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American historian and Chair in Modern European History at Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny and On Freedom, opposes the Putin-Witkoff plan for Ukraine’s defeat and capitulation.
The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Do me a favor and forward this post.This needs to get out to everyone. We need to be unified.
Congress, pay attention. We the People decide where our money goes — not the President. And we are demanding full support for Ukraine, with everything they need to win. Trump does not hold the power of the purse. The American people do. Act accordingly.
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Do me a favor and forward this post.This needs to get out to everyone. We need to be unified.
Congress, pay attention. We the People decide where our money goes — not the President. And we are demanding full support for Ukraine, with everything they need to win. Trump does not hold the power of the purse. The American people do. Act accordingly.
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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"The price for keeping the dialogue (with the U.S.) cannot be the sovereignty of Ukraine, which this plan undermines altogether," Inna Sovsun, a lawmaker from the opposition Holos party, told the Kyiv Independent.
'A plan of capitulation' — US push for controversial peace plan met with backlash in Ukraine
Amid mounting pressure from the White House, Kyiv is now grappling with a U.S. 28-point peace plan that many in the country view as a "capitulation." Ukrainian activists, lawmakers, soldiers and vete...
kyivindependent.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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16-year-old Kateryna from Kyiv has become the youngest pupil to complete an internship at Swansea University in Wales.

Kateryna specializes in space research: the findings of which could result in net zero through advanced space-based solar panels.

This is her story🧵
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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⚡️Trump says Zelensky will 'have to approve' US peace plan for Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office on Nov. 21 that he believes there is "a way of getting peace."
Trump says Zelensky will 'have to approve' US peace plan for Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office on Nov. 21 that he believes there is "a way of getting peace."
kyivindependent.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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⚡️Update: UK, France, Germany to join US-Ukraine talks in Switzerland.

Representatives from the U.K., France, and Germany will discuss Trump's new peace proposal at upcoming talks in Switzerland, the AFP reported. European officials will join a U.S. and Ukrainian delegation in Geneva on Nov. 23.
US-Ukraine 'consultations' on Trump's peace deal to begin in Switzerland 'in coming days,' Umerov says
Nine Ukrainian officials, including Andriy Yermak, Head of the President's Office, and Kyrylo Budanov, the country's military intelligence chief, are set to attend the meeting, according to a presiden...
kyivindependent.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The Trump administration is advertising for “deportation judges” to aid in mass deportations.
Trump Want Ad Seeks ‘Deportation Judges’ to Aid in Crackdown
The Trump administration is advertising for “deportation judges” in its ongoing push to fill jobs to aid its mass deportation campaign.
bloom.bg
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Thirteen years ago, a Brooklyn man’s child molestation conviction pierced a veil of silence in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where many people who dared to report sexual abuse were shunned. Now the man — who was sentenced to 103 years in prison — could be on a path to freedom.
Orthodox Jewish Man Sentenced to 103 Years for Sex Abuse May Go Free
Nechemya Weberman, convicted of molesting a 12-year-old girl in a politically charged case, is seeking a new, shorter sentence with the Brooklyn district attorney’s support.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy, revealed on Saturday she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, with a doctor telling her she has less than a year to live. https://cnn.it/3XKfDil
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The use of drones to surveil protesters and others taking part in activities ostensibly protected under the Constitution frequently raises concerns. interc.pt/44qGBPE
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
https://to.pbs.org/48bW5Z7
Bolsonaro arrested over alleged plot to escape and avoid 27-year prison term in Brazil
Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
www.pbs.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms
Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance, former FEMA officials said.
dlvr.it
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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🤬 Russian forces execute five Ukrainian POWs in Pokrovsk district
Russian forces execute five Ukrainian POWs in Pokrovsk district
Russian forces shot dead five unarmed captured Ukrainian servicemen in the Pokrovsk district, Donetsk Oblast, on 19 November.
www.pravda.com.ua
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Kevin Roberts' decision to stand with Tucker Carlson was the last straw for many people affiliated with the Heritage Foundation.
reason.pub/4pv3R7u
Conservative think tanks should never have crawled into bed with Tucker Carlson in the first place
Heritage and ISI face internal revolt as leaders align with New Right figures, sparking resignations and warnings of an ideological break.
reason.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Texas has handed the Republican majority yet another test of their integrity: will they uphold the gerrymandering rules they created? Or will they let Texas’ racial gerrymandering slide?
The Texas gerrymandering case is a test of the Supreme Court's integrity
Do the justices have any rules they won't let Republicans break?
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Breaking news: Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued a brief pause on a lower court order blocking a new congressional map in Texas that would give Republicans an edge in winning five additional House seats.
Supreme Court justice pauses order blocking Texas map favoring GOP
The order will give the high court time to consider an appeal by Texas, which is seeking to overturn the ruling by a panel of federal judges.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Breaking

MTG (R/GA) is resigning from Congress on January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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