Military Cooperation and Soft Intervention: Poland’s Engagement with Moldova restmedia.io/military-cooperat…
Military Cooperation and Soft Intervention: Poland’s Engagement with Moldova - REST
The evolving security landscape in Eastern Europe has intensified the strategic importance of Moldova—a non-NATO, constitutionally neutral state on the EU’s eastern frontier.Rest (REST)
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in reply to 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕒 🏳️⚧️🦋 • • •I remember that morning on Usenet News we now remember as Eternal September
That morning when I woke up in November 2024, "Fuuuuu..."
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in reply to 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕒 🏳️⚧️🦋 • • •Democrats: Don't seriously try to change anything. They're too conservative to want significant change. They assume that all the actual progressives will vote for them because they're less bad.
Republicans: Pretty much Hitler-worshiping Nazis.
Put change for the better on the ballot! If you do that, more people will vote!
The Democrats could have run OAC. She was born in Brooklyn and she was 35 on election day. The fact that they didn't shows how lame they are.
The Democrats just aren't good enough to fight fascism. They don't have what it takes.
The conservatives have held off challenges to their rule of the Democratic Party again and again. It's time to give up on them and start a new party. A new Progressive Party.
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in reply to 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕒 🏳️⚧️🦋 • • •The US is a politically diverse, mostly conservative nation of 350 million people. The system is such that you get a choice between only two candidates with any realistic chance of winning.
OAC? Progressive candidate? New party? Not a snowball's chance in hell. Delivers you the candidate you hate the most. Fact of life.
As my wife would say, "Suck it up, buttercup."
Revolution? DOA. Consititutional convention? Intriguing possibility and very dangerous, but yeah. I like it.
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in reply to 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕒 🏳️⚧️🦋 • • •Jarasy
in reply to 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕒 🏳️⚧️🦋 • • •I'm with the woman in green here.
And if a candidate is progressive you do not want them on a national Democrat ticket. They will get clobbered. Run them on congressional seat tickets where they have a chance of winning and doing some real good. AOC is a great example. Stop talking about her as a national ticket possibility. The only way she would have a chance there is if she changed significantly in ways we would dislike. I hope she stays where she is and continues as she is doing.
And besides, the Democrats do in fact work for many progressive measures that are vehemently opposed by the Republicans. There actually is a huge divide between the efforts of the two major parties.
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in reply to 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕒 🏳️⚧️🦋 • • •I just asked my local AI to list some of the accomplishments during the Biden administration. Here is some of what I got. Compare this to what's happening now and tell me about how the GOP and the Democrats are indistinguishable.
The administration passed major legislative initiatives, including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a $1.2 trillion investment in transportation, clean water, high-speed internet, and clean energy.
As of early 2025, nearly $600 billion in funding had been announced, supporting over 72,000 projects such as repairs to more than 200,000 miles of roads and 12,000 bridges, the replacement of nearly 500,000 lead pipes, and investments in rail, ports, and airports.
The CHIPS and Science Act aimed to strengthen domestic semiconductor manufacturing and U.S. leadership in science and technology, reducing reliance on foreign supply chains.
Additionally, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represented the largest national investment in combating climate change, allocating hundreds of billions in tax credits for clean energy and rebates for electric vehicles, solar panels, and energy-efficient appliances.
The IRA also extended Affordable Care Act subsidies through 2025, benefiting millions of enrollees.
On healthcare, the IRA lowered prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients, including a $35 monthly cap on insulin and a $2,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket drug spending starting in 2025.
The law also enables Medicare to negotiate prices for high-cost drugs beginning in 2026.
The administration advanced labor rights, being described as the most pro-union in history.
President Biden became the first sitting president to walk a picket line during the 2023 UAW strike.
His administration protected approximately 2 million workers’ pensions through the Butch Lewis Act and expanded overtime eligibility to millions of workers.
Federal contracting opportunities for small businesses reached a record $178.6 billion, with significant growth in Black, Latino, and women-owned businesses.
Other accomplishments include signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most significant federal gun safety legislation in decades, which enhanced background checks and funded mental health and violence prevention programs.
The law also included $10 billion for mental healthcare, the largest such investment in U.S. history.
The Respect for Marriage Act was enacted to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, and President Biden appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
The administration also prioritized racial equity, diversity in judicial appointments, and student debt relief, with approximately $127 billion in loan forgiveness approved across multiple rounds.
It reformed the student loan system through initiatives like the SAVE plan, making repayment more manageable for borrowers.
Additionally, the Postal Service Reform Act was signed to stabilize mail delivery, and a corporate minimum tax was implemented to ensure large companies pay a fair share.
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