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Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 3 hours ago • 55 comments

Trump loves Putin & Russia, but why? 3 alternative explanations: 1. The Kremlin pays him directly. 2. He was recruited by the KGB as Krasnov in Moscow in 1987. 3. He loves Putin & his repression, while hating democracy & the West. All of it is awful.

submitted 4 hours ago • 19 comments

Also, they can't call concentration camps or Nazi salutes by their name. Again, these outlets do great investigative journalism, but it is fully negated by their constant normalization & "reverse emailing" of the fascism. I wish it weren't the case, but it is. Other choices remain readily available.

submitted 5 hours ago • 8 comments

He nails it.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1294 comments

One positive about current events is a lot of people probably no longer have imposter syndrome

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

"BETRAYED. First Zelensky, soon us? The radical turning away of the USA from its allies." Today's cover of the German Der Spiegel.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

We are already at the ‘purging the generals and replace them with loyalists’ part of the Trump second term, just five weeks in. Totally normal. Not dangerous at all

submitted 23 hours ago • 136 comments

This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own:

submitted 19 hours ago • 27 comments

Woke or biology? There are actually more than the basic “male” XY & “female” XX sexes. Why? Because biology also creates people with single X chromosomes, or extra chromosomes like XXX, XXY, XYY, or XXX+, plus many 🧬genes. 👉All I’m asking is— please be kind to others. Thanks🙏

submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

Americans should know that Trump just abandoned allies with a combined GDP equivalent to US GDP, in exchange for Russia which has a GDP only 6% the size of US GDP. And Trump convinced MAGA that they were all going to be rich.

submitted 18 hours ago • 46 comments

We need facts as never before. 3 years after Putin invaded Ukraine, I spent 24 hours with combat medics on the Ukrainian frontline. Their courage, compassion, dedication & skill are astounding. Please read & please never stop standing up for Ukraine. 🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 18 hours ago • 11 comments

Two Palestinian children were shot in the back and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank aje.io/gbbln5

submitted 17 hours ago • 41 comments

More corruption. The number of ways Elon Musk will use his government position to enrich himself and his companies may—and I say this advisively—outstrip the number of ways we saw this from Donald Trump by an order of magnitude like 5x or 10x. This is the most corrupt government in American history.

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

Donald Trump just fired a well-respected General who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And his Administration announced they’re replacing other officers, too. The purge of people of stature and independence goes on.

submitted 1 day ago • 279 comments

It’s a cult.

submitted 1 day ago • 3288 comments

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

submitted 1 day ago • 718 comments

Every single election will be stolen, WAKE THE FUCK UP!

submitted 1 day ago • 236 comments

“All of this is happening, because one twisted and corrupt man”……”who understands nothing and cares about nothing, will wreak whatever untold damage he is capable of unleashing all for the sake of enriching himself.” At the Fulcrum of History www.marytrump.org/p/at-the-ful...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

NEW: In a win for democracy, the U.S. Supreme Court paused an emergency request from Trump and allowed the head of the whistleblower agency to remain in office until a Feb. 26 hearing.

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

The sounds of war in the sky of Kyiv right now

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

My warmest greetings go out to the wonderful people who built their careers sniffing out “Ukrainian Nazis” under every stone in Ukraine for tasty headlines that fueled Russian war propaganda on this-is-why-Ukraine-must-be-dealt-with, only to get Nazi salutes normalized in their own country.

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For 15-year-old Taisiia, waking up to the sounds of Russian drones has become part of everyday life in Sumy. And this is the everyday reality for many children and teenagers in Ukraine. One of the buildings of the school in Sumy was destroyed by a Russian attack.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

I can understand this mistake in 2016, but we already had a whole term of Trump fuckuppery. How on earth were people still thinking he’s some business genius who’ll make government better in 2024? How?

submitted 1 day ago • 176 comments

Just like Elon Musk, Steve Bannon made a Nazi Salute. Two prominent members of the Republican horde making Nazi Salutes. In public. On stage. Neither was expelled, denounced or shunned. One is now in the US government. The Republican party are cool with Nazis. #CPAC

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony. snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...

submitted 1 day ago • 142 comments

“as Trump and his fascist regime aggressively pursue the dismantling of American institutions and the destruction of traditional alliances to align with dictators and other authoritarians—I cheer for his opponents” www.americaamerica.news/p/rooting-ag...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

If you're feeling overwhelmed, I really hope this reaches you today.

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

“In fact, the increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years.” The Logic of Destruction open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Thanks for this @SykesCharlie.bsky.social. And fuck all these GOP congresspeople who are “privately” panicking over what Musk & Trump are doing. It’s always PRIVATELY with them. They’ve told me PRIVATELY for years they’re sick of Trump. Fuck their PRIVATE anguish. They’re all cowards.

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

"a provocative gesture that resembled the controversial salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month." 18 words "A nazi salute" 3 words Incredible writing here.

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments