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Escape from Betsy Taylor at threads, which now fast unravels. Here for politics, conservation, nature photography
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The MAGA ship is sinking:

Pope Francis remains in "critical" condition after suffering "respiratory crisis" earlier on Saturday, the Vatican says

“The UK and its people are among Ukraine’s biggest supporters, and we deeply appreciate this” Volodymyr Zelenskyy

PHOTO: Krasnov (Russian for "Beauty," and also the just-revealed code name for Donald Trump as a KGB asset since 1987) and The Beast.

OK, the report is now fully in major media. Media must get an extensive White House response; Congress must investigate (even if it's a minority report); DOJ and the FBI must investigate; the CIA must issue a report on what it knew about this and when.

This deranged post must be read in concert with new Daily Beast and Yahoo News reports that Trump is a Kremlin agent ("Krasnov") and Hegseth speeding up a political purge of the military. What you are seeing here is fear from Trump and Musk; they need to get to martial law fast.

The federal agency responsible for traffic safety, which has been investigating self-driving technology in Tesla vehicles, will fire a “modest” number of employees, an agency spokesman said Friday.

Tom Homan is publicly threatening the City of Boston. He says he will rain hellfire on it. It sure worked out well the *last* time an authoritarian government threatened Boston.

If you missed them when they became bestsellers, now is the time to read them. They will help prepare you for what is ahead. (I expect no royalties from any sales, so I am simply recommending the books on the basis of their content; I do not care if you borrow them, get them used, whatever).

As America is being torn apart, weakened, and sold to the highest bidder, I think about all the folks who told me, "Well, it won't be THAT bad" and "We survived 4 years of Trump..." and "The systems will hold." All of them are privileged and well-off. Alas. We're all in it now.

Musk was angry at OpenAI, so he said AI would destroy humanity. Then he founded xAI and sued OpenAI—and said AI might not be so bad. Now he wants his AI to take over DC, so he’s killing all AI safety. The man is knowingly betraying his _species_. He’ll certainly have no problem betraying America.

(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it text. Here it is (please share):

America will have to live with the shame of what's happening here for years. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Global crisis style note: What Trump is doing to Ukraine is not 'blackmail', which would be demand for payment under threat of exposure of compromising information*. This is demand for payment under threat of violence/refusal to protect from violence. The word is 'extortion'.

Struggling to understand the German election's maths? You're not alone, The Economist with a fantastic explainer below..

THIS THIS THIS

Knackered from a day of volunteering but feel great from it. Best thing any of us can do right now is help those around us, whether friends, family or wider community. Spread what love and kindness you can. That’s something in your control when so much feels uncontrollable.

In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

Seems that both M&S and Heinz are now advertising on GBN.

Endless screaming

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

Trumps team passed a waiver so food was exempt from USAid cuts but food needs transport and storage which are NOT free- in effect making the food waiver null. Support for disease treatment, water pipes, disease surveillance all cut too by Trump/DOGE activity with devastating impacts

Thought for the day.

Dear @cnn.com, The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?

He nails it.

Hegseth is going to fire every woman or Black person in military leadership.

Extortion, pure and simple.

There’s always an origin story for the worst people in history where they could have been stopped if someone had just said NO instead of “keep your enemies closer” or “let just see if we can work with him.”

BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

$40 million to DOGE as they slash people’s livelihoods and lifelines in the name of “efficiency.”

Love this.

🇺🇦 🇳🇱 Grateful to the Netherlands for their strong position and continued support for Ukraine!

It’s a cult.

Current mood

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

Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump cannot, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads a watchdog agency.

We may have left the EU in 2016 after lies, misinformation, and promises of prosperity that have not materialised Luckily for us, the EU isn't that far away, it's just next door Anyone else want the UK 🇬🇧 to rejoin the EU 🇪🇺 ?

Fraser Nelson is shocked, shocked to see Nazis getting media airtime