President Zelensky must never give into these demands. And Europe must back him up. Sadly, our country is on the wrong side of history this time.
Arundhati Roy once wrote that in her language there are two words that mean "the people" to separate the citizens from the acts of their government. We on the left have said time and again "not in my name". And I am saying it again now. We not only didn't vote for this, we actively THREW ourselves into preventing it. The world should reject the current government of this country. The shame is real. But it does not attach to the citizens that tried and are still trying to prevent the harm.
If we can't offer actual support, let us be unwavering in our moral support, and give what we can to organizations helping on the ground.
Ben Meiselas (of Meidas+) reported today that Putin claimed falsely that Zelenskyy attempted to attack his residency. Re/ Putin's alleged claim, Ben stated: "It was designed with the purpose to give Putin a pretext to escalate the war, launch ballistic missiles and drone strikes on Kyiv, target government buildings, and potentially attempt to assassinate Zelenskyy."
In true authoritarian style, Putin labels Zelenskyy a terrorist and gives himself "license" to kill.. Trump takes a page from Putin's playbook... Zelenskyy knows exactly what is happening... He deserves our utmost admiration as a hero of this era...
Ever notice that disagreeing with a person in a leadership position in the Democratic Party is like disagreeing with a person about which team is going to win next week’s game and disagreeing with a person in a leadership position in the Republican Party is like disagreeing with a person about which team won last week’s game?
Let’s review the basics. In 2022, Putin moves major military assets to the Ukraine border and demands of the West that Ukraine should not be a candidate for NATO. Biden refuses the demand. Secretary of Defense what’s his name suggests that it’s good that Russia invades which will wear down the Russian army. (Yes he did say that.) Russia invaded. Ukraine wants to be allowed deep attacks on Russia but Biden forbids this fearing a widening war.
My reflections: WTF kind of leader was Biden to first refuse a simple demand of nato membership which Ukraine was not ready and could be revisited in the future. Then tying the hands of a nation that has been massively attacked. What kind of idiot did we have I the White House prior tithe idiot that is there now? Please don’t get me started. Billkatz@substack.com
Bill, I don’t know what you want. First, you say “please don’t get me started,” then you challenge everyone to get you started. I’ll assume the latter.
In hindsight, if you start with a conclusion, and if you then interpret cherry-picked evidence to arrive at that prejudged conclusion, then you will succeed.
In hindsight, if two people observing the same evidence draw conflicting conclusions, and if they then challenge each others’ logic with an open mind, then they will resolve the conflict.
To say that any POTUS is perfect is to be certifiably insane, but Biden earned my trust. In my mind, one of many significant issues he faced was way too many people on the political left jumping to conclusions, then interpreting cherry-picked evidence to “prove” that their prejudged conclusion is correct.
That’s just one person’s opinion. What do you think?
James, I agree about Biden. I had many times to defend him to people here on the left. A long political career give people plenty to grouse about. Given the circumstances, I thought he did a good job and his cabinet was very inclusive. If Ds get power again, they have their work cut out for them because death star and the cabal have been destructive in record time.
It seems Bill is making the dismissed and debunked argument that Putin was a justified in invading a sovereign nation because that nation might have joined NATO in the future.
It is an argument without merit.
That a sovereign nation risks invasion because its democratically elected government might want protection from a former colonizer with a history of abuse is absurd on its face.
I agree with a lot of what you said. But I think Biden tied Zelensky’s hands for too long. I know he was trying to walk a fine line, but he was too easy on Russia. Never as badly as Trump has been , but too easy….
I think that the weakening of our position started when Obama didn't respond more emphatically when Russia took Crimea. If the Democrats hoped to pacify Putin, they were certainly not encouraging him as the Trumpists led by Manafort. And if that had been nipped in the bud, we might not be confronting a second Trump administration. He clearly admires oppressors like Bin Salmon and Putin. (And neither side has adequately stood up to Netanyahu, IMO.)
Very good points, progwoman. The only bargaining chip in my opinion should be Crimea. It once belonged to Russia until it was given to Ukraine in 1953 I believe.
Biden admin’s strategy was to apply pressure without escalating military engagement. Limited confrontation has had limited success. Now that U.S. has switched sides, Europe is free to take a different approach. One possibility would be a multinational force to push Russian forces from Ukrainian territory.
Putin’s betting that everyone will believe Russia is too big to fail or, alternatively, that Russia will resort to nuclear weapons to avoid failure of its ’limited military operation.’ The validity of either proposition is a function of the credulity of Russia’s opponents.
Bill, NATO membership for Ukraine is simply not “simple.” Russia has long warned of consequences for Ukraine and NATO membership. I don’t quite remember whether it was during the Clinton or Obama presidencies that we assured Russia that NATO would not go further than Poland; yet, Estonian, Latvia, and Lithuania are now all in, not to mention others since. I’m not backing Russia in any of this, but to think they don’t have a legitimate argument against NATO membership for Ukraine would be incorrect.
I do remember his administration were the only ones warning of an imminent invasion. To say that a demand of Ukraine to be admitted to NATO was "simple" is ignorant to say the least.
Bill, unfortunately, Russia had lined up all its tanks and troops to invade Ukraine before Biden refused to stop Ukraine from becoming part of NATO. Putin was not about to stop the invasion no matter what Biden had said about NATO. That was just a ruse, a way for Putin to Cover his butt if things didn't work out as planned and they didn't take over Ukraine as fast as planned. Putin could then say that he was protecting Russia from NATO on its border or some other such nonsense. I don't know what the Sec. of Defense said, but that was not a reason for Putin's attack either. This is Putin's war and Zelensky, despite the problems he faces with corruption (which alas are part of every military engagement), has helped Ukraine to stand up to the bully. He had help with that from us and some from Europe, but Trump likes bullies, tyrants like Putin and wants to be them. Therefore, he sided with the bully instead of our ally and has worked us out of NATO and with Repubs in the Senate has put an ignoramus in charge of our Dept. of Defense so we can bully Venezuela and whoever it comes into Trump's or Hegseth's heads to go after using whatever excuse works for them and their media. This invasion of Ukraine happened under Biden, but it is not Biden's war; it is Russia's and now, Trump's because he has sided with the bully Putin.
Perhaps if the response by Obama to Putin's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula had been more decisive, Putin would have thought twice before his second invasion.
James, that was a great analogy. Maybe that's why they are so enamored with Donald Trump who lives in the past, but a past where his name is on everything in sight!
IT's Come to This, you are right on this one. However Putin is stuck with a manhood problem. He believes that if he backs off of anything, he will be seen as less than a man. I doubt that because the people of Russia are struggling. They are not facing the war because it has mostly been in Ukraine, but their economy is not great. Zelensky did not attack Putin's house or whatever Putin claims, but Putin wants some kind of pity as a victim. It is too bad the Russian soldiers don't just stop fighting, sending off drones, and the rest of the crap they are doing to a people that does not deserve their attacks. That would be true courage, but tyrants don't inspire courage very often, not overt courage anyway. That is another reason we need to stop our own toddler-man would-be tyrant, Trump!
Hmmm, Michele, Putin is known to have multiple (like 20ish) “residences”, so, if the “strike” info was true, perhaps just collateral damage (as they say). What a crybaby after all the non-military/non-infrastructure locations Putin has repeatedly targeted.
According to Ben Meiselas, he said that Zelenskyy said Putin's claim was a fabrication. Also Putin told that lie to Trump - to, once again, pull the strings on his favorite puppet who continually "dances" to Putin's tune...
It was just another part of Russia's war of words against Ukrainian that Trump increasingly takes part in. This must have been a big complaint raised by Outin in his long Sunday morning phone conversation with Trump. I will wager Putin did most of the talking and was very ingratiating and complimentary. Then he said Zelensky just tried to kill me.
At the press conference that followed his meeting with Zelensky, Trump mentioned the subject in such a way as to signal that he gave full credit to what Putin had told him and that the attack had not been helpful thus implicitly deploying Ukraine's conduct and blaming Zelensky for whatever negative results were to follow from the meeting, which by all accounts achieved nothing. Meanwhile Russia continued its large scale air attacks on Ukrainian cities through the weekend. Ukraine secured 90B in European financing. And Trump's effort to bully Zelensky appears to have produced no results. He came away from the meeting unmoved and unharmed knowing thst the European leaders stand with him on good ground.
Thus while it is increasingly apparent that Trump is in Putin's pocket their now years long effort to pressure Ukraine in to submission appears to have yielded no positive results. As Philips OBrien says, as a peace negotiator Trump is engaged in pantomime. In other words, just going through the motions. Faking it. Another word for the process might be farce. Puppetry conducted with sticks.
There was an air of defeat and self pity about Trump's comments at that press conference. He displayed a lot of sympathy for Putin. And seemed to be lamenting the failure of their efforts at collaboration by saying things like "Putin wants Ukraine to succeed" etc.
Trump is not so far gone as to be unaware of how weak a position that is fir him to hold. He will cash in his chips soon. Having done all he can to help Putin and hurt Ukraine, he has no more leverage with Zelensky, who returns strong from his meetings with Carney and European leaders
I would imagine that the last 20 or 30 minutes of that conversation was Putin reminding Trump of the Epstein files and what he has on him. Keep your enemies close and control them with blackmail. When Trump screams at MTG on the phone that revealing everything (Epstein) will hurt some of my friends, that's projection and I want to know who those friends are, all of them, here and across the globe. This issue has the potential to blow the lid off the Trump administration and probably Putin's as well, although he's intrenched and Trump isn't, yet? All this shit in Venezuela is a distraction, in fact everything they do is a distraction, from Epstein.
I came back to add this, my firm belief now is there is something very bad and unimaginable in those files that if revealed would have jaws on the floor, and my mind goes from forceable rape all the way to snuff film and there are people in the highest places that know and were possibly involved. Ok, I'll stop, but it's bad, really bad.
Or - are the Epstein files a distraction from other stuff? Did you hear the new postal postmark rule? Do you think it may affect mail-in voting?
How does the new postmark rule affect your mail? The new USPS postmark rule took effect on Dec. 24, 2025 and affects mail dropped in a mailbox or blue postal box where postmarks will be applied at regional sorting facilities so the date stamped will be when the processing begins, not when you mailed it.
Bill, I agree that there must be some horrifyingly embarrassing material in the Epstein files.
When I tote up my experience with powerful homophobes, and my recollection of Donald's lifetime of promoting the idea that he's a macho man with his philandering and multiple marriages, and my analysis of all the images showing Donald and Epstein together, I come to the conclusion that the two men were more than just buddies.
A significant number of Americans have a "so what?" opinion of two men involved in a physical relationship. But every head in the MAGA cult would explode if they found out their idol is a "bottom."
There are two reasons such a revelation terrifies Donald. The first, of course, is that it would destroy his already weakening power over his cult. The second is the effect it would have on his fragile emotional relationship with his dead father, whose approval Donald still seeks. Upon learning of Donald's "secret," Fred Trump would have called him every name in the book and disowned him.
A coherent recap. We must continue to erase any leverage trump may still have with this country and a party that has so far failed to hold him accountable.
"the Hoods" must join together! It is the world that misunderstands them. If everyone would just surrender their character, their faith, the realities of "freedom" over control and brainwashing....and bow down to serve them...leave their children to be "re-educated and controlled" by thugs, wouldn't the world have fewer wars and the rich would become richer. The boss could just kill the people who do not obey or destroy the persons of color they look down upon...with no human reason....now we have a world made JUST FOR US THUGS!
But guys....how long will such a world endure????
Putin wants Ukraine and each and every country that was once "old Russia". He has long term plans. He has found a buddy in Trump, and in Trump's users.
While Trump is being blinded by greed and power and considers himself Putin's buddy, we are losing our respect within the free world.
And...not only that, but citizens of "the free world" each and every country....and any country whose land contains "riches" has become vulnerable because Trump is controlled by much more powerful and sinister persons. We are no longer the trusted ally for "freedom".
Regular human beings who are just trying to survive...whose children have had no hope of an education because of bombings, the daily search for shelter, food, water, and decent humane treatment rather than daily fear of personal harm....these are our fellow citizens with whom we share this planet. Their suffering is our own, whether we
choose to close our eyes, or our hearts or our minds.
Every act of cruelty harms each of us.
There are serious and important choices we must make...the sooner the better. It is not going to get better without our sacrifices....without action.....our allies can no longer trust us or depend on us.
I’d observe that he is easily readable ANY time….when he’s pissed, puffed up with pride, panicked and when picking on folks (punching down) and flexing his “power”. As the old saying goes, “he’s a legend in his own mind” and he projects that fantasy to all.
Can you imagine what a 2 hour phone call between these two power hungry liars must have been like? It blows my mind that anyone supports either one of them.
I can't visualise/imagine how they manage to talk for minimum 2 hours. Even if Putin's English is swift and fluent, that can't be said for Trump's English.
I suspect Putin carried out the plane crash which killed a journalist critical of him, Artyom Borovik. The plane crash which killed Borovik and his fellow passengers occurred back in 2000.
For accurate information on exactly what is taking place in the frontlines of the war, Denys Davydov, a former Ukrainian pilot with a military background, tracks all sides and delivers both macro- and micro perspectives through his blog, from the battlefield as well as the diplomatic stage:
Moscow Times (independent paper published in Amsterdam) reported that the total number of drones over Russia was less than the number reported in the alleged attack on Putin's compound.
Yes. I read that elsewhere as well. And the reporter asked Trump how he knew since US intel says this is not true, and Trump said because Putin told him and then recognized that it might not be true because of the question, but did not seem to care. Showed anger at Zelenskyy for doing this, but not anger at Putin for bombing Kyiv heavily while negotiations for a peace plan are going on.
They both Putin and Trump are delusional con men, liars, and dictators, but not the only ones. The world is committed to eradicating these types, those who have only the greed, corruption, and power hungry goals.
The list of such people is long, the signs and mannerisms of such covert, the lies early clues ..wheelers and dealers..who need stopped.
Trump is pro Russian. Period. Hes also not pro American. Only pro himself. We have a lying tyrant, despot. Instead of great again the phrase is rip after 250 yrs
It’s an imbalanced mind, no doubt, but the propensity of human nature according to multiple accounts. The monopoly survey, done repeatedly ( same results) clearly indicate…as well as others -Pavlov’s dogs, early abusive programming…that not being held accountable ( disciplined) leads to manipulative behaviors ie selfishness, bullies, and emboldens that nature . Our own society currently under such premise named MAGA and especially the current administration. Some have ‘seen the light’, but point well made is ..it’s a forever battle!
Waking up from this or ‘woke’ had to become a nasty word for ‘them’ ..seeing our own beginning/our history as conquering heros -albeit slow to emerge- isn’t particularly flattering. Saving Germany isn’t a clear your conscience story..we were even late to that party..and had been infiltrated by the very same philosophy..but , point being made -to have equality and peace as a goal-requires constant vigilance ,constant checks , and expanding our thought and actions not just to monopolies ..of money and control.
The ‘ALL boats rising’ has a long road ahead…it’s a good never-ending-story though.
It is beyond obscene our once excellent country would not have guardrails in place to not have let this grifter run; let alone buy & cheat his way to highest office. This should NEVER have been even imaginable in our (no longer) democracy. I honestly see NO EXCUSE for this travesty. Even Brazil didn’t allow it. I protest on bridges & a town square 2x weekly but still, although more of us are against this regime; it continues. 😱
Agree, Lynell….under this admin, Trump is the “Leader of the Transactional World”, most especially if HE can make bank….if you get my grift, er, drift.
If this YouTube presentation is correct -- it claims Trump has already ordered Denmark to surrender Greenland -- we're facing an infinitely more terrifying reality than war in Venezuela. But I have seen (nothing) about this in NYT, AP or any other mainstream media. Therefore I post it here in the desperate hope someone far more knowledgeable than I -- perhaps Dr. Richardson herself -- will evaluate it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRdDcrasswU&list=PLNB7VTPWjLJKhuxuEp8sGMM5z9eUviAQX
If this cannot be verified independently, I believe it is a deep fake, created by Russia. I noticed a couple of language peculiarities that back up this theory. Don't take this as factual, at least not by itself. There is a ton of this garbage out there.
I know I've gotten AI-generated videos putatively featuring Jimmy Kimmel, Rachel Maddow, and George Will. Voices are all clearly other than those AI-postured as them.
So many lies now, and escalation of lies thanks to far-right billionaire Donald supporters running amuck in Silicon Valley.
The BBC report itself is alarming, particularly with its proof Trump lies when he denies he intends and is actively planning a war of imperial conquest.
Yeah, I'm not sure what Loren is talking about that he didn't see anything in the MSM about this. I sent him a number of links to stories from numerous sources on this. Can't figure out how he didn't know this issue with NATO was pants-on-fire news. I thought he was better informed, must have slipped by him. There have been reports about since Day 1 with Trump.
I'm sure the You-Tuber he referenced is well intentioned with his 217 followers, but this is hardly news, it's another long dragged out exhausting slough with Trump. worth knowing about but not yet hair-on-fire.
Thank you, Frau Katze, for ferreting out this terrifying BBC report. Here, typed with trembling hands, are three immediate and admittedly panic-stricken reactions, plus two vital questions, the former first:
(1)- That U.S. media is (apparently) suppressing this entire story would indicate 100 percent censorship is now in effect; if true, this in turn would mean the Regime has succeeded in its efforts to nullify the First Amendment -- and therefore kill the entire Constitution;
(2)-An impending invasion of a European nation would indicate the Venezuelan operation is a distraction;
(3)-If Trump invades Greenland, then Canada is obviously next, with Mexico and Venezuela also obvious targets. In other words, World War III.
The first and absolutely pivotal question is whether the UK, the British Commonwealth, Germany, France and the rest of Europe can stop the Christonazi U.S. from imposing a thermonuclear version of the Third Reich on all of Western Europe and -- in alliance with Fascist Russia and Communist China -- conquering the entire world.
The question addresses a new dimension of the corrupt Evil Trump is metastasizing throughout our Failed Nation: is the promise of conquest-related promotions, loot and imperialistic "glory" what bribed the oath-breaking military to become Trump's private war machine?
(Suffice it to say I am far more disturbed by this than by all the Regime's other atrocities and outrages combined.) (Substack censors won't let me complete this paragraph.)
Now I know why The Russian envoy suggested to Trump that a rail tunnel from Alaska to Russia be built, with Musk building it.
It was supposedly be for trade, but of course would most likely be for Putin to reclaim what was once Russian territory. But from there, between Putin and Trump, Canada would be at risk and so would our lower forty-eight states.
Loren, color me suspicious and skeptical. Some clues:
The video creator doesn't give his full name. He's "Professor John M."
He has only 217 followers. In YouTube World, that's nothing.
The list of disclaimers in the channel description is long. This is characteristic of channels on which the creator is just making up shit based on some kernel of news.
