Mathew Michaud

Ursula von der Leyen:

These are core European principles moving forward:

◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.

◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.

◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.

Deputy Commander Maksym Zhorin warns that while everyone is busy dissecting the Geneva talks, the front is deteriorating fast. He says the Russia's recent gains are the most rapid he’s seen in a long time, and without urgent action, some areas could reach critical condition.

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Photograph of CBS 60 Minutes Lesley Stahl looking at a big book full of blank pages that was “The Trump Healthcare Plan” October 2020.

October 2020…The great Trump Healthcare Plan Fake Out…

He IS a good argument for embracing good posture habits.

The article is called "Out With Woke". He specifically calls for sacrificing all marginalized communities upon the altar of the revered white male. Is that how desperate liberals have gotten for any sort of hollow "win"?

“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...

DOJ Records Back Claim That Trump Judicial Nominee Urged Court Defiance Read more here.

6/ “Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a trove of documents Thursday that back up a whistleblower’s claim that Emil Bove, a senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official, crudely told subordinates to defy court orders.” 7/10/25 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Interesting article and thread. 🧵👇

A pleasure to be reminded of the Tom T Hall song, which is strangely apropos.

I'm the guy who didn't marry pretty Pamela Brown
Educated, well-intentioned, good girl in our town
I wonder where I'd be today if she had loved me too
Probably be driving kids to school.

Listen to the Leo Kottke version

How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests Internal emails reveal U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on the student movement for Palestine.

Officials at the University of Houston used Dataminr to surveil students, while University of Connecticut administrators voiced concerns over protests against a military contractor and major donor.

When one is extremely thirsty, a drink from any stream may do.

I suppose we cannot broadcast these facts enough, but it's increasingly disturbing to be constantly reminded that we really are in a time when a firm grasp of the obvious becomes a "Raw Story". It's like a Shepard tone illusion. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I suppose we cannot broadcast these facts enough, but it's increasingly disturbing to be constantly reminded that we really are in a time when a firm grasp of the obvious becomes a "Raw Story". It's like a Shepard tone illusion. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

TRUMP: Thanksgiving costs down 25% 🤥

UT STUDY: “Costs of Thanksgiving Dinner in Tennessee ⬆️ 10.5%” 🦃

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Professionally, Sorkin can't smirk or laugh but at least he can run the numbers next to her head as she fills our ears with bullshit.

Every billionaire is a public policy mistake. IT IS KNOWN!

Hope you had a nice Sunday. Everything here still stands.👇

More than that, Washington, DC was the number one place for searching what it meant.

… but what the hell is going on in New England

"Some former agency officials are curating a public online display of the farewell messages of ousted employees. Some of the letters from purged non-political career Justice Department attorneys warn of a threat to democracy and a crumbling of the norms and standards in federal prosecutions."

Trump's Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver's Seat This isn’t the art of the deal but the wages of a foolish pursuit of protectionism. U.S. agriculture has been paying the price for years.

Trump’s Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver’s Seat

Absolute barn burner of a column by @willbunch.bsky.social. Highly recommend you read this:

Scoop: Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.

Democratic politicians and activists are quietly lobbying to upend the way the party picks its presidential nominee by urging the use of ranked-choice voting.

I've heard about the difficulty of negotiations from every shitty sales exec. I ever hired.

I guess that better than another 'best meeting any one has ever seen'. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...

“Meta required users to be caught 17 times attempting to traffic people for sex before it would remove them from its platform…”

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