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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 29m

⚡️Hungarian spies ran a covert operation in Brussels, trying to recruit EU officials, a joint investigation finds.

Hungarian Operatives Ran Espionage Operation in Brussels, Trying to Recruit EU Officials, Investigation Reveals

Hungarian spies reportedly conducted operations in Brussels, attempting to recruit EU officials, raising concerns over intelligence activities.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 2h

I kind of take it for granted that Winston Churchill and FDR had mistresses, but I'm glad to hear that at least one of them is still alive.

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 1d

"Don't do that! You're gonna make them declare martial law."

Uh, no response of ours -makes- them do anything.

They're sadistic fucks. They shoot people for praying. They shoot people begging for mercy.

We're not responsible for their behavior. They're violent, treasonous criminals.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 12h

If the American fascist dictator dies or has to be removed via the 25th Amendment, that creates a real "Hitler/Stalin"question.

Normally, a "Hitler/Stalin" question would involve two governments. Or at least two buildings. But here we are.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 12h

Cisgender heterosexual.

I'd kind of like a candidate who represented at least one marginalized group. There's nothing inherently wrong with being a rich, straight, cisgender, white guy as such but...well, they *are* traditionally somewhat over-represented in American politics.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 13h

I married a Chicago native.

Feeling even better than usual about that right now, TBH.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 14h

This is why I love Chicago so much. Their “we will fuck with you” reserves are BOTTOMLESS.

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 16h

This is amazing.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 13h

Without making light of the apocalyptic future this creates for (especially rural) hospitals, how many GP practices are going to have to close or downsize dramatically? How many drug stores? And what about flu shots?

We're going to find a lot of layers to this abomination.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 14h

I have long believed that mature adults don't do sock puppets.

I see no reason here to reconsider that.

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi refused to discuss the legality of the Venezuelan strikes. In other words, it's not legal.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 14h

If we simply *must* run a rich cishet white guy, Pritzker would be my choice.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 15h

MTG is now officially one of the better RepubliQans.

That says less about her than it does about them. What a clown car full of moral failure that party is.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16h

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

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Jeff Stringer @blooms-ghost.bsky.social · 16h

Good thing Doris Day isn't alive to hear this, eh?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 17h

At least "Untied States" would make sense today.

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 20h

These images are separated by one day

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Mi Robin (they [pl. verb], their, them, themself) @mi-robin.bsky.social · 17h

from Mary Ann:

Historian Timothy Snyder argues for comparison of Stephen Miller's current operations with the path by which Josef Stalin took power.

The video is eight minutes and seventeen seconds long: the argument is tight. I recommend full attention.

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

snyder.substack.com

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 19h

Not to worry. It's not like the planes can take off without air traffic controllers anyway.

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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 23h

Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.

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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 1d

Good night,💤

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 21h

That's him. No interest in a stronger, more prosperous EU. No interest in fixing the UK so it can contribute. All he ever wants is some of the advantages of being in the EU and he can't understand why the EU won't give it to some third country nobody for no reason.

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 21h

Canadians will make their own decisions for their own reasons without me telling them what to do.

But I get the impression that the Americans seem to think this might be some kind of problem with the booze, and what I'm hearing from the Canadians makes me think the problem might not be the booze.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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