Blue Texan
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Progressive TX activist. #StopColonialism #proDemocracy #proHumanRights Turning TX Blue Democrats in FB#Bluecrew#Peace Go Astros! 💙🌊🌬️
Turkey now produces and exports over 60% of drones in global markets. Israeli defense exports are in trouble.
The combined revenues of five #Turkish defense companies in the world's top 100 arms producers reached $10.1 billion in 2024, an 11 percent increase from the previous year, according to a report released Monday by @SIPRIorg. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/01/t...
Turkish defense industry revenues exceed $10 billion in SIPRI ranking - Turkish Minute
The combined revenues of five #Turkish defense companies in the world's top 100 arms producers reached $10.1 billion in 2024, an 11 percent increase from the previous year, according to a report released...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Turkey now produces and exports over 60% of drones in global markets. Israeli defense exports are in trouble.
It is about oil, not drugs
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Trump’s Boat Strikes Could Make the Cartel Problem Worse
The administration’s lethal strikes on suspected traffickers may compromise, not advance, America’s battle against cartels.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It is about oil, not drugs
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Truncated White House tour and fewer decorations for Christmas. #BeBest
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A pared-back White House Christmas — with a Trump Lego portrait
This year’s holiday display is cut in half because of construction.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Truncated White House tour and fewer decorations for Christmas. #BeBest
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December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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BREAKING: Former NATO Commander Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud - Trump Is Beholden To Putin, Not America
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BREAKING: Former NATO Commander Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud - Trump Is Beholden To Putin, Not America
In a stunning—and frankly, humiliating—moment on international television, a former NATO Commander made absolutely clear what so many in the global security community have been whispering for years: D...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: Former NATO Commander Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud - Trump Is Beholden To Putin, Not America
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Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages | The Verge share.google/tFiz2i2UJeJ7...
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages
Amazon data centers might be adding to a public health crisis in Morrow County, Oregon.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages | The Verge share.google/tFiz2i2UJeJ7...
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"As heavily armed and camouflage-clad Border Patrol agents crowded into the plaza outside the Japanese American museum...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
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Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
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Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
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December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"As heavily armed and camouflage-clad Border Patrol agents crowded into the plaza outside the Japanese American museum...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
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Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
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FEMA reinstates workers put on leave for criticizing the White House
FEMA reinstates workers put on leave for criticizing the White House
It's a potentially significant development for other federal workers who've been put on leave by the White House.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
FEMA reinstates workers put on leave for criticizing the White House
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, I hope
folks remember that:
1) It was the fruit of over a decade of planning and activism and
2) The boycotters endured 381 straight days — every morning, every evening, every weekend — of threats, harassment and sometimes bombings.
folks remember that:
1) It was the fruit of over a decade of planning and activism and
2) The boycotters endured 381 straight days — every morning, every evening, every weekend — of threats, harassment and sometimes bombings.
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Yes that is entirely the point.
Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.
Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.
Rates caps may mean more expensive parking, libraries and pools, mayors say
Councils might consider raising fees for things like pools, recreation centres and other community facilities, Wellington mayor Andrew Little says.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yes that is entirely the point.
Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.
Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.
Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing that Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike. Bradley ordered a follow-up strike to comply with Hegseth’s orders to leave no survivors. thehill.com/homenews/562...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thank you to all the volunteers! Rep. Aftyn Behn reported that more than 600 volunteers turned out and knocked on 13,000 doors. Let’s flip TN’s 7th District! And if you’ve got time, they still need help!
