Don Milne
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Don Milne
@donmilne.bsky.social
Toronto
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Man dies in ICE custody, Mexican consulate says #usnews
Man dies in ICE custody, Mexican consulate says
A man who was in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Georgia has died, according to Atlanta’s Consulate General of Mexico.
www.wmbfnews.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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🔥 @markruffalo.bsky.social : “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Historically, we've focused a lot on the brutal actions of authoritarian regimes, and today is no different.
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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I repeat: the youngest injured by Russian attack on Odesa tonight is just 7 months old
December 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.

I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, The Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur reports on renewed calls for Ukraine to hold wartime elections after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Kyiv used Russia’s war to avoid a vote, echoing a Kremlin narrative.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1d4...
Zelensky faces election pressure as war drags on | Ukraine This Week
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Poland’s Radoslaw Sikorski once again torches the Hungarian government, this time Orban’s foreign minister, including an obliterating ratio.
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Hegseth told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement.
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing war
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Rep. Mike Quigley questioned whether U.S. security guarantees under Trump can be trusted, especially by European allies. “Why would anyone believe a president who let Putin blow through six deadlines? He makes promises and nothing happens, just like the Tomahawks. It all changes month to month.”
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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U.S. Representative Ted Lieu has called Steve Witkoff an “actual traitor” following revelations of his backchannel dealings with Russian officials during Ukraine peace negotiations.

"Actual traitor. Steve Witkoff is supposed to work for the United States, not Russia," he said.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Meanwhile in Russia: state media hosts and experts praised Trump's 28-point "peace plan," noting that it's in perfect alignment with Russia's goals and does not take Ukraine's interests into account.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
Russian state TV praises Trump's 28-point peace plan
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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The last few hours have proven 2 terrible things. First, the US and Russian governments are so close that the US government takes large parts of Russian proposals and passes them off as their own, and second that some people are so desperate to exonerate Trump that they act like this a good thing.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The absurdity of the 28 point paper gets another twist.

US State Deputy Spokesman Tommy Pigott called the bipartisan group of US Senators, including Republican Senator Mike Rounds, liars.

This US administration has completely lost its plot, if it ever existed. Total chaos.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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The current mess in DC only signals to Beijing that the US lacks unity, organization, and strategic vision to handle an even larger conflict, as the Pacific region is likely to become. Bombing Iran after Israel's SEAD or running masculine army ads doesn’t compensate for it
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Guided missiles? Why on earth would DHS/ICE need guided missiles? Whatever type of guided missile systems are involved, that's not for domestic security. That's for offensive operations. That's for fighting civil war.
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier.
🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 Trump urged Zelensky to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree, - FT
October 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Time Russian jets allowed in Turkish airspace before getting shot down: 17 seconds
Time Russian jets allowed in EU airspace before angry press release: 12 minutes
“Quick and decisive” indeed.
September 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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🇵🇱🇺🇦Tusk: A wave of pro-Russian sentiment and antipathy towards a struggling Ukraine is growing, fueled by the Kremlin and fueled by genuine fears and emotions. The role of politicians is to stem this tide, not ride it. This is a test of the patriotism and maturity of the entire Polish political class
September 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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OTD in 2022 Russian missiles struck & breached the dam at Kryvyi Rih. My tankies believe 2 mutually incompatible things.

1. Russia will end humanity in a nuclear war.
2. Russia is too nice to blow up a dam & kill loads of civilians.
September 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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He wants to throw Ukraine to Ru to please Pu, but he can't. Instead, he's under domestic/allied pressure to come down on Ru, but he doesn't want to. So we see diplomatic theatre w only goal to obfuscate. Trump wants to help Ru but he can't figure out how to do it with plausible deniability.
September 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Russia is systematically targeting the laboratory of the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, where dozens of kilograms of uranium are stored. According to NYT, the facility has already been hit 74 times by rockets, drones, and artillery — far too often to be accidental.👇
September 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM