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What a vindictive, cruel, anti-human regime!

Ireland prepares additional aid package for Ukraine The Irish government has approved an additional aid package for Ukraine worth €100 million, which will be used to purchase non-lethal military equipment.

🇮🇪 Ireland prepares additional aid package for Ukraine

How DARE they treat the freely elected leader of an allied nation that way?! The world needs to witness this and object strongly and swiftly!

Russia has violated ceasefire 25 times since war started in 2014, Zelenskyy says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that mere “silence at the front” is not enough for real and lasting peace, as Russia, an aggressor country, has violated the ceasefire regime – introduced multip...

‼️ ‼️ Russia has violated ceasefire 25 times since war started in 2014, Zelenskyy says

Special forces showing it was possible to win in key battles at Hostomel airport & elsewhere at the all-out war's start

Ukraine remains the spearpoint in the fight against tyranny spreading world-wide

It fights smart⤵ and stands as a beacon for liberty seemingly against all three superpowers🔥 /1

Some US agencies tell workers not to reply to Musk's 'What did you do last week' email Officials at the FBI and State Department sent their staff emails telling them not to respond outside their chains of command, in a possible sign of tension between the president's allies and Elon Musk.

Multiple US agencies told employees not to respond immediately to a demand by Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week or be fired, as a chaotic campaign to cull the federal workforce pushes forward reut.rs/3XewdXW

This travesty is being done in the name of all Americans. He's making himself a dictator who is really just a mouthpiece for the world's richest oligarch, and entire nations will be made to suffer at their whims. If we don't stand for Ukraine, we don't stand for anything worthwhile.

Zelensky rejects Trump-led deal with US on minerals Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he blocked a Donald Trump-led deal that would give the US access to vast amounts of Ukrainian natural resources as it lacked "security guarantees" for K...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he blocked a Donald Trump-led deal that would give the US access to vast amounts of Ukrainian natural resources as it lacked "security guarantees" for Kyiv and "does not protect us"

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Speaks to his character. As if we didn't already know. 🙄

Governor Evers is being more than reasonable in what he's requesting here.

It was temporarily stayed this afternoon, and the judicial results will have sweeping ramifications for the entire world. Keep an eye on that one.

Trump orders pause to all federal grants and loans It's a sweeping decision that could disrupt education and health care programs, housing assistance, disaster relief and a host of other initiatives that depend on billions of federal dollars.

Confusion works in their favor, as do outdated and inaccurate reports. It's hard to keep up-to-date, but we need to do regular (perhaps daily but rarely hourly) check-ins on the big picture and careful inquiries before making decisions. Fuckery is moving apace.

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order All departments were affected, including the Office of HIV and AIDs, the Office of Infectious Disease and the Child Health and Immunization Division.

All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.

They are moving much more swiftly and boldly this time.

Inside the race for Greenland's mineral wealth The territory's untapped mineral wealth has caught the eye of both mining firms and Donald Trump.

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Hard as it is, we have to keep paying attention to authoritarians who are actively doing harm. We must honor our commitments to allies. Our good faith must not stop at our own borders.

When you see someone treating others with disrespect, expect them to turn on you eventually, too.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have plans in place to prevent the encirclement of the village of Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast by Russian troops, Viktor Trehubov, Khortytsia operational-strategic grouping spokesperson, said.

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Russia loses 1,500 soldiers over past day Russia’s losses in the war against Ukraine have surpassed 826,820 troops

💀 Russia loses 1,500 soldiers over past day

Chicago area folks, please consider this workshop led by a gifted and dedicated Ukrainian artist I met in Kenosha last year.

ukrainiannationalmuseum.org/motanka-work...

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White House asks Democratic members of federal privacy oversight board to quit The Trump administration has asked the three Democratic members of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent executive branch agency, to resign by end of day on Thursday or face termination, a source close to PCLOB said on Wednesday.

The Trump administration has asked the three Democratic members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent executive branch agency, to resign by end of day on Thursday or face termination, a source said reut.rs/3WqnVvK

Trump pardons two police officers convicted in murder of Black man in Washington Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned two police officers in Washington who were convicted in the 2020 murder of a 20-year-old Black man named Karon Hylton-Brown, the White House said.

US President Donald Trump pardoned two police officers in Washington who were convicted in the 2020 murder of a 20-year-old Black man named Karon Hylton-Brown, the White House said reut.rs/3PKvFEO

Trump campaign against diversity urges government employees to turn informer The Trump administration urged government employees to inform on each other and their departments in order to root out any attempts to hide diversity programs.

The Trump administration urged government employees to inform on each other and their departments in order to root out any attempts to hide diversity programs reut.rs/40IZlbJ

CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture Meteorologist Sam Kuffel criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture some likened to a Nazi salute at the Trump inauguration.

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I'm so glad, too, my friend! 💞

@miyakressin.bsky.social I was trying to reply to you, lol! I still haven't used this app much.

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