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May 9, 2025
Donald Trump's administration has reignited controversy with a plan recognizing Crimea as Russian territory in exchange for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Kyiv has rejected Trump's proposal, citing constitutional and international law violations. On this episode, we explore why Crimea is suddenly central to diplomatic discussions, examining Trump's strategic desperation, Ukrainian responses, and Moscow's suspicious silence. Can Ukraine withstand geopolitical pressure, or will Crimea become another disputed territory lost in the shuffle of superpower games?
Ukrainian Perspective on Crimea - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD
Donald Trump's administration has reignited controversy with a plan recognizing Crimea as Russian territory in exchange for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Kyiv has rejected Trump's proposal, citing constitutional and international law violations. On this episode, we explore why Crimea is suddenly central to diplomatic discussions, examining Trump's strategic desperation, Ukrainian responses, and Moscow's suspicious silence. Can Ukraine withstand geopolitical pressure, or will Crimea become another disputed territory lost in the shuffle of superpower games?
May 9, 2025
Transcript:
trump makes a major announcement and so
does the Vatican shocker it's not who
you think this is just another
day after just two days of conclaving
conclavening getting their conclave on
this morning the Vatican had some major
news to break and I think we see it
sorry there we go that certainly looks
like smoke and white smoke is that white
it looks as if it is Dana it is clearly
white wow went from black smoke to white
smoke even the Vatican can't escape
being hit by Trump's DEI policies it's
been just over 3 weeks since our Vice
President Grim Reapered the widely
revered Pope Francis but the College of
Cardinals wasted no time naming his
replacement cardinal Robert Pvau's now
Pope Leo I 14th is an American currently
Cardinal from Chicago and is now the
first American pope in history that's
right apparently even our new pope was
lobbying hard to get the out of
America but it's an amazing thing the
first American pope and from Chicago big
day for the oh let me just scooch past
you crowd but sadly for America's
right-wingers as it turns out Pope Leo I
14th isn't exactly part of the MAGA
movement in February after JD Vance
started citing medieval era Catholic
teachings to justify the United States
harsh new immigration policy Pope Leo
tweeted the incredibly vague "J Vance is
wrong jesus doesn't ask us to rank our
love for the other yikes if JD Vance
wasn't already angling to kill the Pope
before we definitely want to keep him
away now and as it turns out the new
Pope's anti-Trump bend has been apparent
for a minute way back in 2015 10 years
ago he tweeted a Washington Post op-ed
written by Cardinal Dolan entitled "Why
Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric
is so problematic." Damn talk about a
deep diss from Chicago but in terms of
major announcements people were waiting
for today Trump was not about to be
upstaged by anyone and certainly not
some woke pope president Trump
announcing what he calls a major trade
deal between the United States and the
United Kingdom this would be the first
deal that he has actually locked in
that's right while the Pope may have
sucked most of the oxygen out of the
room today and that is the best case
scenario when you hear the words suck
and pope in the same sentence Trump made
headlines as well since coming into
office this president has been shouting
from the rooftops about how our country
is getting screwed over by our trade
deficits with other countries something
that he's claimed as evidence of us
getting ripped off but no more so let's
see how deep this trade deficit was for
this big announcement and how Donald J
trump rescued us his first deal is with
the UK where we have a 12 to$14 billion
trade surplus
wait what a trade surplus wasn't the
whole point of this charade that we go
after the countries that are ripping us
off by running trade deficits with us
and yet Trump's first major deal post
liberation day is with the UK a country
where we have a 12 to 14 billion trade
surplus in other words this deal has a
bit of an asterisk next to it and if
we're being real even Trump's demeanor
makes that pretty clear it's a it's a
very big deal right now but I think it
is going to grow just of its own
valition is going to grow and over time
there'll be changes made there'll be
adjustments made because we're flexible
we'll see things that we can do even
better but it's very conclusive ah I
guess word salad was on the menu so
Trump is announcing a major deal but
it's not exactly a done deal we started
10% and we ended at 10% and the market
for America is better and this is a
perfect example of why Donald Trump
produced liberation day people don't
understand he gets things done he gets
what done we started at 10% and ended at
10% trump could have gotten the exact
same amount done by doing nothing i
don't want to get stuck on semantics
here but when the end is the same as the
beginning you didn't actually go
anywhere the supposed leader of the free
world just became the boy who cried deal
by the way I want to make this clear
while Jameson and I worked hard this was
the president's deal and people think
"Oh that's not the way it works." If you
got to sit next to him I have the best
deal maker to my left and if you don't
think that we take advantage of him
calling the prime minister and getting
that deal done you don't understand
who's the president of the United States
so he's the closer he gets deals done
that we could never get done oh good god
i remember when Republicans impeached
Bill Clinton over a now they are
giving them to Trump on camera one of
the specifics that we did learn about
this deal is that UK luxury car makers
like Rolls-Royce and Bentley will be
getting a reprieve from Trump's tariffs
which is awesome news for everyday
American families just hoping to catch a
break fingers crossed those docking fees
for yachts and the ticket prices on
Virgin Galactic's trip to outer space
are next and while Trump is giving
relief to one car manufacturer he's
decided to double down on another mattel
I don't know some I'm not so sure they
they also said they they're the only
country I've heard they said "Well we're
going to go counter we're going to try
going someplace else." That's okay let
him go and he'll have we'll put a 100%
tariff on his toys and he won't sell one
toy in the United States and that's
their biggest market wait first it was
toy dolls now it's toy cars he's not
just waging a war on Christmas which by
the way I seem to remember being a point
of concern for the right this dude is
days away from just saying it and
launching air strikes on Santa's
workshop but deal or non-deal aside this
was a momentous occasion between our two
countries and one that the UK's Prime
Minister Kier Starmer would never miss
i'd like to introduce him now to say a
few words mr prime Minister please take
it away
uh thank you Mr president Donald and um
this is a really fantastic uh historic
day in which we can announce um this
deal between our two great countries
with his speakerphone you know it's an
important call when Kier Stormer
dedicates a whole five minutes to hit
mute on the other call he was having to
make this profound announcement look
Trump and his administration can make
this out to be as big of a win as they
want but they're not fooling anyone i
mean it sounds like this is a marginal
deal it's a very small win and it's
limited in scope this sounds like small
potatoes to you that's cuz these aren't
potatoes these are tiny little peas i
think we might have solved a problem we
didn't have forget promises made
promises kept i think solving a problem
we didn't have is much more fitting but
where most see today's event as a
non-story those inside of Trump's cult
see bold action we are changing the
world here in terms of international
trade uh and Donald Trump is doing that
that that's going to be his legacy yeah
not so much his legacy is going to be
repackaging the same ideas over and over
again and touting them as wins in 2020
he claimed victory for destroying NAFTA
and replacing it with the USMCA which is
essentially the same thing he loves
claiming our country is saving $5
billion a day by not trading with China
but that's only because he made it
impossible to do business with our
largest trading partner and he brags
about Doge's money-saving success even
though they're claiming victory for
killing things that were already dead
this is like some guy slapping his name
on a bunch of products that already
exist and pretending he did something oh
you know what now it makes sense but
even if Trump was marketing this nothing
burger as one of the greatest specials
on the government's menu at least we can
rest easy knowing that over on Capitol
Hill they're doing the work of the
people breaking news on Capitol Hill the
House has just passed a bill to
officially rename the Gulf of Mexico the
Gulf of America
cool cool yeah not to undermine the
electoral process or anything but maybe
it's time we get some cardinals in there
to choose a brand new
Congress.
