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China accuses Australia of 'hyping' Chinese naval drills - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Montreal has spoken. 🥖

German conservatives win election but far-right AfD surges, exit polls show - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

German election 2025 updates: Conservatives win, exit polls show - www.reuters.com/world/german...

Thousands at the Lincoln memorial standing up for Ukraine, proving Trump doesn't speak for all the US with his treason. #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #USprotests #DCprotests #StandWithUkraine

Massive crowds mourn Hezbollah's slain leader Nasrallah - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Latin America prays for Francis, region's first pope - www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Pope Francis is in critical condition but alert, Vatican says - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Macron, Starmer to meet Trump as Europeans flesh out ideas for Ukraine guarantees - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

France’s largest-ever child sex abuse trial opens Monday. A former surgeon is charged with raping or sexually assaulting 299 victims over three decades, most of them girls and boys under 15 whose average age was 11.

Zelenskiy says he is willing to give up presidency if it means peace in Ukraine - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Canadians don’t want to be annexed and hate Trump for resurrecting Nazism. But that hasn’t stopped Canada’s mainstream media from running cheap content that normalizes Trump’s propaganda. Better judgment is needed. An editorial by @taylornoakes.bsky.social.

Trump gets middling grades on top US issues: Reuters/Ipsos poll - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Elon’s mass harassment email to all federal employees underscores the importance of having unions to represent workers against abusive management.

Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.

Alarmed leaders of the Social Security Admin opened investigation into an employee they believed was improperly sharing info with Musk DOGE, violating privacy & tax laws. So Trump has hired him as our new acting Social Security Chief www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Germans vote as far-right party set for best ever result - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

#DemocracyWatchNews will report from #RightsCon 2025, the #HumanRights #Conference in Seoul, #SouthKorea this week via virtual attendance. Https://rightscon.summit.tc

Protestors in D.C. showed up for Ukraine amid the recent US betrayal and blackmail, signs read "stop Putin" #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #USprotests #DCprotests #StandWithUkraine

How federal judges are blocking Trump’s abuses of power; Judge Ho probes Trump DOJ corruption; SCOTUS deals Trump a setback; a judge nearly finds Trump admin in contempt & more. Legal AF is LIVE 8PM ET / 5PM PT. Tune in!

#DemocracyWatchNews going virtual at RightsCon 2025 from Seoul, South Korea. Watch for updates from a major international conference on #HumanRights around the world! Also see our starter pack for staff listings on BlueSky

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DOGE is top billing at the national sweep of town hall meetings. @democracywatchnews.bsky.social

Thousands of people marching in London today are voicing support for Ukraine. @democracywatchnews.bsky.social

Protestors gathered in New York against the autogenocide being committed by US healthcare corporations and in support of a fair trial for Luigi and justice for millions of people killed to boost corporate profits. #3E #EndAutogenocide #Feb21 (📷 ‪ @oscarthinks.bsky.social & @miasato.bsky.social ‬)

Trump moves with light speed and brute force in shaking the core of what America has been apnews.com/article/trum...

"In his first term, Trump failed to build a wall. He failed to marshal the resources from Congress, failed to gain a consensus of American opinion and failed at everything administrations do in a democracy to advance policy."

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"The term DEI, frequently invoked by the Trump administration, functions as a smoke screen" read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the real goals of the 'anti-DEI' rhetoric www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Odd how the turns have tabled… Trump reversed course and admitted that Russia did, in fact, invade Ukraine. International news sources and independent media have stepped up to keep Americans informed.

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World Anti-Doping Agency drops lawsuit against US counterpart - www.reuters.com/sports/world...