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⚡️US mineral deal offers no security guarantees for Ukraine, NYT reports. The terms of the revised proposal are virtually the same as those of an earlier version rejected by President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a draft dated Feb. 21.

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Someone’s lying here, big time. And just this once, I don’t think it’s Trump.

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Wait. It gets worse: "The new document states that the revenues will be directed to a fund in which the United States holds 100 percent financial interest, and that Ukraine should contribute to the fund until it reaches $500 billion....The US has allocated $119 billion for aid to Ukraine."

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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 President Donald Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner.

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⚡️Canada opposes Russia's return to G7, vows to 'stand its ground,' ambassador says. Canada, which currently chairs the Group of Seven (G7), opposes Russia's return to the format, Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Natalka Cmoc said on Feb. 21. kyivindependent.com/canada-oppos...

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Russia wants to declare 'victory' over Ukraine on Feb. 24, Ukrainian intel claims; Zelensky is not 'important' to negotiations on ending war, Trump says; and more.

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⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters. The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.

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Legal aid organizations are relieved, but wary of future threats to immigrant services via @glorihuh.bsky.social

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This is how it’s done.

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Indigenous students worry removal of diversity commitment signals broader erasure via @diinsilversmith.bsky.social

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Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

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Yo DOGE, Found your waste! 👇🏼

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For now this is performative buffoonery.

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“So Elon Musk killed this program for disabled kids (illegally) because it included the word ‘transition.’ It helps them to transition from high school to work.” H/T @palafo.bsky.social, who posted the above on another platform.

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New on MSNBC: Enrique Tarrio, the ex-Proud Boys leader granted clemency by Trump last month, has been arrested outside the U.S. Capitol and charged with allegedly assaulting a female protester.

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In response to President Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover, actors, authors and other artists who were scheduled to hold events at Washington’s preeminent arts institution have begun backing out of scheduled appearances. Here’s a list of artists who have canceled:

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In Roswell, Georgia, an overflow crowd packed into a town hall forum for GOP Rep. Rich McCormick, barraging him with pointed questions about DOGE. One accused McCormick of 'doing us a disservice' for supporting DOGE. This is a district Trump just carried by 22 points. www.ajc.com/politics/mcc...

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The Kyiv Independent sat down with Gabrielius Landsbergis on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14, where the growing divergence between the U.S. and the EU on NATO and Ukraine was at the center of the discussions.

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⚡️Zelensky to sign US minerals deal soon, Waltz says. U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said on Feb. 21 that President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to sign a minerals deal with the U.S. "in the very short term," the Guardian reported. kyivindependent.com/zelensky-to-...

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⚡️Zelensky is not 'important' to negotiations on ending war, Trump says. U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Feb. 21 that President Volodymyr Zelensky is not essential to negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/zelensky-is-...

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⚡️Putin orders ministers to prepare for Western companies' return to Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed his Cabinet of Ministers on Feb. 21 to prepare for the return of Western companies. kyivindependent.com/putin-orders...

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UK activist takes cardboard cutout of Elon giving Nazi salute to Tesla showroom www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2fhXdN8/

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Washington, DC has issued an order setting a path for the first round of discovery to be served in a lawsuit involving Trump and Musk’s efforts to restructure the government. Paige and I explain. youtu.be/QHzyeOXUWgM?...

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“I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. “I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.”

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Exactly right

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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Just now picking up my daughter’s Claudia’s Corgi, Gracie, from her spaying procedure from Friendship Animal Hospital in northwest DC. It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉

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⚡️US refuses to co-sponsor UN resolution condemning Russia, resists labeling Moscow 'aggressor' in G7 statement, media report. "In previous years, the United States has consistently co-sponsored such resolutions in support of a just peace in Ukraine," a source told Reuters.

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⚡️Ukraine needs to 'tone it down,' sign US minerals deal, Waltz says. "They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal," U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told Fox News.

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Zelensky-Kellogg meeting ends with no joint statements at US request, spokesperson says; Starmer to pitch plan on 30,000 European peacekeepers in Ukraine to Trump, Telegraph reports; and more.

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⚡️Trump administration presents 'improved' minerals draft to Ukraine after Zelensky's rejection, Axios reports. "This is a negotiation. And in a negotiation, you negotiate. Ukraine wants to negotiate minerals, so we're talking about it," a White House official was quoted as saying.

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