I spoke to @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Radio National about my former colleague, Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who was illegally arrested on the occupied territories, tortured and murdered in a Russian prison. Russia's war crimes cannot go unpunished
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President of France Emmanuel Macron has called on French manufacturers to increase the volume of arms production. Paris is offering arms contracts to European countries.
As of 2023,France was among the top ten countries in the world in terms of military spending,⤵️
afu really just gets to celebrate everything
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Testimonies are emerging of sexual violence against women and girls attempting to enter Poland from Belarus, in a wider report on illegal pushbacks of prospective asylum seekers.
Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA:
- Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies
- Air traffic control support staff
- Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes
- Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly
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Revealed: US firm running Guantánamo migrant jail accused over rights abuses
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The mothers met in a Whatsapp group. They have vowed to fight until their sons, who they say have not committed crimes and do not have ties to gangs, are released.
"Their distress at their own misfortune was sometimes tempered by the belief that, although the system had erred in their particular case, the system itself was justifiable because conspiracies really did exist."
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Erasing our history won't erase us.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
A lot more than pearl clutching can be done re 🇺🇦. ru control of occupied land doesn’t have 2b recognized. NATO doesn’t have 2 change its open door policy. Sanctions on 🇷🇺 don’t need 2b lifted. Relations with aggressor don’t need 2b normalized. War crimes indictments & investigations can continue ⬇️
Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
Fourteen Democratic state attorneys general sued Elon Musk and President Trump on Thursday to challenge Musk’s "unchecked power." The lawsuit came on the same day that Musk and his team were sued by government employees represented by the State Democracy Defenders Fund, a nonprofit watchdog.
🇲🇩 Moldova decided to shut down the Russian Cultural Center in response to Russian drones violating its airspace.
The National Park Service eliminated references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument web page, removing the “T” in references to LGBTQ+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.
A peace deal could be made right now, w/ Ukraine conceding to all of Russia's demands, & EU & US would both still be in a de facto war w/ Russia, if they admit it or not. Because war & aggression only require one belligerent & Russia will not stop w/ Ukraine, whatever our fantasies of "peace".
ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
Breaking News: A judge declared for the first time that the Trump White House had defied a judicial mandate by ignoring his order to release billions in grants.
The city of Springfield, Ohio, which was singled out by Donald Trump and JD Vance during the presidential campaign with false and outrageous claims about Haitian immigrants, has sued a neo-Nazi group that helped draw national attention to the small city in the first place.
A banner of support for the Serbs from tonight’s #GeorgiaProtests
I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library
The first moment after the explosion at the "Alye Parusa" residential complex in Moscow, where collaborator and crime boss Armen Sarkisyan, responsible for organising a combat unit fighting against Ukraine, may have been eliminated.
After American airspace was closed on 9/11, over 230 flights with 30,000 passengers and crew were diverted to Canadian airports. Transport Canada received thousands of calls from members of the public offering to help the stranded passengers.
Thinking about that today, for no particular reason.
Thou shalt not kill' also means 'thou shalt not let profit margins decide who lives and who dies.'
Russia: Kremlin released a video warning against partisan actions. Sounds like it's turning into a serious problem if they're expending resources on this.
"You'll certainly be noticed"
"You'll certainly be fooled"
"You'll certainly be found"
"10 years in strict-regime colony!"
as we approach tax season it would be nice to know if we still have a federal government
That asshole is blaming Canada when he released the biggest fentanyl dealer in America last week? Put me in, coach.
The champions of Free Speech are now forcing scientists to retract submitted publications until they can be checked for the appearance of “forbidden terms.”
