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JD Vance, I can't help thinking of the fact that on July 17, 2008 the vice president of Argentina, Julio Cobos, broke a tie in the Senate by voting his conscious and against a controversial government bill. But we already know you have no conscious nor morals
July 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me.
April 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.” - I think about this RFK quote a lot these days
April 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today the proudest boast in the free world (which apparently no longer includes the US) is "YA ukrayinets" - I am Ukrainian
March 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Internal memo estimating 100s of thousands of deaths from USAID cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Preach VT!
March 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.” ~ Edmund Burke
March 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In November 2012 half a million spontaneously poured into the streets of Buenos Aires to protest the government. I was there, it was incredible - it's time America! www.theguardian.com/world/2012/n...
Argentina protests: up to half a million rally against Fernández de Kirchner
Rowdy demonstrations against corruption mark escalation of opposition to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
February 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reposted
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Who would have guessed that Neville Chamberlain would be reincarnated as Marco Rubio?
February 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
People are already dying due to Trump and Musk and many more will www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Opinion | It’s America That Suffers When We Cut Foreign Aid
U.S.A.I.D. keeps children alive and us safe.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Horrifying info on gen z
February 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
mind blowing - firing 97% of USAID staff. A disaster for health and economic development programs all over the world. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration keeping only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say
President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the agency's worldwide total of more than 10,000, four sources told Reuters on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Newest addition to our house
February 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I’d like to suggest that Latin American countries send peace keeping troops to help panama defend their sovereignty www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/w...
Marco Rubio Tells Panama’s Leader ‘Immediate Changes’ Are Needed
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the country’s president that the United States could take unspecified steps to “protect its rights,” according to the State Department.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Just bought a Canadian flag to fly at our house. I won’t be flying the US flag while that psychopath is in office
February 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
MA gets about 10% of its electricity from Quebec - looking forward to that 2.5% rate hike with the new tariff. Good to see inflation coming down.
February 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Many Joni Ernst (and 49 other republican Senators - but especially her) burn in hell
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923.
January 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM