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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Thomas Massie goes nuclear on Congress – "I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is going to get embarrassed because he went to Rape Island ... Some of them need to go to prison!"

The Kentucky Republican congressman delivered a scorching, no-holds-barred speech on the House floor today, warning Senate Republicans not to water down or kill the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Massie blasted any senator trying to "muck this bill up," saying: "If you are a party to that in the Senate, you are part of this cover-up that we are trying to expose."

In a merciless takedown, he added, "I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is going to get embarrassed because he went to Rape Island. That is what they have coming. In fact, they need to be on the other side of bars, a lot of them. Some of them will be embarrassed, but some of them need to go to prison, and the survivors know that."

Not done, Massie brought a big finish: How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when there are men, rich men, in handcuffs being perp-walked to jail. And until then, this is still a cover-up."

This is Massie at his most boldly driven: calling out elite protection rackets, billionaire enablers, and any senator shielding them from full disclosure.

With Epstein scandals exploding – the unredacted videos of minors, survivor-led name lists, Zorro Ranch murder tips, and the downfall of politicians, business leaders, and event royalty – Massie's rage captures the fury that the powerful are still being protected.

Like and share if you think Massie’s outrage will lead to real accountability for Epstein’s rich cronies who had a great old time on “rape island.”

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

So let me get this straight. German athletes are investigated for refusing a photo and skipping the Russian anthem - while Russian Paralympians who actually participated in the war against Ukraine are allowed to compete.

What exactly is the logic here?

[Bernard-Henri Lévy @BHL]

So, #Ukraine has the drones, the drone operators, and the drone interceptors. And this tech - unique in the world - Ukraine is ready to share. A new world is taking shape. With President #Zelensky becoming the military leader of the free world. What an extraordinary turnaround!

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

The treatment of Ukrainian athletes at the Paralympics is getting ridiculous.

Ukrainian para-biathlete Oleksandra Kononova received a formal reprimand for wearing earrings saying "Stop War" with the Ukrainian flag at the background.

Meanwhile, there was no problem with Russians waving their flag proudly at the opening ceremony. Russia has launched the bloodiest war in Europe since WWII, kills Ukrainians every day and threatens global security.

[Vladyslav Heraskevych OLY @heraskevych]

Another painful loss for Ukrainian sports.
Another child killed by Russia.

On the night of March 7, a Russian missile struck a residential building, and one of the victims of the attack was Hordiy Udovychenko. He and his mother Olena were killed together.

Young Hordiy played for the hockey team “Bilyi Bars” (White Leopard). Here is how the team responded to the death of the young athlete:
“Hordiy was a sincere, kind, and open boy who loved hockey very much, as well as his team and training sessions. We remember his smile, his diligence on the ice, and the joy with which he came to every practice.”

Ukraine experiences unspeakable tragedy every day, and every day it loses its future.

Eternal memory to the victims of the war…

[Lisa 🇩🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺🌍🕊 @Lisa_Viaalpina]

Der erfundene Skandal:
Wie Medien Orbáns Opferrolle bedienen. https://t.co/mDbg7FokbK
„Andernfalls geben wir die Adresse unseren Jungs weiter“: Selenskyj droht Orbán mit ukrainischen Soldaten?
So lautet der Spin, den manche Medien bereitwillig trommeln und der mit der Realität wenig zu tun hat.
Von „Todesdrohung“ über „Mafia-Methoden“ bis „Angriff auf ein EU-Mitglied“: prorussische oder Orbán-freundliche Outlets (Telex, Hungary Today, diverse deutsche Blogs) und sogar Teile des Mainstreams (Politico, Euronews, Guardian) greifen den „threat“-Frame auf, ohne den entscheidenden Kontext zu erwähnen.
Kein Wort darüber, dass es um einen Anruf ging und nicht um Truppen, nicht um Gewalt, nicht um irgendeine Form militärischer Eskalation.

Die Schlagzeilen verstärken eine klassische Opfer-Täter-Umkehr:
Während Orbáns reale Blockadepolitik und seine Nähe zu Russland unter den Tisch fallen, wird Selenskyjs undiplomatischer Frust zur „Bedrohung“ aufgeblasen.

Das ist pure Doppelmoral:
Der Verteidiger (Ukraine) wird für einen scharfen Satz getadelt, der Erpresser (Orbán) dagegen geschont, weil er in der EU sitzt und Putins Kriegskasse schützt.
Von der Leyen verteidigt damit nicht europäische Solidarität, sondern den Spalter in Budapest.

Diese selektive Empörung und die mediale Verstärkung des Spins entlarven Brüssels Heuchelei: peinlich, gefährlich und hochgradig unglaubwürdig.
Denn wer hier wirklich droht, sitzt nicht in Kyjiw.

[Vladyslav Heraskevych OLY @heraskevych]

I am the Ukrainian skeleton racer who was wrongfully disqualified from the Olympics last month because of my “Memory Helmet.”

Tonight in Milano-Cortina, the Paralympic Games are opening. The Committee has bizarrely permitted Russian soldier-athletes to participate under the Russian flag.

The head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) literally stated that they don’t care about what Russian soldiers did in Ukraine. The problem is that we do care.

They are killing Ukrainians on the battlefield, bombing our cities, and committing genocide. Now, with this step of allowing them to compete, the IPC is giving them the opportunity to continue committing genocide by spreading Russian narratives with Russian flags and symbols.

They try to manipulate the situation by pointing out that the movement started after World War II, but during World War II the Olympic Games were cancelled, and German athletes were not invited and did not take part in the Games until 1952.

It looks like the head of the IPC doesn’t know the history of the Olympic and Paralympic movement at all.
What a shame.
This whole story is just getting worse and worse.

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

The Ukrainian team has been banned from wearing uniforms featuring a map of Ukraine at the 2026 Paralympics. The IPC claims the map is "political."

At the same time, the Russian team includes former military personnel who participated in the illegal invasion. Russians are allowed to compete under their own flag, while Ukrainians are forbidden from showing their own territory.

Beyond Absurd...

[Ukraine.ua @ukraine_ua]

Today, the Winter Olympic Games Milano–Cortina 2026 come to an end. Ukraine was represented by 46 athletes – our largest Winter Olympic team in 16 years. Each performance came after months of preparation under air raid sirens, disrupted training, and the daily reality of Russia's aggression.

Our team competed while knowing that hundreds of Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed by Russia's full-scale invasion, and while their country continues to defend its freedom. To represent Ukraine under these conditions requires not only skill but also extraordinary resilience.

To every athlete, coach, and family member who carried the blue and yellow flag – thank you.

You represented Ukraine with strength and dignity. We are so proud of you 🇺🇦

[DBerber 🇺🇦 @Berber_Doris_]

Ich sitze immer noch hier und bin einfach nur fassungslos. Es zerreißt mir das Herz und macht mich gleichzeitig unsagbar wütend. 😡💔
Was bei den kommenden Paralympics passiert, ist keine sportliche Entscheidung mehr – es ist eine moralische Bankrotterklärung der gesamten Sportwelt.

Dass das IOC wegsieht und Tätern eine Bühne bietet, kennen wir aus den dunkelsten Kapiteln der Geschichte. Das ist die Fortsetzung einer Tradition der Rückgratlosigkeit, die wir schon im Dritten Reich gesehen haben.

Aber was mich am allermeisten erschüttert, ist das Schweigen und Mitmachen der anderen Athleten aus aller Welt. 🌍

Ihr seid Menschen, die selbst Schicksalsschläge überwunden haben. Ihr wisst, was es bedeutet, zu kämpfen, Schmerz zu ertragen und sich zurück ins Leben zu kämpfen. Und jetzt? Jetzt steht ihr in derselben Arena, atmet dieselbe Luft und applaudiert am Ende vielleicht sogar Menschen, die aktiv daran beteiligt waren, anderen Menschen genau dieses Leid zuzufügen?

Diese ruzzischen 🇷🇺 Soldaten haben in der Ukraine 🇺🇦 nicht „Sport“ getrieben. Sie haben gemordet. Sie haben verstümmelt. Sie haben Familien auseinandergerissen und unschuldigen Menschen die Gliedmaßen weggesprengt.

Dass diese Täter nun ihre eigenen Verletzungen als „paralympische Heldengeschichte“ verkaufen dürfen, ist eine Perversion ohnegleichen. 🤮🇺🇦

Wie könnt ihr 🫵da danebenstehen? Wie könnt ihr in die Kamera lächeln und so tun, als wäre das ein fairer Wettkampf? Wo ist euer Gewissen? Wenn ihr zuseht, wie deren Hymne 🇷🇺 gespielt wird, während in der Ukraine die Gräber noch frisch sind, dann macht ihr euch mitschuldig an dieser Schande. 🕯️

Es geht nicht mehr um Medaillen. Es geht darum, ob man noch in den Spiegel schauen kann.

Wer Mördern und Verstümmlern applaudiert, nur um selbst einen Moment im Rampenlicht zu stehen, hat den Geist des Sports längst verraten. Die olympische Idee ist endgültig gestorben.

#Paralympics2026 #NoSafeHaven #StandWithUkraine #Moral #IOC #Sportswashing #Fassungslos #Ukraine #HumanRights

[Heorhii Tykhyi @SpoxUkraineMFA]

Today’s Paralympic decision to allow some of the athletes under the Russian flag is yet another shameful move.

Minister @andrii_sybiha has already addressed Ukraine’s ambassadors, instructing them to approach the officials of all countries that might take part in the the Paralympic Games inaugural ceremony, urging them to refrain from taking part in it, to boycott it.

This is shameful to have this flag, under which 185,000 war crimes have been committed in the past four years, wave at the Paralympic Games.

Plus, some of the members of the Ukrainian Paralympic team are veterans of this war, people who suffered from Russian aggression.

This is not only insensitive and ignorant, but also against and contrary to the Olympic Charter. We will be countering this actively.

[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨🚨

UKRAINE WILL NOT BE TAKING PART IN THE WINTER OLYMPIC PARALYPIC GAMES IN MILANO CORTINA.

This comes following the news that 6 Russian athletes will be allowed to enter the competition.

The @Olympics committee is an absolute disgrace.

[Margus Tsahkna @Tsahkna]

Allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Milan–Cortina Paralympics while Russia continues its full-scale war against Ukraine is a disgrace.

More than 650 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed by Russia. Sport does not exist in a vacuum. Forcing Ukrainians to compete alongside representatives of the aggressor is morally unacceptable.

The international sports community must stand for human life, justice and dignity, not normalize aggression.

[Vladyslav Heraskevych OLY @heraskevych]

Here is the full text of the CAS decision.
For now, I can comment on it overall, quoting some of its most important parts — that will be enough to understand the absurdity of this decision.

So, CAS recognized:
1. Although no actual violation has yet occurred, the intention [to commit a violation] was obvious and confirmed (Pronin: so they consider it to have happened in advance);
2. The athlete consciously refused to use the permitted helmet. (Pronin: I’ll comment on this right away — it looks very unprofessional and shows a lack of knowledge by the court and the opponents about the sport, because the helmet frame is cast to fit the anatomical structure of the athlete’s head, it’s a one-of-a-kind item, and it had been approved by the technical and regulatory commission for training and competitions at the Olympics);
3. The authorities (Pronin: obviously referring to IOC representatives or the international federation) can prevent an inevitable violation rather than wait for it to be committed.
4. The helmet is an expression of a position regarding the war, and war has a political character;
In the court’s opinion, the preventive exclusion of an athlete before the start of competitions can be lawful.

At the same time, CAS emphasized: the athlete has every right to speak about the war, but not during the sporting performance itself.

Such a vinaigrette, pun, and IOC logic voiced through CAS.

This story is definitely not over yet.

[Fellaraktar🇺🇦 @fellaraktar]

Ukraine has done more for Europe than Hungary ever has.

Europe does not need Hungary.

Europe needs Ukraine.

If Hungarian politicians continue to act in the interests of the Kremlin.

They should be removed from the EU.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Six athletes from Russia and four from Belarus will be allowed to compete under their national flags at the 2026 Paralympic Games in Milan-Courmayeur, the Games' governing body confirmed.

While people in Ukraine are dying daily from Russian bombs, drones, and artillery, while torture chambers, mass graves, and the systematic abduction of children continue, the IPC is allowing a state that is waging an illegal war of aggression and actively glorifying it through propaganda and military sports to once again raise its flag at the Paralympics.

Six Russian athletes—representatives of a regime that mocks wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians as spoils of war—will be allowed to compete in Italy under the tricolor, win medals, and have their national anthems played.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with James Talarico against Donald Trump!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Stephen Colbert against Donald Trump and CBS!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Last night, CBS refused to air Stephen Colbert’s interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico after pressure from Trump. Colbert addressed the issue with his audience and released the clip online anyway.

RETWEET to thank Colbert for standing up for free speech!

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

It’s important that you understand what happened last night.

Last night, Stephen Colbert interviewed Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, a candidate who, by all accounts, is on track in the polls to flip Texas blue.

In response, Trump’s FCC reportedly threatened CBS if the interview aired.

CBS caved and pulled the segment, citing “financial reasons.”

In modern American history, no president has been more hostile to free speech than Donald Trump.

But censorship always backfires.

Here’s the full segment Trump didn’t want you to see.