Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪
@marytorgersen.bsky.social
Retired Army officer focused on preserving our democracy and supporting Ukraine as well as other nations seeking to escape the shackles of imperial
Russia. I support assist-ukraine.org
Russia. I support assist-ukraine.org
Russia is its own worst enemy. Between its shitty air defense, its propensity for shooting down its own aircraft, and recurring premature release of bombs from its aircraft, Russia is killing it.
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Russia is its own worst enemy. Between its shitty air defense, its propensity for shooting down its own aircraft, and recurring premature release of bombs from its aircraft, Russia is killing it.
The Poles owned the Twitter-verse on Saturday, between Sikorski and Tusk.
December 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Poles owned the Twitter-verse on Saturday, between Sikorski and Tusk.
PS: appreciate you sharing this screenshot from the hellhole platform with us over here on 🦋. We get to see the best of Twitter without having to endure the worst of Twitter.
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
PS: appreciate you sharing this screenshot from the hellhole platform with us over here on 🦋. We get to see the best of Twitter without having to endure the worst of Twitter.
@radek-sikorski.bsky.social is even better at skewering Elon than he is at skewering his own counterpart in Hungary, petulant pouty Peter. Very satisfying. 👍
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
@radek-sikorski.bsky.social is even better at skewering Elon than he is at skewering his own counterpart in Hungary, petulant pouty Peter. Very satisfying. 👍
If Trump gets his way, this may be the only way that Ukraine gets justice for all the victims of Russian war crimes.
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
If Trump gets his way, this may be the only way that Ukraine gets justice for all the victims of Russian war crimes.
Ditto! I’m not Reagan’s biggest fan, but he knew who our enemy was and how to stand up to that enemy.
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Ditto! I’m not Reagan’s biggest fan, but he knew who our enemy was and how to stand up to that enemy.
I’m not sure about that, but at least he wouldn’t have fallen into the escalation management trap. That trap led us to where we are today — with a new US National Security Strategy that makes Europe (esp. the EU) our main adversary and seeks to restore Russia to its former place on the world stage.
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I’m not sure about that, but at least he wouldn’t have fallen into the escalation management trap. That trap led us to where we are today — with a new US National Security Strategy that makes Europe (esp. the EU) our main adversary and seeks to restore Russia to its former place on the world stage.
Glad that you discussed the Twitter war on the 🇪🇺. It’s all over the Twitter-sphere but only shows up on 🦋 by those who import screenshots from the hellhole. But you neglected to mention the NSS, the document behind the war on the 🇪🇺. It merits some discussion and gets sparse news coverage here in 🇺🇸.
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Glad that you discussed the Twitter war on the 🇪🇺. It’s all over the Twitter-sphere but only shows up on 🦋 by those who import screenshots from the hellhole. But you neglected to mention the NSS, the document behind the war on the 🇪🇺. It merits some discussion and gets sparse news coverage here in 🇺🇸.
Slava Ukraini! Congratulations! 🎊 💙💛
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Slava Ukraini! Congratulations! 🎊 💙💛
He must not have seen 🇵🇱 PM Tusk’s and 🇵🇱 FM Sikorski’s tweets today then. They weren’t feeling the love from their 🇺🇸 ally after the NSS was published.
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
He must not have seen 🇵🇱 PM Tusk’s and 🇵🇱 FM Sikorski’s tweets today then. They weren’t feeling the love from their 🇺🇸 ally after the NSS was published.
You must be kidding. Do you really think Americans take him seriously? I don’t even think most MAGAs take him seriously. And that’s a pretty low bar.
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
You must be kidding. Do you really think Americans take him seriously? I don’t even think most MAGAs take him seriously. And that’s a pretty low bar.
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social (MS NOW) had mental health experts on his show to discuss Trump’s personality disorders as early as 2017, shortly after he took office.
@gtconway.bsky.social appeared on CNN and then-MSNBC during the 2024 presidential campaign to increase awareness of the problem. 🤷♀️
@gtconway.bsky.social appeared on CNN and then-MSNBC during the 2024 presidential campaign to increase awareness of the problem. 🤷♀️
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social (MS NOW) had mental health experts on his show to discuss Trump’s personality disorders as early as 2017, shortly after he took office.
@gtconway.bsky.social appeared on CNN and then-MSNBC during the 2024 presidential campaign to increase awareness of the problem. 🤷♀️
@gtconway.bsky.social appeared on CNN and then-MSNBC during the 2024 presidential campaign to increase awareness of the problem. 🤷♀️
… the rules-based world order built to prevent WWIII. They should be careful what they wish for. They may not like the end result.
And I thought escalation management was wrong-footed. That doesn’t hold a candle to this travesty of a strategy (though it may have helped bring us to this very point).
