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⚡️ Ukrainian drones strike targets in Russia, including gunpowder plant, General Staff says. Ukrainian drones struck multiple military targets in Russia, including the Tambov Gunpowder Plant, overnight on June 11.

Fuck you Donald Trump. I have a constitutional right to protest your stupid Kim Jong Un parade. I dare you to use the military to try to stop my First Amendment rights. You ignorant coward.

The primary principle of the Democratic party must be defending the Constitution, rule of law, and democracy. Nothing else matters if we lose those things.

He stood in front of our troops today and gave a mean spirited, partisan speech. He stood in front of our troops today and attacked Americans by name. He stood in front of our troops today and goaded them into booing their fellow Americans. Never become desensitized to this.

Please read this thread.👇

I’m a freedom-loving conservative. I left the Republican Party 5yrs ago. Today, I’m doing something I never thought I’d do - I’m formally joining the Democratic Party. Here’s why:👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

The Trump regime is working relentlessly to weaken America and to strengthen its enemies.

This is good jeremyfassler.medium.com/terry-moran-...

Greg Olear and Stephanie ‘LB’ Koff welcome filmmaker Zarina Zabrisky. @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social @gregolear.bsky.social @lincolnsbible.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=MaUW...

In which Josh Barro admits he doesn't even use Bluesky and seems to guess what it's about based on a single screenshot. If Bluesky actually didn't matter, these guys wouldn't keep talking about it. But it does. And what terrifies them is they can't control it.

🐺💀 Total destruction of Russian occupiers on an industrial scale by SOF operators, - UA_REG TEAM

👀💥 A loud explosion was heard in Engels ❗️Local residents are reporting a large column of smoke. There is no official information about the origin of the explosion yet.

L.A.: posting this because literally the first 2 Roman civil wars setting up the death of the Roman Republic involved major legal violations deploying the military domestically for political purposes in internal political disputes. Absolutely not healthy realcontextnews.com/caesar-the-p...

Sources said that even at the start of his second term, Trump was discussing with multiple advisers where & when it would make sense to send in federal troops, either for supposed crime control or in response to larger-scale public activism against his agenda. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This was the plan the entire time and it was always going to be targeted towards Democratic run cities. It’s not about law and order. It’s about controlling by force the areas where Trump does not control by ideology.

I get to the end of the day and I need a break from the relentless onslaught of fascism so I've been rewatching ... Andor S1.

Los Angeles 2025

Someone may need to explain to him the concepts of “insurance” and “risk pooling.” Use small words.

When we think about how elections in the US may cease to be fair, this is what it looks like. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...

Hi All, Just sent this out, giving arguments why I believe that the US government is now actively helping the Russians kill Ukrainians. Personally, I think that point needs to be stated clearly, as the US people should acknowledge the actions of their government. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Kemi Badenoch - “isn’t the truth that we have got the wrong Chancellor and the wrong priorities" Keir Starmer - “No, the wrong choice they made was making her Leader of the Opposition" #PMQs

Ukraine war briefing: Poland scrambles planes to secure airspace as Russia targets western Ukraine

🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸 Israel has transferred Patriot systems, which were previously in service with the Israeli army, to Ukraine, — Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Brodsky 🗣️ "Patriot systems, which we once received from the US, are now in Ukraine. These are Israeli systems that were in service in the early 1990s.."

The last few nights in Ukraine.

⚡️Ukraine shoots down nearly 500 drones, missiles in Russian record strike, Air Force says. Ukraine had reportedly neutralized 479 Russian drones and missiles, with 292 shot down, and 187 jammed or lost via electronic warfare.

Again? Again. Russian planes are in the air and on their way to bomb Ukraine. After unleashing almost 500 drones and missiles on Ukraine just last night. Too bad we couldn't destroy all of them. Please keep Ukraine in your thoughts tonight.

If Trump cared about democracy he would help Ukraine.