IDontLikeElmoMuks

Husband, father, IT enthusiast, renewable energy fan, Ukraine supporter

[theleahfiles @leahfiles]

People keep saying Trump term II is the most corrupt administration ever, so I built a model to find out if it was true.

I took the UN's definition of corruption, turned it into eight criteria and 100 points, and scored the leaders history remembers for looting their countries: Marcos, Suharto, Mobutu, Abacha, Obiang, Putin.

Then I put every president since Eisenhower on the same scale, both parties, with every exoneration counted right alongside the convictions.

Nixon scored 41 and no other American President scored over a 25.

Trump's second term scored a 91, which ties him with Suharto and Mobutu and puts him above Marcos and Abacha.

So he is not only the most corrupt president in American history. At this pace he finishes his term level with the most corrupt rulers of the last hundred years.

PSA: don't come in my comments arguing about the results if you haven't read the full article, because ignorance is a choice.

Full article is up now on my Substack (link in bio) and it's free.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

@Alice_Weidel @CBSNews AfD is the party of Putin-boots-lickers, and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Germany has classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization.

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

@ChrisO_wiki @shashj The Great Purge of the US military forces

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

@MostlyPeaceful Canadians couldn’t care less about the orange man‘s whims

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

Good list of strikes on logistics

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

Russia's first confirmed strike on Ukrainian civilian logistics dates back to February 28, 2022, hitting Epicentr in Chernihiv. Over the following four and a half years, 25 separate strikes hit Ukrainian retail chains, postal terminals, and distribution centers.

Ukraine's first confirmed strike on Wildberries came on July 18, 2026, four and a half years later. In the seven weeks directly before that, Russia had already hit Ukrainian logistics at least 8 more times.

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

Happy independence day to Ukraine! 🇺🇦

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

@LibertyCappy Elon Musk, Donald Trump

[Andrew Perpetua @AndrewPerpetua]

Today the Ukrainian General Staff the liberation of 26 settlements in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk Oblasts. A total of 352 square kilometers. It is the highlighted blue area in the image below.

[✙ Constantine ✙ @Teoyaomiquu]

Hello everyone, I am starting a new fundraiser to help maintain and repair engineering equipment @LibertyUkraineF has already delivered to Ukraine with your aid. Donation link at the end of this post.

Please read till the end, like, share and quote - it is very important for this fundraiser.

Donations are tax deductible.

Over the past 3 years, we have delivered more than 30 excavators, 40 heavy trucks, and loads of other engineering equipment such as cranes, augers, and off-road forklifts.

90% of the equipment we have delivered has performed exceptionally well, as we picked some of the most durable models. However, even the best equipment can't live forever, and the stress it's been put through on the battlefield shows.

For example, one of the machines worked 12,000 hours over two years. That machine was a Yanmar VIO50 excavator that we bought, delivered, and serviced for $30,000. A new machine like this costs around $100,000. 12,000 machine hours is more than the expected lifetime of an excavator in this class.

Today, this excavator returned to us for major repairs. I can't stress enough the importance of the work this machine performed. It served in the 43rd Artillery Brigade, building fortifications for PzH 2000 howitzers and digging trenches for drone pilots. It saved countless lives from drone threats and tens of millions of dollars in equipment by protecting critical assets.

Today, we have a backlog of around 8 similar machines awaiting repairs. These machines have complex hydraulics, pins, and joints that require special equipment and expertise to repair.

My goal has always been to deliver the best-value solutions for the least amount of funding. For example, a machine used to bore pin seats on an excavator costs around $15,000. We didn't have that kind of funding dedicated to repairs, so my brother @vaycartana built and programmed such a tool himself, and it cost us only $4,000.

However, our ingenuity and desire to help Ukraine can only go so far without funding. We need parts, we need to pay for electricity, and we need to pay something to the workers who perform these repairs. This is back-breaking labor done under constant air raids, bombings, and air raid sirens.

