People aren't asking for miracles. They want healthcare they can afford, groceries that don't eat up their whole paycheck, and a little more peace of mind. Honestly, whichever party can make real progress on that deserves to be taken seriously.
Last night confirmed once again that in Russia, they take any easing of pressure to mean they can keep fighting, to mean they can keep dropping bombs on cities. Different signals are needed. Russia must understand that it needs to stop the war, and for that to happen, Russia must feel its losses."
Funny enough, Trump borrowed a page from Mao Tse-tung’s playbook: he incited a MAGA farmers’ revolt that wrecked agriculture and left rural communities isolated in dying towns, with no way out. When American farmers could no longer keep their lands, they started selling it to rich Chinese.
Historically Speaking: It is considered unproductive to announce a ceasefire when none of the relevant parties involved in any given conflict are aware of the announcement of the alleged ceasefire It's often difficult gaslighting nations locked in a Herculean struggle for their survival
Well, I hope so, but so far, I'm disappointed at how little appetite leadership has for trying to impeach them--for the value in the process itself, so don't @ me about votes--or even building a case for it in advance of the midterms. I hope the new Dems (i'm optimistic) come in hot.
This interview with @schatz.bsky.social, by @samsteindc.bsky.social, should instill some confidence in Democrats about what will happen next year on both accountability and affordability if (when?🤞) Ds win the Senate.
Are some Dem. politicos and MS-NOW hosts as out of touch as they sometimes sound? I’m hearing many refer to the elections on Nov. 3rd as if Dems will take charge of Congress the following day instead of 2 months later. What we ARE likely to witness is the most dangerous period in American history.
Regardless of what exactly was or wasn't statistically affected by the strike...this was revealed both in the docu about the Ashley Madison leak, and in the Careless People book. And white hat Gen X has basically been banging this drum since the early 2010s.
40 years of it too. I think the “Russians did Brexit” narrative is bordering on conspiracy theory. Not that it didn’t happen, but like all conspiracy theories it’s a lot easier to nefarious bad faith actors than look at the structural problems - in this case 99% of our press being right wing
Tory MP Wendy Morten on LBC doesn't like being asked about Brexit/Russia connection. Stuttering and talking about Labour failing domestically... Burnham says he's has seen evidence, lying Tory hasn't and still banging on about "making Brexit work"
Burnham‘s right but whether we move fast or far enough is to be seen. What infuriates me is the argument that this will open old (Brexit) wounds. Remainer wounds have never healed, we have just been expected us to suck it up and shut up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is an absolutely key point that so many on the winning side of the referendum seem happy to handwave away. If Russia influenced the result *at all* that matters hugely. If we don't all accept that as a principle we're in a dangerous place.
🚨BIG STORY This is the graph of online activity for German far-right party, AfD. It’s collapsed after Russian data centres were hit by Ukraine. It what might be the smartest attack yet, Ukraine is taking out election-interfering Russian bots. No wonder Trump is having a tantrum ahead of midterms…
I don't think Russian interference swung the vote. I think we probably do want to ask why Russia was so keen on us leaving. It isn't because they wanted us to take back control.
For anyone still in any doubt as to what really transpired within the UK to separate it from the EU and then cover up for 10 years, I helped push for this revealing parliamentary debate which put it on govt record: wsocial.eu/profile/stev... Russia, US/UK far-right, media and BIG money did it.
Dehumanization, demonization and scapegoating are all funneled into state-sanctioned violence. Indeed, public executions become a kind of cultish, ritualized sacrament. And livestreaming this enables the regime to reach a broader audience, whether they are willing or not.
"Democrats and Indies are not charging to the polls as happy warriors with joy in their hearts. No, we’re pissed the hell off, and we want a reckoning...[We're about] organizing, marching, protesting and voting. We’ve done the first three. Now it’s time to vote" open.substack.com/pub/adampark...
I think Burnham is invoking Russian interference re brexit - which nothing is pressurising him to do - to give voters and the press and escape hatch from feeling blamed themselves and that may be a smart thing to do.
Definitely telling that Musky thinks that blowing up a Russian data center is “going too far” Fun fact: Far-Right engagement has tanked since this event. And that kinda says A LOT. Could be correlation sure… could be. But it sure is suspicious.
Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire. He gave no details. Coverage the next day included Zelenskyy's statement that Russia was still striking energy sites. We have arcs from Aug. 2022 on; older history is being added. slantwise.news/arc/the-russ...
I mentioned this when speaking about the Mormon church buying massive amounts of Farm & Ranch land after Trump lied to the farmers & rancher long story short I believe a reason Trump did it was payback 2 individuals of certain churches & Olsteen came up BC of $$ #FDT 💙🇺🇸 www.salon.com/2017/08/30/j...
Really good to get this all out there. We need to understand the overseas malign interference that influenced the disastrous, undemocratic outcome of the vote. This is going to be particularly important as we discuss a closer relationship with the EU and or rejoining. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage calling Burnham a liar (and the headbangers in the conservatives falling into line behind him) is a bit of a moment. Burnham won’t have said what he said without receipts. And some of those receipts may involve individuals doing things they shouldn’t have.
With a clear majority of Labour supporters backing formal plans for re-entry to the single market and EU membership by 2036, grassroot pressure is mounting on No 10. Rebuilding long-term economic growth requires bold strategic alignment over hesitation. #FBPE
I'm fairly convinced Trumpist talking heads are saying shit like this as a form of reverse psychology so that the Dems *won't* go through with the impeachments & subpoenas. "But you'd have to be an idiot to fall for that." Yeah. And the Dems are going to fall for it.
