Putin is reportedly very interested in extending his life, however, his plans suffered a setback when his personal doctor, who believed he could extend life to 120, died in 2024 at the age of 77. Putin is 72 ⏳
Putin is reportedly very interested in extending his life, however, his plans suffered a setback when his personal doctor, who believed he could extend life to 120, died in 2024 at the age of 77. Putin is 72 ⏳
Fox News had to pay 3/4 of a BILLION dollars for lying to its viewers. And it STILL lies.
🇺🇦 Zelensky: It is obvious that these are demonstrative Russian strikes. Putin is demonstrating his impunity. And this definitely requires a reaction from the world. It is precisely about the need for strong pressure measures that we will talk with our partners these days.
🇺🇦🇬🇧 Shmyhal: I am pleased to welcome British Minister of Defense, John Healey, to Ukraine. We will coordinate the main issues of the next meeting in Ramstein format, which will be held in London, and joint defense projects.
🇺🇦🇩🇰 President Zelensky arrived in Denmark. Today, he will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and take part in negotiations with the leaders of the NB8 (Nordic-Baltic Eight) countries.
As Adam points out, it’s a war crime: the lethal targeting of civilians.
This is such a good piece, absolutely vital reading
It should be.
This'll be very telling when he comes to speak. If Farage uses his appearance in front of that committee to encourage a foreign state to bully his own country, he'll have crossed a very specific line.
I'm sure people will be terribly defeatist about it but - just like the Taliban policy - he can be damaged by crossing these lines. Although that will of course require a government that wants to attack opposition leaders rather than echo them.
Phang: The judge notes that the MacArthur Park show of force was just sheer political theater. Major General Sherman, objected, expressing concern that there would be a large number of people because it was Father’s Day. To which Bovino criticized him, questioning his loyalty to the country.
Reid: Bondi is not a real AG. She just works for Trump. All these U.S. attorneys — what’s her name from Fox (who I hope is sober) — she’s not a real U.S. attorney. She works for Trump. They’ve gutted the DOJ. The DOJ doesn’t exist. The FBI doesn’t exist. It’s all just Trump’s employees.
Trump threatening members of Congress not to sign the Epstein files discharge petition saying it would be a “hostile act” against him is definitely something an innocent person would do. And scheduling a military flyover in the middle of the survivor press conference is also totally normal behavior.
The Ivano Frankivsk region was heavily attacked this morning. Not surprising as an @apnews.com video on the production of Flamingos left too many clues for geolocating to near Kalush. One can only hope they were deliberately false leads and manufacturer Firepoint was not hit.
While the bombs, missiles and drones were striking Ukraine, Putin was ecstatic, let out of his bunker again to mingle with more leaders supporting his imperialist war for their own reasons. Another snub to peace and the west.
To put some numbers on things, Russia fired 526 warheads, 24 of which were missiles, the rest UAVs - though some still fly. Ukraine shot down: 14/16 Kalibr cruise missiles 7/8 Kh-101 cruise And 430/502 drones (86% success rate) The 72 hits were in 14 locations.
How big was the attack? This big! On the map showing drone and missile paths, most of the ground cannot even be seen. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Tuesday's thread ended with a very big attack on Ukraine, just after Putin spewed more filthy lies about peace amid terrorist chums in China. Catch up here: bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Day 1288 of Russia's illegal war and I'm leaving the airport, so time to start another daily thread. All the important Ukraine and Russia news, every single day, in one place.
Things that are *really* unpopular with the median British voter: Internet harms Donald Trump Taking other countries' side over our own
The soundtrack of Russia’s war economy isn’t a parade—it’s the rusty rattle of fewer freight cars. August brought another drop in cargo, making it three quarters running. Logistics whispers the truth before GDP admits it. Story: euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/03/c...
Dems "need to just go at this stuff and they need to *very* personalize it. I would be putting billboards in front of Mike Johnson's church, saying, does Mike Johnson support a pedophile? Child sex trafficker in a Club Fed?" Stuart Stevens joins Tim Miller:
Trump is excited at the thought of killing people. He & his various controllers, whoever they may be, & at an unlikely best they are only American, are lawless & impressed by the actions of dictators whose governments regularly murder. Trump’s murders will increase if there are no repercussions.
No one can believe her. All she does is one stunt after another. After this performance she made it political, not one bit about the victims who do matter. She will keep doing this until SC fails to make her governor., and she is out of politics.
I think this is all performative bullshit. Nancy Mace has shown many times she doesn’t care that deeply about other people
Why are federal agents covering their face? What are they hiding? Public servants should face the public! @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social has a mobile billboard driving around D.C. demanding that federal agents take their masks off. Check it out!
Rep. Dan Goldman: "This is a coverup. This is a massive cover up...Donald Trump was hot to trot and Kash Patel and Dan Bongino were leading the charge to release the Epstein files. Now, all of a sudden, they don't want them released. They are trying to hide something."
