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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.

‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature

Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?

Reg: Fuck off! 'Judean People's Front'. We're the People's Front of Judea!.

Francis: Wankers.

Lmao

If Afonso Gonçalves is not at the top of the Chega list in the next five years, I'll eat my sock.

Crazy to think that the PSD government just gave them so much on a silver platter with regards to the lei dos estrangeiros and lei da nacionalidade in a naive attempt to "win back" Chega voters and Chega just responded by shifting in a more extreme direction.

Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.

Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges. The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.

Unfortunately, I don't think they really think in terms of these trade-offs. Their policy preferences are all in the domain of "culture" and "demographics" and that's it. Even if the economy crashed tomorrow, they won't reverse course.

Chega quer deportar mais de um milhão de imigrantes legais Em sede de OE2026, o Chega propõe Plano Nacional de Remigração, que poderá abranger imigrantes desempregados. A deputada Cristina Rodrigues é uma das responsáveis pela proposta.

Chega MP Cristina Rodrigues proposes an Identitarian-inspired "Remigration Plan" in the AR, to deport more than a million DOCUMENTED immigrants.

If you’re feeling like most of the major news orgs are failing, and the disc horse is stumbling, I can suggest this feed. Many very bright people, who have dedicated effort and time to understanding on the most important issues of the modern world.

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Trump's antisemitism envoy pick faces Senate hearing amid Democratic push to vote him down Chabad Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun Faced Rare Public Opposition From House Democrats, Who Called Him 'Partisan' and 'Unqualified'. In His Opening Statement, He Cited the 'Judeo-Christian Values' That Have Lo...

Trump's Controversial Antisemitism Envoy Pick Faces Senate Hearing After Democrats Urge Voting Him Down - U.S. News www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...

I think we should all just start saying “Quiet piggy” to Trump when he starts saying crazy things.

The answer's still "No"

Trump pardons Giuliani and others accused of plot to overturn 2020 election He also pardons his former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows in a proclamation vowing to "end a grave national injustice".

More pardons for insurrectionists

That was quick..

We can't vote Schumer out until 2028 but we can make him being the senate majority leader a litmus test for 2026 candidates. Every single Dem senate candidate should be forced to go on the record and state they will not vote for him as majority leader.

do you think it's possible the thing that connects voter preferences to politician behavior isn't quite working any more

Foreign Policy article on LinkedIn: "Trump should oust Maduro: Text: "If Trump can remove Maduro from power and install an enduring pro-US democracy in Latin America, then this will be a tremendous foreign-policy success for the United States, argued Matthew Koenig."

Counter-argument: No, he shouldn't.

O conceito de democracia no século XXI...

Foreign Policy article on LinkedIn: "Trump should oust Maduro: Text: "If Trump can remove Maduro from power and install an enduring pro-US democracy in Latin America, then this will be a tremendous foreign-policy success for the United States, argued Matthew Koenig."

Counter-argument: No, he shouldn't.

Nancy Pelosi announces retirement after decades in US Congress Pelosi made history as the first female Speaker and left an indelible mark on US politics.

... and her stock portfolio immediately fell 10% upon making the announcement /s

Yesterday in Chicago ICE abducted a preschool teacher.

The remembrance of Dick Cheney in certain anti-Trump circles is an important reminder that "anti-Trump" does NOT necessarily equal "pro-liberal democracy".

Municipales 2026 : à Bourg-en-Bresse, un cadre de Reconquête choisi pour conduire une alliance de la droite et de l’extrême droite Afin de faire tomber le maire socialiste de la préfecture de l’Ain, l’opposition locale s’allie avec un ancien candidat aux législatives du parti d’Eric Zemmour.

Municipales 2026 : à Bourg-en-Bresse, un cadre de Reconquête choisi pour conduire une alliance de la droite et de l’extrême droite
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💥House of Cards stuff from Hungary: Rumors long said Viktor Orbán’s team hides real polls from him showing the opposition TISZA party far ahead. Now TISZA leader Péter Magyar claims Orbán recently learned the truth from his possible successor, Minister János Lázár—and realized he can’t win fairly.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio

There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.

Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

I believe the term is called "lying for the lord".

Spinning genocide: Why is Israel trying to reframe its war on Gaza? Israel is losing support in two of its key battlegrounds: the hearts and minds of Americans.

The Israeli far right takes a leaf from Russia and Hungary