@louisturner
Currently focused on Ukraine, followed by UK and US politics and climate change. I'm retired in Falmouth, UK and am writing a history of the Cornish tourist industry, but am increasingly focused on how Cornwall is turning into a high-tech hub.
Julie K Brown: FBI releases interviews with woman who alleges Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a minor... "A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible—and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying."
Does anyone remember Trump berating Zelensky? "You have no cards". The trouble is that helping Trump won't bring any rewards. He's incapable of gratitude.
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>>...commander had “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ”.>>
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Trump's DOJ deleted 65,527 pages from the Epstein files, covering up the truth. Info on Epstein’s death, call logs, photos with Lutnick - all gone. And Trump thinks MAGA will stand by and cheer on another needless war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibZ76Td6pg
Maybe just maybe the Ukrainian policy of reducing the number of their troops on the front line was the right one and the Russian one of slaughtering their own population the wrong one.
Thankfully the Ukrainians did not listen to the terrible western analytic community on this.
💥💥💥Watch MTG going scorched earth monologue against #Shitler
Amazing 5mins rant that I can’t help agree with 100%
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Ukrainians are dealing with this on a daily base with success rates way over 90%, for 4 years.
The new Commander in Chief of the US military
Israel's free Army
Thanks to Trump and Republicans
FIFA must be so proud
Military superiority can be clear on paper yet murky in practice. Persian Gulf history shows how leaders weigh risks differently.
#Ukraine situation report Mar 2, 2026
"Europeans fear a distracted U.S. will lose interest in pushing Putin toward peace — as America depletes stocks of the missiles that Ukraine desperately needs."
@politico.eu h/t @kostianv.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump dreams of the Venezuelan scenario, namely one in which the clerical-IRGC remains in power, but the murderous leader in charge does a deal with him, offering him a private share of Iran's oil and gas revenues for keeping Israel at bay.
Sounds like Kash Patel is a co-conspirator covering up a murder.
Erin Cunningham O @erinmcunningham…... As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East. Paul Musgrave @professormusg... • 5h I have to say the Post chose a hell of a moment to lay off all their foreign correspondents 3:39 PM • Mar 2, 2026 ® Everybody can reply
Just the dumbest newsroom decision you could make, unless you were trying to undermine your own newsroom
The Trump admin (via both lawsuits & legislation) aims to purge voter rolls nationwide using its “SAVE” voter purge system, which relies on data from an SSA system that DOGE allegedly copied to an insecure cloud server, per a whistleblower. Does “SAVE” link to this allegedly insecure copy?? Anyone??
Isn’t this usually done before a war begins? Did Trump not believe Iran would retaliate?
Secretary Rubio's remarks indicate that Israel put U.S. forces in harm's way by insisting on attacking Iran. And the administration was complicit—joining their war instead of talking them down.
This is unacceptable of the President, and unacceptable of a country that calls itself our ally.
“The preferred outcome of many AIPAC-aligned Senate Democrats, according to a senior foreign policy aide to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, is that Trump acts unilaterally, weakening Iran while absorbing the domestic backlash ahead of the midterms.”
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Looks like the US has a great deal to learn about anti-drone defense. What has the Pentagon been doing for the last year. Did they prepare for this?
🚨At least Bush tried to make a case to justify his invasion – mendacious as it was – and tried to convince the UN of its merits. Trump did not even bother. He amassed a huge “armada” in the Middle East with little explanation to Congress or the public. | The Guardian
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Given that Mark Carney just stood up & gave a world-famous speech lamenting how 🇺🇸 is destroying the liberal international order, it is actually incredibly shocking that he doesn't even mention the UN Charter, 🇮🇷's territorial sovereignty, the JCPOA, the UNSC, or any other aspects of that order.
No wonder Trump went to war with Iran in the dead of night, with the Capitol empty, most Americans soundly asleep
This war is illegal. Full stop. The worst abuse of presidential power in American history aims to cement a dictatorship on U.S. soil
My instant column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Harris's statement. Clearly anti-war - says even if Congress had approved this as constitutionally required, "that does not change the fact that this action is unwise, unjustified, and not supported by the American people."
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It will be tough for America’s global reputation to recover after this absolutely shameful vote.
"For the first 36 months of the century it was just 0.34W/m2, so it has increased by over four times in just 25 years! Since EEI is effectively the rate of energy accumulation, this results in a clear acceleration of the energy being absorbed by the climate systems"
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