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House Speaker Mike Johnson, who calls himself a Christian, was one of the nodding, smiling bobbleheads to be seen in the background of Trump's Congressional speech.
#Rhetoric #Treason #Bigotry #FearMongering
Saturday, March 1
Russia’s war against Ukraine
_US President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images) _
Zelensky ‘not ready for peace,’ Trump says after heated Oval Office clash. “He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for peace,” U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social.
Trump says he’s ‘for both Ukraine and Russia.’ Talking about his role in negotiations to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Trump said he was “in the middle.”
Ukraine’s security guarantees are Europe’s responsibility, Trump tells Zelensky. U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants to finalize the peace deal first, adding that security guarantees accounted for only a small part of the issue.
Zelensky thanks US after tense meeting with Trump. “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.”
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Ukrainian forces destroy Russian thermobaric munitions depot in Donetsk Oblast, General Staff reports. A video of the strike shows an initial explosion is followed by a spectacular series of much larger subsequent explosions.
Starmer invites Zelensky, other leaders to summit on Ukraine, security on March 2. Among those invited to the summit are leaders from all over Europe, including France, Germany, Denmark, and Italy, as well as Turkey, NATO, and the European Union.
Russia interested in lifting US sanctions against oligarchs, energy exports, Zelensky’s adviser says. “Our understanding is that they are most concerned about two things. The first thing is those oligarchs who are under U.S., EU, and U.K. sanctions because this is a real problem for them. And the second thing is what prevents Russia from making money — energy (sanctions),” said Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the president’s commissioner for sanctions.
Russia proposes resuming direct flights with US during talks in Turkey, Reuters reports. Russia has suggested resuming direct air travel with the United States during diplomatic talks in Istanbul, Reuters reported, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry.
White House standoff
Zelensky, Trump get into heated argument while speaking with journalists in Oval Office. President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump held a 45-minute-long press briefing in the Oval Office that ended in a heated argument about American aid to Ukraine.
Zelensky ordered to leave White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office clash with Trump. President Volodymyr Zelensky left the White House early without signing a mineral deal with the United States following a heated exchange with President Donald Trump on Feb. 28.
Trump may halt all military aid to Ukraine following Oval Office clash, WP reports. U.S. President Donald Trump is considering ending ongoing shipments of military aid to Ukraine following a heated exchange in the White House between Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Washington Post (WP) reported on Feb. 28, citing a senior Trump administration official.
‘We’re looking for peace, we’re not looking to go into a 10-year-war,’ Trump says. “He (Zelensky) overplayed his hand (…) we are not looking to go into a 10-year-war and play games, we want peace. He’s going to have to make peace. He’s got to stop the fighting, he’s got to stop the death,” Donald Trump said.
‘This kind of spat is not good for both sides,’ Zelensky says following Oval Office clash with Trump. “We want peace… that’s why I visited President Trump,” Zelensky said following a heated exchange in the White House, adding that he hopes that Trump would show stronger support for Ukraine rather than positioning himself as a mediator in the war.
‘He should apologize’ — Rubio slams Zelensky after tense White House meeting. In an interview with CNN, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Volodymyr Zelensky should apologize for how the meeting with Donald Trump unfolded, questioning whether the Ukrainian leader was truly committed to peace.
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Ukraine war latest: Italy calls for summit between US, Europe following Zelensky-Trump clash
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Feb. 28 for an “immediate” summit between the United States, EU, and Western allies to discuss Ukraine amid ongoing peace talks. Meloni’s call for the summit follows a heated meeting between Zelensky and Trump.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images
Zelensky, Trump get into heated argument while speaking with journalists in Oval Office
President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump held a 45-minute-long press briefing in the Oval Office that ended in a heated argument about American aid to Ukraine, and the canceling of the planned signing of the U.S.-Ukraine mineral agreement.
Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Europe is sitting on Russia’s $198 billion Giving it all to Ukraine is tricky
Europe has been left scrambling to find ways to boost defense spending and continue the flow of support to Ukraine after U.S. President Donald Trump made clear the continent won’t be able to rely on Washington for its long-term security needs.
Photo: Roman Pilipey / AFP via Getty Images
Human cost of Russia’s war
7 injured in Russian drone attack on Kharkiv medical facility. Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that all the strikes targeted central districts of the city, with emergency crews responding at multiple locations.
Opinions and insights
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrated explicit hostility towards Ukraine and aligned its rhetoric and policy with Russia.
Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images
We asked Americans about Trump’s policy on Ukraine. Here’s what they said
In less than a day, we received over 400 emails, expressing views that ranged from cautious skepticism to outright condemnation of Trump’s statements.
Photo: Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto via Getty Images
International response
Italy calls for ’immediate’ summit between US, Europe following Zelensky-Trump clash. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Feb. 28 for an “immediate” summit between the United States, EU, and Western allies to discuss Ukraine amid ongoing peace talks.
‘There is an aggressor, which is Russia,’ says Macron after Zelensky-Trump clash. French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized that Russia is the aggressor in its war against Ukraine following a heated exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 28.
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine after Zelensky-Trump clash. A number of European leaders on Feb. 28 reaffirmed their support for Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky, following his tense meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
Kremlin officials tout Zelensky-Trump clash as ‘historic.’ Kirill Dmitriev, special envoy to Vladimir Putin, and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev applauded the tense Oval Office meeting, calling it “historic.”
US terminates support for Ukraine’s energy grid restoration, NBC reports. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was instructed by the State Department to terminate initiatives set to help restore Ukraine’s energy grid, NBC News reported citing two USAID officials working on the matter.
Varying reactions from US officials, lawmakers emerge following Zelensky-Trump clash. U.S. lawmakers and officials voiced mixed reaction following a heated exchange between President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 28, that culminated in the Ukrainian delegation being ordered to leave the White House.
Zelensky thanks America for four minutes straight
In other news
Klitschko announces dismissals of top Kyiv administration officials amid corruption probe. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced on Feb. 28 that Petro Olenych, the deputy head of the Kyiv City Administration, and several other officials embroiled in a corruption probe would be dismissed.
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Key developments on Feb. 28: * Zelensky, Trump get…
The Kyiv IndependentSaturday, February 15
Russia’s war against Ukraine
A Ukrainian serviceman watches an inspection of the damage to the radiation containment shield of Reactor 4 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant following a Russian drone strike, Ukraine, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Andrew Kravchenko / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
‘We’re ready to move to real and guaranteed peace as quickly as possible’ — Zelensky on meeting with Vance. The draft memorandum is part of broader discussions on a potential minerals agreement, which Trump has suggested could involve access to Ukraine’s mineral reserves in exchange for continued military and financial support.
Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus hit by Russian drone. “Russia continues to expand its army and shows no change in its deranged, anti-human state rhetoric,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Putin assembling veteran negotiators for talks on ending Ukraine war, Bloomberg reports. Putin’s team will reportedly include Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service.
‘Peace deal can’t be signed in Munich’ — Zelensky sets out condition for talks with Putin. “Today, we are not talking about any peace agreement… A peace deal cannot be signed in Munich because it is Munich. We remember what things were signed here. I do not repeat such things,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.
‘We need a 1.5 million army if we are not going to be in NATO’ — Zelensky on Ukraine’s membership in alliance. “It doesn’t matter what country these forces are from. In any case, we need 1.5 million troops if we are not in NATO,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Over 150 Ukrainian war prisoners may be held in Chechnya, Kyiv says. Some 36 Ukrainian POWs are being sought and may be in the city of Grozny, Chechnya, according to Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of POWs.
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‘It doesn’t advance American interests’ — JD Vance walks back WSJ comments on US troops in Ukraine. Even though Vance refused to say that deploying U.S. troops in Ukraine was off the table, he later accused the outlet of “twisting (his) words.”
Ukraine’s survival hinges on US military support, Zelensky tells NBC News. Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 14 that it would be “very, very, very difficult” for Ukraine to sustain its fight against Russia and remain secure in the long term without American support.
Ukraine secures return of 8 children from Russian-occupied territories. “All the children were separated from their families due to the war and occupation, and some lost their parents,” Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Feb. 14.
Over 6,000 cases of Russian use of chemicals recorded over 2 years. Two laboratories of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that Russian munitions contained riot control agent known as CS.
Russia abandons modernization of power plants due to lack of money, equipment, media reports. The Russian government has allowed several companies to abandon the modernization of over a dozen power plants across the country, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
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Ukraine war latest: Chornobyl sarcophagus hit by Russian drone; Zelensky outlines terms for talks
A Russian attack drone struck the protective shelter of the destroyed 4th reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on Feb. 14. The strike damaged the sarcophagus, but the fire was quickly extinguished.
Photo: Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation / Telegram
‘Nuclear blackmail:’ Russia strikes Chornobyl as world leaders gather for Munich Security Conference
Videos shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky show a drone breaking through Chornobyl’s “sarcophagus,” an international project to cover reactor number four that exploded in 1986 in the most devastating nuclear disaster in history.
Photo: International Atomic Energy Agency / X
10 Ukrainian drone makers to watch
In the three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine has almost certainly become the largest producer of drones in the Western-aligned world. Early workshop tinkering on mainly commercial Chinese drones evolved into steadily more professional and massive production of domestic UAVs.
Photo: Lisa Litvinenko/The Kyiv Independent
JD Vance’s Munich speech met with shock, bewilderment
U.S. Vice President JD Vance admonished Europe for not paying enough attention to “uncontrolled migration” and for what he described as the “retreat” of free speech. He argued that Europe should not “just talk about democratic values” but “live them.”
Photo: Olena Zashko/The Kyiv Independent
Human cost of war
Ukraine repatriates 757 bodies of fallen soldiers. The bodies were recovered from the Pokrovsk, Bakhmut, Vuhledar, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia sectors of the front.
4,000 North Korean casualties in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, 2/3 killed, Zelensky says. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky said the morale of Pyongyang’s troops had been “broken” by the losses.
Opinions and insights
America is folding. Europe, will you step up?
“The U.S. administration is ready to hand Russia a win in its brutal war against Ukraine. That’s the only conclusion we can make after following the news this week. If anyone held onto hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump would be tough on Russia’s Vladimir Putin, sorry to disappoint you,” reads the Kyiv Independent’s latest editorial.
Photo: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
3 lessons from Minsk II for the US in a future Russia-Ukraine peace deal
“Some peace deals lead to peace; others lead to more war. The Minsk II deal, aimed at ending Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014, instead laid the groundwork for Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. The U.S. must learn from the Minsk deal,” writes Nataliya Bugayova, non-resident Russia fellow at the Institute for the Study of War.
Photo: Sean Gallup / Getty Images
NATO member turning pro-Russia? Inside Slovakia’s political turmoil
International response
Senior Republican senator calls Hegseth’s Ukraine remarks ‘rookie mistake,’ Politico reports. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced criticism from Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker after suggesting that Ukraine’s return to its pre-war borders was unrealistic. “He made a rookie mistake in Brussels, and he’s walked back some of what he said but not that line,” Wicker said.
Saudi Arabia ready to host proposed Trump-Putin summit. “The Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia) expresses its welcome to hosting the summit in Saudi Arabia, and reaffirms its ongoing efforts to achieve lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine,” the country’s foreign ministry said.
German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems plans to double production in Ukraine. Quantum Systems, a German drone manufacturer operating two plants in Ukraine, plans to double its drone production in the country, Ukraine’s Strategic Industries Ministry announced on Feb. 14.
Orban sees Russia’s ’reintegration’ into world economy, Europe’s energy after Ukraine deal. “If the U.S. president comes and creates peace, there is a deal, I think Russia will be reintegrated into the world economy.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
Sudan to allow Russia to build its first naval base in Africa. The naval base — which has been under discussion since 2017 — would give Moscow access to the Red Sea, one of the world’s most strategically important waterways.
In other news
Director of popular Ukrainian online casino detained over company ties to Russia. Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has detained the director of popular online casino Pin-Up over its alleged Russian ownership and business in Russia, the agency announced in a press release on Feb. 14.
Ukraine opens criminal cases against ex-President Poroshenko, sanctioned oligarchs, businessmen. “Each of these five individuals is being held criminally liable for committing serious and especially serious crimes,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a post on Telegram.
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Russia attacked Ukraine’s decommissioned Chornobyl…
The Kyiv IndependentWhen a local guy from here goes to a conference in UK, with a game that was created by three women, should that be mentioned anywhere? #rhetoric
Feel like this may have multiple viable internet applications.
"Common Sense" is a BS term.
It was BS when #Biden used it to defend gun control legislation (which I support).
It's BS now that #Trump is using it to support oppressing people (which I don't support).
#CommonSense doesn't exist in humans. Get over it, everyone. We have to sit down, discuss calmly and rationally, and work together to establish our sense of reality.
The term Common Sense is just cheap BS #Political #Rhetoric to make something seem irrefutable.
