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The Russian military is sending wounded troops on crutches back to the frontlines to fight, and redeploying soldiers with significant injuries to combat roles, as it struggles with growing manpower issues, according to videos and testimony obtained by CNN: bit.ly/3Xg5Fp1

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So does he also want jer to roll up a magazine with his face on the cover?

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This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

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Pope Francis is in “critical condition,” the Vatican said Saturday, after a “prolonged asthmatic crisis” and a low platelet count. They said he was alert and sitting in an armchair, but suffering more pain than the day before.

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The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

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Seeing this on FB.. #ICE #losangeles

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AP sues Trump, stocks crash, consumer confidence plummets, Trump fires the ICE director over poor deportation numbers, GOP has horrible fundraising numbers, and more. Catch up on today's news!

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Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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More than 40,000 foreign nationals were serving in active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces as of February 2024. An estimated additional 115,000 foreign nationals residing in the U.S. are veterans who have previously served on active duty. thetriibe.com/2025/02/blac...

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Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

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NY’s fight to save Manhattan toll plan sets up court battle between Trump admin & one of Trumps major legal foes, Kaplan. No attorney bedeviled Trump in his many legal cases more than Kaplan, who was best known for winning Supreme Court case forcing federal gov to recognize same-sex marriage.

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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), a moderate Republican, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should not be forced to accept any peace agreement with Russia that falls short of his country’s demands. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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Measles cases are rising in the U.S. Do adults need a vaccine booster? This @NPR piece says yes for older adults who were born after 1957 and were vaccinated before 1968. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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83 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's Jan. 6 pardons: Poll: A majority of Americans are displeased with President Trump over his decision to pardon nearly all of those charged for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to a new poll. The Washington Post/Ipsos…

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China seems to have used Llama to build an AI surveillance tool to collect anti-China social media posts, and presumably intimidate at least some of the people who posted them. The power of open weights www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/t...

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Too soon? www.axios.com/2025/02/21/s...

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Lessons in foreign aid from a trip to Uganda: When President Trump and Elon Mask brought the shutters down on USAID, I was reminded of things I had seen and heard in Uganda last month while conducting development research there — things that should make us rethink stereotypes about foreign aid and…

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just stop paying all Federal contributions and you will have the largest surplus ever seen in State history. All Blue States should do the same. Let Red States suck Texas and Florida dry.

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Ex-NFL player who was arrested for protesting MAGA plaque speaks out www.haystack.tv/v/nfl-player...

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🚨 Scoop: Treasury Dept agrees to block DOGE access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 🚨 IRS was preparing to try to reject this request, but was able to negotiate with the Trump admin to narrow access. Now DOGE will get the same access as academic researchers and some IT professionals, per sources.

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Second hand President

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🚨 RESISTANCE WORKS. 🚨 Treasury Dept reportedly agrees to block DOGE access to personal taxpayer data at IRS; DOGE will get the same access as academic researchers and some IT professionals. DON'T LET UP; TURN UP THE HEAT ON CONGRESS. They must rein Musk in via the next budget/funding bill.

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Newsmax, Fox News back AP in Trump standoff over 'Gulf of America': The White House Correspondents Association has joined other news organizations in supporting the Associated Press' right to use the term "Gulf of Mexico" in its reporting, despite President Trump's decision to rename it the "Gulf…

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Yes, people can give bird flu to their cats: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

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To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has pulled them back.

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I’m sure the losses were by design to make the USPS once the best in the world before these assholes got their hand on it, look like it was failing I fucking hate this administration ‼️ Glad DeJoy is out but his job is done. His job was to make it fail and he did www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Proud of my brother-in-law Josh Barnes, who spoke to the NY Times after being fired from the Park Service by the Trump administration. Josh was devoted to his work as a Park Ranger. The attack on our National Parks is an outrage.

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Ghost in the Shell

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RFK Jr. targets transgender protections, calling sex ‘unchangeable’ in new guidance. So I guess I’m not human… No politician up in arms over the systemic erasure of a whole community. Cool. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Can mRNA vaccines help in the fight against pancreatic cancer? www.haystack.tv/v/mrna-vacci...

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Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA says www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...

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Wow, now they're talking about DOGE rebate checks, and of course " signed" by Donald Trump. youtube.com/watch?v=LyST...

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Trump fired ~1k national park service employees before a busy spring break, including EMTs & police officers to administrative & janitorial workers. With so many family visits impaired and so many adjacent communities crushed, when will Republicans find the courage to resist the Trump/Musk rampage?

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SpaceX at the FAA: conflicts of interest, “DEI” hires, subterfuge and misdirection, this story has it all. www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

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