Russia invades Ukraine

Not that it was really about the money. A bully finds the core premise of NATO – an attack on one member of the defensive alliance is an attack on all – repugnant and frightening for obvious reasons.

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Kremlin propaganda machine struggles to conceal Putin’s Ukraine war

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i’ve frequently posited my thesis that the only time a new political party develops in the states is in the aftermath of another political party’s implosion. the structural dynamics of u.s. politics so strongly favors two, and only two, parties that the only way for a new one to take hold is for an old one to fall to pieces.

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He’ll posture right up until he states “mission accomplished” but with the prospect of talks announced today the chances of this ending without getting far worse have improved.

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Thread.

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Heck, I don’t know the Wilson Center and I’d trust them more…

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Brazilian TV stations also used video game images as if they were real scenes of war in Ukraine.

This isn’t the first time they’ve been tricked by video games. They once used footage from the Forza 6 game as if it was part of a training course for US Secret Service agents.

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Anybody speak Ukranian? Summary?

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And now Germany is in the direct supplier business.

On Saturday evening, Chancellor Olaf Scholz had declared that the German government would supply the Ukrainian armed forces with 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 “Stinger” surface-to-air missiles from Bundeswehr stocks as quickly as possible.
Ukraine-Krieg: Olaf Scholz verspricht 100 Milliarden für die Bundeswehr - DER SPIEGEL

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