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This is shocking and would go far in explaining why war criminal Putin is looking over his shoulder in the Kremlin:
Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since it launched its fullscale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to the UK's largest spy agency.
The numbers were revealed by GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler in her inaugural public speech as she set out the threats facing the UK and the measures she believes need to be taken to confront them.
The spy chief warned the UK is at a "moment of consequence" with Russia "relentlessly targeting" critical infrastructure across the country. [snip]
While both Kyiv and Moscow have regularly published estimates of the other side's losses, they have been reluctant to detail their own.
However, in February, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had lost 55,000 soldiers since 2022.
BBC News Russian has been counting Russian war losses together with independent outlet Mediazona and a group of volunteers since February 2022. A list is kept of named individuals whose deaths we were able to confirm using official reports, newspapers, social media, and new memorials and graves.
The BBC has so far been able to confirm the names of 223,539 soldiers and officers, killed fighting for the Russian side in Ukraine.
The real death toll is believed to be much higher, and military experts we have consulted believe our analysis of cemeteries, war memorials and obituaries might represent 45-65% of the total...
To put this in perspective, the United States lost 58,220 service members in the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The Ukraine-Russia war has taken place over 4 years, with a Russian death toll nearly 10 times what America suffered in the 20-year Vietnam War. Even if that number is off by half, it would still represent an enormous loss of life and military strength, enough in itself to explain why Russia's made no headway in Ukraine in years. Regardless, Putin and his gang of war criminals have a lot of Russian blood on their hands (but not so many cards as our Malignant Fascist says they have), not to mention the blood of Ukrainian service members and innocent civilians. They might want to stay away from windows, because that's usually the way disasters like this are rewarded.
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Operation Epic Epstein Fury / eating crow, not lobster --
“Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will all be remembered as the team that gave the Islamic republic a second lease on life just when it was more on the ropes than ever with its own people.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/o...
— John Sipher (@johnsipher.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Career criminal wins Texas Republican runoff primary; Talarico reacts --
Donald Trump told Texas Republicans to turn back a four-term incumbent senator and to vote for a man who is basically a walking Thomas Nast illustration of corruption and the cult members said, yes sir, right away, sir.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I get the sentiment but this use of "moderate" to mean "not an insane criminal" is kind of absurd. Cornyn is in no sense a moderate Republican! He is a standard-issue conservative who's never bucked the right on anything, nor Trump for that matter. It's not about policy. The depravity is the point.
— Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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"Ken Paxton has a criminal record. I have a legislative record,” James Talarico after Paxton won run off! 😀
— Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 7:40 AM
This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.
— Team Talarico (@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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American hero Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) --
In case you have forgotten who Andy Kim is, he’s the rep who came into the Capitol building after Trump’s J6 goons had trashed it, got down in his hands and knees, and cleaned it up. And ICE have gassed him. They have peppersprayed the true patriot who thinks American ideals are worth defending.
— Van Badham (@vanbadham.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Trump's Epstein class economy: "Let them eat cake!" --
“.. ‘It’s going to be a challenging year,” said Ricky Volpe, an agribusiness professor .. ‘Food is going to become less affordable, and consumers should be prepared for it.’” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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Trump's war on NATO --
When do we wake up to the ongoing reality of Trump and his team actively weakening the Western alliance and strengthening Russia at every move. For years. With devastating effect. Not a hoax. A scandal and a crisis.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Trump's "Board of Peace" shell game --
Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which vowed to help rebuild Gaza, has no real funding despite receiving billions of dollars in pledges, according to a new report.
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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DHS Sec. Markwaynesworld Mullin don't read no stinkin' Constitution! --
"No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another" U.S. Const. Art 1, s. 9, cl. 6
— The Questionable Authority (@questauthority.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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This plan is actively *insane.* Airlines cannot divert large numbers of international flights from one city to another; they'd just have to cancel flights en masse, causing enormous economic damage that splashed waaaaay beyond a few big cities that were the target.
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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More of Trump's Insane Clown Cabinet (p.s., Trump doesn't study anything except the inside of his eyelids) --
Because everyone knows that a flap of skin over the dick is an integral part of the human brain.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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RFK Jr just caught dinner.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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With the death of the preeminent jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins on Monday at age 95, we observed a passing of a generational talent who played with the likes of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and Coleman Hawkins among so many more. Rollins received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2004, and a National Medal of Arts award in 2010. His 1957 album "Saxophone Colossus" was widely acclaimed, and featured a variety of styles ranging from fast bebop, to an instrumental version of "Mack the Knife," to blues. His best known composition on the album is "St. Thomas," a salute to his parents' Virgin Islands home. With Tommy Flanagan cutting loose on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and drummer Max Roach delivering a stunning drum solo, here is Sonny Rollins' "St. Thomas."
