Democracies have a greater propensity to rapidly unravel as authoritarian power consolidates, historians have shown, which could imperil citizens who might have prepared for flawed governance but suddenly face the menace of full autocracy. It’s every constitutional guardian’s nightmare scenario.
Jared is working on it.
Propaganda is usually amusing when you can see right through it.
Ewwww
Freudian Slip!
Safe travels and arrival.
A mere drop in a bucket. Stugna did some hard hitting.
Good book and an easy read for most. Did I mention it’s an Easy Read? So you know what to do… no excuses.
Constructive steps should be destructive steps on the aggressor.
In other words their performance in terms of sanctions is insufficient. In war, anything less than maximum performance is an error, so goes the fighter aircraft philosophy. Europe should have troops in the interior doing at least air interdiction.
Rinse and repeat
Cue a start to a sanctions war.
It’s a short term bandaid to the problem of egregious partisan gerrymandering. The fix is a balanced bipartisan committee on setting electoral maps, or some other idea that removes imbalances.
All I’ll say is there’s too many conflicts of interest in this admin.
If they succeed at everything they are trying to do the result will be a mafia state like Ruzzia.
Indiscriminate civilian atrocities is this czar’s legacy.
Dang… Pokrovsk
Now… to get him to turn against his handlers…
China’s economy is imploding and anti-COVID measures are resurfacing but all I hear from CNN is CCP Chungking promotion and remote controlled robots. I’m losing faith in you.
The economy will take the hit. As for the citizen response, it’ll be interesting.
An army without the “will” to fight is weak. They can force meat forward only up to a point but let’s see how the incursion N of Povrosk ends after the Azov Battalion responds. As long as Europe keeps military aid up the grinder will keep chewing.
“…you serve humanity itself” – uh huh? As if there is any shred of humanity left in him. All evidence is he doesn’t serve his people, his neighbors, allies or humanity itself; only greed for conquest, power and wealth.
‘It’s “now up to President Zelensky to get it done,” Trump told Fox News’ —CNN. Read: With more aid from its partners and innovative technology and tactics, it’s up to Ukraine to continue dismantling the occupier’s military and industry until they lose the will to grab what is not theirs to steal.
Thank you for the gift article.
…”like a little wet noodle” 😂
He should’ve been deported to The Hague. Putin too …
Time to feed your warriors with gratitude and some healthy food. слава героям!
He said, Don, do you want to avoid more scandals and jail time. I offered Alaskan minerals but he wasn’t interested. He countered w a gilded Trump Moscow Tower – but reserved the Penthouse…
Oh, he made some agreements – this, that and some others. And a big one too. They discussed this and that plus a Nobel. I said, Vladimir, you are losing a lot of men.
Both wannabe emperors have no clothes. Putin can’t stop because he will be held to account by his people for crimes against his citizens and by the world for crimes against humanity. Trump can’t empower Ukraine because Putin has something over him. Both leaders are weak.
“Taking back” the city is a dress rehearsal of taking back the country?
The promo code doesn’t work.
Local Warming!
If the police and judiciary won’t help you, all that’s left is to pay protection money to the mafia.
Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.
#russiaisaterroriststate
Who pays for this? Is it donated or sold to NATO members? Seems to me it’s a sale.
🤡
Does ICE or some other institution or corporation make money per detainment?
The tie isn’t long enough.
There you go, they choose to protect the economy (read: corporations; read: lobbyists) over ordinary citizens. 🤮
It’s Kyiv, not Kiev.
Thank you NATO, when you get them.
Turn over the photos from Epstein’s safe.
Still talking about “$350 billion” — a figure straight out of Putin’s mouth.
Screw things up and let the Democrats deal with the problems when they get in.
Shenanigans
🤣🤣
Have some Mexican food…
And fix the corrupt lobbyist system.
Stop ANY individual or party with a narrow majority from stacking the court, gerrymandering or appointing officials like the head of the Fed without congressional approval. Competence and fairness (read: with broad public interest in mind) is essential to fixing the hyper-partisanship system.
