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25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.

"Offensive operations are still possible in modern war. But they need the intellectual effort to develop new techniques to make them viable and repeatable at scale." A review of potential implications of recent Ukrainian counteroffensives in the east & south. mickryan.substack.com/p/ukraine-bu...

I’m just glad Kushner and Witkoff weren’t around to negotiate a “win-win” for Germany and Japan in 1942.

This week's visit to #RejectionIsland, via Bayeux, or maybe Canterbury, or perhaps the British Museum.

I would go so far as suggest my trolls regard the suggestion that time is linear to be imperialist. It's why they think Russia expanding east in 1992 happened as a result of NATO enlarging West in 1997.

I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.

All we know about Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow is that the Administration is likely lying about it phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-ratcli...

So the most powerful person in the world is insane. Now what? The lesson? Never put a mad man in the White House. A THREAD.

I found the essay below by @joshtpm.bsky.social particularly thought-provoking. I especially like the description of the failed negotiations with Canada as a Trumpian attempt to turn Canada into "America's Belarus". talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-u...

Disappointing to wake up and find our economy and foreign policy is still in shambles despite the DC car race.

Today, Ukraine marks its 35th Independence Day amidst full-scale war, continuing to stand up for its freedom. Immense gratitude to those fighting on the front lines and those who gave their lives. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!

"Trump miscalculated badly. As a public service corp, BBC operates under royal charter that bars it from out-of-court settlements. It cannot cut a check to sweep away Trump’s claims. BBC is legally bound to fight until a verdict is reached." www.salon.com/2026/08/18/t...

CLARKE: In my own view, we're heading towards a militarized confrontation with Russia. Can we come out on top? We're 10 or 12 times richer than Russians. With US, we're 20 times richer. On hardware, we've got twice number of combat ships, 2 or 3 times number of combat aircraft.

The thing about Trump is… a well functioning country would never in a million years elect a guy like him, let alone twice.. he is the sum total of our decay and degradation of standards.

The main difference between the Bible and The Lord of the Rings is that when someone calls The Lord of the Rings their favorite book, they’ve probably read it.

This is true but it also does't discount the possibility that he was wrong and caused many deaths. I'll wait for scientific results of research before making political points.

One of the largest "news" accounts on Twitter (that Elon Musk promotes constantly) posted about Ukraine using an AI generated map. The map gets worse and worse the more you stare at it.

OTD 86 years ago today, the U.S. issued the Welles Declaration—refusing to recognize the illegal Soviet occupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Srating that sovereignty cannot be extinguished by illegal military occupation 🧵 1/4

Hi all, just sent out this free July 4th post. Americans have ceased being Americans, the change is more profound than many realize and involves fundamental issues of how people see themselves, war and the world. If it doesn’t change, the country will be crippled. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Basically Russia right now

The USA has "betrayed the spirit of anchorage" in which we think they gave us something that isn't theirs to offer or ours to take and Ukraine told us both to go fuck ourselves with flamingos and hornets.

Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces: "We're not hinting at anything but last night, we saw the Kerch bridge really up close and from different angles. 1. What we've bombed out last night. 2. The one [bridge]"

News you can use from the opinion editors of the Italian right-wing daily Libero: "TRUMP IS AN ASSHOLE" www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/esteri/...

The idea that Trump and Putin are leaders of great powers, holding the fate of the world in their hands is central to their political identities. They've both just been publicly humiliated by states they thought they could crush. They and their countries are weaker as a result.

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

Memes :))

Frenchman Meets with an Actual Surrender Monkey.

Reopening. Today's cartoon by @amorimcartoons.bsky.social. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com #Hormuz #deal #Iran #Trump

Normally you wouldn’t increase the likelihood of US casualties by announcing something like this ahead of time, unless you are bluffing to use it as a negotiating ploy, you are stupid, you don’t really care about the troops, or all three.

Stop defending yourselves and submit to being genocided. It's easy.

Whose war?🥴

War and ceasefire. Today’s cartoon by Stellina Chen. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com #WarAndPeace #ceasefire #Ukraine #Iran #Lebanon

Zelensky's open letter to Putin is a very powerful statement of how disastrous the unprovoked war against Ukraine has been for Putin and for Russia. It reads like a message to the rest of the world (the White House included) about Ukraine's successes and Russia's failure.

Russians 😂😂😂

"In a poll last week, 32 percent believed that the US is winning the war, while only 16 percent thought the US was losing; 37 percent believed the US would eventually win. " They are quite staggering numbers for a democracy with all the info available. US is full of delusional people.

Ukraine's MFA responds to new Russian threats.

Good thing Iran giving up uranium and opening the Strait is only 5% or I might be pessimistic about this situation.

The further Putinisation of America. The government has TV shows which hurt the Dear Leader's delicate feelings cancelled.

Revenge of the turds. Interesting. How authoritarian regimes depend on low performers (gift article). www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...

Russian advertising placement at its best

In case you forget fella......

King Don, the stable genius, meets Xi in Beijing dst.at/cartoons @derstandard.bsky.social @cartoonmovement.com #Trump #XiJinping #visit #Taiwan #StraitofHormuz #satire #cartoon

The tone of the Xi-Trump summit is already revealing. China is telling the US what it wants the US to do about Taiwan, while Trump is sucking up to Xi as if his life depended on it.

Epic brushing. (One of mine up at the @cartoonmovement.com)

A good deal is simply impossible at this point. As @profsaunders.bsky.social has argued, Trump will either escalate or be humiliated. And if he chooses the former, he might get the latter anyway