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Who could have foreseen this except anyone

"Recent studies and lived experience [have shown] what our elders have always known-the harm is deeper, broader, and longer lasting than what the world once believed."

📣 Calling all #Democracy champions across the #PacificIslands! 🌏 Do you believe #DemocracyNeedsWomen? Then join us! I'm seeking: ✅ Paid #consultants & #contractors ✅ Volunteer experts & academics ✅ Local NGOs & CSOs for partnerships Submit your #ExpressionOfInterest👇 forms.gle/PX6s7LNQq3Rf...

Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.

I was very sorry to hear of Premier Suidani's passing. He was a phenomenal partner while I worked on a #USAID program strengthening community input in #SolomonIslands. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and the community he loved.

This is why more than 7 million people who consider themselves Republican, Democrat, and everything in between turned out for the #NoKings protest on Saturday.

Pacific officials criticise New Zealand's weaker methane targets

Bougainville president sworn in after landslide re-election, announces caretaker government

None of this is done “reluctantly.” All of this is deliberate. No one - and I mean no one - should feel sorry for anyone driving mass firings and chaos.

The is currently the front page of hud dot gov #hatchact

President Trump spent $15 billion in taxpayer dollars to lose 200,000+ federal jobs and millions of combined years of experience. We lit up Washington, D.C. to expose the Trump-Vance administration’s reckless dismantling of the federal government.

This isn’t just about Democrats blocking Republicans. It’s about our elected leaders, regardless of power, standing up for democracy, the rule of law, and the pose of the voters themselves.

Through many of his actions, Trump is siding with and thereby promoting strongman politics in a continent with a dismal and not terribly remote history of this kind of rule, columnist @hofrench.bsky.social writes.

“In the job as national security adviser, I really felt, maybe naively, that I didn’t have to be a partisan political person; I just had to get the president best advice,” H.R. McMaster tells Jeffrey Goldberg at #TAF25. Watch here: bit.ly/46a5DUE

Nothing about us without us. We're at today's House Oversight Committee hearing about DC to make it clear DC communities don't want Congress's interference in our judges, prosecutions, sentencing, or police. They can't talk about our communities without expecting to hear from our communities.

"2024 was the ninth year in a row with more democratic declines than advances—the longest such stretch since 1975." Global State of #Democracy Report 2025 is now out. #USA "lies at the ‘cusp of #autocracy’". "US domestic political institutions have...lost much of their symbolic sheen."

Democracy means believing in each other. It’s deciding together what kind of society we want. On this #DemocracyDay, let’s put “we” back at the centre. We can do it — if we dare. www.coe.int/en/web/new-d...

In just a few days, you’ve really filled up the map of No Kings Day events for October 18! Find a peaceful protest near you (or start one if you don’t see any local options) for our next nationwide day of defiance: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Trump links Wisconsin storm relief to electoral results. Trump also lost Wisconsin to Joe Biden in 2020.

Solomon Islands becomes first in Pacific to remove tax on period products

A senator from Guam pushes for nuclear accountability for the Marshall Islands at an international summit, highlighting regional concerns.

Why do reputable news orgs keep reporting these things like this? He’s essentially writing memos to states and calling them Executive Orders. Please stop writing stories about them any other way.

In response to this existential threat, Tuvalu signed the Falepili Union with Australia in late 2023. While this treaty offers important benefits, including a special visa pathway to Australia, its unprecedented nature raises critical questions about how it will be implemented.

Saving children with severe acute malnutrition is simple and inexpensive: A complete six-week treatment for a severely malnourished child runs to less than $45. The dismantling of USAID has left thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying. nyti.ms/3Jn6SqA

Multiple National Guard vehicles at the Lincoln Memorial which is not a problem area for crime

Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers. Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.

President Trump told European leaders after his meeting with President Putin of Russia on Friday that he supported a plan to end the war in Ukraine by ceding territory to the Russian invaders, rather than try for a cease-fire. It's a reversal of what Trump seemed to agree to with European allies.

