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'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...

I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.

REPORTER: Zelenskyy says he believes some members of your team has been influenced by Russian information. What do you say? TRUMP: Well probably they have been influenced to get this thing settled.

The USA as we know it (white people) was founded on guns, death and destruction. Oppression, extreme religion. A bit like Israel. Peaceful Gentle peoples have no chance

Travel to the United States! Highlights include: -viral outbreaks -food borne illness -plane crashes -shootings -race and gender based violence -ICE detention centers -and more!

Lawmakers in both parties warn Trump & Musk’s sweeping federal layoffs will harm government’s ability to recruit people out of college — as well as highly skilled candidates from private sector — causing a ripple effect that could be felt for years or even decades www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

“The executive order could easily have destroyed our firm.” Brad Karp, chairperson of law firm Paul, Weiss, whining why the firm capitulated to Donald Trump rather than confront him when singled out for retribution. Trump asked them to choose: money or democracy. The chose money. Cowards shrink.

99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research. Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts. It will directly impact YOU. #ScienceNOTSilence

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Chants of TAX THE RICH! From today’s Indivisible empty chair town hall for Darrell Issa - who just so happens to be the richest person in Congress. @velshi.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org

Starmer is warned against ‘appeasing’ Trump with tax cut for US tech firms. Must not appease Trump. UK has not retaliated on steel tariffs, So Trump is back for more. Makes no sense to appease Trump while cutting disability benefits and public sector jobs. Act in unity with the EU.

BOYCOTT COORS...

15,000 people protested fascism and racism in Amsterdam yesterday.

All you need to know about Twitter

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It's 5 yrs today since lockdown started in England, but "We must never have lockdown again" is the wrong lesson. Lockdowns are terrible but so are deadly pandemics. Our choices 5 years ago were limited - we can & must do better in the future. Do read my post. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Canadian actress kidnapped by ICE during routine trip sparks panic among tourists traveling to U.S.

The full statement from the family of R.E. Burke clarifies that there were no grounds whatsoever for the British cartoonist to be detained by ICE for almost 3 weeks – she held a valid ESTA, had broken no rules or laws in the US, and was ready & able to return home. downthetubes.net/comic-creato...

Fair question.

Trump removes sanctions against Russian crypto service facilitating sanctions circumvention Who would have guessed www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

UK law denies the full minimum wage rate to workers below the age of 21. They pay full price for housing, food, shoes, clothes, transport, medicines and other essentials. Output of their labour is not sold at lower price. Legalised age discrimination, exploitation of young workers.

Tens of thousands of Israelis have joined anti-government protests in recent days.Supreme Court chief justice has warned of civil war. Experts are saying a constitutional crisis could be on the horizon if the Israeli government moves ahead with plans to fire top legal and security officials. ~AP

Elon Musk accused of interfering with Irish politics X owner faces accusations of meddling in Irish politics, amplifying UFC star Conor McGregor's anti-immigration rhetoric www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...

@barackobama.bsky.social Welcome to BlueSky! Delighted YOURE here xx

Barack Obama has joined Bluesky.

This is what we’ve come to, and so quickly.

Come on! Let’s drive it further down. Theyre shit!

UK Civil Service told to slash running costs by 15%, £2bn. What would that be - cuts in airport safety, minimum wage inspections, health and safety, child welfare, flood defences, river cleanliness, benefit assessment? Policy on the hoof pays no attention to human cost.

Trump has no care or concern for the fate of these innocent people. Is the uk following in his footsteps? #BanTrumpFromUK time.com/7269604/el-s...