Originally published at: Trump Bails Out Russia to Save His Own Hide
Mr. Magoo as Commander-in-Chief In a move rich in historic irony, President Trump has temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil in a desperate effort to ease global oil prices sent skyrocketing by his poorly planned attack on Iran. Trump’s gift to Vladimir Putin to get his own ass out of the sling is both a…
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Friday the 13th; but honestly it feels like the 417th Friday the 13th since Jan. 20, 2025.
Here’re today’s doses of medicine, i.e. truth, from our staunch friends:
March 12, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
and a couple of Tim Snyder’s interviews from last week:
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What’s all this about?
[W]hen an off-camera voice called for the treasury secretary.
“The president wants you right away,” the voice said.
Bessent began rapidly looking around the room as an aide rushed to remove his microphone. He left the interview at 10.22 am and returned almost two hours later at 12.07 pm.
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I suspect a lot of Cubanos in Florida are going to be surprised at their next visit to a polling place.
Cuban Sandwich, meet Leopard.
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Not just 4 , all 6 were killed
All 6 crew members killed in crash of American KC-135 refueling aircraft in Iraq, U.S. military confirms - CBS News
All six members of a US military refuelling aircraft’s crew have now been confirmed dead after it crashed in western Iraq, US Central Command (Centcom) has said.
The US initially said it had located four of the deceased crew. It said neither hostile nor friendly fire were involved in the loss of the KC-135 aircraft on Thursday.
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Also, no clear evidence that they aren’t. You know, since we pulled all of our minesweepers out of the area in January.
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Just saw reporting that the Michigan shooter’s family was killed in an air strike. This war may be the stupidest thing Trump has ever done, and that’s saying something.
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MM come early today. Happy Friday13!
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There absolutely isn’t a quota, except for the daily one, and maybe some others.
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Other tanker operating in the area had to make an emergency return to Israel. It was missing part of its tail.
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Trump isn’t bailing out Russia to save himself.
He attacked Iran so he COULD bail out Russia and remove defenses from the 38th Parallel. He’s killing America because he hates Americans and he wants to help out his Dictator friends. He knew Iran would cut off the Strait of Hormuz. That gave him and excuse to lift sanctions on Russia.
I don’t think ANY of this is an accident any more than I think Jeffrey Epstein hung himself. Why did Trump steal all those top secret documents and show them to his friends? Why has he been calling Putin without anyone witnessing the conversation? Does anyone really believe everything Trump does is because he’s stupid and demented??? He’s doing this shit on purpose!
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Re: puppetry
Hillary was right.
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Do you have a link? All I’ve seen so far is that another aircraft was damaged.
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a GOP obsession that seeks to use the false claim of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens
Apparently, illegal voting is a significant problem in Florida. This would explain why Republicans keep winning there.
I’m glad they’re taking steps to give Democrats a better chance.
Vote Democratic. Lower costs. Keep your money.
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Anna Cabrera reported…
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But Putin said he wasn’t providing info. Just a coincidence that on a British special forces base, only the Americans were injured.
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So, DoJ’s policy was to advocate for direct refunds to American consumers?
(@atrupar.com on Bluesky )
And, what was the basis for the legal claims in play?
This is the administration trying to turn the shit sandwich it made into a glass of lemonade.
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