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Who'd have thought Germany was standing up to dictatorship when the United States is failing?

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IN FOCUS | How I uncovered the ringmasters at the heart of the migrant smuggling gangs

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"This judgment sets a critical precedent. Local planning authorities can no longer treat each factory farm unit as isolated when together they create a systemic environmental crisis." 🙌 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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always loved Little Golden Books... 😆

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Hungarian police said they are banning the Budapest pride parade which was planned for later this month

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Peace be upon us.

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"THE END OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC AS WE KNOW IT COULD BE HAPPENING NOW"

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Call it what it is: terrorism.

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What you saw from Trump in CA this weekend was not law enforcement. What you saw was a test of ways and means for Trump to disrupt and pervert the 2026 elections. My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 11 days ago • 73 comments

this seems correct

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A catastrophic explosion at Elon Musk’s Starbase in South Texas. #spaceX #tesla

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A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in a huge fireball on a test stand during preparations for its next launch at the Elon Musk-led company’s base in South Texas. https://trib.al/UM4fCXL

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Acknowledging the reality! Amen.

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Atomic Britain: Is Labour right to invest in new nuclear energy? Examining the case for nuclear energy, and whether Sizewell C is really a good use of public money | Ross McNally writes for @sussexbylines.co.uk

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Anne Applebaum erklärt Donald Trump:

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Exactly 🇺🇦✌🏻

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⚡️Drones reportedly hit major Russian chemical and fuel industry plants overnight. Drones struck two industrial plants in Russia overnight, targeting one of the country's largest nitrogen fertilizer producers in Stavropol Krai and a major fuel catalyst facility in Samara Oblast.

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LMAOOOO www.instagram.com/reel/DK2nMmJ...

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I rant about this a lot but I can’t for the life of me understand why BBC 6 Music News gives a daily update of how many people crossed the channel in small boats yesterday From a news values perspective alone, it makes no sense

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Meanwhile in Ukraine, where reality of Rusamerican betrayal of Europe has been digested & getting appropriate response. Watch & learn, dear Europeans - and help. Speaking of help, dear anti-fascists, today would be a very good day to help fund Ukraine's defence with a regular donation to U24 👇

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Toronto, Ontario, Vancouver, BC, and 1000 cities around the world will be marching in solidarity with our friends in the USA for the No Kings mass protest. Since Canada does actually have a king, we are calling it No Tyrants Day. 💪 www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Les tensions montent aux USA avant les manifestations prévues samedi 14 juin prochain, pour le "no kings day" anti Trump, avec le slogan, rappelant la guerre d'indépendance, "No king in America". Ce sera aussi l’anniversaire de Trump et le premier défilé militaire de l'histoire à Washington !

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❤️💙💜💛🧡💚 #NoKings #HandsOff June 14th, 2025 National FLAG DAY Who cares about (it's) birthday #NoOne A Constitutional CRISIS and it's time for the people to TAKE their POWER. The USA belongs to all of Us #NotMeUs We have no sympathy for a Wannabe king Defeat him and the whole World will throw a PARADE

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There is one way out.

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"Convincing a jury of 12 NJ citizens, most likely the congresswoman’s own constituents, that she assaulted an ICE officer and made him fear for his safety beyond a reasonable doubt, is another matter. McIver will also have a powerful defense in the Speech or Debate Clause." — @lizdye.bsky.social

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Spot the giraffe in Sheffield city centre 👀

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They wanted max cruelty. Shock and awe for the cameras. But all they did was traumatize a bunch of poor kids who’ll never forget it. An L.A. mom, US citizen, watched as unmarked vehicles rolled up. Masked, heavily armed ICE agents, guns drawn. And Cosplay Kristi Noem right there playing warlord!

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County Durham by-elections at the double estimated to cost more than £52,000 www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2523551...

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SIRENS IN THE NEGEV Sirens were activated "very close" to the Negev Nuclear Research Center in Dimona, southern Israel, for the first time according to QNN. Israel military says a missile from Yemen was intercepted. Rocket alerts happening now in northern Israel...

