Trump was due to go to meetings in Paris on Thurday to meet European leaders and Zelensky. Now Kyiv Independent is quoting sources to say that Trump is unlikely to attend.
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Trump was due to go to meetings in Paris on Thurday to meet European leaders and Zelensky. Now Kyiv Independent is quoting sources to say that Trump is unlikely to attend.
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He is probably fed up playing second fiddle to Putin's double.
Nuclear proliferation usually takes years and is done covertly. This is a job for CIA not Rapid response forces.
Because Finland has had experience of russia.
He was the passenger
They may not be lying, just leaving something out which links the two events. In fact, they didnt need to mention being flagged down etc at all. They could simply have said that they were rear ended on the highway.
read the police statement
The accident happened on the other side of the carriageway to where the victim and police/fire already were. Likely they stopped suddenly and the other car ran into their rear.
Good spot. I dont think ex-mayors keep their former title. He Hasnt been mayor since 2001.
www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med... and this
Strange discrepancies between the police report and Giuliani's own statement (from his security).
Does Putin usually read his interventions? It doesn't seem right for him.
The number of active member countries keeps dropping....
Measels would be more fitting.
Rudy's legacy will forever be Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Oh, and Borat too.
Yes, but also the question of reparations was dealt with long ago.
If I remember correctly Hitler and Stalin were partners in the invasion of Poland and the German side was put to bed long ago.
They changed his meds?
Did Trump post this? If not, it didnt happen!!
Only two things are clear in that photo, the hand and the Seal of Office. And Trump's vanity .
Russians say Trump is a WASP who loves his country! )))))
This is at variance to Giuliani's statement. Police statement does not involve Giuliani in the domestic incident on the other side of the highway. But Giuliani does. Interesting. Maybe they braked suddenly when they realized the cops were investigating something they were involved in just before.
Absolutely, but some of the most toxic substances known to man are also natural. We need to apply scientific thinking. Without it, its just dangerous ignorant nonsense like Kennedy is spinning.
It's not about natural vs non natural. Both can be good and bad. It's about evidence, and that depends on the science, not what some crank says on the internet.
The combination sounds more like a euphenism for 'drug dealer'.
Thats how it is in most of the world.
And who is Giuliani's "business partner" and what business is an elderly bankrupt engaged in?
And who is Giuliani's "business partner" and what business is an elderly bankrupt engaged in?
Why use flamingos for such a short distance hit?
Trump has no concept that a judge might have a genuine opinion on the law. By his thinking, Trump appointed judges do Trump's bidding.
Military power instantly obliterated without tariffs ??!! And he tells Xi this? Methinks he is overplaying his hand. If SCOTUS allows Trump to define what is an emergency himself, (and take emergency powers) it will be exactly what Trump/Miller always dreamed of.
Aliyav seems the most popular guy there. I wonder why. ))))
Oh, so US will bomb anybody who tries to get their own nukes? Ah, but they are only "considering".... They will have to put the nuclear reactor on the moon first.
This Geomagnetic Storm. bsky.app/profile/noel...
Ukraine may have given Putin/Trump an ultimatum - Ceasefire by end of August or we start a new phase against russia. And now they are publicly letting them know that time is up.
When does mud season begin?
The UK needs a Constitution, not the imaginary thing it has now.
Why should she? And anyway, these documents, whatever is in them, are not 'cause'. 'Cause' relates to something done in her official capacity, and nobody has suggested anything here.
Hitting a transit point will not stop the drugs trade. It might raise prices a little for a while but thats all.
The EU knows that the time will come when a major showdown with Trump and those behind him will be inevitable. Battles are often won by those who decide where and when.
Has Intel made a statement to the SEC on this 'deal'?
Just as the Birth Citizenship case wasn't about citizenship. It was about stripping Courts of the right to make nationwide injunctions. These guys are smart and working to a plan.
Because it's not about tariffs. They want SCOTUS to say that Trump himself can define what is an emergency. Once ruled, Trump and his successors can give themselves emergency powers whenever they like. That will put the main building block of the Autocracy in place.
What did they expect?
They will wait until Trump creates the Autocracy. The key will be the SCOTUS decision on tariffs, which is really about allowing the President to give himself emergency powers for any reason whatsoever. Once he has that plus his immunity and his forces on the streets, he will be unstoppable.
Maybe they are hunting for the Swan Lake tape.
How do you strike a drug cartel? And where are they? Colombia and Mexico would be top of the list in South America, I think. If he goes for Venezuela, its not about drugs, just vindictiveness and bullying somewhere that can't fight back.
He is capable and competent but not President material. His skills would be great as Minister for Housing where he might achieve something worthwhile.
These spineless people won’t do damn thing.
"Raises considerable questions" Is this better or worse than "very concerning"?
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Airbus? Is it one of the stolen ones?
No way that he is going to get it. Pressuring Norwegians will have the exact oppposite effect.
