During the Ukrainian delegation’s visit to Tokyo, representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency arrived for the talks wearing traditional Ukrainian vyshyvankas.
Thank you to everyone who stands with Ukraine!
Pete Hegseth fired a Navy Vice Admiral to make her disappear, and yesterday the voters of South Carolina handed her a path to a seat in Congress. Her name is Nancy Lacore.
Dear @netflix:
I have been a customer since you sent CDs.
If you stream this orc trash into my house I will cancel you instantly—and forever—and I will use my voice to get as many others to join me as possible.
You have been warned.
‘Behind the “guy with a pint in the pub”, this is a man who consistently voted against the interests of working people.’
Trade Union Head Paul Nowak tells @AndrewMarr9 he finds Reform's 'party for the working class' image 'laughable'.
SIKORSKI: I'm skeptical about negotiating with Putin. First, Vladimir Putin is a man whose word and whose signature cannot be trusted.
He has lied to us repeatedly: “These are not my men in Crimea,” remember? “I have absolutely no intention of invading Ukraine.”
This is a man whose signature is on Russo-Ukrainian border treaty. How can we expect Putin to respect next treaty when he is already in breach of current ones?
Second, when you've been dictator for over 20 years, everybody lies to you, and you always drop your maximalist demands too late, because you don't know true situation you are in.
I also think dictators like Putin correctly understand that they cannot admit a mistake or withdraw from one without losing power. Therefore, I believe this war will be ended by someone else.
SNYDER: Our entire diplomatic process has been reduced to only two negotiators: president’s son-in-law and president’s friend. They are not diplomats.
You would probably say, “That looks incredibly corrupt,” and you would also say, “That looks like it could never work.”
And it can never work. It won’t work with Ukraine, it won’t work with Iran. In fact, it has already failed with both Ukraine and Iran.
But the deeper problem is that United States cannot help anyone negotiate an end to a war unless United States has clear sense of its own interests.
And Trump administration does not operate on the basis of American interests. It operates on the basis of what is convenient for few people around Trump.
Holy sh*t. Thomas Massie says he’s going to start publicly naming billionaires implicated in the Epstein files because Trump’s DOJ refuses to convict.
More courage than the rest of the GOP has combined.
Farage, with a very different accent, explaining how to exploit and profit from the very same system that he claimed to rail against.
Including using one’s wife to account for financial irregularities.
Well, it apparently works when trying to explain away house purchases, eh?
Putin was presented with a painting in China.
First of all, Xi Jinping is depicted as almost twice the size of Putin.
Secondly, Xi is walking ahead, while Putin follows behind him.
Thirdly, Xi is looking forward, while Putin is looking at him.
Fourth, Xi appears calm and confident, while Putin looks like he’s trying to catch up — more of a companion than an equal.
And overall, it makes it pretty clear who the “big brother” is and who the “little brother” is.
A very strong piece of trolling.