The vindictive and unhinged Malignant Fascist's favorite candidate for Senate from Texas, fellow fraudster and adulterer Ken Paxton, handily won the runoff election for the MAGAt cult nomination for Senate yesterday, defeating lame incumbent Sen. John "Big John" Cornyn, who tried to out ass-kiss Paxton for the MF's endorsement. The corrupt slug Paxton will face rising Dem star James Talarico in November's general election. The contrast between Talarico and the grimy Paxton (and the MF) couldn't be greater. Here's a thumbnail description of Paxton:
"Paxton first gained national attention when he sued four key battleground states in an attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. He has also been the subject of several scandals during his tenure. In 2015, he was indicted on two counts of securities fraud and one count of failing to register as an investment adviser with state regulators. In 2024, Paxton agreed to pay nearly three hundred thousand dollars in restitution and to perform a hundred hours of community service, without admitting wrongdoing. In 2023, Paxton was also accused of abusing his office to assist in the case of Nate Paul, a real-estate developer and a donor to Paxton’s campaign who was separately charged with wire fraud and making false statements on loan applications. Paul had allegedly helped fund a renovation of Paxton’s Austin home and had hired a woman with whom Paxton was reportedly having an extramarital affair. Paxton was impeached by the Texas House before being acquitted by the state Senate." (our emphasis)
As with their glorious leader in three Presidential elections, the MAGAt cult supported the corrupt, sleazy Paxton over the incumbent, who was deemed by the MF to be insufficiently loyal to him, despite indications that Paxton will face a tougher race against Talarico and require more money for his campaign to overcome his glaring character flaws with the general electorate. Incumbent Cornyn was no savior of the Republic either, abasing himself before the MF and declining to buck him on any issue of importance, including his vote to acquit the MF after he was impeached for the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Here's Texan Michael Wood's take on Cornyn:
"John Cornyn is not and never was a victim. Actually, he has had more agency in our country’s existential fight against Trumpism than roughly 99.999% of Americans. In 2021 there were exactly 100 people who could have put this sad and sorry chapter of American history behind us for good, and in that moment John Cornyn hid behind Mitch McConnell’s skirt, who was himself hiding behind a completely contrived constitutional justification for letting Trump get away with an attempted coup—as if McConnell himself wasn’t the reason the Senate trial was delayed until after January 20.
Fifty-seven United States senators were able to do the right and obvious thing and voted to convict and bar that evil man from ever holding public office again, including seven Republican senators. John Cornyn, however, could not do what his oath of office required. I’m sure the senator was very lawyerly and eloquent in his explanation of why the man sitting in the seat of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln shouldn’t have been held responsible for the feces his mob spread all over the walls of our seat of government—but you know, and I know, and John Cornyn knows, that this little man didn’t want a primary challenge six freaking years later.
And yet again the world is shown the fruits of every Faustian bargain ever made: you sell your soul, and in the end you lose your soul without even getting the object of your desire." (our emphasis)
Now Cornyn can decide whether he wants to remain on the MAGAt train for the rest of his term, or grow a spine and gonads and oppose the vindictive monster he enabled. Our money is on his continued submission.
Well, we don't have Colbert (for now), but we still have Jimmy Kimmel (and Stewart, Oliver, and Meyers). Last night, Kimmel covered Don Jr.'s daddy-free wedding, the Malignant Fascist's garish UFC event on the South Lawn, the on-off-on-off "deal" to stop his disastrous war with Iran, the MF bragging about his cognitive test again (and his third physical of the year), the Trump phone's security issues, and the higher-quality "Lincoln phone."
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(Paul Duginski, caglecartoons.com)
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(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)
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(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
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Operation Epic Epstein Fury Files: ceasefire blues, deal or no deal --
BREAKING: The U.S. military saye it carried out "self-defense" strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines — even as Trump said online that negotiations were 'proceeding nicely.'
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Why would the U.S. need to bomb an Iranian naval base, boats, and missile sites if the U.S. already destroyed all of Iran’s navy and missiles?
— Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Congratulations to every reporter and pundit who mindlessly quoted "anonymous" sources that a deal was 95% complete and the sides were just haggling over some minor details. Wrapping yourself in glory as always when it comes to your coverage of Dear Leader 🤡
— scarylawyerguy.bsky.social (@scarylawyerguy.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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"Given the Trump White House gutted most of the US’s experienced diplomatic service, and killed many of Iran’s top officials, it seems like the talks have been negotiated like a game of telephone, with middlemen telling those involved what they’d like to hear, instead of what was actually said."
— James Ball (@jamesrball.com) May 26, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Court strikes down Alabama's racist Congressional redistricting map --
🚨BREAKING: 3-judge panel finds that congressional map that Alabama wants to use for this year's midterms is intentionally discriminatory and issues a preliminary injunction. drive.google.com/file/d/1K2Zf...
— Michael Li (李之樸) (@mcpli.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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How can you tell ICE from a mugger? Turns out you can't --
“.. I raised my hands, and he asked, ‘Where’s the money?’ That’s when I realized it was a robbery. It wasn’t ICE.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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The Malignant Fascist's plainly deteriorating health. He's checked out, too --
Trump is visiting Walter Reed Medical Center for an annual physical. This is his second "annual" checkup in just 7 months.
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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Dr. Jonathan Reiner: "The president has severe daytime somnolence. He's fallen asleep in the Oval on multiple occasions & I was concerned he might have fallen asleep at Arlington. Chronic insomnia is a severe illness. It can result in an increase in risk of dementia, decrease in cognitive effects."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 26, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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GOP has "abandoned the idea of crafting policy. They are a full-time media operation, trolling and creating content. The president is checked out. There is no turnaround coming as long as Trump/GOP are in power." On the pod, @dceiver.bsky.social nails the moment: newrepublic.com/article/2108...
— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Polling looks good for Dems, but you have to VOTE --
NEW Strength In Numbers/ @verasight.io poll: Trump approval on prices falls to -47; new high says inflation is the “most important problem” (39%); voters say they trust Ds over Rs to handle their personal most important problem by 13 points; D+8 for House vote www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-26...
— G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) May 26, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Jazz great Sonny Rollins dies at 95, last of a generation of jazz legends (story of picture here) --
RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century
— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Look out Greenland, you're being stalked by a perv --
I didn’t know Greenland had entered a teen beauty pageant.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) May 22, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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Returning to Suzy Hansen's essay ($$) in the New York Review of Books on several scratchings from "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth, some parallels are seen that are worth noting once again:
Reading World War II-era authors such as Arendt and Russell today, it’s difficult to avoid being struck by how many top Nazis and Trumpists share the same basic social profile, which is to say they were and are lifelong catastrophic failures, who failed upwards under conditions that turned out to be ripe for such people to ascend to positions for which they were farcically unqualified. This description fits people like Eichmann, Himmler, and many other Nazis to a tee, with the very best example being, of course, Adolf Hitler himself.
On the Trumpist side the examples are equally plentiful, from Hegseth, to Robert F. Kennedy the Lesser to, most crucially, Trump himself: a man who spent decades managing to be a human disaster of astonishing proportions, despite inheriting hundreds of millions of dollars, and all the immense privilege that goes with such good fortune in our society.
This is what national suicide looks like. It was true in Germany in the 1930's/40's, and it is true today, thanks to the triumph of the will stupidity.
One would think that a "ceasefire" would mean warring sides stopped firing at each other, but in the case of the war on Iran, one would be wrong. From the Associated Press:
"The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out 'self-defense' strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations with Tehran were 'proceeding nicely.'
The strikes were done 'to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,' but the military was 'using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,' Capt. Tim Hawkins, the spokesman for the U.S. military’s Central Command, said in a statement.
Further details were not immediately available, including more specifics on the threats from Iran and what this means for negotiations." (our emphasis)
It sounds more like a prelude to more wide-scale military action, rather than "self-defense." The "ceasefire" is one sided at this point, as the demented Malignant Loser shifts from one position to another, depending on whether he's paying attention to the growing economic disaster he's created, or whether Bibi "Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu and warmongers here in the U.S have talked him into all out war on Iran.
Today, Texas Republicans will decide whether Sen. John "All Hat, No Cattle" Cornyn or convicted fraudster (and more) MAGAt Texas Attorney General (!) Ken Paxton will face surging Democrat James Talarico in November:
Voters in the Lone Star State will make their second attempt to nominate a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff election on Tuesday, the electoral version of the Texas two-step. [snip]
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn was the top vote-getter in the March 3 primary, but strong showings by two GOP challengers forced the four-term incumbent to Tuesday's head-to-head matchup with state Attorney General Ken Paxton, the second-place finisher who received President Donald Trump's endorsement on May 19.
