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I, for one, am not reassured by the fact the German extreme right only got 20 percent. The acceptable number of German far-rightists is zero. The 1930s taught us that.

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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The economics profession presents an idealised version of the economy, as beautiful as Dorian Gray’s unchanging face. The actual economy is increasingly ugly, like his portrait: marked by oligarchs and the underclass, the looting of poor countries, and the industrial-scale gobbling up of the planet

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Lesia Vasylenko, "A fair and just peace is the end of Russian aggression" "Pulling out all Russian troops and going back to Ukraine's 1991 borders" Fiona Bruce, "Do you think that's realistic?" Lesia Vasylenko, "It has to be realistic"

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America is quite obviously moving in an authoritarian direction. Fascist rhetoric, attack on judges & now this: ‘President Donald Trump on Thursday again raised the prospect of serving for an unconstitutional third term.’ www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Whitehouse: "Remember Trump-Russia? The Mueller report said there was Trump-Russia. The bipartisan Senate intelligence report said there was Trump-Russia. Repeated trials brought in evidence showing Trump-Russia. There was, is, and forever shall be Trump-Russia."

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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

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"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Trump is a pathological liar, example #8567. Yesterday on Air Force One, Trump claimed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was treated “rudely” in Kyiv and that Zelensky was “unavailable to meet him.” One problem: they met. It’s on video. WATCH.

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Our discussion on @Morning_Joe yesterday. I got a little animated because these are troubling times if you care about American national interests. www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/... via @msnbc

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I was electrocuted, beaten, stabbed in the leg and starved after being captured while defending my home and family in Mariupol. We held back Putin’s invasion for several weeks while Russia slaughtered over 25,000 predominantly Russian speaking Ukrainians including women and children.

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As a humanitarian aid worker, 28-year-old Edward Scott has made multiple trips to the front-line areas to evacuate civilian Ukrainians. But the mission on Jan. 30 to the embattled city of Pokrovsk in southern Donetsk Oblast was different.

submitted 4 days ago • 89 comments

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

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“At least Russia has elections” Russia frequently jails and kills any opposition to Putin, who has been in power since 1999. If you like dictatorships, that’s fine. Just admit that. Don’t insult anyone’s intelligence—including your own—by claiming Russia has real elections.

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“It’s fantastic news that [Europe is] now producing vast amounts of artillery shells for Ukraine. But what about advanced munitions, long-range missiles, next-generation weaponry?” the official said. “For that, it’s all America.” www.ft.com/content/beb3...

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"With every meter of territory they liberate, Ukrainian soldiers win the war NATO was created to fight. Ukrainian heroes fight and die daily to defend NATO’s peace....Ukraine offers NATO the greatest deal ever presented in military history." @garrykasparov.bsky.social from the archives:

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Will they ever stop saying that fool was elected with a mandate! Mainstream Media needs to get this right!

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The funniest part? Donald Trump couldn’t care less about “American taxpayer money,” “the lives of Russians and Ukrainians,” or “peace on Earth.” The only things that truly matter to him are his bottomless ego and his relentless obsession with proving how “tough” and “victorious” he is.

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‘a prominent German politician told me: “That was a direct assault on European democracy.” A senior diplomat said: “It’s very clear now, Europe is alone.” When I asked him if he now regarded the US as an adversary, he replied: “Yes.”…’ on.ft.com/4b2uPNM

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

#resist #poliart

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has become the first European leader to say he is ready to put peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, making the commitment ahead of an emergency leaders' meeting in Paris to discuss Europe's role in a ceasefire reut.rs/4310YDg

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President Zelensky: “I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine. Never."

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Yesterday, Democracy Docket published its new tracker of the 42 most important Trump accountability lawsuits related to democracy. Sign-up now to stay informed. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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As Robert F Kennedy becomes Secretary of HHS we must remember that “Just asking questions” about vaccines, and casting doubt on well-established science could have fatal consequences. Researchers estimate over 300,000 South Africans died because their leaders denied scientific truths.

submitted 9 days ago • 138 comments

Nordic-Balti leaders’ statement:

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We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.

submitted 11 days ago • 740 comments

Mitch McConnell voting no on terrible cabinet picks because he doesn’t have to run for reelection is all the proof you need that we must have term limits. You shouldn’t only have a spine because you don’t have to run again. We are breeding chicken shit power hungry electeds.

submitted 11 days ago • 836 comments

Mr Rogers and Sesame Street taught me love, kindness, compassion, and empathy. Star Trek taught me to dream of and aspire to help create a better and more diverse world. Star Wars and Tolkien taught me to fight for freedom, even in the face of overwhelming odds and great evil.

submitted 13 days ago • 150 comments

The most definitive paper yet on false confessions has just been published. It's written by some of the world's leading experts on the phenomenon, including Dr. Saul Kassin. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to deep dive on this issue. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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I wonder who may be responsible for this, Daily Mail?

submitted 18 days ago • 83 comments

Y'all, I just found out about Elisabeth Bik, microbiologist & science integrity advocate. Basically, she finds scientists cheating their results in papers. Her work has resulted in 1331 Retractions, 215 Expressions of Concern, and 1074 Corrections so far. And she's here! @elisabethbik.bsky.social

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so I'm reading the novelization of Ghostbusters II (1989) and uh...

submitted 20 days ago • 60 comments