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When do we start winning?

submitted 2 days ago • 758 comments

Classic projection! "A senior Washington figure, who has provided advice for the admin, claimed that the VP is “obsessed by the fall of Western civilisation” – including his view that free speech is being eroded in Britain." Kate Devlin @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Only in America can a convicted felon threaten Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Oprah. I wonder if Qatar's newest employee ran this by the Royal family before shooting his mouth off.

submitted 12 days ago • 239 comments

Sounds like the UK Conservatives have taken note of the Australian Liberal Party's implosion at the recent federal election - after they had sought election advice from a Trump poltical strategist. Archie Mitchell & David Maddox write @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Whoa! "MPs..shouted "genocide" as the (UK) foreign sec said "It is extremism. It is dangerous. It is repellent. It is monstrous & I condemn it in the strongest possible terms." @milliecooke.bsky.social Archie Mitchell & David Maddow in @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

"Most talk on economic matters in Greenland focuses on minerals, echoing what Trump has talked about concerning Ukraine." Paul R Pillar for Responsible Statecraft responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-greenl...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

They received presidential pardons for this ‘message’ and it wasn’t seashells on a beach.

submitted 15 days ago • 494 comments

I respect this: "The Ben & Jerry’s duo have also been outspoken over several years on the Israel-Palestine issue. They describe themselves as “proud Jews” & supporters of.. Israel, but have also been sharply critical of Israeli government policies @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Please read this 👇

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

“Do you swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States?” “I don’t know.”

submitted 26 days ago • 588 comments

"Trump’s regressive populism – cruel, bigoted, tyrannical – must be met by a bold progressive populism that strengthens democracy and shares the wealth." This from former US secretary of labor @rbreich.bsky.social for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Canada, we’re with you! TRUMPISM IS REPUDIATED IN AUSTRALIA! #auspol

submitted 28 days ago • 1337 comments

Trump's new Meet the Press interview was just the latest illustration that dude's brain is gone

submitted 27 days ago • 260 comments

Best sign from yesterday.

submitted 29 days ago • 196 comments

Story unfolding as US Iran nuclear talks continue and are said to be gathering momentum. Too early to speculate. Reporting for The @theguardian.com is Beiruit based @willchristou.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Why am I not surprised?

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

"Francis's final resting place will be the basilica of St Mary Major.. In Ancient Rome, the Esquiline was used for the burial of slaves, the poor & those condemned to death.. He prayed there before..(& after).. each overseas trip". @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Great piece by @mbazzi.bsky.social - although I thought Secretary James Mattis had supported keeping the JCPOA in place.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

"The indulgence of the Kremlin by America is as incomprehensible as it is obscene, and the world knows it." Editorial from @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

The hashtag “Trump chickened out” went viral on China’s internet, with more than 150 million views on the social media platform Weibo.

submitted 38 days ago • 5 comments

30 years after the Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. is again at high risk for domestic extremism—yet anti-extremism efforts in the military have been gutted. “You can draw a straight line from the Civil War all the way up to Jan. 6…we don’t seem to have learned any lessons.” @heidibeirich.bsky.social

submitted 39 days ago • 8 comments

One of His Holiness The Pope's most consequential and symbolic meetings recounted here by Eldar Mamedov in Responsible Staecraft. A uniting of two truly Holy Men inded who appeared to be brothers as soon as thet met. responsiblestatecraft.org/pope-francis...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Loved His Holiness. A headline in @the-independent.com as I wake up reads " The revolutionary pontiff who changed the Catholic Church and the world". A Holy Man indeed. Just about to read it but wanted to find these 2 images first.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

"Everybody from Roberts on down who hasn’t totally beaten their consciences into submission on the question of Trump is wasting their time if they’re trying to triangulate the best possible outcomes of actions."

submitted 45 days ago • 21 comments

Editorial @the-independent.com : "Mr Vance said he was “beating up” on Britain & “joked” that “the first truly Islamist country to get a nuclear weapon” might be “actually the UK since Labour just took over”. Err, Pakistan is an Islamic Republic-Idiocracy/Facism www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

B.O.P Büyük Ortadoğu Projesi tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BC... Antalya Diplomasi Forumu'nda Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs Suriye'de savaşın Obama'nın emriyle ABD ve İsrail tarafından çıkarıldığı ve sebeplerinin ne olduğu tane tane anlatılıyor (3dk) sınırı olduğu için 3 bölüm 1.BÖLÜM

submitted 48 days ago • 4 comments

Just days after Vice President JD Vance's March visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, the installation commander sent out an email to the base distancing it from Vance’s criticism of Denmark and its oversight of the territory, Military.com has learned. Scoop from @tomnovelly.bsky.social

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

"(Colonel Susan) Meyers' (the commander of a U.S. Space Force base in Greenland) firing was the latest in a series of terminations of senior military leaders, including several female leaders." @taracopp.bsky.social reports for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/greenla...

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Spox for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China posted this

submitted 51 days ago • 19 comments

A quote that is so very British from Sir Alex Younger @the-independent.com “On the face of it, using a phone, an iPhone or whatever it is, to plan an attack you don’t want your enemy to know about, is not sensible.” Translate to put a smile on your face for a minute at least.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security." CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security." MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security." CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security." Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."

submitted 66 days ago • 817 comments

Damn, the British Foreign Office and their Diplomatic Corps can be good. @the-independent.com 's White House Corresponent @andrewfeinberg.com reports. Disclaimer: I am born British, and have also been living in Australia as a dual citizen for 30 years #defuse www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 70 days ago • 7 comments

God help America...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

I’m looking forward to it

submitted 78 days ago • 22 comments

People who care about the future of their country. It's inspiring.

submitted 77 days ago • 16 comments

When contemplating the history of proxy wars between the US and Russia, I never imagined I’d see a day when the Russian proxy fighting American citizens was sitting in the White House.

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Paul Pillar writes in @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...

submitted 92 days ago • 168 comments

I present to you the next deputy director of the FBI!

submitted 96 days ago • 1018 comments

Read this from @the-independent.com 's World Affairs Editor @samkiley.bsky.social and the possibility of the US President being a Russian asset becomes higher. That's just my take on a great report. What is clear here is that Russia is on its knees. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

"President Volodymyr Zelensky is a “dictator” who had “better move fast or he is not going to have a country left”, Donald Trump has said." And you may ask yourself --- How Did We Get Here? Alex Croft & @alxcroft.bsky.social report for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

That’s the problem. We’ve been standing by for too long.

submitted 103 days ago • 563 comments

🚨 BREAKING - 14 states file a lawsuit arguing Elon #Musk's authority at #DOGE is #unconstitutional The lawsuit is one of several accusing President Donald #Trump of skirting the Constitution and Musk of operating with unchecked power. #legal #RESIST www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 107 days ago • 16 comments

Good advice ⬇️

submitted 107 days ago • 497 comments

Great reporting via @brennancenter.bsky.social "The AI threat is far from overstated. It is very likely that the election interference tactics we witnessed in 2024 are just the beginning. As AI advances, disinformation will become harder to track and counteract." Kudos to the authors.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

WARNING....THIS IS NOT A DRILL. "Trump will ride the anti-government theme long enough and hard enough to cause damage that will take generations to repair." Paul R Pillar in The National Interest. God Help America. nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pi...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

i’m really worried. “The Department of Homeland Security, as part of an evaluation of its election security mission, said that personnel focused on misinformation, disinformation and foreign influence operations aimed at US elections have been placed on administrative leave”

submitted 108 days ago • 20 comments