Applebaum: Trump is using a specific language from the 1930s: “enemies within,” “enemies of the people,” migrants and political opponents as “vermin,” migrants “poisoning the blood” of Americans.
That language comes from Hitler, Stalin and the Stasi. 1/
So let me get this straight.
Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.
Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.
Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.
Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.
And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?”
Please.
By firing Scott Pelley, editor-in-chief of CBS News Bari Weiss has single-handedly destroyed the most brilliant investigative newsmagazine in network history, 60 Minutes. Weiss exemplifies everything MAGA is about: ego, incompetence, and blithering idiocy.
“Liberated,” they said.
Imagine an entire European town wiped off the map.
This is Bakhmut.
Once home to 70,000. More than two years under the “russkiy mir.”
Today — nothing but ruins.
russia doesn’t liberate cities. It erases them. Don’t pretend you don’t understand this.
One of my favorite videos from last year. Italian politician @CarloCalenda shuts down Jeffrey Sachs and his propaganda bullshit.
"Are you calling me a liar?"
"Yes."
Putin didn't invade Ukraine because of NATO. He invaded because Ukrainians were proving democracy works.
Historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum puts it plainly: Putin looked at Ukraine's democratic movement and thought, "If they can do it in Ukraine, then people could do it in Russia. So I need to crush this."
That's the real threat Ukraine posed. Not missiles. Not borders. A working democracy next door.
Applebaum frames the war as a fault line between the democratic and autocratic worlds. Russia isn't just trying to take territory. It's trying to erase Ukraine as a nation, reduce it to a colony, and send a message to every country that the post-1945 rules of Europe no longer apply.
Those rules were simple: no invasions, no wars, borders don't change by force. Russia understood exactly what it was breaking when it crossed into Ukraine.
WATCH: In a jaw-dropping statement, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has declared that "supporting Ukraine is not only a moral duty but also a strategic necessity, because at stake is not only the dignity, freedom, and independence of Kyiv but also the security of Europe."
King Charles: In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when NATO invoked article five for the first time—we answered the call together, as our people have done so for more than a century, shoulder to shoulder through two world wars, the cold war, Afghanistan, and moments that have defined our shared security. Today, Mr. Speaker, that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine and her most courageous people.
Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶
The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.
A propósito do que Cavaco escreve hoje no Expresso, RAP fez uma coisa simples na semana passada: leu o que se diz no Chega.
E percebe-se o essencial.
E ainda há quem fale em “entendimentos”.
(SIC Notícias - Programa Cujo o Nome Estamos Legalmente Impedidos de Dizer, 21.03.26)
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
- Kamala Harris at her final campaign rally on November 4, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA. The election was November 5, 2024.
@theluisribeiro Proibiu as rádios Voice of America e Europa Livre, não por lei mas por corte de financiamento e congelamento das licenças. As duas eram as fontes mais credíveis de informação, durante a ditadura de Ceausescu. Tudo para controlar a informação. Uma nova forma de censura.
Meia dúzia de notas sobre a Venezuela.
1. Maduro é um ditador tenebroso, não há ali qualquer vislumbre de democracia sob nenhum ponto de vista. Ponto final, parágrafo.
2. O que se passa no país em termos sociais, económicos e políticos é desolador. Os venezuelanos mereciam muito melhor.
3. Porém, esta intervenção americana é ilegítima e injustificada — representa uma gravíssima violação do Direito Internacional Público. Não é uma manobra de defesa, é uma manobra de dominação geoestratégica. Trump apresenta a desculpa dos cartéis de droga, mas o objetivo é chegar ao petróleo, ao lítio, ao ouro, aos minerais raros. Um regresso à lógica imperialista do século XIX que legitima outras intervenções e ocupações noutras partes do mundo. Uma visão de uma tripartição do globo, em que os EUA dominam o continente americano, a Rússia fica com a Ucrânia e a China ocupa Taiwan.
4. Além disso, esta intervenção na Venezuela é também uma conveniente manobra de diversão para os incómodos Epstein Files. Trump é um perigoso narcísico, um autoritário anti-democrático que só conhece o cotão do seu umbigo e instintos viscerais. Move-se por uma lógica egoísta, transacional e pela lei da força.
5. Mesmo sendo obviamente desejável uma mudança de regime na Venezuela, é assustador que seja feita desta forma.
6. A imposição pela força não pode ser aplaudida, mesmo quando é contra regimes de que não gostamos. Porque a pergunta obrigatória é esta: e quando esta imposição pela força for feita contra regimes, líderes ou países de que gostamos?
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
@TiagoMatosGomes Bravo, Diana Soller 👏👏👏 Até quando vão convidar esse putinista miserável? @cnnportugal é tempo de o deixarem ir, já fez muitos estragos desde fevereiro 2022.