protip: there is no russian kompramat. never was. it's headline grabbing laziness. donald trump was born a nyc construction scion raised equally in both the kkk and mafia. trump perfers russian strongmen and fascists, he thinks democracy is weak and worthless. there's no gotcha. trump does what he wants because it pleases him. that it. this was always the fight. if the million dead from a purposefully inept covid response didn't tell you that last time, i don't know if there anything anyone can say. in a free, fair, and safe (last?) election young democrats couldn't be bothered to cast a ballot for the continuation of democracy, and so we get fascist disassembly instead
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Oh wow, a wild Mucci appears!
Today's word is: Kompromat
Once again, for the cheap seats - the US lost the third world war which was waged in the shadows and online. China and Russia installed this fucking nutter both times. Biden won in 2020 because enough folks got off their asses to vote, but the disinformation and propaganda run during Bidens term led to less asses going to the polls. Musk didn’t buy twitter and hollow it out for nyucks. He was directed to do so by China, Russia, and the UAE. Look at the public filings for his purchase. Look at who gave Musk the money for that purchase. Twitter was such a powerful tool to spread or combat disinformation and propaganda, so it was purchased and gutted in order to be used the another nail in the coffin of progressive collective action. Twitter under musk was such a huge part of drumpf 2024 winning.
To be honest and a bit pedantic, it's a continuation of the cold war. There has been no 3rd world war and likely as not due to; Russia's complete mishandling of their nuclear arsenal and China's economic interests, there is little threat of one. The US intelligence departments know this. And with Gabbard as the DNI Chief I'm pretty sure Russia has a finger on the pulse of what we will know. There are rumblings of compartmentalization efforts in the Intelligence communities and there are rumors of rogue efforts to keep sensitive intel within the DOD and subsequent cells and away from the DNI and the Executive branch. We're living in absolutely insane times and the US Hegemony is at it's most vulnerable now. I am not for US Hegemony in the general sense and I do not think that it is the only stabilizing force in world politics. But when a power vacuum forms, it's rare that stability follows in the short term.
If there were ever a time for a general strike to depose and defang the executive branch it is now. However, I don't see the general US populace doing anything on behalf of Ukraine or to further the Hegemony.
With what Musk is allowing DOGE to do we're headed for another great recession. Maybe that will be the inciting event to have a revolution. But I just don't know. The Constitution setup the branches of the government in such a naive way. There are no true checks and balances, just gentleman's agreements to "behave in the best interests of the country". To wit, the Constitution was designed to be a living document to be amended and changed to fit the current society it governs, but this has not been the case. Impeachment does nothing, we have a convicted felon in the White House and a foreign born national directing policy. These are uncharted waters but I don't think anything short of a general strike will change anything.
I don't think Scaramucci knows shit about fuck
Need more than hints and vague language, we all know it's true, but release the peepe tapes now
"Scaramucci did not elaborate on what he believes that “hold” might be, adding only: “I don’t know why it’s like this. [H.R.] McMaster couldn’t figure it out, [James] Mattis couldn’t figure it out, [John] Kelly couldn’t figure it out."
We know for a fact, thanks to the Mueller Report, that the Pee Tapes mentioned in the Steele Dossier do, in fact, exist. They're fake, but they exist.
"According to a footnote in the special counsel’s report, which was released Thursday, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer, received a text from Russian businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze in October 2016 that said: “Stopped flow of tapes from Russia but not sure if there’s anything else. Just so you know…”
Rtskhiladze also told prosecutors that he was told the tapes were fake, but that he didn’t convey that to Cohen.
Well he was given a wife...
Sorry, which one(s) was that?
Not that much of a mystery, really. Putin has had Donnie's nuts in a vise since the 80s.