President Zelenskyy has said that he will never show his weak moments to anyone, but this must have taken a supreme effort to keep control. 25 people. 19 in one apartment. Five children, 3 of them aged 1. And he STILL has to remind so-called world leaders not to be silent on this
Disgust of Trump Reaches New Levels in Europe
A gilded statue of Donald Trump titled "Orange Plague," also known as "King of Injustice," is on display this week inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Danish artist Jens Galschiøt was invited to show the work by Danish MEP Per Clausen. The copper sculpture, covered in 23-karat gold leaf and standing about 2.6 meters (8.5 feet), depicts a naked Trump seated on the shoulders of a much smaller, clothed man. He holds the scales of justice in one hand and a golf club in the other, beside a golf ball shaped like the Earth.
The plinth reads: "I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except stepping down from his back."
Galschiøt says the piece was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes," the story of a vain ruler whose subjects are too afraid to tell him he is naked. "Trump represents one of the greatest threats to the rules-based world order, democratic values, and our common effort to solve the climate crisis," he said. "We must address this issue and stand together against such destructive influence."
On this day 20 years ago, Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow, on Vladimir Putin’s 54th birthday.
She had spent years reporting on Putin’s Russia and exposing the atrocities committed during the Second Russian-Chechen War.
Dozens of journalists have been killed for their work during Putin’s rule, while more than 1,500 Russian journalists have been forced into exile since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine alone.
I don’t care about what Trump says anymore. His brain is basically pudding at this point. My disgust is with all those people standing behind him, laughing and cheering him on. Deplorable. Irredeemable degenerates. Hillary was right about them. She was right about everything.
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
Trump and his allies are going to try desperately to clean up his completely insane comments last night about Los Angeles and San Diego being blown up. Don’t listen to them. They’ve been trying to sanitize and normalize this dangerous rhetoric for a decade now.
Absolutely this. My husband isn’t just the best man I’ve ever met, he’s the best human being (often to his detriment, unfortunately).
“Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck.”
– Iris Murdoch
I’ve been happily married for 31 years, my husband is my favorite person, and I still don’t recommend marriage to young women because I’ve learned that the marriage I have is so unusual it’s like winning the lottery. Too risky. Don’t do it.
You can have absolutely no sympathy for Christa Pike’s crime and still believe the state should never be capable of doing this to another human being. Both things can be true.
This is why the billionaire class is freaking out.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin in particular has completely lost it - he has spent 102 MILLION, all to defeat a tiny tax on his ginormous fortune.
It's honestly sad to see: so rich, and they still don't understand what's really scarce in life: your fucking time on this planet!
Instead, this guy spends hours, days and weeks obsessing over this little tax that he'll barely notice. Pathetic.
A lot of what Trump has done can be undone the minute he’s gone. THIS, however, cannot: the fact that all of America's allies now know that in any four year period, a single man can rip up all treaties, social norms, and economic partnerships.
America is no longer a country they can trust.
America is no longer a country with which long-term deals can be made.
America is no longer a country that prioritizes peace.
Most countries will likely grow their military as a result.
Most countries will likely make deals with other countries as a result.
This damage will likely take more than a generation to START to be undone, if ever.
And THAT will be MAGA’s legacy.