Terry Cline

65 year old vetern
Navy Vet/
Block Trumpeters &
Trumpetts/ I'm not into stupid/ But Always A DEM. I'm no Angel.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

While Putin secured another day to breath air even as a lame duck the whole episode showed us another constant in this Russia.

Cynicism and nihilism

You can be a traitor in the morning and pardoned in the evening, even when you kill a range of Russian soldier, the very few who held the line while the rest of the army disappeared into nowhere. And yes, I stand by what I said yesterday because it was fact. There was no more Russian army. The command structure was inexistent, by design, because this is exactly what defines cynicism and nihilism. There is no protocol, ideology or even honor, there is only survival and in this process people can turn from your friends to your enemies and vice versa, whatever helps the situation at the moment. You as an individual do not exist and when you perish it is all your fault for making the wrong decisions at the wrong time, just like those 6 Russian pilots who were blown out of the skies over their own home homeland.

Far worse is situation for the non-ethnic Russian population, when it comes being cannon-foddered, because they are welcome scapegoat for all the hardships for living in such conditions. When Wagner was rolling through the Russian oblasts yesterday trying to locate Shoigu, Pro-Wagner channels were excessively using ethnic slurs, pointing out his Tuvan heritage. It was not about Shoigu’s incompetency, which is all over the place. He as Tuvan was their scapegoat of their failed system. It was exactly this racial undertone which drove them, especially when they talked about “genocide against the Russian people”. When reflecting that minorities are making the brunt of losses of the Russian army, it paraphrases that shameless lies all but shameless to them.

This is why the countries which were formerly under control by the Kremlin fought for their freedom and independence and achieved at least separation. Some succeeded even more and gained relative peace, as we saw with the Baltics. Some have been caught in new nightmares as we see in some Turkic states. Others were caught somewhere in between and Ukraine was one of them. A state with a history full of tragedies and again under threat being vassal, but this time by one of their own. And this is when the Maidan in 2014 took place. Ukrainians have endured every foreign atrocity and where not willing to accept the atrocity by one of their own. This was an affront against a dictator like Putin whose very system can only survive in this atmosphere and it could not stand in the Kremlin’s eyes. This is the only reason why this war exists. Some call it a fight democracy vs. autocracy, but for me it is a fight for law vs. arbitrariness. This is why I from time to time quote the 2nd US President, John Adams:

“A republic of laws, not men.”

What we saw yesterday in Russia was the travesty from which laws should protect us, because when people can decide the faith of millions based on a whim, then terror is the only result.

I for one will not stop to continue my struggle for freedom for anyone, anywhere. The possibility why I can do this today was granted by people who did this for me, before I was even born. It is a gift I can never be too thankful. I will continue this fight so that our children can live to do the same. This is our duty as freedom-loving people who have freedom and liberty handed over. We have to draw the line so that nihilism and cynicism cannot get hold of us and we can and will achieve this for as long as we do not stop pursuing this goal.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Legendary author Stephen King absolutely destroys Ted Cruz after the MAGA senator picks a fight with him for bringing up his disgraceful Cancun scandal.

It all started with Ted Cruz claiming in a tweet that the southern border has "never been remotely this bad" in a transparent attempt at fear-mongering and smearing Biden.

King, who despises Republican hypocrisy, retweeted Cruz's bad faith message and mocked his infamous vacation to Cancun while Texas frozen to death saying: "You’ve also spent a lot of time in Cancun. That’s pretty south, right?"

Cruz angrily snapped back that King is a "multi-millionaire leftist" who "sits in his mansion in Maine" and "laughs at kids being abused" and "women being sexually abused" at the border. He whined that King only wanted to "talk about" Cancun.

Of course, Cruz doesn't give a damn about the suffering of women and children at the border. His cult leader Donald Trump put brutal family separation polices in place and his party is now calling for the use of "deadly force" against undocumented migrants.

The only thing that Cruz cares about is whipping xenophobic voters into a lather by convincing them that hordes of brown people are coming to rape them and steal their jobs. It's the same racist Fox News-fed GOP narrative as usual.

King got the last word in the fight by hitting back--

"You're worth three mil yourself, Teddy. Guess you can go to Cancun pretty much whenever you want. How are your constituents doing?" asked King, cutting to the heart of the matter.

It's an incisive point. Ted Cruz is busy picking fights on Twitter instead of serving his constituents. He doesn't take his job as senator seriously and the people of Texas would be wise to replace him immediately.

