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Today marks nine years since Jo Cox MP was murdered by a far-right extremist while serving her constituents in Batley and Spen. Jo dedicated her life to building a fairer, more compassionate society, and her belief that “we have more in common than that which divides us” continues to resonate.

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This is not a threat. This is a reality.

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Looks like someone’s finally realizing why VOA was an essential soft power tool in the first place. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

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ICE says Club World Cup attendees should carry proof of legal status, sparking concerns

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Absolufuckinglutely perfect 👇

submitted 9 days ago • 63 comments

Not to ignore: 5) Make maximum personal profit from insider dealings, at every turn, from advance information fed by Trump prior to making a declaration.

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They threatened to gangrape Congresswoman Cortez and were trying to kill Nancy Pelosi. They had nooses hung up ready to hang Mike Pence.

submitted 28 days ago • 7 comments

(FT) - The pattern is now unmistakable. Trump announces extreme tariff policies but in the face of a negative political, economic or market response, he backs off. The Taco (for Trump Always Chickens Out) trade notched up its latest win yesterday. #TACO 🌮 www.ft.com/content/0006...

submitted 34 days ago • 25 comments

How far away is this from something that Trump could even start to comprehend?

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News outlets ought to bring a portable platform in and raise the reporter on the scene so that this garbage isn't visible. Do one quick hit explaining what you're doing and why, and then never show this shit again. No need to broadcast the administration's hate propaganda.

submitted 49 days ago • 7 comments

Link no longer active at Harvard (should we be worried?). Working link anyone?

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There are moments in history when groups of countries need to stand together against an oppressor. Such decisions are never easy, often costly, and the road is typically bumpy and potholed, but in this instance the direction, at least, could not be clearer. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

The Paul, Weiss Wikipedia page should lead with this emendation

submitted 78 days ago • 31 comments

Let’s hope that this can become a catalyst for European governments and other entities to show solidarity to Canada.

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Who else has noticed Bluesky messages, all, to my observation, being strongly critical of the current US regime, disappearing?

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Who, in their right mind, and given the options, would choose to risk staying at a hotel whose owner openly displays neither interest in, nor consciousness of health or safety issues. www.trumphotels.com

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

He is so pathetically shallow and malleable.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Tristan Tzara, Paul Éluard, André Breton, Hans Arp, Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, René Crevel & Man Ray.

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

I find this so disturbing. Is nowhere safe or sacred? Serious investors will run a mile.

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www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

submitted 105 days ago • 23 comments

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

submitted 106 days ago • 2059 comments

Trump and Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.

submitted 106 days ago • 34 comments

“Despair is a lie. It says that we know for certain that nothing will ever get better. Not only is that not something anyone can know, all the evidence of modern human history strongly contradicts it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-case-aga...

submitted 108 days ago • 4 comments

After slaughtering tens of thousands in Gaza, Israel embarked on a forced displacement campaign in the West Bank. Neither proved severe enough to curb Europe’s enthusiasm for collaboration. — writes Belén Fernández for #AJOpinion ⤵️

submitted 108 days ago • 15 comments

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

submitted 109 days ago • 1468 comments

Europe doesn't need any more wake-up calls. It's awake. It's just very comfortable in its warm bed and procrastinating on getting up in the hopes something turns up to magically take care of all the chores it knows it should be getting on with.

submitted 120 days ago • 45 comments

Here is what to watch out for in the 6pm exit polls: 1) does the CDU cross 30% & how large is the gap to the AfD? 2) is there a majority of seats for a CDU-SPD coalition? This is the easiest (but by no means easy) coalition to negotiate. 3) are FDP and BSW in or out? 4) how well does die Linke do?

submitted 114 days ago • 5 comments

Clearly you haven’t had enough Hammond organ in your life yet this morning : #BlackHistorySpins youtu.be/T0iOT142aBM

submitted 127 days ago • 2 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

submitted 123 days ago • 422 comments

Not bending the knee: Fortune published a list of companies who have stood by their diversity, equity & inclusion programs publicly and recently: Costco Apple JP Morgan Chase Pinterest Microsoft e.l.f. Beauty Goldman Sachs Cisco Delta

submitted 134 days ago • 16 comments

At the heart of Canadian national memory is the awareness that Canadians twice came to the UK's aid in world wars years before the Americans showed up. It will not be forgottem if the Brits now hide in a corner and say nothing when Canada faces existential threats.

submitted 134 days ago • 105 comments

NEW: US government websites are disappearing in real time, including sites for the US Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, neglected diseases, and children in adversity. We analyzed more than 1000 .gov websites to track what's been taken down—and what's next. wrd.cm/4aFMs5A

submitted 135 days ago • 179 comments

Dear Leaders of the Free World, Fight him at every turn. Make his life miserable. Expose his ignorance and sociopathy. Oppose and condemn and marginalize him. The decent people of this nation are not with him. We stand with you. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...

submitted 134 days ago • 870 comments