That explains the 30% tariff. Nothing to do with buying russian oil.
Their legal strategy was to ensure that nothing ever actually got to a court decision, even if that involves paying silly money.
Harvest predictions are already way down - and thats before gasoline/diesel shortages.
Gasoline is getting near a tipping point. A few more strikes and chaos will start and people will start to blame Putin.
This is excellent. It's good that all the EU states understand what is really happening and are preparing appropriately. Or all except Hungary.
It goes deep between him and Maduro. I would never underestimate his vindictiveness, but likely he will TACO again. And this news cycle provides cover for other domestic things and distracts from his weakness on Ukraine.
If you saw the Trump Cabinet meeting a couple of days ago you would not rule out super-moronic.
Trump regime involves Europe when it suits them. Europe should avoid giving Trump any cover for actions, especially military, specifically against Venezuela. There is plenty of cooperation against drug mafia in general. Maybe US can support that? Not feeding Trumps vindictive desire for revenge.
And don't these guys have actual jobs at home that they could be doing instead of doing the work of fired park workers.
Underground.... What did they use?
Don't forget that there are issues in almost all sectors in russia - railways, banks, manufacturing, bad debts, interest rates, consumer demand etc. A crisis is only a matter of time but what it will be and when is impossible to predict. It might even be an unknown unknown.
If Ukraine maintains the strike rate the crisis in russia will happen in much sooner than a year.
It was done quietly with none of the faffing around there was for the F16s.
This would be acceptable if the US was paying for it, but there is no suggestion of that.
Ukraine is quite capable of doing that themselves. In fact what would happen is that these 'contractors' would pay the Ulrainians to do the work and take their profits. Just another way of creaming off the top. Grifters again.
All nuclear powers doctrine remains vague. In the end it will always come down to the decision of one person.
"all accounts" might be AI too....
They are treating AI as a separate entity! Meta AI is Meta.
Where are the Regulators??? They should descend on Meta like a ton of bricks. The US ones are probably too scared to act but the EU and UK?
Dictatorships are much more likely to start wars than Democracies, firstly against sections of their own people, then against their neighbors.
Even if Trump dies tomorrow, he will leave a legal system behind him where the President has dictatorial powers, assuming SCOTUS overrules the Appeals Court on this. And that is what those in the shadows behind Trump intend.
Saying the quiet part out loud. www.kyivpost.com/post/59120
A very deliberate name check of the Supreme Court. Trump just instructed them what to do. And when they bless him as the sole authotity to determine what is an "emergency", then his powers will be almost unlimited.
No, the current cabinet is full of incompetents (deliberately so). The deep state is the people controlling the Administration. Look to Miller, Heritage etc.
"involuntary resignation" Also known as constructive dismissal.
Potentially massive liability here for Meta, also material for serious Regulatory action.
www.npr.org/2025/08/02/n...
So the regime will end up with even more power as a result.
It has been obvious from DayOne that Trump has been misusung the emergency provisions. And GOP controlled Congress hasn't objected. It's also been obvious that Trump expects the SCOTUS to twist the law to allow him to continue. And they haven't let him down yet.
I dont think Thiel is US born which would disqualify him. It wouldn't surprise me if the tried to make Miller VP.
What happens if Congress doesn't agree with his choice? We have no VP. And then Johnson, even though he wouldnt be VP, would be next if something happened to Vance.
How much of the GDP is down to arms manufacturing and war costs? This part is not "Productive" GDP. There is a difference between building a tank, selling it to a foreign customer, or driving it over a mine in Ukraine. If the "real GDP" is less than official figures, then the % deficit is more.
Is Miller really telling us his opinion of the others in Trumps Cabinet. If Kennedy is a crown the others must be much worse. He knows they are all fawning incompetents and that is probably why he recommended them to Trump.
Miller is not a stupid guy. So when he comes out with stupidities like this he is treating everybody as fools. And testing the waters to see what they can get away with.
Exactly, Trump hasn't the smarts or the focus to do what has been happening. There are some very malign people behind him who are thinking up this stuff. Trump is their puppet.
I hope he knows how shameful this is. The mighty Soviet army left them tens of thousands of armored vehicles and now they have been reduced to buying motorcycles and buggies....
Filing a bill or dozens of bills doesn't actually do anything. He also doesn't understand the role of Congress.
It is unlikely that they will see their savings again, or if they ever do it will have been destroyed by inflation.
And the people these actions are aimed at understand this perfectly.
Job half done. Best repeated.
GDP assumes that what is produced is worthwhile. Making things which are immediately destroyed (war materials) is not the same as producing something that can be sold onwards or exported.
Trump will want to unfreeze these and return them to russia. This must not happen.
The only buffer that makes any sense is that it covers the entire occupied area. It cannot force Ukraine to leave its current defensive positions as that will be what Putin wants to enable the next russian advance.
Yes, in silent mode so as not to wake up those that are sleeping.
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