Ariel J. Blocker
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Ariel J. Blocker
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MUST-LISTEN!!! AND, below is a MUST-READ article by a remarkable husband & wife team who have been reporting on how Putin’s attempted restoration of Stalinist rule in its full gory glory is enabled by and what does to people presently in or escaping from Russia.
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/s...
This is so outrageous, it borders on the absurd! He’s going to steal from the state for having tried to punish him for having sought violent to abolish the state! And, by state I mean, of course, the American tax payer.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he has final say on paying himself $230m for past investigations
President says government owes him ‘a lot of money’ for federal investigations during and after first term
www.theguardian.com
If this woman doesn’t have a nickname yet, I think we should try “Trump 3.0” on her! She clearly doesn’t understand that deporting legally settled people is actually illegal. That’s the point of having a country that truly supports the Rule of Law.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Deporting legally settled people is ‘broadly in line’ with Tory policy, says Badenoch’s office
Conservative leader’s spokesperson sets out plan to strip the right of indefinite leave to remain from people claiming benefits
www.theguardian.com
In Lyon last week at the festival Lumière (honouring the brothers who according to the French invented the moving image), I went to see The Grapes of Wrath by John Ford again just to remind myself what this might look like…. The difference is now it is induced by one man, not by an economic crisis.
This is going to get dire in weeks, not months!
This gets increasingly more depressing, as we yet to know more…!
"The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit created by Congress to help preserve historic buildings, said Tuesday that Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom would 'overwhelm the White House itself,' which is about 55,000 square feet..."

www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
Trump's Ballroom Will 'Overwhelm' White House, National Trust Warns
Preservationists fear for how Trump's planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom will sit alongside the White House itself, which is about 55,000 square feet.
www.huffpost.com
In the range of weirdo, but probably important news, we have also this from Dom:
Firefighters Rescue Kindergarteners In Kharkiv Drone Strike
VIDEO
www.rferl.org/a/33566832.h...
'Vile' Russian Attack On Ukraine Kills 7, Including 2 Children www.rferl.org/a/33566126.h...
The War of Sound

A audio report on how the Russia-Ukraine war sounds
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/T...
Ukraine strikes Russia with British Storm Shadow missiles

Kyiv says attack hit key plant manufacturing ‘gunpowder, explosives and rocket fuel’.

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...