Yesterday Donald Trump called for the replacement of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

One of the first rules of election year politics has to be, you don’t want an October surprise.

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‼️ Remember, Trump has chosen to throw Putin a lifeline just as Russia is losing ground, suffering reported manpower losses equivalent to roughly three battalions a day, and seeing what I consider his...

Thank you, Trump. Thank you, MAGA Oligarchs. You didn't count this outcome, did you. These oligarchs are top of the line on greed. Not very brilliant. Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal: “It ...

Seven months after the first American bombs fell on Iran on February 28, the country is paying for that decision in ways the administration still refuses to name.

The Hilux is the AK-47 of modern warfare. That is not a metaphor, it is forty years of battlefield fact, and it makes bulk Toyota movement one of the most reliable early-warning signals an analyst can

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lol. Awesome. https://youtube.com/shorts/VLTfTJzUFJk?is=Jqx0sSrDj1QFX6SV

Australia exports 94% of our crude oil and buys it back as refined fuel. We should electrify our end uses instead — it would save us $135m a day. Let's invest in R&D to wean us off the last drops.

The great big United States of America, which has “the most powerful military in the world” as hand-puppet Pete and Trump himself tell us about every seven minutes, have moved the entire fleet of B-1 ...

In 88 BC, Sulla marched his army on Rome. No Roman general had ever done that. It wasn't illegal so much as unthinkable, which is a stronger kind of prohibition. And then it had been done. Thirty-ni...

The arrogance of the oligarchs is extraordinary. THEY WANT IT ALL. In this election, Musk and other billionaires will spend huge amounts of money to make sure that Congress works for them — not worki...

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2024 in a nutshell. https://youtu.be/ZRBH5vHhm4c?is=jt6Fyp7GhgocLMHX

I started out as a congressional aide on Capitol Hill, working for a Minnesota congressman. What surprised me most wasn't the power. It was how much of the place ran on habit. The written rules cover...

I’ve repeatedly confronted and puzzled over the common claim that Democrats and Republicans are just ordinary people who have some different “values.” That’s part of the political-cultural narrative...

How regional rivalry between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi left the Houthis entrenched and trapped washington in a costly Red Sea stalemate.

Been thinking a lot about the Cold War lately. Almost longingly. Which is an objectively insane sentence. The Cold War was fucking terrifying. For forty years, two heavily armed civilizations cons...

Donald Trump’s crowds are shrinking. But in city after city, Americans are lining up around the block to see firsthand evidence of his corruption.

The gold, the mirror and the men who mistake a stage set for power

“’Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind.”

More Than 10 Years Ago, Two Princeton Economists Studied the Economic Record of Postwar Presidents. Then Their Report Was Buried.

It was actually disgusting today, listening to Pete Hegseth once again insult the intelligence of our troops and what’s left of our military leadership by subjecting them to his performative, culture-...

Did you know “Trumpery” is a real English word that has fallen out of use? We really need to bring it back because it is astonishingly accurate.

Trump and Vance Ruined the Fourth of July

Excellent, as usual, by Phil O'Brien. The inability or unwillingness of this Administration to ever talk about America's interests in Europe---why it's in our interest that Europe is stable, secure an...

“There are people taking bigger risks than you, so that you can be back home taking your smaller risks. And for almost everybody, that’s always true all of the time. It helps to acknowledge that becau...

Swooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency.

By any standard of morality, Trump is depraved. But adorned with the power of the state, he descends to another level — the level of evil.

Steven Beschloss notes the insanity, again. “The madness of King Donald continues apace, making America a continuing embarrassment on the global stage (and showcasing the continuing psychiatric emer...

The Irish Taoiseach Michael Martin speaks for me, what about you? His words are the uncomfortable truth that brings shame to all who have stood by while tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians, sl...

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America 🇺🇸 is absolutely lost Russia destroys a US-owned defence factory in Ukraine 🇺🇦 Nothing… US prosecutors allege a Russian intelligence plot to murder a dissident in Washington. Nothing… R...

The world is entering a period where strategic restraint may no longer keep pace with technology.

Benjamin Stuart Reed offers a sobering discussion of prospects for a coming world war. Few Americans have thought seriously enough about this. The proof is electing and enduring the current criminal U...

Australia commits to long-term Ukraine support. Slapped 100-plus new Russia sanctions Ukraine and Australia signed a wide-ranging, 10-year security agreement on Sept. 23 on the margins of the U.N. ...

Trump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning

General Prokopenko, Commander of the 1st Corps Azov: "Everyone here needs to understand very clearly that Ukraine is giving Europe, the US, and the entire civilized world the opportunity to preserve ...

Danylo Tsvok, head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s AI Center: “Work is now underway on a system that could help even a minister or a unit commander understand the battlefield through something re...

POTUS says President Zelensky of Ukraine has to “do one thing” : “stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia.” But of course Trump hasn’t asked Putin to do anything—ever—no matter that the backdrop to Uk...

Never mind crude oil; distillates are the problem now

You. Must. Watch. This. I’m not crying. You’re crying. This is fucking momentous. The world is moving on. “Democracy does not belong to the richest, the strongest, or the loudest, but to all of us...

What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.

Trump is rapidly laying the groundwork for internal armed conflict , and a disputed 2026 result could provide the spark.

The president bullied our closest ally. Now Canada is dating Europe, and he’s furious.

The president bullied our closest ally. Now Canada is dating Europe, and he’s furious.