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Global crisis style note: What Trump is doing to Ukraine is not 'blackmail', which would be demand for payment under threat of exposure of compromising information*. This is demand for payment under threat of violence/refusal to protect from violence. The word is 'extortion'.

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Buffett’s annual letter is out — and includes this message to “Uncle Sam” about the tax Berkshire will pay: “Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, through no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better.” 🇺🇸 www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2024...

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Let’s go!!! 🇺🇦 Pro-Ukraine protest outside the Russian embassy. ✊

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The correct context for this is authoritarianism versus democracy. People need to realize that and choose a side.

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Owned 😂😂🤭

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As Trump and Musk act like Roman emperors, their reckless actions could soon bring America crashing down. It's time for Europe to step up. My weekly bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

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I think this is the whe Internet's weekly allowance of swears in one short video about the oxygen thief Donald J Trump, his betrayal of Western values, and thodious pack of has-beens that amplify his every word. And it's all spot on. https://youtu.be/Jk0nUUqG_Ag?feature=shared

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🤣🤣🤣🤣

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‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Blackmailing a country that was invaded and ravaged by three years of war is pure evil www.reuters.com/business/us-...

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Just trying to think of a country with massive bot farms that is desperately trying to suppress this story. Please read and repost 👇🏼

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NEW NEW NEW: American Gangster - Trump's First Month with @peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social Intro by @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/1747192337/e...

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Trump, Putin and Ukraine -- latest Politics Weekly America breaks it all down with Trump's former point man on Ukraine, Kurt Volker, and my Guardian colleague Chris Michael open.spotify.com/episode/0G9L...

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Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare. Go Canada

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This is a poor headline from the BBC. The US aren't offering a "deal" - they want the minerals in return for support already given. It's straight up extortion.

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European leaders better decide what they will do about Musk or he will pick them off, one by one.

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"The realpolitik aphorism 'we cannot wish a different world into existence' may be true. But that doesn’t mean we must acquiesce to the world as it is. We may not be able to wish a different world into existence, but we can work towards it."

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Canadians are now referring to the United States as the 11th province

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Zelenskyy is not in a card game, you weak, stupid man, he is in a war and that’s no game. Not that you would know you ran away with pretend bone spurs news.sky.com/story/trump-...

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Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”

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When even the New York Post has to publish this, you know you fucked up.

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Interesting to see that US safety standards focus on what happens to people inside the car on collision, whereas in the UK there’s a much greater focus on pedestrian safety and that of people in the cars you collide with.

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The lies are the point: Ukraine is a battle for objective reality iandunt.substack.com/p/the-lies-a...

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Our very own @leobenedictus.bsky.social appearing on @lbc.co.uk today to discuss this fact check 👇

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Not-for-profit appears to own Reform UK despite Farage’s ‘democratisation’ pledge

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🔴‘Donald Trump’s USAID Freeze Is Already Hurting Ukraine and Will Come Back to Bite America Later’ The US President’s suspension of all foreign aid is already having a devastating impact in war-torn Ukraine, reports George Llewelyn bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

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There's a rumour that Nigel Farage is keeping his head down because he's off to a Trump cheerleading conference over the weekend. I’m afraid I’m being proved right- Farage is far more interested in Trump's success than British security. He is a bootlicker and a plastic patriot.

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Donald Trump shows his commitment to "populism" by taking national parks away from ordinary Americans and telling them that if they want vacations they should buy their own private retreats themselves.

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Bravo Edward!

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Analysis: Trump’s 13 biggest lies of his first month back in office www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

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Posted minutes after the Commander of the ISS said Musk lied about the stranded astronauts in his Fox interview with Trump.

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🚨OUT NOW🚨 Trump’s decision to rip up transatlantic security co-operation leaves Europe in a panic. What happens when America lines up with a despot like Putin? Guest Dr. Julie Norman, @dorianlynskey.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social and @rmcunliffe.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

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There’s a corrupt bargain in the offing. Chunks of E Europe for Taiwan S China Sea and Panama & more Some will reluctantly accept it because it appears to avoid war. But it actually cements war itself at the heart of our international system. All the suffering & lessons of the 20th C forgotten

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Goodall is increasingly becoming one of the sharpest interpreters of our times. Anyone confounded by the mask of American power having been ripped off in plain sight could do a lot worse than read this 👇🏼 to get a better understanding. And so the wheel of history turns again, as it always does.

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