I want to post a new term. Collective Cognitive Decline. CCD. Due to severe lack of investment in education, a society can collapse, simply because of CCD.

Vote as if your life depends on it .. because it might ! .. (cartoon Dave Granlund) #politics #2026-mid-terms

Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.

This is demonstrably false. A blatant lie. Not even a hint of truth. Can we not sue them for this shit?!? This frustrates me so much.

From President Zelensky's official telegram account.

Hungary - one of the worst performing countries in the EU - should look a little closer to home, before worrying about how to “improve” others.

Then why are they down worldwide , especially in Europe . All EV manufacturers lost the tax credit but their sales aren’t falling . Why is telling the truth so difficult ? People hate Musk .

I haven't felt this much animosity towards the US since the Vietnam war (yes, I'm that old). Europe is on its own, not for the first time. But to think that the US regime would actively interfere with our democracy, I never thought I'd see that. 🇪🇺

Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.

Let’s get to the point. In the EU, you have more control over what you see online. ℹ️link.europa.eu/qCfg8p

Zelensky with balls of steel, visits the very frontline in Kupyansk: "Ukrainian forces are achieving real gains. Many Russians talked about Kupyansk, we see the result. I met our fighters, thanked every unit. Success strengthens our hand in diplomacy. Proud of our troops. Glory to Ukraine”

1,000% not worth the risk to travel to this authoritarian country now. Bringing a burner phone only solves part of the privacy invasion issue. The DNA and biometric scans; demand for relatives info, etc… (stating “I have no relatives” will likely flag a traveller as suspicious)…👋🏼Bye 🇺🇸 tourism.

They would never let me into this country if I weren't already here

I deleted all Meta accounts with Facebook and Instagram due to their non opt out of data tracking. They are tracking your political views, ss number, passport number, and so much more. They explicitly say they are giving it to the government and police. On the plus side... I am a lot happier.

Costco is the most prominent US company willing to publicly oppose President Donald Trump. And so far, it has paid no obvious price for its refusal to submit.

Commons Library (12/25) In 2024, around 15 asylum applicants for every 10,000 people resident in the UK. Across the EU27 there were 22 asylum applications for every 10k people. Cyprus had the largest number per 10,000 people (95),Greece (71), Ireland (35), Spain (34), Belgium and Luxembourg (33).

If ministers want to publish the assertion - "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world" - they should be able to say what they think that means I hope that demonstrably untrue claim will now be retired

"I don't want you to hang my portraits in your offices. Because a President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang pictures of your children instead. And before you make any decision, look into their eyes." – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine #IStandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦 🌻

Swiss “Le Temps” not pulling its punches on the FIFA ceremony (translation in Alt)

Not sure the US is even still part of the free world at this point, let alone the leader.

Global battery prices keep dropping despite higher raw material costs • Amid high competition battery prices decreased by ~8% in 2025 & could continue dropping in 2026 • Cheap batteries support deployment of storage systems to backstop intermittent solar/wind power www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Since late 2022 Russia's battlefield advances in Ukraine have remained slow • Over past three years Russia has captured only an additional 1.45% of Ukraine’s land • Russia’s advance also comes at enormous cost, with 1-1.35m Russian soldiers killed or wounded so far www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Here's why the measles outbreak just took a dangerous new turn: the U.S. is about to lose its measles elimination status under RFK Jr.'s leadership. www.axios.com/2025/12/09/m... via @herbscribner.bsky.social @axios.com

Every last ICE/J6er Agent needs to be charged, convicted then deported. They do not belong in America, they're the threat. I'm glad he spoke out. Nobody deserves that except the entire cabinet & they're lying prop spoxes. www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...

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Putin claims Ukrainians welcome Russian troops, but massive documented footage shows otherwise.

trump wants to get rid of a dictator, so why doesn't he try and get rid of Putin, to change the outcome of the terror Putin is inflicted in Ukraine, Putin has oil also that trump can steal, trump needs to be impeached

US Threatens ICC With More Sanctions to Prevent Future Prosecution of Trump: Report www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...

Nothing screams deserving of a peace prize more than threatening the international criminal court not to investigate him and his cronies for war crimes! 🤦‍♀️

US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump Trump wants International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate him and his top officials #TrumpWarCrimes www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Everyone hates America these days except Russia, because America hates everyone but Putin.

📸🇩🇪 Der Spiegel's new cover Two villains, one goal. How Trump and Putin are attacking Europe.

The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.

🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 Merz: Any negotiated solution needs to preserve European security interests. It must not come at the expense of the unity of the EU and NATO. No peace must be made without us being involved.

❗️NATO Secretary General Rutte: "We must be prepared for the scale of war that our grandfathers and great-grandfathers experienced."

Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."

No way should FIFA hold any world cup events in the USA. Canada and Mexico should re-arrange.

ICE agent: Go for the people with the phones

This should be the headline in newspapers across the globe. Padilla's mistreatment is just a footnote. But yet again the Democrats and press choose to ignore this coup declaration, so we can carry on stumbling along the road to a totalitarian state.

She is talking about ELECTED leaders. The people chose them. The people don’t need to be liberated. She wants to conquer them.

She has NO such authority. Stand your ground, California.

So she just admitted that ICE isn't there to deport, it's there to overthrow a state government.