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dave<p>this seems to be censored: </p><p>Chris ABRAHAM <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://abraham.su/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chris</span></a></span> Ukraine should cede The <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Donbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donbas</span></a> and then <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a>. A good start. Just my 2¢ <br><a href="https://flipboard.com/@abc/news-54f0unfaz/-/a-fqXN_WqHQ5yw2Tlm-cL8Ww%3Aa%3A3195386-%2F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.com/@abc/news-54f0un</span><span class="invisible">faz/-/a-fqXN_WqHQ5yw2Tlm-cL8Ww%3Aa%3A3195386-%2F0</span></a></p><p>It looks like the <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> war is about over, regardless what is said.</p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Head of CBS News Is Forced Out Amid Tensions With Trump." CBS News was right in a lawsuit brought by Trump, but CBS reportedly will not defend itself in court because Trump could stop a merger that would enrich the owners of the parent company of CBS: <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-wendy-mcmahon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/19/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-wendy-mcmahon.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“But whatever the premises of opposition may be, only the most convincing justification under accepted standards of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> could suffice to demonstrate that a later decision overruling the first was anything but a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> pressure, &amp; an unjustified repudiation of the principle on which the Court staked its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a>….So to overrule under fire in the absence of the most compelling reason to re-examine a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watershed</span></a> decision would subvert the Court's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legitimacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legitimacy</span></a>…”<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidSouter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSouter</span></a></p>
Ciarán Fahey<p>Forget Karlshorst. </p><p>Germany actually surrendered in Reims on May 7, 1945 – 80 years and a day ago today. </p><p>AP’s Ed Kennedy broke the news despite an embargo.</p><p>“The absurdity of attempting to bottle up news of such magnitude was too apparent,” he said.</p><p>But it cost him his job at AP.</p><p>(AP) <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/WWIi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWIi</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/VEDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VEDay</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Reims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reims</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apimagesblog.com/historical/2020/75-years-since-v-e-day-scoop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apimagesblog.com/historical/20</span><span class="invisible">20/75-years-since-v-e-day-scoop</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s demands for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/territorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>territorial</span></a> concessions go too far - Germany’s defense minister</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> continues to support Ukraine with military aid</p><p>Tagesschau, criticised <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> proposals that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> cede <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/territory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>territory</span></a> to Russia in exchange for peace.</p><p>"Ukraine could have done that alone, just a year ago, through a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/trumps-demands-for-ukrainian-territorial-concessions-go-too-far-germanys-defense-minister-says/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/trumps-dem</span><span class="invisible">ands-for-ukrainian-territorial-concessions-go-too-far-germanys-defense-minister-says/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TrumpIsARussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARussianAsset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AgentOrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentOrange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HybridWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWar</span></a></p>
pcyx<p>"This isn't negotiation, this is surrender," said Aaron Gasch Burnett, security expert and senior fellow at Democratic Strategy Initiative.</p><p>"The Russians get everything they want," he told the Kyiv Independent, adding that "the U.S. is essentially trying to negotiate Ukraine's surrender, and the U.S. is surrendering its own international leadership by doing it."</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/if-trump-recognizes-crimea-the-biggest-losers-are-ukraine-and-the-us-experts-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/if-trump-r</span><span class="invisible">ecognizes-crimea-the-biggest-losers-are-ukraine-and-the-us-experts-say/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>krasnov</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a></p>
David Leszcynski (he/him)<p>Saturday Stormy Reads. “Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender” by David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.</p><p><a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/NowReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowReading</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spirituality</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surrender</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/LettingGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LettingGo</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Bookworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookworm</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/SpiritualJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualJourney</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Under pressure from DOGE, the staff of the Defense Digital Service — the Pentagon’s fast-track tech development arm — are resigning." They "pushed Silicon Valley-style innovation inside the Pentagon, built rapid response tools for the military, databases to transfer Ukrainian military and humanitarian aid, drone detection technologies": <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/pentagons-digital-resignations-00290930" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/15/p</span><span class="invisible">entagons-digital-resignations-00290930</span></a> <br>DOGE is "not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a></p>
Aho<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redarmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redarmy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soldier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldier</span></a> who was mobiliesd in 2022 and sent to fight in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> and to spare his life he did <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> and now he has been convicted by a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russian</span></a> court to 15 years in high security prison for voluntarily surrendering to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AFU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFU</span></a> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20010573/64-3-265993" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yle.fi/a/74-20010573/64-3-2659</span><span class="invisible">93</span></a></p>
Raurquiz<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thecityontheedgeofforever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thecityontheedgeofforever</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kirk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/spock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spock</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mccoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mccoy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EdithKeeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdithKeeler</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrekpicard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrekpicard</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surrender</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/picard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>picard</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/riker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riker</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/7of9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>7of9</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/captainshaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>captainshaw</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/laforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laforge</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/troi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>troi</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/drcrusher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drcrusher</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/jackcrusher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jackcrusher</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vadic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vadic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrek58" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrek58</span></a> @startrek @startrekonpplus</p>
Crooks&Liars<p><a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dems</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/WhiteFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteFlag</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/PoliticalCartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCartoon</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/EditorialCartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EditorialCartoon</span></a>, @Rattoons1776</p><p><a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2025/04/surrender-donkey?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=100935" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2025/04/sur</span><span class="invisible">render-donkey?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=100935</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Pres. Donald Trump announced that he had reached an agreement with the prominent law firm Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher — which employs Doug Emhoff, former vice president Kamala Harris’s husband — making it the third firm to strike a deal with him in as many weeks": <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/trump-law-firms-doug-emhoff-wilkie/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/01/trump-law-firms-doug-emhoff-wilkie/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Surrendering to Authoritarianism”</p><p>by Chris Hedges in The Chris Hedges Report on Substack </p><p>“Liberal institutions, including universities, traditionally surrender without a fight to the dictates of autocrats. Ours are no exception”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/surrendering-to-authoritarianism?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/chrished</span><span class="invisible">ges/p/surrendering-to-authoritarianism?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surrender</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Princeton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Princeton</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Indoctrination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indoctrination</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Ari Cohn: "If I were a lawyer at PaulWeissLLP, I don't know how I would take myself seriously. This is absolutely shameful and spineless behavior. Pledging legal services to broadly support any administration's agenda is gross, but especially in this very protection racket way." <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/20/white-house-law-firm-sanctions-026866" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/03/20/w</span><span class="invisible">hite-house-law-firm-sanctions-026866</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unpresidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unpresidential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Pres. Donald Trump has reached a peace deal with a prominent law firm, agreeing to lift a punitive executive order in exchange for concessions that include an agreement to do pro bono work on behalf of conservative causes": <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/20/white-house-law-firm-sanctions-026866" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/03/20/w</span><span class="invisible">hite-house-law-firm-sanctions-026866</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unpresidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unpresidential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schumer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ALT4you" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALT4you</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cr</span></a> <br>From Heather Cox Richardson.</p>
MoscowMigrant<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> thanked <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and effectively <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/refused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refused</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceasefire</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a> openly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rejected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejected</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> 30-day <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proposal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proposal</span></a>, calling it a tactic for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> regrouping.</p><p>Putin demanded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> of Ukraine’s forces in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kursk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kursk</span></a> and elimination of the ‘root causes’:</p><p>1. Ukraine’s desire for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a>.<br>2. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> membership.<br>3. And <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> aspirations.</p><p>It's partially aligning with Trump's stance.</p><p><a href="https://moscowmigrant.com/posts/putin-s-nuances/#moscows-reaction-to-the-ceasefire-proposal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moscowmigrant.com/posts/putin-</span><span class="invisible">s-nuances/#moscows-reaction-to-the-ceasefire-proposal</span></a></p>
Jay<p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> will never be forgiven for what they're doing to <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>. </p><p>Stripping them of air defenses in order for the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/missile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>missile</span></a> barrages to force <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a>.</p><p>This is <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> allowing this, not just <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Michael McFaul: "Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov chooses his words carefully. He is not saying that US-Russia relations are improving based on win-win basis, blah blah. He is saying that Trump is embracing Putin's views. A complete victory for Putin. A complete capitulation for America." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a></p>
Pekka Kallioniemi<p>It was only needed to make it look like <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> is "unconstructive," "not interested in <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a>," and "disrespectful and unthankful," therefore it is to blame for <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s failure to get an easy-peasy attempt to get "peace" from <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> to which Putin promised Trump oceans of gold if he forced Ukraine to <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> and die.</p>