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2:56 am in Kyiv.
I tried to sleep,
but explosions woke me.
Air defence was working on drones.

Now I’m reading the monitoring channels.
Missiles.
July 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Imagine MAGA and the GOP's reaction today if this were Obama with Epstein instead of Trump.
July 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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If Trump believes what he did was correct, then he can own it as the Commander-in-Chief like every other President has done. Trump wanted these guys on camera behind him in the event this situation gets worse so he can blame and fire these guys and deflect off himself like he always does.
June 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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I have never seen a US President that was so weak and so scared about taking military action that he needed his yes-man entourage to keep him company at the podium in the Cross Hall.
June 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Moni näyttää ajattelevan, että kv-politiikan analysoinnissa on kyse tunteista ja mieltymyksistä. Siitä, mistä maasta tykkää eniten tai miten hallinnot sijoittuvat demokratiaindeksillä. Hyviksistä ja pahiksista.

Ei ole. Se on sitten jotain muuta.
June 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Trump is asking business leaders, military leaders, and local officials to break the law for him and ignore the courts. People are only willing to commit crimes for a dictator if they believe that dictator can stay in office forever to shield them from future criminal prosecution.
April 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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For Trump's family to complete this autocratic coup of America's democracy, they need people to believe Trump will stay in office for the rest of his life and will protect people from investigation and prosecution.
April 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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The reason why Trump and his family won't shut up about him running again in 2028 has to do with corruption.
April 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Russia is doubling the budget for Putin's Youth Army this year so that Russia can get millions of their children ready for the next couple decades of war and conquest.

Militarizing children is not the action of a nation that wants peace.
April 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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“Interesting — if no one is forcing Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as russian, then how does Zelenskyy’s statement that Ukraine will never recognize Crimea as russian harm the negotiations?”

Sergey Fursa
April 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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There is only one way to end the war: put pressure on the Russians. The Trump people did the opposite: put pressure on Ukraine, and relieved pressure on Russia. They have made the war worse while talking of "peace."
April 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.
April 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Lawyers have a duty to defend our Constitution.

It is an absolute outrage that, in order to curry favor with Trump and continue making their billions, giant law firms like Paul Weiss have abrogated their responsibilities.

Thanks to those defending democracy. We will remember.
More than 500 law firms rally behind embattled peers, declaring that Trump’s crackdown on the legal industry poses “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.” But none of the top 20 firms join. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump
The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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April 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I am currently reading about the protests taking place in the US.
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Ukrainian media writes about it as well.
April 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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From coast to coast, Americans are mobilizing to save our health care and tell Trump-Musk Republicans to keep their Hands Off Our Safety Net! Join a rally or call with us NOW:
saveourhealthcare.info/phonebank
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Hands Off Medicaid Phone Bank with Team Pelosi. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Hands Off Medicaid Phone Bank with Team Pelosi. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
saveourhealthcare.info
April 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Riverhead, NY showed up for today's Hands Off Rally. The energy is contagious as the light exposes the evil ways of Trump's darkness!
April 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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A few words from the HANDS OFF RALLY in Riverhead, Long Island, NY!
April 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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1/ Commerce Secretary Lutnick is saying stupid things about tariffs, including that tariffs do not cause prices of domestically-produced products to rise. He is wrong. Tariffs cause all prices to rise, including domestically-produced products. Let me explain (using Economics 101).
Lutnick: "Foreign goods may become a little more expensive, but domestic goods do not. So if you're looking at Poland Springs water vs Fiji Water, the Poland Springs is not gonna be more expensive. For the first time in your lives you're gonna actually think about Americans who make the products."
April 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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"As long as Russia has military personnel, Finland will need anti-personnel mines."

Today it was announced that Finland will withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, which banned anti-personnel mines.

Finland will also increase defence spending to 3% of its GDP by 2029.
April 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Jeez. President Trump did not rule out possibility of seeking third term in White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
www.nbcnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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At a press briefing today, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
stated that Ukraine will not sign an
agreement on mineral resources with the US if it threatens the country’s accession to the EU.

I have a feeling that there will be no deal.
And I hope for that, by the way.
March 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Toistan itseäni, mutta vielä kerran: nyt on aika toivottaa uutta kotia etsivät tutkijat ja tutkimusryhmät avosylin tänne.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Europe needs to understand that the way Trump is treating Ukraine over the new mineral deal (trying to rob them blind but give Ukr no security) is how he will deal with Europe as a whole if he sees them as weak. The only way to deal with Trump is defiance--not bridge building.
March 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Here's a short recap of Trump's agenda (AKA Project 2025)

No ACA
No IRS
No TSA
No FEMA
No CDC
No NATO
No NPR
No PBS

More BILLIONAIRE TAX BREAKS
More ICE
More PUTIN
More DEPORTATION W/O DUE PROCESS
More EXPOSED TO THE NEXT 9/11

Pls add and repost.
March 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM