Rule_62

Muse to 1 that I know of, mother to 2 that I'm sure of. Like Dumas, I prefer rogues to imbeciles, as rogues sometimes take a break. #Resist #BLM #VoteBlue

[Rule_62 @NoOneLuckier]

@piersmorgan @GMB Squeezed a baby out of any orifice & go home from hospital next day to care for it & husband? Didn't think so. Grow a pair. Of ovaries.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order, turning America into a Russian ally, @RadioFreeTom argues: https://t.co/xj5bPIZSi1

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

The greatest intelligence failure in American history may not have been a foreign operation. It may have been America's inability to protect itself from its own president.

For years, the evidence of Trump's extraordinary loyalty to Moscow has been mounting. His admiration for Putin, his attacks on NATO, his possession of highly classified American defence secrets, and his repeated willingness to advance Russian interests.

Yet the most extraordinary part of this entire scandal is the American state itself. The FBI, the intelligence community, Congress and the entire national security apparatus have proved incapable of protecting the country from a president whose conduct has repeatedly raised profound questions about his loyalty.

Russia spent decades trying to defeat the United States from the outside. Now Putin can watch an American president dismantle the Western order from within.

And the institutions built to defend America have been unable to stop him.

What an extraordinary national humiliation.

[Charles Adkins @CharlesXAdkins]

@william_fitz And they know it’s trash, but now that ai is “national security” they also know a bailout is inevitable. Any fund manager picking up this paper should be fired immediately.

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

“Michael Kofman…said ‘Ukrainian forces continue to be throttled in their ability to employ strike drones and interceptor drones to 160 kilometers per hour, but the current connection is below 130 kilometers per hour, and the limits continue to hamper Ukrainian strike operations and air defenses.’

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

“Some U.S. officials say that Musk acted unilaterally and that Trump didn’t specifically order any retribution against Ukraine. But a person familiar with the situation said Musk talked to multiple senior administration officials, including with Trump, before imposing the new speed cap, which Ukrainian officials said had allowed Russian missiles to evade their defenses.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

'Speed' derives from the Old English 'spēd,' which referred to good fortune/success.

This sense of 'speed' lives on in 'Godspeed':

"God spede you" = "God prosper you"

We hope this brings you up to speed.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Is your soul worth giving up to the Epstein class who raped and abused kids? Republicans made it illegal to hand out water on the long voter lines they created hoping people would give up. Those long lines are mostly in black areas. I wonder why?

[Sofia Rajab @sofwaraj]

@AbdulElSayed 'Tongue-tied when the truth is an object' as "Tommy" walks out is GOLD 😅

[Harrison Lansing @HarrisonLansing]

@AbdulElSayed This moron just insulted Yoopers by trying to say they're all as bigoted as he is.

[Ulubatlıhasanım. @Ottoman_agent]

Protecting the Great Lakes and fresh water for Michigan families isn't a weakness, it's leadership. Mike Rogers would rather protect a foreign oil company’s profits than our clean water.

Rogers and his corporate backers love using Line 5 fearmongering because they have zero actual vision for the UP. Protecting our lakes and creating real future-proof jobs is what actual leaders do.
#MichiganSenate ..

Vote Dr. @AbdulElSayed

[Reggie B. @reggiebblue]

@AbdulElSayed Look who got a pretty cold welcome

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

If this is accurate, Elon lied about not having control over Starshield, and he lied about the administration making the decision.

More importantly, why is a private citizen even *able* to make decisions that could hinder US military operations?

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Full Congressional investigation is in order. ASAP. Ukrainians died and US diplomatic personnel plus US citizens were at grave risk. https://t.co/2CL61jWJx3

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

this

[OfTheNorth @CanadianBlueDem]

@AWeinstein @AntiToxicPeople A malignantly narcissistic sociopath with fading pathological tendencies, trying desperately to fake his way through his daily Presidential tasks.
And failing.

[Aleksandar Vacić @aleksandarvacic]

@AWeinstein USA has forever forfeited any right to talk about system of checks and balances. This sack of shite was unfit to be president even before the elections but now is just unfathomable that no one there dares to remove him.

[KG @kmgunder]

@AWeinstein I’m guessing though that the @nytimes @wapo et al aren’t printing 12 hyperventilated pieces daily about how he must step down, like they did with Biden, who was actually just fine compared with how bats*it crazy Trump is.

[Andrew Weinstein @AWeinstein]

We are past the point of political disagreement. We are witnessing a catastrophic collision between unchecked narcissism and obvious neurological decay. It is the most dangerous intersection in American history: a man with the absolute power of the Presidency and the absolute cognitive failure of a person no longer tethered to reality.

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

We suspected this was the reason Ukraine’s access to Starshield was restricted. But to see it from senior officials in this reporting is still utterly unconscionable.

Let’s be absolutely clear about what this means. The Trump Administration deliberately restricted technology Ukraine relies on to intercept Russian drones and ballistic missiles. It made it harder for Ukraine to defend itself and easier for Russia to carry out its deadly attacks against Ukrainian civilians.

They knew exactly what was at stake. They knew that more Russian drones and missiles would get through, allowing Russia to kill even more Ukrainians. And yet they went ahead anyway.

This is a deliberate weaking of Ukraine’s defenses that only Russia will benefit from. It is a betrayal of our ally that this Administration cannot wash its hands of.

The American people deserve to know who made this decision, why they made it, and how they can possibly justify putting more innocent Ukrainian lives in the crosshairs of Putin’s war machine.
https://t.co/y0iYN9QNPP

[Emily A. @emzorbit]

Call it what it is. Sabotage. The White House sabotaged another country’s ability to defend itself.