Andy Carney

The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S.
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The American people now see Trump for who he is — a would-be dictator who does not care what Americans think or want, cares nothing about our Constitution or our laws, and sees himself as a kind of eighteenth-century king, with unlimited power to drag us into wars without the consent of the people.

The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.

Trump’s 2026 Nobel Peace Prize campaign is off to a rocky start.

Again, for emphasis: russia has not agreed to ANYTHING. Nearly 100% of the media coverage presents the current situation as: if Ukraine agrees to giving up Donbas, there will be peace. That is not the case! Stop acting as if it were.

Interesting that the total vote for Labour, Greens and LibDems in the Gorton & Denton by-election was 68% - just as it was in 2024

So, Labour is haemorrhaging votes to the centre and left, not to the right

Should Europe Start Talking to Russia? How to negotiate with Putin, and what to discuss?

Laurie Bristow: 'There is no negotiable final settlement to the conflict while Putin is in power since its underlying cause is Putin’s view of Russia, which is not going to change and is incompatible with the security of Russia’s European neighbours." www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat.

Something is burning in Qom and near the Khomeini mausoleum, with another fire seen toward Parchin in eastern Tehran. Separately, reports state staff of the British Embassy are leaving Tehran.

IMHO, the Cummings tweet comes close to treason

Hillary Clinton’s fire and fury opening statement to the House Oversight Committee.

The deposition has resumed.

They gave Boebert crayons and a coloring book to keep her occupied.

This is just one move, we have 11 months of this until the next Congress gets sworn in, and these kinds of threats, moves, etc, will become more and more regular. It’s straight out of the authoritarian playbook.

The Trump admin has abandoned Ukraine. It hasn't actively put its lot with Ru's war effort. Does Rubio want to be congratulated for it? Or are they considering jumping in on Ru's side? Either way, the admin's Ukraine policy is shameful from a moral standpoint and the opposite of what Americans want.

ICE "should be abolished, but also it should be prosecuted" - Democratic Rep. @sethmoulton.bsky.social, from the centrist wing of the party, tells me he wants his party leadership to go further than just reforming ICE. Doing that is "no longer believable."

Full interview: zeteo.com/p/moulton-ic...

The new abnormal After four years on high-level alert, defence against invasion becomes a gruelling routine. But could the normalization of war in Ukraine be positive for long-term planning, the public good and the so...

This must-read will make you re-think the end of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Esp those who identify as "anti-war" should read it. For most Ukrainians, what matters more is not when the war ends but how, many have adapted to the realization that the end is not in sight www.eurozine.com/the-new-abno...

As Orban speaks like Putin, claiming absolutely absurdly and implausibly that Ukraine is a "threat" to Hungary, recall that in February 2022, Hungary amassed its troops along Ukraine's border, an act of potential military aggression against Ukraine to help Russia destroy the Ukrainian state.

It will be tough for America’s global reputation to recover after this absolutely shameful vote.

Russian ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya claimed he is Ukrainian and that Russians and Ukrainians are one nation. Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa responded at the UN Security Council, rejecting the statement and calling it manipulation, disinformation and propaganda. #Ukraine

YouTube video by Jay in Kyiv Ukraine Strikes The Heart Of Russia's Energy Empire

As Russia's oil empire burns, even Putin's propagandists flee.

youtu.be/nVVnDgB1k8k

USA refuses to support Ukraine’s territorial integrity and a lasting peace on anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion The UN resolution was hardly controversial. It called for the return of all civilian hostages, including children, a just and lasting peace and respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty

USA refuses to support Ukraine’s territorial integrity and a lasting peace on anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion
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The US wanted "territorial integrity" removed from Ukraine's UN resolution. The General Assembly's answer: 69 countries voted no, 11 said yes.

Then the resolution passed 107-12-51 — with the US, China, and India abstaining.

🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/25/u...

Western sanctions failed so completely that Russia just pitched Washington $12 trillion The "Dmitriev package" proposes to formalize what the West never stopped providing.

B4Ukraine co-founders have tracked every broken commitment since 2022. Their verdict: "So far, it is no." euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/25/w...

The United States military will most likely start bombing Iran after Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.

“Russian rulers, whether tsars or general secretaries, have always met their downfall when it became clear the war could not be won.

Once this idea becomes dominant, then change can be expected.”

— Garry Kasparov, on how much longer the war in Ukraine may last

Life and Death and Other Numbers On four years of war in Ukraine

A number cannot end a war. An anniversary is an abstraction that separates us from responsibility. Do we count? Or are we just counting?
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Garcia: The single most powerful moment tonight is going to be when Donald Trump has to look up at the gallery of the U.S. House and see the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein looking straight back at him — demanding justice, demanding truth, and demanding accountability

Everything Trump has said so far during his State of the Union address has been said several times before during his other speeches.

No new material whatsoever. His team are completely out of ideas. Just repeating the same false facts and distorted narratives in a wholly incoherent and clumsy way.

NEW: The fifth year of Russia’s invasion is not beginning well for Moscow. Recent Ukrainian successes on the battlefield disprove Russian claims that things can only get worse for Ukraine the longer Kyiv delays surrendering to Russian demands.

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar022426

Trump should use tonight's State of the Union address to return the $1,751 he taxed every single American family over the last year with his illegal tariffs.