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Zez Vaz @zezvaz.bsky.social · Mar 2

Dress Code Drama at the Oval Office
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Cartoon by Zez Vaz depicting Ukranian war time President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office surrounded by Trump, JD Vance, Marc Rubio and other goons all wearing a clown nose (except Zelenskyy). One journalist challanges Zelenskyy saying "Why aren't you wearing a clown nose?"

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Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · Mar 2

Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Feb 28

Tim Snyder captures the White House travesty between Trump, Vance and Zelensky beautifully in this video: Five Failures in the Oval Office. America acted like a bully today and hurt our standing as a country committed to freedom and democracy.
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Feb 28

What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.

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Michaël Merrigan @michaelmerrigan.bsky.social · Feb 28

Cartoon by Jesse Duquette

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Vincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · Feb 25

Vers van de pers! Mijn boek is vandaag gearriveerd bij de uitgever. Vanaf volgende week in de boekhandel te vinden!

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Michaël Merrigan @michaelmerrigan.bsky.social · Feb 23

Brussels this afternoon
#ukraine #europe #solidarity #freedom #democracy

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Michaël Merrigan @michaelmerrigan.bsky.social · Feb 19

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Feb 17

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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · Feb 17

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Michaël Merrigan @michaelmerrigan.bsky.social · Feb 16

Brussels cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula - Bright festival (15 February 2025)

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Mona Smitte @monalisazelf.bsky.social · Feb 10

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jan 22

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Feb 6

And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Feb 6

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
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Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children

I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

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Lectrr @lectrr.bsky.social · Feb 6

#cartoon #trump #gaza (via www.lectrr.com)

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kamagurka.bsky.social @kamagurka.bsky.social · Feb 6

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Feb 5

Endorsing the crime of ethnic cleansing.

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · Feb 3

In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.

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Kennedy no relation @lfklib.bsky.social · Feb 2

And for what?

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Feb 2

Canadians booing the U.S. national anthem isn’t something I ever thought I’d see, but this is what happens when you let a psychopath criminal with isolationist and protectionist policies back into the White House.

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Michaël Merrigan @michaelmerrigan.bsky.social · Feb 2

Interessant en genuanceerd gesprek:

NRC @nrc.nl · Feb 2

Hoe meet je het effect van een genderbehandeling bij jongeren? Dat „is niet zo simpel”, zegt psychiater Annelou de Vries, medeauteur van een kritisch artikel hierover. https://buff.ly/3El4VZk

Aan jongeren die een genderbehandeling krijgen ‘kunnen we veel opener vragen: hoe voel je je over je lichaam?’

Gender: Hoe meet je het effect van een genderbehandeling bij jongeren? Dat „is niet zo simpel”, zegt psychiater Annelou de Vries, medeauteur van een kritisch artikel hierover.

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Michaël Merrigan @michaelmerrigan.bsky.social · Feb 2

Another beautiful day in Brussels!

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Michaël Merrigan @michaelmerrigan.bsky.social · Feb 2

The world at war: the flashpoints that the west ignores www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

The world at war: the flashpoints that the west ignores

While all eyes are on the Middle East and Ukraine, brutality still reigns in many other regions suffering many other conflicts

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jan 31

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat.

The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….

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