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Concessions agent and popcorn supplier for the End Times. Ukraine stan. He/him/y'all. Skeets (or whatever they’re called) are casual on Fridays. Location: Bygawd, Texas. DM without permission = instant block. No bio = no follow. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Call me Tony.

"I’m going to speak out no matter how hard it is." Investigations by Slidstvo Info and documentaries like Traces reveal how Russian forces have used rape, torture, and electric shocks as weapons of war since 2014. 🧵 1/6 ⬇️

STAY TUNED ON THIS Republicans may have poked the bear. They used gerrymandering to weaken Black voting power. Instead, new data suggests they helped drive higher Black voter turnout across parts of the South. 1/2

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I see constant complaints about how difficult Linux is to use, but frankly speaking 90% of the people I know on Windows can't even do simple operations like copying/moving files and folders from one place to another. Just wasted 15 minutes trying to phone help another hapless Win11 user. #linux

The Big Ugly Bill took food out of the mouths of hungry children — all so billionaires could get another tax break. But when politicians fail us, Texans show up for each other. Our campaign volunteered at a food pantry in West Dallas — because that’s what Texans do.

🇮🇷❗️NBC News: Russia is providing Iran with electronic intelligence that helps it track U.S. forces and counter American weapons, according to U.S. and European officials. The intelligence reportedly includes satellite surveillance and signals intelligence.

Republicans spent years lecturing Democrats about “family values.” This poll says the lecture is over. Moral bankruptcy is not a dealbreaker for most Republican voters. And we can see it in the candidates they nominate and continue to support.

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Marc Rosenblum, Trump admin DHS leader, has resigned. “I’m thrilled to end my relationship with the current administration. Between the war on immigrants, the war on feds, and the war on facts (not to mention the crazy war in Iran and the brazen corruption), I just need a change.”

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Michael Clarke: In reality, what I think we're seeing in Ukraine is a messy democracy. The fact that people on the streets are telling the government what they really think, and the government has no alternative but to do it. That's an exercise in direct democracy.

😮 Crimeans donated en masse to buy pickup trucks for Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, they found out about it later. After QR code system for refueling at gas stations malfunctioned, "good people" began selling Crimeans fake codes supposedly allowing them to get gasoline without restrictions. 1/2

“The [ICE] officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun to patrol American streets, several of his close relatives told The Associated Press.”

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3w ago

ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say.

Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."

Breaking news: The lining of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool peeled in at least seven places along seams that were created when the material was applied, indicating likely problems in how it was installed, according to experts and a Post analysis.

Reflecting Pool peeling likely caused by application flaws, experts say

President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.

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