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","icon":"https://microfeed-cdn.flyisland.pro/microfeed-flyisland-pro/production/images/channel-1753e499833f5ee93a05aee715ada068.png","favicon":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev/assets/default/favicon.png","authors":[{"name":"Island Chen"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"KPhsOv2Kf1g","title":"A Sad Moment in American History","attachments":[{"url":"https://microfeed-cdn.flyisland.pro/microfeed-flyisland-pro/production/media/audio-311bb4c49e01b3935b53356a2afedebe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":3407900,"duration_in_seconds":326}],"content_html":"00:00:00 - Thanks everybody for joining me to discuss a very very serious issue.
00:00:05 - Yesterday we witnessed an extremely sad moment in American history
00:00:12 - We saw the president of the United States aligning himself with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin to undermine the independence of Ukraine and its democracy
00:00:23 - Let's be clear: Trump is showing us that he sees one of the world's most brutal dictators as his friend and our long-time democratic allies in Europe as his enemies
00:00:38 - He wants a world that is safe for authoritarians and oligarchs, but is extremely dangerous for democracies.
00:00:47 - It will not surprise you when I tell you that Trump is lying, as he so often does
00:00:53 - yesterday Trump said that Ukraine started the war, that's not true
00:00:58 - Russia invaded Ukraine twice, first in 2014, then again in 2022 right now Russia occupies about 20 percent of Ukraine
00:01:09 - Since Putin's horrific invasion over one million people have been killed or injured
00:01:16 - Every single day Russia continues to rain down hundreds of missiles and drones on Ukrainian cities
00:01:24 - Putin's forces have massacred civilians and kidnapped thousands of Ukrainian children bring them back to Russian re-education, camps
00:01:33 - These atrocities led the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Putin in 2023 as a war criminal, a war Criminal
00:01:46 - Further, Trump called Ukrainian President Zelensky a dictator that's not true either
00:01:53 - Zelensky won 75% of the vote in free elections
00:01:56 - in fact, his approval rating is higher than Trump's
00:01:59 - In the midst of the brutal war in brutal war Ukraine's parliament continues to function and free and unfettered political debate, takes place
00:02:11 - Trump claimed that our European allies had done little to support Ukraine in its fight against Putin's invasion
00:02:18 - He said the United States has contributed three times more than Europe, but that's another lie.
00:02:24 - In fact, Europe has provided more aid to Ukraine than the United States
00:02:29 - But it's not just that Trump is lying again, that's not new.
00:02:35 - It's what this all reveals about where he wants to take our country and in fact, the entire world.
00:02:42 - Trump is cozying up to Vladimir Putin So who is Putin, and what kind of world does he want to build?
00:02:52 - Putin is a dictator. who crushed Russia's movement toward democracy after the end of the Cold War
00:03:01 - Russia holds sham elections every six years where Putin wins 90 percent of the vote and the authorities don't even try to hide their ballot-stuffing
00:03:13 - There is no freedom of speech or free media in Putin's Russia
00:03:19 - Protects are violently suppressed, tens of thousands of people are in prison for protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
00:03:30 - Political dissidents are harassed or thrown into jail
00:03:33 - The bravest, people like Alexei Navalny, are killed outright.
00:03:39 - Hundreds of thousands of Russians have fled Putin's brutal regime since his invasion of Ukraine
00:03:48 - But Putin has maintained control in his country, by offering Russia's oligarchs a simple deal
00:03:57 - If you give me absolute power I'll let you steal as much as you want from the Russian people.
00:04:06 - And that's why in a country where many are struggling economically, Russia's oligarchs have stashed trillions of dollars in offshore tax accounts.
00:04:19 - That's the Russian leader that Trump admires, That is the Russian oligarchy that he supports.
00:04:28 - But that is not the perspective of the American people.
00:04:32 - We know, and we're proud of the fact that the United States of America is the longest-standing democracy in the world
00:04:42 - We know that many hundreds of thousands of brave Americans, over the years, had fought and died to defend democracy.
00:04:52 - We also know that our allies in the world are those countries that believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
00:05:01 - In this critical moment in our history
00:05:04 - I hope that every American, regardless of political perspective, will stand tall and say: YES to democracy, NO to oligarchy, and NO to authoritarianism.
