There is no defense of this. Billionaires should pay more tax than the poor and the middle class, not less. This is a technical and moral mistake that must be corrected.

To be a Trumpist is to celebrate the lie as the normal way of speaking.
US voters should celebrate democracy and the freedom of speech by voting all the Trumpist liars out!

How can any Western country even send their Moscow ambassadors to such an event? That must not be done!
All the Western countries that stand for any values need to boycott Putin's 'inauguration' at all levels.

Indeed, the best we can hope for is the ouster of Putin and the destabilization of his authoritarian kleptocracy. Those who oppose destabilization of Russia implicitly favor authoritarian kleptocracy. Remember that.

Impressive how politicized the US court system has become. It does not appear competent to handle Trump cases.

This is very serious. Three important arms factories in Europe have somehow blown up since Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014 - in the Czech Republic, the UK & Germany. It would be rather surprising if Russia is not behind these deeds.

NATO and EU need to lend Denmark all support so that insecure Russian oil tankers are no longer allowed to ship on the Baltic Sea or through the Danish straits.

Foreign policy of a country usually outlasts the incumbent government.

Interesting. China, Russia, Iran and North Korea appear to form an ever tighter anti-Western & anti-democratic alliance. By contrast, Hitler and Mussolini seemed much further from one another in 1937...

Meduza: 'The governor of Russia’s Kursk region has banned migrant laborers from working as taxi drivers. More than a dozen other regions across the country have imposed employment restrictions on migrant workers in the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall terrorist attack.'

Meduza: 'Raiffeisen Bank International is preparing to order a 65% reduction of its loan book in Russia, where it operates the largest foreign-owned bank. That would mean cutting loan volumes in the country to about 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion).'
Do so!

'Kremlin Blasts 'Dangerous' Macron Comments on Troops to Ukraine'
Whatever upsets the Kremlin must be right.
Take note, Washington!
kyivpost.com/post/32066?utm…

President Zelensky: Ignoring democratic anti-Russian movements in Georgia and Belarus is unworthy of you and the cause you represent. Time to adjust your stance!
Right! Russia's neighbors are rising against the Putin tyranny. Democrats unite!
kyivpost.com/post/32047?utm…

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron promised three billion pounds (USD 3.74 billion) of annual military aid for Ukraine for “as long as it takes”, adding that London had no objection to the weapons being used inside Russia, according to Reuters.

This is serious. Gazprom is unlikely to become profitable again without sales to Europe and they will not return.
And Gazprom is the main source of personal income of the Putin organized crime group.
Sanction Gazprom fully to break that Mafia!

'US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban'
Ukraine has claimed hundreds of cases of Russia using chemical arms.
edition.cnn.com/2024/05/01/eur…

The key insight is that Russia's war in Ukraine will last as long as Putin is in power in the Kremlin.
We must have no illusions that it makes any sense to 'not provoke' Putin or try to negotiate with him.
Putin is a deadender. We must treat him accordingly.

This is just bizarre. Rather than supporting US oil production, the administration supports Russian oil exports, which means that it helps Russia finance its war against Ukraine. Isn't anybody thinking in the White House?!

My proposal is that any Western company that pays taxes to the Russian government should be punished in the same way as the US government penalizes companies giving bribes in a foreign company, that is, with commensurate fines.