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All conversations ended in 2008. NATO membership for Ukraine was never on the table and the Russians knew it. In winter 2022, Putin repeatedly ignored attempts by the west to reassure him Ukr isn’t getting in. Mearsheimer’s name will live in infamy for eternity for coming up w this bs.

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Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, as he remains in critical condition with a complex lung infection, the Vatican said.

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Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

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Front page of today’s NY Post

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The IRS website posted a service outage until 8 am. The SSA website did not.

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Welp, this is the Social Security sign in page.

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Dogeboy is getting too big for his britches.

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Jeffries: hey the GOP controls the government, absolutely nothing i can do, gonna work on my personal book tour Sanders: brb i am going to personally barnstorm strategic GOP house districts and try to peel off 2 votes so we can block Trump's cuts to Medicaid www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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Remembered that I wrote about how awful Woodrow Wilson's historic segregationist purge of Black workers from federal government jobs was last year.... www.thedailybeast.com/woodrow-wils...

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Before the massive capital transfer from London to NYC from 1914-1918; And before the global economy became denominated in OUR dollar at Bretton Woods after WW2; I don’t think he thinks he is lying. I just think the whole gang are aggressively dumb. Not just wrong but insist on their wrongness

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This, again, is nauseating. (Used that term yesterday about firing of GEN CQ Brown, Chmn JCS) @brian-goldstone.bsky.social 's forthcoming book is magnificent. I did a blurb likening it to J Anthony Lukas's 'Common Ground.' And it is set in Atlanta. Buy and read the book. Resist the know-nothings

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Social Security has a payment accuracy rate of over 99 percent. Only 0.3 percent of Social Security benefits are improper payments, which are typically caused by mistakes or delays. That's better than any private insurance company. www.cbpp.org/blog/setting...

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LOL

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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Neighborhood pharmacies are one of the most accessible health care locations in the country, but over the past five years thousands of U.S. pharmacies have closed leaving behind "pharmacy deserts" that impact local communities. (via @us.theconversation.com)

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I've heard Trump tell the "Raizin" Caine story numerous times. It's incredibly telling about how he sees the military.

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movies you've watched more than 6 times, gifs only

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How AMS and NWA have stepped up for the weather and climate community www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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“We call on members of Congress, military leaders, veterans, and all Americans who believe in the rule of law to speak out and condemn this reckless decision. If we fail to draw the line here, there may be no line left to draw.”

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Just gonna note they’re doing exactly what I said they’d do. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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It’s not just Space X. Musk was able to save Tesla because of a loan from the Dept of Energy. Here he is in 2013 filled with gratitude for the federal agency & the taxpayers who saved his business. From reporting by @puck.news. airmail.news/issues/2025-...

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Although the majority of people around the world are worried about climate change, most still feel it is a future issue or one that only affects the natural environment. They couldn’t be more wrong: climate change is already affecting what’s on our kitchen counter!

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“If the commander-in-chief fires senior officers based on ideology instead of competence, we are no longer operating under a system of military professionalism—we are watching the politicization of the armed forces in real time.” @itsapurdy.bsky.social www.chamberlainnetwork.us/the-report/t...

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Trump and Hegseth are the ones "mired in diversity issues."

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I'll take Corruption for $800. What is the Trumpy Super-Swampified IRS, Alex.

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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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I'll take Corruption for $1000. This round's Daily Double! What is the Trumpy Super-Swampified DOD, Alex.

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President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.

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"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...

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It's hard to call out specific affronts. But: Nauseating for Trump, Musk, unqualified Hegseth to target GEN CQ Brown. —Fighter squad command, multiple cmnd posts; —130 hrs combat-fighter, 3000 flying hrs; —Multiple grad degrees; —AF chief of staff, Chmn JCS www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Good luck finding people who want to be child genital inspectors in a state with this level of personal gun ownership bsky.app/profile/orii...

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The rest of the room, almost all men and I assume elected officials, remained silent as Trump levied threats to state funding like a junior mob boss. Janet Mills, however, understands that if you let this shit pass without resistance, he'll come back for even more next time. He will never stop.

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literally trafficked huge volumes of narcotics across the border :')

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2 way radios and a panic button. Dear lord.

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This is how it’s done.

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Literally just talked to an Afghan Uber driver in DC tonight who said he worked as an interpreter for US military for four years — and his wife is now trapped in limbo. He’s spent $16k in legal fees. “I served the US, I should have my wife here”

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I’d like to think I’m the first person to get into a flame war with VPOTUS from the swimming pool of Woburn Center Parcs at half-term.

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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