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Retired Software Engineer 5th generation Californian Immigrant ancestors from Ukraine, UK #Angret
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I can't stress enough how wrong and disingenuous the most recent wave of COVID revisionism is. The *only period* when Democratic counties had higher death rates was April-May 2020. From June 2020 onwards, Republican laxity and denialism were the most powerful force driving deaths.

“At one time, Ukraine handed over strategic bombers to Russia because we wanted peace and security guarantees. But Russia used them against us, bombing our people. Now, part of their strategic aviation has been destroyed in response,” said the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Yermak.

Must read. Like kids in a corruption candy store: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus... @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social

“Under the covenant of Trumponomics, women and all the loving care and babies they provide will be man’s reward for his manual labor, while her unwaged domestic labor essential to an economy of single-income American households, each headed by a stoic Trumpist patriarch.” nymag.com/intelligence...

(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency's head said during a briefing that he hadn't been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

Donald has spent the last week pardoning his friends who defrauded Medicare, union pensions, banks, and more. This is what “fraud and abuse” actually looks like. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

British Prime Minister Starmer: "We are moving to warfighting readiness" in the face of threat of war from Russia. Will build 6 munitions factories & thousands of long-range missiles Integrate drones into naval operations Build new submarine every 18 months £15 billion for nukes ($20.3 billion)

Bravo San Diego for chasing off ICE www.reddit.com/r/chaoticgoo...

And thus did your Prez father a meme.

ICE abducted her on her way to the job she was LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BE WORKING, held her overnight at an undisclosed location, then dumped her in a different part of San Francisco (because all Hispanics live in the Mission, right ICE?). This is what state terrorism looks like.

US training on Ukrainian platform

🎶"IT MASTIFF BEEN LOVE, BUT IT'S ROVER NOW"🎶

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Crucial investigative work from Nataliya Gumenyuk on the state of the war. @ngumenyuk.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Follow the money!!

This is why I’ve been saying Iran is what concerns me the most right now. There have been credible signs of Iran accelerating their uranium enrichment in recent months, and today it was confirmed by the IAEA. Going to be harder to hold Israel back now. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

When we Xennials were kids, we were not allowed to wear name tags to field trips because Ronald Reagan convinced educated adults that the country was overrun by kidnappers. The culture of fear that produced that name tag story gave rise to the country that produced this one.

While Trump has seen some success in the Supreme Court, a recent study found that he lost a whopping 96% of his cases in lower federal courts, with judges across the political spectrum ruling against him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Thou shalt not tie up children in zip ties and then deport them, for that maketh thou a MONSTER. A MONSTER! THE PEOPLE DOING ZIPTYING CHILDREN ARE MONSTERS!

Most accurate pollster of 2020 and 2024 finds Democrats have a 9-point lead in the generic ballot—a massive number this early in the cycle. People may not like us very much, but they HATE what Trump and the Republicans are doing to this country. Maybe the media should focus a bit more on that...

Statement from Buona Forchetta about the ICE raid last night. 💔

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NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’

🫣 Fiber-optic cables left behind by FPV drones.