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Russia killed a one year old girl in her stroller today. Her mother died in the hospital a few hours later.
Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
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Trump's remarks were made the same day Russia conducted a drone strike killing six civilians including children in a Kharkiv region park, plus missile and energy infrastructure attacks leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
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Treezilla retweeted
Tell that, Mr @SecWar, to the families of 44 Polish soldiers who died securing the tough Ghazni province.
Hegseth on Afghanistan:
I was a captain in Afghanistan, and we would go to the headquarters in Kabul, and there would be 50 flags at the headquarters.
It was a beautiful thing to see 50 different countries contributing to the NATO alliance and the ISAF mission there.
Except there were like maybe five that contributed. It was actually closer to one or two that, by the end, were actually involved in kinetic operations.
In fact, the ISAF patch, we would joke that it meant "I Saw Americans Fighting."
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Over 1100 non-American soldiers from 31 US-allied countries were killed fighting in Afghanistan, approximately 1/3 of the total combat deaths.
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Treezilla retweeted
I will be speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team this week to discuss Starshield, sanctions, and other matters pertaining to the defense of our strong ally, Ukraine. I will be assuring President Zelenskyy that anyone who attempts to limit the use of Starshield for Ukraine will be fully investigated and will be held fully accountable, to include public congressional oversight hearings, and immediate harsh and punitive budget cuts to any responsible agency or agency head.
Congress will unequivocally reaffirm that Ukraine is an indispensable ally to the United States, that Russia is a self-declared enemy of the United States, and that the United States will 100% support and defend the people of Ukraine in their fight for their own freedom against this brutal, illegal, and unprovoked Russian invasion.
The United States must provide any and all defensive equipment that Ukraine needs to defend itself. The United States must not import a single drop of Russian oil. Sanctions against the Russian regime must be harsher and stronger than they’ve ever been before. Each and every one of these items will be brought to the House Floor—and each and every one of these items will pass on the House Floor by an overwhelming margin.
This is, after all, what Ronald Reagan would do. And this is what we will do now. Ukraine can, and will, defeat Russia. #PeaceThroughStrength
Treezilla retweeted
Outrage on both sides of the aisle, as Trump has apparently given the reins of government to the Kremlin, having AGAIN turned off Ukraine defenses.
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Following Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers, international observers noticed a drop in Russian online bot activity across global social platforms. Not only did the strikes disrupt disinformation operations, but they also disrupted general Russian telecommunications and digital infrastructure, as Yandex houses over 64,000 clients.
Read more in the #BearMarketBrief: buff.ly/TzaKCY3
Treezilla retweeted
Another Russian ballistic missile attack came in several waves overnight, and once again, there was no early warning from our partners. They again targeted energy facilities and infrastructure, but a medical clinic, a school, a metro station, and ordinary residential buildings were also damaged. In total, the Russians launched 16 ballistic missiles in a deliberate attack on Kyiv and the Kyiv region. The Russians also launched more than 200 drones of various types, including jet-powered “shaheds,” with attacks spanning from the Kharkiv and Dnipro regions to the Volyn, Rivne, and Odesa regions. Sadly, there are casualties. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Those who were injured are receiving assistance. Overnight and this morning, Russia attacked energy facilities in the Vinnytsia, Volyn, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv, Ternopil, Odesa, and Rivne regions. In this one night alone, more than 10 energy infrastructure facilities were damaged, and the lights went out for at least 550,000 families. Repair crews are working at the sites.
Ukraine never wanted this war, and we have welcomed literally EVERY attempt by our partners to bring this war to a dignified end. We have responded positively to EVERY ceasefire proposal. Russia's response, time and again, has been ballistic missiles, “shaheds,” and killings. Putin not only doesn't want to end this war – he doesn't even want to take any steps toward de-escalation. EVERY ONE of our partners has experienced this firsthand when they heard Russia's refusals. And it is crucial to call things what they are. To call the aggressor an aggressor and help Ukraine defend lives. When deliveries of missiles for Ukraine's air defense are blocked while Russia is granted relief or delays in sanctions, this is, unfortunately, a denial of reality on the part of our partners. The reality is that the war continues, and it continues solely because of Russian strikes and Russia's desire to drag this war out. I thank everyone who recognizes this reality and helps Ukraine!
Treezilla retweeted
One of the darkest and most reprehensible ideas of our time is the notion that those who do the right thing by helping a country under attack are somehow responsible for the war and the suffering it causes.