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running for Congress in TN-7 to feed kids, fix roads, and fund hospitals
✨LET'S FLIP THIS SEAT DEC. 2ND✨
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December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Highly trained Afghans who fought for America against the Taliban lost it all when they arrived in the U.S. and we're only offered low paying jobs, not work that used their language & other skills. #AfghanTragedy
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After service in CIA-trained unit, alleged National Guard shooter struggled to adapt in U.S.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the alleged National Guard shooter, was once a elite counterterrorism soldier in Afghanistan working alongside U.S. forces. But his life began to unravel as a refugee.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Highly trained Afghans who fought for America against the Taliban lost it all when they arrived in the U.S. and we're only offered low paying jobs, not work that used their language & other skills. #AfghanTragedy
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Jewish Rabbis are joining Zohran Mamdani’s transitional committee. #unity
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December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Jewish Rabbis are joining Zohran Mamdani’s transitional committee. #unity
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Blue color jobs in decline. To Dean Baker, a co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, tariffs have been largely to blame for the uncertainty and “overall weakness in demand” that has driven cautious hiring across blue-collar sectors. #TrumpRecession
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December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Blue color jobs in decline. To Dean Baker, a co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, tariffs have been largely to blame for the uncertainty and “overall weakness in demand” that has driven cautious hiring across blue-collar sectors. #TrumpRecession
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“There’s a 90% chance Trump wants to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, convicted for his role in a major drug trafficking enterprise, because he is connected to people like Peter Thiel & Marc Andreessen & the rest of the tech bro morons,” & ZEDEs per Chronicles Magazine
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“There’s a 90% chance Trump wants to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, convicted for his role in a major drug trafficking enterprise, because he is connected to people like Peter Thiel & Marc Andreessen & the rest of the tech bro morons,” & ZEDEs per Chronicles Magazine
#Syria Trump issued a new warning to Israel, urging its govt to avoid actions that could disrupt Syria’s political transition. His administration is “very satisfied” with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s efforts to stabilize the country as it approaches the 1-year anniversary of al-Assad’s ouster.
December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#Syria Trump issued a new warning to Israel, urging its govt to avoid actions that could disrupt Syria’s political transition. His administration is “very satisfied” with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s efforts to stabilize the country as it approaches the 1-year anniversary of al-Assad’s ouster.
#IsraelMustStop FM Antonio Tajani called on Israel to end settler violence after 3 Italian aid workers were attacked in the W Bank. "We were kicked and punched," & robbed said an aid worker, a 27-year-old, treated in a Jericho hospital. "Annexation is not possible, we are absolutely against it..."
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#IsraelMustStop FM Antonio Tajani called on Israel to end settler violence after 3 Italian aid workers were attacked in the W Bank. "We were kicked and punched," & robbed said an aid worker, a 27-year-old, treated in a Jericho hospital. "Annexation is not possible, we are absolutely against it..."
‘I have been defeated’: 100s of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem. Ir Amim, a Jerusalem-based NGO active in Batn al-Hawa, said 34 families, numbering some 175 people, face “imminent displacement and settler takeover of their homes.” #Israelseizures www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem
Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them
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December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
‘I have been defeated’: 100s of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem. Ir Amim, a Jerusalem-based NGO active in Batn al-Hawa, said 34 families, numbering some 175 people, face “imminent displacement and settler takeover of their homes.” #Israelseizures www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Israel is blocking milk for babies: Dr. Ahmad Al-Farra of Nasser Medical Complex warns that Gaza’s health system is collapsing, with over 85% of essential medicines gone & virtually no infant milk or formulas entering the Strip. In a video published by Translating Falasteen he shows 5 cans left.
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Israel is blocking milk for babies: Dr. Ahmad Al-Farra of Nasser Medical Complex warns that Gaza’s health system is collapsing, with over 85% of essential medicines gone & virtually no infant milk or formulas entering the Strip. In a video published by Translating Falasteen he shows 5 cans left.
Trump’s Cabinet is the wealthiest in U.S. history, with a combined net worth of $7.5 billion, according to Forbes. That’s more than double the $3.2 billion net worth of Trump’s first Cabinet and 64 times the combined wealth held by Biden’s Cabinet. #FewerOwnMore
#LetThemEatCake
#LetThemEatCake
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Trump’s Cabinet is the wealthiest in U.S. history, with a combined net worth of $7.5 billion, according to Forbes. That’s more than double the $3.2 billion net worth of Trump’s first Cabinet and 64 times the combined wealth held by Biden’s Cabinet. #FewerOwnMore
#LetThemEatCake
#LetThemEatCake
#USisOffOfTheRails
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms
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November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#USisOffOfTheRails
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...