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Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
one.no
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
“RFK Jr Wants to kill your kids” = The Republican Party wants to kill your kids.
RFK Jr has no capacity to threaten America’s children without the active enabling of the GOP.
RFK Jr has no capacity to threaten America’s children without the active enabling of the GOP.
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“RFK Jr Wants to kill your kids” = The Republican Party wants to kill your kids.
RFK Jr has no capacity to threaten America’s children without the active enabling of the GOP.
RFK Jr has no capacity to threaten America’s children without the active enabling of the GOP.
The great dealmaker, not surprisingly, is a total failure at making a deal.
open.substack.com/pub/shankarn...
open.substack.com/pub/shankarn...
Europe, He Has No Cards
Six Trips, Eight Calls, One Meeting — Zero Results.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The great dealmaker, not surprisingly, is a total failure at making a deal.
open.substack.com/pub/shankarn...
open.substack.com/pub/shankarn...
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President Trump is pardoning a convicted Honduran drug lord who openly boasted that he would "stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos," and push drugs into America.
This is the most pro-crime, pro-corruption administration in our country's history.
This is the most pro-crime, pro-corruption administration in our country's history.
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for running a “narco-state” that helped send cocaine to the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
President Trump is pardoning a convicted Honduran drug lord who openly boasted that he would "stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos," and push drugs into America.
This is the most pro-crime, pro-corruption administration in our country's history.
This is the most pro-crime, pro-corruption administration in our country's history.
2018: Stephen Miller sought information on attacking boats in the Caribbean.
2025: the USA is committing war crimes in the Caribbean, cementing the policy that Trump can declare anyone a terrorist & use the military without any due process.
2026: ???
open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
2025: the USA is committing war crimes in the Caribbean, cementing the policy that Trump can declare anyone a terrorist & use the military without any due process.
2026: ???
open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
NEWS: Trump officials discussed illegal “boat strikes” years ago
White House aides in the first administration wanted to know if airstrikes against unarmed civilians would be legal.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
2018: Stephen Miller sought information on attacking boats in the Caribbean.
2025: the USA is committing war crimes in the Caribbean, cementing the policy that Trump can declare anyone a terrorist & use the military without any due process.
2026: ???
open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
2025: the USA is committing war crimes in the Caribbean, cementing the policy that Trump can declare anyone a terrorist & use the military without any due process.
2026: ???
open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
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no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water
no different
no different
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 AM
no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water
no different
no different
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When it’s fishermen they’re pretending are low level drug runners, they’ll bomb and then circle back to finish off the survivors.
But someone convicted in a court of masterminding a massive cocaine trafficking scheme? Well, he’s wearing a suit. Come on.
But someone convicted in a court of masterminding a massive cocaine trafficking scheme? Well, he’s wearing a suit. Come on.
Breaking News: President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who was convicted in a sweeping drug case last year.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, who prosecutors said partnered with cocaine traffickers as Honduras’s president and is serving a 45-year sentence.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
When it’s fishermen they’re pretending are low level drug runners, they’ll bomb and then circle back to finish off the survivors.
But someone convicted in a court of masterminding a massive cocaine trafficking scheme? Well, he’s wearing a suit. Come on.
But someone convicted in a court of masterminding a massive cocaine trafficking scheme? Well, he’s wearing a suit. Come on.
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All decent Americans must resist the criminal regime in the White House. Do it for patriotism, or do it because it's getting worse and everyone you love will suffer.
You can try to avoid politics, but politics will not avoid you.
You can try to avoid politics, but politics will not avoid you.
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
All decent Americans must resist the criminal regime in the White House. Do it for patriotism, or do it because it's getting worse and everyone you love will suffer.
You can try to avoid politics, but politics will not avoid you.
You can try to avoid politics, but politics will not avoid you.
How many thousands of Americans will die from the Trump/RFK/GOP regime? How many American children?
Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
How many thousands of Americans will die from the Trump/RFK/GOP regime? How many American children?
Trump’s MAGA plans will do the same to the USA
the price of populism
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Trump’s MAGA plans will do the same to the USA
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Dear Ukraine,
I apologize. I’m sorry my country elected someone who works for Putin. Someone who’s on Putin’s side. As long as he is President, America won’t stand with you. Just know tho, that most Americans DO stand with you.
