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"if killing 23 civilians at an aid distribution site is not terrorism, how can we possibly be expected to accept that spray-painting a plane is?" Damn right Sally Rooney The irony of a government complicit in genocide doing this is chilling and indefensible www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡

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"Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said while the right to protest is essential, "actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as legitimate protest" As you would expect from the Met Police - utter bollox www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This is what Jupiter looks like in infrared. -Credits: NASA/JWST

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61 years ago today, the Klan murdered three civil rights workers in Mississippi. One of them was a childhood friend. I'd like to share what he meant to me. https://youtu.be/u-kv3wdqqNo?si=Zc3Uh-CJOcODt-RW

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'Indications?' FFS www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Marvellous news. This will now be debated in Parliament on July 7th I have no expectations whatsoever, but it will be interesting, if nothing else, to listen to the government's excuses for not doing anything petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Looks like Trump has to sell a lot more red hats, bibles, watches and Dumbphones! ===================

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Drax is an insane greenwashing joke It has to be stopped www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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AMEN

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“Intimidation won’t work. Being targeted by Viktor Orbán’s propaganda is probably the clearest proof that RSF and its correspondents are doing impactful work.” @rsf.org

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www.facebook.com/reel/7596080...

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He didn’t like the answers it was giving, so he’s starting over.

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"If it is warm in the days after the solstice, they will produce more flower buds the following spring, leading to a bumper crop of beech nuts in the autumn. If it’s cool they might produce none – a phenomenon known as masting" Miraculous nature Marvellous 😊 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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QUOTE OF THE DAY FROM SEN JOHN KENNEDY: "If a president can’t finish a sentence without taking a nap and talks like he’s from outer space, when do you have a moral obligation to stand up and say that he can’t do the job anymore?"

submitted 3 days ago • 29 comments

ICE's increasingly aggressive tactics are unacceptable and dangerous. They do not make us any safer. I’m calling for an independent investigation right now — this abuse of power must end.

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Back in Kyiv, President Zelenskyy visited the site of the recent horrific massacre by Russia to honor the victims

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30 years ago, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated. I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnd0eSuxu84

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I’ve been in politics for over a half-century. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people. https://youtu.be/sP0pRIBRcDk?si=o8uynfvuoVhcX7p8

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NATO: “Kaliningrad enclave is a problem” Ukriane: “Hold my borscht” 🥣 👇👇👇

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Donnie, Donnie, Donnie Amin Most amazin' man there's ever been He de General, de President He de King of the scene Donnie, Donnie, Donnie Amin

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Top Senate Dems are demanding Trump outline "a clear, detailed plan" for dealing with Iran, saying the president has left Congress in the dark as he weighs direct US involvement in Israel’s campaign against Tehran.

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Things are going well.

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Sent to me by a Canadian friend. Many in our country are in crisis with nowhere to turn. Let's keep sharing this in the hopes this number rescues them. Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada!

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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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Russian strike on Kyiv: 8 bodies recovered overnight and morning, bringing death toll to 24 – photos

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I don’t know, I just don’t think we should be making decisions with geopolitical implications that could result in millions of deaths and catastrophic damage based on a passage in Genesis.

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Putin's footprint in history. When a person is unable to create something, he destroys. This is my native Kyiv in the massive Russian shelling.

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🤬 Russian drone hits a residential building in Kyiv on the morning of June 17.

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The man suspected of shooting two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses in their homes in what officials describe as politically motivated attacks was arrested and charged Sunday evening after a sprawling manhunt involving more than 100 officers. wapo.st/3FFrkBL

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This would be the new normal, except that the situation will get rapidly worse Food security in the UK and Europe is becoming a massive issue www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Hello, I am interested in a massive tank that is terrible for the environment, that doesn't fit in a parking space, that is deadly to pedestrians, and that makes me look a complete tw*t Do you have anything in that line? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

submitted 12 days ago • 22 comments

Here we go again Another techie 'solution' designed to allow fossil fuel companies to keep pumping out the carbon and keep free-market capitalism in the fast lane Insane www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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MADDOW: “What is this country going to allow him to do? This is an attempted authoritarian overthrow of the 🇺🇸 Constitution and Government… imposition of a dictatorial regime. The strength of the movement against him is what will determine our fate as a country.”

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Ooh...I bet their quaking in their boots Ineffectual bollox It will have absolutely NO impact on Israel's murderous and genocidal actions Starmer will try anything other than banning arms sales and calling out genocide www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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⚡️Russia makes a year's worth of NATO ammunition in 3 months, Rutte says. "The capabilities of Putin's war machine are speeding up, not slowing down," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

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