"The persistence of Putin's demands for Ukraine's capitulation demonstrates that Putin is not interested in good-faith negotiations to pursue Trump's stated goal of achieving a lasting peace in Ukraine." — Institute for the Study of War, Washington, D. C.

Trump got nothing. Putin tricked Trump into demanding that Ukraine can no longer bomb Russian oil refineries, while Putin can continue bombing civilians, and Ukraine can have 0 weapon deliveries for 30 days. Trump truly possesses a lethal level of stupidity. It is time the international community tells the wannabe dictator, that we do not deal with fools, and we will now help Ukraine send Putin's murderers back to Moscow. Enough is enough.

I find it symptomatic that while Trump is “negotiating” a ceasefire in Ukraine with his buddy Putin, his ally Netanyahu is bombing Gaza, thereby obliterating the ceasefire agreement the US facilitated there. Ceasefires with killers is an oxymoron.

This is the story we need right now: Trump fired 20,000 probationary federal employees claiming they had poor performance, but court documents show that at least some of the fired employees had stellar performance, so U.S. District Judge William Alsup called that a lie and ordered the Trump administration to reinstate all the workers. Because Trump is not above the law. 🧑🏻‍⚖️ Source:

ABC News

Judge orders thousands of federal workers reinstated; slams 'sham' government declaration

The order includes workers fired from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

I decided to verify a rumor, that Elon Musk is having a hard time keeping up with the censorship he is trying to pull over his own A. I. system. It is true.

Someone in the UK is saying the quiet part out loud.

Dear Canadians How do we get your new Prime Minister Mark Carney onto Mastodon? He clearly wants to take a stand against the Trump administration… so why in the world is he on the US disinformation medium X and not here on Mastodon?

It appears fascism is out of fashion.

Russian state tv is now airing the idea, that for a ceasefire to take place, weapons deliveries to Ukraine must stop, and Russia should have inspectors with diplomatic immunity inspecting airfields in Poland to ensure, no weapons are delivered. Let us recap: Russia proposes a 30 day ceasefire, where Ukraine cannot have any more weapons, while the Russian factories are producing 24/7, and weapons and equipment are rolling into Russia from China, Iran, and North Korea. Not in a million years.

This is insane. Canadian woman applies for a work Visa in the US, but ends up in the immigration system and is put in various jail cells for almost two weeks sleeping on concrete. Watch the video interview on this page:

CTVNews

Canadian woman who was detained in U.S. immigration jails returns to Vancouver

After a dozen days being shuffled between detention centres in the U.S., Jasmine Mooney has made it back to Vancouver.

Via. @npub12a07...qk5a