And I thought escalation management was wrong-footed. That doesn’t hold a candle to this travesty of a strategy (though it may have helped bring us to this very point).
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
… the rules-based world order built to prevent WWIII. They should be careful what they wish for. They may not like the end result.
And I thought escalation management was wrong-footed. That doesn’t hold a candle to this travesty of a strategy (though it may have helped bring us to this very point).
And I thought escalation management was wrong-footed. That doesn’t hold a candle to this travesty of a strategy (though it may have helped bring us to this very point).
Absolutely! And I’m so glad @tatarigami.bsky.social posted his reaction on 🦋. US, Russia, and Elon have launched an all-out Twitter war on the EU today. They want to revert to the “might makes right“ era of power politics, which is antithetical to the relative peace and prosperity ushered in by …
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Absolutely! And I’m so glad @tatarigami.bsky.social posted his reaction on 🦋. US, Russia, and Elon have launched an all-out Twitter war on the EU today. They want to revert to the “might makes right“ era of power politics, which is antithetical to the relative peace and prosperity ushered in by …
Slava Ukraini! 💙💛 👍
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Slava Ukraini! 💙💛 👍
The marcher wrapped in the upside down 🇱🇷 flag (aka, the distress signal) is making quite a statement, probably unwittingly — unless she saw the latest US National Security Statement and realizes that we’ve been hijacked by the Russian bear.
I support the demand for an international investigation!
I support the demand for an international investigation!
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The marcher wrapped in the upside down 🇱🇷 flag (aka, the distress signal) is making quite a statement, probably unwittingly — unless she saw the latest US National Security Statement and realizes that we’ve been hijacked by the Russian bear.
I support the demand for an international investigation!
I support the demand for an international investigation!
Thanks! I was running out of room to say what I wanted to say. Vile is a much better word than ugly, Btw! 👍
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thanks! I was running out of room to say what I wanted to say. Vile is a much better word than ugly, Btw! 👍
I totally agree. But too many of the accounts I value haven’t made the leap or abandoned 🦋 before giving it time to grow. Ukraine’s government is just one example. I don’t engage much on Twitter; I just check in with those I miss over here.
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I totally agree. But too many of the accounts I value haven’t made the leap or abandoned 🦋 before giving it time to grow. Ukraine’s government is just one example. I don’t engage much on Twitter; I just check in with those I miss over here.
Please let me know if you hear anything, even a tiny peep, from any Republican MoC about the new NSS. I know there are several who must be appalled by it, but I have yet to hear one criticism from that side of either chamber.
Republicans really need to raise a ruckus over this piece of crap.
Republicans really need to raise a ruckus over this piece of crap.
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Please let me know if you hear anything, even a tiny peep, from any Republican MoC about the new NSS. I know there are several who must be appalled by it, but I have yet to hear one criticism from that side of either chamber.
Republicans really need to raise a ruckus over this piece of crap.
Republicans really need to raise a ruckus over this piece of crap.
It was a very powerful and moving address. I wish 🦋 had sufficient bandwidth (or whatever is lacking) so you could post it here, preferably with the English captions.
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It was a very powerful and moving address. I wish 🦋 had sufficient bandwidth (or whatever is lacking) so you could post it here, preferably with the English captions.
She’s read it, too. She knows where things stand. In her role as EU’s top diplomat, she must do her part to keep the door open. Zelenskyy has to do much the same thing with the US-led negotiations. No doubt he sees the writing on the wall, but he must not let Ukraine be the naysayer.
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
She’s read it, too. She knows where things stand. In her role as EU’s top diplomat, she must do her part to keep the door open. Zelenskyy has to do much the same thing with the US-led negotiations. No doubt he sees the writing on the wall, but he must not let Ukraine be the naysayer.
Just like Trump is the self-proclaimed “President of Peace”! 🙄
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just like Trump is the self-proclaimed “President of Peace”! 🙄
How is it that Ukraine is so lucky to have Russia, Belarus, Hungary, and Slovakia as neighbors? None of them wish Ukraine well as it fends off its biggest neighbor, Russia.
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
How is it that Ukraine is so lucky to have Russia, Belarus, Hungary, and Slovakia as neighbors? None of them wish Ukraine well as it fends off its biggest neighbor, Russia.
Trump is at his lowest job favorability numbers ever. If he fails to gerrymander sufficient House seats in the midterms and if elections are not otherwise overly rigged, he will face a Democratic House in 2027 and a possible Democratic Senate. But, he will attempt another coup before his term ends.
December 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trump is at his lowest job favorability numbers ever. If he fails to gerrymander sufficient House seats in the midterms and if elections are not otherwise overly rigged, he will face a Democratic House in 2027 and a possible Democratic Senate. But, he will attempt another coup before his term ends.