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❗️Ukraine has received $100 billion in aid from the U.S., not 350, not 500, not 700, – Zelenskyy “But even $100 billion, I am not ready to acknowledge as debt. A grant is not a loan. I negotiated this with Biden. The deal was a grant. We do not recognise it as debt.”

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23 February 1914 | Bernard Świerczyna was born, a Polish soldier, #Auschwitz prisoner no. 1393, one of the leaders of the resistance in the camp. 3 days before he was hanged (30 December 1944) he wrote those words inside cell 28 in the basement of Block 11 at Auschwitz I.

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⚡️ Zelenskyy: Trump is not forever. But we need peace for many years. Not only during his presidency.

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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

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Himes: "It just looks like an episode of The Sopranos. 'Give us your minerals or we're not gonna help you fight a bloody butcher.' I mean, is this really we want the greatest country in history to be known for -- some mafia thing? ... this president is standing with the bad guy"

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No kings. No tyrants. Not now. Not ever.

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Not the white man for the moment. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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😉

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Bad JVL is trying so damn hard.

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He nails it.

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Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

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Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico. Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts! New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

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Hail the governor of Maine, Janet Mills heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-2...

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Happy Black History Month

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BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

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Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

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During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived. His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Sláva Ukrayíni!

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Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

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www.expressnews.com/news/texas/a...

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“.. the share of Americans who think the economy is on the wrong track rose to 53% in the latest poll from 43% in the January 24-26 poll.” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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President Trump says Ukraine “should have never started” the war with Russia. Now imagine the reaction if President Biden had uttered those exact same words.

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"A war criminal and a convicted felon are deciding the future of Ukraine. If we are silent in allowing Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to carve up Ukraine it is a repeat of Munich 1938. We cannot allow this to happen.” - Charlie Angus, NATO meetings Brussels www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hq...

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So Bill Guerin and all of USA Hockey can eat literal shit forever www.thedailybeast.com/us-hockey-te...

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"It’s not all bad. Sure, I’m grading five hundred papers a week and living in a 1990 Honda Civic, but at least I get to hold my office hours in the campus Starbucks."

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That’s the ticket. Show up in court, with your Bar licenses on the line, and answer a judge’s pointed and specific questions on how this deal went down.

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Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window

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✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ DSW "We believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI], and call on our associates, customers, and communities to hold us accountable to showing it every day." The NAACP Black Consumer Advisory encourages consumers to 'buy-in' on companies that back their values.

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"Yoni says the customers who terminated the roofing contract specifically told him that the issue was that he drove a Cybertruck." www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-...

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🚨🚨🚨 Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday. www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/a...

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Nick Akerman, an ex-Watergate and SDNY prosecutor, wants to file an amicus brief opposing dismissal of the Eric Adams corruption case—and asking the judge to haul Emil Bove into court and possibly sanction him for "making improper and unethical demands." Doc https://buff.ly/416cCKD

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Siri, if American farmers don't have export markets, does that help them or hurt them?

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Andy McCarthy, a conservative legal analyst who serves as a Fox News contributor, denounced President Donald Trump and his new Attorney General Pam Bondi for weaponizing the Department of Justice. www.mediaite.com/news/andy-mc...

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We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.” Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

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Vance is credited with ushering in a new era of European solidarity.

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One of the two lawsuits seeking to invalidate Elon Musk's role in the government has been assigned to ... Tanya Chutkan:

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Bravo.

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Tom Homan basically admits to a quid pro quo for dropping the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams in exchange for enforcing Donald Trump's mass deportation plan. "If he doesn't come through...I'll be in his office, up his butt, saying 'where the hell is the agreement we came to?'" Vile.

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Danielle Sassoon resigned Thursday as the acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. It follows the Justice Department’s directive to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.

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🚨🚨🚨 Per NBC News Issa Rae cancels sold-out Kennedy Center show following Trump takeover

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Don't spend another dollar in America. Across the country people are cancelling long-planned trips. I just heard from a Canadian travel agent who is telling her customers she won't book trips to the United States. Canada The boycott is strong. Canada #strongasfuck We don't bend. We don't break.

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Started / Going

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By “go into”, he means “get invaded.”

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DEI hires are out. But when it comes to dealing with vodka-loving Putin, Pete Hegseth could be the perfect DUI hire.

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