NIST Recommends Some Common-Sense Password Rules

NIST’s second draft of its “SP 800-63-4“—its digital identify guidelines—finally contains some really good rules about passwords:

The following requirements apply to passwords:

1. lVerifiers and CSPs SHALL require passwords to be a minimum of eight characters in length and SHOULD require passwords to be a minimum of 15 characters in length.
2. Verifiers and CSPs SHOULD permit a maximum password length of at least 64 characters.
3. Verifiers and CSPs SHOULD accept all printing ASCII [RFC20] characters and the space character in passwords.
4. Verifiers and CSPs SHOULD accept Unicode [ISO/ISC 10646] characters in passwords. Each Unicode code point SHALL be counted as a signgle character when evaluating password length.
5. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT impose other composition rules (e.g., requiring mixtures of different character types) for passwords.
6. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT require users to change passwords periodically. However, verifiers SHALL force a change if there is evidence of compromise of the authenticator.
7. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT permit the subscriber to store a hint that is accessible to an unauthenticated claimant.
8. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT prompt subscribers to use knowledge-based authentication (KBA) (e.g., “What was the name of your first pet?”) or security questions when choosing passwords.
   Verifiers SHALL verify the entire submitted password (i.e., not truncate it).

Hooray.

The Shot Heard ‘Round The World.

On a cool Massachusetts morning, April 19, 1775, a group of farmers, tradesmen, and other “Minutemen” led by Captain John Parker, gathered on Lexington Commons to…express umbrage at the British Crown’s illegal attempt to confiscate Colonial Weapons.

“Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here,” declared Parker.

No one knows who fired the first shot, but at the end of the battle, eight Americans lay dead and as many wounded. This came to be known as the “shot heard ‘round the World” and the de facto beginning of the American Revolution.

Fast forward to today—current Vice President and Democrat nominee for President, Kamala Harris again voices a desire to violate an enumerated constitutional right.

The Second Amendment, arguably written with Lexington in mind, is still the only one we need “permission” to exercise and is still under constant attack by the left. That’s generating backlash among popularly elected local Sheriffs, reports The Wall Street Journal. From the article.

The “Second Amendment sanctuary” movement has taken hold in more than 100 counties in several states, including New Mexico and Illinois, where local law-enforcement and county leaders are saying they won’t enforce new legislation that infringes on the constitutional right to bear arms.

This isn’t a “one-of,” issue—we’re talking about over 100 counties across several states. This indicates widespread popular support, support that is galvanizing locally elected Law Enforcement Officials to take notice—and take action. //

Predictably, there has been the mandatory hue and cry from the left, declaring those Sheriffs to be lawless rogues. Strangely enough, this from locales that support sanctuary cities for illegal aliens. Of course, their screeching is without basis. First of all, the local Sheriffs are on pretty solid Constitutional ground.

End Wokeness @EndWokeness
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Exactly one year ago, Mayor Eric Adams admitted (off-script) that migrants are "destroying NYC"

He was just indicted by Biden-Harris

10:33 PM · Sep 25, 2024 //

Trump War Room @TrumpWarRoom
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President Trump on Eric Adams: "I watched about a year ago when he talked about how the illegal migrants are hurting our city... and I said, you know what, he'll be indicted within a year — and I was exactly right."

5:33 PM · Sep 26, 2024 //

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says it looks pretty darn suspicious, writing, “Having witnessed the weaponization of our country’s prosecutorial resources, sadly I have to say I am that much more skeptical when indictments are announced against someone whose views are not welcomed by the party in charge.” //

Eric Adams may be corrupt—but isn’t it notable that the Feds suddenly turned up the heat when he criticized Biden-Harris?

It could be that they’re pursuing justice. It could be they’re persecuting Adams for political reasons. There’s a third answer, too, however: both things could be true.

In the end, though, we’re left with a sobering reality: the fact that so many are even asking this question shows that thinking Americans have lost all faith in our DOJ. //

Kerritab
an hour ago
He may have been targeted for his remarks, but he’s still corrupt And the presumption of innocence is what a jury must follow. Those of us in the cheap seats don’t have to presume him innocent. Especially not when the evidence is overwhelming. //

Truth Seeker First
2 minutes ago
If Mayor Adams is guilty as charged over a 10 year old "bribery" case, but took 10 years to put together, that is proof of "justice" being served? That means this "case" started under Obama!
Our DOJ, is renamed DOIJ - Department of Injustice.
Bill Barr what say you about your beloved DOJ?
You didn't see this when you was running the show?

Intuitively, court employees in California, an in-home caregiver in Washington State, and public employees in Oregon have little in common.

But each is among a list of public servants whose credible allegations of government union misconduct will be reviewed by the United States Supreme Court during its opening conference on Monday, September 30.

In 2018, the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME held that the First Amendment prohibits government employers from requiring public employees to pay mandatory union fees. Before a public servant becomes a union member, the Court ruled, an employee must clearly and affirmatively consent to dues payments.

But in the years since Janus, Big Labor has resorted to narrow dues revocation windows, forged membership cards, and other coercive habits to counteract a downturn in union membership.

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At the center of this controversy is Klippenstein’s decision to release the Trump campaign’s vetting documents on Vance, which included the senator’s personal information, including emails, phone numbers, and addresses. The documents were obtained by hackers on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which means there's a possibility that Klippenstein may be (purposely or accidentally) doing Tehran’s bidding for political purposes.

In response, X suspended Klippenstein’s account, which has angered folks on the left. They argue that this decision is hypocritical. They also claim folks on the right who support the move are also being hypocritical because of their opposition to the platform’s decision to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story. //

What these folks are missing – or deliberately leaving out – is that X adopted a policy in March that disallows “doxxing,” which occurs when someone exposes personal information without the person’s consent: //

Under the previous management, the laptop story was suppressed for a different reason: The company claimed it was information that was hacked by Russians. This contention was later exposed as one in a long list of left-wing hoaxes.

What is also interesting about this story is that the doxxing of Vance was done using information coming from Iranian hackers, which clearly violates the platform’s rules. //

Mooslim&squirrel
13 hours ago
Dear Molly Stupid, Hunter Biden’s laptop wasn’t stolen. Wasn’t released by foreign actors and you are still lying about it. So there is that //

John Q. Public
13 hours ago
They seem to ignore the fact that Hunter willingly gave up the laptop and its contents, despite being contacted on multiple occasions to pick it up. It was not “stolen” or “hacked”. //

oldgimpy&cranky
13 hours ago
I continue to see leftists pretend to not understand that "hacking" into someone's personal accounts means [at the least] electronic B&E. Meanwhile, when you ABANDON your laptop and its drives full of info - you have literally given it away.

I can forgive the senile commies that never learned cp/m, but there is no way on earth the younger commies don't know the difference.

And, we've been over the whole DOXXING mess ad nauseam. It's not complicated. (and no, if we publish your OFFICE address and numbers and titles, found on your company site, it's not Doxxing). //

Cafeblue32
23 minutes ago
He should be banned for having the last name Klippenstein. I can't hardly read it without laughing. Sounds like a 1930s monster movie. Run! It's the Klippenstein monster!

That's the thing with the left. Everything they want is a Dollar Store moral equivalent of something decent and good.

Nature miscarries babies, so abortion is not wrong. (Intent of the mother is ignored)

A male athlete gussied up as a woman takes estrogen, so he doesn't have an advantage. (physical reality is ignored)

If abortion is wrong, so is the death penalty. (guilt or innocence of the one being killed is ignored)

A current day border crosser here is the same as a refugee from civil warin Africa or Asia. ( the fact none of our southern neighbors are at war is ignored)

Israeli apartheid is no different than South Africa's. (The role the two major world religions involved and who is the aggressor are ignored).

Etc.

China is, to be sure, a nation with big ambitions. They want a big, ocean-spanning navy like a wolf wants a sheep, and they seem to be determined to get one. But they are going to have to step up their game. The country has been beset by quality problems in everything from shipbuilding to buildings to electric scooters, cars, and cell phones. Until they figure out their quality problems and learn to develop tech of their own that is on a par with Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and the United States, we will continue to see incidents like this laughable failure of their vaunted new killer submarine - that sank alongside the pier. //

