@RadioFreeTom The Presidents at the time went to Congress to pass a Declaration of War, which mobilized a nation. No one told the citizenry to go and shop.
ALERT: Court has scheduled a change-of-plea hearing in the criminal case of Vance Boelter, which indicates a plea deal has been reached
Boelter is the man charged with assassinating Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman & Hortman's husband
The hearing is tomorrow at 11am
Q: Are you concerned about the latest inflation numbers that came out this morning?
TRUMP: No, I love it. I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over -- do you know we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil? Nobody knows it. You know who doesn't know? Iran until right now.
37 imaginary imminent deals with Iran, and counting.
And last night he thought he got a standing O at the Garden.
@realDonaldTrump, who has always been a narcissistic sociopath, is now decompensating mentally and physically faster than ever before our eyes.
I was at this game. Best tickets I ever had with my step-brother st Shea. On that side of the field at the 20 yard line. Snow, and giving the Saints their only W of the year.
Little known fact, we won the following week and the Giants got the #2 pick. Lawrence Taylor. We got Freeman McNeil.
My friend Rondale Moore would have turned 26 years old today.
I wanted to make a post in his memory and remind everyone that mental health matters. It doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, young or old, famous or unknown. It can affect anyone.
No matter what we accomplish in life, nothing is more important than our mental health.
I pray for Rondale and his family today, and I hope he knew just how loved he was. I also hope anyone reading this remembers that you are loved too, and that it’s OK to ask for help when you need it.
God bless. 🙏
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is gaining momentum
In the spring of 2023, everyone was swept up in euphoria—Ukraine was preparing for its counteroffensive. New brigades were being trained, armed with new weapons, and everyone was waiting for them to strike and liberate Ukraine’s occupied territories.
Russian channels were filled with horror stories about how their fortifications would first be attacked with missiles, then everything would be overrun by combat vehicles, and finally the infantry would finish the job.
Between the lines, everyone sensed that the goal would be to reach the coast of the Sea of Azov and cut off Crimea.
It all ended in a massive fiasco—the Russians knew the plans perfectly well, and the territories had been mined and heavily shelled. Many Ukrainians were killed, and due to the conflict between Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyy, the latter was forced to step down. The lessons of this bloodbath were learned—successful offensive plans thrive on secrecy.
Another lesson was learned in Kherson—when the Russians’ logistics were completely cut off. It wasn’t difficult—the right bank was connected to the left by only a couple of bridges, so with the Ukrainians controlling them with HIMARS, logistics collapsed and the Russians withdrew without a fight.
The lessons were clear as well—the first and often the last task is to cut off logistics.
For several months now, a new Ukrainian counteroffensive has been proceeding quite successfully with the same objective—to reach the Sea of Azov, cut off Crimea, and ultimately enter it.
Logistics on the left bank of the Dnieper have now been completely destroyed. This was achieved by developing drones that are resistant to radio jamming and can fly hundreds of kilometers. All Russian attempts to deliver fuel and ammunition end in their destruction—the drones control everything.
Today, rumors have already spread that the Russians are withdrawing troops from the Kinburn Spit—the farthest point. And I think this is true, because it’s simply impossible to hold out without receiving reinforcements. And I think that soon the Russians will face an existential question—what to do on the southern front. Try to hold out, but that will require withdrawing forces from the Donbas, or retreat.
But in the event of a withdrawal, it’s unclear where to retreat to—because once the Ukrainians reach the Sea of Azov, the fall of Crimea will be only a matter of time. The Ukrainians aren’t the Finns, for whom a freeze in the front lines was acceptable. And once Crimea falls, it is unimaginable that Putin and his henchmen will remain in power.
It seems to me that we are approaching a very, very interesting moment. It makes no difference what a rat cornered in a corner will do if an iron fist begins to squeeze it.