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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,588: RU logistics and fuel under threat
Ukraine is gaining an edge, however small, as well as throttling fuel supplies in Crimea. Putin continues to disinform . Key Takeaways The Kremlin continues to set unrealistic deadlines for the Russian military to complete the seizure of Donetsk Oblast that do not align with battlefield realities.*The Russian domestic population appears to be increasingly interested…
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‘Secret’ $500 million no-bid contract for the Trump ballroom
Surprise, surprise. What’s worse is the timing. Did various Congress-toadies know about this and was their whining after the WHCD event part of the cover-up? Why do they keep thinking they can get away with it? Maybe the money is just for a tarp to hide the construction, because the public seems not to have…
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Pay no attention to that Oz in front of the curtain.
Theresienstadt Ghetto and “Freedom Cities” are not new to GOPhascists but it is the height of MAGA false consciousness to indulge Trump’s thievery and flimflammery together on live media. Trump would have us believe his usual crowd size delusions all the way to 20 January 2029. It comes more obviously with the “Silly Season“. We…
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Regime Changing diapers, doing history’s first draft.
Natalie Harp is the Hope Hicks of Eva Brauns (before the Bunker). Natalie Harp is now the new Susie Wiles (Chief of Staff), Melania Trump (Wife), and Ivanka Trump (Daughter). Who is her Linda Tripp, or more importantly, has she steamed Trump’s pants while he’s still wearing them? CNN reports that multiple people post on…
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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,587: 2025 US-RU Alaska Summit resulted in no tangible or actionable diplomatic agreements.
Is it a sign of desperation that Putin’s stated readiness to return to the Alaska Summit proposals aims to push the United States to resume negotiations as if the battlefield situation has not changed since August 2025. There seem to be reasons why nothing was written down in terms of actual agreements. Anchorage is not…
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IRAN WAR WEEK 18, Ceasefire Day #12: deadline is Sunday, August 16, 2026
Despite being in the 12th day of a ceasefire, the U.S. and Iran agreed to stop attacking each other, according to a senior U.S. official, as the two sides plan to hold talks this week in Qatar’s capital to work out their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz. Key Takeaways Iran has continued to attack US forces…
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Deranged Trump rants again
He lost a bunch of SCOTUS cases today none more important than giving the impression that he rapes no one, regardless of age. He thinks you don’t care about his colonizing a DC public golf course to deflect from his other failures including a ‘state fair’ that promotes his ‘arch’. And then there’s that reflecting…
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Equality is anathema to GOPhascism: Just Deserts continued
Republicans, especially those in charge today, disavow “claims of just entitlement (that) arise within a context of reciprocal co-operation for mutual benefit”. Their Christian Nationalism presupposes facts about what is just, because a supreme being exists. Moses-Tablets, Constitution, what’s the difference? Instead the GOP makes claims of a meritocracy that require bear-baiting satires of competition…
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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,586: UKR continued long-range strike campaign against RU oil infrastructure
Key Takeaways Russian President Vladimir Putin used his speech to the ruling United Russia Party Congress on June 28 to project Russia’s strength, reinforce his resolve to achieve Russia’s objectives militarily, and reject diplomatic solutions to end his war in Ukraine.*Putin vaguely acknowledged the effects that Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign is having on Russia but…
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Trump: “Communism is the Greatest Threat to our Country since World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or 9/11!”
The thing is, Trump couldn’t explain communism if it came up and bit him on the ass. Wars caused by imperialists, genocidal fascists, or sneak attacks aren’t the issue. It’s their synthesis in an administration built on lies like Haitians eating pets, and fetishistic master-builder indulgence on the people’s dime. We now can see that…
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AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Just Deserts or Just Desserts
Broader definitions of rent as well as notions of commodity can conceived in multiple layers of capital layered like a Mille-feuille, necessitating different, perhaps even parsimonious analytic methods that are frugal in their materialism, historical or otherwise. Rent is one way to negotiate the multiple layers of capital, natural or otherwise. A first step is…
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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,585: large-scale UKR drone attack across 12 regions
Ukraine’s 40-day offensive is taking the initiative to broaden and swarm targets in Russia and the occupied areas. FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles have increased accuracy in cross-border strikes, hitting vulnerable manufacturing facilities. Key Takeaways Ukrainian forces conducted an FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile strike against the Russian Titan-Barrikady ballistic missile development and production plant overnight on…
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WYFP? How much music has passed you by?
I am discovering music that I never experienced when I was younger. Three-chord rock aside, there are things that only have the tiny disharmonies that can come from larger musical groups like brass bands doing live music covering tunes that originally featured extensive digital production; these brass bands are especially found in Carnivals and Fasnacht…
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IRAN WAR WEEK 18, Ceasefire day #9: Strait of Hormuz was open on 27 February, now it’s a “state fair”
Epic Fury should have been branded as the Great American State Fair because the US would do anything for deep-fried food and protecting festivals with the National Guard. OTOH the Strait of Hormuz is being choked, but not on cholesterol. US bombed Iran, June 26, 2026, in retaliation for Iranian drone attack on a commercial…
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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,584: 40-day intermediate- / long-range strike campaign to influence RU to end the war
Conflict now compelling Russians in Crimea to flee. Crimean occupation authorities are prioritizing allocating fuel reserves to critical sectors such as healthcare, public transport, and other critical facilities, and will resume sales to civilians through QR codes after authorities have accumulated sufficient fuel reserves. And FM Lavrov regrets Trump not signing anything in the Putin-Trump…
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: What is to be sung?
There are a lot of new songs, some of which memorialize the current anti-Trumpist culture. Covering Prince’s Baltimore Still discovering songs that are new to me via their Fasnacht or Carnival brass band versions:
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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,583: Fuel shortages are worsening in occupied Crimea
Many curious turnarounds as momentum shifts, especially in terms of Crimea. Far too many active risks, ranging from NATO preparedness in the Baltics to estimating the degree of panic in Crimea. Key Takeaways*The Crimea occupation administration has closed the majority of children’s summer camp programs in occupied Crimea until September 1. The closure and evacuation…
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IRAN WAR WEEK 17, DAY 7: GOP Senate ‘flips’ on war resolution. Trump still a half-trillion dollar loser
Pentagon wants $67.1 billion for the Iran war. Senate Republicans just reversed course in 24 hours under Trump pressure. Four GOP senators broke ranks yesterday. Today they folded. How quickly public dissent inside the GOP can collapse under direct pressure from the president. Senate reverses Iran war powers rebuke of Trump after GOP senators change…
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Deflecting pool fenced off, because citizens need to stay away from the water
At least five people have been arrested at the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, DC amid federal allegations of vandalism at the site, according to law enforcement. Concentrating humans in those DHS ‘detention center’ warehouses that are just like a summer camp where one person dies every day. Adaptive reuse of the fenced pool area…
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Tradwifery and The S(L)AVE Act
Tradwifery and The SAVE Act are both about vote suppression. Tradwives—at least in their TikTokified image—bake homemade bread with perfect manicures and keep spotless homes. Tradwives don’t exist without the broader context of the political, cultural and legal changes happening in our society. They are being orchestrated by a political movement that understands the power of…
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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,582: growing RU domestic gasoline and aviation fuel shortages
Key Takeaways Belarusian signal repeaters along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border reportedly ceased operations as of June 22 following Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky’s warning that Belarus must disable the repeaters no later than June 26.*The Kremlin is intensifying pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to expand Belarusian involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Lukashenko continues trying to…
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Trump: “No one gives a **** about housing”
Let me translate:“I wont sign ANY bills until you help me steal the upcoming election” More grandstanding and a bluff because after 10 days, it won’t matter. He’s not speaking to legislators, only MAGA because this makes libs cry. A narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool simply a petty thief, mashing…
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A Reflecting Pool and Shrimp Farm would be cheaper than invading Greenland
I think the reason the Reflecting Pool is getting so much reaction is because it’s a tangible metaphor for all the failures of this regime. It’s a physical manifestation of toxicity, vanity, cost, error, and assigning blame. — Allison Gill Endless Shrimp meets Endless War Endless Shrimp experience and the gifts of nature motivate GOPhascists…
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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,581: RU leveraging Belarusian territory, airspace, and repeaters to strike UKR
Key Takeaways Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior Kremlin officials are reiterating Russia’s commitment to its original war aims of complete Ukrainian capitulation as Ukraine, the United States, and Europe appear ready to restart negotiations to end the war.*Putin continues to rely on a negotiating tactic that aims to falsely portray the Russian military as…
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First, they came for the ‘Nuclear Honesty’, Then they came for algae
Because 350 foot gashes are honest claims about vandalism. OK, it really was the Visigoths and their box cutters in a city still being patrolled by the National Guard. Because Trump cannot be honest about non-nuclear things he’s being allowed to keep lying at a rate slightly higher than in his first term. This is…
