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[WriteThinking]

Given Twitter's problems today, I can't get to it now. But here's a story about it.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...s-ukraine-discusses-trump-policy/82226122007/

Thanks, Inky_Wretch. I found something, too, including Kelly's whole thread, at the bottom (which Musk, I'm sure, is working to remove from the X site). Sheesh. Musk really is a piece of work. But so is our whole government. Kelly is absolutely right about everything he writes, and I don't understand how our government can be backing Trump in anything he's doing to Ukraine, and in helping Russia. Which, yes, he is doing.

MSN

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) fired back at Elon Musk on Monday after the Tesla billionaire called him a "traitor' for visiting Ukraine.

Kelly, a former astronaut and Navy captain, posted a lengthy thread on Sunday about his visit to Ukraine. He wrote, "Just left Ukraine. What I saw proved to me we can't give up on the Ukrainian people. Everyone wants this war to end, but any agreement has to protect Ukraine's security and can't be a giveaway to Putin. Let me tell you about my trip and why it's important we stand with Ukraine."

Musk replied to Kelly's post, "You are a traitor."

Kelly, a decorated naval aviator, later hit back at the South Africa-born Trump supporter, saying, "Traitor? Elon, if you don't understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do."...

 

[MileHigh]

 

[Alma]

The knock on Rubio in 2016 was that he was a robotic empty suit, and it was memorably delivered to fatal effect by Chris Christie in a NH primary debate. Democrats had nothing to do with it.

The media covered it:

Marco Rubio haunted by allegations over Florida 'slush fund' and spending

You're right that Christie delivered that blow - for Trump. Back when Christie thought he'd be Trump's buddy.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump's trade war


https://apnews.com/article/canada-o...-electricity-834dc3d9defd314923912f9bd8540e31

 

[Neutral Corner]

The Supreme Court just handed down some ominous news for LBGTQ youth

The Court will decide if therapists have a right to practice anti-LGBTQ "conversion therapy."



The Supreme Court just handed down some ominous news for LBGTQ youth

 

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[Shelbyville Manhattan]

Sure, Elmo. Totally believable.

 

[Starman]

Musk calls Sen. Kelly a 'traitor' over trip to Ukraine, Kelly hits back

 

[garrow]

Yep

America Is Under Siege by a Surprising Force: Losers
The forces of cringe are strangling this country.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/trump-elon-musk-doge-spacex-approval-tariffs.html

 

[HanSenSE]

So who didn't see this coming?

 

[WriteThinking]

A long but important read from The Atlantic about the rise and spread of Putinism, particularly to Trump. (You can't miss the paragraph about how many ways Trump has screwed over Ukraine, and why).

The Tragic Success of Global Putinism