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It sounds like Robin was so eager to keep Cusi on the show that she was trying anything? I agree it wasn't the best idea...

Oh I was mixing up NATO and the EU. Never mind. This explains why some of the media have been pushing the "New World Order" stuff today.

I wonder if the EU will want to risk bringing Ukraine in. They have avoided it for years.

More blatant pro-Russian propaganda, pumped into millions of homes, bases and businesses, as Gowdy Doody looks on, remembering when he was actually meant to have a future after shouting about Benghazi every day for 6 years. Jennifer Griffin, who is likely ending her days on Faux News, rebutted most of this, but who are the easily fooled more likely to listen to? If you want to hear how those who run the GOP, and fund them, truly feel, this waste of a man will tell you.

Just at the same time that Belarus passed a referendum allowing for nuclear weapons in the country. Horrifying. I imagine all those people on the left who have gone on about Russia's kindness in not shelling more of Ukraine will find another goalpost to move.

I think he and the people fighting are extremely brave. I just don't know if they will want to face nukes, and sadly I do think Putin is unstable enough to where that is increasingly likely. But I hope they find a way out of this.

I'm already seeing the talking points from the Putin apologists/faux-leftists on his payroll that he is not fully fighting back and is being humane, unlike America in Iraq. These are the same people who insisted he would never invade, now just going back to the talking points that he had no choice. Seeing Trump contorting himself about Putin just shows how pathetic he always is (he did this with Iraq too). It's so obvious all of these people were out of the loop about his plans and also very much overestimated his acumen. I lost count of how many times I have heard that the Russian army would dominate because they don't have pronouns in bio. Now it's just oh they could if they want to - they are being lenient. The two most vocal Putin lovers, Greenwald and Snowden, have alternatively tripled down and gone silent. It won't be long before Ukraine is either conquered or they agree to his terms. When that happens I just hope some of these politicians and organizations that are temporarily claiming to oppose him, and all the money he and his backers funnel into their countries, and all gas they buy from him, will keep up their current tough talk. Even just one or two.

@I Am A Swede

I think my view is pretty well summed up here...I've rarely felt so sickened by a story. At least Jim Reilly did not pretend his stories of this nature were about getting people help or social awareness.

Jackson seems like an excellent choice. I am wary about whether Manchin will support her, but I don't want him to keep getting his way, all he cares about is attention. The "trucker" astroturfing is coming to DC. The media will go wild, of course.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-two-expat-bros-who-terrorized-women-correspondents-in-moscow/2017/12/15/91ff338c-ca3c-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html They were both young and very toxic figures in Russia in the '90s, under the guise of "journalism." They both tend to push anti-American, pro-Putin propaganda, along with the wretched Katie Halper, who co-hosts a show with Taibbi (Rolling Stone funded their show for years, which is another reason I rarely read their material now), and is currently begging people to condemn the Nazis of the Ukraine. Halper was one of Putin-adoring Tara Reade's most vocal backers. This whole circle is incredibly toxic, damaging, and all too influential in leftist circles. Here is another piece of [!@#$%^&*], who co-hosts a propaganda show with Ryan Grim (another who doesn't care about the Ukraine and was one of the lead Reade supporters) - the show is funded by John Solomon, who was involved in all the Hunter Biden witch hunting several years ago.

Daniel Marans was one of the brain dead Bernie brigade. That he is still trying to push for them (I saw some of Mark Ames' feed yesterday and it was utterly pathetic) speaks volumes. Speaking of Ames, I see that Dave Weigel deleted his tweet praising him, likely because he included Ames' handle in it only for Ames to see a ton of people pointing out what a piece of [!@#$%^&*] he is.

A hack who has pushed gay stereotypes for his entire soap career can never resist another one. It's a lazy, incredibly tired and insulting storyline. I give credit to Patrika Darbo for even coming back.

Between this, and all the Russian money in the UK and the US that is not being touched, it feels like most of the countries that are supposed to care are not even making the minimal effort.

At this point, Putin seems increasingly out of touch with reality, which makes me worry about nukes. Most of the media is either a) saying it's the fault of America and NATO b) saying we shouldn't care because we have done the same thing, c) saying Trump would have never let this happen and it's all Biden's weakness d) begging and pleading to send troops into Ukraine because they say that will show how strong America is. Sane voices are drowned out, or nowhere to be found. This country is so broken beyond repair.

Anna Karen was a beloved UK sitcom star, more recently known for her work as Peggy's sister on EastEnders. A wonderful actress and seemingly a wonderful person who deserved a better way to leave us.

I remember a few of you saying nothing would ever come of this. I didn't really think it would either (and yes I know this isn't the end and many of these sources - left and right - for political news on Twitter are suspect).

This is just alienating viewers for people who are still not going to watch.

It's beginning to look a lot like 1995-1996, 2004-2005, 2016, etc. again - which people (beyond rich, white straight men of course) do the Democrats need to sacrifice to get their GOP friends to stop kicking them? Never forget that much of the "liberal media" and those who bankroll them hate you and would be happy to put you on a bus if it reinforced their moral and intellectual superiority.

https://twitter.com/ManningOfficial/status/1495790087841493000 I'm glad Katy and Stewart remained close even after their relationship ended, and I'm glad the lovely, melancholy exit Jo Grant had was never sullied - the characters remained together even when they made brief appearances in videos a few years ago.