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David Horsey, Seattle Times
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Rwanda and DRC sign a peace accord in the presence of Donald Trump in Washington. The event, however, is a perfect charade done to flatter Trump. In fact, fighting continues unabated.
Donald Trump et les présidents du Rwanda et de la RDC signent un accord de paix à Washington
« Cela va être un grand miracle », a déclaré le président américain, qui a vanté, jeudi, un accord « puissant et détaillé ». D’intenses combats font toujours rage dans l’est de la République démocrati...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Rwanda and DRC sign a peace accord in the presence of Donald Trump in Washington. The event, however, is a perfect charade done to flatter Trump. In fact, fighting continues unabated.
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I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
A member of the House Republican caucus said this.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
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The pipe bomb suspect getting arrested by this dumbshit iteration of the FBI after 5 years just proves even more that the people in power over the last few years cared so little about getting to the bottom of the attempted coup of January 6th and just wanted to move on and hope things worked out.
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The pipe bomb suspect getting arrested by this dumbshit iteration of the FBI after 5 years just proves even more that the people in power over the last few years cared so little about getting to the bottom of the attempted coup of January 6th and just wanted to move on and hope things worked out.
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killing the survivors after sinking a boat is the canonical example in the UCMJ manual of an unlawful killing
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
killing the survivors after sinking a boat is the canonical example in the UCMJ manual of an unlawful killing
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yeah, this is because he called for the trump administration to machine-gun protesters
Asked about Himes' comments about this video, Cotton says, "I didn't see anything disturbing about it."
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
yeah, this is because he called for the trump administration to machine-gun protesters
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Yeah it's pretty clear that Cotton was calling for the mass murder of Black people by the US military in that op ed. No other way to square these two.
This also really ought to put the entire “send in the troops” editorial episode in a much clearer context for everyone who decided the important takeaway was an “out of control” newsroom rather than y’know a sitting Senator calling for people to be shot in the street.
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yeah it's pretty clear that Cotton was calling for the mass murder of Black people by the US military in that op ed. No other way to square these two.
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This bloodthirsty, crazed assessment from Sen. Tom Cotton trying to excuse war crimes pairs nicely with all the denunciation of people who took issue with Cotton calling for no quarter against BLM protesters in 2020.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This bloodthirsty, crazed assessment from Sen. Tom Cotton trying to excuse war crimes pairs nicely with all the denunciation of people who took issue with Cotton calling for no quarter against BLM protesters in 2020.
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Re: Hegseth, Cotton, etc. I'm left going: what is wrong with you?
Against them: Centuries of philosophy and religion, prominent international treaties, the US military code of conduct, precedent set by prosecution of German and Japanese war crimes, basic human morality, and geopolitical strategy.
Against them: Centuries of philosophy and religion, prominent international treaties, the US military code of conduct, precedent set by prosecution of German and Japanese war crimes, basic human morality, and geopolitical strategy.
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Re: Hegseth, Cotton, etc. I'm left going: what is wrong with you?
Against them: Centuries of philosophy and religion, prominent international treaties, the US military code of conduct, precedent set by prosecution of German and Japanese war crimes, basic human morality, and geopolitical strategy.
Against them: Centuries of philosophy and religion, prominent international treaties, the US military code of conduct, precedent set by prosecution of German and Japanese war crimes, basic human morality, and geopolitical strategy.
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#GVerse #Veterans
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Press freedom in America is now weaker than in most sub Saharan African dictatorships
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Press freedom in America is now weaker than in most sub Saharan African dictatorships
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ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians.
Putins Helfer
Rücken Trump und sein Umfeld näher an Russland? Bedrohen Autokraten und Tech-Oligarchen die liberale Ordnung?
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May 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians.
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What Kash Patel, a Jan 6 suspect, didn't say
Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What Kash Patel, a Jan 6 suspect, didn't say
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#GVerse #BreakingNews Irony. In an insane moment, Kash Patel says "when you attack our nation's capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life. We will always refute it and combat it."
Except when you pardon 1,500 attackers.
These are unserious people.
Except when you pardon 1,500 attackers.
These are unserious people.
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#GVerse #BreakingNews Irony. In an insane moment, Kash Patel says "when you attack our nation's capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life. We will always refute it and combat it."
Except when you pardon 1,500 attackers.
These are unserious people.
Except when you pardon 1,500 attackers.
These are unserious people.
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The reason the judiciary functions is because judges understand that despite everyone being human beings who hold grudges and have stupid opinions and peccadilloes and flaws, there is a sense that you have to justify what you're doing on more than "because I say so."
This Court is undermining that.
This Court is undermining that.
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The reason the judiciary functions is because judges understand that despite everyone being human beings who hold grudges and have stupid opinions and peccadilloes and flaws, there is a sense that you have to justify what you're doing on more than "because I say so."
This Court is undermining that.
This Court is undermining that.
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It's not just liberal judges they're doing this to. They're doing this to plenty of conservative judges too; judges who actually spent weeks and weeks poring over the details and with their arms deep in the guts of thousands of pages of documents and days of testimony.
Those judges are pissed.
Those judges are pissed.
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's not just liberal judges they're doing this to. They're doing this to plenty of conservative judges too; judges who actually spent weeks and weeks poring over the details and with their arms deep in the guts of thousands of pages of documents and days of testimony.
Those judges are pissed.
Those judges are pissed.
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I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
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They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
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Chairman Fred Hampton! We will never forget you!
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Chairman Fred Hampton! We will never forget you!
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
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Don't forget how he threw trans folks under the bus
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Don't forget how he threw trans folks under the bus
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and of course him doing a photo op gleefully personally physically destroying the property of unhoused people
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
and of course him doing a photo op gleefully personally physically destroying the property of unhoused people
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This bill is just a carrot to give double continuing education credit to physicians to learn about perimenopause & menopause healthcare. It also requires insurers to cover appropriate care.
My low dosage hormone replacement brought my hip bone density up quickly. Everyone should know about options
My low dosage hormone replacement brought my hip bone density up quickly. Everyone should know about options
"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM