https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1554595088541442049?s=20&t=1y-kWJlmqJDoHnQEFZ-PLQ

https://twitter.com/JohnBasham/status/1554609402895810562?s=20&t=1y-kWJlmqJDoHnQEFZ-PLQ

Neither one of tgem is PM material, BoJo was doubtful at best imo, niw you’ve got two memtally and emotionally deficient brits that must have gone to schools that don’t teach diplomacy but agression. Any Brits here to weigh in?

https://twitter.com/JohnBasham/status/1554606409236598785?s=20&t=1y-kWJlmqJDoHnQEFZ-PLQ

I’m pretty sure everyone in government does illegal things, because both parties have a target on their backs. How is government ever expected to function with all this shit going on?

https://twitter.com/JohnBasham/status/1554604035436584962?s=20&t=1y-kWJlmqJDoHnQEFZ-PLQ

https://twitter.com/heatherhunterdc/status/1554658720667385856?s=20&t=tAvjTppw4xIA7rDdwAdGag

https://twitter.com/nedryun/status/1554657802102210560?s=20&t=tAvjTppw4xIA7rDdwAdGag

Michael New

@Michael_J_New

(1/7) Pro-Lifers, it was a tough night in Kansas. There are still more votes to be counted, but things do not look good for the "Value Them Both" Amendment.

Please do not despair, this was going to be an uphill battle for pro-lifers for a couple reasons.

(2/7) First, a good body of academic research shows that money plays a large role in who wins statewide ballot propositions.

Since abortion is a multi-billion dollar industry subsidized by taxpayers, our opponents can almost always outspend us.

(3/7) Second, history shows that for pro-lifers to prevail in a statewide ballot campaign, two conditions have to hold

1) The campaign must take place in a red state

2) The pro-life policy change must be incremental and difficult to caricature or demonize

(4/7) Tonight the first condition held, but the second one did not. The implications of "Value them Both" were unclear and that made it easier for our opponents to distort the measure.

(5/7) It is also important to note that the mainstream media coverage of abortion post-Dobbs has become more biased and more partisan than ever.

That did not help.

(6/7) If the KS State Supreme Court mandates the KS Medicaid program start funding elective abortions or strikes down a gestational age limit – I would return with a narrower ballot proposition to reverse that decision.

That would be much easier for pro-lifers to win.

Michael New

@Michael_J_New

(7/7) Thanks to

@sbaprolife

and

@StudentsforLife

who canvassed across the state and did their best to turn out the vote for "Value them Both." Tonight might not have been our night, but the future is still ours!

9:56 PM · Aug 2, 2022·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/Michael_J_New/status/1554647347329646592?s=20&t=tAvjTppw4xIA7rDdwAdGag

https://twitter.com/bgmasters/status/1554656232597639168?s=20&t=tAvjTppw4xIA7rDdwAdGag

Guys prayer for Kari Lake they are cheating again

Katie Hobbs won again, unfucking believable

https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2022-08-02/state/arizona/

They always do this with republicans, have multiple contenders where dems may have one. They pay people to run to split the vote

>>16952550

>>16952544

I’m not there us plenty of time, i was saying the Republicans do this all the time, Robson a billionaire pays people tp get on the race sp they dilute the vote of the one that will win head to head. I’ve mostly seen this with vulnerable republicans

I despise these assholes

>>16952553

Harry Caray. The best

For his son, Harry Caray, Jr., see Skip Caray. For his grandson, Harry Caray III, see Chip Caray. For other people, see Harry Carey (disambiguation).

Harry Christopher Caray (né Carabina; March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998) was an American radio and television sportscaster. During his career he called the play-by-play for five Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of calling the games of the St. Louis Cardinals with two of these years also spent calling games for the St. Louis Browns. After a year working for the Oakland Athletics and 11 years with the Chicago White Sox, Caray spent the last 16 years of his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs.[1]

Harry Caray

Harry Caray 1988.jpg

Caray in the Wrigley Field booth in 1988

Broadcaster

Born: March 1, 1914

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Died: February 18, 1998 (aged 83)

Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.

Teams

As Broadcaster

St. Louis Cardinals (1945–1969)

St. Louis Browns (1945–1946)

Oakland Athletics (1970)

Chicago White Sox (1971–1981)

Chicago Cubs (1982–1997)

Career highlights and awards

Ford C. Frick Award (1989)

National Radio Hall of Fame (1990)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Caray

>>16952595

They will turn it purple for it to go blue. All traitors like Pence. They are the uniparty and as long as they get their one shot of fame and recognition, they can make millions for the rest of their lives.

I always thought Pence was creepy, his fake humility was fucking obvious after a couple pf weeks, then he repeated the same shit for four years. I might go back and revisit the stories of his pedophillia

>>16952586

Whoa, typical

Gregg Phillips said Karen Fann that got a couple of billion dollar contract for her company after the failed audit was finished. She told Gregg and Catherine that they would fix all the messed up aspects of 2020 rules, laws etc. She NEVER did a damn thing, not even cleaning up voter rollls. She lied to them and said “we didnt have the votes”, Gregg and Catherine know they didn’t want to fix it.

https://twitter.com/kelliwardaz/status/1554674696188305409?s=20&t=xuOCkPNagMVadwf0BT0t2Q

3 Aug, 2022 03:56

Pelosi receives medal of honor

Taiwanese leader praised the US House Speaker for her unwavering support of the island

(Oh shit shes the new No Name, that can’t be good)

Amid fierce protests from Beijing, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reiterated Washington’s commitment, solidarity and determination to protect democracy in Taiwan, during a meeting with the island’s leader Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on Wednesday.

“The speaker’s courage and actions are deeply inspiring and touching,” Tsai said, according to the South China Morning Post, as she presented Pelosi with one of the highest-rank civilian awards – the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon – for her firm stance in “safeguarding freedom, democracy and human rights.”

Accepting the award, Pelosi said that Washington “will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan,” while praising Tsai as a role-model “woman president in one of the freest societies in the world.”

In turn, Tsai vowed to remain a reliable US partner and to “firmly uphold our nation’s sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defense for democracy at the same time.”

The ceremony took place shortly after Pelosi held a closed-door meeting with deputy speaker Tsai Chi-chang and other members of Taiwan's parliament earlier on Wednesday.

The visit of the third highest-ranking figure in the US government to the island, which Beijing considers to be inalienable part of China’s territory, prompted a harsh reaction from the mainland.

After Pelosi landed on Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the trip would have a “severe impact on the political foundation of China-US relations” and “seriously infringes upon China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.” The ministry also summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns to lodge an official protest, warning that Washington “shall pay the price.”

In the meantime, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced a series of military exercises and live-fire drills in six large maritime areas and their air space around Taiwan.

Pelosi is the first speaker of the US House or Representatives to visit Taiwan in over two decades. Taiwan, which officially calls itself the Republic of China (ROC), has been self-ruled since the 1940s but has never officially declared independence from Beijing.

https://www.rt.com/news/560112-pelosi-award-medal-taiwan/

2 Aug, 2022 22:22

Donbass fighting is ‘hell’ – Zelensky

The president says Ukrainian forces can’t break Russia’s advantage in artillery and manpower

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Tuesday that the fighting in Donbass was “hell,” claiming that Kiev’s military remained heavily outgunned and even outnumbered by Russia and appealing to the US and its allies for even more weapons such as the HIMARS rocket launchers.

In a five-minute address to Ukrainians, Zelensky thanked US President Joe Biden and NATO for sending the rocket artillery, calling it “very effective” and vowing to inflict “more painful losses” on the Russians, whom he described as a “horde” of invaders.

“The word ‘HIMARS’ has become almost synonymous with the word ‘justice’ for our country,” Zelensky said.

The US has sent 16 of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to Ukraine so far. Russia said it had destroyed four of them, though Ukraine and the Pentagon have denied this. Zelensky added that he was expecting even more weapons from the West and thanked the Ukrainian diplomats trying to arrange for additional shipments.

“Yet we are unable to break the Russian army’s advantage in artillery and manpower, and this is very much felt in the fighting, especially in Donbass. Peski, Avdeevka, other directions … It’s just hell there. It cannot even be described in words,” the Ukrainian president added.

The two towns near Donetsk, heavily fortified since 2015, have seen heavy fighting over the past week. On Tuesday, Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov, embedded with the military in Donbass, posted an expletive-laden report from Peski calling it a “meat grinder.” Butusov infamously filmed himself firing a cannon on the Donbass “separatists” last year.

