It looks like Moldova is defying Putin
Good news - at last!
βThe bravery and determination of ordinary Moldovans cannot be overstated. Putin has suffered a bad defeat. We do know that time and again, even when threatened, bribed and bullied, Europeans affirm their desire to be in Europe, not in the Russkiy Mir.β
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
29.09.2025 03:11 β π 834 π 153 π¬ 9 π 4
Trump didnβt know about this, did he? Vance did. Then Trump assumed they were foreign generals coming to look at US military hardware. Now he has been briefed Trump wants to be there to stamp his mark.
28.09.2025 22:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Shouldn't Schumer and Jeffries tell Trump:
Sorry, can't make it to the White House to chat tomorrow! You say a major city is so 'war-ravaged' as to require deploying federal troops authorized to use 'Full Force' against U.S. citizens. So we feel a responsibility to head to Portland to take a look.
28.09.2025 19:45 β π 2303 π 465 π¬ 96 π 22
Rezultate preliminare
Preliminary results from the Moldovan electoral commission show the Russian stooges having done poorly. If these results continue, this is incredibly good news.
pv.cec.md/preliminare
28.09.2025 20:14 β π 301 π 56 π¬ 6 π 6
Sounds like a no-brainer
28.09.2025 20:44 β π 129 π 9 π¬ 4 π 0
Pro-EU party leads in high-stakes Moldovan election
The parliamentary election comes amid reports of an βunprecedentedβ Russian hybrid interference campaign.
Pro-EU party leads in high-stakes Moldovan election
The parliamentary election comes amid reports of an βunprecedentedβ Russian hybrid interference campaign.
www.politico.eu/article/poll...
28.09.2025 20:58 β π 30 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
28.09.2025 21:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Seeing Enemies Everywhere
The governmentβs working definition of βhate speechβ now seems to include anything that offends Donald Trump personallyβincluding late-night comedy.
βThe idea that speech or thought contrary to the government line could trigger punishment is the dream of autocrats. Eventually, it makes enemies of everyone.β
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
20.09.2025 19:19 β π 711 π 277 π¬ 34 π 12
Trumpβs Censorship Binge After Kirkβs Killing Is Part of an All-Out Effort to Crush the Opposition
He is rapidly consolidating his power so that no one can even challenge his authoritarian takeover
βThe attack on free speech and free elections are two sides of the same coinβ¦What is happening is a campaign to disarm and discredit the opposition and make it harder for it to mount an effective challenge to Trumpβs growing authoritarianism.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-cen...
20.09.2025 20:20 β π 333 π 103 π¬ 15 π 1
Who made this! πΉ
20.09.2025 19:35 β π 196 π 57 π¬ 9 π 3
She told him she had been instructed to give the interview to protect 'my career as a children's book author and children's philanthropist' adding that she was 'broken' because 'I saw all my children's work disappearing'.
Yes. Well. Children book author + paedophile mate π§π€¨
20.09.2025 20:31 β π 37 π 6 π¬ 2 π 1
She added: 'I know you feel hellaciously let down by me from what you were either told or read and I must humbly apologise to you and your heart for that.'
(Translate: keep sending the π°)
20.09.2025 20:32 β π 33 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1
YouTube video by LUBACH
Jimmy Kimmelβs show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH
The Disney brand, and the USA brand, sinking together. Parody from Dutch TV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...
20.09.2025 20:39 β π 2249 π 644 π¬ 64 π 71
Trump's hand is still being weird.
17.09.2025 19:01 β π 258 π 53 π¬ 72 π 8
Obama on Charlie Kirk:
17.09.2025 11:44 β π 2909 π 733 π¬ 173 π 225
36 hours after he didβ¦zero from Starmer and co apart fro an astonishingly stupid, inept βFree speech is alive and wellβ from Labourβs Peter Kyle,
Free speech is. But it is sick and needs urgent treatment.
Labour offering nothing
14.09.2025 19:35 β π 103 π 26 π¬ 10 π 3
Boosted by summits in Alaska and China, Putin moves against Europe, Ukraine
Russia has been emboldened in its strategy of splitting the U.S. from Europe while pushing ever harder to gain a military victory in Ukraine.
βSince President Vladimir Putinβs invitation to Alaska by Trump, the Russian leader has ramped up attacks on Ukraine, threatened to kill any future foreign forces in Ukraine, hit Western targets in Ukraine, and unleashed a drone incursion into Poland.β
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
14.09.2025 20:21 β π 473 π 174 π¬ 35 π 14
14.09.2025 20:01 β π 21942 π 4576 π¬ 494 π 161
These guys are claiming Kirk as a nazi.
I'm curious, from the right's perspective, is this unacceptable criticism, of the type that's getting liberals fired from their jobs, or is this honoring his legacy?
14.09.2025 20:45 β π 2881 π 854 π¬ 53 π 16
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
13.09.2025 14:56 β π 20210 π 9662 π¬ 7535 π 8326
Arrest this man. Seriously.
13.09.2025 18:38 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
So where did the money come from if her businesses are unprofitable, she moved in with Farage as she couldnβt make ends meet.
And her parents are not independently wealthy.
Thereβs got to be a paper trail for that money somewhere
13.09.2025 21:19 β π 167 π 74 π¬ 11 π 2
I am old enough to remember JD Vance lecturing Europe about freedom of speech. Oh and Nigel Farage as well.
13.09.2025 21:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ukraine strikes oil refinery deep behind lines, 1,500 km from border
Preliminary assessments indicate that key infrastructure at a major oil refinery in Russiaβs Bashkortostan regionβ including a vacuum column essential for primary oil processingβsuffered significant d...
β‘οΈUkraine strikes oil refinery deep behind lines, 1,500 km from border.
Preliminary assessments indicate that key infrastructure at a major oil refinery in Russiaβs Bashkortostan regionβ including a vacuum column essential for primary oil processingβsuffered significant damage.
13.09.2025 18:29 β π 580 π 97 π¬ 10 π 7
Kash Patel Plays a G-Man on TV
In his press conference announcing the capture of Charlie Kirkβs killer, the F.B.I. director revealed himself.
At a press conference in Utah, F.B.I. Director Kash Patel sought to take credit for Tyler Robinsonβs arrest. But the most impressive act of justice was committed by Robinsonβs father, who made the tragic choice to help turn in his son.
13.09.2025 20:07 β π 361 π 85 π¬ 37 π 6
Zelensky calls for tougher US sanctions, warns Russian drone strikes on Poland are 'Putinβs war'
Zelensky remarks come days after Russian drones violated Polish airspace and were shot down in what marked the first known instance of NATO forces directly engaging Russian aerial assets during the fu...
β‘οΈZelensky calls for tougher US sanctions, warns Russian drone strikes on Poland are 'Putinβs war.'
Zelensky remarks come days after Russian drones violated Polish airspace and were shot down in what marked the first known instance of NATO forces directly engaging Russian aerial assets.
13.09.2025 19:46 β π 762 π 197 π¬ 20 π 13
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