President Volodymyr Zelensky said that during the June 2 negotiations in Istanbul, Russian representatives dismissed Ukraine's efforts to raise the issue of abducted Ukrainian children as a "show for childless European old ladies."
Why did Trump just cave?
Because when the US borrows money it does so by selling Treasury bonds. Mostly to China, Japan, Europe.
Overnight there was a sudden spike in holders dumping their bonds.
Trump picked a fight with our creditors, and our creditors just won.
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
Breaking: Labour’s plan to give millions of workers a pay rise has just passed the Commons. Next Tuesday, 3 million people will receive a £1,400 boost in the national living wage. Let’s have more of this 👏
This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He couldn’t even run a charity without breaking the law—Now he believes he’s in charge of the Supreme Court, Congress, our rights, and the U.S. justice system. Who’s going to stop him?!
My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.
A good overview of the Russian mind:
"We can't finish until we destroy all the Nazis. Ukraine is our enemy, Poland is our enemy, the Baltic states are the enemy. These are our most important enemies. They are too much against us. Negotiations with them do not work."
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
Map Of Coalition Countries That Lost At Least 1 Solider Helping US Forces In Afghanistan Between 2001 & 2021
Have they even said thank you once?
(Brilliant Maps on FB)
US Senator Mark Kelly has hit back at Elon Musk
Mr Kelly said “Traitor? Elon, if you don't understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do”
news.sky.com/story/elon-m...
By warning Canadians of the threat to our sovereignty posed by the United States, the prime minister has prepared us for the fight of our lives.
www.thewhig.com/opinion/trud...
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service...We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor.” - Claude Malhuret
youtu.be/wmDVrV7QRrU
BREAKING: Trump shuts off intelligence to Ukraine, cutting off data for drones, air attacks, and air defense
This is a clear and direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 - in which US gave security guarantee to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine giving up nukes and ships
I just watched Macron's address to France.
It was urgent, impassioned and determined—and established Russia as a clear and present danger to Europe America can no longer be relied upon to help with.
Europeans are preparing for a possible imminent darkness. My heart breaks that we aren't with them.