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Reposted by Roger Blum, Families, Brazil , and 4 more

eliothiggins.bsky.social
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Roger Blum, Jennifer S. Hirsch, Jackie Goode

thegodpodcast.com
Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
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olgapatluyk.bsky.social
#BringKidsBack
Read this, please
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Can we skip to the part where drones are launched from office buildings and churches in Moscow?
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rogerblum.bsky.social
There have been efforts to persuade Canadians to visit USA recently, but there really isn’t anything that can counter stories like this. Honestly, why the FUCK would I want to set foot in a country where this is now routine?
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rogerblum.bsky.social
One thing everyone should know about LLMs is they like to make stuff up, so if you use one to write a news article or paper, you need to fact check EVERY single word. Either that or you’re fine with spewing nonsense.
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On X it was nonstop right wing narratives presented as ads.
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🇨🇦
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
A Ukrainian soldier describes what Russian captivity is like: being captured,starved,thrown into a barn with 🇺🇦civilians in occupied Nova Basan by the Russian occupiers.Wounded& left without medical help,he begged for death on the third day.🇺🇦Civilians shared their only food with him to keep him alive
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justinling.ca
A strong legal system can't be destroyed overnight. But between court-stacking, aggressive litigation, and outright intimidation, it is absolutely possible to overwhelm the checks-and-balances of the courts much more quickly than people seem to think.
…the independence of the judiciary depends on whether “the system comprises of judges with a strong sense of vocation. In this respect, a long socialization at the court is of huge importance, whether a trainee judge sees judges around him/her who have autonomous thinking, who make brave decisions in difficult cases, who can pass unpopular judgements, who stay away from all kinds of influences.”
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justinling.ca
Hybrid regimes like Hungary are a useful illustration of where America may be headed. While the judiciary, initially, served as an effective bulwark against Viktor Orbán, years and years of attacks, overt and psychological, proved pretty effective at neutralizing it. www.amnesty.eu/wp-content/u...
“Will there be a judge at Pécs to grant asylum to an asylum-seeker, if he/she is afraid that the Immigration Authority will go to the Constitutional Court?”
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rogerblum.bsky.social
To anyone worried that poll workers will erase the pencil X on your ballot: use invisible ink! That way they won’t know which ballots to tamper.

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jojofromjerz.bsky.social
“These fuckers couldn’t find the clit if it was gold-plated and Bob Costas did the play-by-play.

And now we ALL have to fucking endure this circle-jerking circus of fugly nepo babies and whiny man-children.”
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open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Tyranny of the Unfuckable.
Rejection doesn’t HAVE to turn you into a super-villain ya know?
open.substack.com
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kateinkharkiv.bsky.social
Local media reports that Russia killed Radyslav Yatsko in Kryvyi Rih. He was just 7 years old.

The family was on their way home when an explosion occurred. Little Radyslav was in the back seat behind his father, which is where the main impact struck.
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olgapatluyk.bsky.social
He feels impunity because he hears one of the leaders of the free world call him a "good guy."
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olgapatluyk.bsky.social
Yesterday, russians killed 9 children in Kryvyi Rih. They could live, laugh, play, and dream — but instead of children's laughter, now there is only pain.

The pro-Russian rhetoric of Trump and his entourage only fuels aggression. Every word of support for Putin is a green light for new attacks1/2
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davidhamer1951.bsky.social
Even the Conservative Party of Canada can’t stomach the kind of rhetoric that the 🍁gun cult has been using for years against a Polytechnique massacre survivor and gun control advocate.
For receipts, check out cultists’ tweets thrown up by searching Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights” (CCFR/)
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olgapatluyk.bsky.social
We must never let such hоrrors become ordinary. Every stоlen life is a wound that must never be fоrgotten. Russіа must stаnd triаl for every crіme, every tear, every lоst future.

Justice is not for sаle.
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Left:Russian lawyer Mikhail Barshchevsky:

"Latvian media is brainwashing the people,”Russia is going to attack us.'Do we need another impoverished region?We don't have the money to keep you. Where is your economy?Sprats?"

Right:Russian cities,Barshchevsky discusses "impoverished"Latvia
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canadianborder.bsky.social
Ontario, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon are the most educated parts of North America.
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www.politico.eu/article/save...
The Ukrainian teens who took on Putin’s gulag archipelago — and won
When Vlad and his friends realized the Kremlin would not return them home, they staged an open revolt.
www.politico.eu

Reposted by Roger Blum, David A. Welch, Mark Hallerberg , and 5 more

mark-carney.bsky.social
Elbows up, Canada.
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rogerblum.bsky.social
The liberation of Bilhorod Oblast has begun?
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rogerblum.bsky.social
This is what terrorists do.
glushko.bsky.social
Denys from Kharkiv @glushko.bsky.social · Mar 22
⚡️💥 Russian kamikaze drone hits a residential building in Kyiv. The overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital continues.

🎥 Kyiv info

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glushko.bsky.social
⚡️💥 Russian kamikaze drone hits a residential building in Kyiv. The overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital continues.

🎥 Kyiv info
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by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — Reposted by Roger Blum, Jo Littler

mjosaphd.bsky.social
Right now. Chicago.
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oksii33.ukr.monster
American government is literally do everything what their russian masters say
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Reposted by Roger Blum, Edmund Heery, Elizabeth Pisani , and 3 more

newseye.bsky.social
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.

So, best we share all the footage we can here!

This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.

🇹🇷 #Turkey
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olgapatluyk.bsky.social
#RussiaIsATerroristState
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olgapatluyk.bsky.social
Witkoff said Putin is a “good guy.” Good guy? The one who wipes out our cities, destroys lives, kills innocents?
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