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Now that’s a State visit

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Nailed it www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

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Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.

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Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 7 days ago • 1085 comments

What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?

submitted 7 days ago • 646 comments

Here we go. Certain generals must be removed before any martial law plan is put into action—as Trump and Hegseth are worried there may still be some generals out there who support the Constitution rather than his proposed dictatorship. This is a political purge intended as a precursor to far more.

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Lie after lie has been told this week about how the Ukraine war started, from the Kremlin and the White House. Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...

submitted 8 days ago • 69 comments

Either these guys are hailing Hitler or they have a rare involuntary muscle spasm that coincidentally afflicts far right oligarchs and ideologues only.

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Europe (including the UK) must supply Ukraine with the weapons it needs to defeat Putin. If they win the war, there will be no need for large scale remilitarisation. Doing this may quite literally be the bargain of the century. Slava Ukraini! 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦

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Murphy: "The game is clear. We can see it. They're not even hiding it. There is not a rule of law anymore. There is one set of law for people who are loyal to Donald Trump, and there is one set of law for people who care criticize him. That is not democracy."

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20 February 1915 | A German, Herbert Hildebrand, was born in Nysa. An orthopedist. In #Auschwitz from 5 September 1941. No. 20495 He perished in the camp on 11 November 1941.

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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.

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I fear that with the latest extraordinary outburst from #Trump we are moving inexorably towards the first and last global conflict of the twenty first century

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The Trump Doctrine

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What could possibly be wrong with “silent prayer”? What possible good reason would anyone have to object to such an innocent act? I make the case here, in @theneweuropean.bsky.social (£, free with registration) www.theneweuropean.co.uk/james-ball-t...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.

submitted 10 days ago • 789 comments

AP is banned from WH events and all the other legacy journalists walk right in. If this was the 60s, we know who would have been with the Freedom Riders, and who would’ve been writing about them from a safe place. AP stands alone. Sad but true.

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Tommy Robinson supporters network has links to Neo-Nazi groups and Russian hackers, Byline Times investigation reveals Members have access to an online library of bomb-making manuals, and instructions for assembling home-made firearms bylinetimes.com/2025/02/18/r...

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Pretty disturbed by some of the Kremlin framing on the Trump talks being bought by parts of the media worldwide. It’s as if the genesis of the war is entirely forgotten. This isn’t a conflict which needs mediation. It was an unprovoked act of aggression. It could end tomorrow if Putin just withdrew.

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This is not an image of a migrant mob storming a Birmingham hospital with axes and blades, as this tweet shared by Elon Musk claims. West Midlands police has confirmed the image is fake. The inconsistencies and physical anomalies in the image indicate it's likely AI-generated.

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Hey @nytimes.com, why the change in headline? Murdered trans man not getting enough clicks for you? Proof: archive.is/aLsoN

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Meanwhile, so much for “free speech” over at The Bad Place.

submitted 12 days ago • 743 comments

Well said.

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If Brexit had never happened… …we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺

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New British Future research finds 61% of the public would prefer current levels of international student migration to stay the same or increase. Only 27% would reduce or stop student migration, which makes up around 40% of total UK immigration [Thread]

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Just a reminder that for those who excuse or minimise the vilification of the trans community - this is where such indifference inevitably leads #lgbtq+ #noLGBwithouttheT www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

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I want everyone who said they couldn't vote for Harris, because her policies didn't go far enough in one or several areas, and concluded "they're all the same", to make themselves a little scrapbook over the next four years. As an aide-mémoire for next time.

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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

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"Kennedy and Gabbard weren’t just chosen because Trump wanted to reward loyal surrogates—they were chosen because they will happily indulge his paranoia and any conspiracy theory that serves his purposes." Matt Johnson:

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Because 1m-2m people died?

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WSJ sub: “Indian Partition went smoothly enough, right? Will try to remember to check this before publishing.”

submitted 15 days ago • 485 comments

Special relationship update:

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The cybertruck sucks, and it failed, so Musk rescued it through a corrupt government scheme that is technically a federal crime American taxpayers are going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a vehicle that everyone serious agrees is absolute garbage as a matter of construction and safety

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Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

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Not a single reporter at the Superbowl asked any of the Eagles why they didn't fly the Fellowship to Mordor.

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This is appalling. A major decision with profound implications for refugees can't even be debated in parliament. Because it's not primary or even secondary legislation it doesn't pass the attorney general's desk. Zero scrutiny. Zero accountability.

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Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.

submitted 17 days ago • 2423 comments