Trump promised peace in Ukraine within 24 hours. Instead, he thanks Putin over a diesel deal, pressures Kyiv politically, and proclaims an energy truce that Russian strikes immediately undermine. Moscow attacks. Trump applauds. #Ukraine #Trump #Putin #Russia
Is Kyiv a frontline city? I sat down with Ukrainian serviceman and press officer Operator Starsky to discuss defending Kyiv in 2022, life under Russian attacks, and what soldiers might think of that description. Watch our full chat on Voices from the Front 🇺🇦 youtu.be/2ZYxr3_pD1U?...
Over the next 48 hours, keep an eye out for social media amounts that have suddenly gone quiet. Ukraine hit a Yandex data center, and CloudFlare reports a 98%+ drop in Russian bot traffic. Twitter users are reporting a dramatic decline in traffic on the site. So if an account you like […]
"The entire family was killed as they were sleeping by a Russian cruise missile on Vladimir Putin’s birthday."
MPs will debate a petition this afternoon calling for the UK to rejoin the EU. The petition, which states that “Brexit’s not working”, has more than 110,000 signatures, passing the six-figure threshold for a parliamentary debate. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
"Power outages have been reported in Ukraine overnight after Russian strikes in the east of the country, despite President Trump's announcement of what he called an energy ceasefire – something the Kremlin has yet to comment on" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq... Russia-Ukraine live:
Excellent that Burnham provides timely follow-up on his earlier lines on Brexit and to embrace closer ties with EU. Good in tone and direction. (as an aside - and neutral comment - I marvel at the top-down nature of UK politics. Leader says 'that way' - all go 'that way')
And this is what I told the Democrat to do as soon as the election was over. Obstruct. Deny. Delay. Actually-fucking-oppose. But that would have required them to have spines.
Nigel Farage calls Andy Burnham a "lair" for saying Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum in 2016. He cites Boris Johnson, a notorious compulsive liar who did his best to bury the Russia Report, as evidence that Russia did not interfere. "The Russia hoax has run all the way through this."
I predicted after Trump announced the alleged russian oil purchase that even the GOP would push back. indeed they are. 3 GOP senators sign a statement with 3 Democrat senators pushing back. i really don't think this, OR the livestreamed execution, will get very far. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
So Ukraine successfully targeted a major Russian data centre and there was more than a 50% decrease in bot accounts supporting Trump and the AFD….. Meanwhile Burnham has confirmed there was Russian interference in the Brexit campaign in 2016.
Todays the day parliament debates rejoining the EU, the majority of the public is hopeful that we can once again look forward to embracing a return to Europe.
I'll go a further than @jamellebouie.net. It is Democrats' first duty to impeach & investigate Trump & his cabinet above anything else. Their oath is to protect & defend the Constitution, not write tax credit legislation. To renege on their responsibility is no different than breaking their oath.
🚨 BREAKING: “We do not want a ceasefire,” the Kremlin says. Peskov has rejected Zelenskyy’s proposal for a 60-day ceasefire to allow elections in Ukraine. russia demands elections in Ukraine. Ukraine offers a way to hold them. russia refuses to stop shooting. See the contradiction?
"The 7th Airborne Assault Corps destroyed a workshop and storage facility for Russian drones and electronic warfare equipment in the Donetsk region, over 100 km behind enemy lines. They struck the five-story building with Fire Point FP-1 drones, destroying it and its contents."
With roads mined and supplies dwindling, civilians in the occupied Ukrainian town are risking their lives to find food or escape.
#Trump’s gimmicky $500 ACA refund checks have started arriving in the homes of nearly a million Americans. The letters that accompany them act as textbook Trumpian disinformation & underscore how the check campaign is a cheap trick masquerading as populism, classic Trump propaganda By Zeeshan Aleem
It is hard to think of any Cabinet level appointments in the last 100 + years who needed to be impeached as much as Bobby Kennedy and Pete Hegseth. Although the current AG may very soon be up there.
"would initially halt Ukrainian and Russian attacks on oil refineries"??? None of Ukraine's refineries are operational, they were already destroyed by Russia or shut down. So it's just about Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Occam's razor cuts through the excuses Trump gives for permanent daylight saving time: more evening sunlight means more time for golf. As a PGA Tour pitch promises $1 billion in new revenue, the course-owning president clashes with GOP senators who fear dark winter commutes for schoolkids.
Ukraine bombs data centers in Russia. I note a distinct drop off in MAGA trolls on Facebook. Like Newsom's. Huge decline in dipshits there on his posts for the last few days. There is something to the Russian bot thing for sure. A lot less overall on FB and other Social media as well.
It's also worth noting that Russia simply can't defend itself. It can shoot missiles back, but it has no way of stopping the attacks. And the nuclear threats it relied on so long for deterrence sound increasingly silly. It's a remarkable illustration of decadence.
That Houthi Strike on King Khalid Airport in Riyadh the other day was really bad; it left 12 dead and more than 300 wounded. It's still closed. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Genuinely positive to see. Have to say I remain sceptical about Burnham for several reasons (I am still very troubled by Labour's position on immigration and trans rights). But on some areas at least (Brexit and the triple lock) he's shown a surprising willingness to grasp the thorns.
6,000 employees have been pushed out of the Forest Service since Trump took office. USFS Rangers. Janitors. Researchers. Trail Crews. Biologists. Want to protect our public lands? We need to rebuild the Forest Service.