Best,
A Ukraine-Supporting American Citizen
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I apologize. I’m sorry my country elected someone who works for Putin. Someone who’s on Putin’s side. As long as he is President, America won’t stand with you. Just know tho, that most Americans DO stand with you.
Best,
A Ukraine-Supporting American Citizen
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Dear Ukraine,
I apologize. I’m sorry my country elected someone who works for Putin. Someone who’s on Putin’s side. As long as he is President, America won’t stand with you. Just know tho, that most Americans DO stand with you.
Best,
A Ukraine-Supporting American Citizen
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
I apologize. I’m sorry my country elected someone who works for Putin. Someone who’s on Putin’s side. As long as he is President, America won’t stand with you. Just know tho, that most Americans DO stand with you.
Best,
A Ukraine-Supporting American Citizen
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.
The Republican Party continues to show full obedience to Trump. A few doubtful voices are being heard. Talk is cheap. I’ll start being hopeful when they take real and meaningful actions to bring his dictatorship to a halt.
"It’s now clear that potent opposition to the dictatorship requires concerted efforts by actors across the country, both in and out of government, all directed at bringing every abuse of the regime and its dictator to the attention of a public that is already alarmed."
Read this:
Read this:
New in PN: The lame duck dictatorship
"It’s increasingly clear that Trump & his captive political party are in the midst of a political reversal. Every major 'policy' of theirs is unpopular & the regime’s leader is a lame duck dictator who's poised to draw his party deeper into a political abyss."
"It’s increasingly clear that Trump & his captive political party are in the midst of a political reversal. Every major 'policy' of theirs is unpopular & the regime’s leader is a lame duck dictator who's poised to draw his party deeper into a political abyss."
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Republican Party continues to show full obedience to Trump. A few doubtful voices are being heard. Talk is cheap. I’ll start being hopeful when they take real and meaningful actions to bring his dictatorship to a halt.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
Roberts has earned a prime spot in the future hall of shame. Traitor to the Constitution he swore to protect.
Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Roberts has earned a prime spot in the future hall of shame. Traitor to the Constitution he swore to protect.
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Inflation isn’t all the same. When prices rise because demand is strong, firms earn more and can raise wages. With tariff-driven inflation, firms face higher costs, not higher revenues—so prices go up but paychecks don’t. Same pain, less gain.
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Inflation isn’t all the same. When prices rise because demand is strong, firms earn more and can raise wages. With tariff-driven inflation, firms face higher costs, not higher revenues—so prices go up but paychecks don’t. Same pain, less gain.
Now that Trump has told the Republicans in Congress to approve release of the Epstein files, there is one thing we know for certain: the shredders at DOJ are overheating.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Now that Trump has told the Republicans in Congress to approve release of the Epstein files, there is one thing we know for certain: the shredders at DOJ are overheating.
The attack on democracy is a Republican Party effort. Trump serves their goal for the time being, but the GOP is committed to replacing democracy with an authoritarian regime.
So, not at all surprising to see GOP Senators attacking the judiciary.
So, not at all surprising to see GOP Senators attacking the judiciary.
NEW: GOP senators are advancing Trump’s war on the judiciary — demanding the suspension of Chief Judge James Boasberg just days before he rules on potential contempt for Trump-era officials.
This follows months of threats against Boasberg for stifling Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
This follows months of threats against Boasberg for stifling Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
Escalating Trump’s War on Judiciary, GOP Senators Ask DC Circuit to Suspend Judge Boasberg
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The attack on democracy is a Republican Party effort. Trump serves their goal for the time being, but the GOP is committed to replacing democracy with an authoritarian regime.
So, not at all surprising to see GOP Senators attacking the judiciary.
So, not at all surprising to see GOP Senators attacking the judiciary.
Every day ICE reconfirms their purpose to terror and nothing else. A key step in the Republican authoritarian takeover.
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Every day ICE reconfirms their purpose to terror and nothing else. A key step in the Republican authoritarian takeover.
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No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Anne Applebaum as usual on the mark. I would add: most elected Republicans quietly fold the millisecond this happens to them. So in speaking up MTG is GOP unusual.
Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
@mediaite.com #GA14
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November 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Anne Applebaum as usual on the mark. I would add: most elected Republicans quietly fold the millisecond this happens to them. So in speaking up MTG is GOP unusual.
Let’s start calling each of these bribery transactions John Roberts approved corruption.
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Let’s start calling each of these bribery transactions John Roberts approved corruption.