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We are arms dealers to terrorists.

Unfortunately I won’t be to DC in time, but this rally for Ukraine is happening in Lincoln memorial. Attend if you can and Slava Ukrainii!

Immigrants are taking all the best jobs.

former Tory chief whip Simon Hart on the party’s current leader

Great piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social. Reminder that this isn’t the first time the federal workforce has been resegregated: Woodrow Wilson’s 1913 order to impose Jim Crow rolled back almost half a century of progress that saw Black people working at every level of the federal government.

Musk, Vance and their support for the anti-American, pro-Russian German far-right From Jamie Kirchik www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...

“Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team when [Pres. Trump] elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Well this is interesting. In Ukraine, who is the most popular foreign leader? Source: Rating Group Ukraine

But they support our veterans…right.

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On my top-list of suspect high level Russian spies in the West are: Schröder, Merkel, Scholz, Trump with the obvious Orban et al of less relevance since they have outed themselves already.

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From Ashley St. Clair's court filing last night. Elon is aware of it and is fully paranoid about assassination attempts.

And he has been correct. But the active ingredient in the catalyst was himself, not Ukraine.

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Crying 😂

Drop a 💙 @madonnachat.bsky.social #BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋 #BluePetPatrol💙🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga

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If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

Starlink in Ukraine operates based on paid contracts. If it’s being used as an extortion tool, then other countries should consider it a potential security risk - just like Russian gas used for blackmailing. If Ukraine is cut off, it would be wise for Europe to reconsider its use

Lithium. Why lithium?

DoJ investigation into cases against Trump marked by vested interests

‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals

#Breaking 🚨😮🚨😮 www.newsweek.com/some-employe...

Is it time for Elon Musk to finally get in his own rocket ships, which always explode?

“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company?” -Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), US author, anthropologist, filmmaker #WomensArt

Pre-Raphaelite artist Evelyn de Morgan, Study of a head (1905) #womensart

say it with me: voters hate this

What a fucked-up framing from the #BrokenPost. Trump is surrendering Ukraine and the West to Putin but here the burden is on Zelensky to "salvage his relationship." Can Zelensky salvage his relationship with Trump and save Ukraine? wapo.st/4it7ZS3

Brown had to go - he was serving his country while black.

lol main german parties are canvassing in my neighbourhood and they all stop handing me their leaflets as soon as they see what im wearing

Marlene Robertson @marlene4719 #Trump🤡 ~ “ #Zelenskyy shouldn’t have started the war with #Russia.”

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Kellogg: An emotional visit to Ukraine's Irpin Military Hospital today to visit wounded soldiers/amputees with Amb Brink. Being with these warriors is why President Trump is absolutely right about ending this war. The killing must stop. 45-47 will do it.

Trump’s methods at work: Reuters reports that the United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources.

The government of the USA is openly racketeering. And that is not even the worst thing about them. ‘Owning the libs’ is doing a heck of a lot of heavy lifting right now…

'Caesar figure': MAGA die-hards pushing 3rd Trump term met with CPAC silence: NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — It’s not easy being king. Just ask President Donald Trump. Trump has persistently teased a third term for years now. “Should I run again?” Trump asked at a Black History Month event at the White…

Jeez. US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources. Trump’s government are behaving like mobsters www.reuters.com/business/us-...

You have to wonder whether he ever read the magazine he edited. Once again, the Andrew Neil chapter in How They Broke Britain sets the scene rather well…

The correct context for this is authoritarianism versus democracy. People need to realize that and choose a side.

🚫🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky is not ready to accept a minerals deal with the US as Ukraine sees a "number of problematic issues" with the draft agreement, - Sky News "Today, the drafts do not reflect a partnership in the agreement and contain only unilateral commitments by Ukraine."

"The United States and NATO can counter Putin’s criminal action and restore international order—not just in Europe, but anywhere an aggressive, authoritarian country might be considering a land-grab." All we have to do is do it. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubi...

I'm begging people to remember that 'meritocracy' was coined for a work of satirical fiction. It is not a real thing, and, as the satire suggested, defining 'merit' as a standalone measurable individual quality is impossible.

The Trump administration is DEI in reverse—except with nepotism and loyalty tests instead of diversity. Unqualified Trump supporters, friends, and family members take all the positions

“U.S. negotiators have warned that Ukraine would lose access to Starlink terminals, owned by billionaire Elon Musk's company SpaceX, if Kyiv did not sign the deal” kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...