#CfP für die Konferenz "Einmal ist keinmal. Formen und Funktionen von Wiederholung im mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen #Erzählen", die vom 25. bis 27. September 2025 an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal stattfinden wird.
Deadline für Abstracts: 28. Februar 2025
Weitere Informationen:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/einmal-ist-keinmal-formen-und-funktionen-von-wiederholung-im-mittelalterlichen-und-fruehneuzeitliche/ #fidavlnews @litstudies #fidavlnews @germanistik @italianstudies @litstudies #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory #Rhetoric
@persagen@mastodon.socialU.S. Dept. Justice Department sues Chicago & Illinois over 'sanctuary' laws
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5288871/justice-department-sues-chicago-and-illinois-over-sanctuary-laws
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_city
#SanctuaryCity #Chicago #Illinois
#SocialJustice #TransRights #TransLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter
#populism #CultureWars #FarRight #rhetoric
#GOP #Trump #RepublicanParty #fascism #autocracy #extremism
#ConservativeParty #Poilievre
#ChristianRight #antiLGBT #misogyny
#Christofascism #theocracy #transgenocide
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #SelfDetermination
@persagen@mastodon.socialHow to Avoid Outrage Fatigue & Tune In without Burning Out
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-avoid-outrage-fatigue-and-tune-in-without-burning-out/
Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42949277
Comment: for more nuanced understanding read
2019: Communicating w. Memes: Consequences in Post-truth Civilization
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113437776461706493
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498551342/Communicating-with-Memes-Consequences-in-Post-truth-Civilization
#SocialMedia #rhetoric #EchoChambers #polarization #memes #epistemology
#Trump #GOP #CultureWars #fascism
Been tasked with marketing things at work. In learning about search keywords, discovered a blog post that verbatim lifted the first paragraph of a post someone at my company published, like, a month earlier.
Which is not, I'm told, a cause for outrage.
But this former comp instructor is OUTRAGED.
@clbear31@mstdn.party2/ Trump’s use of terms like “poisoning the blood” and calling immigrants “animals” echoes language used by Hitler to describe Jews as a threat to society. This kind of talk dehumanizes entire groups of people, making them seem less than human. #Dehumanization #Rhetoric
@clbear31@mstdn.party
A warning on the dangers of dehumanizing rhetoric and its potential to undermine democracy. The comparison of Trump’s language with Hitler’s shows how fear-based, xenophobic rhetoric can escalate into violence and oppression. Let's break it down: #Democracy #Rhetoric
‘Enough of Fico’ — Slovaks flood the streets in nationwide anti-government protests
Protests erupted in more than 20 #Slovak cities on Jan. 24 under the slogan " #Slovakia is Europe," targeting the government of Prime Minister Robert #Fico, Slovak
Protesters chanted slogans like “Enough of Fico” and “We are #Europe,” expressing discontent with the prime minister’s policies and pro-Russian #rhetoric
https://kyivindependent.com/enough-of-fico-slovakia-sees-nationwide-protests-against-pm-government/
Protests erupted in more than 20 Slovak cities on Jan.…
The Kyiv Independent#Buddhism #mindfulness #rhetoric #compassion
"I am a professor of rhetoric who studies the power of words to build — and destroy — the world we share. I am also a longtime scholar, teacher and practitioner of mindfulness."
What Buddhism can teach us about handling this time of deep division
"When people 'on the other side' are viewed as monsters, the potential for civic cooperation is undercut, writes a Penn State University professor."
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/11/29/buddhism-political-division-donald-trump-kamala-harris-elections-jeremy-david-engels
@ubikaritas@med-mastodon.comMy open-access peer-reviewed article on medical #charting as technical communication came out last week, and I hope others may find it valuable and useful! I argue that looking at actual chart notes can help us to develop and implement curriculum for teaching rhetorical reading and writing principles to providers, thereby positively impacting both #patientcare and administrative efficiency.
https://doi.org/10.17077/2151-2957.33754
#EHR #rhetoric #RHM #primarycare #technicalcommunication #research #academia
Why does that sound familiar? and irritating.
Ahh! that's #WordPress #Genius #Rhetoric !
Did you come up with this rhetoric yourself, or did your community of volunteers assist? Look at that, man! That's your biggest accomplishment, to be true! 🥹
"Trump supporters are dumb Nazis."
While making it appear as if having clean hands. Malice, meet mirror.
#Nazis #Rhetoric #Propaganda #Dehumanization #Fascism #MAGA #Trump #Republicans #GOP