Sameer Ketkar
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Sameer Ketkar
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“We have chosen a side. We are fighting against the dark. We are making something of our lives.” —Vel Sartha, ANDOR. #WelcomeToTheRebellion #OneWayOut
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What Russians did the last 48h:

- Bombing a kindergarten in Kharkiv
- carpet bombing of Kherson with unguided MLRS fire
- hunted farmers on their fields with FPV drones
- Killed a 84-year old female with a FPV drone
- Fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv
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In the intercepted conversation,one of the field commanders, speaking in Spanish,gives an order to execute Ukrainian civilians

He specifically orders his subordinates to shoot women& children

The killing of civilians is a regular and command-driven practice of Russia’s 30th Motorized Rifle Brigade
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In a recent radio intercept, Ukrainian intelligence recorded a war crime committed by Colombian "mercenaries" fighting against Ukraine as part of the 30th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, which belongs to the 2nd Combined Arms Army of Russia’s Central Military District.
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I smell state prosecutions.
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
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the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
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Masked federal agent fires tear gas into the face of protesters in Oakland on Thursday
(Photo by Reddit user u/Wild-Lingonberry-204)
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This is over the top sadism. And sadism never exists in isolation – it's always accompanied by sociopathy-psychopathy (ASPD).
Masked federal agent fires tear gas into the face of protesters in Oakland on Thursday
(Photo by Reddit user u/Wild-Lingonberry-204)
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This is their playbook for the midterms. Intimidation and harassment - if we are lucky it will only be that. Because their full playbook is most likely much worse but this is the warmup act.
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The company brought Junior in right after the election as part owner. They just won the largest drone motor contract awarded by the Pentagon.
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And they called it the the Great Epstein Recess of 2025
It's official - the House will be out AGAIN next week, for a sixth consecutive week. That means the House will have worked 20 days over 17 weeks. The last House vote was on Sept. 19.
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“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy
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Hungary working on how to circumvent US sanctions on Russian oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft, PM Orban says. MOL refineries process 14.2 million tons of Russian crude annually via Druzhba pipeline.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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“.. Mr. Reagan is heard to say in the ad .. tariffs cause damage. ‘Markets shrink and collapse,’ Mr. Reagan says, ‘industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs.’”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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Do not be surprised if the regime gets more & more opaque as the days go on. That's a hallmark of fascist regimes. Control. youtu.be/j8v9fP5YC6A
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🚨U.S. inflation rises to 3% in September as prices increase at the fastest rate since January.

The White House says they will likely not release October’s inflation data next month, blaming the shutdown.
Witless Vows to Fellate Putin, News at 11.
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The White House East Wing has been completely demolished. The demolition is basically at the main White House walls.
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A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.

Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.