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Functional illiteracy kills democracy because it replaces reasoned debate with emotional appeals and leaves people at the mercy of those who shout the loudest or simplify the most.

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Democracy requires informed citizens: people who can read laws, understand policy debates, question authority, and participate meaningfully in civic life. Without that, citizens become vulnerable to demagoguery, misinformation, and manipulation.

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Functional illiteracy kills democracy. Without informed, literate citizens, democracy crumbles into demagoguery and manipulation. We must fight for education and critical thinking to protect freedom.

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Nothing shouts complacency like appointing a 22 yo fresh out of college as head of CP3, responsible for countering terrorism. How quick will the USA run into situations best described by: "we told you so" and "you were asking for it" ? #thomasfugate

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I always thought Jesus Christ was the true nexus of morality. With all due respect, this sounds disturbingly like idolatry to me.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Kyiv, Ukraine—tonight. We deserve a better life than this. Russia is a terrorist state.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

It's Friday—do something positive. Help Brahim Saadoun regain his life amid this madness. A former Marine trapped in a diplomatic nightmare. Just $5 today can make a difference. Thank you to everyone who has already donated—we've surpassed $2,000!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

MAGA civil war: Elon vs Trump has started.

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www.digi24.ro/stiri/actual... Do you remember George Simion? He recently lost the presidential elections in Romania. Apparently his key backer is under investigation for fraud and embezzlement worth up to €1 million. GS is blaming "the globalists" 🤡.

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If Robert Lupu had been prosecuted and imprisoned for grooming, abuse, and forced videochat, Teodora might still be alive today. Justice delayed is justice denied. #Romania 💔

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Today, Teodora Marcu is being buried. She was 23 years old and pregnant. She was shot dead in broad daylight by her abuser while her 3-year-old daughter watched. Our society failed to protect her. #Romania 💔

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

€1015 to go to get a pickup🥺

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Any time soon?

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

All 👀 on Crimea

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Lech Wałęsa, the old lion of Eastern Europe, is sounding the alarm. Everyone—regardless of their politics—should listen.

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Why should Romania remain on NATO’s frontier while our neighbor Ukraine, eager and fully capable, stands ready to join and help defend it?🐾

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A Russian recorded an appeal to Putin after yesterday's events at Russian airbases: "Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin], it's fcking hell! Our fcking strategy is fcked up!Tu-95s,Tu-22M3s.We don't need any negotiations.They fcked us in Irkutsk.They showed their strength, strategy,that they work⤵️

submitted 5 days ago • 85 comments

Leak to Osechkin: Putin is furious. Meetings with the General Staff, FSB, and FSO one after another to determine which high ranking officers in the FSB's Counterintelligence will walk the plank for the spectacular failure. The list of the "guilty" will be drafted starting Monday.

submitted 6 days ago • 40 comments

🚨 Ukraine's GUR military intelligence warns Russia is recruiting Ukrainian refugees in Europe for terror attacks and espionage. Those who fled Russia-occupied territories in Ukraine are especially vulnerable to blackmail as family/friends still trapped by the Russian fascists.

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⚡️Ukraine seeks to bring back up to 1,200 people in next prisoner swap with Russia, Zelensky says. The next prisoner exchange will reportedly include young people between the ages of 18 and 25, as well as people with serious injuries.

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No man is an island — and no country is, either. We can't survive or thrive alone. Sometimes you best serve your nation's long-term interests by helping others first. #Solidarity #GlobalCooperation #UnitedWeStand #Ukraine

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Russian savages killed a civilian couple in their home and put their newborn infant in a washing machine What kind of mentally ill barbarian would act like this? A russian. They are in NOW way like us, they are not civilized

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Gentle reminder: you don’t marry a candidate. You vote for the one who can do the most good (or the least harm). In Romania, we’ve learned to choose the lesser evil 🐾 #Poland #EU #Romania #Democracy

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

If the winner of Poland's elections is intelligent he will moderate his discourse: half of the country didn't vote for him.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

How do people become this depraved?

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Elections day in Poland. Big turnaround.

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youtu.be/-E4gJWdsyAA?... Seized churches, tortured pastors, and abducted children: this is how Russia is defending Christianity in Ukraine. We talk about Protestants and Evangelicals here. Will MAGA care?

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youtu.be/zb7Tc58zLjU?... "We will root out the Ukrainian churches without mercy" said the occupiers and they did so. People were silenced, arrested, deported, tortured, killed while Putin paraded as the defender of Christian values.

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edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/a... There must be a special place in hell for people who torture animals for fun. #Cats #StopCatsTorture

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The Trump regime has declared that if you criticize Israel or point out they should not mass murder women and children, your visa will be denied. You can however criticize the US and any of its allies, just not Israel.

submitted 8 days ago • 111 comments

I remember how a Ukrainian soldier lost his voice and couldn't speak anymore after he found a baby drowned in a washing machine and the child's parents shot dead.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments