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I used to think of myself as a pacifist, but it's well past time for the revolution!
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It’s time to fashion a new global trade order without the US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We are all Britons today.

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."

Every prisoner swap with Russia is like "she is a 14-year-old girl who Putin said sang 'Carol of the Bells' too aggressively and he is a top Russian spy who personally strangled a dissident to death in a London coffee shop"

WH has officially requested a call with Xi.

Called both Senators to encourage them to vote against the SAVE Act, which is intended to disenfranchise millions of women. Then called my Congresscritter to express how disappointed I was at her voting *for* it. It really does make one feel better.

Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

You can support the Nuclear Test Veterans’ Search for Justice here; www.crowdjustice.com/case/nuclear...

The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work. The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty. I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink

I've seen your comments online, and I've talked to you out on the road, on our main streets, and at the grocery store. I know people are worried and scared right now. But you are not powerless. Each of us has a responsibility to do our part. Your voice matters — and we need you to speak up.

Approach each day with the childlike wonder of a New York Times reporter reading a new press release from a demented 30-something right-wing basement blogger wholly devoted to the reversal of civil rights

Today's Coffee With Texas Paul thumbnail. Hope you can be in the live audience.

Holy shit. I think I’ve found a crazy way to make money, I can’t believe no one has thought of this before. You know cocaine, the drug? It turns out it’s MUCH cheaper to buy it in South America than in the USA. If there was a way to resell South American cocaine in the US, you could make a fortune!

If you want a deep dive into the law & have links to the primary sources so you can take a look for yourself, you'll like my newsletter, Civil Discourse. Here, how to understand the Supreme Court's decision in the Abrego Garcia deportation case. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

Going to be remarkable to see the speed with which the rest of the world figures out how to get by without the United States.

With Calls for reforms to cut the prison population 10% surely now is the time for government to get behind Lord Woodley’s Bill for resentencing of IPP prisoners - which I’m supporting - which will end one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half-century youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...

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Yesterday, Japan openly voiced its desire to work closely with NATO on protecting 🇺🇦 Today, 🇨🇳 spoke against this newly proposed cooperation using the same tactics as Putin, who spoke against the expansion of NATO - which he, ultimately, caused by his aggression against 🇺🇦 as 🇫🇮 & 🇸🇪 joined the alliance

The dollar crashing is great news for all of us Brits who've found the US unaffordable since Brexit, except when we try to visit we're going to be turned away at the border because we liked a tweet saying slavery was bad

About 90% of the 238 migrants sent to El Salvador lacked a U.S. criminal record

Fact-Check: Bullshit.

“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.” Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

“Exclusively to Twitter” - just makes open corruption and conflicts of interest with the Trump administration and Musk. What they imagined about Soros is real life on steroids with Musk.

Andy Kim: "If you want to know why there is so much chaos and confusion about what happened with regard to tariffs, I can say it's because of the absolute dysfunction of this national security council as demonstrated by what just happened with Laura Loomer."

Trump to big oil executives a year ago from Mar-a-Lago: "If you give me a billion dollars, I'll help you out."

REVOLT!!! DEATH TO THE DICTATORSHIP!!!

This is a real exchange I just had: