Patrick Chovanec

When the next US Congress investigates corruption, Trump's oil-deal-of-the-century with Alejandro Betancourt, the face of Venezuelan corruption, should be top of its list. Two kleptocracies working together. Brilliant essay by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

This used to be a solved problem.

final polls before israeli election tomorrow have netanyahu and the opposition blocs both short of needed majority..

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

That is WWI EVOO.

Ukraine has been waiting for almost a month for the US defence secretary to sign off on critical ​missile supplies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, ‌as Russia stepped up attacks on energy and civilian infrastructure. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

He is so close to getting it

Hello, I would like my $4,000,000, preferably stuffed into a bag from a Cava restaurant.

If he survives, he’ll probably end up as their next presidential nominee.

Republican campaigns and PACs have spent nearly $3 million at President Trump’s businesses since he returned to office, according to a Post analysis. Spending at Mar-a-Lago has more than tripled compared with the same period of his first term.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Finland and Austria have seized $500 million worth of Russian real estate following a lawsuit by Ukraine. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

NEW: Views of ICE have turned more negative among Republicans and Democrats alike (even as a wide partisan gap remains). Americans view ICE more negatively than any of the other 11 agencies asked about in the latest @pewresearch.org survey. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Exactly. Same goes for attack helicopters, manned fighters, and aircraft carriers. The hard truth is, in a peer war, some will not survive in order to accomplish the mission.

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If he can make Trump this mad, I guess there is a some use for Bill Maher after all.

He literally pulled the plug on interceptors that were saving civilian lives from Russian missiles.

He likes big butts and he cannot lie. Well, actually just the first part.

Plenum is expected to issue long-awaited official definition of what a “plenum” is.

Did not have that on my bingo card.

Basic PR pro-tip: Never repeat the accusations against you word for word in your own voice.

Huge event. Failed Jared Kushner/Trump luxury hotel project planned for Belgrade played a role in starting expanded protests against Vucic.

Really good and obviously extremely infuriating story here.

“Americans deserve a Congress that works for them, not for special interests or personal portfolios,” the Florida Republican said in 2025. Then the federal contracts started rolling in.

Elections, but only if they win.

"The President once again complimented Jon Husted's ass and also complimented Nikki Minaj's ass. Minaj stood up and waved to the cheering audience." - Excerpt from White House traveling radio pool report by Jon Decker in Michigan

I’m just watching the boy in the lower left, growing up to think this is how a powerful man talks.

Someone please wake me up from this dream.

You know, people with similar names have been on the ballot before. And yes, it can create confusion. But there’s nothing inherently unfair or fraudulent about it. Them’s the breaks.

What the U.S. Is Really Doing in Venezuela - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

It sounds like Trump thinks the “Taiwan problem” is Taiwan.

If he offered anything in return for the money, even just conversations with his father-in-law, then he would have violated U.S. bribery laws and the foreign agent statute. trib.al/aYl2OWe

The interesting part is when Trump claims Paxton helped him find millions and millions of votes to throw out.

Not a single person named Kowalski, Russo, or Cohen there either. Should we all go back where we came from?