Huh. So the U.S.A. has NOT been invaded by a Venezuelan gang?
Given that alleged smuggling of drugs is not a capital offence (doesn't carry the death penalty), what right did the US have to shoot & kill those on board the Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean? Why didn't they disable the boat & arrest those on board, & get proof of their cargo at the same time?
Facts are unfolding but while Trump officials have claimed that the Venezuelan boat was carrying drugs, independent and verifiable proof of the cargo has not been publicly provided. Even if true, then arrest and fair trial are the right response, not the death penalty. 11 were killed.
This is the little boat that Trump bombed. Literaly bombed it with a cruise missile. 11 people murdered. Where are the drugs that a little skiff like that could carry, crammed with people? Stop calling it the Venezuelan strike. It is outright murder in international waters.
A 3-judge panel of the 5th Circuit held late Tuesday that the Alien Enemies Act did not apply to Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration says are members of the Tren de Aragua gang, which they claim is invading the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
The strike on a Venezuelan vessel was nothing less than extrajudicial mass murder and an act of war, whether or not it was carrying drugs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uJ...
Everyone in that chain of command is liable for killing by their own admission eleven people without any sort of attempt at interdiction, investigation, or trial.
These are actual war crimes they’re bragging about.
Excuse me?
⚡️Ukraine's SBU files in absentia notice of suspicion against Kadyrov for war crimes. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Sept. 1 that it had filed in absentia a notice of suspicion against Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, for various war crimes against Ukrainian soldiers.
Trump has begun staging Texas National Guard for deployment to Illinois.
Daily Mail trying to out-bonkers the Telegraph. The UK Right have left sanity far behind.
The House Oversight Committee has released 33,000 pages of the DoJ subpoenaed Epstein Files, which every Republican is trying to pretend are the real Epstein Files, but aren’t.
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
Trump administration have just released the video of the strike on the Venezuelan vessel. It’s the size of a very small fishing boat, blasted to pieces by multi-million dollar US hardware. It doesn’t look strong. It’s embarrassing.
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
Epstein survivors speak out. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Seeing this war criminal pig speak makes me hope Ukraine ups the oil refinery strikes double time.
Alongside his European buddy Fico, Putin urged Eastern European countries to cut off gas and electricity supplies to Ukraine, claiming it would force Kyiv to “understand the limits” of its actions against Russian infrastructure.
At least he isn't as secure as say Orban, he still needs to rely on coalition partners which could leave at any time and he will most likely lose the next election according to polls (Somewhat likely in the next Hungarian elections as well though).
Besides the international shame, Fico will cost Slovakia a huge amount of taxpayer money. They should oust him asap.
Pretty interesting to see him basically admit Ukraine causing a lot of damage and harm to infrastructure as he can’t hide petrol shortages
What about we cut Slovakia off not only from energy supplies but also from EU? Them Vladimir you can surely parachute your oil to help them
The SBU has issued a new in absentia suspicion against Russian judge Konstantin Prostov of the Southern District Military Court, who sentenced captured defenders of Mariupol to long prison terms. In 2024, he gave two National Guard fighters 18 years in a strict-regime colony under fabricated charges
German Chancellor Merz called Putin “possibly the most serious war criminal of our time,” stressing that there can be no leniency in dealing with war criminals.
In Kyiv, explosions in the Nyvky and Vyshhorod districts of the city. One at least is a likely "arrival" Drones are attacking, with another 8 over Ukraine's capital.
Strikes tonight in the Rostov region of Russia. Supernova reports a hit on a training ground of the terrorist state in the town of Belaya Kalitva, but this cannot yet be verified.
In Russia's coastal resort of Anapa, an explosion lit up the sky. It would seem, but unconfirmed that Ukraine may have hit a Russian air defence system.
A combined missile and drone attack is underway on Ukraine. Explosions have been heard in Kyiv, Lutsk and Rivne. In Kyiv a downed drone fell in the Desnianskyi district.
Day 279 of protests by the people of Georgia, also fighting to maintain independence from Russia. Today nine more activists became political prisoners, sentenced by those who support Russia.
Norway is really ramping up defence production. NASAMS and air defence missiles are among the increased needs, much of which will go to Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine Thx @nightwaker.bsky.social for spotting the original story.
"Putin continues to spin his fables in China" says President Zelenskyy in his evening address. As Ukraine's president points out, Putin claims he is being forced to kill civilians, but never forced to peace.
Almost 2,000 North Korean soldiers died in Ukraine, according to intelligence from over the border. South Korean media also report DPRK may send 6,000 more soldiers to help Russia.
Denmark, holding the presidency of the EU, is proposing to close another loophole for Russian fuel. It's to ensure countries cannot resell oil or gas from the terrorist state to the EU, such as India has been doing,
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
Surely a more reliable result would be achieved by removing guns from the shooters? It seems a fairly obvious and simple solution.
