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Touché.

submitted 13 hours ago • 760 comments

A federal judge ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. earlier this year and imprisoned in El Salvador, should not be detained pending trial on immigrant smuggling charges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 20 hours ago • 146 comments

NYC friends: this poor dog was almost on his freedom ride out of the pound when his foster didn't show up on him. He's now in danger of being put down. Do you have space in your home and heart to adopt him? ❤️ Also, lots of animals at this NYC shelter who need a home. nycacc.app#/browse/225834

submitted 1 day ago • 235 comments

confirmed by the senate 99-0

submitted 22 hours ago • 117 comments

“Leavers thought they'd won. Remainers knew we'd all lose; that leaving the EU would be catastrophic, not just for our economy and living standards, but in validating an ugly wave of populism and nativism which continues to this day.” ~AA @pimlicat.bsky.social www.bestforbritain.org/brexit_9th_a...

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

BREAKING: According to the New York Times, U.S. intelligence believes Iran removed approximately 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity from the Fordow facility prior to the strike. The current location of this nuclear material is unknown to the United States.

submitted 1 day ago • 844 comments

Russian missile strike directly hit a lyceum in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Region. There were no children in the lyceum, as it's currently holiday break. However, staff members were present. Unfortunately, people may be trapped under the rubble. 2 deaths have already been confirmed.

submitted 22 hours ago • 3 comments

From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."

submitted 23 hours ago • 17 comments

The average age of Reform U.K. members is in fact 61, and 49% over 65. So Reform Chairman, David Bulls claim of 60% of its members being under 50 is of course Bull-shit! x.com/i/grok/share...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: Illegitimate PM of 🇬🇪 Kobakhidze just stated that whoever doesn’t recognize the "Parliamentary Commission" will be jailed. This means that most likely, 2 more democratic leaders will be jailed today - Mamuka Khazaradze & Badri Japaridze of Lelo will have their verdicts within hours. 1/2

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

On the anniversary of the referendum, shall we discuss the effect on the economy? The lives of EU citizens in the UK and Brits in the EU? Northern Ireland? European security? Britain's global reputation? Nah. Let's talk about how it affected Gove's marriage.😱~AA #BrexitMemorial

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments

hell yeah

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submitted 3 days ago • 593 comments

Quite. The right is always setting the ability to speak English well as a test of integration and these children pass with flying colours.

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

Cluster munitions, appearing as metallic spheres approximately 10 cm in diameter, have been discovered in Kremenchuk following a Russian attack. Their resemblance to toys or balls makes them particularly dangerous for children - police reports.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Russia keeps mercilessly attacking Kherson! Overnight, the Russian army shelled Kherson's Central district, according to the Regional Military Administration. The attacks damaged multi-story residential buildings. Homes sustained damage to balconies, walls, and roofs, with windows blown out.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Oh fgs we're back to the 'hiring super smart people for government' garbage? A soundbite in place of a strategy? www.ft.com/content/0b10...

submitted 2 days ago • 42 comments

We’re #1!!!

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Russia has struck Kramatorsk, damaging a multi-story building, according to city authorities. It's believed there are people trapped under the rubble as rescue operations continue.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

As backward Brexit Britain cancels its high-speed rail infrastructure (which needs special tracks to reach the highest speeds), the EU is moving steadily forward with its pan-European high speed transport system > 27+ nations working together to deliver the future for European citizens! #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

In Pasadena, protesters ran ICE out of a hotel. The hotel insisted ICE leave. Protesters slashed tires of many of the vehicles and local tow companies refused to assist. /

submitted 2 days ago • 320 comments

Here's an idea. Dem Governors & Mayors should be ordering their local law enforcement to arrest any & all unidentified and masked alleged ICE agents. If a random guy in a mask grabbed someone and threw them in a vehicle, we'd call that a kidnapping. Why not here? 1/2

submitted 2 days ago • 340 comments

Sadly, the weak, compliant reporters in the mainstream media won’t stop. After all, they don’t want to lose “access.”

submitted 2 days ago • 623 comments

If you weren't ashamed of what you're doing, you wouldn't have to cover your face.

submitted 2 days ago • 394 comments

Day 206 of #GeorgiaProtests I had a lengthly discussion with my friend about the importance of continuity until we reach the next stage of large protests and the eventual victory. It’s a matter of principle for us.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Have any members of congress sued over the new illegal ICE detention facility inspection restrictions yet?

submitted 2 days ago • 407 comments

Why did folks stop talking about grocery prices? I just left the store and OMFG…

submitted 2 days ago • 1380 comments

New voting restrictions are flying under the radar this year. From mail voting cuts to student ID bans, red states are mounting new stealth attacks and unfairly changing the rules ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

These are not police. By law, they have to identify. If they won’t—copy their plates, call the actual police and let them know you are witnessing armed police impersonators.

submitted 2 days ago • 1150 comments

AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.

submitted 2 days ago • 526 comments

Dictatorships indeed appear stable - until they suddenly collapse. But the collapse will not come without public resistance. And that’s the hard part - convincing people to keep going even as the bad guys seem stable. The struggle in Georgia now.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

#YouthMobilityScheme 🇪🇺🇬🇧 Great to see that yet another scheme that the Lib Dems have campaigned tirelessly for, will be delivered. #LibDems 🔶 Post-Brexit youth visa scheme with EU given green light www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.

submitted 3 days ago • 1408 comments

“He was going there expecting to just have a check-in, like he was supposed to be doing, and then they took him away,” he said. “It was almost like he got trapped, which just doesn’t seem fair.”

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The Senate GOP budget bill would impose a sweeping nationwide abortion ban by blocking Affordable Care Act insurers from covering abortion care in all 50 states. This extreme measure would override state protections & strip millions of women of their right to comprehensive reproductive health care.

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

SAY IT PLAIN: Federal “ICE officers” should not be anonymous. And this shouldn’t be a controversial thing to say.

submitted 3 days ago • 612 comments

The Appeals Court stripped Californians of their National Guard. Those units are now under the command of a demented sociopath determined to wreak havoc on our state. Four thousand US military are in position on city streets? Is the picture clear yet? #FascismHasArrived

submitted 4 days ago • 76 comments

Hillary is Always Right !!!

submitted 4 days ago • 226 comments

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 97 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

submitted 4 days ago • 296 comments

Without making any endorsements, it does seem like in a city of 8.5 million residents, it’s not too much to ask for the mayor to actually live in New York City.

submitted 2 days ago • 282 comments

If Joe Biden was President and was about to strike Iran, Donald Trump would be screaming about two things: first, he would say Biden can't strike without Congress' approval; second, he would say that unlike Biden, Trump would not start new wars.

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.

submitted 2 days ago • 1228 comments

💔 In the Rivne region, Ukrainian soldier Serhii Dobrovolskyi has died -- just days after returning home from russian captivity. Serhii was 43. He had been considered missing in action since 2023, but was freed during the recent large prisoner swap at the end of May. Source: mayor Vladyslav Sukhliak.

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

BREAKING: PLEASE SHARE Christian Stephen, a member of the US military was placed on a 72 hold in a psych facility for posting this video stating that he wants to uphold our Constitution.

submitted 2 days ago • 635 comments

What an obscenely terrible headline. I can assure the legacy media that Democrats are not looking to be politically targeted, manhandled, handcuffed, arrested or indicted. The handcuffs are a symbol of authoritarianism, injustice, intimidation, and government abuse. Nothing more.

submitted 3 days ago • 320 comments

These kind of police state tactics may be solving the Democratic Party's problem of not being able to reach young, low news consuming voters. In latest Economist/YouGov poll Trump's job approval among 18-29 year olds had dropped 44 points since his Inauguration.

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments