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A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war and is currently working at Harvard has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities and is now being held in a Louisiana detention center, facing possible deportation to Russia.
Absolutely appalling.
theins.press/en/news/280037
Absolutely appalling.
theins.press/en/news/280037
March 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war and is currently working at Harvard has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities and is now being held in a Louisiana detention center, facing possible deportation to Russia.
Absolutely appalling.
theins.press/en/news/280037
Absolutely appalling.
theins.press/en/news/280037
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Ukraine says that more than 19,500 children have been taken to Russia or Russian-occupied territory during the war without the consent of family or guardians, calling the abductions a war crime that meets the UN treaty definition of genocide reut.rs/3FGkBqF
As Trump cuts funding, Ukrainians wonder who will answer for kids abducted in war
When he learned that U.S. President Donald Trump had suspended funding for a Yale University research project into Russia's abduction of children from Ukraine, Volodymyr Sahaidak wondered if the perpetrators would ever be brought to justice.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ukraine says that more than 19,500 children have been taken to Russia or Russian-occupied territory during the war without the consent of family or guardians, calling the abductions a war crime that meets the UN treaty definition of genocide reut.rs/3FGkBqF
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I don’t have to agree with what this student wrote — that’s not the issue. You do NOT snatch someone off the street over an op-ed. That’s the kind of thing you see in China, Russia, or Iran — not in the United States.
Absolutely disgraceful.
Absolutely disgraceful.
March 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I don’t have to agree with what this student wrote — that’s not the issue. You do NOT snatch someone off the street over an op-ed. That’s the kind of thing you see in China, Russia, or Iran — not in the United States.
Absolutely disgraceful.
Absolutely disgraceful.
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WOW. Forward bookings from Canada to the U.S. have fallen by more than 70 percent for each month through the end of September, compared to the same period last year. April has seen the steepest decline, with just 296,000 bookings — down 76 percent from 1.3 million.
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https://www.newsweek.com/canada-us-flight-bookings-fall-70-percent-2051327
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March 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
WOW. Forward bookings from Canada to the U.S. have fallen by more than 70 percent for each month through the end of September, compared to the same period last year. April has seen the steepest decline, with just 296,000 bookings — down 76 percent from 1.3 million.
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t.co/oyz23acxtp
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#BREAKING G7 reaffirms 'unwavering support' for Ukraine 'territorial integrity', threatens Russia with new sanctions if it doesn't back ceasefire: joint statement
March 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#BREAKING G7 reaffirms 'unwavering support' for Ukraine 'territorial integrity', threatens Russia with new sanctions if it doesn't back ceasefire: joint statement
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Senator Mark Kelly is getting rid of his Tesla, saying, “I don’t want to be driving a car built and designed by an asshole.”
This comes just days after Elon Musk called the astronaut and decorated veteran a “traitor” for supporting Ukraine.
This comes just days after Elon Musk called the astronaut and decorated veteran a “traitor” for supporting Ukraine.
March 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Senator Mark Kelly is getting rid of his Tesla, saying, “I don’t want to be driving a car built and designed by an asshole.”
This comes just days after Elon Musk called the astronaut and decorated veteran a “traitor” for supporting Ukraine.
This comes just days after Elon Musk called the astronaut and decorated veteran a “traitor” for supporting Ukraine.
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During a highly unusual speech at the DOJ, Donald Trump said that CNN and MSNBC are ‘illegal.’
This is what fascism looks like.
This is what fascism looks like.
March 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
During a highly unusual speech at the DOJ, Donald Trump said that CNN and MSNBC are ‘illegal.’
This is what fascism looks like.
This is what fascism looks like.
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The @WSJ.com editorial board denounces Trump's "hammer blow" of "retaliation" against law firm Perkins Coie:
"It’s one more step toward making the legal system wholly political."
"It’s one more step toward making the legal system wholly political."
Opinion | Trump, Perkins Coie and John Adams
The President breaks a bedrock legal principle by targeting the law firm for representing clients he doesn’t like.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The @WSJ.com editorial board denounces Trump's "hammer blow" of "retaliation" against law firm Perkins Coie:
"It’s one more step toward making the legal system wholly political."
