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On the one side, I do not love being a Jew in a country now ruled by explicit Nazis. On the other hand, this is all amazing ad footage for the Dems in 2026.

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I don’t agree with it but the conditions presented have made it almost inevitable

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Ah yes the "knockout punch" theory of victory. Seize their capital, airfields, whatever you think the enemy center of gravity may be, and that will surely break their will to fight. Apropos of nothing, here is my favorite data visualization of all time:

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Le Monde: Macron tries to prepare public opinion for an unprecedented war effort President Macron, prime minister Bayrou and a dozen representatives of political parties and parliamentary groups met for 4 hours at the Elysée on Thursday to discuss & share highly sensitive geopolitical information

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I’m in a few groups for women in aviation and I haven’t seen this much sadness and despair in many years. Being a female flyer has never been a walk in the park but things were getting better. Now all of a sudden things are getting worse again, especially for our sisters in the US.

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Suddenly all the intelligence sharing with the US stopped.

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The EU is beefing up its subsea security. Today, we are taking steps to sanction saboteurs, deter adversaries and mobilise our military and civil capacities when needed. This includes boosting funding to safeguard critical infrastructure.

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Merz: “We must prepare for the possibility that Donald Trump will no longer uphold NATO’s mutual defense commitment unconditionally” “it is crucial that Europeans make the greatest possible efforts to ensure that we are at least capable of defending the European continent on our own.”

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Europe needs 300,000 new soldiers, 1,400 new tanks & 4% of GDP on defense to defend itself without the US. That’s why Europeans need to keep 🇺🇸 engaged by stepping up their own commitment now. Fascinating study from @guntramwolff.bsky.social @bruegel.bsky.social www.bruegel.org/analysis/def...

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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The Swedish authorities said on Friday that they were investigating a new cable break in the Baltic Sea, the latest example of damage to underwater infrastructure in the region.

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Come join us on Sunday if you are in Cork

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When these people tell you exactly who they are, make sure you listen.

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Farage and Truss speaking from the same CPAC stage where Nazi salutes are given…? No words… for British politicians to spout their tripe, denigrating our country like this is extraordinary. Not seen since Haw Haw…

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Sinn Féin are dead right not to go to the White House

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Your periodic reminder that these people think of women as disposable objects.

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

this is just making me think of the time conor mcgregor punched a man in the pub for no reason, then bought the pub specifically to ban the guy he assaulted. baffling why it didn't make him a legend with the locals.

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The JD Vance team flagged my TikToks for impersonation and had my account banned for making fun of him in a doughnut shop.

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BREAKING Four New York City Deputy Mayors are expected to resign this week in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to cooperate with the Trump administration. The four deputies run much of New York City’s government. Full Story: https://bit.ly/4bbAeSD

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I don’t think people grasp this. You are a federal or even state employee. You had a twitter account. You had to used a phone number to sign up for it. You criticised Trump or Musk. Cross reference your phone number to all of your IRS details. Fired and blacklisted.

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The IRS is preparing to give DOGE access to sensitive taxpayer data. The systems contain the private financial data tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details and employment information.

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Government to spend extra €2 billion to beef up Defence Forces www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...

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That Lord Hermer knows how to do his job and does it properly and the ToryGraph are determined to pretend it’s a bad thing

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I just learned that it’s spelled Colombia, not Columbia. Here are my thoughts on why it’s the perfect country for Trump’s first big trade war. 1/43…

submitted 26 days ago • 33 comments

White House, retweeting President Trump's Truth Social post on tariffs and sanctions, misspells Colombia

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AP: Colombian president orders increase of import tariffs on US goods in retaliation to similar order from President Trump. www.yahoo.com/news/colombi...

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Trump is going to lose the bulk of Latin America to Chinese influence unless he wises up very, very fast. And after Trump is gone, the damage will be partly irreversible. History is now.

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Today’s sham election in Belarus was neither free nor fair. The people of Belarus deserve a real say in who governs their country. On this so-called ‘election day’, I’m hosting Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with EU Foreign Ministers to reaffirm our support for a free and democratic Belarus.

submitted 27 days ago • 35 comments

There is something so quintessentially American about millions of ordinary people potentially suffering from myriad public health crises because one rich old boy wanted to do a solid for his University of Virginia Law School roommate. https://newrepublic.com/post/190669/sheldon-whitehouse-vote-rfk…

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Finnish Prime Minister Orpo just said in an interview that it is entirely possible that Russia may test the validity and functionality of Article 5 with an attack. This is the first time the Finnish government has made such a statement.

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So Sunday winding down, and we’re having Sweden detaining a Malta-flagged vessel, the US and Colombia starting a trade war, and the Finnish president flying to Denmark to discuss threats against Greenland from both of our’s most important ally. Can be an interesting week, this one…

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Grimly fascinating. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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The Latvian radio and TV broadcaster LVRTC reports that another fiber optic undersea cable was damaged. The cable is connecting Latvia with the Swedish island of Gotland. According to the report an "external influence" caused the damage. The Latvian Navy alerted NATO allies.

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NEW: White House warns reticent Senate Republicans to support all of Trump’s nominees—or face a “well-funded consortium of outside groups and political actors” that’ll “exact consequences.” + inside the Senate GOP dynamic with more controversial noms coming up. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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This is not an empty threat. Just 35 people/couples donated $1.6 billion to Trump's campaign in 2024. Just SEVEN of them accounted for $1 billion. It took a decade, but the country's billionaires finally figured out the full meaning of Citizen's United. And they're taking advantage.

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I bet King Abdullah was THRILLED with this suggestion, it’s not like preventing exactly this hasn’t been the top priority of Jordanian foreign policy for last 40 years and the threat was supposedly stopped forever by the US-brokered Jordan-Israel peace treaty.

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After the initial report of damage to the cable, the Latvian Navy have immediately dispatched a patrol vessel to investigate which vessel might have been involved - LSM

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