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How about- The Trump administration cut funding to Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which was compiling a database of alleged Russian war crimes, including the abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of Ukraine, last month. The Yale researchers were monitoring 116 sites in Russia. A Yale source said the US state department deleted the evidence which would have been used as part of rescue efforts to get the children home to Ukraine.... [the state department] deleted the crime base on the arrest warrant on Putin.

It was great in the old days, sitting back in the buffet car, watching the countryside go by whilst drinking a beer or two. But it's no fun trying to sleep in an air-con carriage with noisy drunks around you. Solution- drinkers have their own carriage.

More rejections in Trump's in-tray. Still, that's what happens if you act before you think. Fast on Putin's rebuff of Trump's ceasefire in Ukraine, the Sudanese have turned down Trump's request to take in the Palestinians. Trump Asked One Of The Poorest Countries In The World To Take In Palestinians And Was Immediately Rebuffed US and Israeli officials have approached several East African nations—including Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland—about the possibility of relocating Palestinians from Gaza. However, officials from Somalia and Somaliland told the Associated Press they were unaware of any such discussions, and, according to an Associated Press report, two senior officials from Sudan told them that the Sudanese government rejected the idea of resettling displaced Palestinians into their country.

An international effort to trace and rescue tens of thousands of children kidnapped from Ukraine to Russia and prosecute those responsible has been crippled by the US state department’s deletion of evidence. The Trump administration cut funding to Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which was compiling a database of alleged Russian war crimes, including the abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of Ukraine, last month. Using satellite imagery and other surveillance systems provided through the US government, the Yale researchers were monitoring 116 sites in Russia. According to a Yale source this evidence would have been used to help get the children home, as well as prosecute those behind the kidnappings, including Putin. The Trump administration could potentially face criminal liability for the destruction of war crimes evidence. US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children

A Gallup poll conducted from March 3 to11 reveals that 46% of Americans believe that the US is not doing enough to help Ukraine. This is 16 percentage points higher than in December. Previously, the highest percentage of Americans who believed that the US was not doing enough to help Ukraine was 38%, recorded in Gallup’s first poll on this issue in August 2022. Following the February 28 Oval Office meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, the preference of Americans for greater US involvement significantly outweighs other opinions. Americans drastically shift opinion on aid to Ukraine after Trump’s actions

Putin is Attila the Hun, only he's less successful. 3 years on with hundreds of thousands of Russian casualties, he still can't win.

Three years on Ukraine has shown it has no intention of being subjugated by Russia. It has every right to decide its own future. So, yes, it suffers the consequences of being attacked, its children kidnapped, its women raped by barbarians. Only time will tell the outcome.

Three massive errors of 'largest savings' by DOGE according to New York Times reporter David Fahrenthold: 1. Elon Musk's group said its largest savings was an $8 billion cut at ICE. But that was a typo in government records. DOGE reduced the savings to $8 million, then zero. 2. Then DOGE said its largest savings came from terminating a USAID contract worth $655 million," he wrote. "But they had triple-counted the same cancellation, and also greatly over-estimated what that cancellation was worth. That savings, too, was eventually reduced to $0." 3. Next, DOGE said its largest savings came from cancelling a $1.9B contract at the IRS but that contract had been cancelled when Joe Biden was president. DOGE later deleted the claim. 'Always wrong': NYT reporter takes wrecking ball to DOGE's 'wall of receipts'

Rep. Mike Flood held a fiery town hall meeting on Tuesday in Columbus, Nebraska where a chorus of yells answered his remarks that the federal government's $36 trillion national debt is "not going away" unless Medicaid and Medicare are dealt with. One participant remarked, '' You said, 'President [Volodymyr] Zelensky's approach today was disrespectful to President Trump and undermines the goal of bringing peace.' So shame on that." After the crowd erupted in applause, the woman continued her scathing takedown, demanding to know "who's lying?" — the veterans groups who say they're underfunded and understaffed or Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Trump seeks revenge. 'We have a lot of law firms that we’re going to be going after,' Trump said recently on Fox News. A recent Trump order stripped New York-based firm Paul Weiss employees of security clearances, access to federal buildings, and possibly government contracts. According to the piece, Trump holds a grudge against former Paul Weiss attorney Mark Pomerantz, who left the firm in 2012, and another partner who worked on a case against Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. "Just because Trump campaigned on revenge against his political opponents doesn’t make it legally permissible," the Board of The Washington Post wrote. 'Trump will keep pushing': Bezos' WaPo comes out swinging against latest attacks

But you can't deny geography. Ukraine is in Europe. Central America is a long way from China. Ukraine hasn't wanted to be in Russia's sphere of influence since 1991, it wants to be in the EU, and as a sovereign nation it has every right to be.

