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[Yulia Navalnaya @yulia_navalnaya]

Scientists from five European countries have established: my husband, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with epibatidine — a neurotoxin, one of the deadliest poisons on earth. In nature, this poison can be found on the skin of the Ecuadorian dart frog. It causes paralysis, respiratory arrest, and a painful death.
I was certain from the first day that my husband had been poisoned, but now there is proof: Putin killed Alexei with chemical weapon.
I am grateful to the European states for the meticulous work they carried out over two years and for uncovering the truth.
Vladimir Putin is a murderer. He must be held accountable for all his crimes.

[cL @waterloop1944]

@Byron_Wan Bro, how could you live a peaceful normal life by sharing negative things all time every day ? Hope u alright

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This video should unsettle anyone who takes the United States seriously as a nation.

Because it exposes something dangerous: the trivialization of the world's most consequential office. It shows how carelessly the power, credibility, and accumulated moral authority of a superpower can be squandered for a few seconds of viral attention.

In any other major democracy, this behavior from a head of state would trigger a constitutional crisis. Paris would burn. Berlin would convene emergency sessions. In the Nordic countries, resignation would follow within hours. Across functioning democracies, the public, institutions, and political class would recognize this for what it is: an assault on the dignity of the state itself. Leaders are not free to perform as entertainers without consequence. National honor is not personal property, it's held in trust.

But the United States is not just another country with a provocateur in charge. It is the linchpin of global order. It maintains formal alliances and security guarantees with forty to fifty nations. It underwrites the financial architecture, trade systems, and diplomatic frameworks that billions of people depend on daily. When the American president speaks—or posts—it doesn't land as satire, meme, or personal whim. It reads as a signal about what the country is becoming.

American power has never relied solely on carrier strike groups or economic output. It has rested on something more fragile and more valuable: trust. The belief that beneath domestic turbulence lies institutional seriousness, predictability, and a baseline commitment to dignity. That belief is now disintegrating in real time.

Millions of American companies operate globally. They negotiate multibillion-dollar contracts in environments where reputation is currency. Boardrooms in Frankfurt, Singapore, and Dubai aren't debating whether a post was clever—they're asking whether the United States remains a reliable partner. Whether agreements signed today will be honored tomorrow. Whether American leadership has devolved from institutional to purely theatrical.

Consider tourism, which sustains millions of American jobs—airlines, hotels, restaurants, museums, entire regional economies. Soft power isn't an abstraction. It materializes in flight bookings, conference locations, study-abroad programs, and decades of accumulated goodwill. A quiet, decentralized boycott doesn't require government action—only a collective sense that a nation no longer respects itself.

Now picture this image being studied by foreign ministers, central bank governors, defense strategists, and sovereign wealth fund managers. Picture them asking a coldly rational question: How do we write binding thirty-year agreements with a country whose public face will be this, relentlessly, for years to come? How do we plan for the long term when the tone is impulsive, mocking, and unbound by the gravity of office?

This is where the real calculus begins. Trillions in foreign capital depend on confidence that America is stable, credible, and rule-governed. That confidence is now being traded for what, exactly? Applause from an online mob? A dopamine rush from manufactured outrage? Content designed to dominate the news cycle rather than serve the national interest?

Every serious nation eventually confronts this choice: burn long-term credibility for short-term spectacle, or safeguard the reputation previous generations bled to build. The United States spent eighty years constructing an image of reliability, restraint, and leadership under pressure. That image wasn't born from perfection—it came from a visible commitment to standards that transcended impulse.

This isn't a partisan issue. Europeans who value democratic norms recognize something ominously familiar here. Americans—Democrat and Republican alike—who believe in responsibility and restraint should see it too. Power attracts scrutiny. Leadership demands discipline. A superpower cannot behave like a reality TV contestant without paying a price.

The presidency is not a personal broadcast channel. It's a symbol carried on behalf of 330 million people and countless international partners who never voted but whose lives are shaped by American decisions anyway. Every post either reinforces or erodes the idea that America can be counted on when it matters most.

So the question is no longer whether this is offensive. The question is whether this is who America chooses to be: a nation that trades a century of hard-won reputation for viral moments. A country that replaces statecraft with content creation. A republic governed like a season of reality television.

History offers a harsh lesson here. Great powers don't fall because enemies mock them. They collapse when they begin mocking themselves—publicly, proudly, and without grasping the cost until it's far too late.

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[cL @waterloop1944]

@Byron_Wan MAGA fully made and deserved this

[cL @waterloop1944]

@Byron_Wan Invade Greenland then Canada?

[cL @waterloop1944]

@Andre_AGTC possible risk pbo and active adj rates hidden, study level data missing

[cL @waterloop1944]

@Andre_AGTC first time seen the pbo and active adj rates not presented and only pooled efficacy for a pair ph3 readout

[cL @waterloop1944]

@wangwatchworld 像共和党的那帮才俊

[cL @waterloop1944]

@chamath You are a evil ass kisser

[cL @waterloop1944]

@Byron_Wan 每天出来丢人现眼！

[cL @waterloop1944]

@Byron_Wan nuts

[cL @waterloop1944]

@therecount Why not gulf of trump

[cL @waterloop1944]

@jianmang054A @nanfeili 皇帝喜欢用跟自己脾气秉性一样的人

[cL @waterloop1944]

@DesmondShum Trump will kneel soon and announce victory again

[cL @waterloop1944]

@realhuazong 花总可以先采访一下投票给trump的华人现在有没有后悔和反省，我看是一点也没有

[cL @waterloop1944]

@cskun1989 拉出来的💩又能自己坐回去，川粉高呼领袖能屈能伸

[cL @waterloop1944]

@chamath It’s your day dream. Remember what happened during covid lockdown. You need to worry more about your fellows here

[cL @waterloop1944]

@cskun1989 哈哈，这王八拳打���，加的税额都是一拍脑门想了个整数加上去。可能本来想加100的，怂了

[cL @waterloop1944]

@guoguang_wu 川皇这么一搞，把共产党显得没那么邪恶和混乱了

[cL @waterloop1944]

@tperkins @GordonGChang This guy is totally a joke. China fully prepared to stands up to the bully and doesn’t care how much more tarriff. We Americans will suffer from the stupidity of the orange cult and gop