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I think going to war with Iran is a terrible idea, but no one believes this “two weeks” bit. He’s used it a million times before to pretend he might be doing something he’s not. It just makes America look weak and silly.

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DSS Galatea arrives in 🇳🇱Den Helder today (Damen FCS 5009 platform). Vessel leased by RNLN with civilian crew provided by Fugro. Equipped with UUVs and UAVs, will be tasked to patrol the Netherlands' EEZ and protect critical marine infrastructure.

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The best way to conceptualize Jake Tapper's Joe Biden book is that a lot of media views problems that occur under Democratic administrations as caused by Democrats, and problems that occur under Republican administrations as caused by Democrats not having prevented Republicans winning an election.

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Oh for fucks sake I’ve triggered the Americans again.

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A notable statement coming from a former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

Shows pretty clearly that Trump got rolled by Netanyahu - the same “we will attack with or without you” gambit that every other president back to Obama managed to resist, and Trump just crumpled like dry leaves.

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"Motivation boosting" for meat assaults in the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces — footage from the phone of a captured Russian soldier. Disciplinary measures were applied because the beaten Russian serviceman abandoned his comrades during an assault. t.me/c/1377735387...

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U.S. right influencer Charlie Kirk on X: “…internet fury is not real life.” x.com/charliekirk1...

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New York City comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court hearing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump posts: "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" Looks like we are headed for a US-backed war of regime change in Iran. Buckle up.

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“Sky trackers”—another data point related to the F-35 invisibility thing. I think what we’re zeroing on here is that it isn’t stealth that Trump finds incomprehensible, per se, but rather radar

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Look, I don’t much care what Tulsi Gabbard says either, but here’s the thing: I didn’t appoint her to be my Director of National Intelligence.

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Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

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Wild stuff: Mohsen Rezaei in Iran says that Iran has a secret commitment from Pakistan to use nuclear weapons against Israel, leading Pakistan's defense minister to publicly clarify that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are "solely" for its defense www.livemint.com/news/world/p...

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“We don’t trade children. That’s madness - and by the way, it’s something the Russians actually proposed: we give them soldiers, and they give us children. It’s simply beyond comprehension, beyond international law. But it’s typical of them. Children must be returned,” Zelensky stated.

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”The high volume of maritime traffic makes it challenging to identify every instance of abnormal maritime activity.” You are a state? I follow hobbyists that could code in weeks software to find large chunks of it if they just got hands on the expensive data. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Swedish Maritime Administration extend their warning of GPS jamming in the Baltic Sea. Russian hybrid warfare. www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

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Police departments have exponentially more control over how officers are recruited, trained, and overseen than a protest does over its participants, but are allowed by a sympathetic press to use the "bad apples" defense to separate deeds from goals and institutions in a way protestors often aren't.

submitted 7 days ago • 17 comments

"sponsored by palantir" (no joke)

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#Breaking | IRGC confirms the death of multiple other high-ranking officers killed alongside Brigadier General Hajizadeh, namely generals Davoud Sheikhian, Mohammad Bagher Taherpour, Mansour Safarpour, Masoud Tayyeb, Khosrow Hassani, and Javad Jarsara.

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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

submitted 8 days ago • 384 comments

Yes, he's polling poorly, but he still has the power to do what he wants. If we want to stop him, we must build the power to do that. Sadly, we cannot disapprove our way out of fascism.

submitted 9 days ago • 157 comments

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth said the U.S. withdrew some air defense systems from Ukraine to protect its own citizens from the Iranian threat.

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HAPPENING NOW: A MASSIVE crowd has gathered at Daley Plaza in Chicago for a “No Kings Day” rally against Donald Trump (Video: Luis Emora)

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Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

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Man drives into crowd of protesters at 'No Kings' rally in Virginia

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USAGM today urgently called back to work the staff of the Voice of America's Farsi language service. All had been on paid admin leave for the past three months with the rest of VOA's silenced journalists.

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It turns out a Russian Su-25 was shot down by its wingman in another aircraft during a launch of unguided aviation rockets near Soledar.

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