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  • Nice, trying to dismiss the very real threat that American capitalism poses as Russian shilling. Sounds like something a State Department agent would do.

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  • The notion that your "Trump and the GOP are Russian assets" conspiracy theory has a "more defined paper trail" than the countless volumes of work done by thousands of historians, philosophers, economists, and scientists, going back hundreds of years regarding the depravity of American capitalism is just downright laughable.

    What are you even trying to say here? Are you seriously saying the Russia/Trump connection is more well understood than the pitfalls of American Capitalism?

    If Trump is a Russian asset, why didnt the US pull out of NATO months ago? Why was Trump shipping Jevlins by the truckload to Ukraine at the beginning of the war? Why is Trump's entire schtick that NATO (Russia's primary adversary) needs to increase spending (which it has, in record amounts)?

    If Russia is blamed for Trump’s election, we avoid the unpleasant reality of our failed democratic institutions and decaying empire. We avoid facing the inevitable rise of a Christianised fascism borne out of widespread impoverishment, rage, despair and abandonment. We avoid acknowledging the complicity of the Democratic Party in the orchestration of the largest social inequality in our nation’s history, the evisceration of our basic civil liberties, endless wars and an electoral system bankrolled by the billionaire class, which is legalised bribery. The myth allows us to believe that Democratic politicians, like the establishment Republicans who have joined them, are the guarantors of a democracy they destroyed.

    All the investigations into Trump’s ties with Russia are unequivocal. There was no collusion. The Steele dossier, financed at first by Republican opponents of Trump and later by Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and compiled by former MI6 British intelligence officer, Christopher Steele, was a fake. The charges in the dossier — which included reports of Trump receiving a ‘golden shower’ from prostituted women in a Moscow hotel room and claims that Trump and the Kremlin had ties going back five years — were discredited by the FBI. Sources, including the one that claimed Trump had long-held ties to the Kremlin, turned out to be fabricated. Special Counsel Robert S Mueller concluded that his investigation ‘did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.’ Mueller did not indict or accuse anyone of criminally conspiring with Russia.

    • Chris Hedges

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  • You cant just blame "those pesky, conniving foreigners" when your country descends into fascism after 2 centuries of racism, genocide, and withering away of social safety nets.

  • Man who documented Uyghur camps in China may face removal from US after ICE arrest

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  • What does this even mean? What issue would you expect a marxist leninist to take with this story?

  • How are libs gonna react when Ukraine loses?

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  • Your contempt for Germans would make Nietzsche gush. If you haven't checked out how hard the man was roasting krauts, you might get a kick out of it.

  • Cuba on edge as US seizure of oil tanker puts supply at risk

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  • So what are you arguing? That Cuba isn't socialist or that they aren't "successful"?

  • Starlink VP confirms ‘dangerously close’ Chinese launch incident — close call saw satellite pass within 200 meters of Starlink travelling at over 17,400mph

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  • Musk is trying to induce a Kessler event so that he can sell us a solution.

  • Norway José!

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  • Social democratic gains in the first world are still built off exploited labor from the global South. Social democracy doesn't address imperialism.

  • Partner thinks baby is fat, body shaming?!?

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  • Responsible and tasteful comments :)

    What a handsome guy. This is what I'd call an esteemed gentleman.

  • Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support

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  • I do not support a resolution in which Ukraine gives up land to Russia, period.

    Well thank you for finally giving up on the evasiveness. Ukrainian agency means nothing to you.

    To stand with Ukraine means to affirm the average Ukrainian's agency. To affirm their agency to dictate the terms of the end of the war - even if it means they wish to surrender. You will not affirm Ukrainians if they decide to surrender, so you dont stand with Ukraine. You stand with Zelensky, at best. You stand with Ukraine *so long as they promise to sacrifice the last able-bodied soldier, at worst.

    So let's just all be clear and understand that you dont stand with Ukraine. You tentatively condone them, so long as...

  • Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support

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  • if they decide that they are ready to give up the fight, then that's none of my business

    But if they Ukrainian people want to continue to fight, [...] I'm all for supporting them

    Thats some precise and deliberate language you're using. Yet you've still avoided answering the simple question.

    Sending tens of thousands of Ukrainians into the grinder?

    "Hell yeah! Slava Ukraini! To the last man!

    Ukrainians use their agency to negotiate an end to the war

    "Meh, not my business"

    It's pretty clear that when this war most likely ends via negotiation and a land concession, all the gung ho support we see in threads like this one is going to evaporate.

  • Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support

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  • However, when asked specifically about territorial concessions the majority of Ukrainians are not willing to accept concessions.

    And never did I argue the opposite. The question was: supposing Ukrainians wish to concede territory, would you still support them?

    Maybe the Ukrainian leadership knows more about what the average Ukrainian wants than you do?

    Potentially, but given your own source, a solid portion of Ukrainians dont share those warm and fuzzies.

    As of December 2024, 52% of Ukrainians trusted President V. Zelenskyi, 39% did not trust him. The remaining 9% responded that they could not decide on their attitude. Although trust indicators have worsened over the year, the balance of trust-distrust remains positive – +13%.

  • Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support

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  • A negotiation typically ends when both parties get what they want.

    This is unlike any negotiation I've ever been in. Id say a negotiation ends when both parties agree on what they wont get. Your negotiation with the used car salesman doesn't end when you get half off sticker price and the salesman gets sticker price. That's just a contradiction.

    Regardless... call it what you want: surrender, capitulation, conceding territory, etc... it's just semantics.

    Suppose the Ukrainian people wish to surrender. Would you still stand with them?

  • Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support

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  • Ukrainian Support for War Effort Collapses

    More than three years into the war, Ukrainians’ support for continuing to fight until victory has hit a new low. In Gallup’s most recent poll of Ukraine — conducted in early July — 69% say they favor a negotiated end to the war as soon as possible, compared with 24% who support continuing to fight until victory.

    This marks a nearly complete reversal from public opinion in 2022, when 73% favored Ukraine fighting until victory and 22% preferred that Ukraine seek a negotiated end as soon as possible.

    What is Ukrainian leadership doing to understand the hopes of average Ukrainians - regarding an end to this war?

  • Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support

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  • What if the vast majority of Ukrainians had an interest in ending the war via negotiations, or even to cede land? Would you still stand with Ukrainians?

  • Ms Rachel responds to antisemitism allegations: "The Stop Antisemitism Now group should not be able to try to ruin people's lives"

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  • She's simply a badass.

  • German army chief says contact with US military cut off by Pentagon

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  • Do you two think that being a asset/,spy/double agent means you also don't do things to make you look less suspicious?

    Why would Trump/Putin be afraid of looking suspicious? I thought yalls whole thing was that Trump's status as a Russian spy is clear as day and known to all.

  • German army chief says contact with US military cut off by Pentagon

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  • because it is easier to disturb operations from within the organisation.

    And what disturbances do you mean? NATO spending has exploded in recent years. Last year NATO allies increased spending by 18%. Why would a Russian asset set about a plan that drastically increases the funding for Russia's primary enemy? Why is Trump's whole schtick that Europe needs to start spending more on defense?

    Why would Putin kick off the Ukraine war immediately after his "agent" leaves office?

    Why, in his first term, was Trump commanding Germany and EU to stop buying Russian gas? Going so far as to sanction comoanies involved with the Nordstream pipeline?

    Meanwhile, in 2018, the US expelled more than 60 Russian officials after identifying them as intelligence officers. To put it bluntly, any gains Russia might have achieved through Trump’s good offices are far outweighed by the strategic, economic, and counterintelligence realities that have emerged during his presidency.

    But any Russian intelligence officer would need to consider whether Trump really cares enough about kompromat and Russian money. Indeed, why enrol him as an agent of influence – a move that carries enormous consequences for both parties – when Russia could opt for a convenient friend in Washington?

    In reality, even if Russia sees Trump as an asset, we’re not talking about Trump being a new Kim Philby (of Cambridge Five fame). We’re talking about Trump being a self-interested businessman who’s happy to do a favour if it works to his own best interests – and that includes staying out of jail. There’s no evidence that Trump knowingly associated with any Russian intelligence officers. And there’s a big distinction between making the wrong kind of friends and committing treason.

    https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2021/02/title-240459-en.html

    Collusion/conspiracy/coordinate... just semantics.

    [Mueller] did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.

    Trump is not a Russian asset. He's an easily-manipulated businessman who does things in his own self interest, and that is as American as apple pie. There is no need to invoke Putin. Our descent into Christian Fascism is our own doing - one that Russia no doubt took advantage of. If you truly believe Trump is a Russian asset, then you have to concede that the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and the Five Eyes have all been captured by Russia as well.

  • German army chief says contact with US military cut off by Pentagon

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  • If Trump is a Russian asset, why didnt the US pull out of NATO months ago? Why did Mueller's report conclude that there was no collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia?

    If Russia is blamed for Trump’s election, we avoid the unpleasant reality of our failed democratic institutions and decaying empire. We avoid facing the inevitable rise of a Christianised fascism borne out of widespread impoverishment, rage, despair and abandonment. We avoid acknowledging the complicity of the Democratic Party in the orchestration of the largest social inequality in our nation’s history, the evisceration of our basic civil liberties, endless wars and an electoral system bankrolled by the billionaire class, which is legalised bribery. The myth allows us to believe that Democratic politicians, like the establishment Republicans who have joined them, are the guarantors of a democracy they destroyed.

    All the investigations into Trump’s ties with Russia are unequivocal. There was no collusion. The Steele dossier, financed at first by Republican opponents of Trump and later by Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and compiled by former MI6 British intelligence officer, Christopher Steele, was a fake. The charges in the dossier — which included reports of Trump receiving a ‘golden shower’ from prostituted women in a Moscow hotel room and claims that Trump and the Kremlin had ties going back five years — were discredited by the FBI. Sources, including the one that claimed Trump had long-held ties to the Kremlin, turned out to be fabricated. Special Counsel Robert S Mueller concluded that his investigation ‘did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.’ Mueller did not indict or accuse anyone of criminally conspiring with Russia.

    • Chris Hedges

  • A BBC crew broke the 'cardinal rule' of nature documentaries to save trapped penguins

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  • It is one thing to pick sides between a predator and prey animal, but this was not that.

    Eh, those "circling predators" mentioned in the article just lost out on a feast. I can understand the non-intervention philosophy. Intervening while filming nature docs is probably not sustainable.

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