US sources have confirmed the order to throttle Starshield to hobble Ukraine's ability to defend itself came from within the White House. The security implications for the UK are huge. Along with other European nations, we MUST decouple our defence capabilities from the US.
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🇺🇦 Zelensky:
Everybody understands that the prices of diesel don't depend on our attacks on diesel in Russia.
Everybody understands that it depends on the blocking of Hormuz, the Strait of Hormuz.
The people who screamed that children would be emotionally scarred by hearing a drag queen read “Jack and the Beanstalk” are OK with those same children watching Pete Hegseth’s livestream of a man getting his brains blown out by a bunch of guns.
A top Pentagon official told the Senate it's "increasing" nuclear options for President Trump.
Translation: smaller, tactical nukes for a regional war with China… or….
Not bigger walls. Lower thresholds.
And…nobody asked you.
When Joe Biden took office, America’s allies were willing to treat the first Trump term as an aberration. That ship has sailed. The world is no longer waiting for us to come to our senses, and the trust we squandered may take a generation to rebuild if anyone still believes we are capable of it.
For years America sat back and praised its deeply flawed system as the finest democracy on Earth. Now we're all paying the price. It wasn't enough for trump to destroy America, now he's intent on destroying the world. FFS America, fix your mess.
There are stupid people all over the world. You can't make peace with Russia or the US unless you give them everything they want, and then they want more. Fuck them both. If China and India misbehave, Fuck them too. Everyone else has to stand up.
The replies here show well that the rest of the world can see clearly what Americans refuse to acknowledge. It's all about the blame game...apathy is rife.
It doesn't matter. As a country, the US has proven itself to be untrustworthy, and no nation in the world can count on you not pulling the same shit again. Canada is leaving an abusive high-school relationship. Canada is graduating, you're stuck as grade 9 mean girls.
It's surprising, though, that after all these years we still get stuck on step 1 -- exhorting ourselves -- because we still don't know what would be an effective Steps 2-10.
Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas
🚢 A tanker that failed to coordinate its movement with Iranian authorities exploded in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Al Jazeera.
The explosion was caused by the vessel hitting a naval mine after it deviated from the route established by the Iranian Armed Forces.
When Mitch McConnell returns to Capitol Hill, it is the responsibility of the first Democratic senator who sees him in the chamber to scream, "Help! It's a ghost." and run away.
To the contrary, this "communism" shtick may work with those under 60 who don't remember the Cold War years. But it's not pulling much weight with those over, who see it for the scare tactic that it is.
As an aside: after Trump is out of office, there should be no government security protection for any of Trump's children or in-laws. They can pay for their protection out of all the money they've stolen from the taxpayers.
Trump on Balogun: "That wasn't even an infraction...this referee, who is a little bit suspect if you check his past. He made a call nobody could believe...he's our best player, or one of our best players. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant...yes, I asked for a review by FIFA."
They're using Rhino Pipeliner 5000, which freezes as sprayed-on curds almost exactly as it hits the surface. Won't flow out, flatten, and self-level like standard epoxy or paint would.
Under standing water, the orange peel texture is a perfect scaffolding for algae, bacteria, and general bio scum
President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”