"Russia's defeat is no longer a question of if, but when,
and they know it very well themselves.
Russia's professional army ran out...they have no strength...
Even if the fighting continues, Russia's future has changed,. forever."
- Budanov🇺🇦
BREAKINGNEWS: This is exactly what Representative Ted Lieu was speaking about and Secretary Marco Rubio was denying he ever witnessed. Sleepy Donald needed nappy nappy time in Oval Office. @tedlieu 🚨
Breaking: Kennedy Center staff is now being ordered to remove Trump’s name from the building. The removal of his name could happen within hours or days. As I found earlier today, his name is even on the center’s buses.
For those people who talk sh*t about MAID. I have a friend who is in the hospital, dying of cancer, and she is unable to use MAID because she won't live long enough to make it through the wait time, and will not be able to go through the psychiatric evaluations because it takes too long.
Stop lying about MAID, you obviously know 💩 about the process.
Blockade-schmockade.
US Navy commanders are not going to put their vessels and crew in harms way for some narcissistic maniac’s wet dream about having the upper hand in this disaster of a “war”.
And you can take THAT to the fucking bank. #OSINT
BREAKING: Multiple Iranian-flagged oil tankers carrying 7 million barrels of oil to China successfully broke through the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the first breach since April 17, per Kpler.
@DonBraid My 1st vote was for Peter Lougheed who became Premier. As an Albertan for 60+ yrs, former oil industry professional & PC until 2014, it's not about Steven Guilbeault @DonBraid, or Justin Trudeau. It's about #GrievanceJunkies like Smith & Poilievre who lie.
https://t.co/nmFMawkY8H
@cbcwatcher Oil and gas is not shut down. They’re doing record production.
Albertans are upset because we don’t seem to be benefitting from that. The corporations she lobbies for are doing alright though.
The proxy war narrative is finally dead.
The US cut off military aid 18 months ago and demanded a soft surrender, but Ukraine is still fighting.
Trump's pathetic second term has proven that Ukraine answers to no one but themselves.
Ever since the full-scale invasion began, anti-Ukraine voices have claimed that Kyiv is just a proxy for Western interests. The actions of the US government over the last year and a half have completely disproven this theory.
Calling this a proxy war oversimplifies the entire war and robs both Russia and Ukraine of their agency. Russia started this unprovoked war for its own purposes (imperialism), not on behalf of anyone else. Ukraine is fighting an existential defensive war to avoid becoming a demilitarized and russified puppet state, not to do a favor for the West.
The history of Western support also refutes the proxy label. The West was completely unprepared for this type of warfare, and our aid has always been hesitant and insufficient. If the West were running a real proxy campaign, we would have supplied the necessary tools for victory and been at least somewhat ready from the very beginning.
For 18 months, Washington has cut off all military aid and pushed Ukraine toward a non-existant and bad forced peace deal. In a textbook proxy setup, the principal agent decides when the war stops. The US cannot force a stop because Ukraine has its own independent will and continues to resist the genocide it faces.
Ukraine is not a proxy. Calling this unprovoked war and genocide a proxy war is just intellectually lazy
Chilling details emerged today about the Canadian government’s inaction as Israel kidnapped and abused Canadians bringing aid to Gaza.
Israel shot at them, beat them, stabbed them, and left them for dead.
One activist called the Canadian consulate between Israel's attacks -- but no help came:
Marco Rubio is asked here about Jared Kushner and his potential conflicts of interests having become a billionaire this year off of foreign investment from Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar. Rubio says Kushner is a private citizen who works for the government for free "out of the goodness of his heart."
Kushner said that he would not work for the Trump administration during this second term due to his operation and ownership of Affinity Partners, and that he would not raise any money to avoid questions about conflicts.
He has proceeded to do both of those things - work for the administration, and raise more money. In fact, his negotiations in Iran and Gaza directly benefit the foreign investors in his firm.
“Only the total defeat of the Russian Federation and the Ukrainian flag in Sevastopol will knock the virus of empire out of the brains of Russians. Russians must see that the empire is dead."
- Garry Kasparov