A lot of people would like to see him removed from office as unfit but you don’t always get what you want
Trump claims a video showing people throwing bags out a White House window is "probably AI generated." Doocy then plays the clip for him. Trump still insists it's AI.
Trump: "We've taken in almost $17 trillion of investment." (That would be more than half the entire US GDP, so no.)
Does a banana republic count as 3rd world as I think he has that in the bag with or without tariffs?
Can he tell us all which 7 wars yet ?
The oh so serious nodding dogs behind him want everyone to think they have carefully considered the issue and agree with Trump when in reality they are weak, sly men looking to profit at others expense.
of course. But watch the media uncritically claim that he has done it or id doing it when he clearly can't. Same as his voting pronouncement. Elections are local. He can't do shit about that either.
He has no more power to rename the DOD than I do. It requires an act of Congress.
There's speculation at the Pentagon and elsewhere that President Trump this afternoon will announce that the Department of Defense is going to revert back to being the Department of War (created in 1789 and dissolved in 1947).
For those asking why Judge Breyer stayed the ruling, the answer is because, if he didn't, someone else (the Ninth Circuit or #SCOTUS) would have, at least temporarily. I know it's frustrating, but the stay is designed to avoid provoking either a less-sympathetic Ninth Circuit panel or the justices.
BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief." Injunction granted. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“Something clearly is up with the 79-year-old president, and the official explanations don’t make sense. That’s not surprising given that Trump is a world historical liar surrounded by toadies who surrendered their shame long ago. But it’s past time for reporters to ask some questions.”
There are people in public life clearly and accurately stating the danger to America at this bizarre moment. Those people need support from every Conservative and Liberal American who find our Constitution worth preserving.
From my latest: Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
It’s time to have a serious conversation about Trump’s health www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
Gazprom has signed a binding agreement with China on the construction of the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline through Mongolia. For Moscow, this is presented as a "strategic breakthrough", but in reality it is another step towards complete dependence on Beijing.
The words of a moron, a president so far out of his depth as to be dangerous, a man without insight, knowledge, grace or morals. A man too vain & too stupid to grasp that he is no more than a tool for war criminals, criminals, grifters & unhinged, poorly educated, bitter MAGA .
🔥 "ATESH" agents carried out another sabotage near Debaltseve in the Donetsk region. As a result, logistics were disrupted and supplies to the occupation forces in the Donetsk direction were delayed.
The drone attack on Kyiv city & region continues - now into the afternoon. Some drone debris fell in the Dnipro regiɓ 70on of the city, but no injuries reported so far.
Another Russian oil leak in the Black Sea has turned out much worse than initially reported. The slick is now measured at 350km² after the latest ecological catastrophe, this time in Novorossiysk. It's spreading out towards both Anapa and occupied Crimea.
The failure of the government and many Labour MPs to leave X after the 2024 riots suggests they just don't get the challenge they face or the power they have to fight back. Completely weak and callow.
Elon Musk will be championing the Tommy Robinson 13/9 rally, on grounds that Nigel Farage is "weak sauce" on mass deportation and too soft on Islam Govt not even reviewing its use of X since 2022 shows different rules apply to Elon Musk than we expect of every school-child on British values
The moderation system here at Bluesky @safety.bsky.app is really amazing. An impersonator account scamming people was taken down within five minutes of reporting. The block function is nuclear. I can hide offensive replies, and even replies to replies. I truly feel safe here. Thank you @bsky.app
This isn’t some triumphant reich installing their master plan. This is crackheads tearing the copper wiring out of the walls while searching for the woke machine that makes women not want to fuck them.
1/2 Today is the 231st birthday of Odesa. To 'celebrate' soon after the day began Russia showed its love by delivering attack drones at two ports in the region. A substation in Chornomorsk was hit, knocking out power supplies to that port and many in Odesa.
1/2 Situation in Kyiv: Russian attack drones fly over the capital. No news of strikes. They are heading south, around 10 of them.
By 8am (before this latest drone attack), Ukraine had show down 120 of 150 Russian long-range UAVs. That's an 80% take-down. But still left 30 strike drones hitting 9 different places, while debris damage was also caused in 5 locations.
The first thing to say is that Kyiv is under attack again right now from Russian Shahed, or strike, drones. Air defence is working on the left bank (east) of the capital right now. The town of Bila Tserkov in the south of the region, hit during the night, could be struck again
Meanwhile statistics show pump petrol/gas prices in Russia at an all-time high. Currently, prices are rising 3% a month, though much more in some regions. It should also be pointed out though, the cost is about half what western Europe pays for a litre.
The ties between China and Russia are growing stronger. As Xi prepares to unveil his vision of a new global order at a massive military parade in Beijing today, details have emerged of a major new agreement for a gas pipeline linking the two countries. (FT) Russians will also get visa-free entry.
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All looking great. 👀
Not watching Pres. Bloviating Yamtits. I’ll wait for the obituary. He gets none of my attention.