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so the second body ended up being shiri bibas, the first being a palestinian pulled from the same rubble the family had been. but israel also said that all three bodies returned to them showed signs of being executed by gunshot. so are we to believe hamas executed this random palestinian woman.

From United Humanists on FB

I mean, if the country even makes it to summer 🤔

The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now. My column today. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

watched some reacher on the treadmill today and i do love that we have a whole franchise whose central premise is “what if a man were really big”

This is how it’s done.

A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

Every creative right now. Please, it’s Tech-no’s, thanks.

"...it always pays to look at what messages power is sending capital. That’s where you’ll find the true priorities. Always."

Totally flailing www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

In addition to Congress being the place that makes the laws, pretty key thing, the constitution explicitly says Congress gets to create the postal system. It’s not left implied that that comes under law making generally. The President has no power to unilaterally abolish it and move it to commerce.

Down 29.6% over the past 60 days

Zelensky is perhaps the defining figure of our age. Brave, ingenious, pragmatic and defined by his convictions. They hate him because he kills fascists.

Fired the minions so there would be even more money for the bosses. Meta approves plan for bigger executive bonuses following 5% layoffs www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/m...

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

These pictures say it all. Look at their body language. One of these people is in shock. The Cat that got the Cream, and the Beaten Cur.

How long before he stops Grok from telling the truth on this?

Israeli soldiers storm the Far’a refugee camp, killing three, as raids and arrests continue across the West Bank - yes, the same West Bank that the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to get out of, calling its occupation illegal www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

Msm Monitor saying it how it is 👍 🦄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💜 Anything tae keep Scotland under the 🇬🇧's thumb #NationInWaiting #GetUsOotThisUnion

Carville: USAID spent $41 billion the federal budget is 6 trillion. Actually comes to something like .014%. So take that and put it against the 6 trillion and see what you have done when your president is responsible for more federal debt than any president in the history of the United States.

BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

Reminder: Zelenskyy refused to leave Kyiv as bombs fell. Donold hid in a bunker from protesters with cardboard signs.

Racism is going to be the main through line of this election www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Happy Black History Month

If you’re ever in public while high on ketamine, this DEA pamphlet suggests you might want want to wear sunglasses, even indoors. www.dea.gov/sites/defaul...

Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...