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The dictator of the proletariat puffed at his pipe. Stalin was ready to take questions.
Gen. Georgi Konstantinivich Zhukov sat before the Politburo. His victory over Japan at Khalkhin Gol in 1939 had allowed Stalin to enter the war on Soviet terms. The Red Army had entered Poland the day after the ceasefire with Tokyo.
Now it was May 1940. When the current negotiations for a nonaggression pact were concluded, the Soviet Union would have no eastern flank to defend. Stalin would be free to intervene in the European war.
Gen. Georgi Zhukov was blunt, even if his phrasing was careful. “How should one understand the extremely passive nature of the war in the West, and what turn might one expect the further events to take?” Zhukov asked, according to his memoir.1
Stalin chuckled, and said:“The French Government headed by Daladier and the Chamberlain Government in Britain have no intention of getting seriously involved in the war with Hitler. They still hope to be able to persuade Hitler to start a war against the Soviet Union. They refused to form an anti-Hitler bloc with us in 1939, because they did not want to hamper Hitler in his aggression against the Soviet Union. But nothing will come of it. They will have to pay a high price for their short-sighted policy.”
The next day, Zhukov was elected to the Central Committee, an elevation to elite status in the Soviet system. He received a house near the Kremlin and lived in it for the next 20 years.
In the first essay of this series, I told the story of Gen. Zhukov’s victory against the Japanese on the Mongolian frontier in 1939 and explained how he became the most consequential general of the 20th century. This is the story of Zhukov’s actions during the defense of Moscow in 1941, the problems he encountered in organizing offensives in 1942, and how he became Stalin’s most trusted general.
This is also the story of how two styles of command, Russian and German, clashed along with their armies. These two doctrinal modes of command still shape our 21st century understanding of operational art, combined arms, and ‘deep battle’. Zhukov remains consequential.
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While you're wondering who Scott Free is, you should take a moment to recall the rumor that Michael Cohen went to Prague with his father in law and wife. Trump may be tweeting about a forthcoming story that confirms a key detail of the Steele dossier.
....his wife and father-in-law (who has the money?) off Scott Free. He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence.
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Human rights are trans rights. Name one human right Dylan Mulvaney lacks and I will give you a million dollars. Note endorsements, plastic surgery, hormones, cheating at sports, & prison of choice are not actual human rights #TransRightsAreHumanRights thedistancemag.com/p/name-a-…
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I watched Jazz Jennings get chemically castrated in Tanner Stage II. I watched that on teevee using my eyeballs, you lying quack
All medical professionals know that puberty blockers are safe, effective and proven treatments for both cisgender and transgender youth. They DONOT sterilize children. That is a bold face lie used to support harmful and unethical government policies.
mayoclinic.org/diseases-cond…
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What is the difference between a man leering at women in a sorority house and a man named Susan leering at women in a sorority house? Explain using facts
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"Hooray for men cheating at sports and beating up women! I love watching men beat the snot out of women!" - That is what you sound like to people who are not in your weird little cult of gender magic
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Hello, 911? Help, I'm trapped between "viruses aren't real" on the right and "penises can be female" on the left and I don't know which arm to gnaw off first
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What is the difference between a man pestering lesbians for sex and a man named Susan pestering lesbians for sex? Can your CEO explain using facts?
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What is the difference between a man getting off on being in the women's restroom and a man named Zooey getting off on being in the women's restroom? Explain it to the voters using facts about autogynephilia
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Judith Butler: all the terfs are far right with far right funding
Guardian: cool let's print that
Guardian readers: citations needed, yo
Guardian: you have sources right
Judith Butler: sources are discursively constructed
Guardian: (backs away slowly)
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Do you have any citations for this "virulent transphobia" or is that just your magic woo talk for waving away the plain text of Title IX?
Disgusting, delete your account
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You know that Jazz Jennings was sterilized at age 11 on teevee where we could see it, right? Cease your gaslighting fuckery immediately
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Maya Forstater was happy to use preferred pronouns in person. She has not been accused of "misgendering" anyone at work, or even of being impolite, much less "policing anyone's gender." She was fired for saying that humans cannot change sex. #IStandWithMaya
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You are losing because your demand is morally repugnant to our evolved human heuristics for fairness. Demanding that everyone pretend they do not see what they see is abuse, full stop. We don't hate "tRaNs pEoPLe," we hate seeing men allowed to cheat at sports and getting gaslit
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Gay friend: So sad you're a RW terf now
Me: How many trans men have you fu*ked?
GF: What
Me: Is it a nonzero number?
GF: ...No
Me: Stop talking to me until you have fu*ked a trans man in the pu**y, you transphobic bigot
GF: This is homophobia
Me: Glad you agree
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"Jazz Jennings has had a tougher transition than her doctors expected"
Because they didn't actually know what to expect at all, seeing as they were conducting a medical experiment on a child.
Thread. 1/18
womenshealthmag.com/health/a…
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You had nine free years of gaslighting, men in women's prisons, men in women's sports, and men celebrated for aping feminine stereotypes. Now that the public sees what is going on and they reject it, you're "so sad this is controversial" and you just don't understand whyyyyyyyyy
Laverne Cox made history in 2014 when she became the first out trans person to be a Time Magazine cover subject.
It’s depressing to realize that if this cover were published today it would be much more controversial than it was nearly a decade ago.
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The type of social movement that says "give me what I want or else I will unalive myself" is called "a cult"
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I recently spoke to an OBGYN who has overseen "maybe 10,000" births. I asked them how many babies they had ever seen with ambiguous genitalia.
"None," was the answer. "Not one."
'As common as redheads,' my ass
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"No. I will not declare pronouns. This Zoom is not a wizard circle. I do not share the beliefs you wish to impose, nor will I testify or affirm any element of your faith. Discriminate against me on the basis of my beliefs if you wish. The answer is no."
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"What is the difference between a man beating up a woman and a man named Susan beating up a woman? Explain using facts" - Someone ask this question please
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This is Marvin Robinson- Democratic representative in Kansas who was the deciding vote to ban boys from cheating at sports. The 1 Dem to defect. Say thanks and let him know how important Title IX rights for women and girls are to you. His office number is 785-296-8763
This is Marvin Robinson- Democratic representative in Kansas who was the deciding vote to ban trans kids from sports.
The 1 Dem to defect. Let him know how important trans rights are to you. He will be voting on more trans laws in KS soon.
His office number is 785-296-8763
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Congratulations Randi, you have convinced me that the teachers unions must be disestablished. Well done
Leo’s statement speaks for itself.
Sadly, it’s not a surprise Corey would try to drag me into something. He’s obsessed with attacking unions & smearing me. It’s not hard to figure out my views about Mamdani - I am a fan. Here’s what I said about him in July.
nybooks.com/online/2025/07/0…
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It is entirely normal to boo sports cheats. Explain the difference between a man named William cheating at women's sports and a man named Lia cheating at women's sports, using facts
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CeCe Telfer never ranked higher than 290th in NCAA Div II men's hurdles. He transitione" and became the "women's national champion" with hurdles set nine inches lower.
You know EXACTLY which one is him.
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Ya'll, if I'm killed by a mass shooter, this tweet is your permission to politicize the shit out of it. Skip the funeral, start a riot.
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What is the difference between a man cheating at sports and a man named Susan cheating at sports? Explain using facts
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They're mad because JK Rowling is right.
They're mad because Jesse Singal is right.
They're mad because Abigail Shrier is right.
They're mad because Keira Bell is right.
They're mad because Rachel Rooney is right.
They're mad because Allison Bailey is right.
Hmm, a pattern
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I don't know a single Democrat who gives a single shit about Joe Lieberman's opinion on absolutely anything.
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I know exactly who needs to hear this but "the prison of my choice," "cosmetic medicine on demand," "allowed to cheat at sports," and "shutting up everyone who disagrees with me" are not actual human rights
#Opinion: There is an increasingly public campaign underway to strip transgender Canadians of their constitutional and human rights.
It's time for the federal government to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in. cbc.ca/1.6207949
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"We must destroy the entire sex-based system of sports to create dozens of new divisions in which women at their athletic peak regularly lose to 13 and 55 year old males so that a subset of those males can feel validated in their gender identities" <-- the Breunig "compromise"
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My report from the FTC workshop on pediatric 'gender medicine' fraud last week. We are going to win. Link below 🔽🔽🔽
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Nope sorry irritable bowel and diarrhea caused by wrong-sex hormones are not a period
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An interview with @BrentBowlby, whose three younger children have been systematically alienated in violation of court orders so that his daughter could be sexualized and guided towards gender transition in secret. Listen here or at the links below 🔽🔽🔽
thedistancemag.com/p/the-bow…
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What is the difference between a man raping women in prison and a man named Susan raping women in prison? Explain using facts
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"Trans people" wrre not targeted in the Holocaust. Gay men and lesbians were targeted for being lesbian and gay. "Transvestites" had legal rights in Germany. Here is an entire book of Nazis in drag. Embrace your side of history. Give it a hug thedistancemag.com/p/the-naz…
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Name one thing about "gender identity" that is not a performative sexist stereotype.
