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In response to the English as a national language EO, here are some French and German antebellum US bank notes. Lumbermans Bank, Warren, PA, $5, 18--. Western Bank von Philadelphia, PA, $5, June 183-. New Orleans Improvement & Banking Co., LA, $20, Sept 23, 1836. Citizens Bank of LA, $5, 18--. 🗃️

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This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

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Research shows that LGBTQ+ inclusion can drive economic activity. Open For Business’ latest report shows the economic case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Poland: open-for-business.org/poland

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Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Poynings CC in Sussex #cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏

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It would probably be a pointless gesture but the King should invite Zelensky for a very public meeting on his way back home.

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Last week, DOGE posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now it has deleted all of the 5 biggest “savings” on that original list, after NYT and other outlets pointed out errors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

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Lololol

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"The defining attribute of a Dictatorship ..." Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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1. European and UK ministers are still talking as if their biggest potential security problem is a withdrawal of US support. But that is not their biggest potential security problem. It’s that, under Trump, the US will back Putin not just diplomatically but also militarily. 🧵

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BREAKING: Apple is taking unprecedented step of removing its highest level data security tool from customers in UK, after the government demanded access to user data In a statement Apple said it was "gravely disappointed" that the security feature would no longer be available to British customers

submitted 10 days ago • 45 comments

👇👇Bardella ducks CPAC after Bannon Nazi salute. The European far right might be starting to wonder who they’ve jumped into bed with. Farage included. Johnson for sure.

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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

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Australia doesn't have nukes and is not in NATO. In the new world order, I fail to see significant obstacles to China invading Australia to take its natural resources valued at $20 trillion, a bargain even if the invasion costs China $2 trillion. Australia's population is only 26 million.

submitted 11 days ago • 37 comments

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

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Gangster capitalism. www.wsj.com/business/med...

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The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.

submitted 12 days ago • 238 comments

New billboard in Clacton, Farage’s constituency. He’s still the UK’s #1 grifter. No other MP takes more from second jobs while being employed to represent their constituents in Parliament

submitted 12 days ago • 81 comments

To be honest, sometimes it's a bit funny to see multiple experts and commentators trying to second-guess Trump's grand strategy and its super-complex double agenda. The more I see, the more sure I am that it's just a generator of random phrases and ad hoc moves and that there's no plan.

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Successful second homes crackdown means homes are £30k cheaper for Cymry, who actually need them.

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Alienating my already tiny comics audience still further with a cartoon poking fun at one of the most unpleasant people on the planet via the medium of an extremely niche hobby, I present Elon Musk Teaches Chess: https://comic.conniptions.org/comics/795.html #chess #uspol #musk

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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 16 days ago • 5653 comments

www.space.com/the-universe...

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Zelensky is being forced to plead with Trump that his own country, which has spent so much blood and endured so much horror, is allowed to be at the negotiating table about its own future. That's where we're at- a return of great power politics. Putin's best week in years.

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McConnell being the lone no vote on any of this is like Godzilla offering to repaint a window sill after destroying Tokyo

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Republicans had no problem arresting old people using wheelchairs when disabled folks were protesting McConnell's attempt to take away their healthcare. www.vox.com/policy-and-p...

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We’re very much in the Late Terror stage, where the radical Jacobins who initiated the Terror in the first place (FedSoc, McConnell) get denounced as covert royalists

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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... The kids are alright!

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Is there anything more ridiculously over-engineered than this water tap, controlled by an app on a permanently-anchored phone?

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Guy On Doomed Planet Mostly Concerned With Skin Color Of People In Movies theonion.com/guy-on-...

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No difference between book burning and data scrubbing. Less factual information makes it easier to manipulate the public. As Trump Administration Purges Climate Data and Web Pages, Research Groups Scramble to Save Information insideclimatenews.org/news/0402202...

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the hypocrisy of saying "america first" while helping a company that makes it hard for US factories to pay fair wages

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This tells you who their constituents are. Not American voters. Not Americans at all. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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🚨Huge, dangerous developments getting little coverage. 1. DOJ has killed off its anti-corruption unit. It seized billions in assets from corrupt Russian oligarchs. 2. FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force has been disbanded. It fights foreign interference in US democracy. PUTIN WON THE US ELECTION

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theonion Jealous Trump Boys Try To Convince Father That Barron A DEI theonion.com/jealo…

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Brilliant. Every single issue poll should include a Don’t Care option Issued on behalf of The Campaign For The Right To Not Care

submitted 34 days ago • 21 comments

Was asked yesterday about the economic impact of Brexit (again). Pointed to the absolute dearth of investment in any new manufacturing since 2016. In fact I recall a meeting with a potential inward investor in 2015 who said no on the basis of an upcoming referendum.

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This is disgraceful, increases the cost from £6.99 to £30.99 and puts the #tourdefrance behind the same paywall after being on free to air for decades. #ripeurosport

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UK cycling fans face a subscription price hike as Eurosport set to close in the UK and Ireland 📺

submitted 35 days ago • 16 comments

Bonkers…looks like I won’t be watching professional cycling, except via free YouTube/SM catch-ups going forward.

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Amazon benefits Bezos and no other. Important Doctorow piece about the poor decision by the Government. pluralistic.net/2025/01/22/a...

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NEW: Tomorrow the tech gods will ascend to the presidential dais. The image of the bros + Trump is going to be seared into our brains. It's up to us now. My eve-of-inauguration post open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Donald Tusk: "I am aware this is a dream: that instead of a #Brexit, we will have a #Breturn. Perhaps I am labouring under an illusion. But I'd rather be an optimist and harbour these dreams in my heart. Sometimes they come true in politics." ~AA

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‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access

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