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In 3 years of war Russia has attacked over 1,700 schools and hit 780 medical facilities.

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I spent $80 checking my luggage on airline X, and now they are offering complimentary bag checks at the gate because there are so many roller bags here. I'm now looking for a full refund from the airline

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Who do they ask? I have never been polled for anything, not that personal experience is a reliable indicator. Who do they ask?

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They continue to violate a court order to retrieve someone they illegally deported. We’re now well beyond a constitutional crisis. If they’re allowed to do this, their secret police can sweep up anyone, for any reason, deport them & refuse to bring them back. That would be the end of democracy.

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The ACLU is no longer posting on Twitter. They have abandoned their 1.6 million follower account and are now posting on Bluesky. bsky.app/profile/aclu...

submitted 19 hours ago • 210 comments

Why can’t Trump, Vance or Rubio simply say this? Why won’t they?

submitted 19 hours ago • 588 comments

The people who came out strongly in favor of Trump because they were free speech absolutists are looking dangerously naive right about now...

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Maybe it's me but a president having the power to call trade emergencies and fuck up the global economy on a whim seems like it shouldn't be a thing, and we should probably campaign on that not being a thing any longer.

submitted 11 hours ago • 102 comments

Perhaps people should get out and vote, and in doing so.... avoid voting for Republican incumbents in 568 days

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The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, said he and his family were evacuated from their home early on Sunday after an arson attack that significantly damaged a section of the governor’s residence.

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Carney may be leading the polls but the truth is Poilievre has a lot of support in this country If you are left leaning and/or don’t want to see the damage he could do to Canada, you cannot split this vote It’s not ideal but it’s reality . Vote accordingly

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Marco Rubio has ensured his place in history for war crimes.

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The people who came out strongly in favor of Trump because they were free speech absolutists are looking dangerously naive right about now...

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Seems pretty clear that doge is a total scam

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1,377 days

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“.. judging only from price action, we are suddenly witnessing a comprehensive turn away from US assets (stocks, USTs, corporate credit and the dollar). this is the single most important theme to monitor over coming weeks. .. for the moment capital is flowing out of the US.” - GS Desk/Pasquariello

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This isn't going to end until the judges start holding lawyers and DOJ officials in contempt and throwing them in jail. Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.

submitted 22 hours ago • 271 comments

It was always a grift

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So the MAGA right wants women to keep their names when they get married from now on? Got it.. how very progressive...

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Would men need to provide a marriage certificate to vote? No? Just women? Got it.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Our infrastructure plan is focused on improving facilities to better serve those who serve us. That’s why I’m proposing $3 million for the first phase of a new hangar for our airmen at the 148th Fighter Wing.

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A Message to The Orange Dude...

submitted 3 days ago • 126 comments

And I think all of us should change the channel and stop watching his stupid TV show and also stop giving him attention by posting clips from it.

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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history. (And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)

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The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.

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Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?

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This is the logic of Mao Tse Tung's cultural revolution. Redeploy the smartest people to factories and farms. Millions of people died Progress in china was suffocated for decades. It was all about a man and the party. Sound familiar?

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Submitted without comment www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This is the Trump shit show wherein all his clownish cabinet officials spend their waking hours trying to figure out how to "out-viral" each other. It's all political kabuki theatre They have no intention of doing their jobs.

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I think we should all think long and hard about how the rules of capitalism apply to things we need to sustain life and health. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Good morning ☀️ and happy Friday! For today’s theme #Scape Friday I am sharing a #ClassicMono #Landscape from Bombay Hook NWR; 25 March 2025 #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography

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Here's how bad this is. The people who are going to be impacted by this and will suffer, will be told that it's liberals who caused this. They will continue to believe it.

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