Dramatic News: Ukraine Defeating Russia
Wonderful, dramatic good news! After months of grueling artillery duels, Ukrainian forces are defeating Russia on every front.
Accurate Ukraine War Reporting from the Washington Post
Most American war coverage is terrible. Thankfully Washington Post Ukraine War reporting was a surprisingly accurate and helpful high-level summary of the balance of forces there. That’s refreshing. Kudos to Liz Sly.
Biden, the Honest Truth, and the White House Freakout
Biden sometimes tells us the honest truth. Some call these ‘gaffes,’ and the White House immediately denies Biden’s words. That’s self-destructive. Besides, when Biden does slip and say what’s really on his mind, we usually end up better for it.
Its Time: Give Ukraine Offensive Weapons
Biden has carefully limited America’s Ukrainian support to defensive weapons. That was a smart move at the time, but the situation has shifted. With Russia openly touting Empire, it’s time to send Ukraine all the military material they need, including offensive weapons.
Give Ukrainians More Drones!
Military leaders are famous for re-fighting earlier wars. So sure, bribe Poland into donating all their old, expensive, delicate MIGs to the cause. But starting, like yesterday, send Ukraine more drones.
Too Little, or a Big Rock to the Head
The Times writes, that if Russia invades Ukraine, Biden will hit Russian banks “harder than ever before.” Unless they’re talking artillery it’s too little.
Will Republicans Sabotage Ukraine?
Here’s a thought. The New Republican Party lives for graft, guns, White Supremacy, and permanent rule. They’re willing to crash our economy for political advantage. Will the GOP sabotage Ukraine – and create a global war – to hurt Dems in the next election?
Trump Buys Manafort’s Debt to a Russian Oligarch
We were wondering whether Trump would pardon Paul Manafort. And while he isn’t yet, Trump may be trying an end run. Instead of pardoning Manafort, Trump may be trying to buy Manafort’s debt. That would target the one person who scares Manafort more than Special Counsel Robert Mueller. And it...
Trump Conspired with our Enemies
We already know that Trump’s presidential campaign staff — including his adult children — conspired with agents and groups from Russia, China, and the UAE to influence the American presidential election. While it’s hard to quantify that influence, we don’t have to try hard. The voting difference in the key battleground...
Russian Adoptions and Crimes
Donald Trump, Jr. characterized the meeting with the Russian lawyer as a meeting about Russian adoptions. They only talked about Russian adoptions, which sounds benign, and nothing explicitly criminal. That’s a thin dodge. When the US implemented sanctions against Russia and the Putin oligarchs — because Russia invaded and annexed...
Consequence for Lying
Apparently there are none. This was a Trump tweet from 15 hours ago (as of this writing): General Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration – but the Fake News seldom likes talking about that. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017 Not exactly. Flynn...
An Act of War, Part 6
Al-Shayrat airbase, as borrowed from an Airbus satellite image. It’s worth mentioning the military parts of this attack. Tomahawk missiles are wonderfully accurate weapons that can drop 1000 pound payloads wherever you want. They fly so low they’re unstoppable even by the Russian-installed anti-aircraft batteries that Syria has in so...
No Do-Over
No constitutional do-over. As entertaining as it is to count the scandals, in the end, it doesn’t matter. But what the heck, it makes an interesting start. Let me do a quick scandal summary. At the top, we have Trump making millions every few weeks from his various properties, as...