Methinks this guy "looks like a professor," so he's embarked on a scheme to produce sensationalist, alarmist videos, thereby generating an "audience" that will produce income through ads. There's only a handful of videos in his channel (all alarmist), so he's just getting started.
YouTube is loaded with these creators. I'm especially fond of all the "theologians" who churn out predictions of the "End Times" based on current events.
Obviously, were I not also suspicious, I'd not have posted it with a request for evaluation. Perhaps I should have added a "please don't hesitate to call BS on the report if you believe that's what it is" to my statement I sought its evaluation by "someone far more knowledgeable than I." (I too find the "End Times" reports worth a cackle, but also frightening [not] because they are real but because they fuel and intensify the Christonazis' pridefully ignorant, gleefully sadistic "bring-on-the-End-Times" malice.)
By the way, Pudup goes a bit overboard in his newest efforts at character assassination. My suggestion that he might be a more adept and therefore more dangerous version of Rickie the Regurgitator has apparently vexed him to bolster his onslaught with outright lies. Firstly, most of us know I've been writing about Trump's threats to Greenland since they were initially uttered. Secondly, though I was well aware of the Regime's denials, I ignored them as probable deceptions. Thirdly, that's precisely why I find it relevant that reports of the (escalated) threat -- like the (questionable) YoiTube now seemingly confirmed by the BBC -- had (not), as of last night, been published by any of the U.S. mainstream media I read daily, including AP and The New York Times. (Indeed my greatest criticism both of AP and NYT is that they seem determined to cover the world as if Trump were nothing more than an exceptionally demagogic variant of normal U.S. politics.) But the biggest Pudup prevarication of all is that he claims he sent me "a number of links to stories from numerous sources" on the Greenland crisis. Never happened. Though he does deluge me with "numerous" posts of invective here on Dr. Richardson's site, I suppose hoping to silence me or drive me away. Thus I cannot but wonder: Is Pudup Peevishness another example of the present-day relevance of Lev Bronstein's 1905 axiom, that "In every gathering of three revolutionaries, there is at least one agent of the Okhrana'? (Not to worry; one of the strengths of a near-lifetime in journalism is the ability to withstand such assaults.)
Shucks, even FOX News reported the news along with Denmark's response.
Perhaps you hadn't heard, Trump started going on about this a year ago. The idea that this threatens NATO? well, that's been in the news for a while now. Maybe John was napping when this started.
Perhaps if you try a different search engine, and stop depending on a You Tuber with 217 subscribers for your "updated" that would help.
Just a suggestion to remember what Diane Rehm used to say, "Because you didn't read or hear about it doesn't mean it wasn't reported." She had good advice for conspiracy theorists. We sure do miss her.
"The world should reject the current government of this country." Thank you for writing this, Annabel. I can't count the number of times I've thought, Why are so many world leaders kowtowing to him as they do? They travel to DC or Mar a Lago to offer fealty to this small, failure of a president. Why? Why that grand state visit hosted by King Charles and engineered by PM Starmer? Surely they have learned that their gifts to this grifter gain them only temporary and superficial favor. We the people of the US need the world's support. We don't need their appeasement of our Bully-in-Chief.
The answer to your questions (unfortunately): money. The US has a lot of money and armaments and Europe is used to us just giving them what they need. Now Trump doesn't want to do that anymore, so they all have to suck up. Trust me, they are pissed. And they are all ramping up their local militaries and buying armaments from other countries like Sweden instead. Trump wants the Western hemisphere for himself? He's soon going to have it because trust in Europe will not be restored quickly. Europe has long been sick of having to worry every four years if we elected a madman. This time, we've done it, and they are preparing for the post-American period now.
Yes, Europe is used to American largesse in the form of funding for projects and military support. European leaders might have hoped their obeisance would keep the president on the path US Administrations have taken since WWII, i.e. a dispenser of funds to the world. It's taken them a while to see that this president has no sense of noblesse oblige.
Europe might become more independent from the US and more quickly, than our uninformed president expects. It's not that European countries are poor, after all, it's that they've spent more on things like healthcare and education than we do, and now some of that will need to be redirected to their own defense.
I can tell you it's already happening. Here in the Netherlands, ads have gone up to recruit for the Army (the Dutch Army has very good benefits thanks to being unionized!). And I see more and more military planes practicing in the skies above my house (I live near a major airport). A few weeks ago I think it was the French who announced they were reviving something with their military that they haven't done since WW2. I know the Swedes are building something military that Europe used to buy from the US, but I don't remember what exactly. But those are some orders Lockheed Martin won't be fulfilling.
It disgusts Europeans to see their leaders bowing and scraping to Trump, but everyone knows it's temporary. Europe is rich. And it doesn't need to cut healthcare and education to build bombs. In fact Ukraine has taught the world how to protect itself from an invading power on a budget. Drone technology is amazing and CHEAP! If there's one thing I've noticed living in Europe for the past six years it's that they embrace new technology much more quickly and use it for the benefit of all. When I first came here, it felt like moving to FutureLand. Still does. And food here is cheaper too. My best friend just moved home to Germany and she's astounded at how cheap fresh produce is.
Europe won't make the mistake of commissioning Battleships to put some old fool's name on them. They live in the modern world, not the past.
Kass, as a US citizen (many, many gens deep), I feel like I’m in a bad Twilight Zone nightmare…for all our many flaws (and attempts to remedy them), this is NOT who we are. We do NOT abandon our allies, particularly when we’ve pledged to help and stand by them. I must be in some alt-universe right now…it is very disorienting!
I hear you, Barbara. In the past few months, I've been able to watch what's happening in the US with a certain degree of removal. It doesn't upset me as emotionally as I'm sure it would if I were still in Pennsylvania and surrounded by the reality in my daily life. But when Trump and Vance berated Zelinskyy in the Oval Office, I just wanted to vomit. The whole idea that we would abandon our European allies for a Russian oligarch! I am a child of the 80s and my brain is still stuck in the idea that Russia is "The Evil Empire" (even though logically I know it's a totally different country now). I cannot believe the majority of the country — we who remember the Cold War — didn't storm the White House and demand that we side with Ukraine against Russia until Russia crumbles. I just don't understand it. How could America side with our enemy? First Ukraine, then the Baltics, and then Poland. Putin will decemate his own military and starve and freeze his own people to get it all. He clearly wants the Iron Curtain back. And Trump will give it to him in exachage for a lizardy smile. Stupid, vain, ugly old man! Remove him from office for the good of the world!
ON another Substack, I recently posted that the song from the group Golden Earring in the early '80s, "Twilight Zone" often runs through my mind when I read the news. (In particular, the line that says "Help I'm steppin into the Twilight Zone, this is a madhouse")
Oh, the Europeans are not happy to be ramping up war plans! Believe me! But they know they cannot rely on Big Brother USA anymore. And they're realists. No matter what the rest of the world thinks of Putin's Russia, Europe knows exactly how this story goes. Ukraine cannot lose.
Great information. Europe, having gone through the nightmare and horrors of war, are much more realistic about what is going on with Trump and Putin.
Zelensky is a shining light in the darkness. I pray with all my heart that God will protect him and his beloved family and the country he is pouring out his life to save and to serve.
The irony of it all is that Europe for years was castigated by Republicans for not funding more of their own defense. And now, out of necessity, they are starting to do just that, and beginning to see that maybe they don’t need us that badly after all. And if we ever get back into supporting NATO, we absolutely will not be the boss anymore.
I hate to say he was right about anything, but reference broken clocks. Trump wasn't wrong that NATO countries weren't spending as much on their militaries as they'd promised. And now they are. So that's a good thing. I just wish they'd started in time to have helped Ukraine when the war started. But better late than never!
Broken clocks and blind squirrels finding nuts. Either way, NATO countries are not only identifying those resources because they now must, but learning gradually (work in progress) that they can stand up without us if they have to. And that will have implications for when the US comes back into the NATO fold. The relationship will be forever changed. And that will be a good thing.
I do not believe it is really "Trump" these leaders are bowing to, but those much more sinister who are using their "puppet president" for their own plans which have long been in the making.
It's true, Emily, that this president is intellectually and emotionally incapable of the thought needed to put together a plan to destroy the constitutional government we've had for 250 years; his puppeteers have done that. But he's their gatekeeper, in a way, and all comers must please and appease 'him.' He's easily manipulated with flattery and gifts, was no doubt hand-picked for his role because of these deficiencies of character.
Highly recommend “Motherland: a Feminist History of Modern Russia from Revolution to Autocracy”. Putin’s Russia is exactly what we don’t want for the USA, but Trump thinks Putin is great. White women especially need to come into our fullest power in 2026 and beyond. We are, have been a sleeping giant and have the capacity to tip the balance to manifest the multicultural democracy 2.0 so many of us are looking for. Arise sisters, and courage….
I stand with Ukraine, along with many of my fellow citizens here in America, but the world will forever condemn us for allowing this atrocity against Ukraine to continue. They will not separate us from what the government is doing. The elections we hold inform the world that it was our choice to put this madman in power, and it is our fault.
I will always stand with Ukraine, and the millions of people worldwide who are suffering because of the actions of our government. That includes the people in America who are being hunted by the presidents personal gestapo, ICE. And I will do everything I can to keep fighting against the tyrant who has ruined the lives of so many, not resting until this garbage has been removed from our government.
The way to turn this around is by protecting our elections from the inevitable threat of tampering by trump and his minions in Congress and on the Supreme Court. We must show up in extreme numbers to vote out the republican party. It is the only way to turn things around. And to those who say the Dems are just as bad, they are the party who respect the Constitution and the rule of law.. And those Dems who are stagnant and beholding to corporate power can be voted out of office as well. It really is up to us as citizens to stand up and stop the carnage, for the sake of the entire world.
Musk has already ,"tampered" twice. tRvmp is not a legitimate president. Now with the gerrymandering going on and the threat of military at the polling places for intimidation may keep voter away. I've voted by mail-in ballot forever. And, I will never understand why Kamala conceded so quickly and didn't demand a recount.
Celeste, although I agree with your comment, I have little hope. Protecting free and fair elections is like carefully carrying your groceries in a wet paper bag.
When elections are held in an environment that is distorted by gerrymandering and the Electoral College, the value and power of the citizen's vote is significantly diminished. No one wants to hear this, but it's true.
Our presidents are now chosen by a relative handful of people in so-called "swing states" with the right number of electoral votes. The parties and their candidates devote their time, attention and resources to this handful of states, paying only perfunctory attention to voters in states that are "in the bag" for one party or the other.
I daresay our election turnout and results would look very different if every voter's vote carried the same weight as every other vote.
We have a bad history of meddling in Latín American nations’ governments when it suited us to do so. Maduro is a lousy leader, but it is not our prerogative to attack his country, especially not based on the lies Trump tells. If Venezuelans want to get rid of Maduro , it’s up to them to do it. I think Trump’s attacks on Nigeria and Venezuela, and various fishing boats are designed to get hold of the oil supplies, in each nation. Greenland has rare earth metals. Where did Trump get the idea he could grab whatever he wanted? It is shameful.
It seems that so many of us are expected to take up the slack for so much that our government, representing us, used to do. From the begging emails I get, the needs are overwhelming. I would add Ukraine to my list that I give to if I weren’t worried about foreign hackers. That said, we need a media outlet that will scream our message. The scattershot that we have is missing the targets too often. A leader would be helpful. Grassroots are lots of blades, but no visible sprouts. Sorry it’s 4am
Europe must not give in to Putin's threats. Latest is that Russia's Mach 10 nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile is now combat deployed in Belarus, but still under control of Putin. It is truck-mounted and has an 8-min flight time to London. It has multiple independently targeted projectiles.
So far it has only been fired once in combat two years ago with a dummy warhead. Putting it in Belarus protects it from drone attacks--because nobody would want to bring Belarus into the war as a combatant, except, of course, Putin.
Putin is ratcheting up the threats because he has limited time to bring Ukraine to its knees before his economy goes bust. He is not making any progress in the ground war. His shadow tanker fleet is under assault, and his bombers and submarines are now being taken out by Ukraine drone attacks on airfields and harbors.
All he can do is bombard civilians in war crimes to try to force a capitulation before bilateral security guarantees are signed between the members of the COTW and Ukraine to bring in foreign troops. Those bilateral security guarantees are allowed in Zelensky's 20-point plan.
After yesterday's hissy fit by Trump over the alleged drone attack on Putin's estate, I don't think any of the COTW or Ukraine trusts Trump. They have to do it without America.
Putin must be laughing at how easily he can manipulate Trump and how he has assisted in helping Trump destroy our long held Democracy. It is time we took back our country!
I thought Dr. Richardson's letter was about as "dark" as any thing I've read so far. trump's claim of a very large strike with nothing evident to back it up? The overwhelming reports of conspiring with Russians to change US elections ( I guess we already knew this), The collusion with Putin on ending the war in the Ukraine, and on and on. I agree that Europe needs to stand firm and hard against this trump regime, whoever is in charge of this regime. There is nothing credible about trump.
Judge Hannah Dugan was found guilty of obstruction of justice in Milwaukee. She faces 5 years in prison and can never hold a public office. She's going to appeal. Flores-Ruiz was arrested and deported. What my question is why do these people who are relatively low on the totem pole of crime, are getting convicted and sentenced and punished while murderer's and constitution breakers and election fraudsters still on the loose and being allowed to continue to break laws and do more damage? I am just not able to wrap my head around this heinous irony.
I, just a very simple regular human being, blessed to be born in this great and beautiful country, am in shock that we have such "low life" all dressed up as officials within the government of the United States of America....currently the home of the "brainwashed" and the land of "the hoods".....and we continue on the path of destruction!!!! Our sons and daughters gave their bodies, gifts, talents, loyalty AND WE HAVE PAID OUR TAXES!....To serve a country that believed in FREEDOM....though we continue....sometimes stumbling....to reach the goal of a more perfect union!
Putin has the power WE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HAVE GIVEN HIM....and we are opening wide the gates!!!!! We are living in the corruption of those in "losership" while they keep on wearing those FAKE CROSSES to catch the NAIVE !!! and fawning over the riches of Ukraine...which Trump assumes Putin will share with him!
Zelensky is an honorable leader. He left the safety of home and family to protect the freedoms of the country he loves.
Many of the American citizenry are EMBRACING THE "LOSERSHIP" IN WASHINGTON D.C.!!! We are immigrants! These lands were the home of many Indian tribes before we invaded their territory. We humiliated these great people and pushed most tribes into reservations....many of these reservations were lands we did not want! For the most part, we abandoned these wonderful fellow brothers and sisters.
Another serious concern is our education system.....Are our children/young adults able to survive without their phones/computers in front of their faces?
Have we forgotten how to speak to one another face to face? Do we have compassion for one another....or are we just learning to play another game?!
We need to return to reality ie to the realization of the chaos of this administration, to their destruction of our freedoms for their own personal gain. They are pushing for more control over us. These "thugs" are in government to haul away as much power and treasure as possible! They are not asking permission or seeking wisdom from others as they bomb boats and as they begin their invasion of an oil rich country for personal gain. International law does not apply to these thugs!!!!
More violence is coming throughout the world to the destruction of each and all.
We need to protect the freedoms for which our PATRIOTS have through the years surrendered mind and body and devotion.
Who are we???? What are we becoming....are we just going to watch as we self-destruct, or are we going TO DO SOMETHING!!!! God bless those who are !!!!
I’m sorry Annabel, America has been on the wrong side of history in my life more times than I want to count. I would have been happier had I stayed in Europtonce upon a time.
There’s a calendar on my spreadsheet so we can target our calls/letters/emails/faxes to flood offices in an organized manner.
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Nokings) as a resource to contact members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly.
Reach out (beyond your own) to as many in the Senate and House as you can. All of this is bigger than “I only represent my constituents” issues.
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We must be loud and clear that Robert’s SCOTUS and the current Republican Party are as responsible for collaborating with Putin and Russia as The Donald. They should hear clearly that their heritage and their names will go down thru history as traitors to our nation.
Accountability for what accountability for what accountability for what?
I hope it never happens to you but if somebody you know, get sick or worse from the narcotics that are brought here from other parts of the world and you want to give them free rain and free passage, I want to see the look on your face when you’re standing over the grave or in a funeral of somebody like that and there are thousands of them Exactly like that, but you are just in denial
Well, I found it and here it is you don’t have to open the link, but I’m gonna end up opening it for you from now on if I can do that therefore you have my dream which is now your nightmare. Sweet dreams, you antisemite
People choose to take drugs. Whether from physicians or the street, it's always a choice. Availability of drugs does not mean an abdication of self responsibility
So now you’re gonna blame who ? if you get them from a doctor, guess what they’re called Karen they’re called prescriptions which indicate both from the doctor and from the pharmacy what the dosage is and how many to take if people wanna kill themselves no problem. The problem with drugs is sometimes they’re laced sometimes they’re not what they think they are either way when illegal drugs are brought into the country that shouldn’t have been here the first time one of those drugs touches a person’s tongue in this country and the person dies. The person that brought them in is at fault not just the person that took the voluntarily.
Maybe you’d like to do a little research so many people die from prescription drugs versus illegal drugs then figure if there weren’t any illegal drugs, what the difference would be in the lives of many parents and siblings and grandpa and other relative
Donald is an international criminal now. The U.S. Congress (and the high court) -- abetting criminality.
None of those players is doing anything with any programs to help the American people. They've all just gone along with Donald's bid to be king of his part of the world, giving free rein to Putin and Xi to reign in theirs. How much of Europe will Putin eat up now and how soon? How soon till Taiwan falls?
These are not theoreticals so long as Donald and his thugs pave the way with their lawlessness.
Hello Phil... A Telling Passage from HCR Today, 29-DEC-2025:" Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo commented: “It’s a good commentary on 2025 that the US President announces a major military attack on a foreign country and even the straightest arrows think, 50% chance it’s an attack, 50% chance president is on another cognition bender.” ... ... This is just one Incident.... Seems that for at least the Past 10-Years, DJT has been on a 'Cognition Bender'...
The dementia is accelerating. The moral wretchedness was always there. MAGA is cracking. Republicans are starting to resign, rather than continue hitching their fortunes to a Froot Loop Death Star who literally makes shit up on the spot. And in January, with a catastrophic rise in healthcare insurance for millions, things will undoubtedly get worse before they get better.
Other countries now look at us with a mixture of horror and pity. Our enemies view us with contempt and laughter. Our one chance to stop a train off its tracks is the upcoming midterms.
I so wish that instead of resigning they had the courage to stay and vote against Trump. They are slithering off hoping no one notices instead of standing up for what is right.
So much this, lauriemcf. Why run away when you could grow a backbone. Is what happened to Liz Cheney so bad that you have to quit (my first example of this one was Adam Kinzinger, by the way).
