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Captainant

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  1. back on topic, apologies to anyone senstive: https://www.euronews.com/2025/02/19/zelenskyys-approval-rating-grows-to-57-debunking-trumps-4-support-claim President and authorities deemed legitimate The latest KIIS poll, showing Zelenskyy's approval rating at 57%, was conducted even before Trump had his first phone call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, which paved the way for the US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, Zelenskyy support improved from 52% in December 2024 to 57% in early February. Commenting on the latest ratings, KIIS Deputy Director Anton Hrushetskyi said Zelenskyy retains a fairly high level of trust in society and, even more so, retains legitimacy. "If some international partners and allies are worried about the legitimacy of the President in the context of possible peace negotiations and consider it appropriate to insist on elections, then from the point of view of Ukrainian citizens themselves, there are no problems with this," Hrushetskyi said. "The current president and the authorities are quite legitimate to conduct complex negotiations, and elections should be held after the war ends and at least Ukraine receives reliable security guarantees," he added. Ukraine was scheduled to hold a presidential election in March or April 2024, concluding Zelenskyy's first five-year term. The vote was postponed as the country's constitution does not permit elections under martial law, which was declared on 24 February 2022, the day when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin repeatedly sought to use the delay to portray Zelenskyy as "illegitimate," a claim rejected by Kyiv as a distortion of the constitution.
  2. It is unfortunate that the most recent threats to Ukraines sovreignty have come from our country, yes. It's even more unfortunate that ANY discussion of our betrayal of their sovreignty will be cordioned off as "see arrrrr"
  3. Man, this show holds up.
  4. Not necessarily about deportation cruelty on its face, buuuuuuuuut Texas Observer: ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account Sorry if it turns out I'm actually doxxing johnny sack or something
  5. I've been banging this fucking drum since Jan6. Trump has been straight up using hitler's rhetoric and propaganda techniques for years. There's a really excellent and deeply saddening series by Behind the Bastard's Robert Evans called "Behind the Insurrections" that he did right after Jan6, and wouldn't you know it, there's endless parallels in strategy and rhetoric between the OG's and the new kids on the block
  6. 'member when all the conservatives and trolls kept getting ultra butthurt when we pointed out trump toadying up to putin? 'member when it was "trump derangement syndrome" to fear what we are watching happen in realtime? I 'member.
  7. For a couple years I was flying to Bartlesville from Houston doing customer work.... God those were dark times. That tiny ass town with a weird ass hotel that doesn't have any right angles was like going through the looking glass
  8. those two things are definitely a 100% apples to apples comparison in terms of size, scope, duration, and social impact lol The bigger death is that of social good and civic-mindedness. We ain't got time for any of that. We gotta keep this goddamn line going up, you hear??
  9. propping up a requirement for their "end of days" prophesy is unironically the bedrock of their support for Israel.
  10. It gives them a mechanism to re-segregate their schools. More expensive school == fewer non-whites to sully your precious little angel
  11. for fucking real, that's the offline version of "noCR!!!" I am beginning to hear it more and more from boomer family members that are suddenly remembering how happy they were and told everyone they were about trump winning.
  12. Socially, we are much closer to Weimar Germany than post-bolshevik Russia. We are snapping from a (relatively) progressive and democratic government to an autocracy controlled by a dictatorial ruler and governed by hand-picked lieutennants.
  13. Crazy to go back to 2022 when this was fresh. Lotta wailing and gnashing of teeth whenever trump was mentioned, along with how glad we are that he wasn't undermining Ukraine's defense. It is fucking crazy town how badly trump is rolling over for putin. I can't believe our country elected a man who is so in love with dictators and evil people. That choice is going to ripple through decades of history and forever stain us.
  14. I can think of a few reasons we may not have the expertise or capacity for such a thing....
  15. the DNC leadership is too busy sucking on their teeth and trading stock to care
  16. that's gonna be the inflation thread in a month or two
  17. My guy, I'm not lionizing him. I'm saying it's fucked that an injured veteran is being denied his legal due process for no reason besides being brown. You're pleased as punch that you have a reason to be happy to overlook it. I didn't cherry pick this story either, Stars and Stripes - the US military's own newspaper - picked this story.
  18. Lol the corrupt politicians can use crypto too, it turns out! https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/argentine-presidents-promotion-of-crypto-rocks-his-presidency-c747a0ae https://apnews.com/article/argentina-milei-cryptocurrency-fraud-charges-3f572a5f294d7c25437a08151798b917 Milei is being investigated for launching and immediately rugpulling a cryptocurrency. Our president did the exact same thing and is only gaining power and influence.
  19. bit of an overshare, champ (black diamond)
  20. It's almost like they're just using their christianity as a mechanism to launder their ultranationalism, or something
  21. I grew up riding 16 hours in a car to visit my aunt and grandad and ski in Crested Butte every winter. Jokerville was my first BD! Man, I am smiling ear to ear. Thanks for the shot of nostalgia
  22. Pretty funny - it's ROTS dubbed in English... translated from a bootleg Chinese copy lol. Sounds like early 2000's internet talk
  23. My wife has been itching to play The Sims again and didn't want to deal with a desktop computer, but surprise surprise her M2 backbook air runs those games like a CHAMP! It's pretty amazing how much a "basic" computer can play if you're looking to play games that are 10+yrs old
  24. Payouts to donors and their companies. Same shit as a toilet seat costing $10,000 to the army. Buying thousands of trump bibles, or brand new textbooks with slavery and the Civil Rights era erased. Easily steered contracts with little to no oversight controlled by people looking to profit, not further the mission.
  25. You could just say you're happy about the cruelty and get it over with
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