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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

submitted 11 hours ago • 706 comments

This! 👇

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Buckle up. I suspect this is going to be a shit show

submitted 5 days ago • 2635 comments

No power? No problem! 🇵🇹

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

What a lazy Saturday morning looks like.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Statement from attorney for Judge Dugan. "Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge. Judge Dugan will defend herself vigorously, and looks forward to being exonerated."

submitted 16 days ago • 587 comments

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

submitted 16 days ago • 91 comments

BREAKING: Trump raises its retaliatory tariff on goods coming from China to 1,000,000,000%, up from 104%

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Imagine you’re Timothy Haugh, a decorated general, confirmed unanimously by the Senate to head the NSA. And while you’re traveling abroad, you find out the President just fired you on the advice of a 9/11 truther whose bigotry once got her banned by Uber.

submitted 37 days ago • 220 comments

It’s a weird time. And we are just at the beginning of it.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

United States Disappeared Tracker https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

submitted 42 days ago • 153 comments

And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”

submitted 42 days ago • 945 comments

Elbows up, Canada.

submitted 50 days ago • 1540 comments

Lisbon Style 🥂

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

submitted 50 days ago • 127 comments

“Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...

submitted 53 days ago • 12 comments

Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

submitted 57 days ago • 2764 comments

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.

submitted 58 days ago • 4113 comments

If you’re calling Mark Kelly (U.S. Navy combat pilot, NASA astronaut, and U.S. Senator) a traitor and Donald Trump (convicted felon, rapist, and Russia’s KGB agent “Krasnov”) your president, it might be time for a long look in the mirror.

submitted 62 days ago • 97 comments

It takes a unique kind of genius to fuck up the US-Canada relationship.

submitted 66 days ago • 176 comments

Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.

submitted 68 days ago • 658 comments

The European Commission proposed new joint EU borrowing of $157.76 billion to lend to EU governments for defense as part of an overall 800 billion total financing effort to boost Europe's defense capabilities reut.rs/41Dr3XU

submitted 68 days ago • 8 comments

Freedom and democracy are always worth fighting for. Slava Ukraini.

submitted 72 days ago • 141 comments

In 2017, one of the safest countries, fastest growing economies, and hottest tourist destinations in Latin America. The following year, effectively a civil war, due to one leader’s derange desires. America, I watched it happen there and you are repeating their mistakes.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.

submitted 75 days ago • 1056 comments

When your past decisions come back to bite you in the ass 🫠

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

This is how it’s done.

submitted 79 days ago • 2865 comments

Important!!

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

submitted 79 days ago • 798 comments

Overnight news: Trump has again raised the idea of a third term in office. Bannon has given a Nazi salute. No need to worry obviously- they’re just trolling the libs

submitted 79 days ago • 26 comments

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This is a really cool tech tree for civilizations. calculatingempires.net?pos=7678.79%... impressive and fascinating!

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments