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It’s a cry for help from Desantis. He’s lonely, isolated, and wants his friends back from before he ran against Trump. Maybe this will rekindle fond memories of the life they once had together as brothers in arms fighting the culture wars, and they will return to praise him.

❗️🇸🇦 More talks on Ukraine between US and Russian diplomats will be held on February 25, – Euronews.

A Defender from Azov Brigade sustained a severe shrapnel wound to the neck and lost a significant amount of blood. The situation was critical and there was no chance to evacuate him. So doctors had to think on the spot: they sent blood to the Defender via a drone.

Russian MP and deputy head of the Defense Committee of the Duma, Alexey Zhuravlev says what Russia is really after in any "peace deal": "We need Ukraine to be either pro-Russian or nonexistent."

Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...

The EU is exploring more aggressive ways to seize part of Russia's frozen central bank assets amid signs the US will pare back assistance.

Reading Reinhold Niebuhr again is illuminating in these times. For example, from The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944), p. 185: “If America achieves maturity, the primary mark of it must be the willingness to assume continuing responsibility in the world community of nations.”

Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally. Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

Nothing says "coup" quite like a loyalty test for the military! Taken to its logical conclusion: Mump will direct the US military against American citizens. Congress, are you still happy giving up all of your power and authority?

This week was the 1st publication using our immune cell sequencing to accurately make medical diagnoses. It has enormous implications, as I've reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/the-first-... @scottboydlab.bsky.social @science.org @anshulkundaje.bsky.social @maximzaslavsky.bsky.social

NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Musk took over the US government with graft and is using it—in combination with his space launch firm—to exploit an allied country that’s suffering under Russian invasion for its mineral rights. The scheme is so imperiously evil I feel like audiences wouldn’t find it believable in a Bond villain.

With all the recent news, discussing some sort of "scar" on Putin's head might actually be somewhat relaxing and entertaining. The scar was reportedly noticed on photos and videos starting on February 19. On February 17 and 18, Putin was filmed from another angle.

Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.

friendly reminder that the only roman part of the roman salute was that it was depicted in the painting the oath of the horatii by jacque-louis david in 1784 it has no other connection to romans the horatii are fictional it's a nazi salute

Heroin addict and roadkill enthusiast, RFK Jr. kills flu shot campaigns and cancels a major vaccination conference.

Officials react to potential layoffs at Bureau of Fiscal Service www.mariettatimes.com/znewsletter-...

FIRED FEDERAL WORKER TO NBC: “I was a Trump supporter. He’s coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no apparent reason.”

Musk, Vance and their support for the anti-American, pro-Russian German far-right From Jamie Kirchik www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...

Joining @katiephangshow.bsky.social soon, although there is currently a friend in my chair

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI. The ruling bars Trump from requiring federal contractors and grant recipients to certify that they don't engage in "equity-related" programs, a term the judge found too vague to be enforced.

New filing: "National TPS Alliance v. DHS (Venezuelan immigration status)" Doc #38: Case assigned to Judge Edward M Chen. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of… [full entry below 👇] Download PDF | View Full Case #CL69655305

I'm about to drop a piece at The Atlantic on this Pentagon purge. As I warned, Trump is capturing Justice, Intelligence, the military. This is praetorianism, pure and simple.

UPDATE: Meta is continuing to censor anti-Musk ads. It has removed a Facebook ad calling for a boycott of Tesla, saying that it violates the company's policy on "unacceptable business practices" muskwatch.com/subscribe

Apparently, the mediocre-est administration of all time is gonna make America great

Here come the “town hall no-show’s”. #Wisconsin wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

Trump just ordered the DOJ to eliminate the police misconduct database. Imagine losing your child to police brutality &finding out the officer had a violent history that wasn't tracked. That’s what happened to Eric Garners family. The officer who killed him had many complaints before that fatal day.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)