Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has voiced a number of complaints against Speaker Mike Johnson but has particularly focused on his decision to allow a vote on aid for Ukraine.
I haven't heard anyone caring. The people who would be upset are busy with culture war screeching. I think the Biden admin did something very astute by upending Trump's entire social policy within the last month - it gives a bunch of left leaning groups a win to attribute to him, and it pulled focus from these folks who can't seem to maintain their anger at any one thing for more than a week.
Everyone I know who watches politics from the right is up in arms over the title ix stuff. None of them are paying attention to Congress right now.
During a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Tallinn on April 3, Estonian President Alar Karis reaffirmed support for Ukraine's attacks on military targets in Russia, stating that it was "perfectly legitimate for the Ukrainian forces to destroy infrastructure critical to the Russian army."
As the world watched in horror at Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion and war against Ukraine in the early months of 2022, Americans rallied firmly behind the embattled eastern European democracy. Shortly after the start of the full-scale war, 79% of U.S. voters supported sending arms to Ukraine, and
People will seriously scream that you can't assume malice when stupidity explains it, but at the same time we have Occam's razor - the simplest explanation is usually correct.
And if these people were stupid, sometimes they'd benefit the American people and harm Russian oligarchs. But the evidence shows close to 0 help for Americans, and every action they take aids or provides cover for kleptocrats here and abroad. The simplest explanation is that this is their intention.
Russian troops will soon face "maximum limitation" in the use of Starlink satellite terminals, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in an interview with Welt published on April 1.
Around 27% of respondents blamed the Islamic State (ISIS), while another 6% pointed to the U.S., U.K., and NATO, according to a survey by OpenMinds, an Anglo-Ukrainian online pollster.
Republican Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, reported that Congress’s priority is to finalise the budget of the US government for the year 2024. As this matter is nearly resolved, attention will soon shift to the aid package for Ukraine and its partners.
The Russian Armed Forces will create two new combined arms armies, 14 divisions, and 16 brigades, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a meeting with other defense chiefs on March 20.
North Korea has been shaping up as Russia's leading weapons supplier, reportedly providing Moscow with extensive military packages, including ballistic missiles and over 3 million artillery shells.
There's a great book called The Dictator's handbook that explains why the Russian oligarchs couldn't give less of a damn. There's a YouTube video called Rules for Rulers that does a good recap of it, and the overall political theory behind all of it is Selectorate theory.
The long and the short is that as long as resources are available to the elite, and as long as they have enough to keep their underlings satisfied, the only time you have real unrest is when the dissatisfication from the bottom outweighs the resource allocation from the top.
Which they've done a good job of preventing by keeping the populous off balance and unable to organize.
"Attempts to restore Russia's 1991 borders will lead only to one thing - a global war with Western countries with the use of our entire strategic (nuclear) arsenal against Kyiv, Berlin, London, and Washington. And against all other beautiful historic places that have long been included in the flight targets of our nuclear...
The US has notoriously bad spy craft when it comes to Russia. We spent literal decades believing they were an equal power, spending vast sums on defense to make sure we didn't fall behind. The government funded all sorts of "studies" but anyone who questioned the narrative got blackballed, and the people who kept getting that work just parroted back what the generals wanted to hear.
And then the iron curtain fell and the Berlin wall came down, and we saw the state of their military...and it was abysmal.
We are seeing the same thing with their basic war capabilities right now. Ukraine has been able to hold them off, more or less, for two years using mostly NATO cast off equipment and sunflower seeds.
There's a pretty good book that goes over a lot of this by Anne Jacobsen called The Pentagon's Brain.
It is estimated that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has cost Russia up to $211 billion in equipping, deploying, and maintaining its troops in Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters on Feb. 16.
The people they lost have have been young men and prisoners, mostly - people they don't actually want, and are happy to find a way to remove.
And the dream of actually participating in world society is nice, but it would require them to stop the rampant corruption in their society. Which is unlikely, since all the way up the chain is a kleptocracy.
"House Republicans were crystal clear from the very beginning of discussions that any so-called national security supplemental legislation must recognize that national security begins at our own border," U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on Twitter.
His marching orders are to keep the narrative alive that the border is unsafe until the election.
Deal on the table to fix everything they're complaining about? Reject it.
Voters don't pay attention, especially not his voters, so it's safe for him and will help out any republican in a tight race. It's disgusting, but tactically sound.
He said this in response to several media outlets and Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) reporting that Russia has Starlink and is increasingly using it on the front line in Ukraine.
Even the word conservative is a lie when they say it. Conservative is a method of not changing too much too quickly - it makes sense on paper. The problem is that their entire movement has abdicated it's intellectual responsibility and instead is actively regressive.
It makes sense not to change everything all at once, conserving some aspects of history and making sure nothing falls apart. But conservatives and progressives should have the same end goal of making things better, even if their methods and speed differ. These people see things that are absolutely fine and are curious about it because it undermines their narrative for themselves.
Or in this case, pretend to donate to the defenders and then charge them after the fact, and then give them away to the aggressor through third parties.
SpaceX says that they don't do any business with Russia, so these are either stolen, being sold by a third party illegally, or just showing up in unmarked boxes. Considering who Musk is, I will not be surprised to find out that he made this happen indirectly.
American political commentator Tucker Carlson has been spotted in Moscow, according to Telegram channel Mash. The channel reported that this was Carlson’s first trip to Russia and that he has been in Moscow since February 1.
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has reported that Major Oleg Stegachov, the crew commander of a Tu-95 strategic bomber, was shot dead in Engels, Russia.
If Ukraine has agents, maybe they take what shots they can as the opportunity arises.
Was there much Russian language coverage of this pilot? If he was being treated as a hero, seems valid to kill him to make anyone else think twice before attacking Ukraine to try to gain the same notoriety.
And even if they didn't kill him, claiming it still sows confusion and gives the same effect in the end.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his intuition tells him that EU countries will eventually find arguments to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to unblock €50 billion in funding for Ukraine.
Normal MO for regressives. Exhaust everyone with bad faith arguments, moving goal posts, etc, and then get your minions to parrot that the issue is too complex/contentious/controversial to continue discussing.
It's the same vibe as saying gay o people are unhappy because they're gay when it's actually because they've made a culture of trying to make people miserable when they have the audacity to not fall in line.
Through open source research, Mediazona, a Russian independent media outlet, together with BBC Russia, confirmed the names of 42,284 Russian soldiers who had been killed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
From Putin's perspective, it's great. It's not like they're needed for their votes, and one of the key indicators of revolution is unemployed young men.
Since that's mostly who dies in endless war, endless war is a great technique for dictators to maintain control long term.
The agreement signed by the defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania provides for defensive installations on their borders to deter and, if necessary, protect against military threats.
U.S. Democrats should negotiate a deal with Republicans to reach a compromise on aid for Ukraine as a Russian victory would ultimately weaken the U.S., former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview with Politico released on Jan. 17.
Now, Budapest indicated it might withdraw its opposition if the European Council unanimously approves the funding on a yearly basis, Politico wrote, citing its sources.
Hey, it "works" in the US where we let terrorists hold us hostage twice a year - once during the budget debates, and again when it's time to pay the bills.
Republican Congresswoman Greene launches effort to oust Johnson following passage of Ukraine aid (kyivindependent.com)
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has voiced a number of complaints against Speaker Mike Johnson but has particularly focused on his decision to allow a vote on aid for Ukraine.
Estonian president: Ukraine's right to attack military targets in Russia 'entirely legitimate' (kyivindependent.com)
During a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Tallinn on April 3, Estonian President Alar Karis reaffirmed support for Ukraine's attacks on military targets in Russia, stating that it was "perfectly legitimate for the Ukrainian forces to destroy infrastructure critical to the Russian army."
Why some far-right Republicans are hell bent on ending further aid to Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
As the world watched in horror at Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion and war against Ukraine in the early months of 2022, Americans rallied firmly behind the embattled eastern European democracy. Shortly after the start of the full-scale war, 79% of U.S. voters supported sending arms to Ukraine, and
Minister says Russia to face 'maximum limitation' in Starlink terminals usage soon (kyivindependent.com)
Russian troops will soon face "maximum limitation" in the use of Starlink satellite terminals, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in an interview with Welt published on April 1.
FT: Over 50% of Russians blame Ukraine for Moscow terrorist attack, survey shows (kyivindependent.com)
Around 27% of respondents blamed the Islamic State (ISIS), while another 6% pointed to the U.S., U.K., and NATO, according to a survey by OpenMinds, an Anglo-Ukrainian online pollster.
Speaker Johnson vows not to delay assistance for Ukraine: We won’t allow terrorists and tyrants to march through the globe (www.pravda.com.ua)
Republican Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, reported that Congress’s priority is to finalise the budget of the US government for the year 2024. As this matter is nearly resolved, attention will soon shift to the aid package for Ukraine and its partners.
Shoigu: Russia to form 2 new armies by the end of 2024 (kyivindependent.com)
The Russian Armed Forces will create two new combined arms armies, 14 divisions, and 16 brigades, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a meeting with other defense chiefs on March 20.
US: Russia attacked Ukraine with North Korean missiles at least 10 times (kyivindependent.com)
North Korea has been shaping up as Russia's leading weapons supplier, reportedly providing Moscow with extensive military packages, including ballistic missiles and over 3 million artillery shells.
Russia’s Medvedev threatens to nuke US, UK, Germany, Ukraine if Russia loses occupied territories (kyivindependent.com)
"Attempts to restore Russia's 1991 borders will lead only to one thing - a global war with Western countries with the use of our entire strategic (nuclear) arsenal against Kyiv, Berlin, London, and Washington. And against all other beautiful historic places that have long been included in the flight targets of our nuclear...
Reuters: War in Ukraine has cost Russia up to $211 billion, US official says (kyivindependent.com)
It is estimated that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has cost Russia up to $211 billion in equipping, deploying, and maintaining its troops in Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters on Feb. 16.
EU proposes sanctions on Chinese firms aiding Russian war effort (www.theguardian.com)
Bloc hoping to close loopholes that allow Moscow to route military technology via third countries
Speaker Johnson preemptively rejects Ukraine aid bill as it moves forward in Senate (kyivindependent.com)
"House Republicans were crystal clear from the very beginning of discussions that any so-called national security supplemental legislation must recognize that national security begins at our own border," U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on Twitter.
Musk denies Starlink sales to Russia (kyivindependent.com)
He said this in response to several media outlets and Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) reporting that Russia has Starlink and is increasingly using it on the front line in Ukraine.
Russian military uses Starlink inside Ukraine, intelligence confirms (kyivindependent.com)
Russia has Starlink terminals and is increasingly using them on the front line in Ukraine, Ukrainian military intelligence confirmed on Feb. 11.
Tucker Carlson in Bolshoi theatre in russia (media.kbin.social)
American political commentator Tucker Carlson spotted attending ballet in Moscow — Meduza (meduza.io)
American political commentator Tucker Carlson has been spotted in Moscow, according to Telegram channel Mash. The channel reported that this was Carlson’s first trip to Russia and that he has been in Moscow since February 1.
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence: Tu-95 pilot who carried out missile attacks on Ukraine shot dead in Russia – photo (www.pravda.com.ua)
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has reported that Major Oleg Stegachov, the crew commander of a Tu-95 strategic bomber, was shot dead in Engels, Russia.
EU does not have fatigue from Ukraine but it does from Orban – Polish PM (www.pravda.com.ua)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his intuition tells him that EU countries will eventually find arguments to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to unblock €50 billion in funding for Ukraine.
What are you reading right now? (kbin.social)
What the title says. What books are you reading? Or if not books, what are some interesting articles you've read lately?...
Mediazona confirms identities of over 42,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Through open source research, Mediazona, a Russian independent media outlet, together with BBC Russia, confirmed the names of 42,284 Russian soldiers who had been killed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Baltic countries to build defenses on Russian, Belarusian borders (kyivindependent.com)
The agreement signed by the defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania provides for defensive installations on their borders to deter and, if necessary, protect against military threats.
Former NATO chief: Democrats should compromise with Republicans to secure Ukraine aid (kyivindependent.com)
U.S. Democrats should negotiate a deal with Republicans to reach a compromise on aid for Ukraine as a Russian victory would ultimately weaken the U.S., former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview with Politico released on Jan. 17.
Politico: Hungary may unblock EU aid for Ukraine if approved annually (kyivindependent.com)
Now, Budapest indicated it might withdraw its opposition if the European Council unanimously approves the funding on a yearly basis, Politico wrote, citing its sources.