anon-6879
6 hours ago
As a retired Navy O-6, I would say Ward needs to get his stuff a little more together. (1) The picture in the article is of a ballistic missile sub, not an attack boat. (2) The attack sub was under construction, which means it sank while in the hands of the shipyard, probably without navy crew. Industrial accidents occur---we've had some bad ones when ships were in the yard, including fires and floodings. In the early '60's the attack carrier Constellation had a major fire while under construction which delayed its completion for more than a year. Did that man we didn't have an effective navy at the time? (3) The Chinese navy is much more than a "frigate navy." Their first supercarrier is at sea, and that gives them three afloat, with one carrier recently at sea in the South China Sea and off the Philippines with it's battlegroup. (Admittedly, they have a lot to learn about carrier ops.) However, they're projected to have five or six carriers by the end of the decade. That's as many as we have in Pacific. The Type 55 cruiser or destroyer leader (depending on how you classify it) is being built in numbers (Eight active, eight building.) Meanwhile, we're decommissioning our 30+ year old Ticonderoga Aegis cruisers without replacement. Their Type 52D missile destroyer is quite comparable to our Burke Class or the British Type 45 in size and capability; it's been built in numbers (25 active) and production continues. (4) The USN would love to have some frigates---we're struggling to build the new Constellation Class after the fiasco of the Littoral Combat Ships which were supposed to replace our once robust---now non-existent---frigate force. (5) The Chinese do have a good replenishment capability---their task groups operate in the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic, and the North Pacific with replenishment ships in company. They're also acquiring foreign ports for use by their deployed squadrons. (Meanwhile, our carrier strike group in the mid-east is without a replenishment oiler because it went aground and is out of service while the navy is struggling to get a replacement on scene.) Our replenishment capability is a mere shadow of what it was in the cold war due to "Peace Dividend" budget cuts in last three decades. (6) In any fast developing conflict over Taiwan or dispute of the South China Sea, China would have home court advantage and a massive advantage in numbers over what our 7th Fleet could muster. The truth is, in the last three decades the Chines navy has made massive strides in numbers, the quality of it's equipment and its operational expertise at sea. Meanwhile, the USN is undeniability in decline: our numbers are diminishing and in recent years we've had a rash of collisions and groundings not to mention poor material readiness of our ships due to industrial maintenance deficiencies. In summary, we underestimate the PLAN at our peril.

China is, to be sure, a nation with big ambitions. They want a big, ocean-spanning navy like a wolf wants a sheep, and they seem to be determined to get one. But they are going to have to step up their game. The country has been beset by quality problems in everything from shipbuilding to buildings to electric scooters, cars, and cell phones. Until they figure out their quality problems and learn to develop tech of their own that is on a par with Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and the United States, we will continue to see incidents like this laughable failure of their vaunted new killer submarine - that sank alongside the pier. //

Alpinealan
13 hours ago
USS Thresher, SSN-593, was the first sub in its class. It failed during deep sea tests on April 10, 1963 with the loss of all on board. Building these boats requires the utmost in quality control...something the slave labor force at China's shipyards are probably not able to deliver.

SSN674 Alpinealan
13 hours ago
The Thresher incident led to significant changes in the design, construction, and operation of submarines. The lessons learned from the Thresher incident have had a profound impact on submarine safety and have helped to prevent future tragedies. These lessons continue to be applied to the design, construction, and operation of submarines today. //

anon-1tw9 Alpinealan
13 hours ago
This.
A simple brazed pipe joint behind a reactor control panel failed, causing the reactor to scram (shut down), She slowly sank stern first because the emergency ballast blow system had a fatal flaw in it.
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Point is, all took was one bad pipe joint.

My dad served on Plunger, her sister. They were tasked with developing tactics for this new breed of killer, and killers they would have been, because they were just that far advanced. The Soviets would have never stood a chance.

SSN674 anon-1tw9
13 hours ago
Also, a couple critical factors contributing to the tragedy was the presence of moisture in the high-pressure air system. This moisture condensed and froze within the lines leading to the main ballast tanks, preventing them from being blown to the surface. Additionally, when the reactor scrammed, the main steam supply lines to the engine room automatically shut down. This prevented the crew from using ship's power to drive the submarine to the surface.

Despite the crew's efforts and constant communication with the Thresher during sea trials, there was ultimately little that could be done to prevent the disaster.

They fixed the moisture issue and changed stopped automatically closing of the main steam supply values after the incident. //

anon-1tw9 SSN674
13 hours ago edited
Yup. They had a small debiris screen on the end of the air piping feeding the tanks, and it would ice up because of the moisture.

I forgot which sub almost killed themselves finding that out that problem in the investigation. They almost went down too, or maybe just a harrowing experience, I can’t remember. //

DonH-Texas
15 hours ago
Did they order their sonar equipment from the same company that supplied the Hezbollah pagers?

Laocoön of Troy DonH-Texas
15 hours ago
By the way...look at the hull planform of their nukes. All kinds of sharp angles guarenteed to make more noise than my oldest's speakers set to eleventy. I'm told that their boats are god-awful noisy. Not a great survival strategy at sea.

“Temporary Protected Status is just … when the federal government simply pauses enforcement of immigration law – i.e. deportation – for certain nationalities,” emailed Hankinson, who spent more than 20 years working as a foreign service officer.

The designation “confers no permanent legal status,” he said. “Those with parole, by definition, have not been legally admitted.” //

“The Haitians in Springfield are hapless, perfect examples of the dysfunction in our immigration policy and how one administration’s refusal to do its duty and enforce our laws creates a giant magnet for migration that American states, cities, and towns have no means to absorb,” the Heritage research fellow said.

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HARRIS: And assistance to state and local governments around transit dollars, and looking holistically at the connection between that and housing, and looking holistically at the incentives we in the federal government can create for local and state governments to actually engage in planning in holistic manner that includes prioritizing affordable housing. //

It's not that she's slurring and speaking gibberish like Joe Biden does. It's that Harris strings together a series of words without any care as to whether she's making a salient point. //

She was asked to explain her "opportunity economy." Instead of providing hard details as to what exactly that is and how she's going to accomplish it, the vice president starts repeating the word "holistic" while talking about how transit dollars connect with housing. //

Nothing she's saying makes any sense. It's just words vomited up by someone who hasn't even bothered to think through even the most basic policy positions.

And that is, in a nutshell, the Harris campaign. There is no there, there. It is a manufactured facade run by a cabal of Democratic Party insiders who have no perception of what life in America is actually like. //

anon-tajj
an hour ago
While she is painful to listen to she may be referring to the AFFH (Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing) Act Zoning grab by the Federal Government pushed by Democrats since the OBAMA administration to restrict single family homes and push high density housing and public transport into the suburbs. Another totalitarian move favored by Harris and her ilk.

anon-trdr anon-tajj
29 minutes ago
Yeah, I was thinking along similar lines. 15 minute city agenda and huge affordable living complexes that are accessible to bus or train. //

EDMUND
an hour ago
"wholistic" sounds a lot like "central planning" - how'd that work again in the USSR? In E Germany? In Venezuela? //

Claudius54 KJSpeed
24 minutes ago
'Holistic' is code for the federal government will have it's fingers in every last detail of everything. That's her plan in a nutshell.

The best state to drive in? Tennessee. I haven't driven much in Tennessee, mostly just passing through on my way to other places, so I won't offer any speculation there. The top five best states to drive in are rounded out by Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Georgia.

The five worst states? The states that you, as a driver, want to avoid? Hawaii (the worst), Oregon, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Alaska.

Alaska? Seriously? //

And don't get me started on Saudi Arabia, where the locals pass on the highway by straddling the center line, flashing their lights, and honking their horns - until they find themselves facing a massive, five-ton, U.S. Army truck with a huge winch full of 3/4" steel cable on the front. I never saw a speed limit sign in that country, but one local assured me that "there is a speed limit, but nobody makes a car that will reach it." //

anon-c0q4
5 hours ago
This poll must be showing which states are the most honest about their driving. Having lived and worked in most states, Wyoming is one that has the best drivers, Colorado, (DC area), Massachusetts to Maryland with the worse. //

anon-89ic
8 hours ago
This is crap. Wyoming and Wisconsin are the best states to drive in in America, bar none. The worst by far is the Bray State. I've been in every state in the Lower 48, and I've rented a car in every state, and this list is nonsense.

The hearing will examine how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has used its security clearance adjudication process to purge its ranks of conservatives and whistleblowers, and unlawfully punish those with views contrary to FBI leadership.

The witnesses included DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Empower Oversight President Tristan Leavitt, FBI Whistleblower Marcus Allen, and former Assistant US Attorney Glenn Kirschner.

