Rich Williams
@richwilliams74.bsky.social
Just a USAF veteran from Kansas standing up for democracy and fighting against the global forces of autocracy. I'm also INFJ
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
This week was not kind to Donald Trump. Record low approval ratings, Democrats leading on the generic ballot, and courts pushing back on his attempts to undermine elections. He might not love to see it, but I sure do! If you need some good news, start here.
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We know that Elon Musk is a vocal supporter of the right wing AfD party in Germany, but you may also be interested to hear about some of the priorities of Reatore Britain, the political party Musk is trying to see take power in the UK. Their 5 priorities- youtube.com/shorts/-73xK...
Rupert Lowe Offers Crazy Deal for Farage #reformuk #farage #shorts
YouTube video by A Different Bias
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this is actually the wife-beatingest reply possible. this is the platonic ideal of how a guy who beat his wife would respond to a question about beating his wife.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."
Capital One revealed in court filings Friday that it closed over 300 bank accounts tied to the Trump Organization in 2021 due to an internal anti-money-laundering review, not for political retaliation as Trump's business claimed. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
Personal note: Germany was never at risk of war with Russia. Merkel and politicians like her sold Ukraine out for cheap Russian gas, knowing full well that Putin would drown us in blood. They all just thought we would go down fast and that the world would move on and forget.
Sean Wiswesser, former CIA officer: Countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan are helping Russians avoid sanctions and get away with the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, they’re being very duplicitous, saying, "No, no, we want to be more closely integrated with EU and West." Nonsense. Then act like it.
We know they assist Russians. This is a major problem. Their intelligence services also cooperate with Russians, help them from those parts of former Soviet Union, still align themselves with Russia. Kazakhstani intelligence service is called KNB. They didn’t even change their name much from KGB.
Dalia Grybauskaitė, former President of Lithuania: Entire political and economic elite of Germany was very close to Russia in terms of economic interests. No politician could change that. These commercial relations were very much dominant.
The Ro-Ro cargo ship NADEZHDA burns at sea off Russia’s port of Novorossiysk following today’s drone attack.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2d agoThe vessel attacked by drones today near Russia’s port of Novorossiysk has been identified as the Ro-Ro cargo ship NADEZHDA, IMO 7702657.
⚡️US unlikely to reach Patriot co-production deal with Ukraine before winter, NATO envoy says. "A long-term production agreement will not be concluded before this winter. So we will continue working on it," U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said in an interview with Fox News.
US unlikely to reach Patriot co-production deal with Ukraine before winter, NATO envoy says
Washington is unlikely to reach an agreement with Ukraine on the joint production of Patriot interceptor missiles before this winter, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said in a Fox News interv...
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⚡️Senior Iranian official claims Tehran scrapped 3 planned strikes on Ukraine following alleged 'apology.'
Senior Iranian official claims Tehran scrapped 3 planned strikes on Ukraine following alleged 'apology'
A senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader claimed that Tehran had prepared to strike three sites in Ukraine before canceling the operation after what he described as an "apology" from Kyiv, according ...
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Once again, the oil refinery has been attacked in Syzran, Russia 🔥
🇷🇺 August 3: Russian marketplace Ozon no longer considers Crimea part of Russia.😁 The woman in the video shared a screenshot of her correspondence with Ozon, in which the company’s support bot states that it does not deliver goods to Sevastopol and lists it among locations outside Russia.
“Why can't I order goods to Sevastopol? Ozon bot: Ozon does not deliver goods to Sevastopol. Delivery outside Russia is available only to the following countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.”
💥The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that storage, preparation, and launch sites for attack UAVs in the village of Navlya, Bryansk region, Russian Federation, had been struck. militarnyi.com/en/news/dron...
Drones Struck Shahed Launch Sites in Russian Navlya Village
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that storage, preparation, and launch sites for attack UAVs in the village of Navlya, Bryansk
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As U.S. President Donald Trump backs away from giving Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot air defense missiles, Ukrainian officials say Kyiv had a chance to solve the problem years ago — but Washington rejected the idea back then as well.
Exclusive: Inside Ukraine's 2-year effort to secure Patriot missile production
As U.S. President Donald Trump backs away from giving Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot air defense missiles, Ukrainian officials say Kyiv had a chance to solve the problem years ago — but Washingto...
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Russian propagandist Tsarev writes that for the fourth consecutive month, Ukraine has been launching several times more drones at Russia than Russia has at Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Russians' "best month" was May, when they launched 256 Gerans in a single day. Since then, there has been a decline, and the Command has provided them with no explanation as to why this happened.
Former Russian presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin has left Russia for France. In July, he was detained, designated a "foreign agent," and barred from taking part in this year's parliamentary elections.
My Substack created addressing important issues discussed for decades yet we haven’t found workable solutions to most of them This post reviews l various organizations from #journalists to leadership outlining their inherent shortcomings solving problems open.substack.com/pub/thewhyex... #econsky
Why haven't established media outlets, think tanks, leaders, academia provided solutions to our problems?
Being a small fish in a big ocean of people in the world of political discourse makes me ponder why we’re not getting solutions to problems we’ve faced for decades especially from those entities noted...
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SNYDER: When I was growing up in '70s and '80s, existence of Soviet Union was as certain as anything could be in politics. People who predicted the end of Soviet Union were outcasts and outliers. And up to December 1991, it was American policy to try to preserve Soviet Union.
⚡️ Polish passengers and a conductor stepped in to defend a 16-year-old Ukrainian teen from aggressive attackers on a train near Warsaw.
SNYDER: Russia's decision to invade Ukraine in 2014 was calamitous for them, and led to Russia being a satellite or client of China, a superloser. Russians didn't have to do this, they chose to do it. They could've been much greater power if they'd stayed between China and West.
Ukrainian company SkyFall unveiled a new middle-strike drone with a range of up to 600 km and a 40 to 50 kg payload. The drone is already in serial production and combat use, with manufacturing expected to reach 1,000 units per month by the end of 2026. #Ukraine
“My son died. So I went to war.” A Ukrainian defender explains why he chose to fight.
Ukrainian streamer goes viral after mistaking movie sounds for a drone.
