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Proudly Woke AF! Unaligned
aka Miguel Suárez Smiz, Hassan Abu Alawad, Mike Spiro, Stavvy
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Just because we're on national ULP strike doesn't mean we stop organizing. We've won 7 union elections in just the last few weeks!

150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Why some perceive Trump as pro-Russian and anti-Ukraine: 15 documented patterns

This is no longer an issue for debate! But if some still want to, here is your list of rebuttals.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The bipartisan vote came just days after the publication of a White House national security strategy that said Europe faced “civilisational erasure” and made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right parties
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
US lawmakers voice concerns about Venezuelan tanker seizure: ‘sounds a lot like the beginning of a war’ – US politics live
Republican senator Rand Paul said it was ‘not the job of the American government to go looking for monsters around the world’
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Keir’s performance in #PMQs panto sets bar low enough for Kemi to stay as Tory leader
Meanwhile, the Lib Dems’ Gentleman Ed rips into Starmer for staying silent on The Donald’s US security strategy
#JohnJCrace
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir’s performance in PMQs panto sets bar low enough for Kemi to stay as Tory leader
Meanwhile, the Lib Dem’s Gentleman Ed rips into Starmer for staying silent on The Donald’s US security strategy
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If the current transmission of the virus isn’t halted by January, the virus will have circulated for 12 consecutive months, marking it once again as an endemic disease in the US. #measles #vaccines

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The EU's $140 million fine of Elon Musk's X platform lit the fuse on a conflict the Trump administration was already primed for — and which it formalized in a new National Security Strategy that casts Europe as a geopolitical villain.

Ally my arse.

www.axios.com/2025/12/10/t...
Trump's new cold war with Europe
"It is a declaration of political war on the EU," said one former top diplomat.
www.axios.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“Typography shapes how official documents are perceived in terms of cohesion, professionalism & formality,” Rubio said in a cable sent to all U.S. embassies and consulates abroad Tuesday.

Surprisingly they haven't opted for Comic font more suitable for circus clowns.

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Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman.
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Manhattan judge Berman decision comes 1 day after a different New York judge approved the release of records in the case against Epstein’s associate, Maxwell, & 1 week after a 3rd judge in Florida also approved the release of investigative materials there.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Third federal judge grants request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein-related court records | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Wednesday approved the unsealing of documents from the investigation and criminal prosecution of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Experts said it appeared from official statements that Hooley had been watching a test of UK-supplied defensive equipment, or was witnessing how Ukrainians were learning to use their own kit, before something went disastrously wrong.

RIP

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘He served with honour’: Starmer pays tribute to British soldier killed in Ukraine
L/Cpl George Hooley, 28, reportedly died in accident away from frontline while observing test with Ukrainian soldiers
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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China's buoys and structures in the Korea-China PMZ and vessel harassment mirror Beijing's "creeping sovereignty" tactics used in the South and East China Seas.

@csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social gives policy recommendations for U.S. and Korea.

Read here⬇️ beyondparallel.csis.org/creeping-sov...
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🔴If Nigel Farage’s Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse

When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues @labourlewis.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
'If Nigel Farage's Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse'
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues Clive Lewis MP
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
But one of the starkest findings of the report is that the ultra-rich 0.001% control three times the wealth of the poorest half of humanity. Not only that, their wealth is growing at a faster rate – close to 5%, compared with 3.4%.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Turning the EU into the United States 2.0 is not a policy. It's bollocks. This is the rich getting richer. The elite getting their way at the expense of us and future generations. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu should be ashamed of herself.
December 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Giving evidence on Monday, Alison, a leftwing activist, said Jenner had shown “sadistic tendencies” in his treatment of her that left her devastated.

Jenner was given a commendation by his superiors for his covert deployment.

#spycops

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Undercover police officer who deceived woman showed ‘sadistic tendencies’ spycops inquiry told
Activist says treatment of her by Mark Jenner, with whom she had five-year relationship, left her devastated
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“The adjustments that we see correspond in many ways to our vision,” the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said on Sunday.

Krasnov strikes again.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦”Russia and its allies can field about 100 fifth-generation fighters. The U.S. can deploy 400 in Europe. It’s a warning to Russia: if you want to dance with us, we’ll dance.”

- Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr.
United States Special Envoy for Ukraine
December 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Tories: The country can’t afford to lift the childcare cap and take children out of poverty

Also Tories:
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
www.mirror.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Hostile powers sending spies to west’s universities, says former security chief. “The frontline has moved, from being focused on government information to private sector innovation, research innovation and universities,”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Hostile powers sending spies to west’s universities, says former security chief
Canadian expert David Vigneault warns of China’s ‘industrial-strength’ attempts to steal new technologies
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM