2nd #TrumpPresidency

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There is no disrespect intended and, as I have been writing for months, this election will be a great deal worse than 9/11. (And I write this completely aware how devastating it was for the US, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries.)

This is true not only for the US, but also for the globe, politically, militarily, and climatologically.

Probably the first to feel the consequences will be the brave #Ukrainian people....

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

Due to Russia's violence, a new war crime theory is being explored - environmental destruction, or #ecocide .

Few have witnessed it like Olena, a volunteer who worked with animals after Russia's hit on the Kakhovka Dam.

Here’s what we’re reading today:

Chechen leader Kadyrov bragged about using Ukrainian POWs as human shields during a drone attack on #Chechnya and blamed #Kyiv for the attack.

#Ukrainian intelligence reported that the strike possibly came from a neighbouring #Russian republics.

kyivindependent.com/kadyrov-cl…

Chechnya drone strike: Kadyrov claims to use Ukrainian POWs as human shields

Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov on Oct. 29 apparently boasted about using Ukrainian prisoners as human shields, claiming there were casualties among the captives after a drone strike on Chechnya.

^{Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)}

#WarInUkraine
Putler's got 12k fresh North Korean soldiers bought from Kim approaching the Ukrainian border in army trucks, from what I've heard.

Some #EU politicians have tentatively begun to think out loud of putting #European volunteers in #Ukrainian uniforms. If that happens,..
And, yes, with #TFG's likelihood of becoming Potus again on Jan 6, the probability of the war having to end to #Ukraine 's detriment for lack of future #US military 🪖 aid under an #OangePeril presidency

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

For years I thought I was done with Maria Butina, the #Russian agent linked with the #NRA that I uncovered.

But after she was released from prison, she went back to Russia to become a legislator with Putin’s party...