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Wow, the US truly has the most incompetent president in history. Just listening to how clueless this man is, it’s no wonder we have been humiliated in Iran. Trump: “The Russians had a thousand tanks riding up a concrete highway. They would have been in Ukraine in four hours, going maximum tank speed, which is 48 miles an hour, to be exact. Nothing to stop them. The war would have been over in one day. And this very stupid general - I have no idea who he is. I doubt he’s still with us. I doubt he’s still living. He decided to hang a right onto the farmland and then take a left and go up to Kyiv, rather than staying on the highway - the concrete highway, perfectly good highway - where they were doing very nicely. It would have been three and a half, four hours, and the whole war would have ended. He ended up getting stuck in the mud.” Does he understand that Ukrainian troops destroyed all the bridges and cut off the retreat points, so the only option left was to go off the highway? I mean, if you have the IQ of a 10-year-old child, you should be able to get it. I am honestly shocked at the basic level of ignorance. And this is the man who is in charge of the US Army.
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Witkoff, o enviado de Trump a Moscovo, acaba de dizer a Putin "O senhor é um humanitário". Esta semana, Putin e os seus esbirros lançaram um drone que matou Inna e Angelina - uma mãe e a sua filha de 14 meses. 14 meses. O inferno não é suficientemente quente para esta gente.
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This is truly a historic moment. President Trump has indefinitely suspended sanctions against Russia that would have been required in the Graham law. He went against the last request of Lindsey Graham, whom he called his friend. And he handed Putin the opportunity to finance the war against Ukrainians, who are fighting for their freedom. Trump calls this a "national interest." But diesel prices went up because of his war against Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. So waiving sanctions on Russia does not solve that problem. Instead, it creates another one. Putin cannot win on the battlefield, so he attacks civilians. Russian missiles and drones are destroying homes, hospitals, schools, and churches. According to the UN, just two weeks of October have been among the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine in recent years. Forty percent of Russia's budget goes to the war. After Trump's latest decisions, Russia will make record profits. The formula is simple: "Money turns into missiles. Missiles turn into civilian deaths." Trump is not stopping Russia's war against Ukraine. Trump is helping Putin win it. As a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, I want to address the people of America, regardless of their political views. Do you really believe that the killing of millions of people and the loss of Ukraine's independence are in your national interest? If not, what will you do to stop America from financing the genocide that Putin is waging against Ukrainians with Trump's support? #StandWithUkraine
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Quando comparamos Putin a Hitler, pensamos em Munique e no appeasement. Mas essa foi só a frente externa. Houve outra, mais incómoda, que as democracias travaram dentro de portas, contra alguns dos seus próprios cidadãos. O Reino Unido de 1939 tinha fascistas organizados, redes pró-alemãs nas elites, um Partido Comunista às ordens de Moscovo e, no Gabinete de Guerra, quem quisesse negociar com Hitler. A resposta foi lenta, mas musculada: internamento de Mosley e centenas de militantes, um deputado detido até 1944, o Daily Worker proibido, o MI5 infiltrado nas redes pró-nazis. E o Parlamento nunca deixou de funcionar. A Noruega, que não agiu, deu ao mundo a palavra Quisling. Depois de 1945 o inimigo principal mudou, a lógica não. Durante quase meio século, as democracias combateram a infiltração soviética sem deixarem de ser democracias. Trabalhei vinte anos nos serviços de informações, muitos deles dedicados à espionagem soviética e russa. Depois de 2001 vivi por dentro a cooperação NATO-Rússia: abrimos as portas a Moscovo e os russos tiveram um acesso como nunca tinham tido. Nem sempre se comportaram como parceiros. Foi aí que percebi a diferença entre uma democracia de portas abertas e uma democracia militante. A primeira confia por princípio. A segunda abre a porta, mas sabe quem entra. Karl Loewenstein deu-lhe nome em 1937, ao ver Weimar destruída com as suas próprias regras: democracia militante. Uma democracia que garante liberdades a quem as usa para a derrubar não é tolerante. É suicida. Tem um preço: registar quem age por conta de potências estrangeiras, dar aos serviços instrumentos sob controlo judicial, cortar o financiamento público a quem combate o regime. A nossa Constituição proíbe organizações fascistas, mas não tem instrumentos contra a subversão ao serviço de potência estrangeira. Está na altura de a tornar militante, com critérios claros e decisão do Tribunal Constitucional. E temos de pronunciar a palavra traição. Quando uma potência hostil se considera em guerra connosco, a fronteira entre opinião e serviço a essa potência torna-se muito fina. O critério não é a opinião, por mais repugnante. É a direcção, o financiamento ou a coordenação por um Estado estrangeiro, escondidos. Não são dissidentes. Dissidente é quem discorda. Estes servem outro senhor. As gerações de 1940 e da Guerra Fria travaram a segunda frente sem deixar de ser democracias. A pergunta não é se teremos de fazer esta escolha. É se a faremos a tempo.
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Trump disse à Newsmax que Zelensky «não é um bom homem para negociarmos» e que é mais fácil negociar com Putin. Acredito. É das poucas afirmações recentes do Presidente americano que subscrevo sem reservas. Zelensky é, de facto, um interlocutor incómodo para Trump. Dirige um país em guerra, não um programa de televisão. Fala pouco de si e muito do seu país. Enterra soldados todas as semanas, tem problemas sérios para resolver e trata-os com seriedade. Não negoceia o território dos outros nem o futuro dos outros. Percebe-se o desconforto: é difícil sentar-se à mesa com alguém que é, em quase tudo, o nosso negativo fotográfico. Trump gosta de lembrar que Zelensky foi actor e comediante. Um amigo meu resumiu-o melhor do que eu conseguiria: Zelensky foi. Trump é. Tenho procurado, nestes meses, ler as acções de Trump e da Administração americana não apenas com benevolência, mas tentando perceber a racionalidade que lhes está por trás. E ela existe: chama-se interesse nacional dos Estados Unidos, ainda que Trump o interprete muito à sua maneira sempre que pode. Tenho, aliás, reconhecido que Trump tem razão em muita coisa. Mas isso, por si só, quer dizer pouco. Até um relógio avariado acerta duas vezes por dia. Nesta, não tem razão nenhuma. E aqui o problema já não é de estratégia. É de procedimento e da ética desse procedimento. Um Presidente dos Estados Unidos que explica que a Rússia pode perder um milhão de pessoas porque tem milhões atrás deles, que atribui à sorte e ao tempo a defesa de Kiev em 2022, que defende que um país agredido precisa de outro líder na mesma semana em que fecha com Moscovo um acordo sobre o gasóleo para baixar o preço nas bombas americanas, já não está a mediar uma paz. Está a escolher um lado. E escolheu o do agressor. Diz o povo: diz-me com quem andas, dir-te-ei quem és. Trump já respondeu às duas metades da pergunta. É triste. Os Estados Unidos que conhecemos eram exigentes com os aliados, por vezes brutalmente, mas sabiam distinguir o agressor do agredido. Esta liderança deixou de saber, ou deixou de querer saber. Não sei qual das hipóteses é pior.
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“Do not mistake the Ukrainian desire for peace for a willingness to surrender. The Ukrainian spirit cannot and will not be broken,” former President Viktor Yushchenko writes in an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump. kyivindependent.com/open-let…
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Cartoon by Bill Bramhall
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Уся нафта застрягла в Ормузькій протоці, а Трамп стверджує, що в усьому винна Україна і він давно переміг Іран.
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Here it is. This is the clip from yesterday's @CNN interview where I'm asked - for first time ever - about Brexit-Trump-Russia. "These vital questions of national security have been interpreted as about politics. And it's not about politics. It's about power. And about Putin."
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“Basically, you're done, Trump. You're done, Hegseth. It won't be long before you're politically thrown down that dark, deep hole.” - Lieutenant Colonel Malcom Ritchie (retired) from the U.S. Army Reserve. “…. And I'm here today, not as a candidate, making that disclaimer. I am here to express my outrage at the meeting in Quantico, Virginia between Hegseth, Trump, and all of the senior officers in the United States military and the senior NCO corps. Those generals, Admirals, and senior NCOs sat there in stone face silence, listening to the most outrageous speeches ever made in United States military history by the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States. Secretary of Defense on his this ridiculous rant. Trying to take to school, Generals, Admirals, senior NCOs with 10 times the leadership ability, the education and the experience. that the failed Major Hech could ever begin to understand. And then they have to listen to the cognitively declined President of the United States who I would now name as dictator of the United States. tell all this audience that they will be expected to wage war against the American people. That's exactly what Trump said. So don't get on here and try to tell me that he didn't say it. training grounds in American cities. What's that mean? They're going to go in locked and loaded into American cities, American neighborhoods and use American citizens as pop-up targets on a live fire training. range, This is absolutely astounding. Abuse of power which makes by my estimation Donald Trump a domestic enemy of the Constitution. Because my oath is to the Constitution and don't you think for one minute, Mr. Trump, that there aren't millions of other veterans and retirees that feel exactly the same way. We are enraged, we are beyond enraged, and we will protest peacefully. And we will go out and vote for the candidates of our choice in the 2026 midterm election, which you better not even try to stop. If you try to stop that by force, that's the nightmare scenario. And I'm not saying by violence, I'm saying politically. Basically, you're done, Trump. You're done, Hegseth. It won't be long before you're politically thrown down that dark, deep hole. But don't think it's not going to cause a lot of trauma on the American people, as they clutch to the roots of the hole on the way down, trying to survive something that they cannot possibly survive because this nation is a republic and it will not fall to a fascist regime.”
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The death toll of yesterday’s Russian missile strike on a residential building in Zaporizhzhia has increased from 20 to 23. The picture of Natalia Foshchan holding her 15-year-old daughter Polina’s hand under the rubble has gone viral in Ukraine. Natalia, Polina and the grandmother Vira were all killed in the strike. The family had fled to Zaporizhzhia after their home village near Fedorivka got occupied by Russia in 2022. The father Sergei wasn’t able to flee with them and later went missing. They had been waiting for news about his fate for 4 years.
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A message to all sane Republicans: He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals. You said nothing. He bulldozed the East Wing. You said nothing. He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing. He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing. He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing. He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing. He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing. He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing. His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing. He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing. His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing. He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing. He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing. It's time to start talking!!! It's long overdue!!!!
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Cartoon by Bill Bramhall
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Bucha was documented by survivors, journalists, investigators and satellite imagery. Years later, the Kremlin is still trying to make the evidence disappear through repetition. Denial does not erase the record.
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I am a Russian speaking man living in Estonia. Both of my parents are Russians. The last thing I ever wish is Russia to come and "defend" me and other so-called Russian speaking people in Estonia and Baltics. Leave the f**king other countries alone. No one wants Russia here.
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Trump blamed Zelenskyy for the rise in diesel prices. In reality, Russian diesel accounts for less than 10% of the market, and the blame for the price hike lies with Trump’s senseless war in Iran. However, another aspect is more interesting: Trump is not calling on Putin to end the war; instead, he is effectively pressuring Ukraine to surrender. To be absolutely clear: the president of the country that signed the Budapest Memorandum—and effectively stripped Ukraine of its nuclear weapons—is now accusing Ukraine of daring not to surrender to the aggressor. t.me/MirovichMedia/15501
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While the US President begs Zelensky to stop striking Russian refineries, Russian drones are murdering people in the center of Kyiv, targeting residential and shopping areas at lunch hour. This is the Academy of Sciences. No word yet from Trump asking Putin to stop any of this though..
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