#putin's corruption

[tomorrowusa]

Dictator Vladimir Putin probably hates this film which Alexei Navalny made about his greed and corruption. That's the best reason to watch it!

Much of the documentary focuses on what we call the Putin Palace – Vlad's opulent crib on the Black Sea near Gelendzhik. The Putin Palace makes Saltburn look like a cheesy AirBnB. The Putin Palace is said to be the largest single residence in Russia.

Speaking of Saltburn, this is even longer than that film. So make sure there's plenty of popcorn on hand. 🍿

Since it's probably banned in Russia, look at ways of sending this vid to friends and family there which can get around digital censorship.

EDIT: Putin is as afraid of the dead Navalny as he was of the living Navalny.

Russian digital map service reportedly blocking reviews at memorial sites visited by Navalny mourners

Alexei Navalny death latest: Putin critic’s wife says Kremlin ‘waiting for novichok poison’ to leave his body

Putin's assassination of Navalny seems to be turning into another Russian public relations disaster.

[mylionheart2]

[eugenedebs1920]

This is an ominous sign. Not since the fall of the third Reich has Germany bolstered its military to this extent.

The U.S. (Trump) abandoning Ukraine and standing with countries such as North Korea, Iran, Belarus, and of course Russia, has left a void in Europe and emboldened dictators across the globe to pursue their worst impulses. Do not kid yourself, this is the beginning of WWIII.

While Donald Trump cozies up to authoritarians he has further abused and neglected our oldest allies, praising Putin while insulting Canada and the European Union.

Open your eyes! Russia Russia Russia was a much a hoax as “signalgate”. Trump is a Russian asset, has long been in the side of the Soviets. It is not hard to see, all you have to do is look.

[justacynicalromantic]

Elon Musk was forced to reveal who financed his purchase of Twitter. Amongst owners are two Russian oligarchs close to Putin and sanctioned over the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich.

Petr Aven is a Russian billionaire, founder of Alfa Group, which is one of the main wallets for Putin. Aven also attended a meeting with Putin on February 24, 2022 to mark the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

Vadim Moshkovich owns Russia's largest agricultural holding Rusagro. Naturally, he also attended the meeting with Putin on February 24, 2022 and, like Aven, did not protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

[canberramaidan]

[beauty-funny-trippy]

Senior MAGA official Darren Beattie — who shut down the U.S. agency combatting Putin’s propaganda — is now under fire for having family ties to a Russian oligarch who was personally thanked by Vladimir Putin. Mr Beattie, the acting under-secretary for public diplomacy in the Trump administration, is married to Yulia Kirillova who was educated in Moscow and whose uncle has taken several roles in Russian politics. Beattie, himself an admirer of Putin, wrote social media posts suggesting Western institutions should be “infiltrated” by Russia. So, in addition to Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, and now Darren Beattie, how many more Russian assets does Putin have in our government? In just the first several months of the Trump administration, America has lurched toward authoritarianism, unprecedented corruption, and becoming a puppet regime of Russia. Where will Trump take America in the next few years?

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

13th July 2014: Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel chat at the World Cup final.

russia had invaded Ukraine five months earlier.

Four days after this picture was taken russia shot down civilian flight MH17 over Donbas.

Merkel still refuses to express regret over her years of close ties to russia.

[deadpresidents]

"The drama going on between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raises one of the most disturbing questions I've ever had to ask about my own country: Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin -- by someone ready to swallow whole the Russian president's warped view of who started the war in Ukraine and how it must end? Or are we being led by a Mafia godfather, looking to carve up territory with Russia the way the heads of crime families operate? 'I'll take Greenland, and you can take Crimea. I'll take Panama, and you can have the oil in the Arctic. And we'll split the rare earths of Ukraine. It's only fair.'

Either way, my fellow Americans and our friends abroad, for the next four years at least, the America you knew is over. The bedrock values, allies and truths America could always be counted upon to defend are now all in doubt -- or for sale. Trump is not just thinking out of the box. He is thinking without a box, without any fidelity to truths or norms that animated America in the past."

