Very serious point here — media vastly overreport what Trump says rather than clarifying for the reader the actual strategic situation.

Back to books - Sweden's schools cutting back on digital learning Swedish classrooms swap laptops for books, pens and paper, raising concerns from the tech sector.

The sooner the better.
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Of course they are concentration camps. And @anatosaurus.bsky.social is right that once you accept the euphemism you are halfway to normalizing the thing.

Republican Drafts a Bill That Would Make Joseph McCarthy Blush The bill writes Joseph McCarthy's wildest fantasies into federal immigration law and dares the courts to do something about it…

Republican Drafts a Bill That Would Make Joseph McCarthy Blush
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BREAKING: Mark Carney Officially Put A Bullet In Canada's Relationship With Trump's America Mark Carney simply never misses. This morning, he kindly put our relationship with Trump's America in a body bag while reminding us who we are.

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Today in Baltimore, We Proved This Fight Is Working DHS went to court to defend their ICE warehouse plan and walked away with a judge openly laughing at their argument.

"Over the past several months, our community has built a blueprint that other communities can use when federal agencies attempt to move detention infrastructure into their neighborhoods..."

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Sometimes the preface to the question actually answers the question...🤷‍♂️

On this day in 1923, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 16 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her parents. They perished in the Shoah although a sibling survived. Her name was Annemarie Thiasová

Over 40,000 people are currently incarcerated for Cannabis. Not a SINGLE Epstein files co-conspirator has been arrested.

Whether it’s a person or a pet, every soul deserves love, patience, and a real chance ❤️
Thank you for being the reason their story changed 🙏

England fans facing hugely inflated prices to get to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for World Cup games The cost of getting the train from New York to the venue, where the Three Lions play Panama in their final group game, will be £111 - nearly 12 times the usual fare.

Dear fellow Brits, from this Brit-American:

Please don't come here. It's dangerous. You may be targeted, arrested and unlawfully detained - likely courtesy of ICE - without access to legal representation.

I've told my family to stay away.

Please boycott America. 🇬🇧💙

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"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."

"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...

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The ones who are just plain morons.

I Completely Support This Petition….

Don’t worry Sean, we won’t miss you.

What the actual fuck….

jesusfuckingchrist

On this day in 1896, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 18 Jan 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and son and on the 28 Apr 1942 to the Zamošč Ghetto which was liquidated in Nov 1942. They all perished in the Shoah. Her name was Kamila Bandlerová

Ossoff: I don’t know who placed those trades, but I’ll tell you this: the SEC better find out. And if they won’t, when you elect this new majority in Congress and you give us gavels and subpoenas, we will.

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison

ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.

“Here in Spain, we are approving and advancing a process to regularize half a million immigrants."

Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain

Kevin Warsh wants to lead America’s central bank.

Why does he have more than $100 million in undisclosed assets?

The worst possible tactic you can use when negotiating a deal with a regime like Iran is to dunk on them in public during negotiations. Any knowledgeable seasoned diplomat knows this. But we have Mr. Art of the Deal who needs to feed his cult and the markets a steady diet of BS.

Friday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Surrenders and Declares Victory — 4/17/26 Iran now controls the world’s most critical oil chokepoint. Donald Trump is bragging in all caps about it.

Friday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Surrenders and Declares Victory — 4/17/26
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Yes indeed ..the bird understands water displacement

Remember this fuck when his name comes on the ballot.

"I don't think people are sufficiently prepared notwithstanding what happened in 2021, for the possibility that he will try to fuck with this election. And he will. He's already basically telling us that's what he's going to do, just the same way he told us he would do that in 2020."

DOJ Asks Court To Pretty Please Un-Convict Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Of Jan 6 Crimes Then they can all own guns again!

DOJ Asks Court To Pretty Please Un-Convict Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Of Jan 6 Crimes
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