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Silence Is Complicity Straighten your spine Speak & live your truth

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Real Trump Derangement Syndrome #RTDS is only the latest instance of how with the MAGA right, everything is projection, every accusation is a confession. We present the video evidence. open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...

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Editorial @the-independent.com "The Palestinians of Gaza.. face what the UN calls a “hunger crisis” & “critical famine risk”. The Israeli government knows this...The whole world knows this. We see the TV images of emaciated infants... & yet nothing happens." www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

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My take on the broader implications of the outcome of Polish presidential elections published in the Guardian today. ps. this is not the title I chose… 👇🏽 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim

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Playing to his base. The cruelty is the point. It always has been.

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When do we start winning?

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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"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...

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

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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...

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Please read this 👇

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

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"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...

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

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

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Best sign from yesterday.

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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...

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Why am I not surprised?

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"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...

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

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"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...

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

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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

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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...

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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.

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"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."

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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...

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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

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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

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"(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...

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Spox for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China posted this

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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.

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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."

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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...

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God help America...

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I’m looking forward to it

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

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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.

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

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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...

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

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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...

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"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...

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