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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10m

The Founders counted on Congress being interested in protecting its own powers vis a vis the executive. They certainly didn't foresee a speaker like Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 3m

Waiting for Farage to stump up some Reform cash for Milei.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.

Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment

Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 11h

Satellite imagery confirms at least 6 fuel tanks were destroyed in the latest strike on the Feodosia oil depot, with likely damage to 3–4 more due to proximity to fire zones. This second Ukrainian drone attack brings the total number of destroyed or damaged tanks at the site to at least 17.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1h

No money for healthcare, no money for veterans, no money for farmers. But good news: Trump just doubled Argentina’s bailout to $40 billion.

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 1h

What RFK and Trump think, believe, and say about viruses, makes no difference to the viruses themselves. Viruses like measles, WILL infect you if you are not vaccinated. You will not like it and you will pass it on to your family.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10h

Sweden is tracking a Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine that entered the Baltic Sea yesterday. It was detected in the Kattegat Strait between Sweden and Denmark and is now being shadowed by Swedish jets and naval vessels. The submarine surfaced off the coast of France a few days ago.

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 1h

Unless the Greens, Labour, and the Lib Dems, have a cunning plan
We get Farage's version of post-Brexit Trussonomics.

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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 3h

The best way to defeat Reform is for millions of people to hear a version of this message:

"Farage's Brexit made you poorer. Don't let him do it again"

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 1h

What is it?

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 9h

The UK and Canada will join the EU in a plan to use part of the nearly $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank assets held by G7 nations to boost financial support for Ukraine. The mechanism would allow issuing loans without formally seizing the assets, securing long-term financing for Ukraine.

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 1h

NATO Official: Russia is Ramping Up Production of Equipment “of Sufficient Quality” for Combat Operations

Russia will be ready to go against NATO.

JUST A MATTER OF A YEAR OR TWO.

militarnyi.com/en/news/nato...

NATO Official: Russia is Ramping Up Production of Equipment “of Sufficient Quality” for Combat Operations - Militarnyi

According to NATO officials, the Russian economy and industry have adapted to the production of equipment of “sufficient quality” for use in combat.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 8h

⚡️Finland, Lithuania join PURL initiative to arm Ukraine; new aid announced.

Lithuania plans to contribute $30 million toward procuring weapons for Ukraine. Finland, meanwhile, has announced a new military aid package, with full details expected to be released later this week.

(10) Ukraine war latest update: Drone strike leaves Russian oil terminal in Crimea burning, 16 tanks damaged

Coverage of Russia's war against Ukraine with breaking news and front-line updates. Sixteen fuel tanks were damaged at the Morskoi Neftianoi Terminal in Russian-occupied Feodosia, Crimea, as a result ...

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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 10h

Sweden upgrades wartime shelters amid rising tensions with Russia

Since 2024, Sweden has invested around €7.7 million to upgrade its 64,000 shelters built during World War II and the Cold War.

www.euronews.com

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 4h

Where do babies come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn’t seem to know
Arwa Mahdawi

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Where do babies come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn’t seem to know | Arwa Mahdawi

Science tells us that foetuses develop in the uterus, rather than the placenta – but the US health secretary has a different take. Why are Republicans so clueless about women’s bodies, asks Arwa Mahda...

www.theguardian.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4h

COP must take environmental crime seriously on.ft.com/42G83Z0 | opinion

COP must take environmental crime seriously

The costs of inaction are stark, but prevention is a bargain

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1d

The fire at the oil terminal in the port of occupied Feodosia is still burning, according to new satellite imagery published by Radio Svoboda.

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 4h

Is NATO considering simultaneous crisis—Russia in Europe and China in the Pacific—as a realistic possibility? The purpose of such coordination would be to divide U.S. and European attention, weaken NATO’s deterrence posture, and create confusion in global response. Two years??

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

If you have tears to weep - shed them in mocking laughter.

It's all this monster deserves.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones appeal in Sandy Hook shooting case

The right-wing conspiracy theorist has not yet paid any of the more than $1b in damages he owes Sandy Hook families.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 4h

Witty.

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John Brailsford @derbyloco.bsky.social · 6h

Have you actually read any books?

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 4h

Mostly cobblers.

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Tokyo-Jon @tokyo-jon.bsky.social · 10h

This is true. One reason of many that almost all of my cash are in ETF T-Bills.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1d

More footage from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade shows Ukrainian forces repelling a large-scale Russian assault near Pokrovsk. Russian troops attempted to breach Ukrainian engineering barriers but were caught in a deadly crossfire and suffered heavy losses.

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