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A true dictator...

Trump announces 2-year closure of Kennedy Center for 'complete rebuilding'...

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February 2, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Small thing, but I hate how "gaslighting" has infected our discourse. You shouldn't have to know the plot of an 80-year old movie to figure out that someone is saying lying, deceiving, or manipulating.
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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@petebuttigieg.bsky.social: "We have an ICE agent who should have been trained not to be in front of a vehicle and never to shoot into a moving vehicle, and yet this happened on [Kristi Noem's] watch. The whole POINT of Homeland Security is to make this country more stable and safe."
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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January 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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The media (and everyone else) need to stop referring to ICE as "law enforcement".

They are out to perform "ethnic cleansing" and to terrorize the population.

There is nothing "lawful" about it.
January 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Iran suffers ‘internet blackout’ as it struggles to contain protests ft.trib.al/KyQyYkb
Iran suffers ‘internet blackout’ as it struggles to contain protests
Unrest tests Islamic republic at a time when it is grappling with intensifying external and domestic pressures
ft.trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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On every Republican bein super in favor of releasing the Epstein files all of a sudden
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Where the loosening of rules and tolerance of corruption will lead
Welcome to Anything Goes America
Where the loosening of rules and tolerance of corruption will lead
econ.st
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump and his allies wasted no time crafting an insidious and baseless narrative: that the left is violent, the right is under siege, and only they can restore order. Sound familiar? The Nazis tried the same playbook.
Is Charlie Kirk Their Reichstag Moment?
Trump and the GOP are itching to exploit Kirk’s murder to expand their authoritarian aims
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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September 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Last night in Poland we saw the most serious European airspace violation by Russia since the war began, and indications suggest it was intentional, not accidental.

I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski.

The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)
September 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Poland shoots down drones in its airspace during Russia’s Ukraine attack, calls violation act of aggression reut.rs/428f3Of
Poland shoots down drones in its airspace during Russia’s Ukraine attack, calls violation act of aggression
Radars tracked more than 10 objects and those that could pose a threat were "neutralised," Poland's military command said.
reut.rs
September 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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At best, the continent should expect stagnation, at worst a bond-market rout
How Europe’s hard right threatens the economy
At best, the continent should expect stagnation, at worst a bond-market rout
econ.st
September 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Having just finished off some particularly good, leftover chili, this Star Trek-themed rerun from a few years ago seems EXCEEDINGLY relevant. I am on poop 4 of the morning already! RED ALARM! RED ALARM!
September 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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August 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Little is understood about the workings of the Assad regime’s machinery of repression: its rules, its hierarchies or its logic. A new digital archive offers some clues
A haunting new view of Assad’s brutality in Syria
It could one day be used in trials against members of the regime
econ.st
August 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan

join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice

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August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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In their twilight years, Xi Jinping’s predecessors fragmented authority to ensure that subordinates served as counterweights to prevent any one gaining too much influence. They became oracle-like. Over time Mr Xi may come to shape such a system as well
Is Xi Jinping in trouble?
More likely, his leadership is entering a new but no less powerful stage
econ.st
July 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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🙂
July 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Poland's Orlen will no longer buy Russian oil, CEO says reut.rs/4nsutWe
Poland's Orlen will no longer buy Russian oil, CEO says
Polish refiner Orlen will not buy Russian oil for its Czech refinery after June 30, Chief Executive Ireneusz Fafara said on Monday.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Unnecessary and racially motivated, this policy is reverse DEI.
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New Army Shaving Policy Will Allow Soldiers with Skin Condition that Affects Mostly Black Men to Be Kicked Out | Military.com
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June 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM