Stoic and Rational

Moderate old-school Democrat; critical, rational and independent thinker; follower of Stoicism, pragmatic and tolerant but a Never Trumper!

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

A Moscow resident wonders:

"Does anyone know what's going on in Moscow? Not a single gas station has 100-octane fuel. Rosneft is closed. Is something happening?"

Someone tell her that this is Putin's "SMO" going exactly according to plan.

[Euromaidan Press @EuromaidanPress]

Sometimes the Russian Shaheds come down almost directly overhead, close enough to watch them fall

Signum, one of the Ukrainian units that hunts these drones for a living, downed another nine Shaheds aimed at Ukrainian cities
📹 Signum

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE throw tear gas canisters at the feet of U.S. citizens protesting—at point blank range.

Agents shoot industrial strength pepper spray—directly into eyes of protesters.

At least 7 people injured & needed medical assistance.

1 woman had to be rushed to hospital by ambulance due to "seizure like uncontrollable shaking"—after being "completely covered" in orange dyed chemical spray.

Demonstrators were protesting the federal indictment of 15 Minnesota anti-ICE activists.

Incident occurred outside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota.

This video footage was not available on this platform—so posting here to help their efforts to raise awareness.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

My God.

The deal is worse than you can imagine.

https://t.co/2FFA2tYgAU

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

The Moscow-Saint Petersburg highway. A massive queue has formed at a gas station. Fuel sale restrictions have been introduced across Russia.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

I thought Russia was going to look like China because Putin is selling off territory and resources to his master in Beijing to keep the war going. But it’s also because it’s soon going to be filled with millions of people on bicycles!

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

BooYah!!!

[CjMtheIrish🍀 @CjMfdt]

Happy Monday BlueCrew!
FDT and the Ho.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

This is what the yacht threatened by a Russian frigate in the English Channel looks like

The vessel belongs to British pensioners.

Once again, the Russians have embarrassed themselves on the world stage. An aggressive warship can only threaten a tiny civilian yacht.

In the Black Sea, this Russian “bucket” would not be so bold.

[Visioner @visionergeo]

‼️‼️🚀🇺🇦 BIG | Another significant advance in Ukraine's armaments.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have upgraded the RAM-2X kamikaze drone.

Compared to previous models, the drone has a redesigned configuration: two engines and an integrated Starlink satellite communications terminal, which likely ensures stable communications over long distances, a concern for our rear areas.

Overall, the RAM-2X upgrade appears to be a step by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to compensate for the lag in the long-range kamikaze drone segment. The integration of two engines could improve speed and resistance to jamming, while Starlink provides communications without dependence on ground networks, which is critical for strikes over 100 km.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

🚨ATTENTION SWITZERLAND🚨
A 34X convicted felon has entered your country. Subject is an adjudicated rapist. He is linked to Conspiracy, Treason, Espionage & Pedophilia.

Suspect is orange, hostile, profoundly stupid and smells like shit. REMAIN INDOORS!

[Katerina Horbunova @blue_eyedKeti]

Why go to the trouble of chasing Ukrainians on the roads when it is easier to send drones directly into their homes… Kramatorsk is under attack again. Today, a russian drone struck an apartment building. You can see that the roads are already covered with anti-drone nets, yet people's apartments remain exposed to cowardly strikes, a tactic the pussians have been using to commit such crimes more and more frequently. At least three Ukrainians who were at home at the time are currently reported to be wounded.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

HOSTIN: Why haven't we seen the release of over 2.5 million additional Epstein file documents?

JD VANCE: My understanding -- I'm gonna check on this to be sure -- but my understanding is that a lot of those are duplicates of things that have already been released

NAVARRO: So they why not release them?

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

When Notre-Dame burned in 2019, the world stopped.

Today, Russia damages Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery nearly 1,000 years old and older than Notre-Dame itself.

A thousand years of history deserves the same attention, the same sympathy, and the same protection.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

This is Officer Caroline Edwards and she was one of the Capitol Police that defended the Capitol on J6 during the Insurrection. The rioters attacked her cracking her head open & leaving her with a permanent brain injury. Trump said it was Peaceful and full of Love that day!

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Left: UFC player Josh Hokit standing inside the Octagon in front of the White House, "Michelle Obama is a man"

Right: Michelle Obama, "Strong men, men who are truly role models, don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful"

[Common Sense 🇺🇸💙 @commons96055467]

They told JD in the situation room, that trump mutilated a minor’s nipples during a rape. What did JD say? Jonathan Swann and Maggie Haberman have the recording of that moment. NY Times, release it now. This is a national security blackmail crisis. “NippleGate” must be exposed.

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

It is staggering how Trump has managed to bury the discussion about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Even with millions of pages of files out, the public is distracted.

Americans should demand real accountability

[EMPR.media @EuromaidanPR]

A woman settled in a hotel on the shore of the Kyiv Sea and installed a phone camera with remote access in the window for Russian special services. She is currently in custody and faces life imprisonment.

This is how the occupiers tried to track the work of Ukrainian air defense systems online in order to detect the positions of anti-aircraft complexes and mobile firing groups.

The suspect was involved in one of the largest attacks on Kyiv, which took place on May 24. After that, she received a new assignment and was preparing further strike adjustments. She was recruited through a Telegram channel advertising "easy earnings." - Security Service of Ukraine

[Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 @maria_drutska]

Yesterday, after Russia struck the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Zelensky said that everyone would see Ukraine’s answer to Russia in the news.

Today, a long-range strike hit an oil refinery in Moscow.

Russia keeps choosing escalation, terror and a longer war.

Ukraine keeps answering. 🔥