Steven Jaffe

This.

We can no longer pretend that Viktor Orbán is simply a 'difficult' EU partner. He has fundamentally broken his contract with the European community. Transcripts reveal a shocking level of subordination to the Kremlin that is utterly disqualifying for any EU member state. Recordings capture Szijjártó reporting to Lavrov during breaks in EU Council meetings. In these exchanges, Szijjártó is heard providing "direct reports" on confidential EU discussions and even asking for "patience" while he completes specific tasks. These recordings don't just suggest a preference for Russian interests. They prove a master-servant relationship that compromises the security of the entire European Union. There is a word for a government that takes orders from a foreign aggressor while reaping the benefits of European solidarity: betrayal. Polish PLDonald Tusk: "What we heard today, and what we had already suspected, is merely a confirmation of a very disturbing political dependency—the dependency of Viktor Orbán’s government and his Foreign Minister, Mr. Szijjártó, directly on the Moscow authorities. It has been a long time, if ever in my life, since I heard something so sad. What these recordings revealed is not just the fact of a political dependency between the government in Budapest and Moscow, but it also showed how unacceptable and how peculiar this relationship is. Just listen: the Foreign Minister of a European country, a member of the European Union, reports to the Russian Foreign Minister on the completion of a task and asks for patience because he knows he still has a few more tasks to perform. I mean, one could not have expected anything more disgusting. This is absolutely disqualifying. And I have the impression that while the Hungarians—you know, Poland loves Hungary, Poles love Hungarians. This is a friendship that has survived decades and centuries. And that is why it is so important to me that everyone in Hungary also hears that nothing has changed here, and that we are happy to be members of the European community together with the Hungarians. What is sad is that Viktor Orbán’s government—certainly Viktor Orbán and Minister Szijjártó—left that European Union a long time ago."

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The Israeli government is well able to fund the Iron Dome system, which has proven critical to keep innocent civilians safe from rocket attacks and bombardment. Consistent with my voting record to date, I will not support Congress sending more taxpayer dollars and military aid to a government that consistently ignores international law and U.S. law. Netanyahu’s allies in the Knesset just approved a $45 billion defense budget, and the Prime Minister himself also asserted his interest in withdrawing from the MOU with the United States in January. It is fully within their ability to fund Iron Dome and other defensive systems. Our allies who need our military aid must understand that we will provide it consistent with the Leahy amendment and the foreign assistance act.

@AP We have some footage already of him listening.

I DO NOT PAY MY FEDERAL TAXES SO KID ROCK CAN HAVE A PRIVATE MILITARY HELICOPTER SHOW AT HIS HOUSE IN NASHVILLE. COLOR ME PISSED!

Helicopter gunships were used to intimidate a No Kings protest. In violation of multiple DoD regulations, federal laws, and the First Amendment. Now Hegseth is immunizing this behavior. While they're trying to steal an election. This is an acute crisis. America won't take it.

He forgot to list *Putin‘s* clear objectives, which the US is fulfilling admirably.

Thomas Massie is sounding the alarm. Congress is about to pass a liability shield for Bayer — a foreign corporation — that would strip Americans of the right to sue when glyphosate gives them cancer. Massie: “This is not to grant farmers immunity. This is to grant corporations immunity. If you contract non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from this chemical — you won’t be able to sue.” Bayer has already paid billions settling cancer lawsuits. This bill ends future lawsuits permanently. RFK Jr. built his brand on MAHA. Trump is urging Republicans to pass it anyway.

Wool is the only textile fibre that: - Regulates body temperature in both directions: warm when cold, cooling when warm, through a moisture-wicking mechanism that no synthetic can replicate - Is naturally flame-retardant without chemical treatment, which is why it is still the mandatory textile for aircraft seating and racing drivers' undergarments - Absorbs up to 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling wet, then releases it gradually - Is biodegradable in soil within months, leaving nitrogen as it goes: it is, technically, a slow-release fertiliser - Grows back. Every year. Without harming the animal. The sheep, in fact, requires shearing. If you don't shear a sheep, it suffers. The shearing is not exploitation. The shearing is a welfare intervention. What replaced wool in your outdoor gear, your base layers, your running kit, your ski socks? Polyester. Which is a plastic. Which sheds microplastic fibres into waterways with every wash. Which does not biodegrade. Which cannot be made without petroleum. Which, when it reaches the end of its life, sits in a landfill or an ocean for five hundred years. The sheep on the Brecon Beacons is producing a renewable, biodegradable, multifunctional technical fibre from grass and rain. No factory. No fossil fuel. No microplastics. The sheep has been doing this for ten thousand years. We replaced it with plastic and told ourselves it was progress. Then told the sheep it was the problem.

Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb says Trump’s recent behavior - such as his social media posts on Iran - indicates he is “clearly insane.” youtube.com/live/fcwLojqcg…

This is only the beginning, and only the tip of the iceberg.

@EastEndJoe Finally, a good use for AI.

The whole world is waiting!

This is the Trump supporter who demanded the Epstein files be released for years until she realized that Trump was in them and then stopped speaking about them completely

More than 400 hospitals across the U.S. are at high risk of closing or cutting services because of the Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” according to an analysis from the progressive watchdog group Public Citizen. nbcnews.com/health/health-…

@TheFungi669 Donald's older children were born before Ivana became a citizen... Barron Trump was born in March 2006, his mother Melania became a citizen in July 2006.

Marco Rubio: “Just because you’re born on U.S. soil doesn’t make you a citizen. Your parents must be U.S. citizens.” Grok: “Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971. His parents became citizens in 1975. Rubio is a beneficiary of birthright citizenship.”

Yes, there's a Jan 6 linnk to Michael Flynn getting $1M of your money for being convicted of crimes. Trump pardoned those crimes in 2020 only because Flynn played hardball: he'd only help Trump's Stop the Steal coup attempt if he got that pardon. No morals other than money. 1/