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Finally, DC officials are fighting back

Washington, D.C., challenged President Trump’s takeover of its police department in court, hours after his administration stepped up its crackdown on policing by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.

Yet another "are we the baddies?" moment for the USA

President Trump cited a number of false and misleading claims about crime in Washington, D.C., as he announced a federal takeover of the city. Here's a fact check.

👏👏👏 Last Trivia Question for #InternationalYouthDay: When did the world first honor the vital role of #youngpeople in #democracy? Hint: the holiday would be considered a "youth" itself! 🌏 #pacificislands #youth #YouthDay #12August #micronesia #marshallislands #kiribati #palau #nauru

Here's another trivia question 🤓 for you on #InternationalYouthDay: Which Pacific Island country is the "youngest" - meaning with the highest population? 1) #Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 2) #Vanuatu 🇻🇺 3) #Kiribati 🇰🇮 4) #Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 5) #Samoa 🇼🇸 #PacificIslands #YouthDay #12August

On this #InternationalYouthDay can you guess which of the Pacific Islands countries has the most youth? 1) Fiji 2) Vanuatu 3) Papua New Guinea 4) Nauru #YouthDay #PacificIslands #PacificIslandsYouth #12August #Samoa #Tonga #Tuvalu #Polynesia

👏👏👏 Last Trivia Question for #InternationalYouthDay: When did the world first honor the vital role of #youngpeople in #democracy? Hint: the holiday would be considered a "youth" itself! 🌏 #pacificislands #youth #YouthDay #12August #micronesia #marshallislands #kiribati #palau #nauru

Here's another trivia question 🤓 for you on #InternationalYouthDay: Which Pacific Island country is the "youngest" - meaning with the highest population? 1) #Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 2) #Vanuatu 🇻🇺 3) #Kiribati 🇰🇮 4) #Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 5) #Samoa 🇼🇸 #PacificIslands #YouthDay #12August

On this #InternationalYouthDay can you guess which of the Pacific Islands countries has the most youth? 1) Fiji 2) Vanuatu 3) Papua New Guinea 4) Nauru #YouthDay #PacificIslands #PacificIslandsYouth #12August #Samoa #Tonga #Tuvalu #Polynesia

🥳 Happy #InternationalYouthDay! 🎉 #PacificIslands friends: Tag me on any interesting things you're doing to support this year's theme, "Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond" and I'll amplify your work! #YouthDay #12August #PacificIslandsYouth #Fiji #Vanuatu #SolomonIslands #PapuaNewGuinea

Folks: Stop saying that the Metropolitan Police Dept. is under "federal control." The Home Rule Act allows the president to declare an emergency and make requests of the Mayor for MPD services. Chief of Police Smith continues to report to Mayor Bowser. code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/counci...

As Trump calls the National Guard into DC for a fake emergency, let's remember that he waited 187 minutes to do it when there was a real emergency.

She wasn’t just Epstein’s recruiter—she abused us. She threatened my family. And now they want to treat her like she’s trustworthy? She’s already been charged with perjury. It’s not just wrong—it’s sickening.” —Annie Farmer, Epstein survivor on Ghislaine Maxwell

The weirdest thing about Trump deploying the National Guard to the Nation's Capital is that he still hasn't released the Epstein files despite campaigning on that pledge, probably because he's directly complicit in a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.

donald is meeting with Putin this week. The Russian news agency posted this on November 11, 2024.

How would congressional & Electoral College maps change if people without legal status were excluded from census numbers that the 14th Amendment says must include the “whole number of persons in each state”? It's hard to predict. Immigration is changing. The reapportionment formula is complicated..

Today, on #IndigenousDay, we honour the deep, enduring knowledge and connection Indigenous communities hold with the ocean- including the deep sea. Their knowledge is essential to understanding and protecting Earth’s final frontier. deep-sea-conservation.org/explore/know...

In 2024, Trump Shared a Tucker Carlson Clip Calling Epstein’s Death a ‘Murder’ Now his administration says it was suicide meidasnews.com/news/in-2024...