“There is no counter-battery fire, none at all,” he wrote on Tuesday. Russian forces were firing “6,500 shells per f****g village in less than 24 hours. It’s been like this for six days now, and it’s hard to fathom how any number of our infantry remain alive under this barrage.”

Ukrainian troops were holding the line, Butusov claimed, but “without counter-battery fighting, it turns into a senseless meat grinder, where huge numbers of our infantry are chewed up in one day.” According to Butusov, a reserve platoon that tried to advance was taken apart in minutes, with only one out of 15 men left unharmed.

“All the reserves are spent, the military equipment goes up in flames, and the enemy approaches and takes our positions without any problems after another barrage of artillery,” he wrote. “Right now we are losing Péski, all our human and material capabilities are almost exhausted.”

While Zelensky did not go into this much detail, he did say that of the 167 service members he was decorating this week, 32 would get their awards posthumously.

https://www.rt.com/russia/560107-zelensky-ukraine-donbass-hell/

You kind of wonder why they keep trying? Its the money and arms. I have contempt for Zelensky and his murderous regime, probably more than he has for us.

2 Aug, 2022 18:58

US sanctions Russian ‘Silicon Valley’

Ukraine-related embargo targets Skolkovo and Russian tech sector in general

Washington on Tuesday announced a new round of embargoes targeting Russia’s finance and technology sectors, in particular the semiconductor industry. Among the entities sanctioned by the State Department are the Skolkovo technology park outside Moscow – Russia’s equivalent of Silicon Valley – and MMK, one of the world’s largest steel producers.

The Skolkovo Foundation, Technopark Skolkovo LLC and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) found themselves blacklisted for “operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy.”

Also targeted by the State Department sanctions was the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI), for “operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector,” specifically developing drones for use by the Russian military.

The Treasury Department said the new US sanctions were targeting “Kremlin-connected elites, a major multinational company, and a sanctions evasion operation, as well as one yacht.” The embargoed “elites” and businesses operate in “economic sectors that generate substantial revenue for the Russian regime,” the Treasury said.

The sanctioned yacht is Alfa Nero, a Cayman Islands-flagged ship belonging to the newly sanctioned Andrey Guryev. He is the founder of PhosAgro, the leading Russian manufacturer of chemical fertilizer. The company itself has not been sanctioned, the Treasury hastened to note.

Alfa Nero “has reportedly shut off its location tracking hardware in order to avoid seizure,”the US government added.

Among the 13 individuals and 30 entities sanctioned on Tuesday is Viktor Rashnikov, majority owner and chairman of the board of MMK, along with the Magnitogorsk-based steel-maker itself. MMK’s finance division and the Turkish-based MMK Metalurji subsidiary were also embargoed. Americans who have open business with MMK have until September 1 to wrap it up, and until October 3 to divest any debts. The deadline for dealing with the Turkish company is January 31, 2023.

The most notable name on the list of “elites”allegedly close to the Kremlin is Alina Kabaeva. The retired rhythmic gymnast and former lawmaker was sanctioned for having been a government official, having a “close relationship” to President Vladimir Putin, and being the head of the National Media Group, “a pro-Kremlin empire of television, radio, and print organizations.”

Back in 2015, British tabloids spread the rumor that Kabaeva was Putin’s secret lover, after the Russian president was not seen in publicfor over a week – having been on holiday.

https://www.rt.com/russia/560100-sanctions-skolkovo-magnitogorsk-kabaeva/

(Thats kind of a weird disclosure end of that article ehh?)

3 Aug, 2022 00:53

Russia rejects ‘nuclear saber-rattling’ accusations

Conflict in Ukraine falls short of Moscow’s nuclear threshold, but NATO involvement could change that, envoy says

Russia’s doctrine for use of nuclear weapons is very clear and the current conflict in Ukraine does not meet any of its criteria, Moscow’s envoy to the UN nonproliferation review conference said on Tuesday. Alexander Trofimov also rejected a series of claims by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as “utterly unfounded” speculation, perhaps intended to fuel “anti-Russian hysteria.”

“We would also like to strongly reject the utterly unfounded, detached from reality and unacceptable speculations that Russia allegedly threatens to use nuclear weapons, particularly in Ukraine,” Trofimov said on Tuesday, using the right of reply to address the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference in New York.

Russia’s nuclear doctrine is “explicitly clear,”envisioning their use only to attacks involving weapons of mass destruction or a conventional aggression endangering the state’s existence, Trofimov said. “Neither of these two hypothetical scenarios is relevant to the situation in Ukraine.”

