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Gorbachev Says World Is on Brink of New Cold War

November 10, 2014 Buck Banks

The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some are even saying that it’s already begun.

— Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, quoted by the Associated Press.

Need Compass Comrade?

August 29, 2014 Buck Banks

I’d fire the lot of ’em if I were their boss,
But maybe the Russian border is more confusing than most.
Why else would Putin explain
The incursion in Ukraine,
By saying, “A thousand Russian troops and tanks kind of … got lost.”

Biden to Putin: ‘You Have No Soul’

July 21, 2014 Buck Banks

Mr. Prime Minister, I’m looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul.

— Vice President Joe Biden to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in 2011, quoted in a Biden profile in the New Yorker.

Putin Swipes Back at Clinton

June 5, 2014 Buck Banks

It’s better not to argue with women. But Ms. Clinton has never been too graceful in her statements.

— Russian President Vladimir Putin, taking “a swing at former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, responding particularly to remarks she made earlier this year in which she compared Russia’s tactics to Adolf Hitler’s in the 1930s,” ABC News reports.

Rushin’ the Web

April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 Buck Banks

Vladimir Putin’s drive to recreate the USSR ain’t over yet.
To those who say get out of Ukraine, he says “Nyet!”
But if you think that’s bad,
Keep an eye on sly Vlad —
Word is, he also wants to break up the Internet.

No Victimless Crimea

March 4, 2014 Buck Banks

Ukrainian rioters woke up the sleeping bear, it’s true,
So Putin invades Crimea and whatever else he wants to do.
But Obama’s moving slow,
Taught by “The Big Lebowski,” he knows:
“Some days you et the bar and some days the bar ets you.”

America’s Experience In Iraq Made Putin’s Crimea Putsch Possible

March 4, 2014 Buck Banks

One undeniable truth: Iraq weakened the U.S. more than anything done since. Maybe Obama overlearned its lessons; maybe we all have. But nothing empowered Vladimir Putin more than America’s squandering of moral standing in the early part of this century.

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Gorbachev Says World Is on Brink of New Cold War

The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some are even saying that it’s already begun.

— Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, quoted by the Associated Press.

Need Compass Comrade?

Biden to Putin: ‘You Have No Soul’

Mr. Prime Minister, I’m looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul.

— Vice President Joe Biden to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in 2011, quoted in a Biden profile in the New Yorker.

Putin Swipes Back at Clinton

It’s better not to argue with women. But Ms. Clinton has never been too graceful in her statements.

— Russian President Vladimir Putin, taking “a swing at former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, responding particularly to remarks she made earlier this year in which she compared Russia’s tactics to Adolf Hitler’s in the 1930s,” ABC News reports.

Rushin’ the Web

No Victimless Crimea

America’s Experience In Iraq Made Putin’s Crimea Putsch Possible

One undeniable truth: Iraq weakened the U.S. more than anything done since. Maybe Obama overlearned its lessons; maybe we all have. But nothing empowered Vladimir Putin more than America’s squandering of moral standing in the early part of this century.

— Marc Ambinder, writing in The Week.

Whip ‘Em Good

Screw You, E.U.!

Russian to Judgement

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.