David French: βItβs hard to describe how thoroughly Trump is disrupting and corrupting our system of justice. . . . Donald Trump is determined to transform Americaβs system of justice into his personal political weapon.β
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...
MAGA hates anyone in government who cares about and works to help other people.
America has not inflicted this much harm on itself since the Civil War. We are a collapsing super power and we are doing it to ourselves.
German company Kontron continued supplying Russia with dual-use equipment despite EU sanctions
Kontron used its Slovenian subsidiary to deliver SI3000 telecommunications platform, a system capable of intercepting communications, to Russiaβs Iskra Technologies
euromaidanpress.com/2025/05/23/g...
If you want a 5% annual return on your money for the next 30 years you can buy US Treasury Bonds right now.
But yeah, there is a slight risk of default because Republicans are trying to give away $4 Trillion in tax cuts to Americaβs oligarchs right now.
On this photo made in 1939 in the occupied Polish city of Brest-Litovsk, you can see the Soviet russian officers saluting the swastika flag together with their allies from Wermacht. I wanna know, why does Kremlin commemorate the so-called βVictory dayβ as a victim, if Kremlin was also the aggressor?
πΊπΈπ«πͺπΊ US unhappy with Europe's plans to buy fewer American weapons, β Reuters
βοΈThe US announcements come as the EU takes steps to develop the European arms industry while limiting purchases of some types of American weapons.
πΊπ¦π Ukrainian company Vyriy Drone has presented the first serial batch of FPV drones made entirely of Ukrainian components.
βοΈThe cost of one drone is ~$720, but thanks to the localization of production, it was possible to reduce the price to a level of similar Chinese models.
Here is the asset performance of all of MAGA's favorite investments over the last month.
$TSLA (-37.3%)
$DJT (-36.6%)
$TRUMP (-36.7%)
$MELANIA (-52.9%)
Do you think Trump supporters will ever figure it out that everything Trump and Elon Musk tell them is a lie?
Nobody in his/her right mind would consider buying US weapons right now, if there is a viable alternative, and I say this as long-time military blogger. For defense and technology companies in Europe, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Australia and elsewhere, gold rush times have begun.
This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
Unfortunately European leaders are still living in the world of delusion.
The increases for the defense spending are discussed within 5 year framework.
The unity and mutual understanding between east and west/south Europe is still lacking.
No leaders the caliber of Zelensky are in sight.
Fuck
Watching American Republican congressmen attack NATO alongside tech oligarchs only reinforces my belief that the U.S. wonβt last four years without some form of disruptive event: unrest, secessionism, or other catastrophic events. Itβs like watching the USSRβs decline speedrun.
Det er farligt for Ukraine at vΓ¦re afhΓ¦ngig af vΓ₯ben fra USA. Det kan ogsΓ₯ vise sig at vΓ¦re risikabelt for Europa at kΓΈbe amerikanske vΓ₯ben i fremtiden.
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Zelensky cares more about Ukraine and Ukrainians, present and future, than about himself or what people say about him. This makes him incomprehensible to people like Trump and Musk, who care only about their personal power and image. He is a living rebuke and itβs one reason they despise him.
The Joint Chiefs don't change with a new president. Supposed to be impartial, nonpartisan.
Until now.
Trump fired the Chair, Gen. Charles Brown (because he's Black), Navy chief Lisa Franchetti (for being a woman), and the 3 top Army, Navy, and Air Force lawyers (because they say follow the law).
This post will be quoted everywhere, and I hope journalists will remember to fact check the numbers. U.S. didn't even spend half the amount that Trump claims, and in fact Europe spent more than U.S.
Bill Browder: 'Bad bet' for investors to return to Russia after ceasefire. If anyone is relying on Putinβs promises for peace, they will be badly mistaken www.cityam.com/bill-browder...
So far, Trumpβs art of the deal is to give Russia whatever it wants in advance while asking for nothing from Putin. At the same time, he has tried to extort Ukraine for mineral rights. Once again, he seems not to know or care who Americaβs allies and enemies are.
Kind of sad how many people still believe that if the American and Russian presidents agree they can totally dictate the terms of anything in the world. Like no one else has any agency what so ever.
I for one would not wish for any of the above. However, if you're an American (aren't all citizens of North, Central and South America?), here is a suggestion for you as a citizen of a country whose leader is currently trying to lead you down the road to imperialism;
it seems to me that you would benefit more by becoming the next 50 provinces of Canada? You just might gain more by joining us, than we would by joining you? βΊοΈ
Would you wish to move to, in many cases, requiring hours to vote, as opposed to minutes?
Would you wish to sacrifice being automatically registered to vote?
Would you wish a gun death rate of 0.28 per 100,000, or one with 4.05 ( more than 14 times worse )?
Would you wish to live in a country which now seemingly does not honours its international commitments and agreements?
Would you wish to trade the current world view of you and your fellow citizens for a possibly less desirable one?
Etc. etc. etc.
Would you wish your country's average IQ score to drop from #20 globally to #32?
Would you wish that our national leader could not be relatively easily removed if she/he acts contrary to the national good?
Would you wish your lifespan to decrease from #20 globally to #48?
Would you wish your children's higher educational cost to increase 27%?
Would you wish that our politicians could be influenced by unlimited political contributions by the wealthy?
Would you wish that gerrymandering was allowed, resulting in unfair elector distributions?
If you're a fellow Canadian, would you wish our country to become the 51st. US State?
Would you wish your country to move backwards from 13th. to 15th. on the world Happiness Index?
Would you wish to give up free Universal Health Care?
Would you wish to move from a 6 week national election cycle to a 104 week cycle?
Would you want a national homicide rate that is the 95th in the world, or one that is twice as bad?
Would you want an incarceration rate of 107 per 100,000 or 655?
Would you wish your quality of life to decrease?
Oligarchic control and subservient justice & security systems are lessons Russia has for Americans, & another is the neutering of the Russian Duma, which abdicated most of its powers to Putin and soon had the rest taken away. The GOP looks ready to become Trump's United Russia.
The richest man in the world is having his Tesla engineers steal every Americanβs social security number, birthday, home address, and bank account information.
Weβre in serious troubleβ¦