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Many talented #Ukrainian actors, artists, comedians, sportspeople, and others left their professional careers to take up arms and defend their country from Russian occupiers.

Russia's war against Ukraine has taken the lives of at least 240 Ukrainian culture makers. This is a great loss.

Put on a costume and pretend to act like a President today.

#TrumpShutdown

This is what #Ukraine is fighting for.

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.

It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men

Infographic titled “Judges reject Trump at an accelerating pace” with subtitle “Federal district court rulings against the administration.” The first bar chart, labeled “By month, %”, shows the percentage of federal district court rulings against the Trump administration: • February: 53.8% (7 out of 13) • March: 74.3% (26 out of 35) • April: 76.1% (51 out of 67) • May: 96.3% (26 out of 27) The second bar chart, labeled “By appointing party, %”, shows rulings against the Trump administration by the party of the judge’s appointing president: • Republican-appointed judges: 72.2% (26 out of 36) • Democratic-appointed judges: 80.4% (74 out of 92) Source: Bonica, Adam; Sen, Maya, 2025, “Common-space Measures of Judicial Ideology for Federal Judges (2024 update),” https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CK3EEL Note: Coding scheme details available at data4democracy.substack.com/p/when-judges-become-targets-judicial

Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.

An X USER, to Grok: “Why are you launching into conversations about white genocide, unprompted?” 🤡

In Kostyantynivka, a #Ukrainian grandma carries food and water under drone attacks to those who can no longer walk.

God bless her and keep her safe.

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I got animated. (For a reason.)

Kyiv today. Ukrainian kids waiting for their friend to be rescued from under the rubble. He didn’t survive.

#StandWithUkraine

JD Vance best watch this vid ‘cuz yesterday he bitched that his 3-yr-old was scared by a group of protesters shouting “Slava Ukraini.”

The hypocrisy is staggering: This girl lost her leg in a Russian attack & is a symbol of the unyielding strength of the Ukrainian people who are fighting pure evil.

YouTube video by Forward Guidance The US is Risking Stagflation | Mohamed El-Erian

If you are looking for some details on the possibility of lower US growth and its implications, here’s a podcast from last week.

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#economy

Please. No more speeches in the Senate about “freedom” until one Republican has the guts to stand up to Trump’s lies about Ukraine & Putin. Ukraine did not start this horrific war. Russia did. Zelensky isn't a dictator. Putin is. The US must not enter into an alliance with Putin.

Argentinian president Javier Milei promotes memecoin that then crashes 95% in apparent $100 million+ rug pull A tweet from Argentina's president Javier Milei promoted a memecoin called Libra, which he described as a "private project [that] will dedicated to encouraging the growth of the Argentine economy by funding small Argentine businesses and startups". The token quickly soared in price as traders poured in.

However, within hours of the launch, insiders began selling off their holdings of the token. The token had been highly concentrated among insiders, with around 82% of the token held in a small cluster of apparently insider addresses. Those insiders cashed out around $107 million, crashing the token price by around 95%. After the crash, Milei deleted his tweet promoting the project. He later claimed he was "not aware of the details of the project and after having become aware of it I decided not to continue spreading the word (that is why I deleted the tweet)."

Argentinian president Javier Milei promotes memecoin that then crashes 95% in apparent $100 million+ rug pull

February 14, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=milei-memecoin-promotion

A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"

Another five-byline siren 🚨

@washingtonpost.com

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An excerpt from “The Madness of Donald Trump,” by David Remnick, that reads: “The Palestinians, after having suffered tens of thousands of deaths and the destruction of countless homes, schools, mosques, hospitals, and other infrastructure, would, it appears, have nothing to say about any of this and would be sent . . . elsewhere. Egypt. Jordan. Whatever. It hardly seemed to matter to Trump that such a policy represents ethnic cleansing. Morality is of no interest when there is a real-estate deal to be made.”

On Tuesday, Donald Trump declared that the two million Palestinians in Gaza should be forced out of the Strip. Even if it isn’t more than a provocation, there will be a price for his madness, David Remnick writes.
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Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe:

100 percent tariffs on Tesla.

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
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FCC demands CBS News turn over '60 Minutes' interview amid Trump lawsuit The latest development comes as Paramount Global lawyers engaged in preliminary talks to settle the lawsuit Trump filed in October over his objection to edits to the '60 Minutes' interview with Harris...

“It is a sad day,” 1st Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams wrote Friday in an email to The Times.

@latimes.com $PARA
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Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies People working for, or with, Elon Musk are reportedly taking over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management and the Treasury Department. The Washington Post reported Friday that the highest-ranking…

Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies

DeepSeek’s AI avoids answering 85% of prompts on ‘sensitive topics’ related to China AI chatbot DeepSeek has taken the world by storm, topping app store charts and sending Silicon Valley and Wall Street into meltdown. An offshoot of Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, DeepSeek’s cost-to-performance ratio makes for impressive reading compared…

DeepSeek’s AI avoids answering 85% of prompts on ‘sensitive topics’ related to China

YouTube video by DiEM25 Yanis Varoufakis on Cloud Capital vs AI: DeepSeek, Technofeudalism, Capitalism and the New Cold War

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Alberta, Canada 2019
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#photography #alberta

America Is Divided. It Makes for Tremendous Content. Jubilee Media mines the nation’s deepest disagreements for rowdy viral videos. But is all the arguing changing anyone’s mind?

Recent work for The Atlantic - 'America Is Divided. It Makes for Tremendous Content' By Spencer Kornhaber
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'Jubilee Media mines the nation’s deepest disagreements for rowdy viral videos. But is all the arguing changing anyone’s mind?'

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Medicaid: What to Watch in 2025 | KFF In 2025, many issues are at play that could affect Medicaid coverage, financing, and access to care.

Our latest analysis outlines major Medicaid issues to watch in 2025.

Potential funding cuts, work requirements, and state budget challenges could impact millions of enrollees. Explore what’s ahead: