They are absolutely determined to mimic Russia in every conceivable way.

Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort The Reform UK leader received payment from David Bailey, who collaborated with the convicted fraudster behind the Trump-Russia influence scandal

Important links - Farage, Crypto and Paul Manafort.
Great reporting from @nafeez.bsky.social

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Here's some very practical thinking about the whole whistle thing -- very well done:

Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...

Someone blowing a whistle with the words: IF YOU SEE ICE, BLOW A WHISTLE!

Is it still working? I heard it was shut down again. Damn, solid information is tricky.

“.. Paying for the house, the car, the necessity bills — I just couldn't do it anymore.”

@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/housing...

1. Seize all Russian state assets & give them to Ukraine asap so that UKRAINE CAN WIN!
2. Provide Ukraine with all the arms it needs to WIN!
3. Give up on the US & swiftly establish all assets that are missing!
4. Ignore the Trump administration & work with the US Congress! /2

😭🤬

Hey bozo, the average pay is higher in blue states than red states. Did you think of that? Stop this plutocratic gaslighting.

I wonder why Trump doesn't fire him...

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@aoc.bsky.social: 7 Companies will cry #TooBigToFail when AI Bubble Bursts

Trump’s “been saying that the economy is booming, but it’s only 7 tech companies that are booming…. At least 40% of economic growth…& 80% of stock gains this year came from” them
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.

Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood. www.wired.com/story/climat...

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared soon after arriving in the UK and while in the care of the authorities are still missing, according to data obtained by the Guardian. Many of the missing children arrived in small boats or hidden in the backs of lorries and are thought to have been taken by traffickers. Kent is often the place where they arrive. Continue reading...

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care

Conservative Judge Luttig also said…

The prosecution of Comey, the targeting of NYAG James, and the closing of an investigation into Homan are proof Trump has turned the DOJ into a vehicle to punish opponents and protect allies. This is how the rule of law crumbles.

That’s why I introduced the Preventing Political Prosecutions Act.

Mail Ballots Were Found in an Amazon Box in Maine. Some Suspect a Political Dirty Trick. Read more here...

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map Read more here.

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ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

Read @nlanard.bsky.social on the latest black hole ICE is reporting to with no due process or national connection www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ARE YOU READY FOR NO KINGS?

SHARE Across social media to spread the word! https://social.demcast.com/toolkit/nokings-0549

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

Remember this is a fact. Yet the Republicans continue to ignore it as children are shot to death.
Why?

Proof they are NOT pro-life and never have been.

They're pro-campaign donations.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

Kasmer, who described herself as Miller’s cousin on his dad’s side, recalled growing up with and babysitting an “awkward, funny, needy middle child who loved to chase attention” but was “always the sweetest with the littlest family members.”

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#Pinks
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Autherine Lucy was accepted to Alabama's most prestigious university in 1952, until they found out she was Black.

In 1956 she was admitted. That same day a riot broke out, and Lucy was expelled

Her expulsion was lifted in 1988.
She died only 3 years ago.

Today would be her 96th bday

"The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments" This is eugenics. Trump like other right wing regimes is trying to eliminate the disabled and old from society.

The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.

The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.

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Opinion | The Triumph of the Roberts Court What the Justices have wrought in his 20 years as Chief Justice.

The #MurdochJournal celebrates the illegitimate court, its legitimization of authoritarianism, and the end of democracy.
The Triumph of the Roberts Court www.wsj.com/opinion/chie...

This story is breaking my heart. And making me so furious.