MMT people, or people who like the necessary soundbites? I'm nowhere near being an economist, but the less known creator Bill Mitchell is clear on his semi daily blog about what is MMT, and what are his political beliefs informed by the appropriate disciplines. He has also been critical of the fanbase overstepping, with vague allusions that I understood as criticism of the popular American new generation graduates.

I feel you, it is the libs trying to pave over the cracks, but it is not the tool's fault.

While I wouldn't exactly call this 'kosher MMT'

I mean, MMT does not, and should not, have anything to say about foreign agreements and interference, in the same way that it doesn't have anything to say about what the division of profit is, because those things are not related to how money works. We're used to neoliberalism being this all encompassing theory of the will of the market, but if you don't have to peddle to the debt market, you can leave it all to the disciplines who actually deal with how things work.

Other than that not being a thing, the Fed's computer will have no issue increasing the numbers in the appropriate accounts when necessary.

They're literally endorsing the same "stop the steal" narrative, down to "stop the count". Worthless idiots.

You joke, but jesus fuck, what a bunch of corrupt fucking ghouls.

The new York Times is Hamas... sorry, putinist

https://archive.is/toezo (CW: war crimes and death threats against accusers)

In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit A German medic said he was so troubled that he confronted his commander. Others boasted about killings in a group chat.

Hmmm...

The American volunteers are fighting without the backing of the United States government, which does not want to be drawn into direct combat with Russia.

Sure, Jack.

Mr. Grosse, a former German soldier, came to Ukraine seeking purpose and adventure. He fought alongside other foreign fighters early in the war. Then, he found his way to Chosen. [...] Chosen often acted as shock troops, teams that could lead assaults and clear Russian positions despite heavy fire and, sometimes, heavy casualties.

That's a shame.

Mr. O’Leary wrote that the accusations were baseless. He said that anyone who had spoken to reporters faced years in prison for releasing confidential information. “I’d prefer to stop any investigation before it starts and simply say it was a misunderstanding,” he wrote. “End of day, we are brothers.”

Definitely not fascism. But, really, it just goes to show the tragedy that is the empire, and how bad it's going to get.

I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

https://twitter.com/joshgondelman/status/1807796273258344877

Yep. That is a thing that is true in 2024.

Really feeling that commitment to fighting climate change. Not sure how fucking BMW helps German industry, but at least there's that.

That's it. That's all I have to say. Thanks for having a space for it.

Looks like reality is approaching Ukranian media

Kyiv wants the United States to train more Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, but the U.S. says there are limited spots and too many customers from other nations, Politico reported on June 5, citing Ukrainian and U.S. officials. Several countries, including the U.S., have pledged to assist Ukrainian aviators with the necessary training under the F-16 coalition framework. The first Ukrainian pilots began their training at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, last October.

Ukraine says it has 30 pilots prepared to start the training program in Tucson, but U.S. President Joe Biden maintains that the program only has space for 12 students at a time, three officials told Politico.

The same availability issues reportedly also affect training facilities in Denmark and Romania.

Over the past several weeks, Kyiv has officially requested that the U.S. train the additional pilots at the Tucson facility. The U.S. has not granted the request, citing committments to other nations in line for F-16 training at the base.

"We understand they don't want to break those contracts, but they could move their American pilots to a different base for training," Ukrainian lawmaker Sasha Ustinova told Politico.

They could. But you failed at achieving the impossible, now get stuffed.

Eight new pilots will begin training at the facility in Romania, while another eight are set to undergo training at the Tucson base. For the rest of the year, across all training sites, only four spots will be available for Ukrainian pilots, one official told Politico.

It would be more useful if they trained with the Japanese, they probably still remember how to get something out of vastly outnumbered and outclassed disposable airplanes.

Some tasty cope in the comments:

Why would any country trust paper security assurances ever again as a fair exchange for some more tangible sacrifice they are asked to make?

Why indeed.

Are the USA secretly Putler's best friends?

Reality keeps making everyone part of putinist Hamas.

Let me take the opportunity of being new in the safe space to say my first death to Israel.

After the bees, Hamas recruits police dogs. (no CW as every animal seems fine)

https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/1791138136141054251