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  1. Tying into the themes of the American Revolution series currently showing on PBS, Trump does not understand that Ukraine doesn't have to outright win, they just have to not lose, and they are doing to the Russians what we did to the Brits - make it too costly for them.  Some for the Vietnamese and the French and then the US.

    It's just that in this case, the Russians are literally next door to the fighting, unlike North America/England where it took 6 weeks to get troops across the ocean, or Vietnam being halfway around the world.

    Ukraine continues hitting power infrastructure, oil and gas, etc., every single day, and they are probably close to some major breaking points.  Well, they already hit one - their ability to sell to other countries has taken a huge hit.  They were already dipping into their cash reserves as it is to buy foreign hardware.

     

  2. 3 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

    Thiel also sold all of his nVidia.  What does he need all that cash for?  

    34 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    It's not that he needs it for something, it's that he thinks those stocks are valued for shit and he prefers cash that's worth something versus stock that's worth much less than the cash value. 

    Yeah, he has plenty of cash.  At his level of access/info, he could probably see a bit of a crash long before others do.

  3. 20 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

    I saw in the news this morning that since the Senate passed by unanimous consent, the bill goes directly to WH from House.  But Johnson still hasn’t transmitted it as of this morning and some talk about him and trump wanting “changes”.  Is this the next GOP fuckery?  Oh yea the bill passed both the House and Senate nearly unanimously but the constitution doesn’t say when the house leader has to send to president for final signature!!  Oh well I guess the SC will talk about it for 3 yrs then quietly drop the issue if bills actually have to be sent to the president if he doesn’t like it…

    CBS:

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    After the House passed the measure in a 427-1 vote on Tuesday, the Senate approved the bill unanimously before it could even be formally transmitted from the lower chamber. With the transmission of the bill Wednesday morning, the bill is formally considered passed, and now heads to the president's desk for his signature.

     

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  4. 5 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

    I saw in the news this morning that since the Senate passed by unanimous consent, the bill goes directly to WH from House.  But Johnson still hasn’t transmitted it as of this morning and some talk about him and trump wanting “changes”.  Is this the next GOP fuckery?  Oh yea the bill passed both the House and Senate nearly unanimously but the constitution doesn’t say when the house leader has to send to president for final signature!!  Oh well I guess the SC will talk about it for 3 yrs then quietly drop the issue if bills actually have to be sent to the president if he doesn’t like it…

    Johnson is not happy at all. He’s lost control, and Trump by proxy.  He was trying to blame Schumer, but he’s rattled it went straight to the floor and was voted on.

     

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  5. 8 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    Pedophile caucus shaking like the walls of Jericho

     

     

     

    1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Really, at this point, I don't think what's in the files matters.

    First off, I think if there had been indictable/convictable evidence in there, there would have been indictments and convictions.

    Second, enough good stuff has been released to create quite a cloud of suspicion.

    Third, Trump is going to continue to obfuscate, by redaction, withholding because of investigation, etc.

    The best thing about it is that it won't die down and Trump continues to blunder into keeping it very alive.

    LBJ was right, "make the sonofabitch deny it."

    Mikey seems actually shook up and pissed that “Chuck Schumer rushed it to the floor”.

    It’s not going to die down, and the media knows they can get reactions out of him, and reactions make great soundbites.

    There are people on the right who are wondering why the GOP keeps trying to cover for a dead child sex trafficker.

  6. 1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

    So basically this is going to amount to nothing because they found a way to run an end around on the system and dupe the American public right?  Again?

    1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

    yeah, IIRC, anything that a member says on the floor is protected speech and nobody can do dick about it. 

    Massie can read names and the victims can name names.

    The GOP has a problem that the DOJ can try and downplay, but not completely shut down.

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  7. 1 hour ago, tokamak said:

    I think the Dems walked into a trap on this whole deal. Pam Bondi is making Epstein_files.doc on her computer right now that says "The Clintons, Joe Biden, George Soros", and that's what will be released. MAGA world will accept that whole cloth because all human beings ever want is for their biases to be confirmed. Everyone else will cry foul but to what end?

    1 hour ago, tx ind said:

    The big wild card is if the survivors go scorched earth and dish out names if Bondi and Patel do that.

    They can’t shut up the survivors.

    This was all done with a wink, knowing the DOJ will prevent their release because it’s an active investigation.

    Let’s not forget that Trump will pardon Maxwell, after she’s already gotten a puppy and ended up in Club Fed.  He doesn’t do that unless he has to.

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  8. 27 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    427-1

    1 minute ago, wildcat09 said:

    Senate just passed it by unanimous consent.

    Surprise Omg GIF
     

    But they all know it won’t be released - it’s now an active investigation again, which is why it wasn’t released before.

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  9. On 11/17/2025 at 8:49 AM, Chad Fuck said:

    The kids are alright.

    They are indeed.

    Slovakia erupted in protests against Prime Minister Robert Fico and his pro-Russian policies.

    With slogans like "We’ve had enough of Fico," "We want change", and "Resign", tens of thousands of Slovaks took to the streets across the country.

    The mass rallies took place yesterday, on the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which ended communism in the country. Recently, Fico’s government abolished this holiday, greatly angering the public.

     

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  10. The monitoring group Crimean Wind reports that two NATO aircraft are conducting reconnaissance over the Black Sea.

    According to the flight-tracking portal Flightradar, a Turkish Navy ATR 72-600 TMPA maritime patrol aircraft with the callsign MARTI31 took off from the Izmit airfield and is now conducting reconnaissance in the southern part of the Black Sea.

    A French Air and Space Force Beech King Air 350ER/ALSR electronic intelligence and surveillance aircraft is also continuing its mission, having already operated near Crimea and Novorossiysk.

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  11. Senate to move on Trump-backed Russia sanctions, Graham says - Live Updates - POLITICO

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    The legislation would allow Trump to place secondary sanctions on countries like China and India who buy oil and gas from Russia, aiming to cut off the cash flow Russia rakes in from its energy exports — which largely funds its war in Ukraine. In his remarks to reporters Sunday, Trump also indicated he’d consider adding Iran to the list of countries on the chopping block.

    “As you know, I suggested it, so any country that does business with Russia will be very severely sanctioned,” Trump said. “They may add Iran to that,” he added.

    Russia's Oil Exports Fall and Prices Slump to Hit Moscow’s War Chest - Bloomberg

     

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