Some of us live in areas where Liberals and Conservatives are neck and neck. A vote for anyone but Liberal is effectively a vote for Conservative under FPTP, and I’m not going to make it any easier for those traitors and bigots to ruin the country. Sure, Liberals are not what I want, but falling to fascism is a lot more not what I want. I very much want PR but where I live a vote for the parties that support it is just going to result in one more Conservative MP. I hate it, but we have seen in the US election what happens when people let fascists get a foot in the door.

Kids in the 1960s were the same, and the USA still sent them off to get killed, maimed, and traumatized for the rest of their lives.

Canadian mining companies are some of the most ruthless, oppressive and damaging organizations in the world. It’s not surprising that they’re entirely willing to work with the fascists.

Cruelty and death to poor people and more pandemics for everyone! The American way.

The old Republican projection at work again.

I hope you’re right, but I’m not convinced we can draw conclusions yet. Starmer’s government is not popular and while Farage has been a joke at home among many, he never drops out of the picture because he has a lot of international far-right support and consequently a lot of money. Brexit was obviously stupid and happened; giving Farage power would be similarly stupid and I’m not sure it couldn’t still happen. In Germany the AfD is still too strong, though not quite as strong as it had hoped. In Canada I hope people have finally seen through Poilievre, but again Canada underestimates the Trumpist/convoy/PP people at its peril, and while Carney is sending a lot of good messages the kind of liiberalism he represents has not traditionally done well in holding off the fascists.

Hungary isn’t the only fascist country in the EU right now. And several have been teetering on the brink for a while.

The recent New Yorker article, The Cruel Kids’ Table, was particularly worrying because it illustrated how fascism has moved from the fringes into mainstream youth culture. We could be looking at a generation of enthusiastic young fascists in the wake of Trump.

Ban Facebook and X/Twitter. They’re facilitating sedition.

“Kellogg is a former American general, too close to Ukraine. Not our kind of person, not of the caliber we are looking for,” NBC News quoted an anonymous senior Russian official as saying.

Only Putin-sycophants are allowed. Someone will be having a word with Krasnov about this.

That’s not what Trump has in mind. And it’s not what Greenlanders want. In fact, being American right now is not what anyone wants.

Are there any countries that aren’t being horribly mean to the poor helpless USA, according to Trump? Apart from Russia of course.

The cargo ship collided Monday with MV Stena Immaculate, a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military in the North Sea off eastern England on Monday, setting both vessels ablaze.

Hmm, smacks of plausible deniability.

I think many people figured it out in 1987 when he went to Moscow and then ran full-page newspaper ads demanding the USA turn on its allies.

When a Young Trump Went to Russia

The only question is whether he knows he’s a Russian asset. Trump may be working for them without realizing it. All Putin would have to do is convince him he was just giving him advice, one wise ruler to another, because Trump is special and brilliant, and provide a few incentives. Trump would believe that taking the advice was all his own brilliant idea.

• Incapacitating NATO.

Keir Starmer has attempted to act as a bridge between the United States and Europe, having hosting a summit of nineteen leaders, including EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Nato chief Mark Rutte, on Sunday.

Addressing MPs yesterday, the prime minister insisted the UK government will not “choose between” the US and Europe, as it attempts to secure a lasting, sustainable peace in Ukraine.

Starmer said: “I do want to be crystal clear. We must strengthen our relationship with America for our security, for our technology, for our trade and investment.”

That all sounds very unwise. I hope that behind the scenes the UK Government is less deluded.

Yes, those girls were about 15 and Trump used to try to catch them naked in the dressing rooms. And he bragged about it.

And they hate women with a vengeance, which will make them extra popular.

Only one of the Five Eyes has put its intelligence services in the hands of a likely agent of a hostile foreign power. That’s the one that should be kicked out first.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tulsi-gabbard-russian-connection-dni-trump-syria-b2692244.html