This was interesting in the news today...

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https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157480905/spain-menstrual-leave-teen-abortion-trans-laws

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The abortion law builds on legislation passed in 2010 that represented a major shift for a traditionally Catholic country, transforming Spain into one of the most progressive countries in Europe on reproductive rights. Spain's constitutional court last week rejected a challenge by the right-wing Popular Party against allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

The debate will be heated in Spain, I imagine, as the conservative opposition pushes back. My daughter had horrible menstrual pain during her adolescence and young adulthood.  I'm certain that she would have benefitted from that time. 

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Not going to stop calling fascists fascists.

I guess that means that trump supporters can blame the persistence of the fascist regime into the future on liberals who know what fascism is and aren't afraid to call it out.  

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Trump is complaining that his 4.3 Billion airplanes (only 2) are not being made quickly enough by Boeing.  He loves his gold plated interiors.  Boeing, build them fast and cheap and throw a golden toilet in!  Please don't waste time on safety checks.  Where is Musk on this issue of government waste?

  

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Trump says Ukraine started the war and calls Zelensky a dictator and makes up an inflated number that Americans were duped into spending on Ukraine.

I earlier said Trump was going to throw Ukraine under the bus.  He's doing it as he conducts his life, through lies and making things up.  The only winner here is Russia.  

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Speaking late on Tuesday, Trump said: "Today I heard, 'Oh well, we weren't invited. Well, you been there for three years. You should've ended it after three years. You should've never started it. You could've made a deal.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/europe/zelensky-trump-reaction-intl/index.html

Tweety said:

Trump says Ukraine started the war and calls Zelensky a dictator and makes up an inflated number that Americans were duped into spending on Ukraine.

I earlier said Trump was going to throw Ukraine under the bus.  He's doing it as he conducts his life, through lies and making things up.  The only winner here is Russia.  

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/europe/zelensky-trump-reaction-intl/index.html

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"Unfortunately, President Trump.....unfortunately lives in this disinformation space,” Zelensky said.

Trump actually created the this information space

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mtmkjr said:

Trump actually created the this information space

He and Musk are the golden standard for owning digital disinformation platforms.  They are both accomplished liars and gas lighters.  

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Much to the horror of Kyiv and its allies, Trump has at times adopted Kremlin's narrative and blamed Ukraine and NATO for the conflict, even saying that Ukraine "may be Russian some day.”

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"There were completely different people on the American side, who were open to the negotiation process without any bias, without any condemnation of what had been done in the past,” .....Putin 

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"We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort, incorrectly claiming that Zelensky's approval rating was "at 4%.” .....Trump

Speaking on Wednesday, Zelensky specifically said the claim that his approval rating was at 4% comes from Russia, and that Kyiv has some evidence that the numbers were discussed between the US and Russia.

(Fact - 2019 Zelensky won more than 73% of the vote. Marshall law prevented a new election in May 2024 but poll numbers have him at 57% approval, higher than Trump.)

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"Today I heard, 'Oh well, we weren't invited. Well, you been there for three years. You should've ended it after three years. You should've never started it. You could've made a deal.” Trump

The incorrect claim that Ukraine somehow started the war has long been repeated by the Kremlin and its supporters.

 

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Trump's comments were well received in Moscow, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov praising the US president for echoing the Kremlin's narrative, telling the Russian parliament, the Duma, that Trump seemingly "understands our position.”

"Trump, I think, is the first Western leader to publicly and openly say that the cause of the Ukrainian conflict was the efforts of the previous administration to expand NATO,” Lavrov told lawmakers on Wednesday. "No Western leader has actually said that before. So that is already a signal that he understands our position.”

"I think (the) Russians feel very confident and very happy that, deal or no deal, they are getting what they want. The fact that 'Team Ukraine' is no longer the same as 'Team US' is amusing Putin a lot,” Gabuev told CNN.

Thank you @Tweety thought some quotes from the article would be good to share here 

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mtmkjr said:

 

 

This is Trump.  He showed us that he was Putin's in Helsinki. It's worse now.  Look who he has elevated into powerful positions in national security and intelligence.  Tulsi Gabbard directly repeats Russian disinformation and propaganda.  

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Beerman said:

Yep, exactly.  I hope they keep it up.

Ask all the former employees of the federal government how they is working out for them.  If you can fire the guys who maintain the nuclear arsenal and the guys who are doing the research on infectious disease, you have no conscience .  They just locked up their offices on Friday night and didn't let them know they couldn't get into the building Monday morning.  That doesn't sound like folks who would vote Republican the next time.  We have a looooong way to go before this plays out.  Every day will be filled with acts so stupid, that no one could conceive of anyone being so casual about such items of such import.  Sometimes you can't undo the damage you create.

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Tweety said:

Trump says Ukraine started the war and calls Zelensky a dictator and makes up an inflated number that Americans were duped into spending on Ukraine.

I earlier said Trump was going to throw Ukraine under the bus.  He's doing it as he conducts his life, through lies and making things up.  The only winner here is Russia.  

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/europe/zelensky-trump-reaction-intl/index.html

Well, the word fascist is throw around freely and arbitrarily and has lost it significance. He's a fascist, she's a fascist, they/themselves a fascist everyone's a fascist. Who cares if Trump called Zelensky a fascist? 

It's like the new Mike. Everyone knows a fascist.  

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Tweety said:

Trump says Ukraine started the war and calls Zelensky a dictator and makes up an inflated number that Americans were duped into spending on Ukraine.

I earlier said Trump was going to throw Ukraine under the bus.  He's doing it as he conducts his life, through lies and making things up.  The only winner here is Russia.  

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/europe/zelensky-trump-reaction-intl/index.html

Well, the word dictator and fascist is throw around freely and arbitrarily and has lost it significance. He's a fascist, she's a dictator, they're fascist everyone's a fascist dictator. Who cares if Trump called Zelensky a dictator? 

It's like the new Mike. Everyone knows a fascist dictator.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

Not going to stop calling fascists fascists.

I guess that means that trump supporters can blame the persistence of the fascist regime into the future on liberals who know what fascism is and aren't afraid to call it out.  

Yes. Liberals know what fascism is so much so they can't even see it when they try to inflict fascist policies to help the country through more government power. Or the complete "canceling" of anyone who doesn't align exactly within their ideology!  Yup. Spot on. 

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I think y'all are giving trump/musk way too much credit. Neither one of them ever "invented" anything. In many ways, the current chaos c may be described as chickens coming home to roost.

Google "extinction burst".

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