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Merz Says Support for Kyiv ‘Will Not Falter’ After London Talks
The closed-door meeting between Zelensky and the European leaders lasted over two hours, with the participants issuing cryptic remarks soon after it wrapped.
www.kyivpost.com
The corrupt, traitorous, and useless US administration is being cut out. Good.
www.kyivpost.com/post/65832
www.kyivpost.com/post/65832
Pathetic symbolic gesture, like shouting about kidnapped kids; but not doing anything real or permanent to change US posture.
www.kyivpost.com/post/65994
www.kyivpost.com/post/65994
Pushing Back on Trump’s National Security Vision, Congress Advances Pro-European Defense Act
After hardline Republicans cave, lower house moves forward on a $9B Pentagon bill that includes $400M in guaranteed defense funds for Kyiv.
www.kyivpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Pathetic symbolic gesture, like shouting about kidnapped kids; but not doing anything real or permanent to change US posture.
www.kyivpost.com/post/65994
www.kyivpost.com/post/65994
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The best thing about this isn't the merits so much as the fact that @raskin.house.gov is socializing serious structural reform. This is the register we need to be in in preparation for the aftermath.
News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The best thing about this isn't the merits so much as the fact that @raskin.house.gov is socializing serious structural reform. This is the register we need to be in in preparation for the aftermath.
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"Raskin says Maryland should redistrict if Indiana does"
The Hill picks up our interview with Rep Jamie Raskin increasing pressure on MD state senate president:
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
The Hill picks up our interview with Rep Jamie Raskin increasing pressure on MD state senate president:
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Raskin says Maryland should redistrict if Indiana does
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fiercely defended Democrats’ push to redraw congressional maps in Maryland — saying he expects the issue to take on new importance if Republicans succeed at redistricting …
thehill.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Raskin says Maryland should redistrict if Indiana does"
The Hill picks up our interview with Rep Jamie Raskin increasing pressure on MD state senate president:
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
The Hill picks up our interview with Rep Jamie Raskin increasing pressure on MD state senate president:
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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Unless you’re Russia or China, it’s not that
easy to get on the Denmark NatSec Threat list.
Congratulations, America! The Trump administration just put us on the list!
Will there be a trophy? 🙄🤬
easy to get on the Denmark NatSec Threat list.
Congratulations, America! The Trump administration just put us on the list!
Will there be a trophy? 🙄🤬
🚨 For the first time, Danish intelligence has identified the US as a potential security threat to the country under the Trump administration, amid ongoing geopolitical disputes over Greenland.
🚨 This is not normal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
🚨 This is not normal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
For first time, NATO ally lists America as security threat after Trump suggested doing what Russia did to Crimea - Euromaidan Press
For the first time, Danish intelligence has identified the US as a potential security threat to the country…
euromaidanpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Unless you’re Russia or China, it’s not that
easy to get on the Denmark NatSec Threat list.
Congratulations, America! The Trump administration just put us on the list!
Will there be a trophy? 🙄🤬
easy to get on the Denmark NatSec Threat list.
Congratulations, America! The Trump administration just put us on the list!
Will there be a trophy? 🙄🤬
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Trump's mafia-style diplomacy is not winning friends and influencing people.
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump's mafia-style diplomacy is not winning friends and influencing people.
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so we're pirates now... ?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says
Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X that the government executed a seizure warrant on a tanker used to carry oil from Venezuela and Iran.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
so we're pirates now... ?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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I'd like to see the next Dem candidate for president (and the entire party) run on a platform of immediately recognizing the ICC and supporting its prosecutions of all who violate international law including heads of state promoting murder, piracy, etc. Hold them accountable.
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'd like to see the next Dem candidate for president (and the entire party) run on a platform of immediately recognizing the ICC and supporting its prosecutions of all who violate international law including heads of state promoting murder, piracy, etc. Hold them accountable.
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The Dread Pirate Trump (also known as the Sleepy Swashbuckler, Commodore Comatose and the Bleary Buccaneer) is disgracing the US Navy and this country. The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine is apparently that we are now the meddling rogue colonialist power that Monroe feared.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Dread Pirate Trump (also known as the Sleepy Swashbuckler, Commodore Comatose and the Bleary Buccaneer) is disgracing the US Navy and this country. The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine is apparently that we are now the meddling rogue colonialist power that Monroe feared.
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L - Propaganda to distract people from reality.
R - Reality.
R - Reality.
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
L - Propaganda to distract people from reality.
R - Reality.
R - Reality.
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Trump’s Golden Age.
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump’s Golden Age.
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Step right up and buy your way into America with your new Trump Gold Card, brought to you by the con men selling out America to the highest bidder and wrecking the economy.
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Step right up and buy your way into America with your new Trump Gold Card, brought to you by the con men selling out America to the highest bidder and wrecking the economy.
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Unhinged Trump ramping up his threats against Republican state senators in Indiana. The Republican Party is a mafia organization and the mob boss is angry.
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Unhinged Trump ramping up his threats against Republican state senators in Indiana. The Republican Party is a mafia organization and the mob boss is angry.
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Another day where the Trump admin continued to hide the Epstein files and the second strike boat video from the American people.
Maybe tomorrow.
Maybe tomorrow.
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Another day where the Trump admin continued to hide the Epstein files and the second strike boat video from the American people.
Maybe tomorrow.
Maybe tomorrow.
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A 19-year-old college student living in the U.S. since age 7, deported on her way home to surprise her family.
Meanwhile, Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker who brought 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
This isn't making America safer, these cruel deportations are just racist cruelty.
Meanwhile, Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker who brought 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
This isn't making America safer, these cruel deportations are just racist cruelty.
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A 19-year-old college student living in the U.S. since age 7, deported on her way home to surprise her family.
Meanwhile, Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker who brought 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
This isn't making America safer, these cruel deportations are just racist cruelty.
Meanwhile, Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker who brought 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
This isn't making America safer, these cruel deportations are just racist cruelty.
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SOLIDARITY! Today labor is holding a global day of action to show solidarity for the Starbucks baristas ULP strike. Farm workers are proud to support with these brave @sbworkersunited workers who have been fighting for a fair union contract for almost 4 years.
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
SOLIDARITY! Today labor is holding a global day of action to show solidarity for the Starbucks baristas ULP strike. Farm workers are proud to support with these brave @sbworkersunited workers who have been fighting for a fair union contract for almost 4 years.
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career 👇
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career 👇
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December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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HUGE NEWS: the Protect America’s Workforce Act, our bill to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers, is getting a vote in the House THIS WEEK!
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
HUGE NEWS: the Protect America’s Workforce Act, our bill to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers, is getting a vote in the House THIS WEEK!
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
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Conservative George Will slams Hegseth and the Trump regime with an op-ed entitled "A sickening moral slum of an administration" 👇
Read more here: https://bit.ly/48vEWel
#ResistTrump
Read more here: https://bit.ly/48vEWel
#ResistTrump
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Conservative George Will slams Hegseth and the Trump regime with an op-ed entitled "A sickening moral slum of an administration" 👇
Read more here: https://bit.ly/48vEWel
#ResistTrump
Read more here: https://bit.ly/48vEWel
#ResistTrump
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More great news for the resistance that’s terrible for Trump
Senator Murphy Slams Trump Hard Over Fake Ukraine Peace Plan, Dems Score Two Major Election Wins, Doctors Rally Against ICE Abuses, and Kimmel Humiliates MAGA With Contract Extension
More great news for the resistance that’s terrible for Trump
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
More great news for the resistance that’s terrible for Trump
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Russia is the aggressor state. It must pay for the damage it has done to Ukraine.
Russian assets are themselves stolen wealth. Using the proceeds of Russian theft to secure loans to Ukraine is basic justice.
De Weber is a mendacious and immoral operative of aggressor Russia.
Russian assets are themselves stolen wealth. Using the proceeds of Russian theft to secure loans to Ukraine is basic justice.
De Weber is a mendacious and immoral operative of aggressor Russia.
❗️Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever called the European Commission's proposal to use frozen Russian assets to provide Ukraine with a reparations loan “theft,” reports VRT NWS.
“There are certainly better solutions than stealing the Russian central bank’s money. This is a radical step.
“There are certainly better solutions than stealing the Russian central bank’s money. This is a radical step.
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Russia is the aggressor state. It must pay for the damage it has done to Ukraine.
Russian assets are themselves stolen wealth. Using the proceeds of Russian theft to secure loans to Ukraine is basic justice.
De Weber is a mendacious and immoral operative of aggressor Russia.
Russian assets are themselves stolen wealth. Using the proceeds of Russian theft to secure loans to Ukraine is basic justice.
De Weber is a mendacious and immoral operative of aggressor Russia.
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Any strategic or military asset of the russian terrorist state, anywhere in the world, is a legitimate target and should be destroyed.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Any strategic or military asset of the russian terrorist state, anywhere in the world, is a legitimate target and should be destroyed.
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Ukrainian defenders have launched a massive drone swarm to wrest vengeance on the russian fascist invaders.
Red tracks are strike UAVs; blue are jet UAVs.
(map via DroneBomber)
Red tracks are strike UAVs; blue are jet UAVs.
(map via DroneBomber)
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ukrainian defenders have launched a massive drone swarm to wrest vengeance on the russian fascist invaders.
Red tracks are strike UAVs; blue are jet UAVs.
(map via DroneBomber)
Red tracks are strike UAVs; blue are jet UAVs.
(map via DroneBomber)
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The tourism and conference industry in the U.S. is dead. The World Cup hosted in the U.S. is dead.
No one in their right mind is going to travel to or invest in a country that goes out of its way to humiliate visitors.
No one in their right mind is going to travel to or invest in a country that goes out of its way to humiliate visitors.
The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country.
Yes, I said TOURISTS — not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry.
Yes, I said TOURISTS — not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The tourism and conference industry in the U.S. is dead. The World Cup hosted in the U.S. is dead.
No one in their right mind is going to travel to or invest in a country that goes out of its way to humiliate visitors.
No one in their right mind is going to travel to or invest in a country that goes out of its way to humiliate visitors.
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Come to the United States!
You will be harassed and intimidated by CBP goons. If you manage to cross the border you are liable to be arbitrarily detained and assaulted by ICE paramilitaries anywhere – especially if you’re not “racially pure.” No laws will protect you.
Welcome!
You will be harassed and intimidated by CBP goons. If you manage to cross the border you are liable to be arbitrarily detained and assaulted by ICE paramilitaries anywhere – especially if you’re not “racially pure.” No laws will protect you.
Welcome!
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Come to the United States!
You will be harassed and intimidated by CBP goons. If you manage to cross the border you are liable to be arbitrarily detained and assaulted by ICE paramilitaries anywhere – especially if you’re not “racially pure.” No laws will protect you.
Welcome!
You will be harassed and intimidated by CBP goons. If you manage to cross the border you are liable to be arbitrarily detained and assaulted by ICE paramilitaries anywhere – especially if you’re not “racially pure.” No laws will protect you.
Welcome!