Brian McCarthy 🌐🔶🌽

Russia launches air attack on Kyiv hours after Zelenskyy agrees to 30-day US ceasefire deal – Ukraine war live Kyiv’s mayor says air defence forces are engaged in repelling the strikes; Donald Trump says he plans to talk to Putin about ceasefire

Yeah. Good job, DT. 🇺🇦

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European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia on Ukraine The American president’s latest remarks embracing Vladimir Putin’s narrative that Ukraine is to blame for the war have compounded the sense of alarm among traditional allies.

“I’m afraid we’ve never been this close to Orwell’s ‘war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength’ before,” [Czech] Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said.”
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The Crisis of Democracy Is Here And it’s going to get a lot worse.

“The most underestimated element in the current crisis of our democracy is the degree to which many politicians fear for their lives if they do anything forthright to cross or defy President Trump.” open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

DEI Must Change But Donald Trump’s executive order throws the baby out with the bathwater.

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Democrats in Congress Criticize Biden’s Pardon of His Son Hunter Lawmakers in the president’s own party, many of them moderates, said his decision to pardon his son was selfish and would further damage Americans’ waning faith in democracy and the rule of law.

If it was the right thing to do, then he should have done it earlier and not said he wouldn’t. Comparing it to DT’s actions is not helpful—DT sets the standard for corruption, disgrace, and immorality and is no kind of ethical baseline. Would Lincoln do it? Would (either) Roosevelt? I think not.

Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia, and Eurasia had always been its ally.

Unfortunately not true. If he implements the tariffs he’s talking about, he can cause gas prices to skyrocket.