One. Thing.
mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-n…
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It was genius. As soon as I saw it, I knew this would happen, they are like behavioral software
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Goblins have been portrayed this way for thousands of years but sure, let's pretend the book you loved as a kid is suddenly anti-Semitic because the author has an unrelated opinion you don't like
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"sEx WoRk Is WoRk"
Name one other kind of "work" that values a 13 year-old with zero experience over a 23 year-old with a decade of experience
One other kind of "work" which does that
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What is the difference between a man in a women's loo and man named Susan in a women's loo? Explain using facts
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I can see why you have failed to understand the public repulsion with garbage games made on your advice
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They're mad at Kathleen Stock because she is right. There is no greater crime than to make an argument about "gender identities" and be right
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Christine Blasey Ford's lawyer resigned from his law firm because partners objected to his decision to represent her businessinsider.com/christin…
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Name A Human Right Dylan Mulvaney Lacks And I Will Give You A Million Dollars open.substack.com/pub/thedis…
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What is the difference between a man cheating at women's sports and a man named Susan cheating at women's sports? Explain using facts
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What is the difference between a man named William cheating at sports and a man named Lia cheating at sports? Explain it to me like a voter on the doorstep using facts
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I had been in the TERF wars for three years when she sent the tweet heard round the world. I can certify it was a turning point, until that moment the tr00ns had total cultural control and they lost it in an instant
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Russian pro-Trump Twitter bots defending General Flynn because Moscow doesn't want to lose their friend on the NSC
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What is the difference between a rapey man pestering lesbians, and a rapey man pestering lesbians while calling himself Susan?
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Men, for 3000 years: "You have a female body, therefore you are excluded from sports"
Men, for five minutes: "Female bodies don't exist, therefore you can't exclude us from your sports"
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Hey Secretary Cardona, what is the difference between a man cheating at sports and a man named Susan cheating at sports? Explain using facts
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Men suspend an effigy of a woman on a bicycle at Cambridge University to protest the decision to award women degrees in 1897
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Explain the difference between a man cheating at sports and a man named Susan cheating at sports, using facts
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Here are a few examples of physical differences that @jameelajamil finds perfectly acceptable in sports
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Name one civil right Dylan Mulvaney was lacking when he got plastic surgery and million dollar endorsements. Name one actual established civil right he lacked and I will give you a million dollars
If you’re upset about a beer company supporting civil rights, you might want to start bottling your tears. LGBTQ people drink water, too. Gonna boycott that next?
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Alleged journalists failed to look for Darren Agee Merager themselves. They had a huge story on their hands and did zero legwork. Participating in the woke mob was easier for them, less risky
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What is the difference between a man using a baby to enact his breastfeeding paraphilia with nipple discharge and a man named Mika using a baby to enact his breastfeeding paraphilia with nipple discharge? Explain it to me, a voter, using facts
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The reaction to JK Rowling 100% explains why the pronoun police keep losing elections.
This gender cult is going to destroy everything the progressive movement has ever built.
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Facebook has pulled ‘@reduxx’s’ article on Andrea Long Chu winning a Pulitzer stating that it goes against “Community Standards.” And there is why you should delete Facebook immediately
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The TERFs' sinister plan to let male breastfeeding fetishists peak the world is a resounding success
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What is the difference betwen a man cheating at sports and a man named Susan cheating at sports? Explain it to the voters using facts
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"I was just not expecting her to have a complication as severe as what she did have.”
"Jazz Jennings has had a tougher transition than her doctors expected"
Because they didn't actually know what to expect, since this was all a medical experiment.
ON A CHILD.
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Lauren Hubbard, scion of a right wing political funder in New Zealand, will live "her" Olympic dream at the expense of women of color. Very progressive! reuters.com/lifestyle/sports…
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This is not a joke. I am offering $1 million to @chasestrangio for an explanation of human reproduction that does not involve the dreaded facts of sexual dimorphism. genderheretics.org/index.php…
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Who knew that in 2021, the most vulnerable minority on earth would be white middle class men in eyeshadow?
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"Affirmation Generation: The Lies Of Transgender Medicine" has been pulled from Vimeo after pressure from the transgender goon squad but we've hosted it at The Distance where they cannot touch it open.substack.com/pub/thedis…
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What is the difference between a man beating up a woman and a man named Susan beating up a woman? Is it the lipstick? Explain using facts
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Random reminder that the type of social movement which threatens suicide if they don't get what they want is a called "a cult"
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Putting men in women's shelters is what a men's rights movement does
No one should be denied a roof over their head simply because of their gender identity. Today, @HUDgov took action to make that clear.
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