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See Image 3. Remember: Entire frameworks of British politics, social and cultural life were shifted violently rightward to ensure the safety and comfort of these groups. These are the people for whom it was all done. These are who British politicians and institutions insisted we make feel ‘safe’.

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NGOs take legal action on UK government, over selling arms to Israel NGOs and rights groups are taking the British government to court on May 13th, claiming the country has violated international law by arming Israel, according to Middle East Eye via AFP The Palestinian rights organisation,…

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Middle East Eye publicou um artigo mostrando q, a partir de 2016, começou rolar capital de empresas chinesas na Cisjordânia Ocupada, a começar p/ aquisição por um chinês de uma empresa ligada a um colono de extr-direita. Como mostrei anteriormente, a Rússia possui os maiores de seus investimentos

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Trump’s pledge to the Middle East: No more ‘lectures on how to live’ — meaning he’ll guarantee regimes security to act as dictators while turning a blind eye to human rights violations. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/w...

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An interesting conversation with Yanis Varoufakis and the Middle East Eye: #yanisvaroufakis #MiddleEastEye #technofeudalism #gaza #palestine #trump #biden #genocide

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the us and israel

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#UK ❗️An estimated 600,000 people marched through central London to Downing Street today to mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba and protest the thnic cleansing of Palestine. (Photo: Middle East Eye)

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Israeli forces deliberately targeted and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who witnessed the mass execution of medics in southern Gaza earlier this year, his father told Middle East Eye

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ICYMI- Emma welcomed David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, to talk about the horrors unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank, and Jacobin’s Benjamin Fogel to discuss Trump's obsession with South Africa. @emmavigeland.bsky.social @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social @benjaminfogel.bsky.social

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"It is not possible for a humanitarian organisation, which truly respects the basic humanitarian principles, to adhere to such a scheme." UNRWA Lazzarini to Middle East Eye on Israel’s supply scheme in #Gaza. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...

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Schon wieder Raiffeisen und Russland! Die Türkei bezahlt ihre milliardenschweren russischen Gas-Importe künftig über die Raiffeisenbank, berichtet Middle East Eye. Mit Gas wird der Krieg finanziert. Wann zieht sich Raiffeisen endlich aus der Kriegsverbrecher-Diktatur Russland zurück?

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If there's one thing future generations will remember about us, it is that we stood by and watched as a genocidal state committed the most horrific crimes against humanity, wiping out entire bloodlines right before our eyes.

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800 Lawyers have NOW called on UK PM Keir Starmer to sanction Israel now. 👉 In the last few weeks, world-leading genocide researchers and academics from Israel, the Netherlands, the US, UK, Australia, Croatia and Canada say Israel's conduct meets the legal threshold of genocide - Middle East Eye

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World leaders can see that israel is about to complete their genocide, so they are desperately trying to get on the correct side of history. They facilitated this genocide. NEVER FORGET.

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On Fri, Middle East Eye reported that Turkey intends to route future natural gas import payments to Russia through Raiffeisen Bank International. The scheme risks prolonging a revenue lifeline for the Kremlin. Read BankTrack and @b4ukraine.org's analysis: www.banktrack.org/blog/raiffei...

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Hmph. Think Starmer will listen? Solidarity with all these musicians, singers, writers and actors. #StopArmingIsrael

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"Several Palestinians have told Middle East Eye that upon receiving their box of aid they found the supplies to be woefully inadequate. [...] None of the Palestinians MEE spoke to received bottled water, cooking fuel, medicines, blankets, soap, washing powder or menstrual pads."

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“UNRWA is at a crossroads—without urgent funding, we risk implosion.” UNRWA Lazzarini tells Middle East Eye. The Agency supports million of #Palestine Refugees and faces a severe funding crisis. Urgent support is essential to sustain life-saving services. 🔗 www.middleeasteye.net/news/unrwa-c...

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"Has Israel manufactured a famine in Gaza?" 'Middle East Eye looks at the medical and legal dimensions of famine and starvation' www.middleeasteye.net/news/has-isr...

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