In this @phillipspobrien.bsky.social makes the excellent point, that Starlink dependency is as much as a threat to the US as it is globally. A malevolent operator, making political donations in the hundreds of millions, could easily use the on/off switch to impact domestic political opponents.
Midweek update. This is the week when trusting the USA was shown to be a catastrophe. The second part has a detailed primer on the Starlink/Starshield sabotage of Ukraine. This is US being a fully fledged Putin ally and will cause many Ukrainian deaths phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...
Nigel Farage calls Andy Burnham a liar after Burnham states that there was indeed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum.
He’s fully there isn’t he, Farage, actively working to undermine western democracy, Europe and the U.K.
Farage is an actual traitor.
Farage is a traitor to the UK calling Burnham 'a liar' over Russian interference in Brexit. Farage reinforces his support of Russia by deny the truth that many of us now accept, Russia financed the Brexit campaign and are still interfering in our politics today. Farage the Russian stooge.
Everything Hillary said has come true. Trump is a puppet for Putin. I am 💯 certain—as far as one can be—that Putin has something on Trump and could release it at any moment if Trump fails to follow his orders….
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
Republicans in Congress got hours of free airtime in front of the American people. They spent it stating false facts as true and calling Jack Smith a dirtbag and a villain.
Here's all you need to know, under oath.
Amathia is an ancient Greek philosophical concept meaning willful ignorance: a refusal to learn, especially by intelligent or educated people.
This concept helps explain how smart people - including experts in their fields - can fail not only spectacularly, but also with grave consequences
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
This dad's patience says it all. Moments like this show why the father child bond matters so much, the kind of tenderness psychologists link to real emotional security later in life.
Trump: "They'll have no bridges, no power plants, no anything. I won't go further because there are other things that are worse than those two, and we might have -- well, if I had my choice, what would I like to do? Take the oil Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us come home."
A decade on and I’ve experienced only one Brexit benefit. We got the VAT back our purchases in Helsinki. Worth about twenty quid.
But Brexit has cost me thousands in that same decade.
Time to give up the ghost. Fully support Labours approach to closer ties
#BeMoreStarmer
Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video.
“It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?”
This lady’s response is🔥
I just don’t understand how anyone can think we have any chance of having a sane country as long as this kind of despicable propaganda, lies and bigotry is broadcast daily by the biggest news site in the country.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."