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Between the Elon Trump fallout and 30 percent of dead Russian bombers this is shaping up to be a pretty nice little week

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You can make a meaningful donation to Ukraine yourself, right here. u24.gov.ua

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Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) has gained access to sensitive data of Russia's strategic aircraft manufacturer Tupolev, a source in HUR told the Kyiv Independent on June 4.

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great, provocative column from larry tye on what it took to defeat the american nightmare of joe mccarthy and the ism that bears his name. along these lines, may i also point you to the 2nd season of my podcast, “ultra”: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back. This is only going to get worse.

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Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil. It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men

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by popular demand, excerpts from this article posted in a thread below it

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Someone just sent me a group email making the case for Jamie Dimon for president. No. No more rich oligarchs

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Ukraine was jubilant on June 1 as news filtered through of a stunning drone attack targeting Russian heavy bombers, that simultaneously targeted four air bases, two of them thousands of miles inside Russia. Here's everything we know — and don't know — about Operation Spiderweb.

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Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.

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It took me a while, but I can now see a purpose in speaking to the discussion of my departure from Yale for the University of Toronto. Here I address four public framings of last year’s move that arose in recent weeks, which tell us something of our present moment snyder.substack.com/p/last-years...

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‼️ Russian Railways May 2025 Loading Update Thread Things got worse…

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"Support for the law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing... "At least 11 big companies are moving work away from firms that settled with the administration or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals..." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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Russian forces conducted their largest combined drone and missile strike of the war that included over 400 drones against Ukraine on the night of May 31 to June 1. Ukrainian forces were notably unable to down any of the three ballistic missiles that Russia launched overnight. isw.pub/UkrWar060125

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“We have to try to have some compassion for people that have fallen into this trap that truly think Trump is their savior…He's taking that trust they have…and he's abusing them. He's destroying their family…He's abusing the whole country.” — @adamkinzinger.bsky.social

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By firing IRS auditors who went after wealthy tax cheats, Elon Musk's DOGE could cost up to $323 billion in tax revenue over the next 10 years. It was never about being efficient or effective. www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-dog...

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NEW: Western insider reporting about Kremlin demands to end the war in Ukraine continues to align with repeated public statements from Kremlin officials outlining Russia's demands, indicating that Russia's goal of Ukrainian capitulation and destruction of NATO remains unchanged. isw.pub/UkrWar052825

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Trump has built a PARDON PIPELINE to the White House now facilitated by his lackey: newly appointed Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin. Just how low can Trump go? Oh, it's bad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROtJ...

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🤷🏼

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Cognitive decljne

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Phang: If you have to resort to deceit to get something done, that tells me what you’re doing is wrong. What’s happening is a dup-and-scoop: people are being duped into going to court, their cases get dismissed, and then they’re scooped up by ICE and deported under expedited removal.

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OPINION: Hayes: We are more powerful than ‘one petty, addled man’ “All these institutions and the people that power them,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social, “altogether are more powerful than this one petty, addled man—and Donald Trump knows it,” says Hayes on Trump’s attack on institutions.

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A viral post is spreading fear on all platforms, supposedly from Liz and Me, about a nonexistent bill—just like the far right used to do. We cannot become what we’re fighting. The truth still matters. We win by being better, not louder. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/dont-fight...

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⚡️EU announces new Black Sea security strategy to counter Russian threats, top diplomat says. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas proposed creating a Black Sea Maritime Security Hub, a monitoring system that would protect key infrastructure.

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American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything From Natalya Gumenyuk www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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⚡️ Putin calls to 'strangle' Western companies still operating in Russia. "We should strangle them. I agree completely. I'm speaking without any shame, because they're trying to strangle us," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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“Tyrants cannot succeed where people refuse to submit to them. We will not submit. We will emerge from this stronger than we were before, and more committed to the common good. Be safe. Be strong. Hug your loved ones.”

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“In the past four months, the lower courts have done more than other government entities to respond to the chaos emanating from the Trump administration. . . .The Supreme Court, by contrast, has undermined lower courts seeking to protect the rule of law.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/o...

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“Vance may lecture the Chief Justice all he wants, but people see this Administration’s assault on the courts for the danger that it is.” I’m doing all I can to help vindicate Ruth Marcus’s optimistic assessment of public opinion: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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The US is now complicit in the deaths of Ukrainians as Trump ONCE AGAIN does not sanction Russia despite his so called “red line.” He is the weakest so called leader America has had in its history.

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Yes!

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Remember the 2nd case like Abrego Garcia, involving the gay man deported to Mexico n/w/s having been terrorized and held for ransom there? Judge Murphy orders the US to bring him back. not facilitate, not effectuate, bring him back.

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⚡️Explosions reported in Kyiv amid Russian drone attack. Explosions were heard in Kyiv overnight on May 24 amid a Russian drone attack, a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground reported at 12:42 a.m.

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⚡️UPDATE: At least eight people were wounded as multiple waves of explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on May 24 during a massive Russian drone and missile attack. Two of the injured were hospitalized, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.

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Harvard isn’t bending the knee, Donald, so you better get used to the courtroom beatdown. youtu.be/CQW1P8TAN4M

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More fallout from Paul Weiss’ decision to capitulate to Trump: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

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Let's hope this is just the start.

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New meme alert

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In my worst nightmares the teenagers at DOGE take over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, yup, here we are.

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⚡️EU to sanction Nord Stream 2 pipeline as Russia rejects Ukraine ceasefire, Bloomberg reports. The EU is close to restricting the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in a new round of sanctions as Russia refuses a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on May 23.

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NOBODY WANTS APPLE BUILDING IPHONES HERE YOU IGNORANT FAT TODDLER. Good God you exhausting sloppy goon

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250 years ago, Americans rejected a mad king. On June 14, we’re gathering again for a nationwide day of defiance to say NO KINGS. Nearly 1,000 events are planned in all 50 states to show the world what democracy really looks like. Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Since when did playing the victim become a leadership strategy? Honestly is so annoying, exhausting and weak. A Gen X perspective. Full video link👇 youtu.be/8hPLPvrYh0k

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"To call out Russia’s lies is no longer enough. Europe must confront — and discard — five lethal delusions of its own," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in his recent op-ed.

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