Republicans lie like the Russian government. I think it's wrong to quote them without context - our psychology isn't equipped to stay on guars. Every republican and russian utterance should be prefaced with "Lying liar says...". It's sensible mental hygiene IMO.

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Only if the media hold him to it. Candidates they held to things: Goldwater, Nixon eventually, Ford, Bush Sr., Quayle, Dole, Bush Jr. eventually, McCain, Palin, Romney Candidates they didn't hold to things: Nixon until 1973, Reagan, Bush Jr. until 2005, Trump to this day

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While I really enjoy the often sober and always well-grounded analyses by Mark Galeotti, I think his argument that Russia does not directly threaten other European countries than Ukraine is really off-the-mark. Russia is a threat to the whole continent

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Breaking news: The Pope is a Catholic. The sun rises and sets every day. Reform UK is full of racists.

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Russia once kept Central Asia supplied with fuel. Now it’s struggling to keep its own planes in the air. Latest RUSI Commentary by Stanimir Dobrev (@delfoo.bsky.social) examines how Ukraine’s refinery strikes are hitting Moscow’s finances and regional ties.

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