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Russia is increasingly using chemical weapons in Ukraine in an effort to subdue the country by causing as much pain and suffering as possible, Europe’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said today.
Russia’s increasing use of chemical weapons in Ukraine ‘unbearable,’ says top EU diplomat
Moscow is using banned chemical weapons to inflict as “much pain and suffering” as possible to force Ukraine to surrender, Kaja Kallas said.
www.politico.eu
July 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Russia is increasingly using chemical weapons in Ukraine in an effort to subdue the country by causing as much pain and suffering as possible, Europe’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said today.
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
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This means I now have negative 4 security clearances
Adam Kinzinger’s security clearance is revoked every weekend. Deeply bizarre stuff.
March 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This means I now have negative 4 security clearances
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Last night,Russia launched a very deliberate&demonstrative massive strike on Odesa: that's the ceasefire you get.
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
March 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Last night,Russia launched a very deliberate&demonstrative massive strike on Odesa: that's the ceasefire you get.
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
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The White House has gone after another leading law firm. This time Paul Weiss. I cannot overstate how dangerous this is—and how urgent for the private bar to respond with solidarity to this assault on the legal profession and rule of law.
March 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The White House has gone after another leading law firm. This time Paul Weiss. I cannot overstate how dangerous this is—and how urgent for the private bar to respond with solidarity to this assault on the legal profession and rule of law.
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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression — theonion.com/trump-says-r...
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...
theonion.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression — theonion.com/trump-says-r...
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Trump was asked yesterday about Putin increasing strikes on civilian targets after we cut off inteI: “He’s doing what anybody else would do. I think he’s hitting them harder than he’s been hitting them. And I think probably anybody in his position would be doing that right now.”
March 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Trump was asked yesterday about Putin increasing strikes on civilian targets after we cut off inteI: “He’s doing what anybody else would do. I think he’s hitting them harder than he’s been hitting them. And I think probably anybody in his position would be doing that right now.”
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Elon Musk doesn’t just want to destroy America, he’s destroying the world.
March 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Elon Musk doesn’t just want to destroy America, he’s destroying the world.
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Carefully done study clearly shows X and TikTok pushing pro-AfD content to Germans whose own selections of who to follow are neutral. In other words, heavy pro-AfD thumb on the scale by Elon Musk and CCP.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/in-g...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/in-g...
In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content
A new study found that, on TikTok and Elon Musk's Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favored the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis.
www.niemanlab.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Carefully done study clearly shows X and TikTok pushing pro-AfD content to Germans whose own selections of who to follow are neutral. In other words, heavy pro-AfD thumb on the scale by Elon Musk and CCP.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/in-g...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/in-g...
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When the Maryland National Guard pulled out of a planned parade to honor Frederick Douglass, citing Hegseth's anti-"DEI" guidance, Trump allies complained this was a case of 'malicious compliance.' Hegseth's had two weeks to tell the Maryland Guard to go ahead. He hasn't. The racism is the point.
February 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
When the Maryland National Guard pulled out of a planned parade to honor Frederick Douglass, citing Hegseth's anti-"DEI" guidance, Trump allies complained this was a case of 'malicious compliance.' Hegseth's had two weeks to tell the Maryland Guard to go ahead. He hasn't. The racism is the point.
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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Friday Night Massacre at the Pentagon
Trump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Where you at Dems ? You fighting to get them far better severance or going to ignore them, and all others in similar circumstances?
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Where you at Dems ? You fighting to get them far better severance or going to ignore them, and all others in similar circumstances?
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Trump: "One of the things we're looking at with President Zelenskyy is having the security of their assets. They have assets underground. Rare early and other things. But primarily rare earth. Really, we want security, because as you know, Europe is putting up much less money than us."
February 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump: "One of the things we're looking at with President Zelenskyy is having the security of their assets. They have assets underground. Rare early and other things. But primarily rare earth. Really, we want security, because as you know, Europe is putting up much less money than us."
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“Now Mr. Trump is selecting key personnel for his second term…One requirement for them is unfortunately consistent: the likelihood that they will carry out Mr. Trump’s orders blind to norms and standards underlying effective governance, or perhaps even to legality.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
Opinion | John Bolton: For Donald Trump, the Only Loyalty Is Fealty
Neither kings nor presidents, nor their countries, are well served if they are surrounded by sycophants and rent-seekers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Now Mr. Trump is selecting key personnel for his second term…One requirement for them is unfortunately consistent: the likelihood that they will carry out Mr. Trump’s orders blind to norms and standards underlying effective governance, or perhaps even to legality.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
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The core far-right conspiracy theory about January 6 has for years been that law enforcement set the Proud Boys up. What do you know? It was exactly the opposite. Law enforcement was in fact trying to help them. As ever, take whatever the far right is saying, reverse it, and you have actual reality.
An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader | CNN Politics
A retired police officer in the nation’s capital was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.
www.cnn.com
December 24, 2024 at 4:12 AM
The core far-right conspiracy theory about January 6 has for years been that law enforcement set the Proud Boys up. What do you know? It was exactly the opposite. Law enforcement was in fact trying to help them. As ever, take whatever the far right is saying, reverse it, and you have actual reality.
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COMMENTARY: Russia’s shadow fleet operating outside the official world of shipping pose a risk to legally operating ships, coastal states and the maritime environment.
But it also poses an additional threat to NATO members.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/russ...
But it also poses an additional threat to NATO members.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/russ...
December 16, 2024 at 7:45 AM
COMMENTARY: Russia’s shadow fleet operating outside the official world of shipping pose a risk to legally operating ships, coastal states and the maritime environment.
But it also poses an additional threat to NATO members.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/russ...
But it also poses an additional threat to NATO members.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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"Democracy is fragile, and you can’t know how strong its institutions are until tested. We’ve been tested. And sadly our Congress didn’t unanimously smack down a president who attempted a coup. Instead, his party gave him a pass and rallied right back to his side." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-not-ju...
It’s Not Just the Sex
The real scandal of Trump’s nominees is what they’ll do on the job.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:38 PM
"Democracy is fragile, and you can’t know how strong its institutions are until tested. We’ve been tested. And sadly our Congress didn’t unanimously smack down a president who attempted a coup. Instead, his party gave him a pass and rallied right back to his side." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-not-ju...
Mike Bloomberg warns making RFK Jr. HHS secretary risks killing Americans - CNBC
December 3, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Mike Bloomberg warns making RFK Jr. HHS secretary risks killing Americans - CNBC
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I hope the Biden Administration is doing everything it can to help the anti-Assad fighters in Syria, the anti-Putin democrats in Georgia, the pro-freedom forces in Iran, and of course the brave Ukrainian people.
November 30, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I hope the Biden Administration is doing everything it can to help the anti-Assad fighters in Syria, the anti-Putin democrats in Georgia, the pro-freedom forces in Iran, and of course the brave Ukrainian people.
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Călin Georgescu barely registered in national opinion polls, didn’t take part in big TV debates, and doesn’t even belong to a political party.
But he’s leading the race to become Romania’s next president.
But he’s leading the race to become Romania’s next president.
Who is Călin Georgescu, the far-right TikTok star leading the Romanian election race?
A Russia-supporting vaccine skeptic who praises his country’s WWII fascist leaders won a shock first-round victory in Romania’s presidential election.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Călin Georgescu barely registered in national opinion polls, didn’t take part in big TV debates, and doesn’t even belong to a political party.
But he’s leading the race to become Romania’s next president.
But he’s leading the race to become Romania’s next president.