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The Guardian has an 'explainer' about the India-Pakistan conflict that manages to avoid stating that the border between the countries was originally drawn by an Englishman who had never been to India and signed off on in a hurry by Lord Mountbatten because he had to get back to Britain for a party.

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This is a terrible and terrifying escalation. Need cool heads to prevail here. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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REMINDER: They turn us against each other so that we won’t notice they are robbing us blind.

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✨ Democracy Defenders! ✨ We need bold, forward thinking leadership in this moment, and while Chuck Schumer has had a significant career, he’s proven he’s not the leader for this moment in history. Please contact your senators TODAY to tell them we need, we want, we demand effective leadership now!

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No for real, watch the whole thing

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Shout-out to our president, @jour.bsky.social , for calling out Andrew Cuomo in this piece -- "the LGBTQ community doesn’t mean jack shit to him...Ignoring Lambda and Stonewall both is about as subtle as an atom bomb.” Don't rank Cuomo anywhere on your ballot! www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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These Republicans are too chickenshit to answer tough questions about what’s happening in Washington, so they’re literally handcuffing and dragging their own constituents out of town halls. Fucking cowards.

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BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge Richard Myers orders the NC State Board of Elections to certify a 734-vote win for Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs and rejects all of Griffin's election protests. Judge stays order for one week so Griffin may appeal. #ncpol

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ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers theonion.com/ice-ope...

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This sucks~ The Trump regime is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people apnews.com/article/tran...

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bingo

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Every interview with Trump should either be a series of basic factual questions or cognitive tests. If you're not asking him how health insurance works or getting him to recite the alphabet backwards, I'M 👏 NOT 👏 INTERESTED 👏

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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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4 May 1925 | A Polish woman, Stanisława Zdunek, was born in Ostrówek. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1942. No. 26779 She perished in the camp on 9 May 1943.

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Is there anyone who doubts that if a prominent trans person posted an AI-generated image of themself as the pope, the reaction from the entire rightwing spectrum--to say nothing of conservative Catholic leaders--would be immediate and overwhelming outrage and condemnation?

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Shot // chaser

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Well, this “Christian” movement worships graven images, encourages violence, revels in cruelty to the stranger, venerates money, hates their neighbor, and treats bearing false witness like it’s a commandment, punishing anyone who tells the truth. So they’re making a mockery of more than the papacy.

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Germany: Never again. USA: How about now?

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2 May 1938 | A French Jewish girl, Renee Fajnsznajder, was born in Paris. She arrived at Auschwitz on 11 February 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 832 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w...

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With more school shootings, measles deaths, and deportations on the way, Americans will need to have more babies to keep the population from declining.

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Trump’s proposed budget slashes billions for essential programs that millions of Americans rely on—just to hand over $1 trillion for military spending overseen by Pete Hegseth and help give massive tax breaks to the wealthy.

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Michael Waltz embarrassed himself as National Security Adviser. Here's why he should be the next UN Ambassador.

submitted 6 days ago • 61 comments

Oh, damn. R.I.P.

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Woman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon

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Niagara-on-the-Lake elects big glass of white wine #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli

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Happy to see Carnegie Mellon on the list but I wonder where William and Mary is (UVA is there!!!)

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The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.

submitted 12 days ago • 438 comments

Well - this aged like communion wine

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Biblical scholars now believe that if Jesus had covered up his gang tattoos, he might’ve avoided crucifixion.

submitted 19 days ago • 62 comments

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

submitted 18 days ago • 95 comments

Trump is breaking the law. How is that not in the headline?

submitted 19 days ago • 359 comments

one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now

submitted 20 days ago • 160 comments

As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.

submitted 20 days ago • 1589 comments

Literally “if you ask us to prove he’s a terrorist, then maybe YOU are a terrorist!”

submitted 21 days ago • 167 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

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No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days. Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.

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China is openly mocking us because we are openly mockable right now.

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Raskin: The basis for this most destructive trade war in the history of the world is the profound economic research and policy writings of one Ron Vera, a completely fictional economist conjured up by Peter Navarro, a real person who Elon Musk just called a moron

submitted 29 days ago • 172 comments

It’s long past time for the hell no approach. Kudos. We should all start doing this in Florida to make salient point about this cruel law www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

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