Ally, as with pretty-much everything in the U.S., it's about the money. I don't know how it is in Oregon, but here in the Unnatural State, people get into politics for the retirement benefits. Oh sure, they campaign on the notion of service, making a difference, and all the other rhetorical BS! But generally, politicians follow two career paths: 1. Serve your time until you qualify for a generous pension and benefits, or 2. use your office as a stepping stone to a higher office where you serve until you qualify for an even more generous pension and benefits.
Why grow a backbone or continue serving when you already got what you came for?
Granted, a few old fossils remain in office for the power and because they have no other marketable skills. That power and inside information is especially helpful when making investment decisions. And there we are, back to money again.
Thanks ICTT... Don't Forget That 'Father Time' is not on DJT's side... At this Point, the 2026 Mid-Terms look like a Sweep for the Dems... If so, I would expect Resignations, Impeachments, and Generally Chaos... I prefer Divine Intervention Soon...
Divine Intervention won’t get any of us off the hook for failing to organize. In the words of Martin Luther, pray as though everything were up to God, but work as though everything depended on you alone.
This man withe the title of president of the United States is obviously mentally incapacitated at this point (and even earlier than this point) and needs to be removed from office. HOW DO WE GET THIS RAGING LUNATIC OUT OF OFFICE?
First of all you thinking for all, he’s just done it all he’s doing and I don’t know why you’d want the best president of your lifetime out of office but it doesn’t make sense. Why don’t you tell me why you think he’s. A raging lunatic. Then I can respond directly the questions instead of typical insults , with no back up and hate with no rational thought behind it.
Well, why don’t you give me rational reasons for your post since all most of you do is throw insults self back up heat without rational, thought nothing but emotion, and almost every one of your posts instead of facts and logic. Maybe it’s because what I have written on one of my T-shirts is true.
My T-shirt says confuse a liberal use facts and logic
Wait, " cognition bender."?? The comedian, writer, actor, Larry David has a circular writing style featured in “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” It is a seemingly unrelated, mundane storylines introduced at the beginning of an episode but then crash together and resolve in the final few minutes bringing the protagonist back to where they were when the episode began. Thus a "full circle" with fun payoff. During the episode he also highlights a "cringe humor" with an absurd, neurotic, blunt, and selfish protagonist. Trump’s speeches are similar in that he introduces seemingly unrelated, mundane storylines. He calls it the “Trump Weave.” Unlike Larry David’s bringing the protagonist back to where they started Trump is often even more funny as he just leaves you hanging while performing his cringe dance leaving the stage. Actually Trump being older he might be doing a sort of Milton Berle act. He also was known for using exaggerated, funny dancing as part of his physical comedy routines on Texaco Star Theatre. I recall Uncle Miltie had a banana hat and sometimes would walk on the outsides of his feet. Trump has that blond hair on an 80 year old man with his orange clown painted face; also very funny if you look at him that way. Nah, Trump is not funny, he is mentally very sick. You are 100% correct Apache, it's a cognition bender.
He is grotesque by any measure that I can think of, physically, mentally, spiritually (?), socially, humanely, genetically, cosmically. A caricature of no use to any but evil.
I asked you the other day to answer these simple questions. We "liberals" on HCRs newsletter would love to read your answers. Maybe you could teach us something about America.
Why is it okay to send masked, fully armed ICE agents into neighborhoods to arrest and impound, without warrant, innocent immigrants who have no criminal records?
What is the benefit to America to blowing up small boats and murdering sailors in the Caribbean under suspicion of drug running? Why not just board the boats and arrest the sailors if drugs are found?
Why is it okay to call all Democrats traitors and elected representatives treasonous for warning soldiers about following illegal military orders?
Why is it good to cancel health subsidies for 24 million Americans leaving them unable to afford health insurance?
Why should multi millionaires and billionaires pay lower tax rates than hard working middle class Americans?
Why is it okay to promote America as a White Christian nation?
Little Donny-boy SOOOO much wants to play with the big boys… It’s more than sickening, how he’s swooning over Putin and Xi like an infatuated teenage girl… “We have been through soooo much together…. Bffs 4evah, heart sign”. Barf. Ever think what the Ukrainians have been through, Mr. “President”? Of course not.
Russia is in deep financial trouble due to lost oil revenue and mounting loan defaults. The war will end when Russia's economy breaks. Russian factory workers are going unpaid and hours in armament plants are being cut. Recruitment bonuses for the military have been stopped as have death and disability payments.
Taxes on oil revenue are the major source of funding for Russia's war effort. Sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil are finally reducing demand and forcing down the price of Russian crude to offset the tariffs. Cutting off the oil revenue is why Ukraine keeps attacking Russian oil production and refining facilities and is going after the tanker shadow feet with sea baby drones.
On Saturday, December 27, 2025 Jason Ma of Yahoo Finance published an article under the headline:
Russian official warns a banking crisis is possible amid nonpayments. ‘I don’t want to think about a continuation of the war or an escalation’
“A banking crisis is possible,” a Russian official told the Washington Post recently on condition of anonymity. “A nonpayments crisis is possible. I don’t want to think about a continuation of the war or an escalation.”
The bad loans come from Putin's expansion of the arms industry, tripling the number of factories in the first three years of the war using "relaxed" criteria for the loans. Many of those companies are not able to make loan payments because they can't get critical parts so they have nothing to sell and are furloughing workers.
Over the last year, energy prices have slumped while Europe and the U.S. have tightened sanctions. Oil and gas revenue has tumbled 22% in the first 11 months of the year, and Reuters estimated that December proceeds are on pace to sink nearly 50%.
To cover the shortfall in energy revenue, Moscow has tapped its sovereign wealth fund. But that is running out now too, so the government has resorted to raising more revenue via tax hikes.
It is important to note that taxes on Russian energy exports are the primary source of funding for the war effort. US sanctions on third countries that purchase Russian oil have significantly reduced the volume of oil sold and forced the price per barrel to be discounted to absorb the cost of the sanctions.
With companies feeling the squeeze of high rates and weaker consumption, Russian data show unpaid wages nearly tripled in October from a year ago to more than $27 million, with the Post adding that furloughs and shorter workweeks are also becoming more common.
As a result, more consumers are having trouble servicing their loans. Given the headwinds, the Russian official warning of a banking or nonpayment crisis isn’t the first of its kind.
In June, Russian banks raised red flags on a potential debt crisis as high interest rates weigh on borrowers’ ability to service loans. Also that month, the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs warned many companies were in “a pre-default situation.”
The best source is the Russian milbloggers who are ranting about the failures of Russian attacks in the ground war.
The Moscow Times is a good source--it is an independent newspaper that moved to Amsterdam when Putin restricted freedom of the press but still has many in country sourcces.
In my posts on my Substack like those above I try to be meticulous about sourcing, using major outlets like Reuters and AP as secondary sources.
I also read TASS, the official Russian news agency and invert what is being said to figure what issues they are trying to hide, and then research from there.
For anything that Zelenskyy says I go to his official website and work off English translations of the speeches and press releases.
Russian military bloggers, known as milbloggers, gained prominence during the Ukraine war for providing frontline updates, often more candid than state media. They typically operate on Telegram and are pro-Russian nationalists, though some criticize military leadership. Top figures include those with large followings and influence on public discourse.
Prominent Bloggers
Alexander Kots: Works for Komsomolskaya Pravda, has nearly 600,000 Telegram subscribers, covers operations and defends official narratives while occasionally questioning commanders.
Semyon Pegov (War Gonzo): Over 1.2 million subscribers, known for on-the-ground reporting from hotspots like Makiivka, accuses the defense ministry of blame-shifting.
Boris Rozhin (Colonel Cassad): Around 800,000 followers, critiques the incompetence in Russian command and tactical failures.
Emerging Voices
Yuri Kotenok: Frequently cited for nationalist commentary on war progress.
Anastasia Kashevarova: Activist with original content on soldier aid and frontline realities, outspoken in 2024-2025.
Influence and Trends
These bloggers shape perceptions among Russian audiences, highlighting losses and frustrations despite pro-war stance, as seen in recent critiques of assaults and Kupiansk setbacks.
Hello Georgia... Why The Obsession?... Do You read Olga Lautman?... I thought that the last Russian Sortie of the Wagner Group was a Suicide Mission... I expect the Russian Regime to Crack like 1905, and 1917...
Hello J D ... My Chinese Professor Said... In the USA, it is 'Give Me Liberty Or Death!!!'... In Russia, it is 'Give Me Tyranny, And Death!!!'... DJT Is A Putin Fan-Boy...
Hi Robin. One trustworthy source is the British journalist, Steve Rosenberg (the BBC website, Youtube, and some others). He posts interviews with Regular Joe type Russians. It points to a mixture of awareness by Russians that a war (not the Kremlin designated ‘special military operation’) is going on, mixed with Russian patriotism and also scepticism towards the Kremlin. What is heartbreaking, and morally awful, is the degree to which people on both sides (Ukraine and Russia) identify the other side as being the enemy who must be ‘defeated’ (whatever closure that would bring!). Yours, Anthony.
One imagines a dystopian future where all the Republicans who are doing absolutely nothing about these bombings are eventually tried and jailed for life. Sorry to go dark on you, but I'm growing increasingly dark about what's going on with my country. My beautiful, once-hopeful, once-rightfully-powerful, once-meaningfully-proud country. (No, we were never perfect, but we were NEVER this awful, and we're just awful now.)
It's complicated. Genocide and slavery were about as awful as it gets, but that's not whole story. I don't think that any administration has threatened the whole republic as this one has. Who really believes that Putin does not wish us ill? Or that those in this land who are so powerful that they yearn to rule care $%#@ about the rest of "the people"?
We can just strip them of their citizenship and send them all back to whatever country their parents or grandparents or great-grandparents or however many generations back we need to go) came from.
Excellent idea. Doesn’t have to be where they or their ancestors came from, though. Could be some other coultry. El Salvador will do it for a price. When they’re full, we can find other countries with corrupt autocrats who will do it for a price.
There are a lot of reasons why 77 million people voted for Trump over Harris. (I voted for neither.) But while I've heard of the mistake of "blaming the voters", I've never heard of deporting the voters who disagreed with you. I don't think that's a worthy strategy either.
Harris was going to win the blue state I live in, not close. I wanted to vote for someone whose policies I roughly aligned with (not Harris) and who respected the checks and balances of the three branches of govt (not Trump). I thought Haley was a better candidate than the two major party nominees, so I wrote her in, even though she had lost the primary in my state.
Thankjs for supporting Trump. In times of peril, there is standing on the side of safety with other people and watching your home burn down, and feeling you should block the fire engines from saving the rest of the neighborhood because the fire chief didn't say hello properly last Tuesday.
Since Trump took office the “Axis of Evil” has metastasized, now looking to engulf and conquer the entire western hemisphere. Canada is arming up while Europe prepares for conflict with Russia. Denmark strengthens its defenses against a Trump invasion of Greenland while China is increasing its posture around Taiwan. We’re in the throes of a madman and the world is on fire. Cmon cholesterol, do your worst.
We're still waiting to hear your thoughts on these questions:
Why is it okay to send masked, fully armed ICE agents into neighborhoods to arrest and impound, without warrant, innocent immigrants who have no criminal records?
What is the benefit to America to blowing up small boats and murdering sailors in the Caribbean under suspicion of drug running? Why not just board the boats and arrest the sailors if drugs are found?
Why is it okay to call all Democrats traitors and elected representatives treasonous for warning soldiers about following illegal military orders?
Why is it good to cancel health subsidies for 24 million Americans leaving them unable to afford health insurance?
Why should multi millionaires and billionaires pay lower tax rates than hard working middle class Americans?
Why is it okay to promote America as a White Christian nation?
You could be right Rex, ultimately motivation is irrelevant. 47 is backing Vlad with our government against our wishes and the national interest. The only ones who can stop it are Congressional Republicans.
Writing for the ? Time: Putin is DT’s father. Father was KKK, racist, cheated US government by taking money to build public housing then making sure that a minimum of blacks could live in it. That’s for starters. Mary Trump has tried to warn US over and over.
Putin is a reincarnation of the don’s father.
Bad diet and misogyny account for much of the rest of the illiterate, greedy coward mafia boss elected to head our democracy.
(MSNOW has or had the films—I saw them on MSNBC from 2016 onward, including the Russia “hoax.”)
The Russia hoax is as dead as it was, the day was started, however criminals were gonna start getting punished right now. John Brennan has been investigated and called out in a grand jury investigation, confirmed by his very own lawyer and guess who’s next call me Clapper Chef going to be a fun summer.
Why is it okay to send masked, fully armed ICE agents into neighborhoods to arrest and impound, without warrant, innocent immigrants who have no criminal records?
What is the benefit to America to blowing up small boats and murdering sailors in the Caribbean under suspicion of drug running? Why not just board the boats and arrest the sailors if drugs are found?
Why is it okay to call all Democrats traitors and elected representatives treasonous for warning soldiers about following illegal military orders?
Why is it good to cancel health subsidies for 24 million Americans leaving them unable to afford health insurance?
Why should multi millionaires and billionaires pay lower tax rates than hard working middle class Americans?
Why is it okay to promote America as a White Christian nation?
You are MORE THAN A BIT SLOW…..ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM ‘’’’’ILLEGAL’’’’’’’. I WILL CATCH UP LATER. BUT WOWOWOWOW. YIKES…PLEASE GET A GRIP….
I will answer you are you were going to be able to get all the answers by simply turning on the TV watching any single right wing right leaning news story. Wow. You are captured in your group thing bubble here and I feel sorry for that but I will enlighten you later today
Heather, this is for you. It must feel odd for an historian to spend so much time in the present. Usually, time needs to churn before we realize what matters. Your gift, which we appreciate greatly, is to sift through current events and let us know what matters. Often, that involves dredging up some event from the past that explains things with surprising clarity. Thank you, and keep it up. We need people like you.
Are you replying to a post? She made six years ago when you say she’s in the present her most recent debacle of a post was about some thing that happened at bended knee in 1892 fucking kidding me.? Be my answer about that. Come on Heather tell this story
Zelenskyy posted on X that Russia was using "dangerous rhetoric" to undermine diplomatic progress with President Trump's team, right after his Mar-a-Lago meeting.
Fox News reported that he warned it was preparation for strikes on Ukraine, likely Kyiv and government buildings, calling for global awareness to prevent Russia from derailing enduring peace.
The Moscow Times reported that Ukraine's Foreign Minister echoed this, calling it a pretext for more Russian attacks amid negotiations on security guarantees and thorny issues like Donbas. The Moscow Times is an independent newspaper published in Amsterdam and tends to have a left media bias.
No independent evidence of the attack has surfaced, aligning with Zelenskyy's dismissal as typical Russian propaganda.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Lavrov’s allegations “fake” and “extremely dangerous,” arguing that Moscow was trying to sabotage diplomatic efforts to end the war and justify continued strikes on Ukraine.
Lavrov’s statement was unusual as Russia’s Defense Ministry and regional authorities typically report on Ukrainian drone attacks, not the foreign minister.
Earlier on Monday, the Defense Ministry said it had downed 89 Ukrainian drones nationwide, only 18 of which were reported over the Novgorod region. [So it looks like the Kremlin is contradicting itself.]
Shortly after Lavrov issued his statement, the White House said Trump concluded a “positive” phone call with Putin about Ukraine.
Trump then criticized the alleged Ukrainian drone attack, saying it was “not the right time” given the ongoing U.S.-brokered talks to end Moscow’s invasion.
“You know who told me about it? President Putin, early in the morning, he said he was attacked. It’s no good,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, adding that he was “very angry about it.”
“It’s a delicate period of time. This is not the right time. It’s one thing to be offensive because they’re offensive. It’s another thing to attack his house. It’s not the right time to do any of that.”
Putin definitely got the reaction he wanted from Trump.
The Bottom Line
The Moscow Times report on the inconsistencies between the Kremlin’s own reporting on the number of drones entering Russian airspace versus the 91 drones in the alleged attack makes it clear this is a fake report.
Putin benefits if he can turn Trump against Zelenskyy, and it looks like it took 3 phone calls to do the job. Since Trump believes him, Putin can retaliate against Ukraine and withdraw his eye-rolling fake offer of wanting Ukraine to succeed by providing help in the reconstruction and offering cheap energy prices. Trump could withdraw the US's 15-year security guarantee, ease sanctions, delay delivery of 3 Patriot missile systems ordered for Ukraine, or refuse Zelenskyy’s request for an additional 7.
Trump is credulous and gullible, and Putin is playing him. Unfortunately, it is innocent civilians in Ukraine who will suffer.
And, don't forget, trump is a stupid, senile, evil malignant narcissist pedophile with accelerating dementia, so it seems to me his words mean nothing.
I think Adam Kinzinger‘s quote about if Ukraine stops firing, it ceases to exist and if Russia stops firing, the war ceases to exist, explains in a very concise and accurate way what is going on. Poor strong Ukraine is fighting for its life, and if it weren’t for half of our electorate being blind to Trump’s lying and thieving, we could have stopped this war in its tracks by staying united with NATO under a democratic President.
I do get some joy out of imagining Putin having to put up with a 2 hour conversation with Trump.😈 Trump cannot suddenly turn into a convivial and exciting conversationalist. I’m willing to bet he is still the repetitive bore with Putin that he is with the rest of us. Putin might go for the peace plan just to get out of talking to Trump anymore!😅😂 Wouldn’t that just be the icing on the cake!?! Trump the Peacemaker!😂🤣
Yes, that is an amusing — if terrifying — picture. I sometimes wonder how Putin manages to keep from asphyxiating with laughter during one of those heart-to-heart talks with the Village Idiot.
Republicans make a career of blaming the victims, but no rational person should lose sight of who is the aggressor here. Who is the offender and who is the defender? We kinda shrugged when Hitler took Poland.
Guess you got my answer huh Mike? Let me tell you this imagine a man so obscure that for 40 years he wasn’t recognizes for having any major piece of legislation gets elected to the presidency of the United States not because of him but because of his opponent, and gets 13 million more votes than Obama, the god
By the way, you might want to check out the latest story which I haven’t investigated yet but apparently there are some 300,000 invalidated ballots in Georgia. Oooops
Well, I guess I’m gonna have to use shorter words so that you don’t misinterpret anything. Biden took the US in the toilet that’s what I said
He is what you’re trying to assign to Trump. Joe Biden almost destroyed this country in two years that he was confident in two years he should’ve been in a straight jacket so he wouldn’t hurt himself or his country
Every single thing that Trump has had to do so far has been to cure the disease and the wretched refuse left by Joe Biden that and his lying lot
Is English your first language? I’m just curious.?
It's been a while since I've seen or heard anything about the "big lie" technique, but it seems to me that we're being fed a combination of garbage where nobody is in charge or is able to say what is going on, whether in Venezuela or with Putin or about Epstein, but it is obvious that no matter what garbage those in the regime are peddling, there's no truth to be found.
