The Peanut Gallery: Democrats & Republicans Demonstrate Surreal Bipartisanship - Ukraine's Funding Outlook Brightens
March 19, 2024
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Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) as a key guarantor of Russian security and sovereignty following his victory in the Russian presidential election, likely signaling that Russian security services and siloviki will continue to represent his core constituency in his fifth presidential term.
Gee! I wonder why? Could it be because the FSB is the only thing standing between Putin and the ever-more frequent riots? There’s a reason Ukrainian partisans assassinate those cockroaches whenever they find them.
Research suggests people are drawn to people who are similar to them, that if someone is nuts they surround themselves with other people who are also nuts. Like attracts like, after all. And I feel confident extending that maxim to the FSB. It's a den of murderous psychopaths and their deaths will make the world a better place.
Ten percent, Putin. You’ve got a ten percent approval rating. Give the people half a chance and they’ll rip you apart with their fingernails.
Russian State Duma Defense Committee Chairman Andrei Kartapolov stated on March 19 that the Russian military will not increase the number of conscripts summoned during the upcoming semi-annual spring conscription cycle in comparison to the previous fall 2023 conscription cycle.
Case in point. The Kremlin’s over here putting out an emergency press release to calm everyone over the prospect of their imminent impressment.
Naturally nothing the Kremlin exudes is worth the bile it slid in on. We can’t check the validity of their figures, therefore we can’t trust them. Putin could draft every 16 y/o male with a pulse and we would have no way of knowing. He controls the friggin’ internet.
Unfortunately the onerous for revolution lies on the Russian People. Liberty is a choice.
Armenia's Central Bank will reportedly ban the use of Russia’s “Mir” national payment system to prevent Armenia from falling under secondary US sanctions.
You want an example? Look at Armenia. With every divestment, with every inch of separation they are declaring their independence from Putin’s hegemony.
Good on, Armenia. What they’re doing takes balls.
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces are intensifying attacks on Berdychi (just north of Orlivka and northwest of Avdiivka) and Tonenke (south of Orlivka and west of Avdiivka) and that Russian aviation is conducting constant FAB glide bomb strikes against Ukrainian positions in these two settlements.
We’ve got a Russian milblogger talking about Russian aviation again, for what that’s worth. I’m inclined to take their word for it. These are fixed fortifications, ideal for unguided Soviet-era glide bombs. They might not be accurate, nor very useful, but they’re likely the safest ordinance left in the Kremlin’s arsenal. If his pilots can’t launch these things safely then the entire Sukhoi fleet is useless.
Still, we mustn’t let Ukraine’s success in the sky blind us to the reality on the ground. Putin is exerting significant pressure on Berdychi, and we have not given Ukraine the tools she needs to defend herself. She is low on artillery, low on SAM missiles, low on everything, and it is us—the Citizens of the United States—our fault for allowing our leaders to neglect our nation’s obligations. Every day the House of Representatives fails to pass the Ukraine funding bill is a child orphaned, a wife widowed...a mother heart broken. They have Mike Johnson to thank for their grief.
Speaking of which, what are those cocksuckers in DC doing? Let’s check in.
Congressional leaders and President Joe Biden announced a deal Tuesday morning to fund the government ahead of a weekend deadline, breaking an impasse regarding money for the Department of Homeland Security, which had held up talks.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced the DHS deal in a statement, saying it will allow Congress to finish funding the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in September. “House and Senate committees have begun drafting bill text to be prepared for release and consideration by the full House and Senate as soon as possible,” he said.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., echoed news of the agreement, saying both chambers are now “in the process of finalizing text and reports for Congress to closely review and consider ASAP.”
They didn't immediately reveal details.
Looks to me like the GOP and the Dems formed a coalition government.
Seriously, folks—you don’t understand how down to the wire these things usually go. Coming to an agreement on a Tuesday? That’s a big deal. It’s a huge fuckin’ deal, especially given the political climate. Just a month and a half ago the two parties were at each other’s throats, now Johnson is marching in lockstep with McConnell.
Given the rate at which Congress getting its shit together, it makes me think the Dems decided to back Johnson as a puppet speaker. He mentioned the priority was the funding of the government, a deal which they are finalizing as we speak.
Notice how the Freedom Caucus shut the fuck up about the budget, contenting themselves with their glut on the GOP’s elephantine carcass.
Immediately after this budget comes the Ukraine funding package, right?
Russian authorities continue to militarize children in occupied Ukraine as part of efforts to Russify Ukrainian children and create a resource for Russia’s future force generation needs. (..) Russian authorities have approved the creation of the Luhansk Cadet Corps under the Russian Investigative Committee (Russia’s rough equivalent to the American Federal Bureau of Investigation), possibly before 2025.[61] Lysohor stated that Luhansk Cadet Corps will teach Ukrainian children about pro-Russian concepts including their “debt” to the Russian “Motherland.”
Please give Ukraine what they need to bring this war to an end.
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What are your thoughts on the Dems deciding to keep Mike Johnson as Speaker? Good idea? Bad idea?
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