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Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S. The Ukrainian president said he had intelligence indicating that the U.S. and Russia were readying $12 trillion in economic agreements some involving Ukrainian interests.

Days after negotiations to halt the war ended inconclusively in Abu Dhabi, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Russia and the U.S. were discussing bilateral economic agreements worth some $12 trillion, including deals that would affect Ukraine.

With his skin, this could be real

The athletes calling for a better America — or even saying they represent the best aims of America — are more truly patriotic than JD Vance could ever claim to be.

What if I simply went outside and shot the snow with a gun

We need to be shouting this from the rooftops and at every protest because I don’t think enough people realize this is happening or how dangerous this would be.

Our elected officials should be turning cartwheels to protect the sacred right to vote. But here we are, and this is terrifying.

No kidding! lol

Right?

A distinctly Gen X (and thus inconsequential) thing is being the only person in the house who could program a VCR to record at a specific time.

The brutal story of the 1936 Popular Olympics: a boycott of fascism and Hitler Athletes took up arms when alternative games protesting the Olympics in Nazi Germany were overtaken by war.

They took the time to lift tons of things word for word from this piece I wrote, but not to mention once that they were taking credit for my work.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

I didn’t even think to post this last night. I swear I’ve lost all my social media skills since I stopped being extremely online back at the hellsite.

This place was fun last night

No one needs to decant black olives. They could be left in the jar, on the shelf, in the store. Where they belong

Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'

In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."

That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.

Well?

You gonna prove 'em wrong?

Pablo, all I have to say is Eric has seen some things

This is horrible and this man needs to be jailed, and removed from this job

we are so back

U.S., Russia to resume high-level military talks A U.S. official called the deal a by-product of ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war. It came as a key nuclear treaty between Washington and Moscow expired.

The U.S. and Russia will resume a military-to-military dialogue that was suspended just before the invasion of Ukraine, officials said, signaling that the Trump administration is pursuing relations with Moscow even as a key nuclear weapons treaty expired.

Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...

“I won’t spend money on transportation infrastructure to make Americans’ lives better unless you name buildings after me” is a level of narcissism and corruption rarely seen, and it makes Trump sound like a big baby.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...

I love the way it looks like the dog has turned his head to see who's talking shite about him.

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.

Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.

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I don’t care about the national prayer breakfast but interfaith work is important. And it’s deeply embarrassing that this hallow man thinks this was a place for braggadocio like this.

Let me explain the math behind why the destruction of the Washington Post isn't about money.

The paper is now losing $100 million a year. Jeff Bezos is worth $253 billion. This means he could self-fund the Washington Post for THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS and still have $53 billion LEFT OVER.

Incoherence aside, notable that he tries to pivot from his administration’s lawless killing at home to his administration’s lawless killing abroad—the latter of which he evidently views as a “win.”

Thinking about this more since yesterday I want to double down on "this is even more reason to abolish ICE" - what Bannon is making clear is that the GOP sees ICE as a partisan goon squad doing the GOP's bidding. If he's going to send this message, fine; he's giving Dems one to send back.

I mean it’s terrible, but close enough for 10 cents and 30 seconds typing

Good lord that feel like an AI parody waiting to happen

Exclusive | SpaceX Seeks Early Index Entry as It Prepares Massive IPO Advisers to company CEO Elon Musk have reached out to major index providers seeking ways to secure earlier inclusion in market benchmarks to lift shares

WSJ: SpaceX trying to push the bag onto index investors ASAP.

Can’t describe how predatory this is and if index providers carve out an exception for them or other large IPOs it’ll be a huge hit to their credibility IMO.

Btw Ben Solo as Ren is the spoiled brat predecessor of tbe grown man trump, hallow inside because dad was not around enough, except Ben had people who loved him. Trump only has suck ups and family forced to stand by him