I’m betting nobody is really in charge now. Donny Ramblepants just sundowns for the cameras, the GOP flotsam and jetsam in the House are in pure survival mode, Kegsbreath posts war crime videos, the rest of his wretched cabinet are thinking how much longer they can ad lib…Not a comforting series of images, is it?
The Senate committee and Special Counsel Robert Mueller put more of the story together, explaining that in summer 2016, Manafort and Russian operatives “discussed a plan to resolve the ongoing political problems in Ukraine by creating an autonomous republic in its more industrialized eastern region of Donbas, and having [Russian-backed Viktor] Yanukovych, the Ukrainian President ousted in 2014, elected to head that republic.” The Mueller Report continued: “That plan, Manafort later acknowledged, constituted a ‘backdoor’ means for Russia to control eastern Ukraine.”
So, Putin’s tactics for installing a puppet via a “backdoor” in eastern Ukraine failed, but worked in the United States.
Just some Poor Rick information, Mike! This comes from several interactions yesterday. Two things seem obvious: 1.) P Rick is hurting badly. 2.) And, he’s just like Trump:
On December 29, 2025, Poor Rick said to me, “So you’re either an antisemite or you’re not but I think now we’ve seen your true colors I may continue to post to you, but I won’t respond to anything you say.”
Hmmm, 1.) “you’re either an antisemite or you’re not….” Interesting how non-definitive those seven words are. That sounds like Donald Trump.
2.) “may continue to post to you, but I won’t respond to anything you say….” WOW, so, you will post gibberish or dump doo-doo all over the place and NOT RESPOND to what I have said? That is so cool and so generous of you, Poor Rick! Thank you! Merry New Year to you! Let’s try it out, OK?
So, I can describe your demeanor as a Trump clone and you won’t RESPOND to that, right?(No, I didn’t say “clown.” I said “clone.” And, of course, as you said on December 29. 2025: “I could care less about Donald Trump.”)
1.) You and Trump have difficulty putting together cognitive sentences. There’s crumbling & bumbling & rambling & shambling along with dangling participles.
2.) You and Trump disparage people by calling them names, sometimes by using vulgarity.
3.) You and Trump brag about your mental capabilities - Mensa tests, cognitive tests, etc.
4.) You and Trump flaunt your wealth and business acumen.
Posting vs Responding. Is that a PROMISE, Poor Rick?
not for me at all and a happy one you’re sitting there miserable and I’m actually glad at this point. You set me up with your stupidity, your ignorance, and your lack of any awareness of what’s going on in the outside world. Not sure what you did for a living, but I’m guessing for the most part it was probably theoretical. Here for any more of your nonsense
For one year, I never floated anything not my wealth not anything else, but when people start insulting me from being some poor slob or some ignorant, uneducated rich, I was backed into a corner and said you know what I’m not gonna take this if you knew anything about me you wouldn’t be saying this shit. OK the people you were some of the dumbest human beings I’ve ever dealt with. There are many many good people here, rational, backfilled unfortunate. You’re not one of them.
You have no facts to back up any of your hate, and that’s the problem. All of your hate is emotion and predetermined vile.
And furthermore, well I’m very open minded one here having voted for to democrat presidents into Republican president. In my lifetime. You probably have never even looked to the right of center to see any credible reason to vote for a Republican and I’ve been a week and I’ve been an independent voter for since I’m 30.
Like I said before, just an ignorant, wretch.
There are some very smart people here, who have gone back-and-forth between Republicans and Democrats parties, including some of the leaders of the free world that were once Republicans have become a democrat, or once a democrat, pregame or republican
That could never happen to you, because your mind is like a cave, dark and empty
Everybody has the right to change your mind. You have to be open minded to do it, so good luck to you.
That’s exactly what I said but guess what now you’ve woken the beast and you should have let him lie. You’re the second person I’m gonna give the same advice to that I gave to another individual who regrets his decision. Never like to fuse, unless you know where it’s coming from
Oh, and by the way, I don’t wanna sound like Donald Trump. I just want to create every single path policy that Donald Trump has created so far. Because life is all about actions, not about empty words.. and that’s all you have
What facts did you think you just provided their Mike? Is that woman absolutely stupid let me give you a couple things… Robert Mueller spent two years and got nothing and now he’s nothing but hiding in his cubbyhole of banishment from life. He was exposed as a fraud, and then an incompetent Lackey…. in fact, since those days you haven’t heard his name, why do you think that is because he doesn’t want anybody hear his name because he’s embarrassed as hell. The whole episode was shameful. I know it’s long gone buried in infamy.
Go ahead and give me some facts. The more I’m here the more I realize that most of the people here have never been involved in reality. They stand in the classroom and preach and teach, but I’ve never actually put what they’re preaching and teaching to work themselves. The more I’m here the more I realize that most of the people here have never been involved in reality they stand in the classroom and preach and teach but I’ve never actually put what their preaching and teaching to work themselves. And yes, I typed it twice. How’s that?
Wanna give me some facts go ahead we’ll discuss the facts.
And you don’t even understand and misinterpret my post about 2020
But I will say this to you in general in the election that has any method of voting other than showing up at the polls with your ID and handing it to somebody and then getting a ballot and then putting it in the machine right then and there is fraught. with fraud
The malignant narcissist pathologically lying Queens real estate mob boss posing as president is unfit to even pose as president. 2026 - the year we remove him from office.
Couple this essay with the article on MTG in the NY Times tonight and there is no doubt that everyone recognizes double dealing, greed, bullying, and third grade imaginary logic in DT. Will we be able to overthrow him before he takes us all down?
Where are the Republicans in Congress who still believe in serving their country rather than serving a Master? Impeachment needs to be on the table. That or the 25th Amendment!
Hi Mark. You’ve won a prize - a comment from Rick Sender 😂. ‘It’s never too dark a subject for Rick to make a ridiculous comment. Some day, when Trump is gone, we’ll club together to buy Rick a pint 🙏
Really Rick..This is the 6th time I'm asking you to enlighten us here on HCR's newsletter by answering just six simple questions. We'd all like to understand POTUS better. Come on..Grow a pair. You can do this:
Why is it okay to send masked, fully armed ICE agents into neighborhoods to arrest and impound, without warrant, innocent immigrants who have no criminal records?
What is the benefit to America to blowing up small boats and murdering sailors in the Caribbean under suspicion of drug running? Why not just board the boats and arrest the sailors if drugs are found?
Why is it okay to call all Democrats traitors and elected representatives treasonous for warning soldiers about following illegal military orders?
Why is it good to cancel health subsidies for 24 million Americans leaving them unable to afford health insurance?
Why should multi millionaires and billionaires pay lower tax rates than hard working middle class Americans?
Why is it okay to promote America as a White Christian nation?
Let me preface this by saying the following if not for the fit brain, dead non-comped mentís president JOE BIDEN we had here before and his lying accomplices. We would need none of this. Including MaYORKAS, AOC and the border czar herself Harris, cackling that , that the border was secure.!!
Well, aside that I’ve answered these questions too many times then as necessary. In fact, these questions shouldn’t even need to be answered. They’re so absurd, but I’m gonna go ahead and do that for you again anyway.
So what I suggest to you is a go grab a beer or a soft drink and a couple of anti-anxiety pills because when I’m done with this Post, you’re gonna need them. And along with those maybe some Pills to return your ability to think rationally and logically are going to help you a great deal
By the way, I think I’ve asked you more questions that you haven’t answered either but whatever
We’ll do this one by one, but it may take five or six different posts so like I said, hopefully you have time to read them, but you’re not gonna be happy
Why is it OK to send masked men? Fully armed iceagents in to arrest and impound immigrants who have no criminal record. OK put on your logical thinking Cap for a second here cause you’re gonna need it.
1. How many individuals have you seen with signs on their back that say I am in an illegal immigrant in hiding please arrest me.? I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen one. And don’t worry I’m gonna answer all your questions, but I’m gonna do it in parts here because it needs to be ripped.Apart.
95% of all the immigrants that ice are looking for came in through the southern border.. which was about 20 some thousand per day for almost a year… they came from South America Central the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa
And as I said above, therefore, 95% of them were people of color.
So these people were non-identifiable Most of them with no U.S. ISSUED ID
That should take care of the first part of your first question and I’m sending another post now with the answers to the rest of your first part of your FIRST question
Hope you’re enjoying so far. By the way, I just saw your part about growing a pair. As I told someone earlier this morning, you shouldn’t light a fuse when you don’t know where it’s coming from.
Just so you know, for a fact, I am essentially the only one with a pair on this entire thread! Not one other person is disputing arguing contradicting, or otherwise disputing a word that Heather says.
Were you an anti-psychologist at some point in time?
Now let’s talk further about the 8 to 11,000,000 people who are here illegally and I’m gonna try English so but I’ll do it slowly because you obviously don’t understand the second that somebody does something illegal. They have committed a crime. Therefore, by definition every single illegal that cross the border illegally is a criminal by definition.
Now you might want to use a curve to grade that but unfortunately, it doesn’t work the second they come here illegally. They’re criminals by definition for a fact. Get that through your thick biased skull
Now, if you want to know, the reason that ice agents are masked and don’t have ID and if you’d like, I’ll send you back up for this I’ll send you links for this. There have been over 1000 attacks on ice agents. But guess what? How many times have you seen people beating up police or threatening police ? And now I’m gonna introduce a couple of terms for you so maybe you’ll learn something here today. Have you ever heard of the word DOXXING or SWATTING? Look them up. Not only have agents been threatened with their lives, but people have actually identified them and gone to their homes and threatened their families, and there are many links and validation of these claims… so the answer to your question is they wear the mask so they don’t get docked and they don’t get swatted and they don’t get threats and there’s no violence against them and in fact in sanctuary cities, people are actually posting photographs of them on telephone poles in order to be able to attack them if they see them or make sure they hide from them if they see them and who are they hiding illegal criminals … and boy. I just noticed your last question and if you get further than this and continue to read when you get the last answer to your question, I’m gonna have to start insulting your intelligence substantially significantly and with every right to do so. Based on your question. So onto your next issue unless I miss something which of course I will not miss and continue but make sure you look up the word doxxed and ann makes up you look make sure you look up the word swatting
Well it looks like I have to expound on my answer a little bit more, especially to morons like you who haven’t done any research whatsoever before you ask a stupid question and almost every one of your questions is beyond stupid more in the line of ignorant what’s worse than ignorant. You are living in obliviousness.
Barack Hussein Obama deported 3 million illegals in his first term. Of those 3 million only 25% of them received due process. If you would like the link or the number of links to validate that, I have no problem in providing them for you but trust me you don’t wanna see them because it actually gets worse than that. They never even made it in the country. They were turned away at the border by the agents at the border and sent back to their own countries. ON THEIR OWN.
NOW LET’S ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE FUEL TO THE FIRE SHALL
Mr. Bill Clinton and his terms in office deported 10 million illegal
10, million. Did you ever hear the word due process when Mr. Clinton was president? No and I’ll tell you why came up with a new law that allowed him to quickly deport people without due process it even has a name the IIRIRA go look it up. It’s a law that Bill Clinton came up with so that he could deport people quicker. Without due process. Add that to your body of ignorance. Now I will move on. To your next point. Actually, this is getting to be fun, but it’s so pathetic that somebody is so stupid ignorant, or oblivious that they actually ask these questions without researching any of it
Once again, Drumpty ( aka Putin’s Puppet) has comes across as the most stupid, insincere, flippant, inarticulate , moronic, braggart grifter in US presidential history! He is a traitor, and our biggest international embarrassment ever. He should have no say in Ukraine’s fight to retain itself as a free sovereign country. He’s betrayed Ukraine, Europe, and the USA since he reneged on our stalwart support of Ukrainian’s legal defense of their their country. Putin invaded illegally invaded Ukraine, No part of Ukraine should be ceded to Russia. Thank-you EU, NATO For standing with Ukraine as it badly needs $ support to help the courageous Ukrainians who are fighting for their existence for well over a year now.
Our president is a traitor to all of us here at home, and to free countries throughout the world!
President Zelensky must never give into these demands. And Europe must back him up. Sadly, our country is on the wrong side of history this time.
Arundhati Roy once wrote that in her language there are two words that mean "the people" to separate the citizens from the acts of their government. We on the left have said time and again "not in my name". And I am saying it again now. We not only didn't vote for this, we actively THREW ourselves into preventing it. The world should reject the current government of this country. The shame is real. But it does not attach to the citizens that tried and are still trying to prevent the harm.
If we can't offer actual support, let us be unwavering in our moral support, and give what we can to organizations helping on the ground.
Ben Meiselas (of Meidas+) reported today that Putin claimed falsely that Zelenskyy attempted to attack his residency. Re/ Putin's alleged claim, Ben stated: "It was designed with the purpose to give Putin a pretext to escalate the war, launch ballistic missiles and drone strikes on Kyiv, target government buildings, and potentially attempt to assassinate Zelenskyy."
In true authoritarian style, Putin labels Zelenskyy a terrorist and gives himself "license" to kill.. Trump takes a page from Putin's playbook... Zelenskyy knows exactly what is happening... He deserves our utmost admiration as a hero of this era...
“If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist. If Russia ceases firing, the war will cease to exist.”
https://sylvestercat.substack.com/p/ukraine-still-lives
Ever notice that disagreeing with a person in a leadership position in the Democratic Party is like disagreeing with a person about which team is going to win next week’s game and disagreeing with a person in a leadership position in the Republican Party is like disagreeing with a person about which team won last week’s game?
Let’s review the basics. In 2022, Putin moves major military assets to the Ukraine border and demands of the West that Ukraine should not be a candidate for NATO. Biden refuses the demand. Secretary of Defense what’s his name suggests that it’s good that Russia invades which will wear down the Russian army. (Yes he did say that.) Russia invaded. Ukraine wants to be allowed deep attacks on Russia but Biden forbids this fearing a widening war.
My reflections: WTF kind of leader was Biden to first refuse a simple demand of nato membership which Ukraine was not ready and could be revisited in the future. Then tying the hands of a nation that has been massively attacked. What kind of idiot did we have I the White House prior tithe idiot that is there now? Please don’t get me started. Billkatz@substack.com
Anyone?
Bill, I don’t know what you want. First, you say “please don’t get me started,” then you challenge everyone to get you started. I’ll assume the latter.
In hindsight, if you start with a conclusion, and if you then interpret cherry-picked evidence to arrive at that prejudged conclusion, then you will succeed.
In hindsight, if two people observing the same evidence draw conflicting conclusions, and if they then challenge each others’ logic with an open mind, then they will resolve the conflict.
To say that any POTUS is perfect is to be certifiably insane, but Biden earned my trust. In my mind, one of many significant issues he faced was way too many people on the political left jumping to conclusions, then interpreting cherry-picked evidence to “prove” that their prejudged conclusion is correct.
That’s just one person’s opinion. What do you think?
James, I agree about Biden. I had many times to defend him to people here on the left. A long political career give people plenty to grouse about. Given the circumstances, I thought he did a good job and his cabinet was very inclusive. If Ds get power again, they have their work cut out for them because death star and the cabal have been destructive in record time.
It seems Bill is making the dismissed and debunked argument that Putin was a justified in invading a sovereign nation because that nation might have joined NATO in the future.
It is an argument without merit.
That a sovereign nation risks invasion because its democratically elected government might want protection from a former colonizer with a history of abuse is absurd on its face.
I agree with a lot of what you said. But I think Biden tied Zelensky’s hands for too long. I know he was trying to walk a fine line, but he was too easy on Russia. Never as badly as Trump has been , but too easy….
Biden’s achilles heal was his monstrous support of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. He will never lose that black mark on his character.
First of all, your premise is off. “Don’t get me started” is a euphemism. And this blog is all opinion-based either on facts and/or perspective.
It’s a saying. Where are you from? Jabrew?
I think that the weakening of our position started when Obama didn't respond more emphatically when Russia took Crimea. If the Democrats hoped to pacify Putin, they were certainly not encouraging him as the Trumpists led by Manafort. And if that had been nipped in the bud, we might not be confronting a second Trump administration. He clearly admires oppressors like Bin Salmon and Putin. (And neither side has adequately stood up to Netanyahu, IMO.)
Very good points, progwoman. The only bargaining chip in my opinion should be Crimea. It once belonged to Russia until it was given to Ukraine in 1953 I believe.
Uh... "simple" demand of NATO membership?
What exactly is simple about the situation, you think?
To avert war, perhaps a simple “no nato” response would have. Tell that to the thousands of Ukrainians who have lost family members.
Biden admin’s strategy was to apply pressure without escalating military engagement. Limited confrontation has had limited success. Now that U.S. has switched sides, Europe is free to take a different approach. One possibility would be a multinational force to push Russian forces from Ukrainian territory.
Putin’s betting that everyone will believe Russia is too big to fail or, alternatively, that Russia will resort to nuclear weapons to avoid failure of its ’limited military operation.’ The validity of either proposition is a function of the credulity of Russia’s opponents.
Bill, NATO membership for Ukraine is simply not “simple.” Russia has long warned of consequences for Ukraine and NATO membership. I don’t quite remember whether it was during the Clinton or Obama presidencies that we assured Russia that NATO would not go further than Poland; yet, Estonian, Latvia, and Lithuania are now all in, not to mention others since. I’m not backing Russia in any of this, but to think they don’t have a legitimate argument against NATO membership for Ukraine would be incorrect.
I do remember his administration were the only ones warning of an imminent invasion. To say that a demand of Ukraine to be admitted to NATO was "simple" is ignorant to say the least.
Bill, unfortunately, Russia had lined up all its tanks and troops to invade Ukraine before Biden refused to stop Ukraine from becoming part of NATO. Putin was not about to stop the invasion no matter what Biden had said about NATO. That was just a ruse, a way for Putin to Cover his butt if things didn't work out as planned and they didn't take over Ukraine as fast as planned. Putin could then say that he was protecting Russia from NATO on its border or some other such nonsense. I don't know what the Sec. of Defense said, but that was not a reason for Putin's attack either. This is Putin's war and Zelensky, despite the problems he faces with corruption (which alas are part of every military engagement), has helped Ukraine to stand up to the bully. He had help with that from us and some from Europe, but Trump likes bullies, tyrants like Putin and wants to be them. Therefore, he sided with the bully instead of our ally and has worked us out of NATO and with Repubs in the Senate has put an ignoramus in charge of our Dept. of Defense so we can bully Venezuela and whoever it comes into Trump's or Hegseth's heads to go after using whatever excuse works for them and their media. This invasion of Ukraine happened under Biden, but it is not Biden's war; it is Russia's and now, Trump's because he has sided with the bully Putin.
Perhaps if the response by Obama to Putin's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula had been more decisive, Putin would have thought twice before his second invasion.
That’s good. I’d not heard it out that way.
Maybe because it just popped into my head as I was trying to make sense of today's newsletter.
With friends like you, we don't need enemies. We are a minority party.
All Congressional Dems are on board. What wee need is to find a few Congressional Republicans.
James, that was a great analogy. Maybe that's why they are so enamored with Donald Trump who lives in the past, but a past where his name is on everything in sight!
'having [Russian-backed Viktor] Yanukovych, the Ukrainian President ousted in 2014, elected to head that republic.'
This is what I fear from the Republicans. HAVING people elected.
IT's Come to This, you are right on this one. However Putin is stuck with a manhood problem. He believes that if he backs off of anything, he will be seen as less than a man. I doubt that because the people of Russia are struggling. They are not facing the war because it has mostly been in Ukraine, but their economy is not great. Zelensky did not attack Putin's house or whatever Putin claims, but Putin wants some kind of pity as a victim. It is too bad the Russian soldiers don't just stop fighting, sending off drones, and the rest of the crap they are doing to a people that does not deserve their attacks. That would be true courage, but tyrants don't inspire courage very often, not overt courage anyway. That is another reason we need to stop our own toddler-man would-be tyrant, Trump!
Hmmm, Michele, Putin is known to have multiple (like 20ish) “residences”, so, if the “strike” info was true, perhaps just collateral damage (as they say). What a crybaby after all the non-military/non-infrastructure locations Putin has repeatedly targeted.
According to Ben Meiselas, he said that Zelenskyy said Putin's claim was a fabrication. Also Putin told that lie to Trump - to, once again, pull the strings on his favorite puppet who continually "dances" to Putin's tune...
It was just another part of Russia's war of words against Ukrainian that Trump increasingly takes part in. This must have been a big complaint raised by Outin in his long Sunday morning phone conversation with Trump. I will wager Putin did most of the talking and was very ingratiating and complimentary. Then he said Zelensky just tried to kill me.
At the press conference that followed his meeting with Zelensky, Trump mentioned the subject in such a way as to signal that he gave full credit to what Putin had told him and that the attack had not been helpful thus implicitly deploying Ukraine's conduct and blaming Zelensky for whatever negative results were to follow from the meeting, which by all accounts achieved nothing. Meanwhile Russia continued its large scale air attacks on Ukrainian cities through the weekend. Ukraine secured 90B in European financing. And Trump's effort to bully Zelensky appears to have produced no results. He came away from the meeting unmoved and unharmed knowing thst the European leaders stand with him on good ground.
Thus while it is increasingly apparent that Trump is in Putin's pocket their now years long effort to pressure Ukraine in to submission appears to have yielded no positive results. As Philips OBrien says, as a peace negotiator Trump is engaged in pantomime. In other words, just going through the motions. Faking it. Another word for the process might be farce. Puppetry conducted with sticks.
There was an air of defeat and self pity about Trump's comments at that press conference. He displayed a lot of sympathy for Putin. And seemed to be lamenting the failure of their efforts at collaboration by saying things like "Putin wants Ukraine to succeed" etc.
Trump is not so far gone as to be unaware of how weak a position that is fir him to hold. He will cash in his chips soon. Having done all he can to help Putin and hurt Ukraine, he has no more leverage with Zelensky, who returns strong from his meetings with Carney and European leaders
Zelenskyy was not met off the plane. That is extraordinary (deliberate) rudeness.
Anne-Louise, but so typical of this petty regime.
I would imagine that the last 20 or 30 minutes of that conversation was Putin reminding Trump of the Epstein files and what he has on him. Keep your enemies close and control them with blackmail. When Trump screams at MTG on the phone that revealing everything (Epstein) will hurt some of my friends, that's projection and I want to know who those friends are, all of them, here and across the globe. This issue has the potential to blow the lid off the Trump administration and probably Putin's as well, although he's intrenched and Trump isn't, yet? All this shit in Venezuela is a distraction, in fact everything they do is a distraction, from Epstein.
I came back to add this, my firm belief now is there is something very bad and unimaginable in those files that if revealed would have jaws on the floor, and my mind goes from forceable rape all the way to snuff film and there are people in the highest places that know and were possibly involved. Ok, I'll stop, but it's bad, really bad.
Or - are the Epstein files a distraction from other stuff? Did you hear the new postal postmark rule? Do you think it may affect mail-in voting?
How does the new postmark rule affect your mail? The new USPS postmark rule took effect on Dec. 24, 2025 and affects mail dropped in a mailbox or blue postal box where postmarks will be applied at regional sorting facilities so the date stamped will be when the processing begins, not when you mailed it.
Bill, I agree that there must be some horrifyingly embarrassing material in the Epstein files.
When I tote up my experience with powerful homophobes, and my recollection of Donald's lifetime of promoting the idea that he's a macho man with his philandering and multiple marriages, and my analysis of all the images showing Donald and Epstein together, I come to the conclusion that the two men were more than just buddies.
A significant number of Americans have a "so what?" opinion of two men involved in a physical relationship. But every head in the MAGA cult would explode if they found out their idol is a "bottom."
There are two reasons such a revelation terrifies Donald. The first, of course, is that it would destroy his already weakening power over his cult. The second is the effect it would have on his fragile emotional relationship with his dead father, whose approval Donald still seeks. Upon learning of Donald's "secret," Fred Trump would have called him every name in the book and disowned him.
Bill, nothing at this point would surprise me as to what is in the files.
“Faking it”….a skill ‘Rump has perfected—well, sort of, cuz we can see it for what it is.
He's a bad actor, in every current sense of the words.
No other way to put it in as many words.
A coherent recap. We must continue to erase any leverage trump may still have with this country and a party that has so far failed to hold him accountable.
Tyler P. Harwell,
"the Hoods" must join together! It is the world that misunderstands them. If everyone would just surrender their character, their faith, the realities of "freedom" over control and brainwashing....and bow down to serve them...leave their children to be "re-educated and controlled" by thugs, wouldn't the world have fewer wars and the rich would become richer. The boss could just kill the people who do not obey or destroy the persons of color they look down upon...with no human reason....now we have a world made JUST FOR US THUGS!
But guys....how long will such a world endure????
Putin wants Ukraine and each and every country that was once "old Russia". He has long term plans. He has found a buddy in Trump, and in Trump's users.
While Trump is being blinded by greed and power and considers himself Putin's buddy, we are losing our respect within the free world.
And...not only that, but citizens of "the free world" each and every country....and any country whose land contains "riches" has become vulnerable because Trump is controlled by much more powerful and sinister persons. We are no longer the trusted ally for "freedom".
Regular human beings who are just trying to survive...whose children have had no hope of an education because of bombings, the daily search for shelter, food, water, and decent humane treatment rather than daily fear of personal harm....these are our fellow citizens with whom we share this planet. Their suffering is our own, whether we
choose to close our eyes, or our hearts or our minds.
Every act of cruelty harms each of us.
There are serious and important choices we must make...the sooner the better. It is not going to get better without our sacrifices....without action.....our allies can no longer trust us or depend on us.
'There was an air of defeat and self pity'
trumps face is very transparent. Watch him. He is easily readable when he is feeling vulnerable.
I’d observe that he is easily readable ANY time….when he’s pissed, puffed up with pride, panicked and when picking on folks (punching down) and flexing his “power”. As the old saying goes, “he’s a legend in his own mind” and he projects that fantasy to all.
Putin or Trump lie???? Noooooo, tell me it isn’t true!!!/snarkiest of snarks!
Can you imagine what a 2 hour phone call between these two power hungry liars must have been like? It blows my mind that anyone supports either one of them.
I can't visualise/imagine how they manage to talk for minimum 2 hours. Even if Putin's English is swift and fluent, that can't be said for Trump's English.
Half the time translating into the other language! Now that’s a challenge, translating the verbal regurgitation of the psychotic trump!
All the more reason that there should be transcripts of calls, and more objective reporting.
Each puts the phone down and gets a snack, goes to the bathroom, while the other side goes “yada, yada, yada.”
celeste....one wonders why the phone lines (are they using phone lines) or the phones did not catch on fire.
Putin also has a private train he uses to travel all over Russia, and the timetables are private.
What? No Aeroflot 1? "Accident"-prone, I guess.
I suspect Putin carried out the plane crash which killed a journalist critical of him, Artyom Borovik. The plane crash which killed Borovik and his fellow passengers occurred back in 2000.
More recently, his ex-commander of the Wagner mercenaries died in a plane crash. Not immediately, of course, a month or two after he was recalled.
There's no reason to believe that Putin's claim is true.
What?! Putin lie…nooooo!!!! /s
For accurate information on exactly what is taking place in the frontlines of the war, Denys Davydov, a former Ukrainian pilot with a military background, tracks all sides and delivers both macro- and micro perspectives through his blog, from the battlefield as well as the diplomatic stage:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_6meOnRxEDU
Thank you for this ..
Moscow Times (independent paper published in Amsterdam) reported that the total number of drones over Russia was less than the number reported in the alleged attack on Putin's compound.
https://georgiafisanick.substack.com/p/the-alleged-drone-strikes-on-putins
Europe should be prepared. They will receive no support from the US should Russia strike first. Russian assets are swimming in the White House.
Which is precisely the problem!
Chris, the biggest one is more of a floater than a swimmer, if you catch my drift...
For some reason, a punchbowl comes to mind.
You could also say the punch bowl has broken and they've all turned into amphibians and they are moving fast in many directions.
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And because of this, quoth Putin, the current peace plan is null and void, all will have to be re-negotiated. Dear me, how disappointing.
Yes. I read that elsewhere as well. And the reporter asked Trump how he knew since US intel says this is not true, and Trump said because Putin told him and then recognized that it might not be true because of the question, but did not seem to care. Showed anger at Zelenskyy for doing this, but not anger at Putin for bombing Kyiv heavily while negotiations for a peace plan are going on.
They both Putin and Trump are delusional con men, liars, and dictators, but not the only ones. The world is committed to eradicating these types, those who have only the greed, corruption, and power hungry goals.
The list of such people is long, the signs and mannerisms of such covert, the lies early clues ..wheelers and dealers..who need stopped.
Trump is pro Russian. Period. Hes also not pro American. Only pro himself. We have a lying tyrant, despot. Instead of great again the phrase is rip after 250 yrs
It’s an imbalanced mind, no doubt, but the propensity of human nature according to multiple accounts. The monopoly survey, done repeatedly ( same results) clearly indicate…as well as others -Pavlov’s dogs, early abusive programming…that not being held accountable ( disciplined) leads to manipulative behaviors ie selfishness, bullies, and emboldens that nature . Our own society currently under such premise named MAGA and especially the current administration. Some have ‘seen the light’, but point well made is ..it’s a forever battle!
Waking up from this or ‘woke’ had to become a nasty word for ‘them’ ..seeing our own beginning/our history as conquering heros -albeit slow to emerge- isn’t particularly flattering. Saving Germany isn’t a clear your conscience story..we were even late to that party..and had been infiltrated by the very same philosophy..but , point being made -to have equality and peace as a goal-requires constant vigilance ,constant checks , and expanding our thought and actions not just to monopolies ..of money and control.
The ‘ALL boats rising’ has a long road ahead…it’s a good never-ending-story though.
And what do you think we should do about tRump
Impeach like actual legal scholars do when given the opportunity.
Read up America…. We can blather on and on and get zip done. Kind of like we do about the environment.
It is beyond obscene our once excellent country would not have guardrails in place to not have let this grifter run; let alone buy & cheat his way to highest office. This should NEVER have been even imaginable in our (no longer) democracy. I honestly see NO EXCUSE for this travesty. Even Brazil didn’t allow it. I protest on bridges & a town square 2x weekly but still, although more of us are against this regime; it continues. 😱
JBR,
Trump wants to be Putin....good luck with that one !!!!!
Zelensky is a brave defender of democracy. If only he were our president, instead of the orange Putin puppet. I wrote a poem as a tribute to Zelensky - Slava Ukraini! https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/slava-ukraini-zelensky-poem
Things so large they can actually be seen from space…
(1) The Great Wall of China
(2) The Great Barrier Reef
(3) The Great Pyramids at Giza
(4) The Solid Titanium Balls of Volodymyr Zelenskyy
And the Ukrainian patriots and beleaguered civilians he represents, who are in the sights of Putin, always.
True heroes and patriots all.
Heroyam Slava!!
Morning, Ally! We must not put Ukraine on the backburner as we try to counter the onslaught of distractions coming from this current administration.
I saw a meme on BlueSky that showed a picture of President Zelenskyy with the words "Leader of the Free World." True, that!
Agree, Lynell….under this admin, Trump is the “Leader of the Transactional World”, most especially if HE can make bank….if you get my grift, er, drift.
Morning, Lynell! Leader of the free world, indeed!
If this YouTube presentation is correct -- it claims Trump has already ordered Denmark to surrender Greenland -- we're facing an infinitely more terrifying reality than war in Venezuela. But I have seen (nothing) about this in NYT, AP or any other mainstream media. Therefore I post it here in the desperate hope someone far more knowledgeable than I -- perhaps Dr. Richardson herself -- will evaluate it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRdDcrasswU&list=PLNB7VTPWjLJKhuxuEp8sGMM5z9eUviAQX
If this cannot be verified independently, I believe it is a deep fake, created by Russia. I noticed a couple of language peculiarities that back up this theory. Don't take this as factual, at least not by itself. There is a ton of this garbage out there.
Agreed, emphatically. That's why I posted it. But based on the BBC report linked by Frau Katze, below, it's for real.
Hard to tell, Loren.
I know I've gotten AI-generated videos putatively featuring Jimmy Kimmel, Rachel Maddow, and George Will. Voices are all clearly other than those AI-postured as them.
So many lies now, and escalation of lies thanks to far-right billionaire Donald supporters running amuck in Silicon Valley.
The BBC report itself is alarming, particularly with its proof Trump lies when he denies he intends and is actively planning a war of imperial conquest.
Which many of us don’t want. His probable frontotemporal dementia is making his megalomania worse.
BBC now partnered with CBS.....uckkkkkk. Sad face.
Yeah, I'm not sure what Loren is talking about that he didn't see anything in the MSM about this. I sent him a number of links to stories from numerous sources on this. Can't figure out how he didn't know this issue with NATO was pants-on-fire news. I thought he was better informed, must have slipped by him. There have been reports about since Day 1 with Trump.
I'm sure the You-Tuber he referenced is well intentioned with his 217 followers, but this is hardly news, it's another long dragged out exhausting slough with Trump. worth knowing about but not yet hair-on-fire.
Trump says US 'has to have' Greenland after naming special envoy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgmd132ge4o.amp
Thank you, Frau Katze, for ferreting out this terrifying BBC report. Here, typed with trembling hands, are three immediate and admittedly panic-stricken reactions, plus two vital questions, the former first:
(1)- That U.S. media is (apparently) suppressing this entire story would indicate 100 percent censorship is now in effect; if true, this in turn would mean the Regime has succeeded in its efforts to nullify the First Amendment -- and therefore kill the entire Constitution;
(2)-An impending invasion of a European nation would indicate the Venezuelan operation is a distraction;
(3)-If Trump invades Greenland, then Canada is obviously next, with Mexico and Venezuela also obvious targets. In other words, World War III.
The first and absolutely pivotal question is whether the UK, the British Commonwealth, Germany, France and the rest of Europe can stop the Christonazi U.S. from imposing a thermonuclear version of the Third Reich on all of Western Europe and -- in alliance with Fascist Russia and Communist China -- conquering the entire world.
The question addresses a new dimension of the corrupt Evil Trump is metastasizing throughout our Failed Nation: is the promise of conquest-related promotions, loot and imperialistic "glory" what bribed the oath-breaking military to become Trump's private war machine?
(Suffice it to say I am far more disturbed by this than by all the Regime's other atrocities and outrages combined.) (Substack censors won't let me complete this paragraph.)
Now I know why The Russian envoy suggested to Trump that a rail tunnel from Alaska to Russia be built, with Musk building it.
It was supposedly be for trade, but of course would most likely be for Putin to reclaim what was once Russian territory. But from there, between Putin and Trump, Canada would be at risk and so would our lower forty-eight states.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/musk-trump-putin-tunnel-russia-alaska.html
Trump says he'll think about Kremlin's Russia-Alaska tunnel pitch
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0pVlBp0IQ1E
Loren, color me suspicious and skeptical. Some clues:
The video creator doesn't give his full name. He's "Professor John M."
He has only 217 followers. In YouTube World, that's nothing.
The list of disclaimers in the channel description is long. This is characteristic of channels on which the creator is just making up shit based on some kernel of news.
Methinks this guy "looks like a professor," so he's embarked on a scheme to produce sensationalist, alarmist videos, thereby generating an "audience" that will produce income through ads. There's only a handful of videos in his channel (all alarmist), so he's just getting started.
YouTube is loaded with these creators. I'm especially fond of all the "theologians" who churn out predictions of the "End Times" based on current events.
Obviously, were I not also suspicious, I'd not have posted it with a request for evaluation. Perhaps I should have added a "please don't hesitate to call BS on the report if you believe that's what it is" to my statement I sought its evaluation by "someone far more knowledgeable than I." (I too find the "End Times" reports worth a cackle, but also frightening [not] because they are real but because they fuel and intensify the Christonazis' pridefully ignorant, gleefully sadistic "bring-on-the-End-Times" malice.)
By the way, Pudup goes a bit overboard in his newest efforts at character assassination. My suggestion that he might be a more adept and therefore more dangerous version of Rickie the Regurgitator has apparently vexed him to bolster his onslaught with outright lies. Firstly, most of us know I've been writing about Trump's threats to Greenland since they were initially uttered. Secondly, though I was well aware of the Regime's denials, I ignored them as probable deceptions. Thirdly, that's precisely why I find it relevant that reports of the (escalated) threat -- like the (questionable) YoiTube now seemingly confirmed by the BBC -- had (not), as of last night, been published by any of the U.S. mainstream media I read daily, including AP and The New York Times. (Indeed my greatest criticism both of AP and NYT is that they seem determined to cover the world as if Trump were nothing more than an exceptionally demagogic variant of normal U.S. politics.) But the biggest Pudup prevarication of all is that he claims he sent me "a number of links to stories from numerous sources" on the Greenland crisis. Never happened. Though he does deluge me with "numerous" posts of invective here on Dr. Richardson's site, I suppose hoping to silence me or drive me away. Thus I cannot but wonder: Is Pudup Peevishness another example of the present-day relevance of Lev Bronstein's 1905 axiom, that "In every gathering of three revolutionaries, there is at least one agent of the Okhrana'? (Not to worry; one of the strengths of a near-lifetime in journalism is the ability to withstand such assaults.)
Hmmm...
You saw "nothing"? Curious, there was a lot of coverage from the spectrum of MSM. Here's a link to the AP story you must have missed,
https://apnews.com/article/trump-greenland-landry-denmark-1c55b2c33241aad0d463a2ffec5810a6
Shucks, even FOX News reported the news along with Denmark's response.
Perhaps you hadn't heard, Trump started going on about this a year ago. The idea that this threatens NATO? well, that's been in the news for a while now. Maybe John was napping when this started.
Perhaps if you try a different search engine, and stop depending on a You Tuber with 217 subscribers for your "updated" that would help.
Just a suggestion to remember what Diane Rehm used to say, "Because you didn't read or hear about it doesn't mean it wasn't reported." She had good advice for conspiracy theorists. We sure do miss her.
Good luck in the future!
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-trump-envoy-says-us-wont-conquer-greenland-emphasizes-talks-locals-denmark-balks-move
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/23/donald-trump-greenland-explained/87893848007/
https://www.pbs.org/video/news-wrap-1766439749/
Слава Україні!
"The world should reject the current government of this country." Thank you for writing this, Annabel. I can't count the number of times I've thought, Why are so many world leaders kowtowing to him as they do? They travel to DC or Mar a Lago to offer fealty to this small, failure of a president. Why? Why that grand state visit hosted by King Charles and engineered by PM Starmer? Surely they have learned that their gifts to this grifter gain them only temporary and superficial favor. We the people of the US need the world's support. We don't need their appeasement of our Bully-in-Chief.
The answer to your questions (unfortunately): money. The US has a lot of money and armaments and Europe is used to us just giving them what they need. Now Trump doesn't want to do that anymore, so they all have to suck up. Trust me, they are pissed. And they are all ramping up their local militaries and buying armaments from other countries like Sweden instead. Trump wants the Western hemisphere for himself? He's soon going to have it because trust in Europe will not be restored quickly. Europe has long been sick of having to worry every four years if we elected a madman. This time, we've done it, and they are preparing for the post-American period now.
Yes, Europe is used to American largesse in the form of funding for projects and military support. European leaders might have hoped their obeisance would keep the president on the path US Administrations have taken since WWII, i.e. a dispenser of funds to the world. It's taken them a while to see that this president has no sense of noblesse oblige.
Europe might become more independent from the US and more quickly, than our uninformed president expects. It's not that European countries are poor, after all, it's that they've spent more on things like healthcare and education than we do, and now some of that will need to be redirected to their own defense.
I can tell you it's already happening. Here in the Netherlands, ads have gone up to recruit for the Army (the Dutch Army has very good benefits thanks to being unionized!). And I see more and more military planes practicing in the skies above my house (I live near a major airport). A few weeks ago I think it was the French who announced they were reviving something with their military that they haven't done since WW2. I know the Swedes are building something military that Europe used to buy from the US, but I don't remember what exactly. But those are some orders Lockheed Martin won't be fulfilling.
It disgusts Europeans to see their leaders bowing and scraping to Trump, but everyone knows it's temporary. Europe is rich. And it doesn't need to cut healthcare and education to build bombs. In fact Ukraine has taught the world how to protect itself from an invading power on a budget. Drone technology is amazing and CHEAP! If there's one thing I've noticed living in Europe for the past six years it's that they embrace new technology much more quickly and use it for the benefit of all. When I first came here, it felt like moving to FutureLand. Still does. And food here is cheaper too. My best friend just moved home to Germany and she's astounded at how cheap fresh produce is.
Europe won't make the mistake of commissioning Battleships to put some old fool's name on them. They live in the modern world, not the past.
Kass, as a US citizen (many, many gens deep), I feel like I’m in a bad Twilight Zone nightmare…for all our many flaws (and attempts to remedy them), this is NOT who we are. We do NOT abandon our allies, particularly when we’ve pledged to help and stand by them. I must be in some alt-universe right now…it is very disorienting!
I hear you, Barbara. In the past few months, I've been able to watch what's happening in the US with a certain degree of removal. It doesn't upset me as emotionally as I'm sure it would if I were still in Pennsylvania and surrounded by the reality in my daily life. But when Trump and Vance berated Zelinskyy in the Oval Office, I just wanted to vomit. The whole idea that we would abandon our European allies for a Russian oligarch! I am a child of the 80s and my brain is still stuck in the idea that Russia is "The Evil Empire" (even though logically I know it's a totally different country now). I cannot believe the majority of the country — we who remember the Cold War — didn't storm the White House and demand that we side with Ukraine against Russia until Russia crumbles. I just don't understand it. How could America side with our enemy? First Ukraine, then the Baltics, and then Poland. Putin will decemate his own military and starve and freeze his own people to get it all. He clearly wants the Iron Curtain back. And Trump will give it to him in exachage for a lizardy smile. Stupid, vain, ugly old man! Remove him from office for the good of the world!
ON another Substack, I recently posted that the song from the group Golden Earring in the early '80s, "Twilight Zone" often runs through my mind when I read the news. (In particular, the line that says "Help I'm steppin into the Twilight Zone, this is a madhouse")
Encouraging in a bizarre way. Ramping up war plans scares me for my grands and yours.
Oh, the Europeans are not happy to be ramping up war plans! Believe me! But they know they cannot rely on Big Brother USA anymore. And they're realists. No matter what the rest of the world thinks of Putin's Russia, Europe knows exactly how this story goes. Ukraine cannot lose.
Pardon me for asking, but where in the Netherlands do you live? (just curious, bein’ a Dutchie)
Eindhoven. En jouw?
Kass McGann,
Great information. Europe, having gone through the nightmare and horrors of war, are much more realistic about what is going on with Trump and Putin.
Zelensky is a shining light in the darkness. I pray with all my heart that God will protect him and his beloved family and the country he is pouring out his life to save and to serve.
Same here, Emily. Same here!
The irony of it all is that Europe for years was castigated by Republicans for not funding more of their own defense. And now, out of necessity, they are starting to do just that, and beginning to see that maybe they don’t need us that badly after all. And if we ever get back into supporting NATO, we absolutely will not be the boss anymore.
I hate to say he was right about anything, but reference broken clocks. Trump wasn't wrong that NATO countries weren't spending as much on their militaries as they'd promised. And now they are. So that's a good thing. I just wish they'd started in time to have helped Ukraine when the war started. But better late than never!
Broken clocks and blind squirrels finding nuts. Either way, NATO countries are not only identifying those resources because they now must, but learning gradually (work in progress) that they can stand up without us if they have to. And that will have implications for when the US comes back into the NATO fold. The relationship will be forever changed. And that will be a good thing.
Bow to the bully is the way to appease him, for a nanosecond
Excatly! As MTG learned recently, loyalty only buys you something until the bully decides he wants something else. He's never loyal in return.
Looks like even idiots would have figured that out. It was told before the 2016 fiasco. Probably drowned out by propaganda avalanche by Fox, etc.
I follow the laws of my state, the federal statutes and state and federal constitutions, not Trump’s personal desires.
donna woodward,
I do not believe it is really "Trump" these leaders are bowing to, but those much more sinister who are using their "puppet president" for their own plans which have long been in the making.
It's true, Emily, that this president is intellectually and emotionally incapable of the thought needed to put together a plan to destroy the constitutional government we've had for 250 years; his puppeteers have done that. But he's their gatekeeper, in a way, and all comers must please and appease 'him.' He's easily manipulated with flattery and gifts, was no doubt hand-picked for his role because of these deficiencies of character.
Thanks for your post Donna. I agree completely. Yours, Anthony
So well said
Highly recommend “Motherland: a Feminist History of Modern Russia from Revolution to Autocracy”. Putin’s Russia is exactly what we don’t want for the USA, but Trump thinks Putin is great. White women especially need to come into our fullest power in 2026 and beyond. We are, have been a sleeping giant and have the capacity to tip the balance to manifest the multicultural democracy 2.0 so many of us are looking for. Arise sisters, and courage….
I stand with Ukraine, along with many of my fellow citizens here in America, but the world will forever condemn us for allowing this atrocity against Ukraine to continue. They will not separate us from what the government is doing. The elections we hold inform the world that it was our choice to put this madman in power, and it is our fault.
I will always stand with Ukraine, and the millions of people worldwide who are suffering because of the actions of our government. That includes the people in America who are being hunted by the presidents personal gestapo, ICE. And I will do everything I can to keep fighting against the tyrant who has ruined the lives of so many, not resting until this garbage has been removed from our government.
The way to turn this around is by protecting our elections from the inevitable threat of tampering by trump and his minions in Congress and on the Supreme Court. We must show up in extreme numbers to vote out the republican party. It is the only way to turn things around. And to those who say the Dems are just as bad, they are the party who respect the Constitution and the rule of law.. And those Dems who are stagnant and beholding to corporate power can be voted out of office as well. It really is up to us as citizens to stand up and stop the carnage, for the sake of the entire world.
Musk has already ,"tampered" twice. tRvmp is not a legitimate president. Now with the gerrymandering going on and the threat of military at the polling places for intimidation may keep voter away. I've voted by mail-in ballot forever. And, I will never understand why Kamala conceded so quickly and didn't demand a recount.
Agreed. She was the only one who could demand it, and she backed off. Not the time to be gracious.
Celeste, although I agree with your comment, I have little hope. Protecting free and fair elections is like carefully carrying your groceries in a wet paper bag.
When elections are held in an environment that is distorted by gerrymandering and the Electoral College, the value and power of the citizen's vote is significantly diminished. No one wants to hear this, but it's true.
Our presidents are now chosen by a relative handful of people in so-called "swing states" with the right number of electoral votes. The parties and their candidates devote their time, attention and resources to this handful of states, paying only perfunctory attention to voters in states that are "in the bag" for one party or the other.
I daresay our election turnout and results would look very different if every voter's vote carried the same weight as every other vote.
We have a bad history of meddling in Latín American nations’ governments when it suited us to do so. Maduro is a lousy leader, but it is not our prerogative to attack his country, especially not based on the lies Trump tells. If Venezuelans want to get rid of Maduro , it’s up to them to do it. I think Trump’s attacks on Nigeria and Venezuela, and various fishing boats are designed to get hold of the oil supplies, in each nation. Greenland has rare earth metals. Where did Trump get the idea he could grab whatever he wanted? It is shameful.
Kathy Hughes,
Trump's actions are criminal. The Republican Party became corrupt as soon as his feet touched the steps of the White House.
The moment I heard he was up for election, I became a Democrat, which was the political party of my father.
Trump is a lawless person as are "his handlers". He worships Putin. He wants to be Putin.
It seems that so many of us are expected to take up the slack for so much that our government, representing us, used to do. From the begging emails I get, the needs are overwhelming. I would add Ukraine to my list that I give to if I weren’t worried about foreign hackers. That said, we need a media outlet that will scream our message. The scattershot that we have is missing the targets too often. A leader would be helpful. Grassroots are lots of blades, but no visible sprouts. Sorry it’s 4am
Europe must not give in to Putin's threats. Latest is that Russia's Mach 10 nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile is now combat deployed in Belarus, but still under control of Putin. It is truck-mounted and has an 8-min flight time to London. It has multiple independently targeted projectiles.
So far it has only been fired once in combat two years ago with a dummy warhead. Putting it in Belarus protects it from drone attacks--because nobody would want to bring Belarus into the war as a combatant, except, of course, Putin.
Putin is ratcheting up the threats because he has limited time to bring Ukraine to its knees before his economy goes bust. He is not making any progress in the ground war. His shadow tanker fleet is under assault, and his bombers and submarines are now being taken out by Ukraine drone attacks on airfields and harbors.
All he can do is bombard civilians in war crimes to try to force a capitulation before bilateral security guarantees are signed between the members of the COTW and Ukraine to bring in foreign troops. Those bilateral security guarantees are allowed in Zelensky's 20-point plan.
After yesterday's hissy fit by Trump over the alleged drone attack on Putin's estate, I don't think any of the COTW or Ukraine trusts Trump. They have to do it without America.
High stakes bluffing.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-vladimir-putins-unstoppable-new-36471984
Putin must be laughing at how easily he can manipulate Trump and how he has assisted in helping Trump destroy our long held Democracy. It is time we took back our country!
I thought Dr. Richardson's letter was about as "dark" as any thing I've read so far. trump's claim of a very large strike with nothing evident to back it up? The overwhelming reports of conspiring with Russians to change US elections ( I guess we already knew this), The collusion with Putin on ending the war in the Ukraine, and on and on. I agree that Europe needs to stand firm and hard against this trump regime, whoever is in charge of this regime. There is nothing credible about trump.
Judge Hannah Dugan was found guilty of obstruction of justice in Milwaukee. She faces 5 years in prison and can never hold a public office. She's going to appeal. Flores-Ruiz was arrested and deported. What my question is why do these people who are relatively low on the totem pole of crime, are getting convicted and sentenced and punished while murderer's and constitution breakers and election fraudsters still on the loose and being allowed to continue to break laws and do more damage? I am just not able to wrap my head around this heinous irony.
When trump is drooling on himself after a severe stroke followed by his death, the world's celebration will make VE or VJ Day look like a hiccup.
Not so sure there isn't an army in the wings to take off where he left off.
I know ... a bit of wishful thinking or naivete that there will be better angels awaiting...
Annabel Ascher,
I, just a very simple regular human being, blessed to be born in this great and beautiful country, am in shock that we have such "low life" all dressed up as officials within the government of the United States of America....currently the home of the "brainwashed" and the land of "the hoods".....and we continue on the path of destruction!!!! Our sons and daughters gave their bodies, gifts, talents, loyalty AND WE HAVE PAID OUR TAXES!....To serve a country that believed in FREEDOM....though we continue....sometimes stumbling....to reach the goal of a more perfect union!
Putin has the power WE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HAVE GIVEN HIM....and we are opening wide the gates!!!!! We are living in the corruption of those in "losership" while they keep on wearing those FAKE CROSSES to catch the NAIVE !!! and fawning over the riches of Ukraine...which Trump assumes Putin will share with him!
Zelensky is an honorable leader. He left the safety of home and family to protect the freedoms of the country he loves.
Many of the American citizenry are EMBRACING THE "LOSERSHIP" IN WASHINGTON D.C.!!! We are immigrants! These lands were the home of many Indian tribes before we invaded their territory. We humiliated these great people and pushed most tribes into reservations....many of these reservations were lands we did not want! For the most part, we abandoned these wonderful fellow brothers and sisters.
Another serious concern is our education system.....Are our children/young adults able to survive without their phones/computers in front of their faces?
Have we forgotten how to speak to one another face to face? Do we have compassion for one another....or are we just learning to play another game?!
We need to return to reality ie to the realization of the chaos of this administration, to their destruction of our freedoms for their own personal gain. They are pushing for more control over us. These "thugs" are in government to haul away as much power and treasure as possible! They are not asking permission or seeking wisdom from others as they bomb boats and as they begin their invasion of an oil rich country for personal gain. International law does not apply to these thugs!!!!
More violence is coming throughout the world to the destruction of each and all.
We need to protect the freedoms for which our PATRIOTS have through the years surrendered mind and body and devotion.
Who are we???? What are we becoming....are we just going to watch as we self-destruct, or are we going TO DO SOMETHING!!!! God bless those who are !!!!
I’m sorry Annabel, America has been on the wrong side of history in my life more times than I want to count. I would have been happier had I stayed in Europtonce upon a time.
Yes‼️Support “United 24” — the funds go directly to Ukraine, no “middle man” or administrative costs‼️💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦💙💛
And, with a cease fire required, which Putin cannot do, there will be no peace plan until Trump or Putin or both are gone. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Thanks for all you do Professor Richardson!
We deserve better. Demand accountability.
There’s a calendar on my spreadsheet so we can target our calls/letters/emails/faxes to flood offices in an organized manner.
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Nokings) as a resource to contact members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly.
Reach out (beyond your own) to as many in the Senate and House as you can. All of this is bigger than “I only represent my constituents” issues.
Comments help keep this bumped ✊ New eyes seeing this means new ripples for change! 🤞
Thank you for organizing! Fascists hate beautiful music. Let’s keep singing the no kings anthem together at protests: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/no-kings-anthem
I love you keep reposting as i am not a good filer… and voila not only the deets but the tap on the shoulder! Thanks!
Same here! Thanks!
Thank you, Megan. Be unrelentingly well. I join you in that ✊✊✊
Megan, Thanks for the timely reminder of your resource.
We must be loud and clear that Robert’s SCOTUS and the current Republican Party are as responsible for collaborating with Putin and Russia as The Donald. They should hear clearly that their heritage and their names will go down thru history as traitors to our nation.
Always, thank you Megan!
THANK YOU, MEGAN! This is so important! I’m hugging you in my heart for your steadfast and tenacious efforts!
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thank you!
Thanks again Megan. That’s the way to go, keep on doing it. Yours, in regard, Anthony
Thanks for the incredible resource in the No Kings list of people and organizations.
Thank you so much for keeping this updated
Thank you for this, and for all your hard work, Megan!
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Accountability for what accountability for what accountability for what?
I hope it never happens to you but if somebody you know, get sick or worse from the narcotics that are brought here from other parts of the world and you want to give them free rain and free passage, I want to see the look on your face when you’re standing over the grave or in a funeral of somebody like that and there are thousands of them Exactly like that, but you are just in denial
You obviously don't know what you are talking about, Ricky. Go back to sleep.
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Well, I found it and here it is you don’t have to open the link, but I’m gonna end up opening it for you from now on if I can do that therefore you have my dream which is now your nightmare. Sweet dreams, you antisemite
People choose to take drugs. Whether from physicians or the street, it's always a choice. Availability of drugs does not mean an abdication of self responsibility
So now you’re gonna blame who ? if you get them from a doctor, guess what they’re called Karen they’re called prescriptions which indicate both from the doctor and from the pharmacy what the dosage is and how many to take if people wanna kill themselves no problem. The problem with drugs is sometimes they’re laced sometimes they’re not what they think they are either way when illegal drugs are brought into the country that shouldn’t have been here the first time one of those drugs touches a person’s tongue in this country and the person dies. The person that brought them in is at fault not just the person that took the voluntarily.
Maybe you’d like to do a little research so many people die from prescription drugs versus illegal drugs then figure if there weren’t any illegal drugs, what the difference would be in the lives of many parents and siblings and grandpa and other relative
The bastard.
Donald is an international criminal now. The U.S. Congress (and the high court) -- abetting criminality.
None of those players is doing anything with any programs to help the American people. They've all just gone along with Donald's bid to be king of his part of the world, giving free rein to Putin and Xi to reign in theirs. How much of Europe will Putin eat up now and how soon? How soon till Taiwan falls?
These are not theoreticals so long as Donald and his thugs pave the way with their lawlessness.
Hello Phil... A Telling Passage from HCR Today, 29-DEC-2025:" Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo commented: “It’s a good commentary on 2025 that the US President announces a major military attack on a foreign country and even the straightest arrows think, 50% chance it’s an attack, 50% chance president is on another cognition bender.” ... ... This is just one Incident.... Seems that for at least the Past 10-Years, DJT has been on a 'Cognition Bender'...
A wonderful line. If it were only a joke.
The dementia is accelerating. The moral wretchedness was always there. MAGA is cracking. Republicans are starting to resign, rather than continue hitching their fortunes to a Froot Loop Death Star who literally makes shit up on the spot. And in January, with a catastrophic rise in healthcare insurance for millions, things will undoubtedly get worse before they get better.
Other countries now look at us with a mixture of horror and pity. Our enemies view us with contempt and laughter. Our one chance to stop a train off its tracks is the upcoming midterms.
Don’t fulminate. Organize.
I so wish that instead of resigning they had the courage to stay and vote against Trump. They are slithering off hoping no one notices instead of standing up for what is right.
So much this, lauriemcf. Why run away when you could grow a backbone. Is what happened to Liz Cheney so bad that you have to quit (my first example of this one was Adam Kinzinger, by the way).
Ally, as with pretty-much everything in the U.S., it's about the money. I don't know how it is in Oregon, but here in the Unnatural State, people get into politics for the retirement benefits. Oh sure, they campaign on the notion of service, making a difference, and all the other rhetorical BS! But generally, politicians follow two career paths: 1. Serve your time until you qualify for a generous pension and benefits, or 2. use your office as a stepping stone to a higher office where you serve until you qualify for an even more generous pension and benefits.
Why grow a backbone or continue serving when you already got what you came for?
Granted, a few old fossils remain in office for the power and because they have no other marketable skills. That power and inside information is especially helpful when making investment decisions. And there we are, back to money again.
Just recalling Shakespeare..."cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant taste of death but once."
Truth in poetry.
I think resigning is cowardly. Stay and vote against the traitors. Why is this idea not getting traction in the press?
Thanks ICTT... Don't Forget That 'Father Time' is not on DJT's side... At this Point, the 2026 Mid-Terms look like a Sweep for the Dems... If so, I would expect Resignations, Impeachments, and Generally Chaos... I prefer Divine Intervention Soon...
Divine Intervention won’t get any of us off the hook for failing to organize. In the words of Martin Luther, pray as though everything were up to God, but work as though everything depended on you alone.
Hello ICTT... Excellent Advice...
Hell, ICTT, I “look at us with a mixture of horror and pity” too!!!!
Lololol. Lots of wishful thinking there. Three more beautiful years. Enjoy that.
This man withe the title of president of the United States is obviously mentally incapacitated at this point (and even earlier than this point) and needs to be removed from office. HOW DO WE GET THIS RAGING LUNATIC OUT OF OFFICE?
First of all you thinking for all, he’s just done it all he’s doing and I don’t know why you’d want the best president of your lifetime out of office but it doesn’t make sense. Why don’t you tell me why you think he’s. A raging lunatic. Then I can respond directly the questions instead of typical insults , with no back up and hate with no rational thought behind it.
lol. Biden is gone. Try to catch up
I’m all caught up…….
Well, why don’t you give me rational reasons for your post since all most of you do is throw insults self back up heat without rational, thought nothing but emotion, and almost every one of your posts instead of facts and logic. Maybe it’s because what I have written on one of my T-shirts is true.
My T-shirt says confuse a liberal use facts and logic
Beg to differ.
Wait, " cognition bender."?? The comedian, writer, actor, Larry David has a circular writing style featured in “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” It is a seemingly unrelated, mundane storylines introduced at the beginning of an episode but then crash together and resolve in the final few minutes bringing the protagonist back to where they were when the episode began. Thus a "full circle" with fun payoff. During the episode he also highlights a "cringe humor" with an absurd, neurotic, blunt, and selfish protagonist. Trump’s speeches are similar in that he introduces seemingly unrelated, mundane storylines. He calls it the “Trump Weave.” Unlike Larry David’s bringing the protagonist back to where they started Trump is often even more funny as he just leaves you hanging while performing his cringe dance leaving the stage. Actually Trump being older he might be doing a sort of Milton Berle act. He also was known for using exaggerated, funny dancing as part of his physical comedy routines on Texaco Star Theatre. I recall Uncle Miltie had a banana hat and sometimes would walk on the outsides of his feet. Trump has that blond hair on an 80 year old man with his orange clown painted face; also very funny if you look at him that way. Nah, Trump is not funny, he is mentally very sick. You are 100% correct Apache, it's a cognition bender.
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/inside-the-weave-how-donald-trumps-rhetoric-has-grown-darker-and-windier/
Thanks Albert... Seems that DJT has been on a 'Cognition Bender' since Infancy... Just Ask Mary Trump, or Jeffry Epstein...
🤣👆this!!!!
He is grotesque by any measure that I can think of, physically, mentally, spiritually (?), socially, humanely, genetically, cosmically. A caricature of no use to any but evil.
Lawlessness has deep roots and whole lot of money.
Hi J L: please, substack, put J L’s comment to the top-of-the-pile, in capitals so that we can’t avoid reading it!
Yours, Anthony
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Hey Rick
I asked you the other day to answer these simple questions. We "liberals" on HCRs newsletter would love to read your answers. Maybe you could teach us something about America.
Why is it okay to send masked, fully armed ICE agents into neighborhoods to arrest and impound, without warrant, innocent immigrants who have no criminal records?
What is the benefit to America to blowing up small boats and murdering sailors in the Caribbean under suspicion of drug running? Why not just board the boats and arrest the sailors if drugs are found?
Why is it okay to call all Democrats traitors and elected representatives treasonous for warning soldiers about following illegal military orders?
Why is it good to cancel health subsidies for 24 million Americans leaving them unable to afford health insurance?
Why should multi millionaires and billionaires pay lower tax rates than hard working middle class Americans?
Why is it okay to promote America as a White Christian nation?
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Little Donny-boy SOOOO much wants to play with the big boys… It’s more than sickening, how he’s swooning over Putin and Xi like an infatuated teenage girl… “We have been through soooo much together…. Bffs 4evah, heart sign”. Barf. Ever think what the Ukrainians have been through, Mr. “President”? Of course not.
No more theoreticals, since Nov last. The world wobbled but not many seemed to notice.
There is no punishment harsh enough for donald trump and his enablers.
Phil Balla,
Agree!
All great observations1
So go have him arrested Phil. Lmfao
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Russia is in deep financial trouble due to lost oil revenue and mounting loan defaults. The war will end when Russia's economy breaks. Russian factory workers are going unpaid and hours in armament plants are being cut. Recruitment bonuses for the military have been stopped as have death and disability payments.
Taxes on oil revenue are the major source of funding for Russia's war effort. Sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil are finally reducing demand and forcing down the price of Russian crude to offset the tariffs. Cutting off the oil revenue is why Ukraine keeps attacking Russian oil production and refining facilities and is going after the tanker shadow feet with sea baby drones.
On Saturday, December 27, 2025 Jason Ma of Yahoo Finance published an article under the headline:
Russian official warns a banking crisis is possible amid nonpayments. ‘I don’t want to think about a continuation of the war or an escalation’
This story was originally featured on Fortune.com
“A banking crisis is possible,” a Russian official told the Washington Post recently on condition of anonymity. “A nonpayments crisis is possible. I don’t want to think about a continuation of the war or an escalation.”
The bad loans come from Putin's expansion of the arms industry, tripling the number of factories in the first three years of the war using "relaxed" criteria for the loans. Many of those companies are not able to make loan payments because they can't get critical parts so they have nothing to sell and are furloughing workers.
Over the last year, energy prices have slumped while Europe and the U.S. have tightened sanctions. Oil and gas revenue has tumbled 22% in the first 11 months of the year, and Reuters estimated that December proceeds are on pace to sink nearly 50%.
To cover the shortfall in energy revenue, Moscow has tapped its sovereign wealth fund. But that is running out now too, so the government has resorted to raising more revenue via tax hikes.
It is important to note that taxes on Russian energy exports are the primary source of funding for the war effort. US sanctions on third countries that purchase Russian oil have significantly reduced the volume of oil sold and forced the price per barrel to be discounted to absorb the cost of the sanctions.
With companies feeling the squeeze of high rates and weaker consumption, Russian data show unpaid wages nearly tripled in October from a year ago to more than $27 million, with the Post adding that furloughs and shorter workweeks are also becoming more common.
As a result, more consumers are having trouble servicing their loans. Given the headwinds, the Russian official warning of a banking or nonpayment crisis isn’t the first of its kind.
In June, Russian banks raised red flags on a potential debt crisis as high interest rates weigh on borrowers’ ability to service loans. Also that month, the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs warned many companies were in “a pre-default situation.”
Do you have any accessible in-country info on how the Russian people are reacting to the bad economy?
The best source is the Russian milbloggers who are ranting about the failures of Russian attacks in the ground war.
The Moscow Times is a good source--it is an independent newspaper that moved to Amsterdam when Putin restricted freedom of the press but still has many in country sourcces.
In my posts on my Substack like those above I try to be meticulous about sourcing, using major outlets like Reuters and AP as secondary sources.
I also read TASS, the official Russian news agency and invert what is being said to figure what issues they are trying to hide, and then research from there.
For anything that Zelenskyy says I go to his official website and work off English translations of the speeches and press releases.
Russian military bloggers, known as milbloggers, gained prominence during the Ukraine war for providing frontline updates, often more candid than state media. They typically operate on Telegram and are pro-Russian nationalists, though some criticize military leadership. Top figures include those with large followings and influence on public discourse.
Prominent Bloggers
Alexander Kots: Works for Komsomolskaya Pravda, has nearly 600,000 Telegram subscribers, covers operations and defends official narratives while occasionally questioning commanders.
Semyon Pegov (War Gonzo): Over 1.2 million subscribers, known for on-the-ground reporting from hotspots like Makiivka, accuses the defense ministry of blame-shifting.
Boris Rozhin (Colonel Cassad): Around 800,000 followers, critiques the incompetence in Russian command and tactical failures.
Emerging Voices
Yuri Kotenok: Frequently cited for nationalist commentary on war progress.
Anastasia Kashevarova: Activist with original content on soldier aid and frontline realities, outspoken in 2024-2025.
Influence and Trends
These bloggers shape perceptions among Russian audiences, highlighting losses and frustrations despite pro-war stance, as seen in recent critiques of assaults and Kupiansk setbacks.
Thank you for sharing your wealth of information, Georgia.
Thank you Georgia
KyivIndependent is another good source - journalists on the ground, valiantly trying to report on the country, as well as the war.
Yes it is—I read it daily.
Hello Georgia... I find your Writings to Excellently Informed... Salute... OBW: In Russian, 'Truth Social' would be 'Pravda'...
Thank you for the compliment. I am indulging an obsession.
Hello Georgia... Why The Obsession?... Do You read Olga Lautman?... I thought that the last Russian Sortie of the Wagner Group was a Suicide Mission... I expect the Russian Regime to Crack like 1905, and 1917...
Russians are used to living with despots, are they not. We heading in that direction. Slip sliding away…
Hello J D ... My Chinese Professor Said... In the USA, it is 'Give Me Liberty Or Death!!!'... In Russia, it is 'Give Me Tyranny, And Death!!!'... DJT Is A Putin Fan-Boy...
We are headed to that kind of hell hole. We had better stop digging…
Hi Robin. One trustworthy source is the British journalist, Steve Rosenberg (the BBC website, Youtube, and some others). He posts interviews with Regular Joe type Russians. It points to a mixture of awareness by Russians that a war (not the Kremlin designated ‘special military operation’) is going on, mixed with Russian patriotism and also scepticism towards the Kremlin. What is heartbreaking, and morally awful, is the degree to which people on both sides (Ukraine and Russia) identify the other side as being the enemy who must be ‘defeated’ (whatever closure that would bring!). Yours, Anthony.
Steve Rosenberg also provides a summary of Russian newspapers with economic news
https://georgiafisanick.substack.com/p/the-russian-economy-is-in-trouble
https://georgiafisanick.substack.com/p/updating-the-russian-cash-crunch
https://georgiafisanick.substack.com/p/russia-is-in-a-cash-crunch-crisis
Thank you for this overview. Gives hope.
One imagines a dystopian future where all the Republicans who are doing absolutely nothing about these bombings are eventually tried and jailed for life. Sorry to go dark on you, but I'm growing increasingly dark about what's going on with my country. My beautiful, once-hopeful, once-rightfully-powerful, once-meaningfully-proud country. (No, we were never perfect, but we were NEVER this awful, and we're just awful now.)
It's complicated. Genocide and slavery were about as awful as it gets, but that's not whole story. I don't think that any administration has threatened the whole republic as this one has. Who really believes that Putin does not wish us ill? Or that those in this land who are so powerful that they yearn to rule care $%#@ about the rest of "the people"?
That sounds like a utopian future. Not dystopian.
I like your idea, but where could we incarcerate 77 million people?
We can just strip them of their citizenship and send them all back to whatever country their parents or grandparents or great-grandparents or however many generations back we need to go) came from.
Excellent idea. Doesn’t have to be where they or their ancestors came from, though. Could be some other coultry. El Salvador will do it for a price. When they’re full, we can find other countries with corrupt autocrats who will do it for a price.
I see what you did there, Rex.
More than that. If you aren't a native American, vyou arevan immigrant, bor a descendant of immigrants.
There are a lot of reasons why 77 million people voted for Trump over Harris. (I voted for neither.) But while I've heard of the mistake of "blaming the voters", I've never heard of deporting the voters who disagreed with you. I don't think that's a worthy strategy either.
I thought that it was obvious, without adding /s/, that this wasn't a serious comment, but I guess I should have...
A nice fantasy, snark notwithstanding! The old tit-for-tat.
Did you consider not voting for either of them was giving a vote to him?
Harris was going to win the blue state I live in, not close. I wanted to vote for someone whose policies I roughly aligned with (not Harris) and who respected the checks and balances of the three branches of govt (not Trump). I thought Haley was a better candidate than the two major party nominees, so I wrote her in, even though she had lost the primary in my state.
Thankjs for supporting Trump. In times of peril, there is standing on the side of safety with other people and watching your home burn down, and feeling you should block the fire engines from saving the rest of the neighborhood because the fire chief didn't say hello properly last Tuesday.
Since Trump took office the “Axis of Evil” has metastasized, now looking to engulf and conquer the entire western hemisphere. Canada is arming up while Europe prepares for conflict with Russia. Denmark strengthens its defenses against a Trump invasion of Greenland while China is increasing its posture around Taiwan. We’re in the throes of a madman and the world is on fire. Cmon cholesterol, do your worst.
Or do your best!
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Hey Rick,
We're still waiting to hear your thoughts on these questions:
Why is it okay to send masked, fully armed ICE agents into neighborhoods to arrest and impound, without warrant, innocent immigrants who have no criminal records?
What is the benefit to America to blowing up small boats and murdering sailors in the Caribbean under suspicion of drug running? Why not just board the boats and arrest the sailors if drugs are found?
Why is it okay to call all Democrats traitors and elected representatives treasonous for warning soldiers about following illegal military orders?
Why is it good to cancel health subsidies for 24 million Americans leaving them unable to afford health insurance?
Why should multi millionaires and billionaires pay lower tax rates than hard working middle class Americans?
Why is it okay to promote America as a White Christian nation?
Don’t hold your breath.
The similarities between Poor Rick and Trump are stunning:
- They both can’t put decent sentences and/or thoughts together;
- They both call people names, like kindergarteners (except sometimes the names are obscene - like middle schoolers);
- They both ACT tough, but can’t endure pushback;
- They both have enormous brain farts and spread doo-doo all over the place;
- They both brag about the mental capabilities; and
- They both brag about their wealth and business acumen.
I feel sorry for both of them. Their lives are sooooo sad. SOB
He'll just post the same link as response, or get all profane in his nonsensical reply.
Being a true believer in Trump world, I hope Rick takes the time to argue for his beliefs not just practice his gaslighting skills on this newsletter.
Absolutely
And unfortunately, yes.
Is your last sentence as suicidal as it sounds?
Don’t think he meant to himself
Vlad has to have either incredible compromat, or 47 is under completely his spell or both. Wake up Republicans! This has to stop
Trump is a thug with power, and he likes other thugs with power. Simple as that. Occam’s razor. No compromat required.
You could be right Rex, ultimately motivation is irrelevant. 47 is backing Vlad with our government against our wishes and the national interest. The only ones who can stop it are Congressional Republicans.
Surely you jest…
Don't hold your breath. Maybe us? At least give him a run for his money.
Yeah, that too. He praises tyrannies, trashes democracies, and lets big league crooks out of prison. And somehow millions find that admirable.
He’s also susceptible to flattery, and Putin knows it.
It seems that directly or indirectly Putin is Trump's sugar daddy.
Writing for the ? Time: Putin is DT’s father. Father was KKK, racist, cheated US government by taking money to build public housing then making sure that a minimum of blacks could live in it. That’s for starters. Mary Trump has tried to warn US over and over.
Putin is a reincarnation of the don’s father.
Bad diet and misogyny account for much of the rest of the illiterate, greedy coward mafia boss elected to head our democracy.
(MSNOW has or had the films—I saw them on MSNBC from 2016 onward, including the Russia “hoax.”)
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The Russia hoax is as dead as it was, the day was started, however criminals were gonna start getting punished right now. John Brennan has been investigated and called out in a grand jury investigation, confirmed by his very own lawyer and guess who’s next call me Clapper Chef going to be a fun summer.
Come on Rick,
Let us know your thoughts here:
Why is it okay to send masked, fully armed ICE agents into neighborhoods to arrest and impound, without warrant, innocent immigrants who have no criminal records?
What is the benefit to America to blowing up small boats and murdering sailors in the Caribbean under suspicion of drug running? Why not just board the boats and arrest the sailors if drugs are found?
Why is it okay to call all Democrats traitors and elected representatives treasonous for warning soldiers about following illegal military orders?
Why is it good to cancel health subsidies for 24 million Americans leaving them unable to afford health insurance?
Why should multi millionaires and billionaires pay lower tax rates than hard working middle class Americans?
Why is it okay to promote America as a White Christian nation?
You are MORE THAN A BIT SLOW…..ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM ‘’’’’ILLEGAL’’’’’’’. I WILL CATCH UP LATER. BUT WOWOWOWOW. YIKES…PLEASE GET A GRIP….
I will answer you are you were going to be able to get all the answers by simply turning on the TV watching any single right wing right leaning news story. Wow. You are captured in your group thing bubble here and I feel sorry for that but I will enlighten you later today
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Donny-boy just really badly wants to play with the big boys.
Oh brother, I think exactly the same! Yours, Anthony
Heather, this is for you. It must feel odd for an historian to spend so much time in the present. Usually, time needs to churn before we realize what matters. Your gift, which we appreciate greatly, is to sift through current events and let us know what matters. Often, that involves dredging up some event from the past that explains things with surprising clarity. Thank you, and keep it up. We need people like you.
And thank you for keeping an accurate log of our present history for future generations.
