Francois Meurgey

For fuck sake - I wish y'all would learn real history.

BREAKING: In an incredible moment, CNN just acknowledged that Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas has a long wrap sheet, including being prosecuted by Republicans. Republicans are going to regret nominating this crook. Wow.

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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis: “To call Ken Paxton 'ethically challenged' is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder.”

Interesting excerpts from the memoirs of Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower (later President of the United States from 1953–1961) about Marshal Georgy Zhukov: “During the several hours we spent together in the airplane, Marshal Zhukov and I often discussed military operations... A great revelation to me was his description of the Russian method of attacking through minefields. German minefields, covered by enemy defensive fire, were tactical obstacles that caused us heavy casualties and many delays. Breaking through them was always difficult, despite the fact that our engineers had invented every imaginable mechanical device for the safe clearing of mines. Marshal Zhukov casually remarked to me: ‘There are two kinds of mines: antipersonnel and antitank. When we encounter a minefield, our infantry continues the attack as though it were not there at all. We consider the losses from antipersonnel mines to be equal to the losses we would have suffered had the Germans defended that sector with concentrated manpower instead of minefields. Advancing infantry does not detonate antitank mines, so once they have crossed the minefield and secured the opposite side, the engineers then come forward and clear lanes through which vehicles can pass...’ I could vividly picture what would have happened to any American or British commander who attempted to use such tactics, and an even clearer picture of what the men in any of our divisions would have said if we had tried to make such practices part of our tactical doctrine... Americans measure the cost of war in human lives, while the Russians measure it in the total expenditures of the nation. As far as I could see, Zhukov cared little for the methods we considered essential to maintaining the morale of American troops: systematic rotation of units, opportunities for rest and recreation, short leaves, and above all the development of methods designed to avoid exposing men to combat risks that were not absolutely necessary. All of this, common practice in our army, was largely unknown in his army. ...The fundamental difference between American and Russian attitudes toward the treatment of people was illustrated in another incident. In a conversation with a Russian general, I mentioned the difficult problem of caring for large numbers of German prisoners of war — a problem we faced at various stages of the war. I noted that we gave German prisoners the same food ration as our own soldiers. ‘Why would you do that?’ Zhukov exclaimed in astonishment. I replied that, first of all, my country was bound to do so under the Geneva Conventions. Secondly, thousands of American and British servicemen were prisoners in German camps, and I did not want to give Hitler any excuse to treat them even worse than he already did. Zhukov was even more astonished by this answer and exclaimed: ‘But why should you care about soldiers captured by the Germans?! They were prisoners already and could no longer fight anyway!’ The excerpts are quoted from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Crusade in Europe, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997 (first published in 1948), pp. 468–470. Interestingly, in the Russian translation of Eisenhower’s memoirs (2000 edition), these passages — seemingly of particular interest to Russian readers — were removed. Everyone shouting “we can do it again” should remember that they would be sent to fight using Zhukov’s methods and traditions.

The Republican Party quietly deleted their own ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime... because Paxton is now the Republican Party's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Figured if the ad is important enough to delete, it's important enough to see...

@franceinfo Petit correctif manqué par la transcription IA: c’est un évènement de « cygne noir » (black swan) c.-à-d. exceptionnellement rare, pas de « signe noir » … 🦢

🔴 Canicule au mois de mai en France ➡️ "Dans notre jargon, on appelle ça des événements de signe noir. C'est un événement exceptionnel, c'est-à-dire qui bat des records de plusieurs degrés", explique Christophe Cassou, directeur de recherche au CNRS, climatologue

Who thinks that Merrick Garland dropped the ball on putting Trump in prison?

This piece of shit @DAGToddBlanche should be jailed for perjury

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“AND YOU STILL DARE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH…” Sasha Legerman: This is too accurate not to share. This Australian’s response to Trump’s rant that “NATO does nothing for America” is absolutely devastating: “Mate. You run a country where 600,000 homeless people will sleep on the streets tonight. A country where 40% of adults can’t cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment, and people ration it just to stay alive. A country where medical debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy. A country where women die in hospital parking lots because doctors are too afraid of abortion laws to treat miscarriages. You imprison more of your own citizens than any country on Earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. In the land of the free, 2 million people sit in cages, and a quarter of them haven’t even been convicted of anything. They’re simply too poor to afford bail. Your life expectancy is declining. You’re the only developed nation where that’s happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba’s. Your children practice active shooter drills between math and English classes while you sell defense stocks to your friends. Your minimum wage hasn’t changed in 15 years. Your teachers work two jobs, your veterans sleep under bridges, and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that never attacked you. And now a convicted criminal — found liable for sexual abuse, defending a pedophile, sleeping with a porn star, and running the biggest dumpster-fire campaign since the Taliban — is thanking you for yet another disaster. And you call Greenland badly governed? Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody there goes bankrupt because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because insurance refused treatment. ‘NATO wasn’t there when we needed them.’ When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn’t even in NATO, and we still showed up. For twenty years. And then you left at 2 a.m. without telling anyone and left everybody else to clean up the mess. You don’t care that a great nation is being terrorized by your friend, and you haven’t shown it a single ounce of sympathy. So maybe before calling other countries badly governed, take a look at your own backyard, you aluminum siding salesman with a spray tan. The only thing badly managed in this picture is your damn mouth. And you still dare to lecture the rest of the world?”

Kasparov: Fifth year of the war, Putin still gets components from the free world despite 20 sanctions packages. Russian missiles killing Ukrainians are made with sanctioned parts. Strangle him: prosecute companies violating sanctions and deplete his resources. 1/

People keep talking about Democrats like they’ve never materially improved America. But let’s look at the scoreboard. • The last president to deliver multiple consecutive budget surpluses? Bill Clinton. • Social Security? FDR. • Medicare & Medicaid? LBJ. • Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act? LBJ. • Minimum wage, overtime protections, major child labor restrictions? FDR-era Democrats. • FMLA protections? Clinton. • Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act? Obama. Even the modern middle class was heavily built through Democratic-backed programs like the GI Bill, labor protections, federal home loans, and expanded access to college. And when people talk about “fiscal responsibility,” it’s worth remembering: The only modern presidents to move the federal budget into sustained surplus were Democrats. [1][2] A lot of what Americans now consider “normal civilization” came from policies Republicans originally fought, mocked, or called socialism. People inherited the benefits so completely they forgot who built them.

Donald Trump ran for office for three reasons: 1) stay out of jail 2) exact revenge on his enemies 3) line his pockets Everything else he says is bullshit.

Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb rips Trump’s $1.8B defense fund: "this is really just a criminal conspiracy to steal money from the taxpayers."

WOW! Thomas Massie and Tucker just gave the president a primary truth of their own. Massie went off on Trump. He said the White House dragged Lauren Boebert into an interrogation room to bully her into removing her name from the Epstein petition. Massie says Trump told Marjorie Taylor Greene to her face that the death threats against her kids were her fault. He blamed the victim and called her out for getting threats. Massie called him despicable to his face. $32 million from Trump's billionaire buddies to crush one congressman for asking about Epstein files. You know, billionaire buddies like Elon Musk—who's in the Epstein files himself. The "law and order" party, everybody. Blame the moms, protect the predators, and let the billionaires buy the silence.

Mitt Romney text to McConnell, January 2nd

Democrats must take on the modern day Dred Scott Court. South Carolina is eliminating the only Black majority seat. Term limits on Justices now. Expand the Court from 9 to 13 Justices.

COMMENTARY: Let’s say it plainly: There has never been a president as corrupt as Donald Trump. There is no close second in our history. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Elizabeth Warren: The whole idea that your taxpayer dollars are going to do what? Fund the guys that beat up police officers? Fund the guys that rioted to stop the transfer of power? Fund anybody that Donald Trump wants? This is corruption with capital letters and flashing lights and fireworks going off.