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Cartoon by Andy Davey
December 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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The Kazennyi Torets is blocking 150,000 Russian troops from advancing on Kramatorsk. 27 vehicles have drowned trying to ford it. Purpose-built bridgelayers keep getting destroyed by drones.

Russia's answer: weld a bridge span onto a turtle tank. The first one failed. The next one might not.
The river blocking Russia’s path to Kramatorsk—and the crude fix that might work
Russian troops are trying to get across the Kazennyi Torets River. They may have invented a new vehicle to help.
euromaidanpress.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Yes, choosing just 500 was a near-impossible task. Here's 1-100, which spans from January through February:
500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025
Part 1-100, January-March 2025.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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I think engineers are especially prone to Trumpism, for reasons that are complex but have to do mostly with narrow expertise and a belief in yes/no, right/wrong solutions. I wrote about this problem in The Death of Expertise:
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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A comprehensive list in chronological order of the 500 Worst Things the Trump Admin Did in 2025.

Here is Part 1: 1-100. Jan-Feb 2025. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025
Part 1-100, January-March 2025.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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President #Zelenskyy

💬 "Thank you to Ukraine's friends Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron, Alexander Stubb, Friedrich Merz, Giorgia Meloni, Mette Frederiksen, Donald Tusk, Dick Schoof, Jonas Gahr Støre, Ulf Kristersson, António Costa, Ursula von der Leyen, Mark Rutte, and Jonathan Powell
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Elon Musk dares to lie and say this after being responsible for thousands of deaths by cutting USAID and being part of an administration full of inexperienced idiots.

This man’s dishonesty knows no limits
December 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Uninformed car salesman Elon Musk has criticised NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for naming 31-year FDNY veteran Lillian Bonsignore as the next fire commissioner.
December 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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The Steel Porcupine (2025) - Official Trailer | Ukraine War Documentary

An unforgettable cinematic experience that exposes russia's campaign of extermination in #Ukraine, the Ukrainian people's spirit to resist and prevail, and the world's response

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The Steel Porcupine (2025) - Official Trailer | Ukraine War Documentary
YouTube video by To The Zero Line
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December 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The kremlin falsely claims victories in Huliaipole, Myrnohrad, and Kostiantynivka, but Ukrainian forces continue to defend these cities, inflicting heavy losses on russian troops.
December 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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I asked Vladimir Putin: “What future are you planning, are you building for your country?” Here’s his full reply.
I asked Vladimir Putin: "What future are you planning for Russia?"
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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⚡️ Ukraine's Defence Intelligence chief says Russia wants to seize Donbas and Zaporizhzhia Oblast in 2026
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence chief says Russia wants to seize Donbas and Zaporizhzhia Oblast in 2026
Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), has stated that Russia aims to capture the entire territory of Donbas and Zaporizhzhia Oblast in 2026.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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If Musk had not bought Twitter, far more people would be aware of how many died because of DOGE, how little it managed to save, and how compromised the Trump administration is
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Trump’s Christmas Day attacks on Nigeria a complete failure and cost nearly $30 million.

Witnesses report the US struck fields and farmland in areas with no history of terrorist activity or presence. On top of that multiple US missiles failed to detonate & sunk into the dirt.
December 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Russia’s envoys are wasting everyone’s time
Three Russian envoys waiting to start fake negotiations on the war in Ukraine to buy time in 2025
December 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Putin said he plans to continue the war because Ukraine "isn’t in a hurry to solve this conflict with peaceful means"

So,Putin says,if "Kyiv authorities do not wish to end the issue peacefully,we will solve all the tasks that are in front of us during the special military operation in an armed way"
December 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The GOP is compromised
The leader of the GOP
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Putin owns Trump
An enemy of democracy and his owner
December 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Putin owns MAGA
The founder and secret leader of MAGA
December 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Peter Thiel owns JD Vance
An enemy of democracy and his owner
December 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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The war will end when Russia can no longer continue it. Russia is the side that wants the war
There seems to be some sort of coordinated campaign among pro-Russian voices to make it look like peace is near. It is not.

Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine, and peace will only come when Russia is forced to stop
December 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Vance is even worse than Trump
Donald Trump is compromised and his ideology is mostly driven by personal interests, which makes him a horrible president, but still a better option than JD Vance, who works on behalf of Peter Thiel, a democracy-hating, far-right, pro-Russian, white supremacist tech oligarch
December 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This is really important with Trump forcing Ukraine to trust Russia in a peace agreement.

On the anniversary of Russia shooting down an Azeri passenger plane, Azerbaijan found out a criminal investigation's been closed

Russia promised Azerbaijan compensation and to punish the culprit.
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Russia has a much larger share of Muslims in its population than the EU.

Tucker is a liar who works for Russia
This is not true at all.

Russia is far more Muslim than most of Europe and North America, and that has nothing to do with why people hate Russia.

People hate Russia because it is an imperialist dictatorship that invades, rapes, and commits genocide against its neighbors
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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In a life-or-death situation, if asked during a polygraph test who they hope will win the war and unable to lie, Trump, Vance, Musk, Thiel, Sacks, and Witkoff would answer Russia
December 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM