EU, Ukraine and allies forever

The Republican spending bill is a historic theft that will take from the poor to give to the already-rich. Republicans passed this knowing people will die. They know people will lose their health care. They know children will go hungry. They will own the tragic results. We can't let them forget.

If we ever again have a Democratic president, he (or she) should on Day One issue an executive order repealing every tariff imposed by executive order while Trump was president. Under the Constitution (remember that?), Congress, not the president, should be setting tariff (and other tax) rates.

NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! A cache of documents I obtained via #FOIA from the first Trump administration shows how its Iran policy, including the US withdrawal from a key nuclear deal, arguably laid the groundwork for last weekend’s bombing. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

E. Jean Carroll is still receiving death threats daily based on Donald Trump’s defamatory lies, her attorney Robbie Kaplan just told the 2nd Circuit. “Truly graphic and horrifying” threats—“rape and killing by every means known to man,” including “disemboweling,” Kaplan said.

💯. There is no strategy, only impulses to quench an unquenchable narcissistic thirst.

I’d like to see the same tough stance on Russia’s threat to Europe, a key US trade partner, and Ukraine - a partner in mineral deal, Budapest Memorandum guarantor, and a military partner. No one is calling for bombing - just a firmer line on Russia: stronger aid and sanctions

turns out not having nuclear weapons can be a serious vulnerability. iraq, libya, ukraine, iran…

“I was wrong about Trump Entire Trump family are nepotistic extractive grifters” “Getting us into another large scale conflict in the Middle East… …bait[ed] the Right into cheering on a federal police state” “The entire MAGA campaign was a fraud. We got duped. Feels horrible.” #LeopardsAteMyFace

I’m just watching this G7 summit, and man, our country is being embarrassed like never before We’ve never had more pathetic leadership than what we’ve got right now A totally unprepared “President” that honestly has no clue what’s going on Other countries are laughing at us You deserve BETTER!

The big U.S. news today should be stated as: “Republican anti-abortion pastor murdered Democratic legislator”. But “New Minnesota warning issued after shootings of politicians” (WSJ); “Violent action tied to politics is new reality” (NYT). ./1

Doctor says removal of "Glory to Russia" burn mark from Ukrainian POW will be painful

Not a first 🇺🇸 killed by Ruzzia... btw They paid 200K$ to Taliban for every american head ... The USA fear of Ruzzia is something... 🤮

Do you remember when Trump would pretend-care about these Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians, and make his fake sanctions threats. Seems only like two weeks ago.... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

President Zelensky warns that Russia is planning further attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which may draw less global attention due to the focus on the Middle East. Intelligence on threats to nuclear facilities has been shared with the IAEA and U.S. counterparts.

Just remembering the amount of shit I got from Assad fanboys and tankies for saying the kidnapping video was an obvious fake.

Hi All, sent this out yesterday. The Trump administration, and that means the US officially, seems to me to be helping Putin kill Ukrainians. Here I argue why.

Pathetic to see how Trump speaks like Putin's spokesman. Isn't he supposed to be president of the US?

Dear Allies, Do you remember WWII and Adolf? It's time. -Sane America

Trump's America is becoming the prime example of what happens when institutions become captured by disordered discourse.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of “Hamilton,” 28 members of the original cast, including the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, gathered at the Tony Awards to perform a medley of songs from the show. nyti.ms/3FFESNu

NEW!!! Lithuania’s president calls for tougher russia sanctions, including disconnecting all remaining russian banks from SWIFT and sanctioning vessels President Nauseda also proposed targeting energy companies that fund russian state budget, such as Rosatom, Gazprom, Lukoil

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “Russia could attack NATO within 5 years.”

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Gov. Newsom didn't request the National Guard be deployed to CA following peaceful demonstrations. Trump sent them anyway. It's the first time in 60 years a president has made that choice. Trump's goal isn't to keep Californians safe. His goal is to cause chaos, because chaos is good for Trump.

Everyone should say it: The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not brains. It's bile.

We had elections in two towns in #Serbia yesterday. Record turnout. - Opposition WON in both towns. Vote counting on the spot clearly showed that - dictator Vučić declared that he won in both towns and replaced official results with his own It will be an interesting day today.

Russia's disinformation programme has recently started posting their fake videos on TikTok, which they helpfully then email to us hoping we'll react to them, but all the links they've sent are already dead, so cheg on, Russia.

We have an official ruling

“Though both Hitler and Hugenberg were fiercely anti-Communist, antidemocratic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic, their attempts at political partnership failed spectacularly and repeatedly.” Timothy Ryback on Hitler's relationship with his oligarchs:

Steve Bannon is saying that Trump should nationalize SpaceX. And, it’s like they say, a soul-stunted, alcohol-soaked ogre man wearing a broken wristwatch is right twice a day.

Maybe watch this and think about it carefully bsky.app/profile/elio...

Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse

I can’t think of a presidency that has done more open and undeniable damage to this country, and the wider world, in such a short space of time, than this one. Shocking, despicable:

Here’s what we are reading today: A German tech company may have exported technology to Russia via Slovenia, Politico writes. This happened despite EU sanctions meant to block exports of advanced and dual-use tech to Russia.

Trump and Noem are targeting Harvard because it refuses to back down in the face of their authoritarian demands. We cannot be silent.

At 1:34 AM Trump called for DOJ to investigate Kamala Harris, Beyoncé, Springsteen, Oprah and others for crimes, he then made another deranged post about it at 9:11 AM, and the lead story of the day on MSNBC and CNN continues to be Joe Biden in 2023.

The U.K. fishing industry - weaponised & then betrayed & then abandoned, by Johnson, Farage & the rest of them - is better off under Starmer’s deal than it was under Johnson’s. That’s not an opinion. It’s counting. Anyone claiming otherwise is a liar.

Ru can keep dreaming, though. Zelensky will reject any deal Trump-Pu cook up if it’s disadvantageous and unacceptable to Ukr society. 11yrs into this war, Ru still idiotically refuses to understand that Ukr has agency and firm commitment to its sovereignty.

With the dust settled, a couple of points about yesterday’s pivotal elections in Romania & round #1 in Poland. A huge sigh of relief for the EU in Bucharest and some worrying news from Warsaw. 🧵

Western journalists should report Pu’s baseless claims that Ru can soon conquer Ukraine w wording/tone that clearly communicates lack of credibility. Nothing suggests Ru can make a breakthrough or Ukr is collapsing. Reporting his bragging as credible helps him manipulate the diplomatic process.

I hope European and US friends of Ukraine finally get this. The US Goverments position is to help the Russian dictatorship as much as possible. They only want Ukraine to make concessions.