CURRENT EVENTS - April 27-30

nycfan said:

The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge​

Putin is expanding bases and preparing to move more troops to European border regions far from Ukraine; ‘we’re expecting some conflict with NATO’​



🎁 🔗 —> https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/ru...12?st=8wT9xh&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
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“…Military experts inside Russia, though, characterize the activity along the Finnish border as part of the Kremlin’s preparation for potential conflict with NATO.

“When the troops are back [from Ukraine], they will be looking over the border at a country they consider an adversary,” said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, a Moscow-based defense think tank. “The logic of the last decade shows we’re expecting some conflict with NATO.”

Russian officials have sent mixed signals. At a defense ministry meeting late last year, Russia’s Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said Russia’s military must be ready for a conflict with NATO. At the same gathering, President Vladimir Putin said the West was alarming its own population by suggesting that Russia was ready to attack, and that current tensions were NATO’s doing.

As Russia prepares to increase its military presence along NATO’s eastern flank, Putin has ordered the military to expand its ranks to as many as 1.5 million troops, up from around one million before the Ukraine invasion. …”
 
nycfan said:


“… Their goal, the people familiar with the plans say, is to create the highest-end private club that Washington has ever had, and cater to the business and tech moguls who are looking to nurture their relationships with the Trump administration. …”
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Is nurture another word for bribe? Nothing to see here remember er “Crooked Joe Biden ruined America”.
 
nycfan said:


“… Their goal, the people familiar with the plans say, is to create the highest-end private club that Washington has ever had, and cater to the business and tech moguls who are looking to nurture their relationships with the Trump administration. …”
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www.newyorker.com

How Trump Worship Took Hold in Washington

The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.
www.newyorker.com www.newyorker.com

This article is good, but it took me two tries to make it all the way through because I got so pissed off.
 
nycfan said:
FLASHBACK LAST WEEK:

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TODAY:

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GIFT 🎁 🔗—> ‘I Run the Country and the World’
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“… We asked the president if his second term felt different from his first. He said it did. “The first time, I had two things to do—run the country and survive; I had all these crooked guys,” he said. “And the second time, I run the country and the world.”

For weeks, we’d been hearing from both inside and outside the White House that the president was having more fun than he’d had in his first term. “The first time, the first weeks, it was just ‘Let’s blow this place up,’ ” Brian Ballard, a lobbyist and an ally of the president’s, had told us. “This time, he’s blowing it up with a twinkle in his eye.”

When we put this observation to Trump over the phone, he agreed. “I’m having a lot of fun, considering what I do,” he said. “You know, what I do is such serious stuff.” …”
 
nycfan said:
“… We asked the president if his second term felt different from his first. He said it did. “The first time, I had two things to do—run the country and survive; I had all these crooked guys,” he said. “And the second time, I run the country and the world.”

For weeks, we’d been hearing from both inside and outside the White House that the president was having more fun than he’d had in his first term. “The first time, the first weeks, it was just ‘Let’s blow this place up,’ ” Brian Ballard, a lobbyist and an ally of the president’s, had told us. “This time, he’s blowing it up with a twinkle in his eye.”

When we put this observation to Trump over the phone, he agreed. “I’m having a lot of fun, considering what I do,” he said. “You know, what I do is such serious stuff.” …”
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Come on, Donald. We ALL know who runs the world.

Sing Dia De La Mujer GIF by Pitch Perfect
 

Trump says Hegseth’s ‘gonna get it together’​


thehill.com

Trump says Hegseth’s ‘gonna get it together’

President Trump says that he thinks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will “get it together” as the Pentagon chief faces mounting scrutiny of his leadership. In an interview with The Atlan…
thehill.com

“… In an interview with The Atlantic, Trump was asked about the turmoil around Hegseth and reporting that he ordered a makeup room to be set up at the Defense Department.

“I think he’s gonna get it together,” Trump said. “I had a talk with him, a positive talk, but I had a talk with him.” …”

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Reassuring

Schitts Creek Ok GIF by CBC
 
If the immigration "reforms" are in the "big beautiful" reconciliation bill, that suggests to me that the filibuster is dead.

Congress does have the power to impose such fees. It would be tantamount to withdrawing us from the Geneva Convention. I hope they recognize that.
 
nycfan said:

Trump says Hegseth’s ‘gonna get it together’​


thehill.com

Trump says Hegseth’s ‘gonna get it together’

President Trump says that he thinks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will “get it together” as the Pentagon chief faces mounting scrutiny of his leadership. In an interview with The Atlan…
thehill.com

“… In an interview with The Atlantic, Trump was asked about the turmoil around Hegseth and reporting that he ordered a makeup room to be set up at the Defense Department.

“I think he’s gonna get it together,” Trump said. “I had a talk with him, a positive talk, but I had a talk with him.” …”

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Reassuring

Schitts Creek Ok GIF by CBC
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Trump “coaching” one of his Cabinet Secretaries……I’d love to see that…..I wouldn’t pay to see it; but, I want to see it.
 
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