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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.ukr.monster · 1d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

"Release the Epstein files!"

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 19h

I didn't get a picture of the best sign I saw today, but I remember what it said:

Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.

#NoKings

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings

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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 15h

7 million No Kings protesters and the only arrests today that I read about were Trumpers in Myrtle Beach, SC and Wilkes-Barre, PA who showed up flashing their guns at people. But please tell us again about how today was going to be nationwide riots caused by violent left wing Antifa terrorists. 😂😂😂

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 15h

You forget that Russia retreated from around Kyiv, then Kharkiv, then Kherson. Russia is now on the brink of economic and military collapse - they'll have no choice but to retreat from all of Ukraine eventually. This will happen sooner than many expect. Ukraine is winning the war of attrition.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 15h

You forget that Russia retreated from around Kyiv, then Kharkiv, then Kherson. Russia is now on the brink of economic and military collapse - they'll have no choice but to retreat from all of Ukraine eventually. This will happen sooner than many expect. Ukraine is winning the war of attrition.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 22h

Mariam is out on bail. Here, she's hugging her daughter. 🥺

📷 Mo Se

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 19h

I agree. I think Ukraine will win sooner than many expect.

I remember when the Russian army retreated from around Kyiv, then Kharkiv and Kherson, many of these military experts were baffled. They'll be proven wrong again.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 19h

You're clueless, these systems were developed very rapidly. Ukraine now has a whole range of indigenously developed missiles, Neptune (many variants), Palyanitsa, and Flamingo, to mention just a few. All of which are used in combat and are in serial production.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 22h

Then you're not paying enough attention to what's actually happening in this war. Look at the data and how each side has evolved over the past four years. It's obvious that Ukraine is winning this war of attrition. Russia is on the brink of economic & military collapse, while Ukraine grows stronger.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

No Kings
Grand Rapids, MN

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Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings-Barcelona, Spain

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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings, Boise, Idaho

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 23h

It won't take 5-10 years for the few U.S. systems that matters to Ukraine though, those will be replaced much sooner. The truth is that the U.S. is *already* largely irrelevant for the outcome of this war. Ukraine and its allies (without the U.S.) will defeat Russia regardless.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

Europe & Ukraine are working to replace those with equal or better systems.

Europe must decouple itself *completely* from the U.S. - it is no longer a reliable ally and won't be for many decades ahead.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

> only the US has the necessary weapons tech, stockpiles and industrial capacity

No, this is an outdated view. Europe & Ukraine have ramped up their arms production by an order magnitude since the war began. Only a few U.S. systems with no alternative, e.g. Patriot, are still needed from the U.S.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

This is a provably false claim. Ukraine voted for independence from Russia with a 92% majority. Every single region had a majority, including Donbas and Crimea.

You're parroting Kremlin propaganda to justify Russia's illegal invasion of sovereign Ukraine.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Uk...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 2d

Allegations that former UK PM Boris Johnson received a bribe to prevent a peace deal between Ukraine & Russia are a fabrication. The claims are based on Russian disinformation campaigns that have been debunked by fact-checking organizations and official sources. www.stopfake.org/en/fake-bori...

Fake: Boris Johnson Was Paid to Pressure Kyiv Against Peace — The Guardian

The Guardian never published any report alleging that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson encouraged Kyiv to prolong the war with Russia in exchange for a «bribe.» The claim was entirely fabri...

www.stopfake.org

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IronMillMan @ironmillman.bsky.social · 2d

Allegations that former UK PM Boris Johnson received a bribe to prevent a peace deal between Ukraine & Russia are a fabrication. The claims are based on Russian disinformation campaigns that have been debunked by fact-checking organizations and official sources. www.stopfake.org/en/fake-bori...

Fake: Boris Johnson Was Paid to Pressure Kyiv Against Peace — The Guardian

The Guardian never published any report alleging that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson encouraged Kyiv to prolong the war with Russia in exchange for a «bribe.» The claim was entirely fabri...

www.stopfake.org

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 2d

... and there you go again denying the Ukrainian people their agency. Ukraine is a sovereign country defending itself against invasion. They refuse to live under Russian oppression.

You really need to stop parroting Kremlin propaganda and educate yourself about Ukraine, at least from 1991 forward.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 2d

Good riddance!

RIA Novosti is a Russian state media agitating for genocide of all Ukrainians:

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · Jul 30

Meanwhile in Russia: state media outlet RIA Novosti:

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