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UK, France, Germany and Italy, are supporting a £41b billion proposal by Arab nations led by Egypt, to rebuild Gaza without displacing Palestinians Israel and the US have rejected it

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Ben Wallace, "The saddest part of what we're witnessing from The White House is that the messaging is all wrong" "The messaging from Trump is I will bully Ukraine and I will give hope to Russia" "That is the totally wrong message you want to send if you want to push Russia back"

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BREAKING: HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom. Protests are erupting across America to reject Musk's billionaire regime. This is how we beat fascism. Mass direct action. #TeslaTakedown

submitted 5 hours ago • 158 comments

Trump does not have the Machiavellian skill of an Erdogan and is more likely to plunge the US into political and economic chaos. Europeans can draw on help from the EU, but if Trump crashes America who bails out the United States?

submitted 6 hours ago • 15 comments

Trump fled to Mar-a-Lago after another disastrous week of crashing the economy 👇

submitted 8 hours ago • 337 comments

To our followers: Yes, it is tough. But stay strong and keep believing in the Ukrainian forces. We are in contact daily from multiple directions – victory will be Ukraine’s! 🇺🇦✨

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

It's funny but in the "we've not had a weekend off in a long time and we don't even live in the US" kind of way.

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Very good indeed.

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Tucson. This stuff is only getting worse, not better. The dems cannot yield on gender identity and expression as freedom

submitted 10 hours ago • 13 comments

My hope is this helps drive lots of AI nonsense into the ground.

submitted 3 hours ago • 3 comments

Protests are not illegal. It's a Constitutionally protected right. I've reviewed the text, and it applies even if people are protesting a Tesla dealership. constitution.congress.gov/constitution...

submitted 1 hour ago • 29 comments

Could Canada join the EU? The EU treaties do not prohibit it, but there are other factors to consider. 🧵👇 TEU (Art 49) says any "European" state may apply for 🇪🇺 membership. But what does "European" mean? It can be defined geographically, culturally, or politically.

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The 100th day of resistance against oligarchy and Kremlin collaboration in Georgia. #3E #GeorgiaProtests #EndOligarchy

submitted 2 hours ago • 67 comments

Fearless and independent investigative journalism is needed more than ever in these times. Attempts to suppress this story on Trump and the KGB demonstrate this ⬇️ To help fund the stories you won't read in the established press, and to keep honesty alive, subscribe: subscribe.bylinetimes.com

submitted 15 days ago • 56 comments

I feel as if a double terrible evil has been loosed upon the world - underlined by the supine response from Senate & House and ex Presidents. It is as if there is nothing there that matters behind the facade of America. Let alone America the Beautiful I hope America finds itself very very quickly

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Four large satellite operators — Luxembourg’s SES, Spain’s Hisdesat, Viasat, owner of the UK’s Inmarsat, and France’s Eutelsat/OneWeb — have all told @financialtimes.com they’re in talks with governments and EU institutions about how to provide back-up connectivity to Ukraine. on.ft.com/4kyetAE

submitted 13 hours ago • 21 comments

“With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its Super Bowl defeat.” Sit up and take note. TB kills more people globally than any other infectious disease - the world’s longest enduring pandemic. theconversation.com/...

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

Blood on Trump’s hands

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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: They're out there saying 'we just passed a bill to eliminate taxes on tips & taxes on SS benefits.' NONE of that's in the bill. But they deny that they're cutting Medicaid. So they want credit for popular stuff that isn't in the bill but ignore the deeply unpopular stuff.

submitted 4 hours ago • 105 comments

If you missed it - this is @chrismurphyct.bsky.social describing the transfer of wealth from ordinary people to the very wealthy, happening right now youtu.be/MXZuHf7LMZE?...

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"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies" From Graeme Wood www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Looks like China may be about to crack the full chip production process, using a different approach from the one taken by Western firms which rely on ASML. Makes a nonsense of tech export bans. Add to this their prowess in frontier AI models, and they're shaping up to be formidable. (From Twitter)

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Hitler said he would make Germany great again. He left it invaded, in ruins, and with millions dead. Mussolini promised to restore the glory of the Roman empire. Never trust politicians who promise to make your country great again.

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The US has pulled out of NATO training exercises in Europe, stressing that its focus has now moved to Asia. Whatever the fine print says, America is no longer in NATO. It won’t come to signatories’ aid. The sooner that’s grasped, the sooner everyone else can move forward with actual allies.

submitted 7 hours ago • 60 comments

I’m shocked that the Washcow regime refused to act with its enemy against its own assets.

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“Frightened for the safety of their families.” America, 2025.

submitted 11 hours ago • 995 comments

can only assume they're breaking in there to delete their names

submitted 4 hours ago • 13 comments

Breaking news: The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of career employees.

submitted 4 hours ago • 106 comments

DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America. Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1096 comments

Google scrubs mentions of ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from responsible AI team webpage

submitted 3 hours ago • 31 comments

Trump's cutting of Ukraine's access to intelligence feeds is already inflcting a catastrophic loss of life at the front. And today, North Koreans are pouring over the border for the first time. Americans will never be forgiven for this. eutoday.net/us-intellige...

submitted 7 hours ago • 84 comments

So Control. Much Taking. Very Back #Brexit 👀

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

I find it hard to believe that the Russian counteroffensive in Kursk and reactivation of missile salvoes from its Black Sea Fleet wasn’t planned with the expectation Trump would blind Ukraine by cutting off intelligence and satellite reconnaissance

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

I’m watching Maddow and the news out of Ukraine is disturbing at best… Trump shutting everything to Ukraine off… hundreds of Troops are being killed and they are fighting blind… This is so not right turning our backs on a long time ally and P can now go after civilians…

submitted 21 hours ago • 14 comments

@kyivpost.com Trump has totally abandoned Ukraine and has left them blind to Russian attacks. Trump is aiding Putin in the murder of innocent Ukrainians, and 78 million Americans are complicit. This is horrific and shameful. Europe and the rest of the world need to isolate Trump. Source: Kyiv Post.

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So Trump imposes blanket tariffs, and only when a CEO pays him $5 million will he offer a carveout. Anyone who thinks he’s “draining the swamp” is either complicit or a fool.

submitted 3 hours ago • 312 comments

Excellent by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com in FT on the very different values that guide actions of current US administration compared with values in liberal democratic Europe. I made this point at event a couple of weeks ago and was agog at how many people just don’t believe it www.ft.com/content/3046...

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😕💵

submitted 7 hours ago • 63 comments

@aoc.bsky.social: "They're saying cut $880 billion from the Energy & Commerce Committee. I sit on that committee. Almost the entire budget that Energy & Commerce explores is Medicaid and Medicare. There is no way they can make their math square without enormous and devastating cuts to Medicaid."

submitted 3 hours ago • 88 comments

'Trump is courting Putin, he's not serious about peace', says former US ambassador to Russia America's former ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul says there's "no evidence" that Donald Trump is serious about mediating peace in Ukraine. My analysis below news.sky.com/story/ukrain...

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

submitted 3 hours ago • 128 comments

Eighteen Ukrainian soldiers died in Iraq. No one gave Kyiv any minerals open.substack.com/pub/countero...

submitted 9 hours ago • 44 comments

Freeland: You're going to raise the prices on gas. You're going to raise the prices on groceries. You're going to make electricity more expensive. And the end result has been to do something which is really hard to do.. antagonize Canadians.

submitted 22 hours ago • 162 comments

Russia is playing Trump for a fool. I thought before Jan 20 that might be incentive enough for him not to just offer unilateral concession after concession to Putin but the Russia first policy continues to devastating effect.

submitted 4 hours ago • 5 comments

Oh great, we're entering the Fugitive Slave Law part of this nightmare.

submitted 10 hours ago • 6 comments

Yes, I have had the same thought. How many people's deaths can you be complicit in before you resign? Or do you avert your eyes from the consequences of your actions, & carry on being a loyal servant of an evil government?

submitted 3 hours ago • 13 comments

GP working 30 yrs in a mixed urban area, rich & poor Rarely seen people abuse the benefits system Seen lots of the health, social & wealth systems fail those in most need The healthy & wealthy always making the decisions Compare how the UK spends with similar nations @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

submitted 15 hours ago • 12 comments