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Update from Ukraine | Big! Russia is Losing Entire East Front | Putin is Hysterical

It's very clear that Angela was given a cushy no-trial divorce settlement to get on board. Just more corruption from the Team Paxton.

russians are pulling forces from other parts of the front to try and stop 3rd corps, they cant. now watch the hammer fall at another part of the front. there are too many rested AFU units and too many exhausted russian units. any mobilization would be stupid on Russia's part. it would take 4-6 months to get the troops to the front if they wanted to train them in any way. the well is dry for troops with any training. the callup would be of people that never did national service and dont even know how to hold a rifle. throwing 2-300,000 green drafted meat cubes to face the combined ukraine military (currently the best combat fighting force in the world) would be national suicide.

Let me be clear. There is no world in which I will ever vote for Ken Paxton. #Texas Republicans STAY HOME. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS MAN TO REPRESENT OUR PARTY.

I cannot stomach sending him to DC for six years to enrich himself and get a bunch of new mistresses

Ouch. Ken the crook is also Ken the coward.

Average of the 10 non-partisan Texas polls fielded in September: (Trafalgar is excluded because NYT marks them as partisan) 48.1% (+3.7) 44.4% The ad surge spending seems to have made zero impact on the race so far for Paxton.

For those who rationalize supporting criminal & moral stain @KenPaxtonTX with the view that sinners should be forgiven, Paxton has never admitted or repented, and he keeps on sinning. couriertexas.com/news/politi…

This feels about right. Paxton losing and Abbott winning.

None of this is normal. None of it is conservative or recognizably Republican. All of this is what Rubio, Cruz, McConnell, and others warned about in 2015-16. All of this is what Rs pretended was hysterical talk in 16-17. And somehow, partisans are still going along.

@ReturnToReagan the senate repubs be like for Paxton

(Politico) Republican operative on the state of the US Senate race in Texas “It’s going to take a Herculean effort to hold the seat.” “The Monday morning quarterbacking is going to be biblical,” this person said. “The hand-wringing and the blaming. Paxton will blame Cornyn. Trump will blame Paxton. Trump should blame himself.” Link to article: politico.com/newsletters/pla…

Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I’m challenging him to a debate on Fox News — his safe space. I’ll go into the lion’s den. I know what I believe and I’m not afraid of hard questions. Ken has been running from accountability his whole life. It’s time to stop running.

It is now a real possibility that Republicans lose the Senate majority because Donald Trump endorsed Ken Paxton rather than John Cornyn in Texas. Remarkable.

Everyone knows @KenPaxtonTX is crooked. Now we're seeing he's a coward as well. Not surprised. At all. Why would he put his lazy eye and terrible personality on screen?

55% to go

If @NikkiHaley were President, Ukraine would be free, our debt would be dropping, and our party would be ready to expand our majority. Opportunity lost.

So you're saying "character was on the ballot" but Republicans voted AGAINST character, eh? Well, it does have precedent. In 2016 we had 16 moral, mature, stable and truly conservative Republican candidates for president, but instead we got serial-adulterous draft dodger Trump.

Russia is losing. More every day.

Russian military bloggers continue complaints that Ukraine is pushing them back at the Liman sector of the front, with a 70km wide force. Russians also confirming a large contigent of Ukrainian forces has crossed the Zherebets River, continuing to advance.