Not picking on you in particular, but it’s amazing that people might presume that they know what people in another country, thousands of kilometres away, want.
I’d imagine, but certainly don’t know, that there is a wide variety of opinions, including a strong resistance to the idea of their country being carved up and parcelled out among the superpowers. People who have been at war for years may have a strong desire that the deaths of their defenders not have been in vain. I’d imagine the pain and heartache of the people of Ukraine is something beyond our imagination.
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I rarely swear, but want a complete and utter cunt !
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“Some of the most shameful comments uttered by a president in my lifetime,” Ian Bond, deputy director of the Center for European Reform in London, wrote online. “Trump is siding with the aggressor, blaming the victim. In the Kremlin they must be jumping for joy.”
(Free to read.)
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Remember those voices telling us how alarmist we were all being and how the world wasn’t about to fall apart with that madman’s re-election ?
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Typos can really change the meaning of a sentence
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Damn autocorrect !
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I’d like to hear @Nobluff 's opinion on this.
I wouldn’t. It’ll just be a load of whataboutism and obfuscation.
Victim blaming at its finest. I didn’t think I could still be shocked.
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Ukraine shouldn’t have been wearing its precious minerals so provocatively. It had it coming.
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It’s all Russia anyway, didn’t you know… so Ukraine shouldn’t have been there in the first place, and all the minerals are of Russian nationality.
Uncle Vladimir has been saying this all along, so he must be right. 
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‘Russian asset’: Trump scorched over ‘disgusting’ comments blaming Ukraine for war
Story by Matthew Chapman
Critics blasted President Donald Trump after he followed up a proposed Ukrainian “peace plan” — that essentially gives Russia one-sided concessions for nothing — with a speech from his private residence in Palm Beach in which he scolded Ukraine for starting the conflict.
“You’ve been there for three years. You should’ve ended it in three years. You should have never started it," said Trump.
This massive reversal of U.S. policy to back Ukraine against the Russian invasion, justified with propaganda talking points pushed by the Kremlin, triggered immediate outrage from policymakers and national security experts alike.
“Fact: Russia invaded Ukraine, twice, in 2014 and 2022. President Trump is echoing a Russian talking point here,” wrote CNN’s Jim Sciutto on X.
“Trump once again blames Ukraine for starting the war. Trump blames Ukraine for invading Ukraine,” wrote, a one-time Tea Party activist turned conservative Never Trump crusader. “Sure, tell me Trump isn’t working for Putin. Tell me he’s not a Russian asset. Go ahead.”
“Truly, it’s time for everyone to admit it, Trump is legitimately a Russian asset,” wrote former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).
“TRUMP IS DISGUSTING!” wrote podcaster Ed Krassenstein. “He literally just claimed that Ukraine shouldn’t have started this war. He’s literally blaming Ukraine for starting the war & is taking Putin’s side. How can MAGA still support this man? He’s siding with a murderous dictator and spouting Russian lies.”
“Listening to Trump you’d think Ukraine was bombing its own cities and invading its own country,” wrote New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser.
“Trump claims Ukraine started the war — a total disgrace against everything America represents,” wrote conservative attorney Heath Mayo. “Don’t be shocked — be motivated. And for damn sure do not bend the knee. Stiffen your spine and get ready to win back an America with a moral compass.”
“Trump’s team allegedly has offered Putin (1) Ukrainian territory, (2) no NATO membership for Ukraine, (3) no US soldiers in Ukraine, (4) the withdrawal of US soldiers from Europe, including from frontline states, and (5) sanctions relief,” wrote former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and Stanford University political science professor Michael McFaul. “Putin’s return offer – nothing.”
“Donald Trump is the President of the United States and the Spokesperson for Vladimir Putin,” wrote Ed Davey, head of the British Liberal Democrats party. “Only we in the UK and Europe will protect Ukraine.”
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It’s good to see these reactions, but it really has to go out to the public in the US, in order to hopefully draw a strong reaction against these cunts. Only people in the US can currently apply telling pressure on Trump, apart from his thought-master Putin of course.
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Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely. Here’s how
Story by Bernie Sanders
I will be doing town meetings in Omaha, Nebraska, this Friday night and Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday morning. Further, in the coming weeks and months, I and other progressives will be holding grassroots events from coast to coast.
Why, at this moment, are we doing town meetings around the country – especially in conservative areas? The answer is obvious.
Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the DC beltway. It will only be defeated by millions of Americans, in every state in this country, coming together in a strong, grassroots movement which says no to oligarchy, no to authoritarianism, no to kleptocracy, no to massive cuts in programs that working people desperately need, no to huge tax breaks for the richest people in our country. And that’s what these events are about.
Further, there are a number of congressional districts where Republicans won by only a small number of votes. With the Republican party in the House having only a three-vote majority we can defeat draconian, anti-working-class legislation if just two Republican members of Congress vote no. And they will vote no if we rally their constituents to demand that they vote no.
Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely! But, if we’re going to make that happen, we need to know exactly what we’re up against and how we can best go forward. Here’s just some of what we need to know:
Trumpism has an unlimited amount of money to throw into its efforts. Elon Musk, the wealthiest man on earth, put more than $270m into Trump’s campaign, a tiny portion of his fortune. Other multibillionaires will join Musk in spending whatever it takes.
Trumpism has significant control over large parts of the media from which millions of Americans get their information. Fox and Musk’s platform X, among others, are not normal media outlets. Their basic function is not to cover the “news” but to spread rightwing extremist ideology.
Trumpism is utilizing the concept of the “big lie” in a way that has never, in this country, been seen. Day after day, blatantly dishonest statements and conspiracy theories are propagated – and repeated over and over and over again.
Trumpism does not believe in democracy or the rule of law. Trump recently posted: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” In other words, Trump believes that he can do anything he wants for any reason. He can ignore Congress or the courts. He is above the law.
But, while Trump consolidates power into his own hands, there is another reality going on.
Today, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck‘; millions are earning starvation wages; 85 million are uninsured or under-insured; young people are unable to afford the cost of college; 25% of seniors live on $15,000 a year or less; we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth, and we have a major shortage in low-income and affordable housing.
Oh, and by the way, we’re losing the struggle against the climate crisis – an existential threat to the future of the planet.
And here’s the kicker. While Trump moves us away from democracy, while the middle class continues to decline, the wealthiest people in the country have never ever had it so good. Today, the three major oligarchs, Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, are worth $905bn – that is more wealth than the bottom half of American society – 170 million people. And, incredibly, since Trump’s election their wealth has grown by $217bn.
Our struggle, the American people’s struggle, is to protect democracy and the rule of law. Equally important, we must end oligarchy and create an economy that works for all, not just the few. We are the wealthiest country on earth and AI, robotics and other new technologies will only make our country wealthier. It is absurd, unjust and inhumane that virtually all of that new wealth being created goes to the people who need it the least.
While Trump now “floods the zone” and occupies most of the political oxygen, it is imperative that we never lose sight of the progressive vision – a nation and world based on human cooperation and compassion, not greed and a “survival of the fittest” mentality. What we are fighting for is not “utopian”, or unachievable. Much of it already exists in other countries, and poll after poll shows that it is exactly what the American people want.
In the richest country in the history of the world we must establish that:
- Healthcare is a human right and must be available to all regardless of income.
- Every worker in America is entitled to earn a decent income. We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage and make it easier for workers to join unions.
- We must have the best public educational system in the world, from childcare to vocational training, to graduate school – available to all.
- We must address the housing crisis and build the millions of units of low-income and affordable housing that we desperately need.
- We must create millions of good paying jobs as we lead the world in combating the existential threat of climate change.
- We must abolish all forms of bigotry.
Not only must we continue to fight for a nation based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice, we must also lead the effort against Trump‘s reactionary legislative agenda.
In the coming weeks the Republicans in Congress will be bringing forward a major piece of legislation, a “reconciliation” bill, that encapsulates the value system of greed and their obedience to oligarchy. It is the economic essence of Trumpism.
At a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality, this legislation will provide trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the richest people in our country. It will make the rich even richer. At a time when the working class of this country is struggling to put food on the table and pay for housing, this legislation will make savage cuts to Medicaid, housing, nutrition, education and other basic needs. It will make the poor even poorer.
We cannot allow this to happen. This legislation is enormously unpopular. It is exactly what the American people do not want. It must not be passed by Congress.
It must be defeated and we can defeat it.
This is a perilous moment in American history. Let us go forward together.
- Bernie Sanders is a US senator, and chair of the health education labor and pensions committee. He represents the state of Vermont and is the longest-serving independent in the history of Congress
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Richest country in the world, richest there ever was…
Today, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck; millions are earning starvation wages; 85 million are uninsured or under-insured; young people are unable to afford the cost of college; 25% of seniors live on $15,000 a year or less; we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth, and we have a major shortage in low-income and affordable housing…While Trump moves us away from democracy, while the middle class continues to decline, the wealthiest people in the country have never ever had it so good. Today, the three major oligarchs, Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, are worth $905bn – that is more wealth than the bottom half of American society – 170 million people. And, incredibly, since Trump’s election their wealth has grown by $217bn.
Wealth inequality, innit.
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It would have been so good had Bernie Sanders been President. America, and the world, would be a much better place today.
He is an indefatigable shining light. Bang on the money, and fighting so hard with such vigor and passion - incredible for his age.
A new breed must come to the fore, to champion the same sort of positions.
The country has been hijacked. I know people voted for it, and there’s a certain sense of shame in that, but it must also be remembered that the information system has broken down, and dominant media outlets have been bought and paid for, and people have swallowed the lies they have been fed. Incessantly.
I do see a growing sense of ‘buyers remorse’ as more and more people are seeing Trump and his acolytes for who they are. Yes, I know it is late, and I know they should have seen it sooner, but here we are.
I’m hoping the sort of movement that Sanders is trying to get going will gain traction. The world seems a very bleak place right now with all this, but there has to be some hope for something better. God bless Bernie Sanders.
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Are people still interested in military developments and not just diplomatic developments that you can read about in MSM ? Would people like me to post some of my very extensive backlog ? Not all of it of course, it’s been over a month.
I would like to gauge interest, since it is time consuming to post that stuff.
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Anyway, this is happening right at this moment.
Other than daily bombings, which is not the biggest problem of course in a war; on average, around 130ish clashes (meaning different ground assaults). 255 4 days ago, 122 3 days ago and 144 2 days ago.
255 ground assaults by various units an outlier (this was a divisional attack by RU and North Korea in Kursk as well as many brigade sized assaults on the Pokrovst sector as well as other sectors inside Ukraine), we are back to normal (100-150 assaults). This is what full scale industrial war looks like just by numbers and what MSM does not tell you anything about; at all.
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