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My neighbors protest: 10 minutes @ 10:10 in support of democracy in America.

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As tRump tears the Western alliance apart in pursuit of partnership with Putin, Europe must take the lead & quickly.

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Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

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“[Ukraine] faced imminent shutoff of the [Starlink internet] service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals”

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And looking beyond tRump's abandonment of Ukraine... "At this point, it is inconceivable that Donald Trump will use the United States military to defend Taiwan against China."

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As ever, much of interest here. Especially taken with the notion that the GOP - now busy tearing America apart in service to tRump - is itself surprised at what is being accomplished. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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@peterbakernyt.bsky.com does a good job describing tRump's betrayal. A more explicit headline would have helped give this piece impact equal to it's significance. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Zelensky Urges ‘More Truth’ After Trump Suggests Ukraine Started the War www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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⚡️EU envoys agreed on the 16th package of sanctions against Russia, including a ban on primary aluminium imports, sales of gaming consoles and the listing of 73 shadow fleet vessels, the Financial Times reports. Reportedly, the package will officially be adopted on Monday

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Last night @60minutes.bsky.social opened an otherwise superb segment on Germany’s approach to online hate speech by saying “in the U.S., most of what’s said on online [social media] platforms is protected by the First Amendment.” No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.

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Good morning everyone! Any DOGE access to your tax records is ultra vires (outside statutory authority) and wildly illegal), www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b....

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I’ve long been a fan of @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social but this essay, about Washington’s empty streets, and a woman who traveled from Alabama to join what protest she could find, moved me. It’s not “news,” but I think it’s a record of this time we’ll need someday. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/revolution...

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"We cannot have another situation like Afghanistan, where the US negotiated directly with the Taliban and cut out the Afghan government. I feel sure that president Trump will want to avoid this too." Perhaps tRump can be embarrassed into doing the right thing?

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Saved a lot of cash. This is gonna roll all day for free.

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Just got a new phone. Self-induced trauma.

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These dummies could have had a compliant corporate Dem with literal Uber lobbyists on her staff and instead they did school shootings and measles

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Hell of a day to kill the Epidemic Intelligence Service.

submitted 8 days ago • 42 comments

this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to

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He is literally going to kill us again

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/w...

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If the Musk-Trump regime carried out economic warfare against the Putin-Kremlin crime syndicate it would end Russia’s war. Instead it carries out economic warfare against U.S. allies and expands Russia’s war.

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Russia recklessly attacked again the Chornobyl nuclear site. Such attacks on civilian nuclear sites are unacceptable. It shows once again that Russia is not looking for peace.

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Wikipedia is rolling out new features to protect editors, seemingly in part as a response to @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social's reporting on the Heritage Foundation plan to 'identify and target' them. Impact from @forward.bsky.social. www.404media.co/wikipedia-pr...

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Total Age of fu**ing Stupid. ⬇️

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Nitrate exposure in drinking water and health effects include heart disease, nausea, headaches abdominal cramps increased risk of cancer Alternative to synthetic nitrogen is Biological nitrogen enables plants to maximize their nitrogen use with help of bacteria www.triplepundit.com/story/2023/a...

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Mondelez, Nestle and Mars show flagrant disregard for #rainforests. A new #report finds they purchase #palmoil to use in dairy animal feed. Take a strong stance! Don’t buy #Kitkat and #Snickers and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🚫🔥 @palmoildetect

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The American right has turned to Hungary to learn how authoritarians consolidate power. The American left should look to Poland to see how a big-tent coalition can defeat authoritarianism. It involves multiple parties appealing to different voters.

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This new EO signed today appears to create DOGE as a shadow government across the entire federal government. Each agency/dept will be assigned a DOGE minder who will work with the Secry or Director and essentially be in charge of all new hiring and/or firing. People have been saying the Elon is ...

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Georgia is being Stalinized. If it becomes a second Belarus, that would be a huge and unaffordable blow to Europe. My interview for @ipnEng: www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...

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Pleas pray attention to this case. This is about making sure that there is NO agency who can or will investigate anything Trump does, no matter how illegal or insane.

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The millions in USAID food is STILL sitting at the Port of Houston. Trump fired the watchdogs reporting on this story, he doesn’t want Americans to see this debacle. Wasting millions on food already purchased is the epitome of wealthy entitlement #Voices4Victory www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/usa...

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When Starlink’s satellites reach end of their lives, they burn up in Earth’s atmosphere leaving behind small particles of aluminum oxide that is destroying ozone layer that is critical for life on Earth 8,000 satellites could burn up in atmosphere every year www.cnet.com/home/interne...

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#TaxTheRich

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CCS doesn't work.

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Why did Trump say, "Elon knows those vote counting computers better than anybody. And we ended up winning PA like in a landslide. Thank you, Elon."? This thread may give us the answer. One of Elon's employees had previously developed vote hacking software.

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President Trump on Monday ordered a pause in the enforcement of a federal law aimed at curbing corruption in multinational companies, saying it creates an uneven playing field for American firms.

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THIS is an example of why big companies don’t like the CFPB.

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Trump's excuse for gutting the US's bedrock anti-corruption statute is that it was "stretched beyond proper bounds." There's absolutely zero evidence of this. The only ones who benefit are crooked American businessmen—and kleptocrats who are about to make millions. whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Trump "prefers to lead a nation in which belonging is constantly up for grabs, in which certain people are the wrong kind and others are the right kind, in which some are real Americans and others will never be. The result is not just a crisis of trust in our government, but in each other."

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Indian #Rhinoceros are in trouble in #India their range in #Assam is earmarked for #palmoil #deforestation. Fight for them in the supermarket and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2023/09/03/i...

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Next time you snack AVOID #Cheetos #Doritos #Lays crisps and #MountainDew 🍟🥤 because violence against #indigenous people for #palmoil comes as an unwanted freebie in snacks owned by #PepsiCo. Take action! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/scFhgU-pepsico

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#ACTUALNEWS President of the European Commission van der Leyen commented on the newly imposed 25% tariffs by President Trump on all steel and aluminum imports that are meant to kick off on March 12th ⬇️

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This. Which those sympathetic to the US are finding hard to deal with. The aim is destruction because the system is perceived as fundamentally rotten, this has been a growing part of populist thought for some time. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

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