So, incredibly, the White House has chosen to escalate in blue Minnesota and retreat in Maine to protect a vulnerable GOP Senator.

It's confirmation that Trump-Vance-Miller view ICE as a partisan govt-backed militia to attack blue America while propping up their regime. 1/

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

🧵What does the video of the latest ICE shooting show us? A break down of what is visible:

Jesus Christ.

Multiple goons had a man on the ground but that wasn't enough brutality for them. One had to pull his gun and shoot someone who was prone on the sidewalk.

They're going to tell us the agent feared for his life and was justified.

“Its hybrid warfare is not the strategy of a strong power but of a weak one trying to mask its fragility. We should see it for what it is: not the projection of strength but the confession of weakness.”

tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...

KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that?

RFK JR: “I never said that.”

KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”

RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)

ht: @cwebbonline.com

Super and comprehensive piece by Michael Carpenter. Goes through the earlier shortcomings in aiding Ukraine and what must happen now to help Ukraine win. Please give it a read. www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukra...

“Most of the cronies Trump has placed “in charge” of critical agencies…did not have to learn to be stupid like Rubio and Bessent. Instead, they were chosen precisely because had established track records of being lazy, ignorant, incurious, and morally obtuse.”

www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cabi...

"Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online"
www.spiegel.de/internationa...

While Trump’s team spreads defeatism and tries to blackmail Ukraine into surrender, Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield remain unimpressed by the proclamations coming out of Washington Oblast.

Their actions speak louder than words.

Trump’s consolidating control over economic outcomes in a way that’s functionally communist, even if the methods have evolved past the old Soviet playbook. He’s learned from history’s failures—why bother seizing factories when you can rig the game so profits flow to you and yours anyway?

To the people claiming the Russian military is winning:

Russia has 3 stated objectives.

1: To Defeat and disband the Ukrainian military.
2: To arrest the political enemies of Putin within Ukraine
3: To create a new government.

Which of these has their military achieved?

The lead prosecutor on the case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City resigned after Justice Department officials ordered the dismissal of charges. “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

With both RFK Jr and Gabbard confirmed, two people who rose to prominence spreading conspiracy theories about public health and national intelligence will now run the U.S. government agencies in charge of those areas. For someone studying these conspiracy theories for a decade... this is nauseating.

I wonder how one possibly justifies any of these actions

There is nothing stabile about Russia. When Russia is gone we will witness first hand how much more stabile the world will be without Russia.

Trump will enter his presidency with the least leverage possible over Ukraine. Ukraine has enough money to fund all of 2025 and part of 2026. They have enough weapons and ammo to last most of 2025, and with aid from other nations (plus that money) they will be able to fight through 2025.