Bernie Adviser GRADES Biden On Ukraine Response
Krystal and Kyle Kulinski of Krystal Kyle and Friends talk with Bernie Sanders foreign policy adviser Matt Duss about Biden’s response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
What Ukraine War REVEALS About US Economy
Krystal and Saagar have economic policy expert Matt Stoller break down the Russian invasion of Ukraine’s revealing of US economic vulnerability as part of an ongoing collaboration
The Ukrainian Beartrap: When Simulacra Bites Back
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley “Our entire linear and accumulative culture collapses if we cannot stockpile the past in plain view.” Jean Baudrillard, The Procession of Simulacra “I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, […]
Odessa, and Beyond
Much of the current focus on the Ukraine war is currently on the shelling of the major urban centers of Kharkiv and Kyiv. And from a political and humanitarian perspective, that certainly makes sense. But there is a broader strategic and economic perspective that I feel as though […]
Is this the end of “The End of History” ?
By Robert Stark The 2020s started off with a global pandemic and now a major war, two black swan events. Could this be the official end to “The End of History,” a political concept that is most often associated with the book that Francis Fukuyama wrote after the […]
Here’s why sanctions on Russia aren’t the answer
There’s a lot to talk about: the State of the Union address, Kanye, the future of Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. We try to get to it all on this episode of KK&F. And we’re helped by our special guest, Matt Duss, a foreign policy expert who’s worked […]
The Russian Security Crisis, Ukraine & Soviet Borders | Peter Zeihan
Russia’s position is that the West is trying to encircle them in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Their goal is to restore total hegemony over the territories of the former USSR and the old Russian Empire. Ironically, by invading Ukraine, they’re making encirclement more immediately likely. […]
Ukraine crisis: What sanctions could West still impose on Russia?
By Natalie Sherman, Business reporter, New York A raft of actions by the West is aimed at choking Russia’s economy and banking system, and punishing Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. What more sanctions could they impose? In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US, UK, EU and more […]
Sen. Graham says it would be ‘a great service’ if a Kremlin official killed Putin
Like the Russians don’t have a plan of succession. Lindsay apparently doesn’t realize the practice of statecraft has evolved a bit since antiquity or the Middle Ages. Modern states are corporate entities that have an institutional life of their own apart from the individual personalities involved. It’s not […]
Peter Zeihan TODAY: The Ukraine War: Energy Edition
Few things in are more complex than energy logistics, and the world is about to get a masterclass. Different crude grades with different chemical make-ups with different reliabilities lead to different refining dependencies. Some crudes are thick (heavy). Others thin (light). Still others are laden with impurities (sour), […]
Ukraine update: Is Western media FINALLY finding civilian casualties worth reporting?
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the ICC’s investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine. WATCH HERE
Rep. Ro Khanna REJECTS No Fly Zone Over Ukraine
Krystal and Saagar talk to congressman Ro Khanna from Silicon Valley about tech policy and how America should respond to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
History Says our Wartime Sanctions will BACKFIRE
Krystal examines the economic consequences of the west’s wartime sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine and how they could backfire in terms of stopping Putin
Hannity Says US Should SECRETLY Bomb Russian Convoy
Krystal and Saagar look at how right wing media figures have escalated hawkish rhetoric on the Ukraine war including a call from Sean Hannity to wage a secret bombing campaign on Russian forces
Trump FLIP FLOP: Says Putin’s Ukraine Invasion ‘HOLOCAUST’
Krystal and Saagar cover the flip flop by former President Trump in response to the invasion of Ukraine by Putin as hawkish rhetoric in the GOP heats up
ANALYSIS: Is China TURNING On Russian Invasion?
Krystal and Saagar analyze the response from China to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the western world’s economic punishment of the Putin regime
Russia Loses HUNDREDS Of Troops As 1 MILLION Refugees Flee
Krystal and Saagar evaluate the first casualty numbers to come out of the Russian side of the war in Ukraine as the chaos creates a refugee crisis for those coming from Ukraine
BATTLE UPDATE: Russia Grabs BIG Victory, Kiev Convoy STALLS
Krystal and Saagar bring another battle update to viewers as Russians get a major victory in a Ukrainian city while their convoy outside of Kiev is plagued with problems.
