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The debate on whether Zelenakyy screwed up by calling out Trump and Musk is a bad binary onr: either he lost his cool and hurt his people or he understandably snapped. But a more nuanced theory is Z knows long-term he can't rely on the US & sooner he decouples, easier it'll be.
Y'all, this is a good World Series. It could easily be 1-1 or 2-0 the other way instead of Milwaukee up 2-0. Crazily evenly matched teams, both fighting for their first Series win.
Imagine Elon's surprise when he learns East Germany wasn't a democracy and neither is North Korea, despite their names.
Not sure the last time I've seen a better example of Clinton's "hit dogs holler" than all the "akshually, making fun of Cheesecake Factory is elitist" in response to a joke making fun of Trump's Liberace-level sense of decor.
In lieu of being able to vote "sorry, we've got bigger fish to fry," this is The Way.
Zelenskyy says Internet access speeds needed for drones to work as air defense are finally back up.
The most important thing today is that Starlink and Starshield operations have been restored to the speeds we had before the restrictions. The speeds are now where they need to be. The restoration began overnight, and by this morning, speeds were already sufficient. This matters: for our frontline logistics, for defending Ukraine against jet-powered “shaheds.”
I thank all Americans and all our partners who took this seriously and truly helped – members of Congress, senators, all the media, the State Department, and the President. Protecting lives matters.
Nothing quite says "American Dream" like an inspirational anecdote about a player in the World Series contemplating retirement a few years earlier but changing his mind because his family needed health insurance due to his wife's pregnancy.
I have decided to file a lawsuit questioning the officiating in tomorrow's OU vs. Miss. State game if OU loses.
Jonathan Nicholson retweeted
I'm just excited someone is finally reviewing my lab results
Quest Diagnostics, one of America’s largest lab diagnostic companies, disclosed in a filing to shareholders that it learned of unauthorized access to a system used by doctors and other health care professionals to order tests and view lab results. wapo.st/4snSwJ1
The man who says he's worried about "children conscripted to die in trenches" has been credibly accused of throttling Internet access his company provides to help Russians burn to death Ukrainian civilians in apartment buildings.
Ukraine getting slowly stripped of air defense - donated/bought Patriots not allowed to be delivered, Starlink nerfed to make anti-drone drones fail, etc. -may reignite no-fly zone talk, by Euro-only NATO. One intel YouTuber looks at what would be needed.
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In journalism, if it's clear someone you're questioning isn't engaging in good faith, it's fair to go with "stupid answers deserve stupid questions."
Here, the q would be "Mr. President, why are you afraid to answer questions without first asking the reporter's affiliation?"
YIKES 😳 Trump snaps at a reporter asking him about why he's dismissing sexual abuse allegations 👇
WOMAN REPORTER: Do the sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir?
TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with?
REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sexual abuse allegations
TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?
Why is there a *need* for a humanitarian evacuation in Oleshky, Ukraine? Well, Russians bombed a nearby dam, flooding it; occupied it; left their soldiers with so little food they resorted to occupying homes and eating locals' food & then wouldn't let locals leave.
Via WaPo, BBC:
Zelenskyy humilating the guy who humiliated Trump who plans to humiliate the guy humiliating Putin.
Finally #Moscow airports are ordering everyone to evacuate immediately due to the threat of combat drones. All four airports in the ruZZian capital have completely halted departures and arrivals.
There's a non-zero chance that Trump's betrayal of Ukraine, coming so close to the election, helps unseat Congress' only (and notably anti-Zelenskyy) Ukrainian-born member.
If you're thinking this latest round of "Witkoff/Kushner to Moscow" & "Zelenskyy offers concessions" sounds familiar & why would it work this time, you'd be right. Z at most can offer freeze at current frontlines, but Putin needs to get past the fortress belt cities w/o fighting.
That time an insurgent candidate gained momentum early in the Democratic presidential primaries only to be denied by the party establishment consolidating around a safer, less imaginative moderate. #TsongasWouldHaveWon
Despite the Trump-told-Musk-to-knock-it-off narrative, Starlink/shield still nerfed in some areas and unable to be used for jet drone interception, reportedly.
"Picket Fences" was appointment TV for me in the '90s and Skerrit's Middle American oft-puzzled-but-understanding father character is not something we often see now.
Tom Skerritt, Star of 'Picket Fences' and 'Alien,' Dies at 93 hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
