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Active daily since 2009,
+ 2.4M audience on FB, IG & Threads
® by Huddled Masses Media, Seattle
https://linktr.ee/beingliberal
"Big public companies have mostly treated President Donald Trump with kid gloves during his second term. They’ve quietly avoided conflict while seeking favor with ornate gifts, large donations to his pet projects and strategic deployments of CEOs to the Oval Office," write David Goldman and Matt Ega
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Big public companies have mostly treated President Donald Trump with kid gloves during his second term. They’ve quietly avoided conflict while seeking favor with ornate gifts, large donations to his pet projects and strategic deployments of CEOs to the Oval Office," write David Goldman and Matt Ega
The United States is carrying out strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and has positioned military assets that could potentially support an invasion of Venezuela.
It remains unclear whether the Trump administration is considering such a move.
on.cfr.org/49VzjHo
It remains unclear whether the Trump administration is considering such a move.
on.cfr.org/49VzjHo
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The United States is carrying out strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and has positioned military assets that could potentially support an invasion of Venezuela.
It remains unclear whether the Trump administration is considering such a move.
on.cfr.org/49VzjHo
It remains unclear whether the Trump administration is considering such a move.
on.cfr.org/49VzjHo
🤣 Weirdly accurate 💯
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
🤣 Weirdly accurate 💯
The US and Ukraine have agreed on a new 20-point peace deal
Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The US and Ukraine have agreed on a new 20-point peace deal
Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
We need more popcorn...
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
We need more popcorn...
Russia’s shadow fleet is already destabilizing European countries, and these vessels may eventually “provide a launch point for offensive operations in Europe,”
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December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Russia’s shadow fleet is already destabilizing European countries, and these vessels may eventually “provide a launch point for offensive operations in Europe,”
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FRONTLINE and The Associated Press’ documentary "2000 Meters to Andriivka" has been nominated for a 2025 Gotham Film Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film offers a stunning and immersive portrayal of the Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines of the war. to.pbs.org/4ruCQmp
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press’ documentary "2000 Meters to Andriivka" has been nominated for a 2025 Gotham Film Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film offers a stunning and immersive portrayal of the Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines of the war. to.pbs.org/4ruCQmp
The Trump/GOP math doesn’t math! Trump/GOP pay for their $ handouts to billionaires by making everything unaffordable for Americans! 22 million Americans will have their health care premium costs skyrocket through the roof as of January 1st due to Trump/Republicans refuse to extend ACA tax credits!
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The Trump/GOP math doesn’t math! Trump/GOP pay for their $ handouts to billionaires by making everything unaffordable for Americans! 22 million Americans will have their health care premium costs skyrocket through the roof as of January 1st due to Trump/Republicans refuse to extend ACA tax credits!
I stand with Mark Kelly. You?
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I stand with Mark Kelly. You?
The City of El Paso has requested an exemption regarding the Texas Department of Transportation's new state mandate to remove any markings, signs on political ideologies. bit.ly/48IFhu6
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The City of El Paso has requested an exemption regarding the Texas Department of Transportation's new state mandate to remove any markings, signs on political ideologies. bit.ly/48IFhu6
Women across LinkedIn have been changing their gender settings to see how their posts fare on the platform if they pretend to be men. belib.org/womens-healt...
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Women across LinkedIn have been changing their gender settings to see how their posts fare on the platform if they pretend to be men. belib.org/womens-healt...
Just WTF? 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏼 U.S. Attorney Jay R. Comb announced that Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, of Argyle, have been charged with conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country and production of child pornography. MORE: belib.org/texas-men-haiti
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just WTF? 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏼 U.S. Attorney Jay R. Comb announced that Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, of Argyle, have been charged with conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country and production of child pornography. MORE: belib.org/texas-men-haiti
“Putin has given no indication that he is moving away from absolutist aims,” - former Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba. “It is therefore impossible for Trump to push Ukraine into making an unfavorable deal that it does not think Russia will honor.” belib.org/Ukraine-Peace
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Putin has given no indication that he is moving away from absolutist aims,” - former Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba. “It is therefore impossible for Trump to push Ukraine into making an unfavorable deal that it does not think Russia will honor.” belib.org/Ukraine-Peace
• Approximately 1.2 million people in the US have HIV.
• About 13 percent of them don’t know it and need testing.
• In 2022 (the most recent year for which data are available), an estimated 31,800 people in the US acquired HIV.
This administration's 2026 budget eliminates HIV prevention in the US
• About 13 percent of them don’t know it and need testing.
• In 2022 (the most recent year for which data are available), an estimated 31,800 people in the US acquired HIV.
