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steve from virginia
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Support Ukraine; its struggle is the moral challenge of our time.
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After 9/11, the world entered the Ironic Universe, where the most destructive of any set of possible outcomes is the most likely:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Everyone Who Was Supposed to Protect You From This Failed Miserably
Donald Trump will now be the president again. A colossal failure by every Republican, Democratic, legal, corporate, and media institution got us here.
www.rollingstone.com
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Japanese Market Turbulence Yields An Unexpected Winner: Warren Buffett
Japan’s Chaos Is Warren Buffett’s Jackpot
Government bonds are crashing, but Warren Buffett’s Japanese trading giants have never been hotter.
www.forbes.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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January 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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The selling spree cast doubts on the perceived stability of the debt-ridden nation.
What The Japanese Bond Crisis Could Mean For The U.S.
The selling spree cast doubts on the perceived stability of the debt-ridden nation.
www.forbes.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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🇺🇦YEAR 4/DAY 331 of Russia's 2nd illegal invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor. It's obvious. Donald Trump refuses to admit it. Shame on Republicans for supporting him.
January 20, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Ukraine drones hit a Russian ammo dump.

Hilarity ensued:

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January 20, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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❗️Ukraine produces a thousand interceptor-drones per day, but we have significantly fewer operators. — Zelenskyy
January 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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'We aim to kill 50,000 Russians a month,' Ukraine's new defense minister says
"Last month, 35,000 were killed; all these losses are verified on video. If we reach 50,000, we will see what happens to the enemy," Fedorov said.
'We aim to kill 50,000 Russians a month,' Ukraine's new defense minister says
kyivindependent.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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🇺🇦👀 Budanov: We're on the path to a radical solution to our war. I can't say peace will come tomorrow. If someone says so, it's definitely not true. But a lot of effort is being put into it. We're making progress. There's cautious optimism.
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The strategy of putting lunatics in charge of important enterprises is a failure, reflected in the price of gold which is now in sight of $5,000/oz.

Yield on Japanese govt long bonds is also vomiting upward (price is dropping), this vs. a backdrop of competitive currency depreciation(s).
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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❗️A Russian air defense missile struck a residential building in the town of 🇷🇺Afipsky, Krasnodar Krai.
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Ukrainian sources estimate the imminent RuAF strike will target Kyiv and also the high-voltage substation and switching gear supporting the Zaporizhia Nuclear power plant. The estimate strike package will include:

- Up to 35 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles.
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January 19, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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One more thing: many of you share how you feel hopeless while reading my reports from Kyiv and feel you can’t do anything. But you can. You can spread the word. You can call your representatives. You can donate to causes you believe in.
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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242 days.
That’s how long Ukrainian defenders held Donetsk Airport against relentless Russian attacks.
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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And right now not only drones but ballistic missiles attack on Kyiv to create even worse blackouts because obviously "excellent, sanctions work".

#UkrainianView
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Today we learn the Western-made Hellfire anti-tank missile is effective for shooting down Shahed drones from ground based carriers.

Hellfires have been in service for decades, are relatively simple to make and operate and there are thousands of them.

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January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Longer version of the previous video. It shows a compilation of the „Alpha unit“ operating against Russian high-value targets in the previous year. This are the struck systems:
January 19, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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❗️Zelenskyy heard a report from Vasyl Maliuk — the preparation of asymmetric operations against the Russian Federation continues, all necessary resources for this are secured.
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
LOL!

From 'My president smells worse than your president' dept:

substack.com/profile/1602...
Katherine Alexis (@katealexis)
substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Now more than ever, we're a two timing, back stabbing, and disloyal nation without integrity.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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January 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
From 'Burning the furniture to keep warm' dept: Ukrainian bosses bark at each other as Russians pepper Kyiv infrastructure with drones:

kyivindependent.com/zelensky-pic...
Zelensky picks a fight with Kyiv Mayor Klitschko as mismanagement, Russian attacks push city to the brink
Ukraine's capital Kyiv, home to over 3 million people, has rarely been prepared for winter. Frozen, icy sidewalks, bursting pipes, and year-long infrastructure collapse have been a key feature of the...
kyivindependent.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Yesterday, Atesh commandos struck the electric railroad substation in Bolshoi Polpino in suburb of Bryansk, knocking it out and electric supply to rail related enterprises:

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kyivindependent.com/pro-ukrainia...
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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We warned you from the US ages ago not to give into him. I hope this time you stay strong as you’ve ignored us. You should listen to NAFO. We know.
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Forests planted on the edge of aridity are dying in plain sight.

The response? More mapping. More assessment. More planning.

This is the illusion of control at the moment it fails; treating collapse as a management problem instead of a biophysical limit.
apple.news/Ao-HhI3gAQNK...
Officials issue warning as worsening crisis pushes forests to brink of collapse: 'Unprecedented' — The Cool Down
apple.news
January 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM