>durr Trump is Moscow's bitch muh NATO muh election interference

Meanwhile, in reality:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/politics/bessent-sanctions-russia

The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies as it called on Moscow to agree to an immediate ceasefire in the war with Ukraine.

President Donald Trump had for weeks signaled he could impose penalties against Russia for its continuation of the war but had failed to take major punitive measures until Wednesday. The announcement came as Trump said he had “canceled” an anticipated meeting with Putin because he “didn’t feel like we were going to get to the place we have to get.”

In remarks in the Oval Office, Trump explained he “felt it was time” for the sanctions, noting he “waited a long time” to impose them. Still, the US president said he hopes “they won’t be on for long” because the war will end.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement Wednesday that it was “the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire.”

“Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine,” he said.

22nd daily thread covering The 2025 Republican Shutdown/ Hostage Taking of the United States Government

Day 22 Updates:
- (CNBC) Government shutdown becomes 2nd longest in U.S. history, only surpassed by Trump's previous shutdown record: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/government-shutdown-trump-democrats.html
-Former Defense Secretary Panetta- Trump's inability to govern signals weakness to foes: https://www.axios.com/2025/10/22/government-shutdown-democracy-failure-defense-leon-panetta
- (CBS) Senate Republicans continue wasting time pushing same bill for 12th time expecting different outcome: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-day-22-second-longest-shutdown-in-history/

Reminders:

-The Republicans created this situation when they used the nuclear option to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill, which created the CR at the center of the current shutdown, with a simple majority of 51, meaning not even all Republican Senators voted in favor of it. They did this knowing it would lead to an eventual deadline where they would either need Democrat votes or to use the nuclear option to avoid a shutdown.

-Republicans are refusing to use the nuclear option which would allow them to end the shutdown right now.

-Republicans are refusing to make any concessions at all to Democrats to entice them to vote for the CR the Republicans are forcing through.

-The Republican Speaker of the House is refusing to call the House into session until the shutdown ends, meaning even if Senate Republicans wanted to make concessions, they can't because they would need to be sent to the House for approval before they could be ratified.

22nd thread, with daily coverage of The 2025 Democrat Shutdown

Day 22 Updates:
- (CBS) Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is so determined to keep the government shutdown for as long as possible, he delivered a "marathon" 22-hour long speech as part of his unprecedented filibuster https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-merkley-senate-speech-trump/
- (CNN) Senate Democrats again block GOP-backed funding bill - https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-news-10-22-25
- (Politico) The White House has tried to blunt the shutdown's impacts on Americans. But that may not last much longer. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/22/the-longer-the-shutdown-lasts-the-harder-it-is-to-mask-00618958


Why did Democrats shutdown the US government? In 2021 they passed emergency corporate subsidies for COVID, and decided they would expire on Jan 1, 2026. But now, this makes them angry that these corporate subsidies are expiring as planned, and so they are shutting down the government.

US ranchers oppose Trump’s plan to import more Argentine beef and experts doubt it will lower prices

https://apnews.com/article/beef-prices-cattle-imports-trump-argentina-9f8e9efd6e74e958c586ea1e32797ba2

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s plan to cut record beef prices by importing more meat from Argentina is running into heated opposition from U.S. ranchers who are enjoying some rare profitable years and skepticism from experts who say the president’s move probably wouldn’t lead to cheaper prices at grocery stores.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association along with the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America and other farming groups — who are normally some of the president’s biggest supporters — all criticized Trump’s idea because of what it could do to American ranchers and feedlot operators. And agricultural economists say Argentine beef accounts for such a small slice of beef imports — only about 2% — that even doubling that wouldn’t change prices much.

South Dakota rancher Brett Kenzy said he wants American consumers to determine whether beef is too expensive, not the government. And so far there is little sign that consumers are substituting chicken or other proteins for beef on their shopping lists even though the average price of a pound of ground beef hit its highest point ever at $6.32 in the latest report before the government shutdown began.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html

President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar with the matter, who added that any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit.
The situation has no parallel in American history, as Mr. Trump, a presidential candidate, was pursued by federal law enforcement and eventually won the election, taking over the very government that must now review his claims. It is also the starkest example yet of potential ethical conflicts created by installing the president’s former lawyers atop the Justice Department.
Mr. Trump submitted complaints through an administrative claim process that often is the precursor to lawsuits. The first claim, lodged in late 2023, seeks damages for a number of purported violations of his rights, including the F.B.I. and special counsel investigation into Russian election tampering and possible connections to the 2016 Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the matter. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the claim has not been made public.
The second complaint, filed in the summer of 2024, accuses the F.B.I. of violating Mr. Trump’s privacy by searching Mar-a-Lago, his club and residence in Florida, in 2022 for classified documents. It also accuses the Justice Department of malicious prosecution in charging him with mishandling sensitive records after he left office.
Lawyers said the nature of the claims posed undeniable ethics challenges.
“What a travesty,” said Bennett L. Gershman, an ethics professor at Pace University. “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93dqew8l3xo
President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have come away empty-handed from a White House meeting after US President Donald Trump indicated he was not ready to supply sought-after Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.

Zelensky said after the cordial bilateral talks that he and Trump had talked about long-range missiles, but decided not to make statements on the issue "because the United States does not want an escalation".

Following the meeting, Trump took to social media to call for Kyiv and Moscow to "stop where they are" and end the war.

The Trump-Zelensky meeting came a day after Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and agreed to meet him in Hungary soon.

Zelensky believes using Tomahawks to strike at Russian oil and energy facilities would severely weaken Putin's war economy.

While Trump did not rule it out, his tone at the White House on Friday was non-committal.

"Hopefully they won't need it, hopefully we'll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks," the US president said, adding: "I think we're fairly close to that."

He described the weapons as "a big deal" and said that the US needed them for its own defence. He also said that supplying Tomahawks to Ukraine could mean a further escalation in the conflict, but that discussions about sending them would continue.

Asked by the BBC if the Tomahawks had prompted Putin to meet Trump, the US president said: "The threat of that [the missiles] is good, but the threat of that is always there."

The Ukrainian leader suggested his country could offer drones in exchange for the Tomahawks, prompting smiles and nodding from Trump.

Zelensky also complimented Trump on his role in securing the first phase of a peace deal in the Middle East, suggesting the US leader could build on that momentum to help end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Please help me find this Venezuelan girl. She is 13 years old and a little chubby. Any help, no matter how small, is useful.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQIPflmkiVH/

21th daily thread covering The 2025 Democrat Shutdown of the United States Government

Day 21 of Updates:
- (CNBC) White House economic advisor Hassett says shutdown could end this week https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/20/trump-hassett-government-shutdown.html
- (ABC) The Democrat Shutdown will soon affect SNAP food benefits
- (ABC) The Democrat Shutdown will soon affect SNAP food benefits
- (ABC) Government shutdown updates: Trump says GOP 'will not be extorted' amid stalemate https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/government-shutdown-live-updates/?id=126242587

What did Democrats do? They passed COVID emergency corporate subsidies during COVID, and set them to expire on Jan 1, 2026. These subsidies are still expected to expire as planned, and so they are angry and are shutting down the government.

Katie Miller, the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, appeared on Fox’s “Hannity” Monday and said Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “pathetic” attack on her husband is because Democrats are “flailing.”

In a post uploaded to Ocasio-Cortez’s Instagram on Sunday, the Democratic lawmaker mocked Stephen Miller, calling him a “clown” and saying he “looks like he’s, like, 4’10.” Showing a clip of the video and noting that the Miller family has previously been doxed, host Sean Hannity called out the “non-stop rhetoric” from Democrats before Miller responded to the new video. (RELATED: Stephen Miller Swats Down CNN Host’s ‘Dumb Question’ About Trump Admin Racially ‘Profiling’)

“There’s nothing more comical than a sad, petty, childless adult who flies around on private planes while bemoaning the rich. What you’re seeing here is just the Democratic and the far left attacking every single one of President Trump’s aides and people who support him because they know their policies are failing,” Miller said.

In her more than hour-long video Sunday, the lawmaker claimed Republicans are “scrapping and grasping at straws because they have nothing else,” in response to GOP criticism of Democrats for trying to include healthcare for illegal immigrants in the recent spending bill. Ocasio-Cortez went on to call out Stephen Miller, claiming he is “angry” about his height and telling supporters to “laugh” at “insecure” Republican men.

Link: https://www.aol.com/articles/sad-petty-childless-adult-stephen-043023536.html