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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 15h

Donald Trump showing his appreciation for his Black soldiers, by Godfrey the comedian.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

Side note: Threats of military action notwithstanding, worth noting that any Christians fleeing religious persecution in Nigeria could not, at present, enter the U.S. as refugees, as the U.S. refugee program has been almost entirely frozen by Trump for months — save for Afrikaners from South Africa.

Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

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Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 20h

“that’s nerd shit” say journalist class that themselves spend 16 hours a day in a digital nuremberg rally

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 20h

mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23h

He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
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J. D. Vance’s Bad Answer to an Anti-Semitic Question

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 19h

it seems bad to me that basically outside of Obama, the amount of people in the Democratic Party who can basically give a good speech is like a list of 10 people

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 19h

"Wife mad at you? DEI." is phenomenal work.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 18h

personally I just think it’s funny how I was raised conditioned to think Ukraine is inferior to many western countries who are now flattering monsters while using Ukraine as a shield that happens to have a beating heart. Turns out the disillusionment hits both ways

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 18h

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 20h

themselves really is a form of support, funding, arming, or whatever else you could call it.

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 20h

I'd also add that a lot of the time when people say we're "funding" Israel (or Ukraine, for that matter), what they're really referring to is either direct sales or transfers of arms.

In the case of a country like the UAE, where money really is no obstacle, selling them equipment they can't produce

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 20h

Fair enough.

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 20h

That's true. But I would argue it's a lot easier, domestic public opinion wise, to stop arm sales to the UAE to leverage them than it would be for Israel (though that's changing rapidly).

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 20h

Certainly our role in supporting the UAE and, by proxy, the RSF is much smaller than with Israel, but it's certainly not negligible.

Particularly when we have mechanisms to suspend sales.

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 20h

Direct fund transfers are not the primary means of supporting and arming a state - arms sales certainly are:

State Department approves $1.4B helicopters, F-16 parts sale to UAE share.google/W2JxZaT3mqpb...

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 21h

I get fairly frustrated that Sudan (and our role in the conflict) doesn't get nearly as much attention it deserves, but, frankly, everyone is pretty guilty of that.

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 21h

I mean, yeah, pretty much:

[2025-01-24] Van Hollen, Jacobs Confirm UAE Providing Weapons to RSF... share.google/S5xiV1EQa24z...

Van Hollen, Jacobs Confirm UAE Providing Weapons to RSF in Sudan, in Contradiction to its Assurances to US | U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) announced that, based on a Biden Administration briefing and as...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

This was $8.99 last year.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d

Do not use kerosene to try to treat or protect yourself from tear gas.

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Ash Parrish @adashtra.bsky.social · 1d

Homey literally said "touch mass"

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

why would he come for online trads like this

In recent years, many young people have approached the faith through social media, successful programs and popular online Christian witnesses. The danger is that a faith discovered online is limited to individual experiences, which may be intellectually and emotionally reassuring, but never “embodied.” Such experiences remain “disembodied,” detached from the “ecclesial body.”

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

the assumptions made about the target audience by making the first two items "OnlyFans' and 'child support' are kind of incredible

Leif Hancox-Li, PhD @struthious.bsky.social · 1d

This is Bad (source: network.fintechtakes.com/library/3d38...)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

this guy’s entire mental picture of american politics has been entirely gleamed from reading the economist and watching 15 minutes of the netflix HILLBILLY ELEGY movie

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public health guy 🦃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

our governor, brian kemp, is refusing to use georgia’s record surplus to cover the SNAP gap.

i’m headed out to load up on walmart gift cards and foodstuffs to donate for families that need help. what r u doing to help today? share your story to peer pressure others

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Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 23h

Which is all to say - we're not uniquely oppressed (which lol, lmao), we're just uniquely stupid.

Public Health, Sometimes @phsometimes.bsky.social · 23h

The more fair argument of why this hasn't happened is more about the lack of cohesive mass political movements in the US and the fact that ~35% of the country is down for this bullshit. And the other ~30% doesn't like it but doesn't care enough to do anything about it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i genuinely cannot stand actual european elites condescendingly explaining american public opinion to americans. reminds me of when some british lady IRL tried to tell me she understood southerners better than i ever could, a southerner who lives in the south.

Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 1d

The educated liberal big city US folks outraged at Trump's renovation of Lincoln bathroom really need to scroll some Facebook of their less established relatives and friends to see what kind of aesthetic resonates with Trump's target audience.

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