It struck me recently that people who support the endless Ukraine-Russia was because they "want to punish the aggressor" make the same mistake as people who during the Vietnam war supported the endless war "because if Vietnam falls, all of SE Asia will be communust".
In both cases they were wrong because they failed to look at a broader picture and at the future.
Treezilla retweeted
We have elected loathsome vermin, sociopathically wrapping their malice in a mantle of virtue.
"I will stop helping Putin murder your children if you just surrender to him. You refuse? I knew it! Warmongering enemy of peace!"
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“There is an entire MAGA industrial complex that has risen up in the Trump era that thinks it has permanently won arguments, when it has really just drafted behind Trump and Trumpism. They’ve pushed through open doors and doors knocked off their hinges by Trump, and think they’ve won an intellectual argument. But the midterms look poised to deal a massive blow to that, in part because their arguments for protectionism, industrial policy, and mass deportation have not yielded anything like the “golden age” that was promised. I find the idea that these guys—the self-styled intellectuals, the jabroni remora apparatchiks, and the get-rich-while-the-getting-is-good grifters, alike—will be well situated to win arguments on the right or anywhere else in the post-Trump era very implausible. Because the record of their tenure, in terms of policy and politics, won’t look like a golden age to anybody.”
- @JonahDispatch
Treezilla retweeted
Honte à ceux (Mélenchon et cie) qui répètent depuis des mois que « la police tue » ou que « la violence » est parfois légitime - et qui, comme Rima Hassan, relayaient hier encore des appels à marcher sur l’Elysee. Responsabilité écrasante.
Treezilla retweeted
Sie verwüsten Synagogen und nennen es Bildungsproteste.
Sie marschieren gegen Israel und nennen es Klimaproteste.
Sie zeigen das Hamas-Dreieck und nennen es Friedensproteste.
Der erste Schritt, diesem Wahnsinn entgegenzutreten, ist die sprachliche Demaskierung.
Treezilla retweeted
WSJ: The war in Iran has exacted a big toll on the average American pocketbook, costing "the average American household more than $2,000."
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Frankreich nach einer Nacht des Schreckens. Eine unheilige Allianz von Linksradikalen und muslimischen Immigranten der zweiten und dritten Generation. /2 xitter.cf/AhmadMansour__/status/…
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Die Bilder aus Frankreich sind verstörend. Der Protest einer Jugend, die sich um ihre Zukunft betrogen fühlt, schlägt um in enthemmte Gewalt, Vandalismus, Zerstörungswut, Plünderungen. Regierung und staatliche Institutionen wirken hilflos. Furcht vor dem Bürgerkrieg, Rufe nach mehr Härte, Verhängung des Notstands und Einsatz der Armee. Das Szenario für den Auftritt des "starken Führers" (m/w). De Gaulle wird es diesmal nicht sein.
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Brutaler Leitartikel im konservativen Le Figaro. Eine Abrechnung mit Frankreichs politischem System und seiner Elite.
„Eine Justiz, die gegenüber Straftätern nachsichtig ist, gegenüber anständigen Bürgern aber unerbittlich. Das unbegreifliche Privileg dieser linksextremen Milizen, die ungestraft zerstören, Brände legen und töten. Eine unkontrollierte Einwanderung, bei der sich ein Teil der Einwanderer gegen das Land auflehnt, das sie aufgenommen hat. (…) Eine politische Klasse – die verschiedenen Spielarten des Sozialismus, die uns seit fünfzehn Jahren regieren –, die sich Leichtfertigkeit, Blindheit, wenn nicht sogar wohlwollende Duldung vorwerfen lassen muss.
Die Ermahnungen Emmanuel Macrons an eine Polizei, die seiner Ansicht nach nicht genügend „Empathie“ gegenüber jenen zeigt, die sie mit Schrauben, Pflastersteinen oder Feuerwerksmörsern angreifen, werden als unauslöschlicher Makel in Erinnerung bleiben. (…)
Wenn die extreme Linke, Straftäter und Plünderer Frankreich innerhalb weniger Stunden völlig auf den Kopf stellen können, dann liegt das vor allem daran, dass eine von sich selbst berauschte technokratische Monarchie systematisch sämtliche moralischen, sicherheitsbezogenen, kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Schutzmechanismen eingeebnet hat, die eine Gesellschaft zusammenhalten. Die nützlichen Idioten Jean-Luc Mélenchons tragen nicht nur die Kufiya, sondern auch die Krawatte.“
