lenaitch
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Imagine being the leader of a country who would have to tell a significant portion of their country that they 'gave them up'. How do you reconcile that within yourself?
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EBT
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Senior Israeli cyber official detained in Las Vegas as part of child solicitation probe
Cops say Tom Alexandrovich, a Cyber Directorate division head, faces charges of luring a child with a computer for a sex act; reports say he returned to Israel, was put on leavewww.timesofisrael.com
There is a LOT to unpack in this story!
The acting Trump appointed US attorney for Nevada is an Israeli woman. After releasing the Israeli child-sex predator on bail without confiscating his passport allowing him to abscond back to Israel she is declining to pursue the case instead passing it off to the local DA making it harder to obtain an extradition of this man.
But wait there is more! When the story broke Shaun King posted many links to the story that were subsequently deleted by X (Elon Musk). Grok confirmed that the tweets had been removed (so much for a free-speech platform)
And it gets weirder. According to Grok the accused pedophile is in charge of issuing takedown requests to X and he was most likely behind Groks suspension from the X platform a few weeks ago.
This should be a major scandal in the states but of course the mainstream media will not touch it, and it is very disturbing that X is censoring and limiting the reach of this story.
Monarch Butterfly
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Shades of "peace in our time" happening again. Ignoring the past in history. It's just a "piece of paper".
Mihairokov
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Peace for our time, more specifically. I think Chamberlain was channeling something Disraeli had said sixty years earlier.
Anyway, the UK and France were happy to let the Nazis take the Czech territory and were happy to exclude them from the Munich Agreement negotiations entirely, along with excluding the Soviets who were willing to defend Czechoslovakia at that time. It's worth bearing in mind that the UK and France capitulated to Hitler's demands almost immediately - they didn't really take any issue with what the Nazis were doing, they were just hoping it wouldn't come directly for them. They were willing to sell out the Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, and Hungarians to get there if they had to.
At least Zelenskyy has a backbone.
thettctransitfanatic
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lenaitch
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It's a little different when countries offer up other countries than when a leader is expected to offer up portions of their own. It doesn't make any more wrong, just different.
It needs to be remembered that GB and France had lost about 2.2mn twenty years earlier and neither were ready for a re-match. Even up to the late 1930s, National Socialism had sympathizers in high places in both countries, and the US.
thettctransitfanatic
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Trump slaps sanctions on Canadian International Criminal Court judge
From https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-judge-icc-trump-1.7613704Kimberly Prost sanctioned by Trump for authorizing ICC investigation into U.S. personnel in Afghanistan
UtakataNoAnnex
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...no civilian based sandwiches where lodged at fleeing agents this time, unfortunately. However, indignant bruised egos did ensue:
- Stephen Miller, one of the disagreeable dipshites behind a 79 year old 3 terming President. /bleh
Source: Aaron Rupar at Bluesky
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From https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16iKf7624a/
Volodymyr Vlad Kunko https://www.facebook.com/vkunko
As a former Psychology Professor and Mental Health Consultant for the Ontario Ministry of Health, I approve Brent Molnar's statement)
Brent Molnar: Voice of Reason ~ "The Man-Child in Chief: Why Donald Trump’s Behavior Isn’t Just Alarming – It’s Clinical …
At this point, calling Donald Trump a sociopath feels like stating water is wet. But throw that term around too loosely and people stop hearing it. So let’s be precise. What if the erratic cruelty, the compulsive lying, the open disdain for rules and empathy – it’s not just some quirky political branding. What if it’s a documented, diagnosable pattern? Because it is. And understanding it might be the first real step toward protecting what’s left of American democracy.
Sociopathy – officially known as Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) – isn’t some cartoonish label you slap on a villain. It’s a well-defined clinical condition. It starts early, often appearing in childhood as conduct disorder – aggression, deceit, a lack of remorse – and fully emerges in adulthood as a complete disregard for others, rules, and basic morality. It’s not about being mean. It’s about being wired to harm without guilt.
Trump’s entire life fits that arc. His father, a distant real estate baron who valued dominance over decency. His mother, emotionally unavailable. A home life that trained him not in compassion, but in conquest. And what we see now—what we’ve always seen – isn’t a break from that past. It’s the fulfillment of it. Trump isn’t unwell because of power. He got power because he was unwell in a way that ruthless systems reward.
Look at the checklist: No remorse for pain caused? Check. Disregard for laws, norms, and human dignity? Check. Chronic lying, even when it gains him nothing? Bullying those beneath him, worshipping those above? All boxes checked. And still, millions confuse his behavior for “strength.” In reality, it’s a toddler in a suit with the nuclear codes and a permanent grudge.
The tragic twist? Authoritarians and autocrats abroad have figured this out. Trump’s second-term travel itinerary is a map of manipulation. NATO leaders learned: flatter him, and he’ll do whatever you want. Putin knew it. So did MBS. So does Musk. His emotional development stopped sometime before junior high, and it shows. If you coddle the ego, you get the policy.
But let’s not sugarcoat this: Trump’s inner circle is now filled with people just like him. Not sober adults with institutional memory or democratic instincts – but fellow man-babies with vendettas, fragile egos, and no ethical guardrails. And when developmentally stunted men hold real power, they don’t just throw tantrums. They break countries.
We’re already seeing it. Arresting political opponents. Threatening judges. Openly demanding revenge. Surrounding himself with yes-men willing to torch institutions to stay in his good graces. This isn’t just a moral collapse – it’s a psychological time bomb.
So what do we do? First, call it what it is. Trump’s behavior isn’t “eccentric.” It’s pathological. Then we build movements – not just to oppose policies, but to inoculate ourselves against this style of politics. Because this isn’t just about Trump. It’s about a system that rewards antisocial traits and mistakes immaturity for strength.
We need voters to stop falling for tough-guy cosplay. We need to educate people about what this kind of psychological profile actually looks like – and why it’s disqualifying, not admirable. We need to rebuild civic life around empathy, truth, and shared responsibility. And we need to do it fast."
thettctransitfanatic
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thettctransitfanatic
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President Trump said he plans to go out on patrol with the Metropolitan Police Department and National Guard troops around Washington, D.C., on Thursday night amid a federal crackdown on crime.
“I’m going to be going out tonight, I think, with the police and with the military, of course. So we’re going to do a job,” Trump told conservative radio host Todd Starnes on his show. “The National Guard is great. They’ve done a fantastic job.”
A White House official told The Hill that details of what Trump would be doing were forthcoming.
Oooooh, a ride along!
zang
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Combine that with Jeanine Pirro's recent announcement and it almost seems like they're asking for something bad.