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy is calling for urgent EU membership—but is that even possible?
The EU has a mutual defense compact, and the majority of EU countries are in NATO, so the EU as an entity is a NATO member by default. Ukrainian membership in the EU would be NATO membership for Ukraine by default. That’s why Zelensky wants to get into […]
The Overton Window Is Being Shoved Toward Warmongering Extremism
By Caitlin Johnstone A substitute teacher at an Arlington, Virginia middle school has been suspended for teaching an insufficiently one-sided perspective on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Apparently one of the students recorded the lesson and showed it to their parents who complained to the school. This happens […]
Ukrainian Anarchists Mobilize for Armed Defense, Draw Solidarity from Abroad as Russia Invades
The Militant Wire The international reaction of anarchist movements to Russia’s current war in Ukraine has overwhelmingly been one of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and resistance towards Vladimir Putin’s irridentism. However, there has been some variation therein, with almost no support for Russian aggression, which one can […]
Ukraine War: Russian Retreat? Unlikely.
Russian Military ability is called into question. Can the Ukraine armed forces hold out long enough to repel the Russian invasion? Follow Chris Cappy: https://www.instagram.com/cappyarmy
Ukraine Russia War The Average Soldier’s Perspective
What is your average Ukrainian and Russian Infantryman thinking? Follow Chris Cappy: https://www.instagram.com/cappyarmy
Russo-Ukraine War: What the West Doesn’t Understand
What western military analysts miss and we track the Russian invasion minute by minute. Follow Chris Cappy: https://www.instagram.com/cappyarmy
DC’s Russia House restaurant vandalized; police investigating as possible hate crime
By Mike Murillo, WTOP Days before reopening since being closed for almost two years due to the pandemic, a D.C. restaurant will remain closed after vandals targeted its building twice with anti-Russian messages. Aaron McGovern, the co-owner of Russia House Restaurant and Lounge on Connecticut Avenue, said someone […]
Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West’s Grotesque Double Standard
Free Thought Project (MPN) — HAJJAH, YEMEN – “We’re brutally bombed every day. So why doesn’t the Western world care like it does about Ukraine?!!… Is it because we don’t have blonde hair and blue eyes like Ukrainians?” Ahmed Tamri, a Yemeni father of four, asked with furrowed brows […]
Don’t Cancel Regular Russians
By Christian Britschgi Reason Yanking The Batman from Moscow theaters won’t bring peace to Ukraine, it will just sever much-needed cultural connection with everyday Russians. Last Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a violent invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Late that night East Coast time, the D.C. bar and […]
The Failures and Dangers of John Mearsheimer’s Ukraine Argument
By Patrick Rhamey As someone who works with questions of power, major power status, and international conflict, I want to address the use of John Mearsheimer’s views on Ukraine by the Russian MFA for propaganda purposes. I had the opportunity to listen to Mearsheimer’s talk on Ukraine for […]
Kherson has fallen. Odessa is next. Moldova soon after
After an embattled few days, the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson has fallen to invading Russian troops, The New York Times reports. Kherson mayor Igor Kolykhaev met today with the local Russian commander who plans to set up a military administration in the area, according to the newspaper. […]
BreadTube supports ACTUAL NAZIS
The Woke-Azov Pact.
Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power
By Vladimir Sorokin, The Guardian Putin’s end goal isn’t Ukraine but western civilization – the hatred for which he lapped up in the black milk he drank from the KGB’s teat. n 24 February, the armor of the “enlightened autocrat” that had housed Vladimir Putin for the previous 20 years […]
Pat Robertson Says Putin Invasion ORDERED BY GOD
So weird seeing Pat come out of the grave— I mean retirement.
Hillary’s DERANGED ‘Mujahideen’ Strategy To FIGHT Russia
She laughs when she says “there were other unintended consequences, as we know”
Ukrainian National Guard Applauds Neo-Nazis Greasing Bullets In Pig Fat To Kill Chechens
Azov Battalion and the National Guard are under the Interior Ministry, basically a paramilitary wing of their Homeland Security Department
We’re At The ‘Justifying Killing Children’ Part Of The War Now
There’s no “morality” in state-based politics – just expediency.
