US General: 'Russia will not stop with Ukraine unless they're stopped in Ukraine.’
“Make no mistake. No matter how this ends in Ukraine, Russia will not stop with Ukraine unless they're stopped in Ukraine,” said Lt Gen. Steven L. Basham, U.S. Air Forces in Europe deputy commander.
"Kremlin-linked political strategists and trolls have written 1000s of fabricated news articles, social media posts and comments that promote American isolationism, stir fear over the United States’ border security and attempt to amplify U.S. economic and racial tensions"
The Telegraph reports Russia is using chemical weapons on Ukrainian troops, with drones dropping gas grenades to force Ukrainians out of their trenches so they can be killed with conventional weapons.
At least 10 people were killed & 48 injured as the result of missile attacks over 24 hours in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Kherson & Donetsk regions. 10 high-rise buildings, 20 private houses, 3 dormitories, 2 administrative buildings, a gas station, 20 cars & critical infrastructure were damaged. Last night @KpsZSU destroyed 28 out of 32 Russian kamikaze drones and 3 out of 6 missiles.
"In February a Chinese-linked account on X -- using a Western name alongside a MAGA 2024 reference -- shared a claim from Kremlin-controlled RT that Biden and the CIA sent a neo-Nazi gangster to fight in Ukraine. (The claim was debunked by the investigative group Bellingcat.).
The next day the post received an enormous boost when Alex Jones shared it on the platform with his 2.2 million followers..."
A newspaper editor — Chris Quinn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer — says it as clearly as he can:
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:
"The truth is that Donald Trump undermined faith in our elections in his false bid to retain the presidency. He sparked an insurrection intended to overthrow our government and keep himself in power. No president in our history has done worse. ..."
“In the west, literature is primarily art, entertainment, intellectual & spiritual edification. It is not a literal means of survival, a tool that allows us to live with another’s dying cry in our ears.”