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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

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What is the fastest way we can recruit people into government service who have all drunk the MAGA cool-aid?

So if the East Wing of the White House was built to partly to disguise the construction and existence of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center underground bunker built during WWII…. What do you think they are hiding under this new massive construction project?

#RussiaIsATerroristState

"Reality is super-inconvenient, y'all!!!"

Maybe the massive number of KPop fans will take the political reins over from the Swifties.

Seeing the New York Times still devoting around 8 top of the page stories to the event, I think about how many school shootings where “only” one person died would barely merit a mention there.

Surely awoken must be better. It has more letters. It’s a wordier word. It’s the wordiest word. Smart people don’t like Trump. But smart people like big words.

Ukraine has be accused of limiting religious freedoms, but many forms exist together there: Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Jewish, Muslim, Jehovah’s Witness and more. It is Russia that only allows its government controlled state sponsored faith and who punishes all other voices.

Wonder what would happen if Russia jammed him from TruthSocial

Jessy's heartbreaking story touched thousands. She was found in the ruins of a home in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, waiting for her owner, who had been killed in a Russian missile strike on August 28. 💔
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THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . .

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The Epstein Summit.

And it’s not just health — it’s history, science, religion, fiction…. Know what you consume and where it comes from

I had wonderful parents. My mother, in particular, gave me all the love she had. But I wish I had been raised in this way.

Actions speak louder than words. Trump applauded this man, honored him, and rolled out the literal red carpet. For one of the most hated men in all of history.

And this is the trade off for hundreds of thousands of lives.

My international students ask me this all the time … Can Americans not see what’s happening?

Following rules is for losers. Just like what he thinks about the honest and honorable men that didn’t dodge the draft. Somehow bone spurs don’t seem to hurt his golf score.

ENGin is a nonprofit organization that pairs Ukrainians with English-speaking volunteers for free weekly 1-1 online conversations. More than 55K participants (as of May 2025, and growing!) build language skills, confidence, and global friendships, one conversation at a time.

It’s already cost almost 1 million men. Russia has used 10 times the weaponry and lost 10 times the men as Ukraine, and is only gaining tiny bits of land. Meanwhile Ukrainian families suffer. The lower classes of Russia suffer. Russia is headed for collapse. I support additional sanctions.

Elon’s dad is in Moscow right now. Apparently they’ll court power, position, and more money from any source.

The Middle East might not have needed those drones either if the US had stood up stronger and sooner for Ukraine and border sovereignty.

The cities in Texas are often fairly liberal. But in state and national level politics that fact gets outweighed by how much of the state is rural republican. Horrible gerrymandering doesn’t help.

The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.

The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.

Newsom: The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior.