(Bloomberg) -- US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump. In an Oct. 14 phone call that lasted a little over five minutes, Witkoff advised Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide, on how the Russian leader should broach the issue with Trump. His guidance included suggestions on setting up a Trump-Putin call before Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s White House visit later that week and using the Gaza agreement as a way in. “We put a 20-point Trump plan together that was 20 points for peace and I’m thinking maybe we do the same thing with you,” Witkoff told Ushakov, according to a recording of the conversation reviewed and transcribed by Bloomberg. A White House spokesperson, Anna Kelly, acknowledged receipt of a request for comment and didn’t immediately respond. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov didn’t immediately respond to comment. 

Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).

Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg

My daughter just started Scouts…

This fills me with a level of anger I haven’t felt in quite some time…

Fuck that shit stain Hegseth.

U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces' Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.

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DKTHOMP: “.. Last week, we were discussing how one could capture the entire AI-bubble debate in about 12 statistics .. we thought: What the hell, let’s just publish the whole playbook!”

@dkthomp.bsky.social
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Man…are people just that lazy? Many of these simple tasks are neither time consuming, stressful, nor difficult.

Trump: “If I say it, they’re going to it. They’re not going refuse me, believe me.” (2016)

Trump: “Can’t they just shoot [protesters] in the legs?” (2020)

Vance: “I don’t give a shit [if it’s a war crime].” (2025)

Trump: “we should use [US cities] as training grounds for our military” (2025)

It is sad that this statement can be applied almost daily at this point…

Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.

I would decline to voluntarily cooperate. No way. Issue a subpoena and fight it out in court.

Man…so…when you make O5 in the Army…you just don’t have any responsibilities anymore? Like, you can sit around your shop and search “grokpedia” all day and post your mental breakdown for all to see?

Fucking hell.

I’d put money he was asking “grok” about it…

Because that is the level of his intellectual curiosity.

He could have just said “the Jews,” he was on Twitter after all…

I am equally curious…

CNBC: My understanding is the White House said that China was gonna buy 12 million tons of soybeans from the US by January. That's approaching and they've only purchased 332,000. China has not confirmed that pledge.

BROOKE ROLLINS: Your point is salient. We've got a significant way to go

I made the comment that this is more in line with “are up Lt brain”…

Mamdani converted him…lol

That isn’t even broken Maj brain…

That is ate up Lt brain…

a young boy is making a funny face and says `` we 're not gonna make it , are we ? '' ALT: a young boy is making a funny face and says `` we 're not gonna make it , are we ? ''

Remember kids…always say thank you to your roomba and chat GPT…

A lot of my boys write for Liberal Currents, and if you're going to give your money to something besides Ukrainian Military units so they can kill Russians—you should actually give them money.

It's very much worth having a liberalism that's confident in itself.

Get their asses @captmarkkelly.bsky.social!

I think people should realize here that Mark Kelly is a very savvy politician who doesn't really move from where his constituents are and is notoriously careful because he's a democrat from Arizona.

The fact that he's doing this isn't just presidential ambition, it means his voters want it.

Excommunicate his ass!

*points at the general history of texas*

Yes.

SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”

Every US ally in Asia has to constantly worry about being thrown under the bus. Not good.

Always hated Oregon anyway.

Schumer & Gillibrand facing mutiny from Dems over their outdated “corporate-friendly” playbook, refusal to back Zohran, etc.

Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov

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