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how ironic to see the state protect two people who sought to strip the state while working under the direction of elon musk, who has made it impossible to seek recourse when people get death threats and harassment on twitter

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Israel kills 12 medics in attack in southern Lebanon as war ravages nation Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.

Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.

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Every month, a little bit of money comes out of my account to support @ledbydonkeys.org

We need people like them to give us a true picture of society, government & the people who run it.

We also need them to call out the raging hypocrisy of people like Nigel Mirage and Stephen Yaxley Lennon.

1 month ago 65 15 6 1

Hard agree.

Bang for buck, money well spent on @ledbydonkeys.org

Ā£5 pcm isn’t a lot ..
But it is Ā£60 a year…and if LOTS of people do it - say 1000- that’s Ā£60,000 pa. Surely 5000 supporters is possible?

Ā£300,000 a year. Etc etc.

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Pete Hegseth is banishing photographers from the Pentagon over ā€œunflatteringā€ photos of him?

Would be a shame if this picture kept circulating.

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Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of NicolĆ”s Maduro.

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.

ā€œThere is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,ā€ Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

3 months ago 23629 10817 1621 1177

Heavens!! I missed this 😳
Thank you, Gary & thank you Everyone Else ā¤ļø

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Give me a book too, & I'm all yours ā¤ļø

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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
šŸ¤³šŸ½: (202) 224-3121

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1 year ago 102 58 2 1

When the bees go, we'll be not long to follow.

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Musk says DOGE ā€˜restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true. USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.

Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

1 year ago 9019 4179 187 171

Yes...
But then again, I teach Maths šŸ˜‡šŸ¤£

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Andrew Tate and His Brother Are Said to Leave Romania for the U.S. Andrew and Tristan Tate, the online influencers, are facing investigations in Romania and Britain, including accusations of human trafficking and sex crimes.

You can’t make this stuff up. Trump supporters spent the past few years obsessing over an apparent sex trafficking cabal in charge of our country. And yet one of the first things Trump seems to have done, apparently, is push to get the Tates, charged with sex trafficking, released from Romania.

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Haven't been able to travel widely for a few years, so I just consider my membership to EH as contribution for upkeep etc šŸ˜PS: I LOVE runined castles etc šŸ˜‡

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Missed my glasses, so had to squint to see the Raven šŸ˜

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I've been MIA on social media lately. My husband needs a shoulder replacement, so I've been taking on all his responsibilities around the house (shopping, animals, yard work, etc.) around my full-time job. Tl;dr: Pls buy my books: https://www.tfrohock.com/fiction2

I've been MIA on social media lately. My husband needs a shoulder replacement, so I've been taking on all his responsibilities around the house (shopping, animals, yard work, etc.) around my full-time job. Tl;dr: Pls buy my books: https://www.tfrohock.com/fiction2

I've been MIA on social media lately. My husband needs a shoulder replacement, so I've been taking on all his responsibilities around the house (shopping, animals, yard work, etc.) around my full-time job. Tl;dr: Pls buy my books: www.tfrohock.com/fiction2

1 year ago 30 20 4 3
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What to know about the Feb. 28 "economic blackout" The grassroots group behind the blackout says it is about "sending a clear message: we have the power."

Tomorrow February 28h is no buy nothing day! Boycotts work; it's a start. When it starts effecting retailers they will make noise. Target notice a decalin this month. I like to make a suggestion, cut down or do not Buy Eggs as long as you can. Big ask, might work! šŸ˜šŸ’™šŸ’™āœŒļø

www.axios.com/2025/02/25/e...

1 year ago 18 7 2 0
Screen grab of the faked pic of Trump wearing a crown put out by the White House, above the headline for my piece in the post above.

Screen grab of the faked pic of Trump wearing a crown put out by the White House, above the headline for my piece in the post above.

Really happy with how the guys at @prospect have framed my post.

@arusbridger.bsky.social and others at Prospect's support for this Weekly Constitutional series of posts is well received.

1 year ago 40 7 3 0

Yup: chucking it down now after earlier blowing us away 😳

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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.

It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.

Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".

Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".

We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

1 year ago 1394 649 33 28
They Don't Care
They Don't Care YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

Republican Senators who voted for RFK Jr. have the best healthcare in the world, paid for by you. They don’t care about what’s going to happen to your kids, your parents, or you.

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Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe explains why he got arrested protesting Huntington Beach MAGA library sign 'You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is,' he told the council during Tuesday's meeting. The chambers erupted in applause.

ā€œI wanted to make that very clear to the council that in a normal city council meeting this shouldn’t be happening,ā€

1 year ago 22 10 1 0

This would be completely illegal. But you wouldn’t know that from reading this post, the headline, or the lede. Unbelievably bad.

1 year ago 13164 3975 931 215

The US secretary of state is a plonker & fairly ignorant too...

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He's 4 mths older than me & I (fortunately) still have ALL my marbles - enough to say he's already declined into stupidity 😟

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1 year ago 44 20 5 3

Just to remind people that tomorrow is the 3rd anniversary of Putin’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine.

His planned 3 day ā€œspecial operationā€ is still being slogged out, costing Russia about 1 million men (dead and injured) courtesy of Ukrainian courage.

Be there if you can to support them šŸ™

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