durante la ceremonia inaugural de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno en Milán.

"A piece of handsomely mounted crypto-fascist propaganda." youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...

Nada que ver aquí, solo el hombre más rico del mundo reconociendo que "para salvar América" habrá que "hacer cosas" que "entristecerán" a las mujeres.

Chrisman Frank, one of the educational entrepreneurs who wants to build a new generation of Elon Musks, thinks teachers are “glorified babysitters” and that AI is superior; he says his AI-based app will be a “neutron bomb” for education www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Meanwhile, in the federal government’s war on the World’s Greatest University:

So many people are going a little crazy about a Reuters story tonight saying the US and Ukraine discussed ending the war next month. It's because Trump is panicking about the mid-terms and wants a win. Reuters reports a referendum is planned. But Russia won't compromise, Ukraine won't give ground

A couple of cartoons from Latvia's @karikaturalv.bsky.social to inject a touch of realism into #WinterOlympic2026 The plane says "Neutral Team" on it, representing the disgust of so many that Russians and Belarusians can compete even though 100s of Ukrainian sportsmen + women have been killed.

“Under any other president, a UAE royal secretly paying $500 million to the Trump family’s crypto business would cause a political earthquake in Washington. There would be demands for an investigation by Congress, televised hearings, and months of damage control” — my latest @theguardian.com

I sincerely hope that JD Vance gets this reaction every single place he goes.

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

Creo que no se ha percatado Alfonso Serrano de lo que revela sobre su propia forma de relacionarse con las mujeres esta pregunta.

As Rupert Murdoch TV hammers away telling its viewers that Canadians are their enemies, Republican views of Canada shift on cue. At this point, Murdoch's propaganda machine can make its viewership believe absolutely anything, no matter how absurd.

"A piece of handsomely mounted crypto-fascist propaganda." youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...

Grigory Yavlinsky warns that the postwar order is collapsing and that human life is no longer the organizing principle of global politics. https://bit.ly/4ahwNdc

Groenland: les consulats de France et du Canada, qui s'opposent au projet de l'administration Trump de prendre le contrôle du Groenland, ont été inaugurés vendredi dans la capitale de l'immense territoire arctique, ont constaté des journalistes de l'AFP.

kind of amazing to think that there are people who wake up in the morning, get mad at a fox news post and then send this stuff

This is your semi-regular reminder that unrepentant, unvarnished racism is a valid basis for impeaching a sitting president. See: Andrew Johnson

“.. at some point, you have to ask: How much is too much? At what point is a line finally crossed? .. At what point are you no longer supporting your country, but supporting one man, and all of the ugliness he brings to the table?” @goodyk.bsky.social www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

joe biden would get the names of foreign heads of state mixed up when talking extemporaneously - and angrily - and it would be a 4 day news cycle. trump wants to rename everything after himself, claims the polls are a hoax, is launching wars of aggression with little explanation: dog bites man

Creo que no se ha percatado Alfonso Serrano de lo que revela sobre su propia forma de relacionarse con las mujeres esta pregunta.

for better or worse, people will forget about that video by the end of the year, if not end of the month. but when trump finally kicks the bucket, there were be orgasmic celebrations across the US & around the world. he will be remembered as the most despised US president since WWII for generations

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