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From saviour to Judas… How Trump’s pivot on Russia also endangers his own country | Simon Tisdall With a Putin-appeasing president at the helm, it is clear the transatlantic alliance is collapsing and European leaders must plot their own course

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We refuse to let the oligarchs win and control us, and I feel a sea change (link to full video in reply)

Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whose access to Treasury payment systems was approved by a judge, has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism a...

Real shocker here. The 25 year old rooting around in the code of the US government's payment system likes to post things like "Normalize Indian hate."

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Wow. All this fuss and cruelty over “fewer than 10 transgender athletes” of a total of “510,000 competing at schools across all three divisions."

The artist, David Cohen is an Asheville-based artist/musician and resident of over forty years. His cartoon work spans various subjects ranging from local issues based in Asheville to more national political events and even to one-off, word-play-oriented jokes. ❤️ Give credit to artists when you can.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty At least some of these nonpolitical employees have begun packing up their belongings since being asked about their loyalty to President-elect Trump, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matt...

The purge has begun. AP reports that senior Trump officials are questioning career staff at the WH National Security Council about who they voted for in 2024, their political donations, and social media posts that might upset Donald Trump’s team.
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BREAKING:

President Biden says a ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is imminent:
“We’re on the brink of a proposal that I laid out in detail months ago finally coming to fruition…We’re working urgently to close this deal.”

Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.

Solid coverage from @brianstelter.bsky.social : www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...

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Merchan subtweets John Roberts ahead of Trump's sentencing The chief justice thinks intimidating judges is bad — some of the time.

"It’s impossible to read Merchan’s 'complete agreement with Chief Justice Roberts's views' about harassment as a defense strategy as anything other than a subtweet of the person who has done the most to empower Trump, the greatest intimidator of the American judiciary in history."

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Now do Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard & Kash Patel.

Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection

Dear Kristen Weller and all other press, when they say we deleted evidence, refer them to this…. It’s all the evidence:

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The fact that the vice president-elect posted this himself is, um, alarming. Especially given his views about the proper roles for women in our society.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin

The Senate Exists for a Reason These four Trump picks should be stopped.

Four of Donald Trump’s nominees are especially dangerous to the security of the United States and to the well-being of its people, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily. “The Senate must turn back these nominations, and do so en bloc.”

Leppard's clients testified to the House that they submitted sworn statements to the FBI and Justice Department investigators, and appeared before a grand jury as part of the federal investigation into Matt Gaetz.

Peaceful, thanks for sharing.

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