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Aircraft over Poland ✈️🇵🇱
✈️🇵🇱 Poland has launched an F-16 squadron
Seven Russian drones flying into Poland from two regions.
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Rachel @maddow.msnbc.com last night: "We do now live in a country that has an authoritarian leader in charge. We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country."
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We are at war with Iran. We just bombed them.
Iran says Fordow was emptied out months ago. A reminder that we can't believe anything from this administration without reliable source confirmation.
NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Illegal Strikes on Iran
And Iran Military says Fordow wasn't actually a "main facility" but was emptied out months ago.
Apologies for the post from the other place. Iran says though that Fordow was emptied out months ago. A reminder to verify everything this administration says with reliable sources before buying their story. x.com/IRIran_Milit...
While we wait for the Supreme Court to rule in a critical redistricting case from Louisiana, this is what the GOP is up to in Texas and Ohio. Remember the GOP's plan is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.
"I consider Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours," Putin said. "There is a saying: wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, that is ours."
President Trump is weighing whether to strike Iran, and the Pentagon has built up U.S. military forces in the Middle East in recent days. Trump told reporters Wednesday he had not come to a decision: “I may do it, I may not do it,” he said.
We need to stand up for @terrymoranabc.bsky.social
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated. “I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
BREAKING: President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping amid stalled negotiations over tariffs that have roiled global trade, Chinese state media says.
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For those of you who knew Victoria Brownworth on Twitter, she passed away from cancer yesterday. She was a fearless journalist who reported on AIDS in the 80s (when Reagan was ignoring it), lifted up the LGBTQ community, & rooted out corruption. Her wife, Maddy Gold, died of cancer in 2022.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/m...
I am so over the media's framing of these kinds of issues. Who effing cares if the Trump administration wants to "make" Canada a state? The correct framing here is: "Is the United States' position that it will no longer be adhere to international law when it comes to Canada?"
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
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“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.” —Victor Hugo We’re entering the “worse” phase.
Doug Emhoff condemned the decision by his law firm to preemptively come to an arrangement with the Trump administration to avoid an executive order targeting the firm, sources tell CNN. cnn.it/4i6VQkN
Misinformation is lying and lying to discourage parents from vaccinating is sending children to hospital and ICU. Measles cases were rare (graph) www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif... Measles is preventable but we have 661 cases. Vaccinate children. Please. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why would a leader tank his own country's economy? It's a key part of the aspiring autocrat's playbook. Tariffs & chaos mean more power & control for Trump. But America has no king. The Republican-led Congress can stop this at any time. Let your reps hear from you. 5calls.org/issue/trump-...
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
Wow. Thanks for sharing. Appreciate it.
Early voting is taking place for the special elections in Florida for seats in the U.S. House in the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts. Election Day is on Tuesday, April 1st. Get out and vote for Democratic candidates Gay Valimont and Josh Weil!
"Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials" @WSJ.com scoops
You see they're bringing MERIT back to government. www.defensenews.com/pentagon/202...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
Just hit 800k followers here! Thanks so much to all of you. Bluesky came around at just the right time and I really appreciate this platform. It's great to have a non-toxic place to discuss politics -- one where links aren't throttled and it's still mostly safe to read replies. Cheers.
Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
Trump Takes Government Secrecy Seriously. But Only When It Suits Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
The former far-right populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, will face trial for allegedly attempting to overturn his 2022 reelection loss and stage a violent coup.
Who wanted that?
Um, it is obvious isn't? The thing they run from the fastest is accountability. These messages delete themselves. Cover for their ineptitude or corruption.
This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...
Excellent. Good luck. Have a great holiday!
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
Wow. Fox refused to put their longtime Chief National Security Correspondent on air since the Signal story broke because she has been honest on social media about it. www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-...
Meiselas: Steve Witkoff, was allegedly in Moscow while he was on this group chat. Do you believe the Russians now have all of that information and potentially more? Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.
The government treating Teslas on fire as a big dramatic deal and what's weird about this is. They only care about Tesla fires when there are *NOT* people in the car. If a Tesla catches on fire while people are driving it that is apparently normal and the government sees nothing there to investigate
Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites. Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote
Awesome
Emergency application will sort you out. Costs more, but if you are near an office, it is super easy and fast. 👍
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
Yeah, it is impossible to reconcile in my brain too.
"Trump's promise" - haha, promise? You can't believe anything he says. Apparently he is denying signing the EO's he has actually signed. He is con. He says whatever is expedient even if it directly contradicts what he said moments before. If anyone is counting on 'promises'... pffft, I just can't.
Fair question.
Elbows up, Canada.
Almost?
That’s what we did in just nine days. Let’s keep building, together.
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Pierre Poilievre on Canada: "It's not the Americans fault. It is our fault. We're stupid." No Pierre. Canadians aren't stupid. We see you. #elbowsup
Trump’s Envoy Completely In Putin’s Pocket, Dismisses Invasion Claims, Presents Putin As Man Of God https://twp.ai/1W4Jyw
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I love this family. The latest - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DyN...
This is the story that Karoline Leavitt said probably wasn’t accurate when it was first reported by Reuters because she said they aren’t reliable.
The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
Germany issued a travel advisory to the US after several of its citizens were detained. Republicans are destroying America
We told you it would happen. Trump and Musk are abandoning our veterans because they've never cared about the men and women who serve.
RIP, Tesla.
Would like to report some gang tattoos.
MeidasTouch BURIES Joe Rogan And Other Right-Wing Podcasts – Again. The MeidasTouch Podcast reigns supreme as podcast leader in total downloads and views with a staggering 141% audience surge.
ICE is not accounting for the whereabouts of dozens of detainees from New Mexico
Steve Bannon is a truly sick SOB.
Will be military action - against Canada? Maybe start small by taking Greenland, then Panama and move on to the big prize to distract from the utter disarray of the federal government and its decent into authoritarianism.
He spent $38B iMORE n February than the federal government did last year. There will be no reduction in the deficit. Just in taxes for the rich.
"The director of the program to enrich uranium took a job with NATO... "Also gone is the director of the program to modernize production of spheres of radioactive plutonium that are fitted into warheads... "The office that oversees the Los Alamos lab lost 9 staff... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Good Lord. Latest from US Institute of Peace:
NIce.
The first MD to be charged under new Texas abortion laws.
OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there. If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it. Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.
Senator Jeff Merkley on the backlash against Chuck Schumer for capitulating on the CR: "I think they will be hugely upset, and well-justified. You don't stop the bully by handing over your lunch money, and you don't stop an authoritarian president by giving him more power."
Canada is strong. Together with our allies, we are even stronger. Good to meet with you in France, President Macron. The friendship between our two countries is the envy of the world.
My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.
Wise words of warning from Timothy Synder
Today. Buckingham Palace.
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Meanwhile over on X….
They don't "claim" - they just did, in the face of a court order to the contrary. Your Dictatorship has officially arrived.
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Today’s must read from American historian and Yale professor, Timothy Snyder snyder.substack.com/p/the-absurd...
Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
Welcome to autocracy. The Republic we have known for the last 240 years is gone. This is going to keep getting worse. Much worse. The courts mean nothing, the law means nothing, Congress is irrelevant. He is a malignant psychopath.
I’ve watched this maybe 100x and still laugh. “One half Dick and one half Tator …” 🤣🤣🤣 So good. Watch the whole thing and the jingle is going to be caught in your head s all day! youtube.com/shorts/M4tg9...
Trump's first month in office showed federal spending of $603 billion in February — $36 billion HIGHER than last February!
DOGE is the government waste.