Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
It’s crazy that the Russians invaded Ukraine but captured the White House instead
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.
VANCE: No, George, I sai--
STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
To summarize:
Reporter: Why didn’t Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Nobel Chair: the award only goes to people of courage and integrity.
*mic drop* 🫳🎤
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
Imagine America after 9/11. Thousands dead, cities in shock, a nation under attack. Now imagine if Europe had rolled out the red carpet for Osama bin Laden. Imagine if the world had demanded that the United States surrender part of its territory “for peace.” Imagine if they told America it had no right to fight back, no right even to start a war against bin Laden and Afghanistan.
Imagine if world leaders had declared that bin Laden was their friend. Imagine if they had lifted sanctions on him while you buried your dead. Imagine if one of Europe’s highest leaders had danced with a picture of bin Laden inside the European Parliament. Imagine if, on top of that, he had even phoned the Nobel Committee to ask for the Peace Prize — just as Trump actually did. Imagine if your allies had cut off promised aid and shared intelligence with Al Qaeda.
That is what Ukrainians live through today. They stood with America after 9/11, but now they watch as America debates whether to stand with them while Russia kills their children, flattens their cities, and tries to erase their nation. And every time Trump, JD Vance, or Hegseth open their mouths, the world sees the United States in the same grotesque mirror I’ve just described with bin Laden: excuses for an invader, betrayal of allies, and cowardice.
Seen from the outside, it is shameful. For Americans, it should feel personal, because this is not just about Ukraine — it is about whether the United States still stands for freedom, or whether it will be remembered as the nation that turned its back on its friends.
And history will not be kind. The history books will write so harshly about this era that people with the names Trump, Vance, and Hegseth will have to change their names to escape the shame.
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
This is not just sad, it's pathetic.
Lukashenko, is not respected by anybody, he is week, only able to maintain power with Putin's support, and most of all he is evel, doing incredible cruel things to the opposition, and much damage to his own nation.
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
The real question is how did Trump, Witkoff, Rubio, Leavitt in the same room fell for it. Putin is a liar and cheat and showed his true self. Putin is not "great" - he is pathological lucky.
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
Trump is promoting Putin’s proposals for a “comprehensive deal” to end the war. They have been put forward before and – again – Ukraine will not accept them. reuters.com/world/china/outl…
Putin’s proposals are followed by my comments:
1. No ceasefire before a comprehensive deal – Trump has backtracked on many occasions of imposing tough sanctions if Russia did not agree to a ceasefire.
2.Full Ukrainian withdrawal from Donetsk and Luhansk – Kyiv will not agree to give up 6,600 sq kms of Ukrainian land that Russia is unable to militarily conquer. In 2014, Russia promised safe passage for Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Donetsk but then attacked them, killing 300 and wounding hundreds more at Ilovaysk. Ukrainians will not forget Putin' treachery.
3.Russia freezes lines in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – they are already frozen.
4.Ukraine regains parts of Sumy and Kharkiv – Russia occupies only 440 sq. kms and is in retreat.
5.Formal recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea – Kyiv has always said since 2014 it will not take this step.
6.Partial sanctions relief – Europeans will not agree to this.
7.Ukraine barred from NATO – NATO already has a Russian veto in place since 2008. Obama, Biden and Tump and all German Chancellors have opposed Ukraine joining NATO. Ukraine's parliament will not find a 2/3 vote to remove NATO membership as a goal from the constitution.
8.Possible security guarantees – Ukrainians do not trust Americans as they remember Obama’s betrayal in 2014. They even more do not trust Trump who always sides with Russia. In 2014, Russia violated the 1997 Ukrainian-Russian treaty on their border and the Budapest Memorandum's upholding of Ukraine's territorial integrity when Ukraine was a neutral state. Since 2022, Russia has conducted military aggression and committed 170,000 war crimes. Get real, Ukraine will never trust Russia again. Only 3% of Ukrainians trust Russia (93% do not). 84% of Ukrainians hold a negative view of the Russian people. kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=re….
9. Official status for the Russian language – there is no public support for this step in Ukraine. Only 3% of Ukrainians support Russian becoming a 2nd state language kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=re…
10.Protections for the Russian Orthodox Church – the ROC in Ukraine has refused to abide by the law to cut its ties to the Russian Orthodox Church. 80% of Ukrainians support this law. kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=re…
Moscow Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church support the Kremlin’s military aggression against Ukraine which it justifies as a “Holy war.” understandingwar.org/backgro…
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
Back in 2017, a research paper estimated that the Wumao produced almost 500 million fabricated comments annually to distract readers and shift topics. In that sense, Wumao operates very similarly to the Russian “Firehose of Falsehood” model:
3/20
teapaw.org/P_Kallioniemi/status/1…
In today's #vatniksoup, I'll be talking about the Russian style of online propaganda and disinformation, "Firehose of Falsehood". It's a commonly used Kremlin strategy for Russian information operations, which often prioritizes quantity over quality.
1/23
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
“Zelensky has promised to bring peace between Musk and Trump within 24 hours.” - meme from social media in Ukraine
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WATCH: Trump parrots every Kremlin talking point being pushed on Russian state TV
teapaw.org/GOP4Ukraine/status/190…
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
Måske føler Zelenskyj virkelig, at kan man stå imod Putin, kan man også stå imod Trump. Zelenskyj fortjener i så fald at kaldes den frie verdens leder. Den titel er på det seneste blevet ledig.
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
Rieckhoff: He's losing his women and children. His cities are being bombed, and we're talking about his clothes? It was victim shaming, which is what trump has been doing to Zelenskyy and Ukraine since before he got elected. It's unacceptable. It's inappropriate. And it's also undermining not just Ukraine but our own national security.
We are now aligned with the bad guys. Russia is the bad guy, Ukraine is the good guy. And when we continue to attack Ukraine and defend Russia, that puts us in line with the bad guys, which is not where America wants to be.
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
A potentially regime-ending showdown is brewing in the Russian government today as the Russian Duma is trying to stop the Central Bank's proposal to confiscate all funds from every citizen's bank account of any balance over 1.4 million rubles ($13,300).
Popcorn.
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
The problem of Russia we confront today-what I called elsewhere the "Russian question"-is both historical and systemic. Until Western leaders understand this, we have no realistic prospect of crafting a workable strategy to deal with Russia, either today or in the future. 4/9
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
What "Russian world" & its influence bring with them is corruption, injustice, arrests, murder. It's a world devoid of rights & freedom. If you dont defend every inch of your freedom &democracy, you will wake up one day to find yourself part of an authoritarian kleptocratic club.
Michael B. Mogensen retweeted
President Salome Zurabishvili’s iconic photo from last night as she was facing GD’s police dispersal units! @Zourabichvili_S 🇬🇪🔥
