Roger Blum
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New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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A Ukrainian soldier describes what Russian captivity is like: being captured,starved,thrown into a barn with 🇺🇦civilians in occupied Nova Basan by the Russian occupiers.Wounded& left without medical help,he begged for death on the third day.🇺🇦Civilians shared their only food with him to keep him alive
April 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A Ukrainian soldier describes what Russian captivity is like: being captured,starved,thrown into a barn with 🇺🇦civilians in occupied Nova Basan by the Russian occupiers.Wounded& left without medical help,he begged for death on the third day.🇺🇦Civilians shared their only food with him to keep him alive
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A strong legal system can't be destroyed overnight. But between court-stacking, aggressive litigation, and outright intimidation, it is absolutely possible to overwhelm the checks-and-balances of the courts much more quickly than people seem to think.
April 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A strong legal system can't be destroyed overnight. But between court-stacking, aggressive litigation, and outright intimidation, it is absolutely possible to overwhelm the checks-and-balances of the courts much more quickly than people seem to think.
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Hybrid regimes like Hungary are a useful illustration of where America may be headed. While the judiciary, initially, served as an effective bulwark against Viktor Orbán, years and years of attacks, overt and psychological, proved pretty effective at neutralizing it. www.amnesty.eu/wp-content/u...
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hybrid regimes like Hungary are a useful illustration of where America may be headed. While the judiciary, initially, served as an effective bulwark against Viktor Orbán, years and years of attacks, overt and psychological, proved pretty effective at neutralizing it. www.amnesty.eu/wp-content/u...
To anyone worried that poll workers will erase the pencil X on your ballot: use invisible ink! That way they won’t know which ballots to tamper.
April 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
To anyone worried that poll workers will erase the pencil X on your ballot: use invisible ink! That way they won’t know which ballots to tamper.
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“These fuckers couldn’t find the clit if it was gold-plated and Bob Costas did the play-by-play.
And now we ALL have to fucking endure this circle-jerking circus of fugly nepo babies and whiny man-children.”
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open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
And now we ALL have to fucking endure this circle-jerking circus of fugly nepo babies and whiny man-children.”
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open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Tyranny of the Unfuckable.
Rejection doesn’t HAVE to turn you into a super-villain ya know?
open.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“These fuckers couldn’t find the clit if it was gold-plated and Bob Costas did the play-by-play.
And now we ALL have to fucking endure this circle-jerking circus of fugly nepo babies and whiny man-children.”
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open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
And now we ALL have to fucking endure this circle-jerking circus of fugly nepo babies and whiny man-children.”
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open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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Left:Russian lawyer Mikhail Barshchevsky:
"Latvian media is brainwashing the people,”Russia is going to attack us.'Do we need another impoverished region?We don't have the money to keep you. Where is your economy?Sprats?"
Right:Russian cities,Barshchevsky discusses "impoverished"Latvia
"Latvian media is brainwashing the people,”Russia is going to attack us.'Do we need another impoverished region?We don't have the money to keep you. Where is your economy?Sprats?"
Right:Russian cities,Barshchevsky discusses "impoverished"Latvia
April 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Left:Russian lawyer Mikhail Barshchevsky:
"Latvian media is brainwashing the people,”Russia is going to attack us.'Do we need another impoverished region?We don't have the money to keep you. Where is your economy?Sprats?"
Right:Russian cities,Barshchevsky discusses "impoverished"Latvia
"Latvian media is brainwashing the people,”Russia is going to attack us.'Do we need another impoverished region?We don't have the money to keep you. Where is your economy?Sprats?"
Right:Russian cities,Barshchevsky discusses "impoverished"Latvia
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We must never let such hоrrors become ordinary. Every stоlen life is a wound that must never be fоrgotten. Russіа must stаnd triаl for every crіme, every tear, every lоst future.
Justice is not for sаle.
Justice is not for sаle.
April 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We must never let such hоrrors become ordinary. Every stоlen life is a wound that must never be fоrgotten. Russіа must stаnd triаl for every crіme, every tear, every lоst future.