Are you replying to a post? She made six years ago when you say she’s in the present her most recent debacle of a post was about some thing that happened at bended knee in 1892 fucking kidding me.? Be my answer about that. Come on Heather tell this story
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Zelenskyy posted on X that Russia was using "dangerous rhetoric" to undermine diplomatic progress with President Trump's team, right after his Mar-a-Lago meeting.
Fox News reported that he warned it was preparation for strikes on Ukraine, likely Kyiv and government buildings, calling for global awareness to prevent Russia from derailing enduring peace.
The Moscow Times reported that Ukraine's Foreign Minister echoed this, calling it a pretext for more Russian attacks amid negotiations on security guarantees and thorny issues like Donbas. The Moscow Times is an independent newspaper published in Amsterdam and tends to have a left media bias.
No independent evidence of the attack has surfaced, aligning with Zelenskyy's dismissal as typical Russian propaganda.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Lavrov’s allegations “fake” and “extremely dangerous,” arguing that Moscow was trying to sabotage diplomatic efforts to end the war and justify continued strikes on Ukraine.
Lavrov’s statement was unusual as Russia’s Defense Ministry and regional authorities typically report on Ukrainian drone attacks, not the foreign minister.
Earlier on Monday, the Defense Ministry said it had downed 89 Ukrainian drones nationwide, only 18 of which were reported over the Novgorod region. [So it looks like the Kremlin is contradicting itself.]
Shortly after Lavrov issued his statement, the White House said Trump concluded a “positive” phone call with Putin about Ukraine.
Trump then criticized the alleged Ukrainian drone attack, saying it was “not the right time” given the ongoing U.S.-brokered talks to end Moscow’s invasion.
“You know who told me about it? President Putin, early in the morning, he said he was attacked. It’s no good,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, adding that he was “very angry about it.”
“It’s a delicate period of time. This is not the right time. It’s one thing to be offensive because they’re offensive. It’s another thing to attack his house. It’s not the right time to do any of that.”
Putin definitely got the reaction he wanted from Trump.
The Bottom Line
The Moscow Times report on the inconsistencies between the Kremlin’s own reporting on the number of drones entering Russian airspace versus the 91 drones in the alleged attack makes it clear this is a fake report.
Putin benefits if he can turn Trump against Zelenskyy, and it looks like it took 3 phone calls to do the job. Since Trump believes him, Putin can retaliate against Ukraine and withdraw his eye-rolling fake offer of wanting Ukraine to succeed by providing help in the reconstruction and offering cheap energy prices. Trump could withdraw the US's 15-year security guarantee, ease sanctions, delay delivery of 3 Patriot missile systems ordered for Ukraine, or refuse Zelenskyy’s request for an additional 7.
Trump is credulous and gullible, and Putin is playing him. Unfortunately, it is innocent civilians in Ukraine who will suffer.
Slava Ukraini!
Слава Україні!
It's hard to know what, if anything, Trump believes, besides he must personally gain at all costs. Certainly little Trump ever says in believable.
NOTHING he says is believable.
And, don't forget, trump is a stupid, senile, evil malignant narcissist pedophile with accelerating dementia, so it seems to me his words mean nothing.
I think Adam Kinzinger‘s quote about if Ukraine stops firing, it ceases to exist and if Russia stops firing, the war ceases to exist, explains in a very concise and accurate way what is going on. Poor strong Ukraine is fighting for its life, and if it weren’t for half of our electorate being blind to Trump’s lying and thieving, we could have stopped this war in its tracks by staying united with NATO under a democratic President.
I do get some joy out of imagining Putin having to put up with a 2 hour conversation with Trump.😈 Trump cannot suddenly turn into a convivial and exciting conversationalist. I’m willing to bet he is still the repetitive bore with Putin that he is with the rest of us. Putin might go for the peace plan just to get out of talking to Trump anymore!😅😂 Wouldn’t that just be the icing on the cake!?! Trump the Peacemaker!😂🤣
I pity the translators.
Maybe they don’t have them since they both think only of themselves why bother to listen!?!
OMG. You are so right! The stress of it. “Off with their heads!”
Yes, that is an amusing — if terrifying — picture. I sometimes wonder how Putin manages to keep from asphyxiating with laughter during one of those heart-to-heart talks with the Village Idiot.
Republicans make a career of blaming the victims, but no rational person should lose sight of who is the aggressor here. Who is the offender and who is the defender? We kinda shrugged when Hitler took Poland.
Yeah, we felt the same way when Biden took the US.
Took the US where Rick? Are you saying the 2020 election was stolen?
Guess you got my answer huh Mike? Let me tell you this imagine a man so obscure that for 40 years he wasn’t recognizes for having any major piece of legislation gets elected to the presidency of the United States not because of him but because of his opponent, and gets 13 million more votes than Obama, the god
By the way, you might want to check out the latest story which I haven’t investigated yet but apparently there are some 300,000 invalidated ballots in Georgia. Oooops
Well, I guess I’m gonna have to use shorter words so that you don’t misinterpret anything. Biden took the US in the toilet that’s what I said
He is what you’re trying to assign to Trump. Joe Biden almost destroyed this country in two years that he was confident in two years he should’ve been in a straight jacket so he wouldn’t hurt himself or his country
Every single thing that Trump has had to do so far has been to cure the disease and the wretched refuse left by Joe Biden that and his lying lot
Is English your first language? I’m just curious.?
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I think he loves yanking his chain. The photo from Helsinki said it all. The leader and the puppet
Yeah Adam Kinzinger also said guess what he supports. Trump separates a Nigeria oh my God it’s cancer gonna be a republican now.
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It's been a while since I've seen or heard anything about the "big lie" technique, but it seems to me that we're being fed a combination of garbage where nobody is in charge or is able to say what is going on, whether in Venezuela or with Putin or about Epstein, but it is obvious that no matter what garbage those in the regime are peddling, there's no truth to be found.
I’m betting nobody is really in charge now. Donny Ramblepants just sundowns for the cameras, the GOP flotsam and jetsam in the House are in pure survival mode, Kegsbreath posts war crime videos, the rest of his wretched cabinet are thinking how much longer they can ad lib…Not a comforting series of images, is it?
Uh, that’s President Ramblepants to you sir/madam! Thank you for your attention to this matter 🎯
So I read this as "Rumblepants" the first time. Not that I have a junior high sense of humor or anything like that.
I read it as "Rumblepants," too. Does this mean I have a vision problem or a junior high sense of humor?
😂😂😂 thanks for the best laugh of my morning!
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The big lie is all there is. MSM just repeats it.
Republicans make the "Big Lie" look like small potatoes.
The Senate committee and Special Counsel Robert Mueller put more of the story together, explaining that in summer 2016, Manafort and Russian operatives “discussed a plan to resolve the ongoing political problems in Ukraine by creating an autonomous republic in its more industrialized eastern region of Donbas, and having [Russian-backed Viktor] Yanukovych, the Ukrainian President ousted in 2014, elected to head that republic.” The Mueller Report continued: “That plan, Manafort later acknowledged, constituted a ‘backdoor’ means for Russia to control eastern Ukraine.”
So, Putin’s tactics for installing a puppet via a “backdoor” in eastern Ukraine failed, but worked in the United States.
You know what you couldn’t negotiate your way out of a paper bag. Thank God you’re in control of absolutely nothing.
And you probably never been involved in the business negotiation in your life?
Well, we can all see that those medication‘s are definitely working, but I think you’re taking a double dose
So that’s it eh Sender? When faced with actual facts..
Just some Poor Rick information, Mike! This comes from several interactions yesterday. Two things seem obvious: 1.) P Rick is hurting badly. 2.) And, he’s just like Trump:
On December 29, 2025, Poor Rick said to me, “So you’re either an antisemite or you’re not but I think now we’ve seen your true colors I may continue to post to you, but I won’t respond to anything you say.”
Hmmm, 1.) “you’re either an antisemite or you’re not….” Interesting how non-definitive those seven words are. That sounds like Donald Trump.
2.) “may continue to post to you, but I won’t respond to anything you say….” WOW, so, you will post gibberish or dump doo-doo all over the place and NOT RESPOND to what I have said? That is so cool and so generous of you, Poor Rick! Thank you! Merry New Year to you! Let’s try it out, OK?
So, I can describe your demeanor as a Trump clone and you won’t RESPOND to that, right?(No, I didn’t say “clown.” I said “clone.” And, of course, as you said on December 29. 2025: “I could care less about Donald Trump.”)
1.) You and Trump have difficulty putting together cognitive sentences. There’s crumbling & bumbling & rambling & shambling along with dangling participles.
2.) You and Trump disparage people by calling them names, sometimes by using vulgarity.
3.) You and Trump brag about your mental capabilities - Mensa tests, cognitive tests, etc.
4.) You and Trump flaunt your wealth and business acumen.
Posting vs Responding. Is that a PROMISE, Poor Rick?
not for me at all and a happy one you’re sitting there miserable and I’m actually glad at this point. You set me up with your stupidity, your ignorance, and your lack of any awareness of what’s going on in the outside world. Not sure what you did for a living, but I’m guessing for the most part it was probably theoretical. Here for any more of your nonsense
For one year, I never floated anything not my wealth not anything else, but when people start insulting me from being some poor slob or some ignorant, uneducated rich, I was backed into a corner and said you know what I’m not gonna take this if you knew anything about me you wouldn’t be saying this shit. OK the people you were some of the dumbest human beings I’ve ever dealt with. There are many many good people here, rational, backfilled unfortunate. You’re not one of them.
You have no facts to back up any of your hate, and that’s the problem. All of your hate is emotion and predetermined vile.
And furthermore, well I’m very open minded one here having voted for to democrat presidents into Republican president. In my lifetime. You probably have never even looked to the right of center to see any credible reason to vote for a Republican and I’ve been a week and I’ve been an independent voter for since I’m 30.
Like I said before, just an ignorant, wretch.
There are some very smart people here, who have gone back-and-forth between Republicans and Democrats parties, including some of the leaders of the free world that were once Republicans have become a democrat, or once a democrat, pregame or republican
That could never happen to you, because your mind is like a cave, dark and empty
Everybody has the right to change your mind. You have to be open minded to do it, so good luck to you.
You’re not responding to anything I said, right, P Rick? I mean you said yesterday: “I won’t respond to anything you say.”
That’s exactly what I said but guess what now you’ve woken the beast and you should have let him lie. You’re the second person I’m gonna give the same advice to that I gave to another individual who regrets his decision. Never like to fuse, unless you know where it’s coming from
Oh, and by the way, I don’t wanna sound like Donald Trump. I just want to create every single path policy that Donald Trump has created so far. Because life is all about actions, not about empty words.. and that’s all you have
What facts did you think you just provided their Mike? Is that woman absolutely stupid let me give you a couple things… Robert Mueller spent two years and got nothing and now he’s nothing but hiding in his cubbyhole of banishment from life. He was exposed as a fraud, and then an incompetent Lackey…. in fact, since those days you haven’t heard his name, why do you think that is because he doesn’t want anybody hear his name because he’s embarrassed as hell. The whole episode was shameful. I know it’s long gone buried in infamy.
Go ahead and give me some facts. The more I’m here the more I realize that most of the people here have never been involved in reality. They stand in the classroom and preach and teach, but I’ve never actually put what they’re preaching and teaching to work themselves. The more I’m here the more I realize that most of the people here have never been involved in reality they stand in the classroom and preach and teach but I’ve never actually put what their preaching and teaching to work themselves. And yes, I typed it twice. How’s that?
Wanna give me some facts go ahead we’ll discuss the facts.
And you don’t even understand and misinterpret my post about 2020
But I will say this to you in general in the election that has any method of voting other than showing up at the polls with your ID and handing it to somebody and then getting a ballot and then putting it in the machine right then and there is fraught. with fraud
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The malignant narcissist pathologically lying Queens real estate mob boss posing as president is unfit to even pose as president. 2026 - the year we remove him from office.
Not soon enough.
Couple this essay with the article on MTG in the NY Times tonight and there is no doubt that everyone recognizes double dealing, greed, bullying, and third grade imaginary logic in DT. Will we be able to overthrow him before he takes us all down?
Where are the Republicans in Congress who still believe in serving their country rather than serving a Master? Impeachment needs to be on the table. That or the 25th Amendment!
Gone with the wind
And then the sycophants as well…
file Fort Lauderdale and Las Vegas airport photo. https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AOLC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc75027be-a0dd-4c42-bbc4-4b648e3a878c_2048x1536.jpeg. Dream about this
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I have a one-point plan for peace in Ukraine:
RUSSKY GO HOME!
Hi Mark. You’ve won a prize - a comment from Rick Sender 😂. ‘It’s never too dark a subject for Rick to make a ridiculous comment. Some day, when Trump is gone, we’ll club together to buy Rick a pint 🙏
I’ve rolled my eyes so much at Rick I need to see an ophthalmologist!
Go get’m mark. lol
Really Rick..This is the 6th time I'm asking you to enlighten us here on HCR's newsletter by answering just six simple questions. We'd all like to understand POTUS better. Come on..Grow a pair. You can do this:
Why is it okay to send masked, fully armed ICE agents into neighborhoods to arrest and impound, without warrant, innocent immigrants who have no criminal records?
What is the benefit to America to blowing up small boats and murdering sailors in the Caribbean under suspicion of drug running? Why not just board the boats and arrest the sailors if drugs are found?
Why is it okay to call all Democrats traitors and elected representatives treasonous for warning soldiers about following illegal military orders?
Why is it good to cancel health subsidies for 24 million Americans leaving them unable to afford health insurance?
Why should multi millionaires and billionaires pay lower tax rates than hard working middle class Americans?
Why is it okay to promote America as a White Christian nation?
Let me preface this by saying the following if not for the fit brain, dead non-comped mentís president JOE BIDEN we had here before and his lying accomplices. We would need none of this. Including MaYORKAS, AOC and the border czar herself Harris, cackling that , that the border was secure.!!
Well, aside that I’ve answered these questions too many times then as necessary. In fact, these questions shouldn’t even need to be answered. They’re so absurd, but I’m gonna go ahead and do that for you again anyway.
So what I suggest to you is a go grab a beer or a soft drink and a couple of anti-anxiety pills because when I’m done with this Post, you’re gonna need them. And along with those maybe some Pills to return your ability to think rationally and logically are going to help you a great deal
By the way, I think I’ve asked you more questions that you haven’t answered either but whatever
We’ll do this one by one, but it may take five or six different posts so like I said, hopefully you have time to read them, but you’re not gonna be happy
Why is it OK to send masked men? Fully armed iceagents in to arrest and impound immigrants who have no criminal record. OK put on your logical thinking Cap for a second here cause you’re gonna need it.
1. How many individuals have you seen with signs on their back that say I am in an illegal immigrant in hiding please arrest me.? I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen one. And don’t worry I’m gonna answer all your questions, but I’m gonna do it in parts here because it needs to be ripped.Apart.
95% of all the immigrants that ice are looking for came in through the southern border.. which was about 20 some thousand per day for almost a year… they came from South America Central the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa
And as I said above, therefore, 95% of them were people of color.
So these people were non-identifiable Most of them with no U.S. ISSUED ID
That should take care of the first part of your first question and I’m sending another post now with the answers to the rest of your first part of your FIRST question
Hope you’re enjoying so far. By the way, I just saw your part about growing a pair. As I told someone earlier this morning, you shouldn’t light a fuse when you don’t know where it’s coming from.
Just so you know, for a fact, I am essentially the only one with a pair on this entire thread! Not one other person is disputing arguing contradicting, or otherwise disputing a word that Heather says.
Were you an anti-psychologist at some point in time?
Now let’s talk further about the 8 to 11,000,000 people who are here illegally and I’m gonna try English so but I’ll do it slowly because you obviously don’t understand the second that somebody does something illegal. They have committed a crime. Therefore, by definition every single illegal that cross the border illegally is a criminal by definition.
Now you might want to use a curve to grade that but unfortunately, it doesn’t work the second they come here illegally. They’re criminals by definition for a fact. Get that through your thick biased skull
Now, if you want to know, the reason that ice agents are masked and don’t have ID and if you’d like, I’ll send you back up for this I’ll send you links for this. There have been over 1000 attacks on ice agents. But guess what? How many times have you seen people beating up police or threatening police ? And now I’m gonna introduce a couple of terms for you so maybe you’ll learn something here today. Have you ever heard of the word DOXXING or SWATTING? Look them up. Not only have agents been threatened with their lives, but people have actually identified them and gone to their homes and threatened their families, and there are many links and validation of these claims… so the answer to your question is they wear the mask so they don’t get docked and they don’t get swatted and they don’t get threats and there’s no violence against them and in fact in sanctuary cities, people are actually posting photographs of them on telephone poles in order to be able to attack them if they see them or make sure they hide from them if they see them and who are they hiding illegal criminals … and boy. I just noticed your last question and if you get further than this and continue to read when you get the last answer to your question, I’m gonna have to start insulting your intelligence substantially significantly and with every right to do so. Based on your question. So onto your next issue unless I miss something which of course I will not miss and continue but make sure you look up the word doxxed and ann makes up you look make sure you look up the word swatting
Well it looks like I have to expound on my answer a little bit more, especially to morons like you who haven’t done any research whatsoever before you ask a stupid question and almost every one of your questions is beyond stupid more in the line of ignorant what’s worse than ignorant. You are living in obliviousness.
Barack Hussein Obama deported 3 million illegals in his first term. Of those 3 million only 25% of them received due process. If you would like the link or the number of links to validate that, I have no problem in providing them for you but trust me you don’t wanna see them because it actually gets worse than that. They never even made it in the country. They were turned away at the border by the agents at the border and sent back to their own countries. ON THEIR OWN.
NOW LET’S ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE FUEL TO THE FIRE SHALL
Mr. Bill Clinton and his terms in office deported 10 million illegal
10, million. Did you ever hear the word due process when Mr. Clinton was president? No and I’ll tell you why came up with a new law that allowed him to quickly deport people without due process it even has a name the IIRIRA go look it up. It’s a law that Bill Clinton came up with so that he could deport people quicker. Without due process. Add that to your body of ignorance. Now I will move on. To your next point. Actually, this is getting to be fun, but it’s so pathetic that somebody is so stupid ignorant, or oblivious that they actually ask these questions without researching any of it
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Once again, Drumpty ( aka Putin’s Puppet) has comes across as the most stupid, insincere, flippant, inarticulate , moronic, braggart grifter in US presidential history! He is a traitor, and our biggest international embarrassment ever. He should have no say in Ukraine’s fight to retain itself as a free sovereign country. He’s betrayed Ukraine, Europe, and the USA since he reneged on our stalwart support of Ukrainian’s legal defense of their their country. Putin invaded illegally invaded Ukraine, No part of Ukraine should be ceded to Russia. Thank-you EU, NATO For standing with Ukraine as it badly needs $ support to help the courageous Ukrainians who are fighting for their existence for well over a year now.
Our president is a traitor to all of us here at home, and to free countries throughout the world!