China is not in Central America! It's a false analogy. In addition the states previously under Soviet rule since 1945 were simply seeking liberation from Russian oppression and rejoining Europe politically, the EU,cwhere they geographically belong. The Crimean 'folks' were Russians imported under Khrushchev. What is Zelensky's current popularity? 67%.

Every eastern European country that joined NATO volunteered to because it didn't want to be under Russia's repressive rule. Likewise Ukraine. Putin couldn't bear seeing a nation on his border cosying up to the West, the next thing is his own citizens might start demanding freedoms from repressive rule so Ukraine had to be attacked.

Jeez, tbl, took you a long time to see the light. The man doesn't have an ounce of humanity in him

Trump's post This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President - He didn’t WIN the popular VOTE (by a lot!), he didn’t WIN ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, he didn’t WIN 2,750 to 525 Counties, HE DIDN’T WIN ANYTHING! I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY. I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! A deranged post, Trump unable to separate the powers of the executive from the judiciary. It's incendiary, extremely insulting and could easily fire up Maga supporters Trump is insane.

On Monday, the American Bar Association issued a statement denouncing the ongoing wave of verbal assaults and threats against judges. The Federal Judges Association said on Tuesday that “continued violence, intimidation and defiance directed at judges simply because they are fulfilling their sworn judicial duties” risked “the collapse of the rule of law.”

Trump delivering peace? Oh, is Putin agreeing to a ceasefire, laying down his weapons, dismantling his missiles?

The collapse of the rule of law. The judicial branch of government is co-equal to the presidency and to Congress, under the Constitution. However, Trump and Musk are treating judges as if they have no right to constrain them. Yet that’s precisely what judges are supposed to do if they find that the executive branch has exceeded its authority. Trump's descent includes threat of violence in his most direct attack against judiciary | Opinion The article referred to above reveals the horrifying depths Trump has sunk to in his determination to override the judiciary. A purveyor of hate, threats and victimhood, he is surely the most dangerous man in the US right now.

Maga people are simple minded and can only apply blanket terms to those who disagree with them, shades of McCarthyism. Many left wingers don't agree with certain woke stances- I agree, for example, that we should keep transgender athletes out of female toilets and sports. Victim culture, moral relativism are other areas where many left wingers have differing opinions. Oh! Wait a minute, who plays the victim card the most? Donald Trump!

Macron calls on EU leaders to boycott US weapons "Those who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy the F-35 should be offered the Rafale. That's the way to increase the rate of production," he argued. Macron also called on French defence companies to reduce bureaucracy and costs to make European alternatives more competitive. Macron calls on EU leaders to boycott US weapons

Thousands across Europe and Canada are joining Facebook groups where they exchange ideas about how to avoid U.S. products and find alternatives. The Danish Facebook page “Boykot varer fra USA” (Boycott goods from the U.S.), has swelled to more than 80,000 members. Edouard Roussez, a farmer from northern France, launched an online group, “Boycott USA, Buy French and European!” that in just two weeks has attracted over 20,000 members on Facebook. Of course the irony is Facebook is American but Edouard is working to migrate the group to other platforms with no U.S. funding or capital. The European countries where thousands are boycotting US goods Apart from defence, European social media platforms are an issue Europe must attend to. It will take time to build our own but it's a must.

Tesla insiders bail out. Elon Musk's brother, Kimbal Musk, unloaded 75,000 Tesla shares worth approximately $27 million last month whilst the chairman of the board, Robyn Denholm, offloaded more than $75 million dollars worth of shares in two transactions over the past five weeks. In addition, Musk ally James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's son, sold shares worth approximately $13 million on March 10. Elon Musk's own brother among Tesla insiders who've unloaded more than $100M in shares