That's why I am asking you to donate to the fundraiser using the link at the end of this post. Our goal is to raise $30,000 to allow us to repair up to 6 excavators.

Please share, quote repost, and like this post. It greatly helps visibility and directly impacts the battlefield.

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[Tatarigami_UA @Tatarigami_UA]

The premise that Ukraine stopping strikes would de-escalate the war is simply wrong. Russia has steadily increased the scale and intensity of its attacks since 2022, regardless of Ukraine’s response. If Ukraine stops tomorrow, Russia won’t. It’s that simple.

[Tatarigami_UA @Tatarigami_UA]

Russia's response to electronic warfare wasn't a single solution. It evolved along two major paths: fiber-optic drones and mesh networks. This thread summarizes Frontelligence Insight analysis based on OSINT data and a report by the Center for Defense Reforms. Thread🧵

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

@ukraine_map At least Crimea is Ukraine! 🇺🇦

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

@todayyearsold

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

When Dire Straits took the stage at Live Aid in '85, most fans had no idea why Sting joined them, but when he started singing the opening lyrics to "Money For Nothing", they realized it was his voice on the radio hit which widely went unnoticed til then 🔥 Goosebumps when Mark Knopfler finally plays that guitar riff and the crowd takes over for the drums.

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

When Dire Straits took the stage at Live Aid in '85, most fans had no idea why Sting joined them, but when he started singing the opening lyrics to "Money For Nothing", they realized it was his voice on the radio hit which widely went unnoticed til then 🔥 Goosebumps when Mark Knopfler finally plays that guitar riff and the crowd takes over for the drums.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Sorry, but anyone who seriously believes that a sanctioned Russian oligarch from the Kremlin’s inner circle, and one of the biggest beneficiaries of Russia’s war against Ukraine, decided on his own, without the Kremlin’s approval, to publish an article in a Western outlet because he’s some courageous free thinker who genuinely just wants “change” and “respect” for Russia simply does not understand Russia.

The desire to find a hero who will “come and fix everything” is extraordinarily naïve.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

In this absurd discourse about apocalyptic consequences of a possible Russian defeat in Ukraine, it is somehow always taken for granted that defeat would inevitably mean "the collapse of Russia" and an all-out nuclear civil war across one-eighth of the Earth's landmass -- a mix of the biblical Great Tribulation and Mad Max -- something the civilized world must fear above all else and avoid at any cost for its own good.

Of course, I understand why the Kremlin and its useful idiots are so eager to push this narrative in the West: "Save us from the disastrous war that we ourselves started, or else!"

What they somehow never talk about, however, is what is actually far more likely to happen after a clear defeat in Ukraine -- something that has already happened to Russia more than once: in 1856, 1905, 1917, or 1991.

- Having once again become intoxicated with imperial arrogance and fantasies of great-power domination, imperial Russia would once again suffer a crushing defeat after yet another "short victorious war."
- It would finally lose any claim to being a regional power, let alone a global one, and would have to bury its imperial ambitions and dreams of restoring the Soviet Union once and for all.
- It would ultimately lose its privileged position in the global oil and gas market.
- It would ultimately become a fully dependent vassal of China.
- Crippled by the long-term economic and social consequences of the war, it would cease to pose a serious military threat to its neighbors for many years.

Most importantly, the shock of defeat in a criminal war would once again give the Russian people an opportunity to pull their heads out of the ass, reflect on their historical trajectory, and finally build themselves a normal, healthy democratic state -- one where they can live in peace and prosperity -- instead of, once again, elevating yet another deranged Tsar obsessed with imperial grandeur, who will inevitably send them into the meat grinder of yet another "short victorious war."

But who am I kidding?

Most likely, even this bloody lesson from history will teach them nothing and the cycle will simply repeat itself once more.

[Billifer 🇨🇦 @billifer1973]

@PopBase

[IDontLikeElmoMuks @i_elmo65873]

@iocmedia Shame on you!

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

So what changed, IOC? Russia’s terrorist war and invasion of Ukraine, or your bank accounts?