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Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

By suspending all military aid to Ukraine, Donald Trump has humiliated the people who pretended he was a reliable ally only in search of peace. The UK and Europe must seize frozen Russian assets to resist Putin’s unjust and savage war.

Ending the night with this. *Get your hankies* A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.

Congress is considering rolling back the Endangered Species Act & Marine Mammal Protection Act - US folks please contact your reps before the oversight hearing on Wednesday Feb 26th. Pacific Whale Foundation has a great tool for emailing your reps here: www.pacificwhale.org/what-we-do/c... 🦑🧪

Tяump, Kellogg, Rubio, Kegseth, and Vance have all said completely contradicting positions in regard to Russia's war in Ukraine. They don't have a plan. They never did. Feckless, incompetent bastards, all of them.

Breathtaking stupidity. 🧪

🧪Doubling time of ~4 days for the measles epidemic in Texas. Posting this link on the history of measles before some anti-vax intern deletes it: www.cdc.gov/measles/abou... Pre-vaccine: 48k hospitalizations, 1k encephalitis cases, 500 deaths per year (not to mention kids losing vision and hearing).

If Biden wants access to classified materials he'll have to book a tee time at Mar-a-Lago like everyone else.

🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.” EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣

Trump May have tried to fire a bunch of IGs anyhow, but this makes it look quite like he conducted a purge as a cover to kill one investigation in particular. newrepublic.com/article/1913...

Kamala Harris: You inspired us in 2024. If Vice President Harris inspired YOU like she inspired 74,749,891 Americans, it's worth a solid "all the way re-post!"

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Good one Banksy

“For now, it’s fair to say that there’s a lot we don’t know about what DOGE is up to. And therein lies the problem.” Me on what we know—and, mostly, what we don’t know—about DOGE’s access to the payment system at the Treasury Department. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...

~Banksy Art Forever~

There is no precedent for anything like this. Musk is a private citizen who has not been elected to anything. He is not a federal employee; he has not been confirmed by the Senate to any office or post.

The avocado sandwiches I was feeding Vesta were poisoning her... Seriously, did you know that anything avocado, s.a. avocado pits, could be harmful for a puppy? Vesta enjoyed playing with & chewing on them, but an emergency trip to the vet & 185€ taught me that avocado is toxic... She'll be fine!

Audubon reports >> Writing a single email with ChatGPT can use as much energy as driving a two-ton electric vehicle half a mile. Experts warn that AI’s insatiable appetite for energy could derail efforts to ditch fossil fuels and confront climate change. www.audubon.org/magazine/how...?

SitRep - 14/01/25 - Ukraine attacked several regions of Russia overnight, succesfully. An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Again, Ukraine attacked with lots of drones and missiles all across Russia, inflicting damage. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

Alright Joe Biden, it's time to use your presidential immunity and release the Jack Smith report immediately

Yes, that's our position!! #HakeemJeffries

The private sector poach NHS staff in order to fulfill their ever increasing government contracts. This will kill the NHS.

BREAKING: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau resigns saying that his one regret is failing to introduce voting reform. This should be a lesson for Starmer's government. The majority of the UK agrees that FPTP isn't working. Labour must have the courage to take bold action and back PR.

#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1

Fake AI versions of world-renowned academics are spreading claims that Ukraine should surrender to Russia A new campaign uncovered by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is cloning the voices of Cambridge and Princeton professors to circulate pro-Russian disinformation.

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you're looking for people to follow, here'a a starter pack of Bellingcat's former and current contributors and team members: go.bsky.app/HZSzS41

Oh sweet, sweet Gods of schadenfreude. What mighty gifts you have bestowed upon us.

US protestors gathered to demand that congress respect the law and uphold the 14th amendment. #USProtests #3E #14thNow

Downed Russian drone in Ukraine found to be equipped with Starlink terminal.

SitRep - 04/01/25 - Ukraine attacked a large Russian maritime trade port, Ust-Luga. An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian drones attacked Ust-Luga sea port, and Ukraine will soon receive its first Mirage 2000-5F's. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

As others have said. This is one hundred percent factual. #TruthWarriors

I’m normally against high taxes but I think we could balance the budget here via a 100-percent levy on morons

A lovely new review to start the year off! Thank you for everyone who has taken the time to write a review of ‘Bear Necessities of Politics and Power’, and an especially big thank you to everyone who has so far bought a copy.

Former postie here: Ann Telnaes is the washington post's best editorial cartoonist since Herblock. To see the editorial buckle to its owner who is cowtowing to Trump is sad.

Like I’ve said in the past…. www.cjr.org/special_repo...

Cruel Reality...