Therese
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Some discussion earlier this week regarding the random practice examples on Duolingo and I think I've just encountered the world's most useless phrase....
May 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Some discussion earlier this week regarding the random practice examples on Duolingo and I think I've just encountered the world's most useless phrase....
Beyond embarrassing
A real tweet from the official White House account.
May 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Beyond embarrassing
I know that there are about a million things to criticise these imbeciles for but in the meantime, who on earth is the Orange monster trying to fool with that tan line?! 😂 <zoom in>
March 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I know that there are about a million things to criticise these imbeciles for but in the meantime, who on earth is the Orange monster trying to fool with that tan line?! 😂 <zoom in>
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See also the U.K.
Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants."
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
March 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
See also the U.K.
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A sad day for America—Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University activist, has been arrested by ICE, not for any crime, but for his political activism. The Trump administration claims he was involved in “pro-terrorist” activities, yet no formal charges have been filed.
March 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A sad day for America—Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University activist, has been arrested by ICE, not for any crime, but for his political activism. The Trump administration claims he was involved in “pro-terrorist” activities, yet no formal charges have been filed.
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The US Secretary of State, while patronising a long standing ally, shows he lacks basic knowledge of geography
Marco Rubio wants Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and by extension the Polish people to be thankful, or else Russians would be already on the Polish border.
I will not elaborate much that Russia actually shares a border with Poland.
I will not elaborate much that Russia actually shares a border with Poland.
March 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The US Secretary of State, while patronising a long standing ally, shows he lacks basic knowledge of geography
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Free speech news
"You're not supposed to be asking that question ... that's enough" -- Trump gets mad at and shuts down a reporter who tries to ask him about reported clashes between Musk and Rubio
March 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Free speech news
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Please lecture us more about free speech in Europe.
March 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Please lecture us more about free speech in Europe.
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There's zero chance that Trump knows who Lech Wałęsa is, but there's a big Polish-American community who do
“Former 🇵🇱 Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa has written a letter, co-signed by 38 other former political prisoners of Poland’s communist regime, to Donald Trump, condemning the 🇺🇸 US president’s treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky and 🇺🇦 Ukraine.
Wałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation
notesfrompoland.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There's zero chance that Trump knows who Lech Wałęsa is, but there's a big Polish-American community who do
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Chris Murphy: "It is absolutely shameful what's happening right now. The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin."
March 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Chris Murphy: "It is absolutely shameful what's happening right now. The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin."
The comments on this post gives some hope to those of us who are utterly bewildered at what’s happening in the US at the moment
Every decent American should be embarrassed and ashamed today.
March 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The comments on this post gives some hope to those of us who are utterly bewildered at what’s happening in the US at the moment
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🚨The European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas : “The free world needs a new leader”
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
February 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🚨The European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas : “The free world needs a new leader”
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
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That asshole in the White House will NEVER speak for me.
Smash that 💙 if you stand with President Zelensky.
Smash that 💙 if you stand with President Zelensky.
February 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
That asshole in the White House will NEVER speak for me.
Smash that 💙 if you stand with President Zelensky.
Smash that 💙 if you stand with President Zelensky.
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Death by idiocy & ignorance is coming.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Death by idiocy & ignorance is coming.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Even if you wanted to rustle up a token Bond villain, you wouldn’t come up with anyone as crap as this
Readers share their takes on DOGE's controversial request for accomplishment lists, with many seeing potential benefits despite concerns over tactics.
Readers told us that maybe DOGE's email request is a good idea
Readers share their takes on DOGE's controversial request for accomplishment lists, with many seeing potential benefits despite concerns over tactics.
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February 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Even if you wanted to rustle up a token Bond villain, you wouldn’t come up with anyone as crap as this
We teach our children about the importance of education, kindness, respect, fact checking and honesty, and then we have the so called leader of the free world being a psychopathic liar and his sidekicks ignorantly supporting right wing parties, banning books and restricting women’s bodily autonomy.
February 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We teach our children about the importance of education, kindness, respect, fact checking and honesty, and then we have the so called leader of the free world being a psychopathic liar and his sidekicks ignorantly supporting right wing parties, banning books and restricting women’s bodily autonomy.
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The sheer audacity of preaching to us Europeans about free speech
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The sheer audacity of preaching to us Europeans about free speech
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Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
February 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.