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[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Today, @VP and I are announcing over $40 billion will go to delivering high-speed internet in places where there’s either no service, or it’s too slow.

From Alaska to Appalachia, every community will have what they need to connect folks to reliable high-speed internet by 2030.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️Trial in case of Pavel Sheremet’s murder to start anew.

The Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv will begin to re-examine the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet. The case was being tried by a jury, one juror was mobilized and another left Ukraine, triggering a retrial.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Thread 🧵: Trump is now on record knowingly divulging classified documents to those who did not have authorization. He's a traitor to our country.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

If you don’t get locked up for showing people top-secret classified documents about a detailed US military plan to attack Iran,

Then what do you get locked up for?

[Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads/Insta)🌻 @AWeissmann_]

Big picture: the former President endangered the security of the nation and its people-- us. And he is on tape doing it, cavalierly.
This brings to real life Trump's seemingly fanciful claim about his killing someone on 5th Avenue and his followers not caring.

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

CONCERNING: Up to 40% of Putin's law enforcement and security services refused to show up to work when called upon to repel Prigozhin's military operation as part of Kremlin's operation "Fortress" in Rostov and other regions of Russia.
https://t.co/vxKQpsBV20

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

"There is real panic in Rostov, especially among police officers." Less than 60% of the force showed up to work as part of the emergency operation "Fortress" activated by the Kremlin to repel Prigozhin's coup attempt.

[Palmer Report @PalmerReport]

Leaked audio of Donald Trump discussing classified military secrets doesn't just seal the deal on his guilt. It also gives away something else. He sounds like a pathetic goner on this tape, too senile to even remain in the 2024 conversation. #TrumpTapes

https://t.co/mu9tHXdP50

[Archive: Senator Jon Tester @SenatorTester]

🚨 🚨 We just secured $629 MILLION to boost high-speed internet for 100,000+ Montana households and businesses.

Proud to have gotten these targeted resources from a new program in my bipartisan infrastructure law that aims to finally close the digital divide in rural America.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

From pressuring election officials in Georgia on tape, to discussing classified documents he withheld on tape - Trump loves to narrate his misconduct in real time.

His blatant disregard for national security and his repeated betrayals of his oath of office demonstrate why he can never be allowed near the Oval Office again.

[Palmer Report @PalmerReport]

No one on the outside could possibly know whether or not the Feds have searched Bedminster. Could have happened a year ago. These things are secret by default. Any Twitter pundit definitively claiming that the Feds never searched Bedminster, is someone you can ignore forever.

[Terry Cline @TerryLCline2]

@rr_edmonds

[RR Edmonds @rr_edmonds]

I remember the gut wrenching fear of being impregnated by my father. A man who groomed me since I was 12 to welcome his attentions and abuse. A man who said “anything that feels this good can’t be a sin.”

Women must be able to make a choice, when another steals their autonomy.

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

🚨🏳️‍🌈DAMN. Lauren Boebert just got SLAMMED by an anti-hate activist for calling LGBTQ+ folks groomers.

He might be the FIRST person in history to shut her up: 🧵

"You're not brave enough to call out real groomers: YOUR FAMILY.

“For instance: LEWD EXPOSURE. Your husband, Jayson Boebert, pled guilty to exposing himself to two young women at a Colorado bowling alley.

“Remember? You should, because you were kicked out with him. Maybe your role was excusable — you were only 17.

“That's right — a MINOR. Jayson, 24 years old, was grooming you."

He then REALLY laid into her about how her own kid repeated the same behavior, getting his girlfriend pregnant, saying,

"How's that bible thumping working out for your family values, Bo Bae?"

But then he hit her where it really hurts: her church.

"I know you hate facts, so you'll REALLY hate this one: Most child abuse comes from people who know the kid. Like church members...

“If you really hate groomers, why aren't you introducing bills to take away the tax exempt status from churches that harbor child molesters?"

And it just keeps getting BETTER.

Find the full post in the comments. 👇

[Michael Grossman @MichaelArt123]

What I heard was laughter. Everyone with Trump was laughing. They were laughing about national security. This is not a joke. Bradley Moss, Natl. Security Analyst
MSNBC.

[Claire McCaskill @clairecmc]

Just when I think it can’t get any worse. The AG in Mo filed a embarrassing pretend brief to REVERSE a conviction. An unarmed black man was shot by a police officer, they staged the scene to plant a gun …he was convicted by judge(his request for judge trial). 🧵

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Why would they do this if guns would make it safer?