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Single, retired biker enjoying life in the saddle. Considers Brexit to be the worst and most stupid, idiotic decision ever undertaken by a British government in my lifetime.
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To be fair - we should probably put NATO into administration and drive Europe to fill the defence space... ...a *complete* reversal of the previous dynamic, I am fully aware, but actually a huge opportunity for Europe (manufacturing, R&D, hard power, cybersecurity, procurement cohesion, etc, etc).

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white **retired** Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

Some newspapers are pretty clear: Why The Independent will not be silent in the face of Trump’s assault on truth and democracy. The US president is peddling dangerous misinformation about Zelensky and Ukraine – now is the time to tell the truth and stand up... www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

I watched Trump sparring with Maine's governor Janet Mills in the White House. She made Trump look like the bullying spoilt brat that he is, so undignified, so unpresidential. How the hell anyone can follow and obey this felonious & IMO treasonous jerk is beyond me.

Thinking about all my wonderful German friends. If you can, please use your vote tomorrow. All fingers and toes crossed.

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

📌📍📌 I don’t know if you watched this already, it has 4.11M views, and it’s a day old! Here’s James Carville going on Fox and taking Sean Hannity down. THIS is SO GOOD! I highly RECOMMEND IT👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 youtu.be/9L_HvoOkU0s?...

It has been a long and grueling week. Thank you to everyone who offered kind words of support. If you want to follow everything happening to democracy in court, while also supporting pro-democracy independent media, please sign up for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

Wow! Congrats to Bluesky for passing the milestone of 32 MILLION users. Spread the word!! 💙🦋 bsky-users.theo.io

He nails it.

Todays hero

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

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As the third anniversary of the war approaches, a key question: will Europe step up and underwrite Ukraine’s defence? www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...

Old but relevant! 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...

Important: Suspension of real life experimentation with democracy which happens in France and other countries. @rsf.org Paris court suspends Google experiment to assess the relevance of news on its search engine that restricted access to news sources for 1% of its users. rsf.org/en/paris-cou...

I Stand With Ukraine 🇺🇦

This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

Whilst a lot of what the Mail prints is IMO garbage they at least got this right:

😂 When all else fails … laugh Daily Star ‘Orange man baby blames Ukraine for being invaded.

How does Rachel Reeves' previous commitment to a green economy square with her desire for a third Heathrow runway? | Norman Baker @sussexbylines.co.uk

British business continues to pay the price for Brexit. www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/02/brex...

Zelenskyy also said he would like Trump’s team “to be more truthful” as he offered his first response to a series of striking claims that Trump made a day earlier, including falsely suggesting that Kyiv was to blame for the war, which enters its fourth year next week. apnews.com/article/russ...

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

share.newsbreak.com/bme4kx29 How sad. Indiana wants to stop free books for kids. #FUINDIANA

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

Ok here is this,👇🏽

🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

Resisting comes in all forms. Here is a very creative one starting to pop up.

Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history. Please repost if you want it restored.

We the People are pissed! #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard @polrev.bsky.social