The Peanut Gallery: Russia Guns Down Nine Ukrainian POWs - US Congressional Stonewalling Threatens Billions
February 25, 2024
Welcome to the Peanut Gallery! Today Russia committed an atrocity.
Please remember that I know nothing.
Drone footage posted on February 25 shows Russian forces committing apparent war crimes near Bakhmut. The footage shows Russian forces executing nine Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) who had just surrendered near Ivanivske (on the outskirts of Bakhmut).[13] The February 25 footage is the fourth such instance of video evidence showing Russian forces executing Ukrainian POWs in the past two weeks alone.[15]
The Ukrainians could still walk. There were nine of them.
Russian soldiers pulled the surrendering men from their foxhole and laid them in the snow. They shouted something to each other, then shot the Ukrainians. This was cold and utterly bestial. Worse, this is the fourth time in two weeks we’ve seen videos of Russians executing Ukrainian POWs. And there’s barely any reaction from the RF information space. They know this will discourage Ukrainians from surrendering, which means every fight will be a fight to the death.
Here’s the thing, Russia would not have gotten close enough to capture these men if Ukraine had what they were promised. America made a commitment.
Mike Johnson is bailing on that commitment. He is violating his oath of office and putting all of our lives at risk. His obstructionism signals to our rivals that aggression is okay, that we are too divided to fulfill our obligations. If we cannot support Ukraine, then how can we claim to support Taiwan? Xi is a nuclear-armed tyrant. A conflict between America and the CCP will kill billions.
I don’t want that. Nobody wants that. So pass the mother fucking bill!
Leaders in Congress slipped Sunday in their last-minute scramble to head off a looming government shutdown deadline that could shutter vital services at the Transportation Department, strain food stamp programs and put housing assistance for millions of families in jeopardy.
With some federal funding set to expire in less than a week, House Republican policy demands — on issues ranging from LGBTQ rights and abortion to national security concerns on immigration and competition from China — have slowed talks that had appeared to be close to yielding a breakthrough. Lawmakers abandoned tentative plans to announce legislative text on a deal Sunday evening.
A lot of shit is coming to a head lately, don’t know if y’all noticed. None of that is by accident. Very shortly Trump’s criminal trials will start. They will take all spring & summer, during which Trump will be (figuratively) road hogged by his tiny wrists around the town square
Biden’s gonna do donuts
Frighteningly, though, this government shutdown might be for realsies. Johnson doesn’t seem to be motivated by reelection, not really. His ilk follow a guidance which adheres to no Earthly logic. They are attempting, right before our eyes, to institute a Christo-Fascist state with Donald Trump as their literal Gold Calf.
I think we’re watching the second draft of the insurrection play out, ladies and gentlemen. Trump’s criminal trials are going to air a shitload of America’s dirty laundry, and I bet a goodly number of the Freedom Caucus know they’re fucked either way. Trump regaining office, for them at least, represents a chance of keeping out of jail.
Yes-sir-e, that’s how the American Justice System works, folks. The State don’t reveal all she got until the actual chips are on the table, which is why these mob-style criminal cases typically charge the head honcho first. They prove the facts on the boss, then work their way down the pyramid. Doing so helps reveal evidence.
Which means once Trump’s trials really get under way, there’s going to be a cascading series of arrests. The Justice Department ripped apart Trump’s empire as a warmup. That half-a-billion they slapped Trump with ain’t getting paid without mass liquidation, mark my words, but it was just an excuse to investigate what they really wanted to know: Trump's criminal dealings.
The Freedom Caucus knows this, which means they’re doing what they can to grind things to grind the country to a halt in the hope America blames Biden.
Already, Congress has passed stopgap spending legislation three times since Sept. 30 as government funding debates revealed internecine brawls in the House GOP and tested the party’s brittle and minuscule majority.
Three times, folks. Three times. I’m beginning to wonder if the GOP might split apart in March. It might be wishful thinking on my part, but CPAC was last week, as was something called ‘Club for Growth’. CPAC is typically where the fringest of the fringe gather for the political equivalent of a UFO convention; Club for Growth seems to be for the moderate faction. The one Nicki Haley represents.
Two conventions are the equivalent of a married couple sleeping in opposite ends of the house. Whether they’re ready to admit it or not, separate beds generally mean a relationship is coming to an end.
Unfortunately for Ukraine, however, they’re the Air BNB guest who booked a non-refundable stay smack-dab in the middle of the GOP’s long overdue divorce.
Russian forces executed nine Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) who had just surrendered near Ivanivske (on the outskirts of Bakhmut).[13] The February 25 footage is the fourth such instance of video evidence showing Russian forces executing Ukrainian POWs in the past two weeks alone.[15]
The Russian army’s discipline is deteriorating. Please give Ukraine what they need to bring this war to an end.
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