-- Here's a gift link from me to bypass the New York Times paywall and read this piece from Thomas L. Friedman, which was actually published three days BEFORE President Trump and Vice President Vance ambushed President Zelensky in the Oval Office and berated him in front of the world with propaganda right out of Russian state media (which actually had a reporter in the Oval Office at the time, unlike media outlets like the Associated Press and Reuters.)

[in4newz]

U.S. FOOTS 50% OF UKRAINE'S MILITARY BILL WHILE EUROPE SCRAMBLES TO FILL GAP

U.S. has provided a whopping $69 billion in military aid to Ukraine since 2022, dwarfing Germany's $13.6B and UK's $10.8B contributions.

Trump's recent pause on military support has European leaders suddenly discovering their checkbooks.

EU Commission President von der Leyen called it a "watershed moment."

European nations would need to double their current $53.8B collective contribution to match what America has supplied. Meanwhile, Hungary sits out the solidarity party, refusing to sign the joint statement.

[reality-detective]

Putin... Even he is fake 🤔

[wooddove-mark-2]

[mylionheart2]

"If this country isn't breaking your heart, then you do not love her enough." - Cory Booker

[tilbageidanmark]

America is going to be his 7th bankruptcy.

[donttellmeyourewoke]

STRATEGIC DEAL WITH UKRAINE: EXCEPT

TRUMP SIGNATURE IS WORTHLESS. IT'S WORTHLESS!

EVEN SHIT HAS VALUE - YOU CAN FERTILIZE A FIELD WITH HUMAN OR ANIMAL DEJECTIONS.

BUT TRUMP'S SIGNATURE? IT'S WORTH NOTHING WHATSOEVER.

THE IDIOT EVEN SIGNS WITH A MARKER PEN, WHICH IN ITSELF MAKES IT ILLEGAL, ACCORDING TO U.S. LAWS & PRECEDENTS.

WHAT A BLOWHARD DUMBASS (ORANGE BULLY... (HE'S A DUMBASS. A DUMBASS, I TELL YOU: HE BELIEVES HIS OWN VERBAL DIARRHEA)

[the-potus-is-a-russian-asset]

STOP THIS MADMAN!! Yesterday, he was bragging about “winning” a Saudi Arabia funded tournament at a golf course Trump himself owns in Miami. Radical Islamic money straight into the pocket of the POTUS. Do you want to know why he doesn’t care that the stock market is crashing and that your retirement savings are disappearing? It doesn’t matter to someone who is selling their power as POTUS to the highest bidders. Trump idolizes and wants to emulate tyrannical forms of government like the Saudi regime, North Korea, and Putin’s Russia. You are being lied to MAGA! Is it going to take starving / forced to eat N Korean salads (aka grass) before you see through the lies?

[beauty-funny-trippy]

⠀ Elon Musk said his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries.” In other words, Musk is enjoying his new-found political power and plans to keep on buying elections. Responding to a report that he might fund challengers to GOP House members who don’t vote to confirm Trump’s nominees, even if they are obviously unfit for the job, Musk said, “How else? There is no other way.” Yes Elon, there is another way. Let politicians vote on what they think is best for America without any threats from you or Trump. During a recent visit to Capitol Hill, Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy delivered a warning to Republicans who don’t go along with their plans to slash spending. Marjorie Taylor Greene remarked, “Elon and Vivek talked about having a naughty list and a nice list for members of Congress and senators and how we vote and how we’re spending the American people’s money.” It seems they're making a list of whose political careers to ruin, and who should receive a Thank You (bribe). Trump’s second term comes with the specter of the world’s richest man serving as his political enforcer. Musk seems intent on pressuring Republicans to vote the way he and Trump want them to vote. When the richest person in the world is buying elections and openly stating that he is going to bully and threaten lawmakers to vote the way he tells them to vote, it's proof that America is no longer a democracy — it's an oligarchy. You can bet, somewhere in Russia, Putin is smiling.