SHOCKING Russia/ Ukraine War Polls
To be fair, if you poll these people with the question “where is Ukraine” you would probably get answers like 20% in or near Russia 30% in Asia 50% undecided
Ordinary Russians pay a high price for protesting Putin
By Joel Mathis The Week One of the more astonishing developments of the last week has been the sight of ordinary Russians taking to the streets to decry Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In a country where dissent can quickly get you imprisoned or even poisoned, it takes […]
Putin’s brutal record in Chechnya and Syria is ominous for Ukraine
By Jason Fields The Week Wars aren’t civilized. The very definition of war includes death and cruelty, and everyone who dies has loved ones who mourn them. But some wars are more brutal than others, more deadly to civilians, and Russia’s recent wars in Chechnya and Syria stand […]
Belarusian president displays map suggesting Putin plans to attack Moldova
By Grayson Quay The Week Russia may be planning aggressive moves against the Republic of Moldova, according to a map Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko displayed during a meeting of his country’s security council. Lukashenko is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He seemingly allowed Putin to […]
Biden says it’s ‘clear’ Russian forces are targeting Ukrainian civilians, but too ‘early to say’ if they’re committing war crimes
By Grayson Quay The Week President Biden told reporters Wednesday that Russian forces are deliberately targeting Ukrainian civilians but that he cannot yet say with certainty whether Russia has committed war crimes, The Hill reports. When asked if Russia was intentionally targeting civilians in Ukraine, Biden said, “It’s […]
U.S. and Britain reportedly believe the Ukraine war could last 10-20 years, become a Russian quagmire
By Peter Weber The Week As the sun rises on a seventh day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a 40-mile-long Russian military convoy appears stalled about 20 miles north of Kyiv, and the Ukrainian-held cities of Kharkiv, Kherson, and Mariupol are encircled. Russia also intensified its bombing of cities on Tuesday, […]
Only 5 countries, including North Korea, vote against U.N. resolution condemning Russia
By Grayson Quay The Week Simon & Garfunkel once described a scenario in which “friends just can’t be found,” and one can easily imagine that, following Wednesday’s United Nations vote condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin and company might find solace in listening to “Bridge […]
Idiots Call For US To Attack Russian Planes & Start World War 3
Even in Vietnam, the Soviet Union realized that they couldn’t completely humiliate the United States because they didn’t want to risk massive escalation. They wanted to weaken the US but not start a nuclear war. Towards the end of the war, they were pushing Hanoi to the diplomatic […]
”Ukraine Will Be Wrecked.” OMINOUS Warnings Of NATO-Provoked War Given For DECADES
Kim Iversen highlights previous warnings from world leaders that NATO expansion would lead to a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Media’s Ukraine Coverage EXPOSES Horrifying Dismissal Of Middle East Famines
Ryan Grim, Robby Soave, and Kim Iversen react to reports that extreme hunger in Afghanistan is forcing parents to sacrifice their bodies to feed their children.
How Wall Street Is PROTECTING Russian Oligarchs
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Daily Poster founder David Sirota to uncover how Wall Street’s fight for lax transparency laws helps protect Russian oligarchs from US sanctions
Russia Ukraine conflict: More than 2,000 civilians dead in first week of invasion, says Ukraine
Ferocious shelling in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has killed at least 21 people and injured over a hundred in the last 24 hours, say local authorities
Ukraine: Putin’s Lebensraum
by Brian Czech People tend to think of Russia as a wide-open country with plenty of space for economic growth. While it may take days to ride the trans-Siberian railway, any notion of an empty Russia is as antiquated as Dr. Zhivago. European Russia, especially, has been cultivated, […]
Former elite soldiers from NATO countries participate in the war against Russia in Ukraine
German Foreign Policy BERLIN/WASHINGTON/KIEV (Own report) – Former NATO special forces – including Germans – are in combat in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on Ukraine’s side. This was reported by a US news portal. According to this information, over the weekend several western ex-elite soldiers experienced […]
Ukraine: How Can the War End?
By Craig Murray I could not believe Putin really would invade Ukraine, because I could see no sensible outcome for him. I still cannot. Initiating a war on this scale has no legal justification, and no moral justification either. Russian troops are in areas which have no wish […]
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