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Unapologetic European Federalist
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Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
May 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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British politician Lyon Playfair saw the Tariff Act for what it was. He called it a covert attack on Canada,
Both Britain and the United States believed the Tariff Act would drive Canada to join the United States.
In reality, it had the complete opposite result.

🧵5/10
March 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The only alternative to a global economy based on trade is a mix of needless poverty, empire, and war. You can either create complex products by sourcing your materials and transforming them by free trade, or by physically owning all the resources involved at far greater costs to life and treasure.
March 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
That ship has sailed. We are at war. Ukraine is our proxy, until it morphs into a member of the EU and takes part in a European security guarantee that succeeds NATO. Yes, succeeds.
For Western European leaders, avoiding direct military conflict with Russia matters more than ensuring Ukraine’s survival.
March 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump
The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Read this. We’re in Mad King territory.

sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
February 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Afd european member of Parliament Droese, told Rutte to his face that we Europeans won't need to invest in our defense because Trump will end the war sometime around Easter. It's imbeciles like this that Musk thinks is the only party that can save Germany. 🤡
January 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Mitch McConnell voting against Hegseth is like Hannibal Lecter becoming a vegetarian on his deathbed
January 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Always... always... always... Putin stooges.
Musk, alongside the American MAGA trolls, have already begun campaigning in many countries, and will continue if not stopped
WTAF

That’s not trolling the UK govt anymore - that’s straight up campaigning for a political party in a foreign country.

It’s serious.
November 29, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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The other day, I was giving a ride to an Azov guy I know.

And he was like...

"Sometimes, I find myself praying that the next shell comes for me and delivers me from this hell on earth. Sometimes, Russians on comms don't get it why we laugh as we repel their meat grinder assaults...
November 27, 2024 at 9:37 PM