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Just in today’s news JD Vance was shown to be a spreader of Russian propaganda, argued in favor of a child-rape political ad, and was dissed by his hometown football team.
I said that this was a Russian trope at the time in testimony to Congress and am glad to see this excellent documentation of Russia’s use of Vance’s vocal chords.
Read about how @JDVance and others fell for a lie about Volodymyr Zelensky concocted by agents of Russia's Presidential Administration. And how the Vice President's falling for it was collected in a file sent directly to the Kremlin. Inside Putin's "Doppelgänger" operation, based on leaked correspondence between the PA and Russia's Agency for Social Design: theins.press/en/inv/298359
Very valuable and very sober analysis
"The plot against Ukraine (and Europe): We are now part of the axis of evil."
By David R. Lurie
publicnotice.co/p/trump-puti…
Timothy Snyder retweeted
Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia.
I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.
Every time Vance talks I am going to give money to the Dr Amy Acton gubernatorial campaign.
JD Vance just held an outrageous news conference in which he defended Ramaswamy's vile attacks on Amy Acton, agreed with Steve Witkoff's assessment of Putin as a "humanitarian," and had the gall to claim "there is no person who hates the idea of people enriching themselves fraudulently over access to the government than Donald J Trump"
Here's a supercut:
Timothy Snyder retweeted
Today, 10/20, at 4pm ET
I'll be in conversation with Nora Krug about our collaboration on the graphic edition of "On Tyranny."
Join virtually by registering here:
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Extremely sound.
"What Has Ukraine Done for Us? A response to the US president’s claim that 'We’ve given a lot to Ukraine. They’ve given us nothing!'"
By Mich Ryan
mickryan.substack.com/p/what…
Timothy Snyder retweeted
Trump just claimed that the United States had done “a lot” for Ukraine, but that Ukraine has done “nothing” for the US. This is unjust in the highest degree. And not just untrue in the normal sense—it is a big lie, designed to bring about horror and chaos
snyder.substack.com/p/trumps…
I have been trying to think of what Trump’s hideous “ballroom” project reminds me of — and I finally have it — it is Nicolai Ceausescu’s infamous and unfinished House of the People in communist Romania, which also brought awfulness to a lovely downtown. It features a huge ballroom with niches for portraits of the dictator and his wife and a sliding roof so that a helicopter can enter and exit. The building also had a nuclear bunker. The aesthetic sense of the two men is much the same but Trump’s construction will probably be even worse.
ALT Image of Nicolai Ceausescu’s House of the People. Its aesthetic is very similar to Trump's – tacky and gold.
If you are wanting to learn about the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territory, this important film is a very good place to start.
docnyc.net/film/traces/
Trump just claimed that the United States had done “a lot” for Ukraine, but that Ukraine has done “nothing” for the US. This is unjust in the highest degree. And not just untrue in the normal sense—it is a big lie, designed to bring about horror and chaos
snyder.substack.com/p/trumps…
Today, 10/20, at 4pm ET
I'll be in conversation with Nora Krug about our collaboration on the graphic edition of "On Tyranny."
Join virtually by registering here:
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event…
You can donate here to help protect Ukrainians from Russian drone attacks. Please do so if you can.
u24.gov.ua/sky-defense
Timothy Snyder retweeted
These courageous testimonies are very much worth knowing about, and also worth keeping in mind (as the author pointed out to me) as we consider what it means to take Russia’s side.
"Rape as a weapon of war: The voices of Ukrainians"
by @Sara_Cincurova
snyder.substack.com/p/rape-a…
These courageous testimonies are very much worth knowing about, and also worth keeping in mind (as the author pointed out to me) as we consider what it means to take Russia’s side.
"Rape as a weapon of war: The voices of Ukrainians"
by @Sara_Cincurova
snyder.substack.com/p/rape-a…
Step by step, day by day, Americans experience the big social media platforms becoming Orwellian political censors. The US needs a federal government that will tax them and break them up; the democratic world needs to learn the lesson and protect itself.