I agree.
Please, TPM – add a button for “
the messenger, 
at the message.”
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Glad that she isn’t in congress anymore to spew falsehoods like that on the house floor. Hawaii has a history of sending very good members to the congress such as Daniel Inouye who was recruited out of a Japanese American internment camp to serve heroically in World War II.
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Have they done any maneuvers since Putin invaded? I am slightly hopeful that the global response to the invasion of Ukraine has changed the calculus there, but I really don’t know if South Korea and Vietnam would be able to rally the global community the way that the EU has.
I agree fully that the Chinese do not believe that any statements about territorial integrity or self-determination apply to Taiwan.
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And Mazie K. Hirono also too!
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It’s a long game for China. The situation is different in North Korea. They are watching Putin pretty closely, and brazingly testing their missiles like we can’t see them.
China should be more attentive to the propaganda from The Epoch Times and the very creepy Shen Yun.
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Completely off topic, but good ice game last night between the Kraken and the Canadiens, in Montreal . Both teams were great!
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Yes and the right wing has the nerve to call her crazy Mazie. It’s always projection with them.
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Fallows, an old China hand, has made this point. They are absolutely adamant that Taiwan is a breakaway area, not a legitimate sovereign nation.
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They’ve been saying that since 1949.
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Heh! This image demonstrates a metaphorical tipping point in the conflict. A chorus of bipartisan voices here and in the EU are calling for a more aggressive involvement on Ukraine’s behalf. The question that hangs in my mind is how close can one get to direct involvement without a shooting war to erupt between Russia and NATO.
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The situation on the ground must be even worse for them than we know then.
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We have our own “little green men” also too.
No unit or rank insignias. Just khaki.
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That thought has flickered in my mind. International law being what it is, international, would such a thing be legal?
Edit to add: But if illegal, would there be the will to send unmarked forces into Ukraine?
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Another day, another inspiring demonstration of leadership from President Zelensky. https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1503024136523767814?s=20&t=NxR5NBq0i0zg4hU_zwzcOQ
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Since they’re paramilitary it’s paralegal./s
Seriously though we have “the Secretary will disavow” folks in ample quantity everywhere. But the big advantage we offer is SIGINT. Eyes in the sky and ears on your fears.
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He better get a larger security detail PERIOD.
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Russia installed a new “acting mayor” of the southern city of Melitopol after Russian troops reportedly abducted its mayor, Ivan Fyodorov, who had been encouraging residents of his city to resist occupation. On Friday evening, Russian soldiers put a bag over Fyodorov’s head and dragged him from his government office, according to Ukrainian officials. The Ukrainian government believes Fyodorov is being tortured and urged the international community to call for his release. Large crowds gathered in Melitopol on Saturday to protest the alleged abduction of Fyodorov by Russian troops, which Zelensky described as a “crime against democracy.” The new, Russia-installed mayor, Galyna Danylchenko, urged residents of Melitopol not to resist.
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If armed Russian troops enter the Mayor’s office, put a bag over his head and spirit him away to an unknown location and resist his release. WHY call it and alleged abduction when it is painfully obvious that it is a kidnapping?
The guy is missing…Is He Not??
Likely being tortured
Fairly soon we will see his dead body
“alleged abduction”… good fucking god.
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I think Vlad was essentially trying to make that case for Ukraine.
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They felt otherwise.
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