00:05:19 - Thank you very much
","content_text":"00:00:00 - Thanks everybody for joining me to discuss a very very serious issue.\n\n00:00:05 - Yesterday we witnessed an extremely sad moment in American history\n\n00:00:12 - We saw the president of the United States aligning himself with the\ndictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin to undermine the independence of Ukraine and\nits democracy\n\n00:00:23 - Let's be clear: Trump is showing us that he sees one of the world's\nmost brutal dictators as his friend and our long-time democratic allies in\nEurope as his enemies\n\n00:00:38 - He wants a world that is safe for authoritarians and oligarchs, but\nis extremely dangerous for democracies.\n\n00:00:47 - It will not surprise you when I tell you that Trump is lying, as he\nso often does\n\n00:00:53 - yesterday Trump said that Ukraine started the war, that's not true\n\n00:00:58 - Russia invaded Ukraine twice, first in 2014, then again in 2022 right\nnow Russia occupies about 20 percent of Ukraine\n\n00:01:09 - Since Putin's horrific invasion over one million people have been\nkilled or injured\n\n00:01:16 - Every single day Russia continues to rain down hundreds of missiles\nand drones on Ukrainian cities\n\n00:01:24 - Putin's forces have massacred civilians and kidnapped thousands of\nUkrainian children bring them back to Russian re-education, camps\n\n00:01:33 - These atrocities led the International Criminal Court to issue an\narrest warrant for Putin in 2023 as a war criminal, a war Criminal\n\n00:01:46 - Further, Trump called Ukrainian President Zelensky a dictator that's\nnot true either\n\n00:01:53 - Zelensky won 75% of the vote in free elections\n\n00:01:56 - in fact, his approval rating is higher than Trump's\n\n00:01:59 - In the midst of the brutal war in brutal war Ukraine's parliament\ncontinues to function and free and unfettered political debate, takes place\n\n00:02:11 - Trump claimed that our European allies had done little to support\nUkraine in its fight against Putin's invasion\n\n00:02:18 - He said the United States has contributed three times more than\nEurope, but that's another lie.\n\n00:02:24 - In fact, Europe has provided more aid to Ukraine than the United\nStates\n\n00:02:29 - But it's not just that Trump is lying again, that's not new.\n\n00:02:35 - It's what this all reveals about where he wants to take our country\nand in fact, the entire world.\n\n00:02:42 - Trump is cozying up to Vladimir Putin So who is Putin, and what kind\nof world does he want to build?\n\n00:02:52 - Putin is a dictator. who crushed Russia's movement toward democracy\nafter the end of the Cold War\n\n00:03:01 - Russia holds sham elections every six years where Putin wins 90\npercent of the vote and the authorities don't even try to hide their\nballot-stuffing\n\n00:03:13 - There is no freedom of speech or free media in Putin's Russia\n\n00:03:19 - Protects are violently suppressed, tens of thousands of people are in\nprison for protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\n00:03:30 - Political dissidents are harassed or thrown into jail\n\n00:03:33 - The bravest, people like Alexei Navalny, are killed outright.\n\n00:03:39 - Hundreds of thousands of Russians have fled Putin's brutal regime\nsince his invasion of Ukraine\n\n00:03:48 - But Putin has maintained control in his country, by offering Russia's\noligarchs a simple deal\n\n00:03:57 - If you give me absolute power I'll let you steal as much as you want\nfrom the Russian people.\n\n00:04:06 - And that's why in a country where many are struggling economically,\nRussia's oligarchs have stashed trillions of dollars in offshore tax accounts.\n\n00:04:19 - That's the Russian leader that Trump admires, That is the Russian\noligarchy that he supports.\n\n00:04:28 - But that is not the perspective of the American people.\n\n00:04:32 - We know, and we're proud of the fact that the United States of\nAmerica is the longest-standing democracy in the world\n\n00:04:42 - We know that many hundreds of thousands of brave Americans, over the\nyears, had fought and died to defend democracy.\n\n00:04:52 - We also know that our allies in the world are those countries that\nbelieve in democracy, not authoritarianism.\n\n00:05:01 - In this critical moment in our history\n\n00:05:04 - I hope that every American, regardless of political perspective, will\nstand tall and say: YES to democracy, NO to oligarchy, and NO to\nauthoritarianism.\n\n00:05:19 - Thank you very much","date_published":"2025-02-22T15:22:24.973Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev/i/a-sad-moment-in-american-history-KPhsOv2Kf1g/","json_url":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev/i/KPhsOv2Kf1g/json/","rss_url":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev/i/KPhsOv2Kf1g/rss/","guid":"KPhsOv2Kf1g","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:05:26","date_published_short":"Sat Feb 22 2025","date_published_ms":1740237744973}}],"_microfeed":{"microfeed_version":"0.1.2","base_url":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev/rss/","image":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5Q6i5V-baj6"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev/json/","image":"https://microfeed-flyisland-pro.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"afq4bv9-vCC"}],"description_text":"A small island in the sky","copyright":"©2025","itunes:type":"episodic","items_sort_order":"newest_first"}}