I like a Texan who thinks like a winner

 Unfortunately Texas doesn't.

 

 

Ukraine claims Starlink never worked outside Ukraine making it impossible to use for offensive operations against Russia

You'll notice that neither side is talking about Starshield lol.

 

 Ukraine contests Musk’s claim that country’s military violated Starlink service agreement

... “It is very strange that Elon Musk is unaware of the operational limitations of Starlink in Ukraine,” Beskrestnov wrote in a post on Telegram, noting that Starlink’s civilian system in Ukraine “does not function over the territory of Russia” and that Ukrainian drones operating with Starlink have had a speed restriction of 70 to 90 km/h (roughly 43 to 56 miles per hour) for months.

“Consequently, it is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE for us to use commercial Starlink for deep-strike or medium-range strike operations,” Beskrestnov wrote. ...

 

 

 

The Economist: One official says Musk contacted the White House only after imposing the restrictions on Ukraine's Starlink

The America-Ukraine link grows even spottier:  The Starlink cut-offs were a test, and worse may follow

After SpaceX restores high-speed service, Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink agreement

 

10 days later

 

  Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield high speed restrictions have been lifted

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Starlink and Starshield connectivity is again stable on equipment moving above 400 km/h (249 mph). ...

Trump's so incompetent he can't get anyone to flip a switch

 Musk’s SpaceX is still restricting Starlink in Ukraine and the toll is rising

If Trump doesn't know who did he's not in charge, and if he's not in charge he shouldn't be president one more day

 And he could order it restored instantly.

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

 Trump denies ordering Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, says he doesn’t know who did

When America elects sociopaths, it gets sociopathy

 Elon Musk ordered Starlink slowdown for Ukraine: Report 

AFTER the worst September for civilian casualties in Ukraine since the war began. 

 

 

Witkoff is disgusting and servile

 Witkoff calls Putin a ‘humanitarian’ at Russia peace talks without Ukraine

It's been a week now and we still aren't certain who did it to Ukraine

 https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-starlink-elon-musk-trump-dbc49193

A mighty and a fearful head they are, As ever offered foul play in a state

-- Henry IV, Part 1 (Act 3, Scene 2)

 

Andy McCarthy calls out Mad King Ludwig and his supine Congress

 

 Andy McCarthy Shreds Trump for Giving ‘Aid and Comfort’ to Putin in Scorching Column — Demands Congress Investigate Immediately

 ... “Putin’s war of aggression and hoped-for conquest against Ukraine, like his war of aggression and conquest in Georgia (swaths of which he has occupied for nearly two decades), is part of his quest to reconstitute America’s Soviet enemy,” McCarthy wrote. “And President Donald Trump is giving him aid and comfort.”

McCarthy added, “In a properly functioning republic, there would be immediate hearings about this week’s shocking escalation of the Trump–Putin alliance. Since the start of Trump’s second term, it has been excruciating to watch America’s president blame the victim, our ally Ukraine, for Putin’s war of aggression.”

... “This week, in lunatic public statements … the president again blamed Ukraine for the war and gratuitously insulted Zelensky,” McCarthy said. 

... “If we … allow common sense to enter the equation, too many dark signs point in the direction of an American administration — at the very moment it was seeking Ukraine’s capitulation and threatening to leave it defenseless by denying intelligence — taking conscious action that left Ukraine exposed to an intense attack, which Russia just happens to have conducted right at the perfect time,” McCarthy wrote. “This is dark. It demands answers. Now.” 

Hypocrite Elon Musk supported Ukraine in 2022, now he works with Trump to throttle its self-defense

 Elon Musk and the Jackass he rode in on both need to go.

 

As far as I'm concerned this is an unforgiveable moral stain on the GOP for which every Republican down the ticket deserves to lose in November for failing to speak out publicly against Trump

As if what happened to these two weren't enough.

  

 

 

 

 

U.S. Starlink curbs embolden Russia to intensify attacks on Ukraine, minister tells CNBC

 

 

Trump has suddenly limited Ukraine's Starlink capabilities, most likely because Ukraine has been so successful at destroying Russian diesel and diesel refining capability

 Trump is evil.

 

This is what I mean about the GOP defending the president no matter what

We're Not at War With Russia, Oil Deal Puts U.S. First

Mollie Hemingway, FOX News

 

Russia is at war with people seeking freedom and alliance with the free world, and Mollie couldn't care less.

 

Russia will earn up to $4 billion in hard currency in the deal, which it desperately needs and with which it will continue to oppress Ukraine. 

 

The U.S. consumed about 3 million barrels of diesel a day in 2025 for transportation purposes. Russia's diesel is not even two weeks of supply.

 

It will make next to no difference. We don't need it. 

 

It's not a deal. It's a troll. 

 

 

 

Sanctions but not really makes Trump no different from NATO buyers of Russian energy, proceeds of which do and will fund the Russian war against Ukraine

 

 Trump’s diesel agreement with Putin accused of contradicting Russia sanctions law 

Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets  

Kpler data shows crude exports from the Persian Gulf recovering to about 80% of pre-war, but not refined products which are still down 81%

The U.S. facilitated transits cost the U.S. taxpayer about half a billion dollars every month. 

 Oil exports through Strait of Hormuz hit prewar levels, but fuel shipments are constrained

... The world faces a global fuel crisis as supplies from the Middle East are constrained and Ukraine pounds Russian refineries. Refined products shipped through Hormuz are at a seven-day average of 677,000 bpd as of Monday compared to 3.6 million bpd before the war, according to Kpler.

Crude and product shipments together stood at a seven-day average of 14.2 million bpd which is about 80% of the Hormuz prewar baseline of about 17 million bpd, the data showed.

... more than 70% of the crude oil that crossed Hormuz in August switched tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates or Oman, according to Kpler. Shuttle tankers bring oil through Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman. The cargo is then loaded onto another tanker that delivers it to Asia.

This shuttle system is protected by the U.S. military and reduces the risk of exposure to attack from Iran. But it is unclear how long this system can be sustained given that it relies on U.S. military protection.

“It’s very expensive and it’s a huge U.S. military commitment,” Croft said.

And the Gulf states don’t view the “patchwork arrangement” of ship-to-ship transfers and military escorts as an acceptable substitute for Hormuz being open, she said.

Pipelines operated by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are also doing a lot of heavy lifting. About 40% of Gulf crude oil now bypasses Hormuz through these pipelines compared to 17% before the war, per Kpler. ...

In other words, they don't want to become Ukraine

 America’s Asian allies want a Trump-Xi truce — but not at their expense

... Trump postponed a planned $14 billion arms package for Taiwan following his previous summit with Xi in May and described arms sales as a negotiating tool in Washington’s relationship with Beijing, according to the Associated Press. 

... “Japan and the Philippines fear that Trump could soften U.S. support for Taiwan in return for economic concessions from China or Beijing’s assistance in ending the war with Iran,” Jeremy Chan, senior analyst for China and Northeast Asia told CNBC. ...  

What a coincidence: Oil empire capitals Riyadh and Moscow both under attack at the same time

 Ukraine launches heavy Moscow drone attack as Russia votes

Flames, smoke seen near Riyadh airport; Houthis claim attacks on Saudi capital 

 

April 2024

 

These are the people we want in America, but Trump doesn't want them