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Defiant but tactful Zelenskyy seeks to move on from White House fiasco

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Keir Starmer says Europe ‘at crossroads in history’ and must support Ukraine

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A fringe right wing legal theory is sweeping through the Trump administration and it threatens the very foundation of American democracy. Paige and I explain. youtu.be/61DXpmLnI2E

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Witchcraft in Salem On March 1, 1692, Salem, Massachusetts authorities interrogated Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and an Indian slave, Tituba, to determine if they indeed practiced witchcraft. So began the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692External.

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Pro-Ukraine protests erupt across US after Trump and Vance ‘ambush’ Zelenskyy

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Washington DC-area folks! Please join me this Thursday @busboysandpoets.bsky.social (K St) for conversation about the true origins of #PrisonForProfit (spoiler: it didn't start in the South, and it didn't begin with the Civil War and the #13thAmendment). Free & open to the public. @UChicagoPress

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an enby icon, a genius who came to Howard Law and stunted on their cishet male cohort, a polymath who never stopped pursuing knowledge 💗

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asked the DOJ to drop its lawsuit challenging a state voter suppression law and asked the DHS for greater access to immigration data. @marcelias.bsky.social explains what you should know:

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‘This will cost lives’: cuts to UK aid budget condemned as ‘betrayal’ by international development groups

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I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.

submitted 17 hours ago • 43 comments

My law firm is currently litigation 49 voting, election and pro-democracy cases in 20 states.

submitted 19 hours ago • 979 comments

Translation: "We are containing the geopolitical damage done by President Manbaby and the eyeliner wearing sofasexual."

submitted 19 hours ago • 712 comments

He skis like shit.

submitted 20 hours ago • 3447 comments

‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says

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Mass firings, shutting down critical services, blowing up our alliances, crashing the markets, encouraging inflation... These aren't the actions of a political party aspiring to get reelected. These are the actions of an authoritarian regime that does not intend to honor elections ever again.

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i am reading an analysis of john yoo’s work justifying unilateral presidential authority over foreign affairs when he was in the bush OLC, and i am once again struck by shoddy dishonesty of his output! he moves as close as you can to just making stuff up without fully crossing the line.

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I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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my codex for the evening. returning to these writers after this catastrophe of a day is a tonic for the mind and soul. #books

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: a dog would be a far, far better head of state for Canada than members of this utterly useless family.

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“I’m gonna berate and bully the leader of a warn-torn democratic ally for all the world to see because my daddy Vladdy told me to, but first let me put on these fifty-three layers of cake makeup so all the drag queen hating MAGA Incels who jerk off to my face know I’m a manly man.” - this fucker

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Can’t get this image out of my head.

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Looks like even fuel companies are running on principle these days. When a marine fuel provider has a stronger foreign policy stance than the U.S. president, you know things have gone off the rails. (Norway - democracy)

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Trump and Musk are so anti-American and reckless they've got Americans rooting for Canada, Norway and Ukraine. Congrats, MAGA. Brilliant stuff.

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When Norway tells you to F-off…

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This warrior for justice was a mentor and a friend! If any of us lives up to half of #HazelDuke’s legacy, we will be leaders of distinction. She will be missed and forever remembered.

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The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr

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One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy. “It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”

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Today, UN countries came together in defence of international law, the UN Charter and a just and sustainable peace for Ukraine 🇺🇦. Russia started this war. They must end it immediately. #StandWithUkraine

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In the words of Rep Eric Swallwell and Robert Reich ,Labor Secretary for Clinton.

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"What picture are you going to use for me?" asked the 6-year-old to her mom if she gets shot in a school shooting. 💔 US Rep. Eric Swallwell asks the Republicans if they are in Congress to protect the shooters or the children. Powerful short speech. youtube.com/watch?v=GECdW7…

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What happened to Little Marco?

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I feel a revolution coming. Do you hear the people sing ?

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Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.

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fuck this administration. i’m off to buy dinner from immigrants who run the best mexican restaurant my city’s ever had. have a good evening, y’all.

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Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there. The show must go on.

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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

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#StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini

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That press conference was the most disgraceful act of betrayal I’ve ever seen.

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It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war! How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

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Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department

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Amplify this more. Elon has no ability to assess downstream consequences of his decisions because he knows nothing about govt besides what can be fed into an algorithm. Really smart people have residency t for what they don’t know. The willingness to learn is a key quality of the truly brilliant.

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America is now violating the agreement it made with Ukraine in 1993 — guaranteeing Ukraine’s security in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear arsenal and Black Sea fleet Either America needs to honor its promises — or Ukraine gets its nukes and ships back, don’t you think?

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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

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Stand strong, President Zelensky

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We will never be a monarchy. Know that. To quote the LOTR trilogy: Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.

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They really had me googling Volodymyr Zelenskyy several time yesterday to see if he left the US safely. I'm glad he's in London right now. US Air Traffic Control is such trash right now, they got me considering using Greyhound again.

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FUCKER.

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