Marcus Allen, some may recall, is the former FBI Staff Operations Specialist who suffered retaliation by the agency after daring to question some of the agency's actions. He testified before the subcommittee in May of 2023 and recently (in June of 2024) received some vindication regarding his claims, reaching a settlement with the agency, though it appears his awarded back pay has yet to be disbursed to him. //

Despite the stress and uncertainty, I have never once regretted standing up for truth. In fact, I am actually grateful for the experience. If you do not worship God, then you will worship something else. You can either serve God or you can serve mammon, but you cannot serve both.

While we lost material items, we gained more important things. We have stored up for ourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matthew 6:20). Our faith has increased, and we have seen the hand of God move in our lives in unexpected ways. What we have gained has far outweighed what was lost.

John Adams noted that the framework of our country was built for a moral and religious people and unfit for the governance of any other. James Madison notes the duty to honor God is precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation to the claims of civil society. Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the universe. //

"This is a warning — to the American people, I say: I personally have no confidence that the FBI will rein in its own conduct. I have been persecuted, along with Garret (O'Boyle), Steve (Friend) and Kyle (Seraphin), and countless other whistleblowers. It is my opinion that the Bureau used reprisal and fear to control the workforce. It has been a seemingly effective tactic.

"I personally believe that there are no current, effective checks and balances against them conducting lawless action with any type of correction in a legitimate timeframe. I welcome the work of the IG, but I think any type of lawless action, there's no legitimate timeframe to rein them back in. Their ability to over-classify information can allow them to stonewall forever.

"To the American people, you have a duty as a citizen to vote, and I strongly urge you to do so. It's how you participate in the American experience. I know people have doubts about election integrity, but you must vote — it is your claim. Stake your claim, and don't forfeit it willingly. Have your voice heard.

"My other recommendations are in the natural order: First, vote. The second is the Second Amendment — arm yourself and know how to defend yourself. Make three to four friends in your neighborhood and promise to come to each other's mutual aid in times of hardship. And during the Great Depression, people stocked up a pantry. So, I think that's a good practice, especially in our economic times, to make sure you have three to four months of food. As a person of faith, I'd say pray the rosary, go to the First Friday devotions — that's for everybody, all my brothers and sisters of all faiths, and I know I'm Catholic — and read the Gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and live it every day."

My take at the time? Zuck sees something coming. He's the CEO of one of the largest social media corporations in the world. He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows when you've been bad or good, and he doesn't care which, just keep posting for goodness’ sake. All those posts probably indicate that Donald Trump is likely going to win the election handily, and he's preparing his business for a Trump administration that will likely be seeking some retribution.

In my opinion, this is Zuck smearing lambs blood over his door so that spirit of retribution passes over him without trouble. //

The difference is that Zuck is not nearly as bold or combative as Musk is willing to be. Zuck is far more corporate in his approach. Cautious and careful is his strategy. You'll never find Zuck telling people to "go f*** themselves" when they try to screw him over, at least not in public.

Moreover, I think that Musk is blazing a trail that Zuck is quietly following. There is success in resistance to the left, to the system that has tried controlling everything. Zuck's "libertarianism" could be a signal that he's pulling away from the controlling aspects of the expectations put upon him by leftist governments. //

Of course, this could all be fake and Zuck is being Zuck, bending and moving with the socio-political climate. Once it's in the air that leftism is in vogue or gaining power, he could very well revert back to the pro-censorship guy he started as.

Israel reportedly intercepted a missile launched at Tel Aviv by Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah early on Wednesday morning.

This marks a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which intensified when Israel launched a preemptive strike on the Lebanon-based terrorist group to stop a planned October 7-style attack. //

The terrorist group claims its attack was directed at the Mossad, claiming retaliation for the assassinations of several key Hezbollah leaders. //

Laocoön of Troy
9 hours ago
The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put that rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.

