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Exactly right: Big tents and collective action are the way to defeat authoritarianism, by @mariajstephan.bsky.social‬ www.justsecurity.org/113995/colle...

JD Vance Rushed To Walter Reed After Inner Hillbilly Returns

Go figure #fightfascism #GOPfascism #WHEREISCONGRESS

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The 2018 steel tariffs just called to remind you that steel is produced by a tiny sliver of the economy, but used as an input by a much broader swathe of manufacturers. econofact.org/steel-tariff...

It's a burrito, not a taco.

🇨🇿 Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský sharply responded to Trump’s envoy Kellogg on NATO expansion, stating: "NATO expansion aligns with Russia’s security interests. Where Russia borders NATO countries, there is no war. In other regions, conflict continues."

Experts have tested over 140,000 food samples across Europe to check for pesticide residues. 🔹 Over 98% of tested foods met legal standards 🔹 Most had no trace of pesticides at all 🔹 The overall risk to our health is very low

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Paul Krugman: Only 3 percent of Medicaid recipients were non-disabled working-age adults persistently not working — the kind of people right-wingers imagine infest the program. And it’s a good bet that a fair number of these people had extenuating circumstances of some kind.

It's called a "Golden Dome" because it's fleecing Americans of their money, lining the pockets of the arms industry, and it's the only color Trump relates to. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Pretty much the only major predator not endangered anymore are face-eating leopards.

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Wenn du mal trouble mit den Ohren hast.. 🤣

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🇪🇪❗️🇷🇺 Estonia Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur: "Over 60% of Russian oil transport goes through the Baltic Sea. Russia has 500 shadow fleet vessels in play. If we control the shadow fleet, we have a huge impact."

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There's no such thing as a free plane www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.

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CREW spokesperson Jordan Libowitz: "At this point, it’s impossible to tell the difference between decisions being made by the White House for the good of the country and for the good of the Trump Organization." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

“So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at Congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country. “Our leaders must follow their example.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

🤡more nonsense from Trump🤡 The City Planning Department in Stockholm received a letter from the US Embassy asking them to sign a contract stating that the city does not promote DEI 😆 Without the contract, they will not purchase services (e.g building permits?!) from the department.

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Another overreach by Trump, who apparently means it when he says "I run the country and the world". He seems to forget that they are guests in our country and must respect our laws - or be thrown out.

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Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated the Far Right AfD as an extremist threat. The party could now be disbanded (but won’t be). But expanded surveillance powers can now be used and civil servants may be barred from joining.

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After the US tariffs, China is moving on and looking for outlets for its products elsewhere. The fact that China is now lifting sanctions against five EU parliamentarians, critical of the treatment of the Iguri, is interpreted as part of China's charm offensive against Europe.

When there is a backlash of religion in this country, they will finally get the persecution that they pretend was happening.