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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.

submitted 13 hours ago • 12 comments

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.

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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.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

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.

submitted 1 day ago • 504 comments

Please read this thread.👇

submitted 17 hours ago • 8 comments

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...

submitted 8 days ago • 450 comments

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

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 18 hours ago • 14 comments

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

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

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.

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

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

submitted 17 hours ago • 7 comments

👀💥 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.

submitted 17 hours ago • 10 comments

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...

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

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...

submitted 1 day ago • 157 comments

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.

submitted 20 hours ago • 91 comments

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.

submitted 17 hours ago • 15 comments

Los Angeles 2025

submitted 1 day ago • 267 comments

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

submitted 19 hours ago • 22 comments

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...

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

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...

submitted 22 hours ago • 19 comments

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

submitted 19 hours ago • 8 comments

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

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸 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.."

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

The last few nights in Ukraine.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

⚡️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.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

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.

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

If Trump cared about democracy he would help Ukraine.

submitted 2 days ago • 51 comments