RAF Air Marshal Arthur "Bomber" Harris (Jun 1942)

But even with a softball interviewer who supports her, Harris was still completely vacuous. She had no understanding what she was saying about tariffs or anything else. //

Are you kidding? This is the most important elected position in the land and this person Harris seems to have all the seriousness of a fruit cup. We deserve answers and she's giving us cackles. She should be rejected out of hand, because this is just past silly at his point. //

Rufus McGee
3 hours ago
Never fear, Democrats. Everything will turn out all right because she's black. And a woman. And a black woman. And she was raised as a middle-class kid. A black middle-class kid, who's a woman. And black. What the hell more information do you need? //

Rufus McGee
3 hours ago
Never fear, Democrats. Everything will turn out all right because she's black. And a woman. And a black woman. And she was raised as a middle-class kid. A black middle-class kid, who's a woman. And black. What the hell more information do you need?

Rufus McGee NavyVet
2 hours ago
Did I mention she's black? And a woman? And a black woman?

Rufus McGee NavyVet
2 hours ago
She grew up a middle-class kid. Clearly that makes up for any lack of intelligence, morals, ethics, wit, vision or leadership quality, doesn't it?

So, how did humanity get here? The decline in the number of people who identify as religious certainly plays a part in it; too many people now think they are the higher power who gets to decide everything. I'd also argue that it's part of the "strong men create good times, good times create weak men" cycle. We've had it too easy for so long that we no longer see any value in the process of suffering. This is true in the U.S. and particularly true in Canada and Western Europe, where assisted suicide seems to be on the rise.

RedState's Bob Hoge summed it up nicely when writing about the assisted suicide of a young woman in the Netherlands:

The cult of death and, frankly, the negativity that has been allowed to fester in Justin Trudeau’s Canada and Joe Biden’s America—and seemingly Europe as well—is a far cry from the optimism and hope that characterized American thought for two centuries now. It’s one of the many things that’s been lost in recent years as guilt, loss, and despair have become the dominant narratives of our cultural class. We were once a people of dreams and aspirations for ourselves and for our families. Now, in Western thought, it seems like a cult of doom has taken over—climate change will kill us all, our reliance on energy and plastic bags will be our ruin, and we’re all secretly racist in our deepest heart of hearts.

He's 100% correct. There is a climate of doom that's being perpetrated by the ruling class, resulting in people wanting to die, not because they are terminally ill, but because they are beaten down by life and don't have the skills to cope. //

As pro-lifers, we need to add that second bookend -- natural death -- to all of our efforts to value and save lives. We can't allow suicide to become an acceptable antidote to a challenging life, and we certainly can't allow suicide pods to become a normal part of society.

House Speaker Mike Johnson demanded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recall Ukraine's US ambassador in a sharply worded letter made public Wednesday.

I demand that you immediately fire Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova.

As you have said, Ukrainians have tried to avoid being “captured by American domestic politics,” and “influencing the choices of the American people” ahead of the November election. Clearly that objective was abandoned this week when Ambassador Markarova organized an event in which you toured an American manufacturing site. //

Support for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to be bipartisan, but our relationship is unnecessarily tested and needlessly tarnished when the candidates at the top of the Republican presidential ticket are targeted in the media by officials in your government.

These incidents cannot be repeated. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, and I trust you will take immediate action. //

Speaker Johnson is correct. The Ukrainian ambassador either knowingly or unknowingly embroiled her president and her nation's struggle for self-determination in a US presidential campaign on the side of the probable loser. Zelensky should take the "L," fire his ambassador, apologize, and get Hillary Clinton to make him a huge red button labeled "RESET." //

etba_ss Popdaddy
a minute ago
Because Johnson is gaslighting. He doesn't give a crap. Recall an ambassador, which means nothing. This is putting on a show for the rubes to make them think the GOP cares. As long as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, etc keeps passing them shekels, they won't care. Forever war it is. //

houdini1984
4 hours ago
I don't think that Zelensky was misled here. He made a conscious choice to criticize the Republican candidates and then allowed himself to be flown at U.S. taxpayer expense to an appearance that was basically a Democrat campaign photo op. He did this on purpose, because he views the Republican ticket as less reliable for his country's interests. He wants Harris because Harris is Biden 2.0, but somehow dumber.

In short, he's willing to saddle Americans with four or eight more years of catastrophic misrule if that's what it takes to protect his country's interests. I respect his view on that, since I prefer to look out for my own country's interests over Ukraine -- but it doesn't mean that I have to accept his choice. I'd rather see Ukraine completely disappear than suffer through another four years of Democrat evil.

Why? Because my family is more important than the entirety of Ukraine.