Don’t fall for mere distractions.
At Ruzz’s choosing.
The words of an aggressor are meaningless.
It’s on. It’s off. It’s on. It’s off. It’s stupid. It’s on. For now.
He knows he sold his soul – it’s carved into his joyless face.
You hit their military complex, they hit your civilians. Time for some symmetry?
Took ‘em too long to recognize the futility of dealing with a terrorist state! I have faith in Ukrainian technology to develop defensive and offensive weapons. Takes time though.
They have enough problems of their own making without aiding Ruzz.
Recycle them.
Should be an interesting one, thanks!
Shame on the whole fucking world that has allowed it to go on for this long.
I’ve no words, only outrage.
Назавжди в нашій памʼяті
They dropped a few over Iran?
Confiscate the equivalent to any damage caused by wanton bombardment of civilian infrastructure as it happens. Every drone, missile and shell damage should be immediately lead to compensatory confiscation.
Welcome back to the free world, heroes. Glad you survived. Слава Україні!
Yes, it’s bizarre. Congratulations on your 1-millionth casualty record and continued atrocities against civilians. <— It’s beyond bizarre. No diplomacy can justify that, except complicity.
Sounds like a spicy dish…
So this is why missiles destined for Ukraine were diverted to the Middle East.
Flaps are retracted/extended according to airspeed. It doesn’t look like enough airspeed was attained to retract flaps from the takeoff setting, assuming they had been set correctly in the first place. If this was a no-flap takeoff procedure, the aircraft didn’t gain enough speed to sustain flight.
What a year it’s turning out to be, and we’re only half way through it. Next year the consequences will become clear. We’re not yet in peak crises mode.
Justice via The Hague needs to be served, and reparations paid. Until that happens engagement is appeasement.
Tomorrow will be a Red Letter Day!
So… what about the diversion of Ukrainian missiles to the Middle East?
…so they can invade the Baltic states next…
Yes, this should have been done a long time ago.
Too many systemic weaknesses, ignored and exploited by both parties, will eventually collapse any system. Nobody talks about the fixes: electorate system, gerrymandering, monopolies, corruption… etc. Many nations do better.
Banana Republic!
Ah, the Looters, yes. We know who they are!
The government of the United States is, supposedly… the government of the people by the people… and not of the president by the president. Or has that changed?
Heroyam slava!
Tragically hilarious. 🤦♂️
May all your eggs and days be as good. Hoot-hoot! 🦉
The victory plan is causing a lot of pain for Russia; their anaesthetic must be wearing thin.
Good job with the translation and subtitles!
“Stamping his feet on social media” <— this!!
Heroyam Slava! Welcome home. 💪💪🇺🇦🇺🇦
Слава Україні !
Ru cannot get any benefit from holding Ukrainian territory. Putin has dug himself a hole so deep he can’t get out of it. The main characters of his government will not be able to enjoy their klepto-assets in Europe. Terror is all they can do while destroying their own state and people.
#FreeThemAll #FreeAzovstalDefenders Marina France. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪🇫🇷🇪🇺 #empirewillfall
Nowhere is safe for some.
If it quacks like a duck , waddles like a duck, and consorts with ducks across the pond … and it’s a chicken … then it’s a traitor.
Alternate realities…
If so, then why wait for a ceasefire? If not then what’s the point of boots on the ground?
So there’s a ceasefire; the CoW enters Ukraine; either party breaks the ceasefire so hostilities resume. What happens then…? Do you engage?
They’ll make anything up to suit political goals. Babushkas who only watch tv propaganda get infected.
Soon to be casualty millionaires and an economic casualty.
He can’t help but keep engaging with terroRussia as that’s where his personal interests lie. And, by the way, the minerals deal is a croc; reconstruction of Ukraine should be paid from reparations and/or confiscated Russian assets. So the minerals deal benefits Russia!