This administration's 2026 budget eliminates HIV prevention in the US
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
• Approximately 1.2 million people in the US have HIV.
• About 13 percent of them don’t know it and need testing.
• In 2022 (the most recent year for which data are available), an estimated 31,800 people in the US acquired HIV.
This administration's 2026 budget eliminates HIV prevention in the US
• About 13 percent of them don’t know it and need testing.
• In 2022 (the most recent year for which data are available), an estimated 31,800 people in the US acquired HIV.
This administration's 2026 budget eliminates HIV prevention in the US
Where they always like this? Or Trump in some way, catalyzed their transformation to the worst of themselves?
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Where they always like this? Or Trump in some way, catalyzed their transformation to the worst of themselves?
Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Where is 007 when we need him?
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it. jacobin.com/2025/11/pete...
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it. jacobin.com/2025/11/pete...
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Where is 007 when we need him?
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it. jacobin.com/2025/11/pete...
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it. jacobin.com/2025/11/pete...
There are two Americas. Which one you choose? Ours, or that of "family values"?
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
There are two Americas. Which one you choose? Ours, or that of "family values"?
Cruelty is the point.
"They don’t give a damn about legitimacy"
The leading historian of conflict says the atrocities in Ukraine are rooted in a uniquely brutal mindset that can be traced back centuries
Read the full interview ⬇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
"They don’t give a damn about legitimacy"
The leading historian of conflict says the atrocities in Ukraine are rooted in a uniquely brutal mindset that can be traced back centuries
Read the full interview ⬇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Cruelty is the point.
"They don’t give a damn about legitimacy"
The leading historian of conflict says the atrocities in Ukraine are rooted in a uniquely brutal mindset that can be traced back centuries
Read the full interview ⬇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
"They don’t give a damn about legitimacy"
The leading historian of conflict says the atrocities in Ukraine are rooted in a uniquely brutal mindset that can be traced back centuries
Read the full interview ⬇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
Factchecking the essential point (per‑capita comparison): Correct.
The US has a homicide rate several times higher than most other rich countries, so it is entirely plausible that ~330M Americans generate as many murders as 2.3B people in mostly low‑crime countries.
www.perplexity.ai/search/sourc...
The US has a homicide rate several times higher than most other rich countries, so it is entirely plausible that ~330M Americans generate as many murders as 2.3B people in mostly low‑crime countries.
www.perplexity.ai/search/sourc...
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Factchecking the essential point (per‑capita comparison): Correct.
The US has a homicide rate several times higher than most other rich countries, so it is entirely plausible that ~330M Americans generate as many murders as 2.3B people in mostly low‑crime countries.
www.perplexity.ai/search/sourc...
The US has a homicide rate several times higher than most other rich countries, so it is entirely plausible that ~330M Americans generate as many murders as 2.3B people in mostly low‑crime countries.
www.perplexity.ai/search/sourc...
BOOM! The 100,000 signatures threshold was passed for this petition. Why this should be of interest for non-British citizens? Russia has influenced every single democratic process in Europe AND in America. In the absence of functional government in the US, there is a chance that UK will expose Putin
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
BOOM! The 100,000 signatures threshold was passed for this petition. Why this should be of interest for non-British citizens? Russia has influenced every single democratic process in Europe AND in America. In the absence of functional government in the US, there is a chance that UK will expose Putin
"We can’t sell out our democracy to the loudest foreign MAGA accounts."
- Timothy Snyder - a Yale historian specializing in Eastern Europe, authoritarianism, and modern tyranny, known for books "Bloodlands" and "On Tyranny."
- Timothy Snyder - a Yale historian specializing in Eastern Europe, authoritarianism, and modern tyranny, known for books "Bloodlands" and "On Tyranny."
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"We can’t sell out our democracy to the loudest foreign MAGA accounts."
- Timothy Snyder - a Yale historian specializing in Eastern Europe, authoritarianism, and modern tyranny, known for books "Bloodlands" and "On Tyranny."
- Timothy Snyder - a Yale historian specializing in Eastern Europe, authoritarianism, and modern tyranny, known for books "Bloodlands" and "On Tyranny."
The top image is Ilya Repin’s legendary painting “Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV.” Painted in the late 1800s, it captures the chaotic, joyful defiance of the Cossacks as they supposedly drafted an outrageously vulgar reply to the Ottoman Sultan’s demand for their surrender.
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The top image is Ilya Repin’s legendary painting “Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV.” Painted in the late 1800s, it captures the chaotic, joyful defiance of the Cossacks as they supposedly drafted an outrageously vulgar reply to the Ottoman Sultan’s demand for their surrender.