Trump's announcement does not go as expected - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen
Transcript:
trump makes a major announcement and so
does the Vatican shocker it's not who
you think this is just another
day after just two days of conclaving
conclavening getting their conclave on
this morning the Vatican had some major
news to break and I think we see it
sorry there we go that certainly looks
like smoke and white smoke is that white
it looks as if it is Dana it is clearly
white wow went from black smoke to white
smoke even the Vatican can't escape
being hit by Trump's DEI policies it's
been just over 3 weeks since our Vice
President Grim Reapered the widely
revered Pope Francis but the College of
Cardinals wasted no time naming his
replacement cardinal Robert Pvau's now
Pope Leo I 14th is an American currently
Cardinal from Chicago and is now the
first American pope in history that's
right apparently even our new pope was
lobbying hard to get the out of
America but it's an amazing thing the
first American pope and from Chicago big
day for the oh let me just scooch past
you crowd but sadly for America's
right-wingers as it turns out Pope Leo I
14th isn't exactly part of the MAGA
movement in February after JD Vance
started citing medieval era Catholic
teachings to justify the United States
harsh new immigration policy Pope Leo
tweeted the incredibly vague "J Vance is
wrong jesus doesn't ask us to rank our
love for the other yikes if JD Vance
wasn't already angling to kill the Pope
before we definitely want to keep him
away now and as it turns out the new
Pope's anti-Trump bend has been apparent
for a minute way back in 2015 10 years
ago he tweeted a Washington Post op-ed
written by Cardinal Dolan entitled "Why
Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric
is so problematic." Damn talk about a
deep diss from Chicago but in terms of
major announcements people were waiting
for today Trump was not about to be
upstaged by anyone and certainly not
some woke pope president Trump
announcing what he calls a major trade
deal between the United States and the
United Kingdom this would be the first
deal that he has actually locked in
that's right while the Pope may have
sucked most of the oxygen out of the
room today and that is the best case
scenario when you hear the words suck
and pope in the same sentence Trump made
headlines as well since coming into
office this president has been shouting
from the rooftops about how our country
is getting screwed over by our trade
deficits with other countries something
that he's claimed as evidence of us
getting ripped off but no more so let's
see how deep this trade deficit was for
this big announcement and how Donald J
trump rescued us his first deal is with
the UK where we have a 12 to$14 billion
trade surplus
wait what a trade surplus wasn't the
whole point of this charade that we go
after the countries that are ripping us
off by running trade deficits with us
and yet Trump's first major deal post
liberation day is with the UK a country
where we have a 12 to 14 billion trade
surplus in other words this deal has a
bit of an asterisk next to it and if
we're being real even Trump's demeanor
makes that pretty clear it's a it's a
very big deal right now but I think it
is going to grow just of its own
valition is going to grow and over time
there'll be changes made there'll be
adjustments made because we're flexible
we'll see things that we can do even
better but it's very conclusive ah I
guess word salad was on the menu so
Trump is announcing a major deal but
it's not exactly a done deal we started
10% and we ended at 10% and the market
for America is better and this is a
perfect example of why Donald Trump
produced liberation day people don't
understand he gets things done he gets
what done we started at 10% and ended at
10% trump could have gotten the exact
same amount done by doing nothing i
don't want to get stuck on semantics
here but when the end is the same as the
beginning you didn't actually go
anywhere the supposed leader of the free
world just became the boy who cried deal
by the way I want to make this clear
while Jameson and I worked hard this was
the president's deal and people think
"Oh that's not the way it works." If you
got to sit next to him I have the best
deal maker to my left and if you don't
think that we take advantage of him
calling the prime minister and getting
that deal done you don't understand
who's the president of the United States
so he's the closer he gets deals done
that we could never get done oh good god
i remember when Republicans impeached
Bill Clinton over a now they are
giving them to Trump on camera one of
the specifics that we did learn about
this deal is that UK luxury car makers
like Rolls-Royce and Bentley will be
getting a reprieve from Trump's tariffs
which is awesome news for everyday
American families just hoping to catch a
break fingers crossed those docking fees
