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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

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Mar 3

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Jon Stewart Just Became Trump’s Worst Nightmare—And America’s Last Hope

By: Jason Egenberg
Mar 3
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In the wake of Donald Trump's re-election in 2024, the United States finds itself at a critical juncture.

The political landscape is fraught with division, misinformation, and challenges to democratic norms.

Amid this turmoil, the voice of Jon Stewart emerges as an essential beacon of clarity, satire, and truth.

His unique ability to dissect complex political issues with humor and insight offers a vital counterbalance to the prevailing narratives of our time.

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The Role of Satire in Political Discourse:

Satire has always been more than just a punchline.

It’s a scalpel.

It cuts away the nonsense, the spin, the self-aggrandizing doublespeak, and leaves behind something resembling the truth.
And nobody wields that scalpel better than Jon Stewart.

For years, he turned The Daily Show into a nightly masterclass on accountability, exposing hypocrisy with the kind of timing that would make Aaron Sorkin jealous.

Now, with democracy on the ropes, he’s back, and his voice is more crucial than ever.

Stewart doesn’t just make people laugh—he makes them listen.
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He distills the absurdity of modern politics into something sharp, digestible, and impossible to ignore. In an era where misinformation is as prevalent as oxygen, his ability to shine a light on the absurd, the corrupt, and the outright dangerous is a civic duty.

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Addressing the 2024 Election Outcome:

So, Donald Trump wins a second term. The moment the news broke, half the country sat in stunned silence, while the other half declared it a mandate. And Stewart?

- Stewart did what he does best. He cut through the hysteria and found the heart of it:

"It turns out the election was stolen by more people voting for Donald Trump. It's quite a caper."

That’s the kind of line that makes you laugh first and then realize you’re not laughing at all. It’s a gut-punch wrapped in wit, a truth bomb disguised as comedy. The brilliance of Stewart’s voice isn’t just in the jokes;
- it’s in the way he articulates what so many are feeling but struggling to put into words.

He understands the exhaustion, the frustration, the disillusionment.

And he doesn’t sugarcoat it. But here’s the kicker:
- Stewart doesn’t traffic in nihilism. He doesn’t wallow. He doesn’t say, “Well, that’s it, folks. Game over.”

No, Stewart reminds us that democracy is a contact sport. It’s messy. It’s brutal. But it’s not over until we say it is.
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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

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Mar 2

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The situation for the Russian occupation forces has worsened.

Analysis of enemy losses over the month
By: Oleksandr Kovalenko

- In February 2025, the Russian occupation forces continued their offensive operations with a number of features, including the wave-like use of equipment and human resources.

All this affected the loss rates, which in some categories were the lowest in the last six months of the war, and in others set new absolute records.

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Personnel losses:

In February, the Russian occupation forces suffered their lowest personnel losses since August 2024 – 36,570. However, this is still a very high figure, which is barely compensated by mobilization measures in Russia.

After several months of absolute records in losses (namely:
in November 2024 – 45,720,
in December 2024 – 48,670,
in January 2025 – 48,240), the February figures are due to a decrease in the intensity of infantry attacks .

Peak rates of assault operations were recorded not throughout the month, but in waves, on certain days.

They especially accompanied international events – such as the Munich Security Conference and the meeting of representatives of the United States and the Russian Federation in Saudi Arabia.

There is also a sharp increase in the loss of DOM in proportion to 1 km² of the territory being captured.

Given that in February the Russian occupiers captured 188 km² of Ukrainian territory, their average loss rate was over 190 people/1 km².

- Let me remind you that in 2024 this figure was 128 people/1 km², and in January 2025 – 150 people/1 km².

The obvious increase in losses, even with a decrease in intensity, is due to the low number of units and the crisis in providing the DOM , which makes it impossible to effectively use units in the offensive and leads to high losses of personnel.

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Tank losses:

In February 2025, Russian occupation forces lost 331 tanks, which remains within the average statistical figure since mid-2024.

As I have repeatedly noted before, the low loss rates of main battle tanks are due to both a drop in quantitative deliveries to the front, as well as the economy of the ROV command of this equipment and their extremely limited use .

It is possible that in 2025 the last, largest central tank reserve bases – 349 and 769 CBRT – will be emptied, which will lead not to a crisis, but to a catastrophe in terms of providing the Russian army with MBTs.

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Mar 1

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Can America Ever Overcome The Shame Of Trump?

By:
Steven Beschloss
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Never forget February 28, 2025, a tragic day when an American president and his vice-president berated and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia.

Donald Trump’s abusive, demeaning behavior in our Oval Office—in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky—may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

It’s hard to see how this grotesque stain will ever wash away.

(Abuse in the Oval Office. (Photo by Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)

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JD Vance triggered the likely planned assault in front of the television cameras by calling Ukraine’s president “disrespectful,” telling him “you should be thanking the president.”

Soon Trump was shouting at Zelensky, telling him that

“you’re not really in a good position right now”

and “you don’t have the cards right now.”

Ukraine’s leader tried to keep it rational as the aggression mounted. “I'm not playing cards," he replied. “I'm very serious, Mr President. I'm the president in a war.”

But Trump was determined to escalate the conflict. “You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people,” he shouted. “You’re gambling with World War III. You’re gambling with World War III.

Vance, meanwhile, was not done with his demand for obedience:

“Have you said thank you once, this entire meeting?

No.” Answered the Ukrainian leader, “A lot of times. Even today.”

And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country, that’s backed you.

Far more than a lot of people said they should have.”

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After spewing a series of Kremlin talking points, lies about the scale of American investment and boasting that the war would have ended in two weeks without American equipment, Trump concluded the meeting with this:

“You got to be more thankful because, let me tell you, you don’t have the cards. With us, you have the cards. But without us, you don’t have any cards.”

(You can watch the whole exchange here.)
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On a strictly human level, it was sickening to witness the abusive, belittling behavior of Trump and his sidekick Vance.

What kind of people—what level of indecency and cruelty does it take—to invite a man in the midst of a war to come to the White House, attack him in front of the cameras and whine that he’s not showing sufficient gratitude?

As if these ugly sadists believe he should be kneeling down before them.

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Mar 1

Kenneth Gregg voulanteer in #Ukraine

01.03.2025 update.

- The world is in shock after the sandbox fight in the White House, 2 against 1 in the screaming teenage farce.

Let's first state an important thing:

"Security guarantees cannot depend on the temporary policy of the administration of another country".

If this is not the case, the security guarantee issue should be resolved after each election, which does NOT lead to stability.

In this quarrel, there are two things that irritate me;
- the first is Trump's wounded ego by Obama and Biden.

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It seems that he is completely obsessed with these two and his goal is to destroy everything that they decided, even at the expense of Ukraine.

The second thing is Zelensky's political inexperience, we talked about this in my stream with Ukrainian journalist Roman Bochkala.

Diplomacy is not Zelensky's strong suit.

Regardless of how right he is, he should not get into a catfight in the White House but instead slowly but surely withdraw from the debate, for example saying that he has a different opinion but that this should not be debated in front of TV cameras.

- Furthermore, it was very naive of Zelensky to believe that he could achieve anything from this meeting other than signing an LOI on the minerals.

The Trump administration had made this very clear before Zelensky's arrival.

No evil without some good, Europe now has no other choice but to stand 100% behind Ukraine. This is what they have unanimously promised after the disaster in the White House.

This is a golden chance for Europe to shake off the US yoke and finally become independent.
- A united Europe is what Trump and the Kremlin fear most.

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One thing is for sure, Ukraine cannot afford to take on a diplomatic fight.

This leads me to start advocating the idea that one of my followers brought up, namely that Zelensky should consider resigning.

I repeat the idea; Finnish President Risto Ryti (the wartime president) resigned voluntarily and called on the parliament to appoint Mannerheim as the new president.

In our case, it should be General Valery Zaluzhnyi, since it is undoubtedly the UK that should shoulder the European responsibility, Zaluzhnyi would be ideal.

He has the trust of the people and now serves as ambassador in London, i.e. daily contact with the government in the UK.

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Feb 27

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Robert Reich:
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Musk’s lies, lies, and more lies

He’s lying about what we did in the Clinton administration,

- lying when he says public servants are our enemies, and - lying that beneficiaries of public programs are parasites.
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Friends,

Musk is trying to downplay the chaos he’s creating by saying it’s much the same as the cost-cutting efforts of the Clinton administration.

“What @DOGE is doing is similar to Clinton/Gore Dem policies of the 1990s,” he posted on his X platform.

Rubbish....

I cut costs in the Clinton administration. The contrast with what Musk is doing couldn’t be sharper.

As secretary of labor, I took the Department of Labor down from 18,500 employees to 16,600 — but did it without any layoffs. No chainsaws. No meat-axes.

And we were careful to improve the services we were providing the public.

For example, when people lost jobs in an industry that was shrinking, we devised a way to get them job-training and job-search assistance in addition to unemployment insurance. This helped move them into new jobs faster — which also saved the government over $1 billion a year in unemployment payments.

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We plowed that $1 billion back into job-training and job-search assistance, making the whole economy work better.

In Musk’s attack on the federal workforce, thousands of federal workers have been fired without warning.

- Or they’ve been offered fake “deferred resignation” buyouts that were never authorized by Congress and may not be legal.

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Entire agencies have been gutted without legislative authorization, forcing judges to intervene.

Our “Reinventing Government” effort was authorized by bipartisan congressional legislation.

We worked carefully over several years to identify areas where government could be more efficient, notifying Congress of what we were doing.

But the Republicans who control Congress today have allowed Musk to race ahead without them, even though the Constitution states that the legislative branch approves spending and federal law prohibits the president from cutting programs Congress has authorized without its permission.

Clinton sought that permission, and Congress accepted $3.6 billion in cuts he proposed.

We also involved federal workers, because they knew better than anyone what could be improved and how best to do it.

We introduced performance standards, we encouraged our workers to embrace the internet, and we gave out awards to employees who came up with ways to cut red tape and improve service.

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Feb 27

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The Kremlin gave "signals": ISW explained whether Putin is determined to end the war in Ukraine

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin remains uninterested in meaningful negotiations and believes he can achieve his military goals in the medium to long term, as evidenced by the Kremlin’s continued refusal to accept a ceasefire and other conditions that the US and Europe have identified as necessary for achieving a lasting peace in Ukraine.

This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Analysts recalled that Moscow's representatives participating in the negotiations with Washington continue to insist that the peace agreement "should be based on Russia's demands of 2021;
- they demand the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the #Kurshchina and at the same time the "surrender" of several large Ukrainian cities that Russian troops have not yet occupied and have no prospect of capturing.

obozrevatel.com/ukr/politics-n…

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This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…

Putin and other Kremlin officials have repeatedly returned to pre-war demands and insisted that negotiations should focus on the "root causes" of the war, which means Ukraine's complete surrender.

Russia also seeks to weaken NATO," the February 26 summary states.

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Representatives of the US Congress and Western intelligence agencies have also assessed that the Russian dictator retains these military goals and is not interested in negotiations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly reiterated Ukraine's intention to negotiate with Russia in good faith and to make compromises.

Including a territorial exchange proposal that Russian officials rejected, and even to hold direct talks with Putin, despite the dictator's constant attempts to discredit the Ukrainian leader.

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