Doesn't Whittaker represent the US at NATO?

Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.

I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.

~ 1,982 gallons (7,502 liters).
~ 13,283 lbs (6,025 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $11,099 cost of fuel.
~ 21 tons of CO2 emissions.

HE'S LITERALLY READING A SALES PITCH

Daily Mirror and the Guardian are both covering it.

I'm just struggling to understand why anyone supports him. I completely get that they do. Apologies if I appeared aggressive. There was no intent.

I try to keep the language on here… PG… but in this case i can’t.

You, Trump, are a traitorous piece of shit

That's a complete non-answer to the question that was asked.

Convicted felon Donald Trump is parroting Kremlin propaganda, blaming Ukraine for its own invasion while downplaying Russia’s brutality. His rants aren’t just dangerous—they’re music to Putin’s ears. MAGA’s leader is openly siding with an enemy while undermining allies.
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The dude was at his inauguration for a reason. Get off Meta products as soon as you can.

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The Streisand Effect strikes again.

Well done, @washingtonpost.com .

Given this memo ordering USAID employees not to talk to the press, let's also recall that Trump fired USAID's IG for revealing that the freezes put $500 million in food aid at risk of spoiling.

Dem strategists warning against talking about this are being ridiculous.

newrepublic.com/article/1915...

Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?

Awful: Internal USAID memo instructs employees to refrain from talking to the media about cuts in assistance to the most vulnerable or they may get fired, WaPo reports.

Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...

OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, on Elon Musk's offer:

SA: "The company is not for sale. Neither is the mission. We are happy to buy Twitter if he wants to talk about that."

Q: "He called you a scammer."

SA: "He calls a lot of people a lot of things. This is not a serious person." ~AA

Nigel Farage speaking at farmers' protest 10 Feb 2025, dressed in a flat cap, khaki farmer's jacked, tweed scarf (and wellies).

Nigel Farage, the man who has done more than anyone alive in Britain today to hurt British farming, in *actual* costume, cosplaying an ally.

I think the farming community need to realise how much his presence politicises their protest and hurts their credibility. ~AA

Exactly what I thought when I watched him talking to Victoria last night.

when writing about the rise of British populism it’s worth bearing in mind that voters still prefer Starmer to Farage…

….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage

Excuse me, what in the Footloose fuck? www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

It's not just Americans. The rest of the world sees this too.

Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink Over Its Contracts in Ukraine The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's company at the time of Musk's assault.

The real reason for the sudden evil of USAID.

Elon is afraid of them.

“Hi Chris, this is Jill from Newsmax-“ continues on to ask me to appear on a Super Bowl preview segment My response - “Hi Jill, thanks for reaching out, unfortunately I have a strict policy of not working with people who back autocrats and dictators, let alone those are at this very moment in the process of destroying the constitutional separation of power that makes companies like you own able to function independently, as opposed to be government propaganda, so I’m going to have to regretfully decline.”

Sometimes you just have to say “fuck you” with a flourish

Photo of highway in NJ with signage “Musk stole your tax data” on pedestrian overpass.

Route 4 in Paramus, NJ, yesterday. Posted on Facebook by John Weir @jweirdo.bsky.social.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

Can’t believe I’m not there! Outrageous.

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

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Illegal meat on most UK High Streets, official says Post-Brexit checks are undermining efforts to keep out potentially disease-ridden meat, official says.

ABSOLUTELY STELLAR -WELL DONE BREXITEERS!

Efforts to keep potentially disease-ridden meat out of the UK are being undermined by post-Brexit border checks.

Illegal meat, which has not been through proper health checks, is now available on "most High Streets" in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.”

Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy."

James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office

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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:

1. Create a new $15B science fund

2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada

3. Immediate permanent residency

4. Citizenship after 2 years

Overnight a science superpower