The contest is Trump's next opportunity to purge the party of incumbents he views as insufficiently loyal to him and his agenda. It also sets the stage for a general election where Democrats are increasingly optimistic about their chances to score an upset in the heavily Republican state as they look to retake control of the U.S. Senate. Historically, voters have tended to punish the incumbent president's party at the ballot box in midterm election years...
The important thing in Texas Republican cult politics is the MF's endorsement, which both Cornyn and Paxton were chasing. Now that Paxton has it, recent polls show him beating Cornyn by anywhere from 12 to 21 points. The folks at electoral-vote.com expand on the significance of a Paxton vs. Talarico general election matchup:
... It could determine control of the Senate next year. We think it is likely (and polling supports that) Democrats will flip Maine (Susan Collins is very concerned) and North Carolina (Michael Whatley doesn't understand why he was told to run). If Republicans nominate Paxton tomorrow, the Democrats have their best shot in 40 years to elect a senator from Texas. If the Democratic candidate, James Talarico, wins in the general, then the Democrats need only hold their own seats and win one of the competitive races in Alaska, Iowa, Ohio, Montana, and Nebraska. The latter two feature independents, but they are almost certainly going to caucus with the Democrats if they win... (our emphasis)
As an added bonus, the Malignant Fascist's endorsement of fellow career criminal Paxton has also enraged already-enraged Senate Republicans, coming on the heels of the MF's tanking the re-election bid of Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana on May 16. Some may begin to find their spines as a result (but don't count on it).
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman writes in Substack that the delusional and violent Malignant Fascist's war on Iran has already catastrophically failed, and that the MF is trying to extract himself while getting pushback from some war-minded allies in the U.S. He closes his article with this:
"Can America still snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, or should it accept a deal that leaves us clearly worse off than we were before the war? The answer is that running away — if that is what Trump is doing — is now the right move. It’s better to accept a bad deal, one that leaves America much weaker than it was a few months ago, than to double down on a failed war. Time is not on our side: looming shortages of critical weapons, the imminent exhaustion of world oil inventories, and the lost support of our allies and the American public mean that this war needs to end soon." (our emphasis)
The MF's recent backpedaling from his usual "peace is at hand" b.s. illustrates that a peace agreement -- one that will satisfy the warmongers and the Netanyahu government -- is far from completion, and that they may force him into a "bomb the hell out of them" mode. Time will tell, but it's clear that Iran still has powerful cards yet to play that the foolhardy MF didn't count on.
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Memorial Day --
Memorial Day 2026 Why You Should Not Say “Happy Memorial Day.” 🇺🇸 ktla.com/news/heres-w...
— ktlagayle.bsky.social (@ktlagayle.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Memorial Day was started by newly freed Americans in the aftermath of the Civil War These Americans went back dug up the mass graves created by the Confederate traitors for the fallen Union soldiers to give them a proper burial So today we only honor fallen American soldiers NOT American traitors
— Unknown (@unknownsoldier.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Memorial Day moron --
a disgrace not only to the office of the president but to military families who have lost loved ones
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 25, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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Happy Memorial Day? Since when is Memorial Day happy? Remembering fallen service members is a solemn occasion
— mysterycat13.bsky.social (@mysterycat13.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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Memorial Day presidential --
Weird to think of having an honorable, genuine president rather than a degenerate blowhard and crooked chancer.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying.
— Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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The Trump Thug Slush Fund's recipients --
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) May 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Rotting to the core --
Maybe the doctors keep examining him because they want to document how exceptional his health is.
— Philip Bump (@pbump.com) May 25, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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"Russia's girlfriend / asset" exits --
I'm almost certain the Russians knew before the White House.
— David Simon (@audacityofdespair.bsky.social) May 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Boycott Jim Crow states' athletics! --
Kudos to the #NAACP for asking black athletes and their parents not to send their athletes to Red State universities. Now tell the NFL players union to do the same to the #Superbowl in Jim Crow state, Tennessee!
