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Our kids live their childhoods under Russian attacks in shelters We weren't able to protect all of Ukraine but we had the opportunity to use Patriot air defense systems in large cities to shoot down Russian missiles. These systems literally saved countless lives of Ukrainian civilians.

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"We will restore everything, we are not stopping our work, children signed up to come for today." - a children's clinic was attacked by Russia in Sumy last night. The clinic's acting director doesn't give up⤵️ 📹: Radio Svoboda

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The S&P 500 stock index erased all of the gains it had made since President Trump won the 2024 election in November.

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NEW: Trump's super PAC is charging as much as $1 million a plate for fundraisers that feature the president, two sources familiar with the events tell Axios.

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JUST IN: US stocks slid Monday as investors braced for President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China to go into effect by the midnight deadline.

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❗️Eutelsat in talks with EU to expand satellite internet in Ukraine - Reuters The Franco-British satellite group is in talks with the EU to provide Ukraine with additional internet access.

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When they say peace, they mean surrender.

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Canadian PM Trudeau announces 25% retaliatory tariffs on some US goods in response to new Trump levies, escalating a global trade war cnn.it/4knZFo6

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Some estimates suggest just Tuesday's tariffs alone could cost the average U.S. household $830 a year — and that's before you factor in the cost of anticipated retaliatory tariffs from Canada, China and Mexico.

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A federal judge has ruled that the head of a government watchdog agency whom President Donald Trump is attempting to fire is entitled to remain in the post, setting up a dispute that will almost certainly be decided by the Supreme Court

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"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

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Norwegian main fuel supplier declared they will stop providing fuel to American ships. In a very direct language they declared that the spectacle staged by Trump and Vance yesterday 'made them sick'. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu...

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Futurologists talk about ‘Thucydides Trap’, but the key lesson from ‘Peloponnesian War’ is about a leading democracy that decided to abuse its power against the allies and ultimately lost.

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The quality of global democracies hit an all-time low in 2024, and the U.S. continues to be seen as a "flawed democracy," according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Global Democracy Index report.

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NEW: “Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.” newrepublic.com/post/192059/...

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It looks like the crypto currency mogul's (who financed Trump's 'Liberty Fund') problems with the Security and Exchange Commision may be over www.reuters.com/legal/us-sec...

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Reversals of fortunes, or do not make Canada great again. Canadian liberals were on their way out in the next elections After attacks of Trump and Musk, the sympathy of voters radically shifted. The are likely to stay. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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An unvaccinated, school-age child has died in West Texas. It's the first known death from an outbreak that's infected more than 120 people.

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What happened in Coeur d'Alene over the weekend was more than a civil rights violation, more than authoritarianism in a deep-red town This assault is a preview of 21st century totalitarianism, in which Big Brother is outsourced to mercenary bands answerable only to those with cash to pay them

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A great resource to get the overall progress in trade wars: Trump's trade war timeline. An up-to-date guide: www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

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JUST IN: A federal judge has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration's federal funding freeze, criticizing the move as "irrational" and "imprudent." cnn.it/4hTrWRM

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Sales of Tesla in the European Union and in the UK fell by almost half in January. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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With Musk's ongoing campaign of siding with Russia and trying to rip apart European society with disinformation, UK drivers can't get rid of their Tesla's fast enough, with price now dropping -5%/month.

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Europeans are fed up with Musk pouring Russian disinformation into Europe and Tesla sales now show it. January Europe Total Electric Car Sales +35% January Europe Tesla sales -45%

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🌱 New blog: "Is there a conflict between entrepreneurship & green transition in cities?" by @tomekmickiewicz.bsky.social , Belitski & Eichler 🔍 Their research reveals optimistic findings about the relationship between business growth and sustainability. Link: bit.ly/41tihvw @regstud.bsky.social

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The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution initiated by Ukraine and European countries. It designates Russia as an aggressor state and demands the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine's internationally recognized borders. The United States and several other countries voted against it.

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Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments @sddaction.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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The EU Council has approved a broad 16th package of sanctions against Russia on the third anniversary of the full-scale war. www.consilium.europa.eu/et/press/pre...

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Youngest men vote for extreme right, and youngest women for extreme left in Germany(both mostly in the East)

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The AI chat developed by Musk has been censoring references to misinformation by Trump some times on Sunday techcrunch.com/2025/02/23/g...

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Germany’s historic election — in charts https://www.ft.com/content/4bc5438f-2deb-4026-aa99-746a7d3f9284

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The Trump administration has blocked work that is central to major international climate change research, and barred federal scientists and diplomats from attending a key global climate event in China next week, according to three sources close to the situation.

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"The University of Michigan’s latest survey, released Friday, showed that US consumer sentiment declined in February for the second consecutive month, according to a final reading, down by a steep 10% from January."

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New paper by LSE CEP researchers suggests that leaving the EU has reduced UK goods exports, with the smallest businesses being most badly affected. cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...

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Once considered a bastion for free expression, America's record on press freedoms has fallen to a historic low, according to Reporters Without Borders. Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues.

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Some defense officials responsible for drafting lists of civilian Pentagon employees to be terminated as soon as this week are raising concerns with their superiors that the summary firings could break the law and potentially harm US military readiness, a senior defense official told CNN.

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Correct me if I am wrong, but there is something I do not understand. Given some existing regulation, reducing the number of administrators that deal with that regulation means that everything will be slowed down for business people and ordinary citizens that are subject to it.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture said today it's working to reverse the firing of agency personnel tasked with the federal response to bird flu.

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EU looks at tapping €93bn in unspent Covid recovery funds for defence https://www.ft.com/content/f28bede4-0794-44c1-a216-9deccac44460

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My thoughts on the Russian-American talks on Ukraine, without Ukraine. The simplest interpretation of the available facts is that the Americans are using Russian violence to try to exploit Ukraine. snyder.substack.com/p/peace-or-p...

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The billionaire faces ejection from the scientific institution for his backing of President Trump and downplaying of climate change ⬇️

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American military procurement is ineffective and dominated by few large companies, says The Economist www.economist.com/briefing/202...

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