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There is no reason why Europe can't seize Russia's shadow fleet.
We have the ships. We have the laws. We are just being cowards.
Seizing those vessels removes the money fueling the war.
It is time to stop watching them sail by and start seizing them
We have the ships. We have the laws. We are just being cowards.
Seizing those vessels removes the money fueling the war.
It is time to stop watching them sail by and start seizing them
January 17, 2026 at 9:38 AM
There is no reason why Europe can't seize Russia's shadow fleet.
We have the ships. We have the laws. We are just being cowards.
Seizing those vessels removes the money fueling the war.
It is time to stop watching them sail by and start seizing them
We have the ships. We have the laws. We are just being cowards.
Seizing those vessels removes the money fueling the war.
It is time to stop watching them sail by and start seizing them
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/2 Anyway, America was never about everyone loving liberty; America was always about enough people loving liberty and being willing to defend it to keep down the people with totalitarian souls.
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
/2 Anyway, America was never about everyone loving liberty; America was always about enough people loving liberty and being willing to defend it to keep down the people with totalitarian souls.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
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The shooting today comes at a critical moment in negotiations on the fiscal year 2026 DHS budget.
Democrats cannot vote for a DHS budget that doesn’t restrain the growing lawlessness of this agency.
A witness shared this video with me showing an ICE officer shooting a driver in an SUV in south Minneapolis. DHS says the woman is dead.
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The shooting today comes at a critical moment in negotiations on the fiscal year 2026 DHS budget.
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??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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This is Kristina Solovyova. Russian terrorists killed her in Zhytomyr striking residential buildings with drones on December 23. She was only 4🕯
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is Kristina Solovyova. Russian terrorists killed her in Zhytomyr striking residential buildings with drones on December 23. She was only 4🕯
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the entire post 9/11 apparatus is now being fully utilized
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the entire post 9/11 apparatus is now being fully utilized
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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The analysts who said that this Russian operation might lead to a Ukrainian collapse and were a sign of Russian success were either fools or desperate to praise Russia.
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The analysts who said that this Russian operation might lead to a Ukrainian collapse and were a sign of Russian success were either fools or desperate to praise Russia.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️Trump’s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg won’t attend the Putin meeting because Russia sees him as too pro-Ukraine, - CNN
August 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️Trump’s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg won’t attend the Putin meeting because Russia sees him as too pro-Ukraine, - CNN
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those wont impact U.S foreign policy
The only hope: midterms 2026…
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
those wont impact U.S foreign policy
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The Red Army developed the concept of "deep battle"; the Ukrainian Army the "deep drone battle".
June 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Red Army developed the concept of "deep battle"; the Ukrainian Army the "deep drone battle".
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„To put it diplomatically, I haven't often experienced such a trusting and sympathetic atmosphere as the one between President Zelenskyy and Chancellor Merz. We're experiencing a new tone. This is crucial for everything else.“
Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev
Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev
May 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
„To put it diplomatically, I haven't often experienced such a trusting and sympathetic atmosphere as the one between President Zelenskyy and Chancellor Merz. We're experiencing a new tone. This is crucial for everything else.“
Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev
Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev
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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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John Oliver's segment about trans athletes is a must watch for anyone who genuinely has "concerns" (and isn't just using that as cover for bigotry) www.readtpa.com/p/send-this-...
Send This John Oliver Segment to Anyone Still Confused About Trans Athletes
It's the most thoughtful, fact-based explanation you'll find about what's really happening in women's sports
www.readtpa.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
John Oliver's segment about trans athletes is a must watch for anyone who genuinely has "concerns" (and isn't just using that as cover for bigotry) www.readtpa.com/p/send-this-...
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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
March 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
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European states should be rolling out the red carpet for all the brilliant medical and scientific researchers that Trump and Musk are making unemployed. If the US is intent on such self harm, Europe should take advantage. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration to cut billions from biomedical research funding
Some labs have reportedly began shutting down and experts warn the funding is essential to deliver breakthroughs in research.
www.bbc.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
European states should be rolling out the red carpet for all the brilliant medical and scientific researchers that Trump and Musk are making unemployed. If the US is intent on such self harm, Europe should take advantage. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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Canadians, Mexicans and also Europeans need to face the reality that no one in the US whether Republican or Democrat is willing or able to stop Trump and Musk from torching the structural foundations of America's status as a global power
March 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Canadians, Mexicans and also Europeans need to face the reality that no one in the US whether Republican or Democrat is willing or able to stop Trump and Musk from torching the structural foundations of America's status as a global power
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As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
March 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
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Note the first sentence. Russia's idea of peace is Ukrainian surrender. Russia rejects a ceasefire every single day. Do NOT fall for the gaslighting coming from the Trump admin that Zelensky and Ukraine reject peace and compromise.
Russia rejects peace and compromise. For over a decade already.
Russia rejects peace and compromise. For over a decade already.
Russian State TV host: “No, there won’t be any ceasefire. Our idea of peace is everything happening the way we see fit.”
He then plays a clip of JD Vance “slamming” Ukraine to emphasize his point.
Full, from @juliadavisnews.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QyO...
He then plays a clip of JD Vance “slamming” Ukraine to emphasize his point.
Full, from @juliadavisnews.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QyO...
March 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Note the first sentence. Russia's idea of peace is Ukrainian surrender. Russia rejects a ceasefire every single day. Do NOT fall for the gaslighting coming from the Trump admin that Zelensky and Ukraine reject peace and compromise.
Russia rejects peace and compromise. For over a decade already.
Russia rejects peace and compromise. For over a decade already.