“This is going to be the first family of a president to make a lot of money off war — a war (Trump) didn’t get the consent of Congress for.” apnews.com/article/trum...

Imagine voluntarily joining the military right now.

Paxton was impeached on 20 articles of corruption by his own party. Acquitted by a Senate where his WIFE voted. Now running for US Senate. The accountability gap isn't broken. It's the feature. #resist

To mark International Fact-Checking Day, a reminder that the world’s largest database of pro-Kremlin disinformation is publicly available. Since 2015, EUvsDisinfo has documented nearly 20,000 cases exposing the Kremlin’s lies and information manipulation. euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformati...

Jameela Jamil diagnoses how self-righteousness isn't the strategy that beats fascism. Forego the cheap shots against allies and work towards something strong enough to defeat them. ✊🏼

US frontline medic in Ukraine: Nato not ready for Russia war youtu.be/sQdDtZQnYEM?...

Honestly, I think the US became a failed state when they decided guns were more important than their own children and we’re just watching the end.

He is repeating every foreign and domestic policy mistake the US has made over the last five decades, but he's doing it with a gracelessness, cluelessness, and corruption that has no precedent.

And unlike previous administrations, there seems to be no awareness of, let alone and attempt to learn from, mistakes of past administrations. If you sack or sideline all the people who have expertise or institutional memory, and hire because of nepotism or flattery, this is where you end up.

🧵...If we listen to Mark Rutte and do nothing because "there is no alternative to NATO" (Rutte) and "there is no NATO without the US" (Kallas) we are leaving ourselves as sitting ducks when Russia eventually invades and the US does not defend us. To save itself, Europe's NATO delusion must end.

Congratulations for siding with more brutal dictatorships and autocracies than before the idiotic unprovoked Iran war, the US officially is no longer the beacon on the hill or defending freedom and democracy.

So we’re at the stage where argumentatively the US is losing against a radical religious regime of fanatics? Congratulations GOP, this is ENTIRELY on you. ALL OF IT!

In light of recent reports about Hungary's collusion with the enemy of Europe, it is concerning that Armin Papperger, the CEO of Rheinmetall, has decided to open multiple military factories in Hungary to equip NATO for war against that same enemy. hungarytoday.hu/rheinmetall-...

Die eigentliche Botschaft der Ansprache: Trump ist hochnervös wegen der Umfragewerte und der Märkte. Er weiß, dass er irgendetwas tun muss. Aber er hat keinerlei Plan. Deshalb blinkt er wild in alle Richtungen. Keine Aussage hat irgendeinen Wert.

There have only been few other political leaders in history talking about a whole ethnic or religious group like this.

Utahans: 75% of us think Bears Ears and Staircase should be left alone Also Utahans: we reelected the guy central to opposing Bears Ears with 53% of the vote (and the petroglyph trashing far right nut got 14% on a write in)

It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations. A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes. We are completely lost.

Trump just threatened a war crime on national TV. Every Senator and member of Congress who refuses to stop him is complicit.

Europe remains the last best up, the only remaining global anchor with the critical mass, for democracy, free trade, the rule of law and fairness. We cannot risk - under any circumstances - that for one man's attachment to the May-Johnson redlines

Conservative populists have a hard time in a country threatened by a neighboring conservative populist who has failed at nearly everything, on top of posing a threat to Canada. That makes sense

Should we be giving Republicans the benefit of the doubt by calling them ”cowardly”? They have been attacking our democracy and institutions for decades now. “Cowardly” is too generous a word and undeserved imo.

⚠️ Why I believe US democracy is being structurally undermined (case file) and it is a threat to world peace. - This is not emotion. - This is pattern recognition. - A short summary of what I see happening: 1️⃣ Elections are compromised

To absolutely no one's surprise. Entirely predictable. You cannot undo the damage. You’ve set this region on fire and you now need to extinguish it. Or be responsible for decades of terror attacks. But didn’t listen to anyone who told you this was a terrible idea. You knew better, like u always do.

This was a good and necessary law, but we need a constitutional amendment stating that withdrawal from or abrogation of _any_ ratified treaty requires the advice & consent of the Senate in the same terms as ratification.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

I didn't know that this was included in that voter suppression bill they've tried rebranding ...save act. Call Senators. Call them every damn day to save Democracy!

Looking at the tech oligarchs pouring money into Trump, it is crystal clear who they would have backed in the 1930s. They will gladly sell out democracy and side with authoritarianism to protect their wealth and monopolies

Funny how people still claim Ukraine is dramatically bolstering the numbers of Russian casualties to look better. That’s ONE cemetery.

@shaunpinner.bsky.socialShaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA at X #Russia threatens Baltic states escalation #Kremlin spokesman Dmitry #Peskov claims 🇱🇹 #Lithuania 🇱🇻 #Latvia & 🇪🇪 #Estonia are enabling Ukrainian UAV strikes via their airspace. Kyiv rejects this,stating Russian electronic warfare is 1 - 3👀 .

This is key!

🧵1/8 Let's discuss Stalin, Bibi, Trump & Putin. Stalin purged his military of it's best and ignored intel prior to Nazi Germany's planned invasion in 1941. Millions died. Bibi colluded with Hamas prior to 10/7 and paid bribes to their leaders. He also replaced intel pros with mediocre loyalists.

Marco Rubio says the US would need to reevaluate the Nato relationship after the conflict in Iran saying: “I do think we are going to have to re-examine whether or not this alliance that has served this country well for a while is still serving that purpose” - Europe also needs to reevaluate.

If the King goes on a state visit to the USA while Trump is still President, we’re in this kind of territory.

‘Raise our heads and resist’: how Europe’s civil society is fighting back against the far right

Child-Rapist Trump not only killed the new Ayatollahs father, he lost his wife and child in the attack. So many of Americas Federal Agents that kept us secure have been fired. If you don't think we're in real peril because of this Rapist-Felon you're not paying attention.

I love the party of small government overreaching to the point where they are suing states over their rights to govern their own school systems. #USDemocracy www.indy100.com/politics/tru...

Nevertheless, the EU's Article 42.7 is a base that can be built upon to create 🇪🇺 defence union. Cyprus, (holds rotating 🇪🇺Council presidency) is pushing for the EU to fully spell out when and how it can be triggered, and what mutual defence obligations come from that, within the next two months.

"Hungary is hardly a democracy at all. It’s an autocratic, kleptocratic mafia state, where all the levers of power are controlled behind the scenes by a single man." Excellent, highly recommended analysis of upcoming Hungarian election by my friend, David Baer. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

So this is what this is about? An exit strategy for NATO? A way to lie yourself out of your obligations, that you already said multiple times you wouldn’t know if you kept? Making NATO the scapegoat of your complete failure in this war isn’t even going to work with your own people. Everyone knows.

🤯 Footage from a new cemetery in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. It's about 400 km northwest of Mongolia.

One imagines headlines would be more screaming and Fox News host’s spittle would be flying, had this happened under a Democratic President, who wasn’t a convicted felon.

USA: we’re easing sanctions on Russia Ukraine: then we’re imposing sanctions on Russian oil export ports Saudi Arabia: hey Ukraine that was dope let’s cooperate Orban: zelenskyyyyyyy

Trump’s Rage Erupts Over War Failures as Pope’s Harsh Rebuke Hits Hard As Pope Leo criticizes Pete Hegseth’s war prayer and Trump’s threats toward Iran go haywire, a scholar of religion explains how Hegseth-Trump war crimes are rooted in extreme right-wing theology.

The Navajo Nation Council is right. The SAVE Act would make it harder for Native Americans and millions of others to vote. Voting is a right, not a privilege. I'll always stand with tribes to protect the right to vote.

Trump's America...Make this BS make sense..

Pure gold.

​Volodymyr and Olena Zelensky honored the memory of the Ukrainians killed by russian forces during the occupation of Bucha. ​When Bucha was liberated, the whole world finally saw the true face of russia. Mass graves filled with executed civilians, bodies of people shot on the streets and left

If I were Trump, I personally would fight like hell against the notion that you get the death penalty for lying. 🤥

No matter what Trump tells people, if this happens America would be handing a key choke point in the oil based economy to Iran-inexplicably both losing the war and elevating the world’s biggest sponsor of terrorism to an economic superpower It would be a disastrous outcome, all caused by Trump

Like Russia, the US expands psyops and information warfare on Musk's X. Don't fall for it. Don't get sucked into engaging with it. Encourage people to switch to Bluesky and other alternative platforms. Block accounts on Bluesky that appear to be US psyops and disinformation channels.