The Peanut Gallery: Biden Orders Pentagon to Revitalize US Manufacturing - MAGA Interferes.
February 6, 2024
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“It would be a striking paradox if the President, who alone is vested with the constitutional duty to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,’ were the sole officer capable of defying those laws with impunity.”
Justice...she’s slow, but damned if she don’t grind fine.
Every day I turn on the TV it’s like I’m watching The Last Oompah Loompah, Starring: Donald Trump (as himself).
This decision by the appeal’s court is important because it gives the Supreme Court an out. They can now say, “Oops! Appeals Court decided it! Just going to let this one stand.” Then turn 360 degrees and moonwalk out of the discussion. That’s the move they should go with. Anything more would be...unwise. Any clarifications by the Supreme Court will grant the Executive Branch unnecessary power, power I don’t trust such an illegitimate court to dispense.
America’s European and Asian allies have significantly ramped up their efforts to support Ukraine. As European partners continue to increase their support for Ukraine, US aid provision in the near to medium-term remains vital to help Ukraine build its defense industrial base (DIB).
Well lookie here! The military industrial complex is waking up!
Everyone in Europe seems to want a piece of that $54 billion and I don’t blame them. We’re seeing orders for artillery shells pop up all over the place, along with direct financial donations and domestic encouragement. From Asia to America to Europe, it’s a munitions bonanza. I hate that I’m looking at it and thinking to myself, ‘Thank fuck someone’s taking this threat seriously,’ but we are where we are so best be grateful. Go Global Arms Trade. Huzzah.
The US Army plans to significantly increase US domestic production of 155mm artillery shells and shell components for Ukraine in 2024 and 2025, should the proposed Congressional supplemental appropriations bill pass.
The United States made damn certain every military dollar we contributed remained within our borders. Support for Ukraine is indirectly a revitalization of American manufacturing. Selling guns is what we do best, which is what makes the MAGA wing’s protestations so fucking confusing. It’s direct, targeted financial stimulus to their very districts—why the fuck are they standing in the way? Their actions make no sense.
Whatever. Thank God Europe can pick up our slack. Fuck you, MAGA.
Russian authorities are reportedly paying Iran roughly $4.5 billion per year to import Iranian Shahed drones to use in Ukraine.
Looks like some hackers snatched an annual invoice, revealing the absurdity that is the upcharge Iran’s demanding for its drones. The basic-bitch versions? Shahed-136? The Kremlin is shelling out $196 thousand per unit; recall that they launch them in groups of forty, usually as a distraction. Which would mean Russia typically drops $8 million per volley, solely to improve the success rate by 5-10% for their other expensive weapons...most of which routinely fail to deal their equivalent in damage.
Putin’s problem is that he doesn’t have the intel to make full use of strategic strike portfolio. If they could see where Ukraine kept its jets; if they could predict the next HIMARs launch; if they knew these things, Putin might actually be winning this war. Instead it’s an Ayatollah-Xi Eifel Tower, with Putin in the middle.
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev emphasized on February 6 that Russia needs to protect its strategic facilities as Russian authorities continue to voice concerns about external and internal threats to Russian infrastructure.
Of course the Kremlin needs to protect its infrastructure. The question is how?
Russia is big, way too big, and with protests popping off, drone attacks, and now apparently Ukrainian sponsored partisans, I don’t see how the Kremlin can maintain an effective cordon around Ukraine. The space is too big to line with SAM assets, and there are too many targets to protect individually, so what is the Kremlin supposed to do? They’re in a no-win situation. Either they pull out of Ukraine, or their oil sector goes up in smoke. Putin might be rich, but there’s a bottom to everyone’s pockets have a bottom.
Man the biopic on this man’s final days is going to be something to watch.
Ukrainian officials continue international efforts aimed at returning Ukrainian citizens whom Russian authorities illegally deported to Russia.
If you want to support these efforts you can do so by giving to Ukraine.
'Q’ For the Community:
So Shaheds cost 200k. What’s that mean for the Kremlin’s broader war effort?
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