Andrei Taranchenko

The US system at the moment can be imagined with the executive branch as a toddler on a chainsaw rampage, congressional parents watching the rampage in silent fond approval, and the judiciary reluctantly stepping in once a year to make him stop destroying one specific thing in one very specific way.

Watch Pope Leo set aside the invitation to the July 4th 250th celebration in the U.S. that Vance handed him.

Vance: The U.S. people are extremely excited about you.

Pope Leo smirked and said, "Hmmm."

He chose to spend that day in Italy with migrants instead.

Pope Leo shade is the best shade.

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

Now THAT's a headline.

"The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents"

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At least we can also use this to hunt them down for prosecution in the next administration.

📌On "behind-the-scenes diplomacy", Washington may return Russian gas to Europe again, but under one key condition - under American control.

📌 American investors are showing interest in buying Nord Stream 2, one of them is Texas banker Gentry Beach, who is associated with the Trump family.

Howard Nutlick laughed and then quickly corrected himself.

kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck

“For anyone who has lived through it, it has been four years of meeting people and wondering if you’ll ever see them again”

Another day of life under electronic warfare

It will never stop being weird that Drudge Report has for years now just been like the bulwark

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

The tragic war in Ukraine has become tragically normal Four years after Russia began its full-scale invasion, the rest of the world is distracted by other news – but the conflict is more violent and devastating than ever

“Four years later, the sirens still scream, and the Russian attacks have become even deadlier.

What’s changed is the world has become accustomed to the war raging in Europe. We’ve come to accept that things are never going back to the way they were before.”

My essay on four years of war in Ukraine

That's fine. I am glad this sham of a SCOTUS was not able to protect Trump from himself.

All he does is talk about how privileged he is, but you can't just let this go, can you.

Pam Bondi tells the public that she's prepared to vigorously and swiftly prosecuted this case. Pam Bondi tells the court she isn't prepared to go to trial any time soon. The defendant journalists say they're entitled to a speedy trial because they've been smeared by Pam Bondi.

Army warrant officers will ‘bid’ against each other for their next bonus Senior Army warrant officers will bid against each other for a bonus that they will take to sign up for six more years of active duty.

oh we are losing-losing the next war taskandpurpose.com/news/army-wa...

Yes. They did not have to take up this dumb case in the first place.

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

A fascinating deep dive into the lead-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. No indication, as GOP often claims, that Biden’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan encouraged Putin to act. It suggests Putin had decided to invade in early 2020–ie before the U.S. pullout. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Will it be:
a) War with Iran
b) Disclosure
c) Insurrection Act
d) Blaming the 'unfair' media
e) All of the above

Cool to know that there are three votes on SCOTUS for *anything* Trump does.

That's not concerning at all.

Jarrett Renshaw @JarrettRenshaw COLOR: Trump was speaking to a room full of U.S. governors at the White House when he was handed a note from an aide informing him of the Supreme Court decision, a source tells me. Trump was visibly frustrated and told the crowd that he had to do something about the courts, the source said. 11:09 AM · Feb 20, 2026 · 305 Views

lol

The Russia-Ukraine War enters its 13th year. On February 20, 2014, Russia started its illegal and unprovoked invasion of Crimea.

📉Russian oil and gas revenue crumbling fast: February will be HALF the revenue of a year ago.

As India replaces Russian oil with Saudi Arabian and the ruble stays high, Russian income is getting devastated.

And it will get worse from here as production drops further.📉🫟

A Ukrainian ground drone with an M2 Browning takes out a Russian occupier in close urban combat. Footage from the 411th Yastryby regiment on the Huliaipole front.

In the past yr,it has passed through Danish waters 10times,each time it has stopped sending data about its position when it approached St. Petersburg

Searches in databases of sanctioned ships show that Nora,which changed its name from Cerus a few months ago,is on the US Treasury's sanctions list

The MAGA Crowd May Venerate 1776 But They Idolize a Would-Be Monarch The Patriots of the American Revolution believed no man was above the law. Donald Trump’s followers are sure he is.

As we approach our nation's 250th birthday, remember that it exists because our founders said no kings.

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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If you’re an American service member who gets killed in a retaliatory strike, your family can take comfort in the fact that it was done in service of making the host of Celebrity Apprentice feel like a big man for a minute, before he moved on to something else and forgets about this forever

Luddites were not anti-technology. They were against unfair redistribution of wealth by monopolies due to automation.

Imagine if Biden had….Oh, never mind.