— Dave Braica (@sugarriver.bsky.social) May 24, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Pope Leo XIV cautions about AI --
Pope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) May 25, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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Tough choice: Don Jr.'s wedding or surrender? --
Imagine missing your own son’s wedding so you could go surrender to Iran
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) May 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The Week compiled a list last October of remarks Cadet Bone Spurs has made about the military and military service over the years. We thought, on this of all days, attention should be paid to this hollow, grossly unfit person's true words and beliefs, rather than something an aide or speechwriter wrote for him. Here are excerpts from the list:
On US military officials"I don't want to tell you what I had to go through with these people. Some of the dumbest people I've ever met in my life." October 16, 2023.
"I wouldn't go to war with you people. You're a bunch of dopes and babies." July 20, 2017.
"You fucking generals. Why can't you be more like Hitler's generals?" 2017. Trump denies having made this remark.
On the burial of US Army private Vanessa Guillén"It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!" December 4, 2020. Trump has denied having made the remark.
On the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five and a half years
"Obamacare is a catastrophe, nobody talks about it. You know, without John McCain, we would have had it done. But John McCain, for some reason, couldn't get his arm up." July 16, 2024. [snip]
"We're not going to support that loser's funeral." August, 2018. Trump has denied having made this remark.
"He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, okay? I hate to tell you." July 18, 2015.
On lowering flags to half-mast after McCain's death
"What the fuck are we doing that for? Guy was a fucking loser." August 2018. Trump has denied making this remark. [snip]
On fallen soldiers at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery"Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers." November 11, 2018. Trump denies having made this remark.
On the 1,800 US Marines who died at Belleau Wood in France during World War I"Suckers." November 11, 2018. Trump denies having made this remark.
On US soldiers in World War I"Who were the good guys in this war?" November 11, 2018. Trump denies having asked this question.
"I don't get it. What was in it for them?" November 11, 2018. Trump denies having made this remark.
On disabled veterans"Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded." September 30, 2019.
"Look, I don't want any wounded guys in the parade. This doesn't look good for me." Summer 2017...
There's more deranged slop at the link above, if you care to refresh your memory.
Meanwhile, most recently, he downplayed the loss of life in his Operation Epic Epstein Fury distraction-gone-wrong (May 20, 2026):
We lost 13 people. In other wars, you lost hundreds of thousands of people. I get a kick when I look at somebody on television and they say, 'he's lost 13 people.'
What a small, putrid, morally bankrupt thing he is.
UPDATE: "*Laughs*" --
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The pardoning and now the planned rewarding of the mentally impaired Malignant Fascist's J6 goon army from his slush fund, along with his fortress / ballroom with a bunker and Army facilities has shown the MF's hand as someone looking to entrench himself beyond 2028. Add to that his faithful masked thug force of ICE and Border Patrol whom he's already using as a personal paramilitary force. The MF's "fuck you, try and stop me" strategy has worked so far, as he operates in his own interest.
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Today, Memorial Day, we remember and honor the men and women who died serving their country in the U.S. Armed Forces. We also remember and honor the military families who lost their service members. We most humbly thank you and honor you all.
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Now, the state of the art has been further developed with both Hubble and Webb working together to provide a broad-spectrum view of thousands of young star clusters. An international team of astronomers has pored over images of four nearby galaxies from the FEAST observing programme (#1783), trying to solve this mystery. Their results show that it is the most massive star clusters that clear away their gaseous shroud the fastest, and begin lighting their galaxy the earliest.
The team identified nearly 9000 star clusters in the four galaxies in different evolutionary stages: young clusters just starting to emerge from their natal clouds of gas, clusters that had partially dispersed the gas (both from Webb images), and fully unobstructed clusters visible in optical light (found in Hubble images). With Webb’s ability to peer inside the gas clouds, they were able to then estimate the mass and age of each cluster from its light spectrum.
This image shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51), one of the four galaxies studied in this work, as seen by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The thick clumps of star-forming gas are shown here in red and orange, representing infrared light emitted by ionised gas, dust grains, and complex molecules such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Within these gas complexes, each tens or hundreds of light years across, Webb reveals the dense, extremely bright clusters of massive stars that have just recently formed. The countless stars strewn across the arm of the galaxy, many of which would be invisible to our eyes behind layers of dust, are also laid bare in infrared light.
[Image description: A large, long portion of one of the spiral arms in galaxy M51. Red-orange, clumpy filaments of gas and dust that stretch in a chain from left to right comprise the arm. Shining cyan bubbles light up parts of the gas clouds from within, and gaps expose bright star clusters in these bubbles as glowing white dots. The whole image is dotted with small stars. A faint blue glow around the arm colours the otherwise dark background.]
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Pedrini, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST team