Justice is not for sаle.
Justice is not for sаle.
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Even the Conservative Party of Canada can’t stomach the kind of rhetoric that the 🍁gun cult has been using for years against a Polytechnique massacre survivor and gun control advocate.
For receipts, check out cultists’ tweets thrown up by searching Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights” (CCFR/)
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For receipts, check out cultists’ tweets thrown up by searching Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights” (CCFR/)
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April 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Even the Conservative Party of Canada can’t stomach the kind of rhetoric that the 🍁gun cult has been using for years against a Polytechnique massacre survivor and gun control advocate.
For receipts, check out cultists’ tweets thrown up by searching Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights” (CCFR/)
eg
For receipts, check out cultists’ tweets thrown up by searching Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights” (CCFR/)
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He feels impunity because he hears one of the leaders of the free world call him a "good guy."
April 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
He feels impunity because he hears one of the leaders of the free world call him a "good guy."
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Yesterday, russians killed 9 children in Kryvyi Rih. They could live, laugh, play, and dream — but instead of children's laughter, now there is only pain.
The pro-Russian rhetoric of Trump and his entourage only fuels aggression. Every word of support for Putin is a green light for new attacks1/2
The pro-Russian rhetoric of Trump and his entourage only fuels aggression. Every word of support for Putin is a green light for new attacks1/2
April 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Yesterday, russians killed 9 children in Kryvyi Rih. They could live, laugh, play, and dream — but instead of children's laughter, now there is only pain.
The pro-Russian rhetoric of Trump and his entourage only fuels aggression. Every word of support for Putin is a green light for new attacks1/2
The pro-Russian rhetoric of Trump and his entourage only fuels aggression. Every word of support for Putin is a green light for new attacks1/2
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Local media reports that Russia killed Radyslav Yatsko in Kryvyi Rih. He was just 7 years old.
The family was on their way home when an explosion occurred. Little Radyslav was in the back seat behind his father, which is where the main impact struck.
The family was on their way home when an explosion occurred. Little Radyslav was in the back seat behind his father, which is where the main impact struck.
April 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Local media reports that Russia killed Radyslav Yatsko in Kryvyi Rih. He was just 7 years old.
The family was on their way home when an explosion occurred. Little Radyslav was in the back seat behind his father, which is where the main impact struck.
The family was on their way home when an explosion occurred. Little Radyslav was in the back seat behind his father, which is where the main impact struck.
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Ontario, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon are the most educated parts of North America.
March 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ontario, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon are the most educated parts of North America.
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March 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Witkoff said Putin is a “good guy.” Good guy? The one who wipes out our cities, destroys lives, kills innocents?
March 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Witkoff said Putin is a “good guy.” Good guy? The one who wipes out our cities, destroys lives, kills innocents?
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American government is literally do everything what their russian masters say
March 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
American government is literally do everything what their russian masters say
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"We don't want your swasticars
Take a one way trip to Mars" goes so hard as a rally chant
Take a one way trip to Mars" goes so hard as a rally chant
March 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"We don't want your swasticars
Take a one way trip to Mars" goes so hard as a rally chant
Take a one way trip to Mars" goes so hard as a rally chant
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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
March 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
This is what terrorists do.
⚡️💥 Russian kamikaze drone hits a residential building in Kyiv. The overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital continues.
🎥 Kyiv info
🎥 Kyiv info
March 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is what terrorists do.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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powerful detailed account of ICE captivity
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
powerful detailed account of ICE captivity
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Standing up to the authoritarian wave requires more than cheerleading for democracy; it demands making democratic societies more participatory, responsive, and adaptable at all levels, from local to national, in response to the societal shifts driven by the Internet over the past 15 years.
February 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Standing up to the authoritarian wave requires more than cheerleading for democracy; it demands making democratic societies more participatory, responsive, and adaptable at all levels, from local to national, in response to the societal shifts driven by the Internet over the past 15 years.
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