"It’s one more step toward making the legal system wholly political."
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The US Department of Education said it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing its doors altogether, as government agencies scrambled to meet Trump's Thursday deadline to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs reut.rs/4kAgqwu
US Education Department to cut half its staff as Trump eyes elimination
The terminations are part of the department's "final mission," it said in a press release, alluding to Trump's vow to eliminate the department.
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March 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The US Department of Education said it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing its doors altogether, as government agencies scrambled to meet Trump's Thursday deadline to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs reut.rs/4kAgqwu
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Donald Trump doing a Tesla infomercial for Elon Musk—his biggest political donor—in front of the White House is peak corruption.
March 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Donald Trump doing a Tesla infomercial for Elon Musk—his biggest political donor—in front of the White House is peak corruption.
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A federal judge ordered the government-downsizing team created by US President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public, records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in ‘unusual secrecy’ reut.rs/3XB31KD
US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy'
A federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in "unusual secrecy."
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March 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A federal judge ordered the government-downsizing team created by US President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public, records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in ‘unusual secrecy’ reut.rs/3XB31KD
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recording tomorrow - things are going to get very bad very fast
March 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
recording tomorrow - things are going to get very bad very fast
Russia's main task remains to inflict 'maximum defeat' on Ukraine, former president Dmitry Medvedev said reut.rs/3QL29Q0
Russia must inflict 'maximum defeat' on Ukraine, Medvedev says
Russia's main task remains to inflict "maximum defeat" on Ukraine, former president Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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US House Speaker Mike Johnson urged fellow Republican lawmakers to avoid public town-hall meetings with voters after some events turned into angry confrontations over President Donald Trump's moves to fire federal workers and defund government programs reut.rs/4i5ngIG
US House speaker urges lawmakers to avoid town hall meetings
Some of the meetings have turned into angry confrontations over Trump's moves to fire federal workers and defund government programs.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
US House Speaker Mike Johnson urged fellow Republican lawmakers to avoid public town-hall meetings with voters after some events turned into angry confrontations over President Donald Trump's moves to fire federal workers and defund government programs reut.rs/4i5ngIG
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Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, signed a letter to US President Donald Trump expressing 'horror' at his argument with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy reut.rs/4br80n4
Polish Cold War hero Walesa writes to Trump expressing 'horror' at Zelenskiy spat
Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, signed a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump expressing "horror" at his argument with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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March 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, signed a letter to US President Donald Trump expressing 'horror' at his argument with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy reut.rs/4br80n4
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The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a US official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters reut.rs/41ryrEq
White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say
The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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March 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a US official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters reut.rs/41ryrEq
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The first Republican senator to condemn the Trump administration for “embracing Putin.”👇
March 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The first Republican senator to condemn the Trump administration for “embracing Putin.”👇
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Taiwan, Israel, Ukraine: the front lines of the West. They cannot be allowed to fall.
[Graphic from April 2024 news story about @JoeBiden providing $95B to these three allies.]
[Graphic from April 2024 news story about @JoeBiden providing $95B to these three allies.]
March 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Taiwan, Israel, Ukraine: the front lines of the West. They cannot be allowed to fall.
[Graphic from April 2024 news story about @JoeBiden providing $95B to these three allies.]
[Graphic from April 2024 news story about @JoeBiden providing $95B to these three allies.]
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Trump and Vance’s meeting with Zelensky in the Oval Office today “gave the lie to any claim that this administration’s policy is driven by any strategic effort to advance the interests of the United States, however misguided,” @davidfrum.bsky.social writes.
Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin
Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin
February 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Trump and Vance’s meeting with Zelensky in the Oval Office today “gave the lie to any claim that this administration’s policy is driven by any strategic effort to advance the interests of the United States, however misguided,” @davidfrum.bsky.social writes.
Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin
Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin
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Always. SLAVA UKRAINI
February 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Always. SLAVA UKRAINI