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Map shows the 1944-45 voyage of U-862, the only German U-Boat that reached the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. Source: buff.ly/2XHcNye
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Paul Merton, "One of the plans is to have JD Vance run for President. He wins, and he makes Trump his Vice President. Then JD Vance resigns. And Donald Trump takes over as President for a third term"
Ian Hislop, "Which is exactly the method used by Putin to stay in"
"Not that I'm saying Trump copies, admires, and loves Putin"
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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As an army of well dressed and grossly overpaid DC lawyers will confidently tell you, the 1994 Budapest Memorandum does not OBLIGATE us to come to Ukraine defense because it was not submitted to the Senate for ratification.
That may be so, but the fact remains that we gave our word, and that used to mean something.
Adequately supporting Ukraine would also be defending a nascent liberal democracy and sovereign country against an aggressive authoritarian neighbor, which also used to be part and parcel of our tradition.
I’m embarrassed and ashamed by the tepid Biden and now Trump approaches to helping Ukraine. This is not who we are as Americans. Or at least it’s not how we used to be.
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"Trump's plan would cut the GDP by 8.9 percent. Let me put that in perspective for you: This is roughly twice the amount the GDP went down during the financial crisis. So we would be looking at something between a recession and a depression." @SteveRattner on.msnbc.com/3UjW4Mo
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Holy shit! Bruce Springsteen, with one of the most eloquent endorsements for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz you'll hear. The Boss also delivered one of the strongest repudiations of the loathsome piece of shit I've heard from anyone. Let's fucking go‼️🙌🌊🇺🇸
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Don’t fall for his lies—if you look at Trump’s history, it’s clear that he would be a horrible president for women!!
