I mean, this wasn’t an accident. Lavrov was making a statement.
Jeremy Goldkorn
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I think this is astute.
The chicken Sen. Markwayne Mullin, big tough guy, tells Fox he is afraid to wear a seatbelt when he drives around DC.
Having worn seatbelts during thousands of times behind the wheel in DC since the 1970s, I say: what a wimp.
"I think on some level, conservatives know perfectly well that liberal American cities are quite safe. That’s why they have to work themselves into such paroxysms of hysterical cowardice—to give themselves permission to inflict violence on the Americans they hate." prospect.org/justice/2025...
Why Republicans Are Terrified of Nonexistent Crime
They need an excuse to violently subjugate liberal cities.
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The American president's lack of a clear strategy for dealing with China, especially in trade matters, has sown confusion among Washington's partners and played into Beijing's hands. It also points to gross corruption as an explanatory theme. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
L’incohérente politique chinoise de Donald Trump
ÉDITORIAL. L’absence d’une stratégie lisible du président américain vis-à-vis de la Chine, en particulier en matière commerciale, sème la confusion parmi les partenaires de Washington et fait le jeu d...
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Thanks!
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Well, I guess war is after all peace!
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There's also a tiny bit in this about the background of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and, I think, partly explains why he is empathetic
New Rhyming Chaos podcast with Prof Derek Peterson. In this episode we cover:
• Amin's charisma (and Trump) • Amin's use of radio—the Twitter of the 1970s • Expulsion of the Asian community and Amin’s “Economic War” • The Rwenzururu Kingdom's lessons for the American resistance
Africa's most famous dictator, Idi Amin, and Donald Trump
Professor Derek Peterson has written a new book on Idi Amin's Uganda.It's a fascinating glimpse into Africa's most notorious dictator, whose rule and style are uncomfortably similar to Trump's.
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Having failed to secure peace in Ukraine, Trump's path to a Nobel Peace Prize now lies elsewhere.
Norway is getting 80% tariffs.
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New Rhyming Chaos podcast with Prof Derek Peterson. In this episode we cover:
• Amin's charisma (and Trump) • Amin's use of radio—the Twitter of the 1970s • Expulsion of the Asian community and Amin’s “Economic War” • The Rwenzururu Kingdom's lessons for the American resistance
Africa's most famous dictator, Idi Amin, and Donald Trump
Professor Derek Peterson has written a new book on Idi Amin's Uganda.It's a fascinating glimpse into Africa's most notorious dictator, whose rule and style are uncomfortably similar to Trump's.
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what an image
REPORTER: President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?
PUTIN: taps ear
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Afrikaners with that name are the descendants of French Huguenots, Protestants who fled religious persecution
