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beyond parody — the White House cites Trump’s “frequent victories in golf events” as evidence of his health
April 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
beyond parody — the White House cites Trump’s “frequent victories in golf events” as evidence of his health
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Why aren’t you wearing a suit?
Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
March 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why aren’t you wearing a suit?
Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
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Even Trump has got to be surprised by how much of the media has defaulted to, "Trump posted a long tweet that is the law now," and reality gets filed under "however, critics say..."
It’s really strange how Trump figured out that Executive Orders are basically “longer tweets that drive giant media attention” and the media hasn’t figured it’s being played each time they report on these as if it’s Moses coming down the Mount with stone tablets.
DC is uniquely vulnerable and we really need all of you with State representation to join us in pushing back against what promises to be a ton of cruel and unnecessary actions: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
March 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Even Trump has got to be surprised by how much of the media has defaulted to, "Trump posted a long tweet that is the law now," and reality gets filed under "however, critics say..."
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Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.
NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat
The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.
www.cbsnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.
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If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.
March 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.
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🇫🇷 French MEP Raphael Glucksmann calls for the US to return the Statue of Liberty, claiming America no longer upholds the values it was gifted for.
“We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it.”
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
“We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it.”
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
French MEP demands the US 'give us back the Statue of Liberty'
A French member of the European parliament has called for the US to return the Statue of Liberty originally gifted by the French people to mark the centennial of American independence because the US…
www.france24.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🇫🇷 French MEP Raphael Glucksmann calls for the US to return the Statue of Liberty, claiming America no longer upholds the values it was gifted for.
“We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it.”
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
“We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it.”
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
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Here’s our — somehow even more relevant — Jewish communal statement on the administration’s attacks on democratic norms and values. We know where this leads.
jewishpublicaffairs.org/over-100-jew...
jewishpublicaffairs.org/over-100-jew...
Over 100 Jewish Groups Voice Deep Alarm and Concern Over Recent Attacks on Democratic Norms and Values - Jewish Council for Public Affairs
As a broad group of Jewish communal organizations representing an array of perspectives, constituencies, and communities, we are joining together to express our deep alarm over recent attacks on democ...
jewishpublicaffairs.org
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Here’s our — somehow even more relevant — Jewish communal statement on the administration’s attacks on democratic norms and values. We know where this leads.
jewishpublicaffairs.org/over-100-jew...
jewishpublicaffairs.org/over-100-jew...
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We do not know who these deportees are, why deported, if they have criminal histories. Tattoos aren’t evidence of a crime. Trump says they’re all criminals but without due process we simply do not know. Based on Trump’s illegal deportations of others, I believe he’s lying #Voices4Victory #Fascism
The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
March 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We do not know who these deportees are, why deported, if they have criminal histories. Tattoos aren’t evidence of a crime. Trump says they’re all criminals but without due process we simply do not know. Based on Trump’s illegal deportations of others, I believe he’s lying #Voices4Victory #Fascism
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The Michigan provost’s home was vandalized this weekend with an object thrown through her bedroom window & graffiti.
This follows repeated attacks on Jewish Regent Jordan Acker’s home, including jars or urine thrown through his windows.
This isn’t protest. It’s crime.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
This follows repeated attacks on Jewish Regent Jordan Acker’s home, including jars or urine thrown through his windows.
This isn’t protest. It’s crime.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
'Free Palestine' spray painted on home of University of Michigan provost
The attack is the latest in a series targeting university officials over the Gaza War.
www.freep.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Michigan provost’s home was vandalized this weekend with an object thrown through her bedroom window & graffiti.
This follows repeated attacks on Jewish Regent Jordan Acker’s home, including jars or urine thrown through his windows.
This isn’t protest. It’s crime.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
This follows repeated attacks on Jewish Regent Jordan Acker’s home, including jars or urine thrown through his windows.
This isn’t protest. It’s crime.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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Just saving this screenshot to repeatedly post it over the coming year.
March 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Just saving this screenshot to repeatedly post it over the coming year.
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The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
February 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
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One Russian paper poses a “core question” about America, Europe and Nato. Another quotes a retired Russian general & former minister as saying that, when the war in Ukraine ends, Russia “must continue to build up its defence capabilities. I repeat, build them up.” #ReadingRussia
Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (21 February 2025)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
February 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
One Russian paper poses a “core question” about America, Europe and Nato. Another quotes a retired Russian general & former minister as saying that, when the war in Ukraine ends, Russia “must continue to build up its defence capabilities. I repeat, build them up.” #ReadingRussia
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This widely shared image of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu, which has also been shared by some major news sources, is AI-generated and fake.
Among the sings of AI generation are distorted faces in the background, deformed fingers, and Trump's and Netanyahu's merging arms.
Among the sings of AI generation are distorted faces in the background, deformed fingers, and Trump's and Netanyahu's merging arms.
February 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This widely shared image of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu, which has also been shared by some major news sources, is AI-generated and fake.
Among the sings of AI generation are distorted faces in the background, deformed fingers, and Trump's and Netanyahu's merging arms.
Among the sings of AI generation are distorted faces in the background, deformed fingers, and Trump's and Netanyahu's merging arms.
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Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops
Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no longer traded in secret after iron-fisted ruler Bashar al-Assad's ouster."If I...
www.al-monitor.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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Inspectors General are key public servants tasked with holding our government accountable. They’re independent, nonpartisan whose work is identifying fraud, waste, & importantly, abuse. Trump just fired them all. Make no mistake: he's purging those who will protect the rule of law.
January 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Inspectors General are key public servants tasked with holding our government accountable. They’re independent, nonpartisan whose work is identifying fraud, waste, & importantly, abuse. Trump just fired them all. Make no mistake: he's purging those who will protect the rule of law.
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Four years ago, officers of the law stood their ground to protect Members of Congress and staff as violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol.
These brave officers were beaten, crushed, bear sprayed, maced, and left to defend democracy with their bare hands.
These brave officers were beaten, crushed, bear sprayed, maced, and left to defend democracy with their bare hands.
January 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Four years ago, officers of the law stood their ground to protect Members of Congress and staff as violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol.
These brave officers were beaten, crushed, bear sprayed, maced, and left to defend democracy with their bare hands.
These brave officers were beaten, crushed, bear sprayed, maced, and left to defend democracy with their bare hands.
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Trump pardons ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio and commutes sentence of Oath Keepers founder Rhodes www.axios.com/2025/01/21/t...
Trump pardons ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio and commutes sentence of Oath Keepers founder Rhodes
They're among some 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants who were either pardoned by Trump or who had their sentences commuted.
www.axios.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Trump pardons ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio and commutes sentence of Oath Keepers founder Rhodes www.axios.com/2025/01/21/t...
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UK 10 year bond yields have risen 14 basis points in the last month. Germany's have risen by 30 bp and the USA's by 21 bp, confirming both the fickleness of markets and the media. #soundmoney
January 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
UK 10 year bond yields have risen 14 basis points in the last month. Germany's have risen by 30 bp and the USA's by 21 bp, confirming both the fickleness of markets and the media. #soundmoney
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“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and profit”
President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden
January 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and profit”
President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people & institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job..I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning.. “Democracy dies in darkness” 👏
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anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people & institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job..I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning.. “Democracy dies in darkness” 👏
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home.
The world is surging to the extreme right, and America is no exception.
It's going to be a more miserable place to live.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-a...
The world is surging to the extreme right, and America is no exception.
It's going to be a more miserable place to live.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-a...
Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home
Buildings should not have windows looking into places where women could be sitting or standing, Taliban leader orders
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home.
The world is surging to the extreme right, and America is no exception.
It's going to be a more miserable place to live.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-a...
The world is surging to the extreme right, and America is no exception.
It's going to be a more miserable place to live.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-a...