for yachts and the ticket prices on
Virgin Galactic's trip to outer space
are next and while Trump is giving
relief to one car manufacturer he's
decided to double down on another mattel
I don't know some I'm not so sure they
they also said they they're the only
country I've heard they said "Well we're
going to go counter we're going to try
going someplace else." That's okay let
him go and he'll have we'll put a 100%
tariff on his toys and he won't sell one
toy in the United States and that's
their biggest market wait first it was
toy dolls now it's toy cars he's not
just waging a war on Christmas which by
the way I seem to remember being a point
of concern for the right this dude is
days away from just saying it and
launching air strikes on Santa's
workshop but deal or non-deal aside this
was a momentous occasion between our two
countries and one that the UK's Prime
Minister Kier Starmer would never miss
i'd like to introduce him now to say a
few words mr prime Minister please take
it away
uh thank you Mr president Donald and um
this is a really fantastic uh historic
day in which we can announce um this
deal between our two great countries
with his speakerphone you know it's an
important call when Kier Stormer
dedicates a whole five minutes to hit
mute on the other call he was having to
make this profound announcement look
Trump and his administration can make
this out to be as big of a win as they
want but they're not fooling anyone i
mean it sounds like this is a marginal
deal it's a very small win and it's
limited in scope this sounds like small
potatoes to you that's cuz these aren't
potatoes these are tiny little peas i
think we might have solved a problem we
didn't have forget promises made
promises kept i think solving a problem
we didn't have is much more fitting but
where most see today's event as a
non-story those inside of Trump's cult
see bold action we are changing the
world here in terms of international
trade uh and Donald Trump is doing that
that that's going to be his legacy yeah
not so much his legacy is going to be
repackaging the same ideas over and over
again and touting them as wins in 2020
he claimed victory for destroying NAFTA
and replacing it with the USMCA which is
essentially the same thing he loves
claiming our country is saving $5
billion a day by not trading with China
but that's only because he made it
impossible to do business with our
largest trading partner and he brags
about Doge's money-saving success even
though they're claiming victory for
killing things that were already dead
this is like some guy slapping his name
on a bunch of products that already
exist and pretending he did something oh
you know what now it makes sense but
even if Trump was marketing this nothing
burger as one of the greatest specials
on the government's menu at least we can
rest easy knowing that over on Capitol
Hill they're doing the work of the
people breaking news on Capitol Hill the
House has just passed a bill to
officially rename the Gulf of Mexico the
Gulf of America
cool cool yeah not to undermine the
electoral process or anything but maybe
it's time we get some cardinals in there
to choose a brand new
Congress.
May 9, 2025
A new Pope was selected and he’s American, thousands of worshippers gathered in St. Peter’s Square to welcome the new holy father, right wing social media is losing its collective mind because the new Pope cares for the poor and the sick and the plight of immigrants, Trump announced his first trade deal today with the UK, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was not able to be at the White House but he did call in to kiss some ass, Trump blamed Pete Buttigieg for all of the issues at Newark Airport, several of Pete Hegseth’s personal passwords have been compromised by cyberattacks, Klan Mom Marjorie Taylor Greene put on a magnificent display of dumb-assery, Trump has an important Mother’s Day message, and Jimmy’s wife Molly gives a helpful hint for how to make this the best Mother’s Day ever.
Kimmel: Trump Reveals First Trade Agreement, MAGA Nuts Lose Minds Over New Pope & MTG's Dumb-assery
A new Pope was selected and he’s American, thousands of worshippers gathered in St. Peter’s Square to welcome the new holy father, right wing social media is losing its collective mind because the new Pope cares for the poor and the sick and the plight of immigrants, Trump announced his first trade deal today with the UK, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was not able to be at the White House but he did call in to kiss some ass, Trump blamed Pete Buttigieg for all of the issues at Newark Airport, several of Pete Hegseth’s personal passwords have been compromised by cyberattacks, Klan Mom Marjorie Taylor Greene put on a magnificent display of dumb-assery, Trump has an important Mother’s Day message, and Jimmy’s wife Molly gives a helpful hint for how to make this the best Mother’s Day ever.
May 9, 2025
Senile Trump renames stuff. ALL of the stuff.
Senile Trump: Renaming Stuff - Jabari Jones
Senile Trump renames stuff. ALL of the stuff.
May 9, 2025
India and Pakistan are on the verge of a full-blown war. Looming in the background are both parties' nuclear weapons. But this creates a bit of a puzzle. Under the traditional logic of atomic bombs, the threat of massive damage is supposed to deter war. Yet here we are. Thus, today's video explores how nuclear weapons can sometimes increase the incentives to initiate a conflict. Indeed, nuclear weapons can act as an insurance policy. With neither side worried that they will lose control over their capital, each becomes more free to fight limited wars over periphery regions.
0:00 The Current India-Pakistan Conflict
0:48 Background on India's and Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons
1:51 Mutually Assured Destruction
3:42 Limits to the Credibility of Nuclear Use
5:46 How Nuclear Weapons Can Cause Wars
8:52 Why Nuclear Catastrophe Is Still Possible
India and Pakistan's Looming Nuclear Catastrophe - William Spaniel
India and Pakistan are on the verge of a full-blown war. Looming in the background are both parties' nuclear weapons. But this creates a bit of a puzzle. Under the traditional logic of atomic bombs, the threat of massive damage is supposed to deter war. Yet here we are. Thus, today's video explores how nuclear weapons can sometimes increase the incentives to initiate a conflict. Indeed, nuclear weapons can act as an insurance policy. With neither side worried that they will lose control over their capital, each becomes more free to fight limited wars over periphery regions.
0:00 The Current India-Pakistan Conflict
0:48 Background on India's and Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons
1:51 Mutually Assured Destruction
3:42 Limits to the Credibility of Nuclear Use
5:46 How Nuclear Weapons Can Cause Wars
8:52 Why Nuclear Catastrophe Is Still Possible
May 9, 2025
In a landmark decision, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed an executive order aimed at protecting the privacy of individuals with autism by restricting the mass collection and sharing of autism-related data. This action responds to increasing concerns about the potential establishment of federal autism registries or databases that could lack proper legal and ethical oversight. Illinois now stands as the first state to formally limit the collection and sharing of such sensitive information without a clear legal or medical necessity. In this video, Jeff Waldorf applauds the governor's initiative while warning against the detrimental effects of vaccine-related conspiracy theories promoted by RFK Jr. and Donald Trump. Join us as we unpack the implications of this executive order for the autism community and the broader conversation about privacy and public health.
JB Pritzker Takes Steps To Protect Autistic People From RFK Jr. - The Logical Leftist
In a landmark decision, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed an executive order aimed at protecting the privacy of individuals with autism by restricting the mass collection and sharing of autism-related data. This action responds to increasing concerns about the potential establishment of federal autism registries or databases that could lack proper legal and ethical oversight. Illinois now stands as the first state to formally limit the collection and sharing of such sensitive information without a clear legal or medical necessity. In this video, Jeff Waldorf applauds the governor's initiative while warning against the detrimental effects of vaccine-related conspiracy theories promoted by RFK Jr. and Donald Trump. Join us as we unpack the implications of this executive order for the autism community and the broader conversation about privacy and public health.
May 9, 2025
Legal Breakdown episode 523: Senator Tom Tillis defies Trump on Ed Martin's nomination.
Key Republican defies Trump in surprise rebuke - Brian Tyler Cohen
Legal Breakdown episode 523: Senator Tom Tillis defies Trump on Ed Martin's nomination.
May 9, 2025
Desi Lydic has the latest from the Vatican after the announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV, including the world's reaction to a Chicago-style pope and Fox News immediately yelling at him to speak English. Plus, Michael Kosta celebrates America's conclave win.
First American Pope Makes History and MAGA Catholics Already Have Issues - The Daily Show
Desi Lydic has the latest from the Vatican after the announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV, including the world's reaction to a Chicago-style pope and Fox News immediately yelling at him to speak English. Plus, Michael Kosta celebrates America's conclave win.
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