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markmetz, 4 hours ago to Ukraine

Good news, this election went the right direction. 👍

“Vilnius fears it could be next in the crosshairs if Moscow were to win its war against Ukraine.

Lithuania is a significant donor to Ukraine, which has been battling Russia since the 2022 invasion. It is already a big defence spender, with a military budget equal to 2.75 percent of GDP.”

Lithuanian President Nauseda re-elected in vote held amid security fears over Russia

#NAFO
#Ukraine
#NAFOFellas
#SlavaUkraini
#NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240526-lithuanians-vote-in-presidential-runoff-amid-security-fears-over-russia

markmetz, 19 hours ago to Ukraine

These seven words make more sense than a “conference”

#NAFO
#Ukraine
#NAFOFellas
#SlavaUkraini
#NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

markmetz, 1 day ago to random

Ah well yes… here’s @jensorensen helping us make sense of our topsy turvy world again… 😬

markmetz, 1 day ago to random

🤪

markmetz, 1 day ago to random

More worms… that admission by him was fodder for days, I wonder what his motivation was in revealing that, aside from the fact that everything that comes out of his mouth is bullshit.

markmetz, 1 day ago to random

One for the tankies.
🤡

markmetz, 3 days ago to random

Does this job still exist? Where do I apply?

“A lipstick tester from the 1950s.”

markmetz, 3 days ago to random

Shot:

US Thinking of Letting Ukraine Use Its Weapons to Strike Russia: NYT

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-ukraine-use-american-weapons-russia-red-line-putin-nyt-2024-5

markmetz, 3 days ago to Ukraine

Cope harder Pooty. Pull your head out.
The war ends when you run your sorry ass back to Moscow with your tail between your legs.

But this seems like a good sign, it appears he’s looking for a way out.

Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines | Reuters

#NAFO
#Ukraine
#NAFOFellas
#SlavaUkraini
#NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24/

markmetz, 3 days ago to Ukraine

Let ‘em bonk!

#NAFO
#Ukraine
#NAFOFellas
#SlavaUkraini
#NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

markmetz, 3 days ago to random

““More unbelievable still, Newsmax’s counsel claimed that they had forgotten the archive existed, which is why none of Mr. Kanofsky’s emails had been produced,” Smartmatic attorneys wrote.”

Newsmax CEO deleted evidence in defamation case: Smartmatic

H/T @Brandi_Buchman

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/newsmaxs-cover-up-worked-smartmatic-says-media-ceo-deleted-evidence-key-to-ongoing-2020-election-defamation-suit/

markmetz, 4 days ago to random

4/

Threatening Russia’s control of Crimea—and inflicting grave damage to its economy and society—will, of course, be difficult. But it is a more realistic strategy than the proposed alternative: a negotiated settlement while Putin is in office.

Putin has never agreed to respect Ukrainian sovereignty—and never will. If anything, Russia’s rhetoric about the war has become more annihilationist, invoking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggesting that the conflict is something like a holy war, with existential consequences.

Any negotiation in the current circumstances would at best leave Ukraine crippled, partitioned, and at the mercy of a second Russian invasion. At worst, it would eliminate the country altogether.

No sustainable, long-term peace can emerge from negotiations with an aggressor that has genocidal intent.

Ukraine and the West must either win or face devastating consequences.
(EXACTLY!)

markmetz, 5 days ago to random

bUt rUzzia feElz THREATENED! tHey hAz nO cHoiCe!

markmetz, 5 days ago to random

"...the weakest candidate can be strong if the systems and structures around him whitewash his liabilities and support him.

Fact is, Trump has that support – from the press corps, the rightwing media apparatus, the US Supreme Court, the Republican Party, the Electoral College and the billionaire class, in addition to the country’s general orientation toward white people’s preferences.

On consideration, Trump is the affirmative-action candidate, to borrow from the right’s dishonest and mean interpretation of that policy. He’s bad at politics. He’ll never not be bad. But he can be bad and still be viable, as long as the systems and structures around him support him.

https://www.editorialboard.com/why-the-dow-closing-over-40000-was-a-one-day-story/

markmetz, 6 days ago to random

It’s obvious they are fascists, but I did nazi that coming!

Election 2024: Trump campaign video includes references to a 'unified Reich' | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-2024-rhetoric-germany-antisemitism-31002afb91b642c0314223d19e51f427

markmetz, 8 days ago to random

a “microcosm of what authoritarians do on a larger scale.”

“AFTER the Republican Chair and GOP members broke official House protocol to allow MTG’s horrific opening silo of rhetoric, they THEN made another change to dispense with the legislative process,” Ocasio-Cortez said on X (formerly Twitter). “THAT part is not getting enough attention.”

In a move she described as “highly unusual and still unclear to me how legitimate it was,” the GOP-led committee vacated both the typical amendment process and legislative debate that follows, moving directly to vote on their own text without allowing for amendments or objections to be heard.

“That’s why this stuff isn’t just all-sides chaos, or mere distraction, or a pox on everyone’s house,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “They WANT you to think this was some random devolution of conduct instead of a structured GOP outcome. We must understand who and what actions created the situation. It matters.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/181718/aoc-darker-intentions-mtg-hearing-chaos

markmetz, 9 days ago to Ukraine

Just a few examples.

#NAFO
#Ukraine
#NAFOFellas
#SlavaUkraini
#NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

markmetz, 9 days ago to Ukraine

So. Fico is a vatnik. Got it.

Slovakia at pivotal moment after Robert Fico shooting.

#NAFO
#Ukraine
#NAFOFellas
#SlavaUkraini
#NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89z7ll532xo

markmetz, 10 days ago to random

Ah, nostalgia….

markmetz, 12 days ago to Ukraine

Let them bonk!

Ukraine presses Biden to lift ban on using US weapons to strike Russia - POLITICO

#NAFO
#Ukraine
#NAFOFellas
#SlavaUkraini
#NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/14/ukraine-weapons-russia-00157970

markmetz, 12 days ago to random

🤨

markmetz, 12 days ago to random

RE: NYT Polling BS.

“Even with all that math and science, the entire notion that Trump is gaining ground among 1.2 million young Black voters is essentially based on phone conversations with six Black people.

“Six.”

https://www.editorialboard.com/trumps-strength-is-illusory/

markmetz, 14 days ago to random

Sigh..

markmetz, 14 days ago to Ukraine

"Make no mistake. No matter how this ends in Ukraine, Russia will not stop with Ukraine unless they're stopped in Ukraine."

General Says West's Defense Industrial Base Will Outpace Russia's > U.S. Department of Defense > Defense Department News

#NAFO
#Ukraine
#NAFOFellas
#SlavaUkraini
#NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3772621/general-says-wests-defense-industrial-base-will-outpace-russias/

markmetz, 14 days ago to random

What could go wrong?

Chinese Police Officers Will Soon Be on Patrol in Hungary

https://hungarytoday.hu/chinese-police-officers-soon-on-patrol-in-hungary/