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Pete Hegseth will make any excuse to avoid accountability - just like Trump. Not only is Pete the worst SecDef in history, he can’t even have a presser without melting down.

This is appalling

"Donald Trump’s loyalty test for judges has reached new — and concerning — heights. As Trump prepares to appoint new judges, he’s made it clear that he expects loyalty to him over the constitution." - Rachel Rossi www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Big Balls resigned apparently

Damning Report Exposes Stephen Miller’s Shady Ties to Palantir

BREAKING: While America bombs Iran and vice versa, a silent attack hits home— Massive Medicare cuts, no press conference, no vote, just cold betrayal. Wake up, people! This is how they dismantle our future. #MedicareCuts #AmericaBetrayed

Do yourself a favor and follow the BBC’s coverage of Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran. Unlike corporate media in the U.S., which are swallowing Trump & Co.’s lies whole, the BBC are assessing just how reckless and potentially catastrophic Trump’s call was.

He never tells us what the plan is on anything because there is no plan. But two things we know for sure: 1. Whatever happens that is good news will always be a result of the master plan we were not told about. 2. Whatever happens that is bad news will be Biden’s fault.

The Vance joining bluesky thing is a deliberate attempt to stoke tension once again & create content for a flailing disaster for American politics. His posts are deliberately ā€œplaying niceā€ so then lots of viral content can be created when people react angrily. Don’t get played. Just don’t engage

Remember these people - already starved and weak- are forced to walk up to 10km to pick up this food and carry it back to wherever they have managed to make a temporary home

Good morning friends. This kid is spot on šŸ‘šŸ¼šŸ’™

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had ā€œparental consent.ā€ They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

šŸ”“BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output The Director General Tim Davie discussed altering BBC ā€œstory selectionā€ in order to secure the ā€œtrustā€ of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party, reports @adambienkov.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

Israel’s Defense Minister has once again threatened unlawful force against civilians, attempting to justify violence with baseless smears. We will not be intimidated. The 'Madleen' is a peaceful civilian vessel, unarmed and sailing in international waters with humanitarian aid and ...2/

A partisan majority forcing a matter of privilege with no support from across the house - when support *was* available if they'd been open to a very reasonable compromise - to impose a penalty orders of magnitude worse than anything the NZ Parliament has seen sets an incredibly grim precedent.

If any marginalized group has to fight for equal rights…then our systems and laws are NOT equal. Read that again. Take all the time you need.

Stephen Miller is privately raging over deportation numbers he deems too low. So he's shifting huge amounts of law enforcement resources away from fighting serious crimes and into his immigration crackdown. If voters knew about this, they'd recoil. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1961...

As I predicted, we are now entering an era where we cannot necessarily trust data coming from the federal govt on things like inflation. Something to watch VERY closely for GDP, unemployment, everything. www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...

Chilling, right-wing national "white supremacist" tones in New Zealand parliament against opposition MPs www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Please take a moment to read and share The "NO KINGS" movement IS LOUD AND STRONG Go to nokings.org To find a location near you LET'S GO AMERICA Thank you!

What’s up Wednesday šŸ¦‹ Meet and Greet šŸ¦‹ Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ~Mahatma Gandhi You are stronger than you know! Do something that brings you joy today ā¤ļø Remember We WILL be okay Love Foxy

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This is appalling MoD. Evidence about Nuked Blood experiments on troops is to be made available to veterans at last, but there is so much of it that it will take four years to read through. Is that the plan. Most are in their 80s! www.mirror.co.uk/news/veteran...

EXC: After 70 years, the Ministry of Defence finally admits there "may have been" radiation experiments on troops Veterans of Britain's nuclear weapons tests argued for decades they were 'atomic lab rats'. Now the govt has admitted they might be right www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Russia is trolling the orange one now

This Is Embarrassing And Disturbing… šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦šŸ‡©šŸ‡ŖšŸ“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æšŸ‡©šŸ‡°šŸ‡³šŸ‡±šŸ‡«šŸ‡· Canada, Germany, England, Denmark, Netherlands, and France all have travel advisory warnings for visiting America. Let that sink in.

"As Trump hordes white privilege for a smaller and smaller circle, Democrats can create a larger coalition based not on whiteness, but on solidarity for everyone targeted by fascism. Which, Trump is making clear, will soon be just about everyone." — @nberlat.bsky.social

. @CNN.com looks like shit right now, and deservedly so, for shamelessly hawking Jake Tapper’s book. This is perfect: ā€œForgetting about the fact that how fucking weird it is that the news is selling you a book about news they should’ve told you was news a year ago—for free.ā€ ~ Jon Stewart.

In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bullshitting everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope.

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Labour’s quiet revolution is storming ahead. While its EU deal grabbed the headlines this week, the government made undeniable breakthroughs on long-term projects that will completely reshape Britain. 5 you may have missed:

šŸ“¢Attention: take your gran off the streets, she is out here trying to bring the country to a halt!

Not main point but very revealing that Laura Kuenssberg keeps on talking about the "child benefit cap" in *tax credits* (it's Universal Credit, and has been for most claimants for some time). Reflects both very poor briefing *and* her complete ignorance of the topics she asks questions about..

Well payed, Harvard, well played. Harvard offers FREE American Government course.