The Russian diplomat condemned “unscrupulous interpretations” of Moscow’s decision to put its nuclear deterrent on alert earlier this year, saying the grounds for it were “confrontational actions and provocative statements by representatives of Western nuclear powers about the possibility of NATO interference in military actions in Ukraine against Russia.”

While he did not name the accusers, Trofimov’s response specifically addressed the claims by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who on Monday accused Russia of “reckless, dangerous nuclear saber-rattling,” to “those supporting Ukraine’s self-defense.”

Blinken also accused Russia of violating the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which guaranteed Ukraine’s independence in exchange for giving up Soviet nuclear weapons left on its territory.

According to Trofimov, “Russia has strictly fulfilled its obligations” under the memorandum, “including in recent months,”while Kiev’s statements about obtaining nuclear weapons “call into question the viability” of the 1994 document. Ukraine has also violated the memo for “many years,” in particular regarding provisions against “aggressive nationalism and chauvinism,” he added.

Blinken’s interpretation of the Russian leadership’s statements as a threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine is “unscrupulous and does not stand up to any criticism,”Trofimov argued. They were directed at NATO, as a way to deter the West from direct aggression against Russia in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, he added, noting that the West has already “moved towards a fierce hybrid confrontation and dangerously balances on the edge of open military clash.”

Such a move would be able to trigger one of the two emergency scenarios described in our doctrine. We obviously stand for preventing this, but if Western countries try to test our resolve, Russia will not back down.

The Russian mission to the UN has already objected to Blinken’s accusation that Moscow is using the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant as a “human shield,” pointing out on Monday evening that the Ukrainian side has been targeting the plant, Europe’s largest, with artillery and explosive drones in recent weeks.

Trofimov also felt compelled to note that “only one country in the world actually used nuclear weapons – it was the United States, which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, even though this has not reasons from the point of view of military expediency and was in fact a testing of weapons of mass destruction on Japanese cities and their inhabitants.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/560109-russia-nuclear-ukraine-nato/

>>16952162

TY, have a good night, don’t sleep with that angry beaat, it might attack you while you snooze. Let it go anon

2 Aug, 2022 22:05

Serbia’s president expects ‘nothing’ from talks with Kosovo

Still, Aleksandar Vucic has confirmed he will partake in the upcoming negotiations hosted by Brussels

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic expects “nothing” from the upcoming talks with Kosovo, which were announced after the fresh flare-up between Belgrade and the breakaway region.

Speaking with the RTS TV channel on Tuesday, Vucic launched a personal attack against Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, stating the latter has clearly shown his attitude towards Belgrade and those who believe it was possible to maintain peace with the region are bitterly mistaken.

“I will go to Brussels, it’s not difficult for me, I don’t expect anything. Whoever thinks that it is possible to preserve peace with Kurti, I believe they are very wrong, I know who I am dealing with,” Vucic said.

Tensions soared between Belgrade and Pristina over the weekend, when the authorities of the breakaway region planned to ban the use of Serbian-issued license plates and ID papers starting from August 1 and enforce the measure with its police units. Belgrade called it an attack on Kosovo’s Serbian population as Vucic accused Pristina of infringing on the rights of local Serbs. Kurti, in turn, has accused local ethnic Serbs of attacking the police and claimed Kosovo had been facing “Serbian national-chauvinism.”

The crisis was put on hold after Washington called on Kosovo to postpone the implementation of the controversial rules until September 1. “Two days ago, in Kosovo and Metohija, we were one step away from disaster,” Vucic said, referring to the region by its official name.

The president also accused Kosovo authorities of political opportunism, alleging that they saw the ongoing Ukrainian crisis as a good time to reach their own goals.

“The bottom line is that some people in the region think that when there is general hysteria over the war in Ukraine, it is possible to achieve their goals,” Vucic stated.

NATO occupied Kosovo in 1999, after a 78-day bombing campaign against what was then Yugoslavia. The region unilaterally declared independence in 2008 with the support of the US and many of its allies. The breakaway region, however, has not received universal support, as it is not recognized by Serbia, Russia, China, and the UN as a whole.

https://www.rt.com/news/560104-serbia-kosovo-talks-expectations/

Clintons created this, I bet they are so happy while people die