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Here I am in the 21st century. I have to say it ain't as cool as i hoped it'd be. No man on the Moon, nobody on Mars and where the hell is my flying car?

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So the people who posted this on world mental health day sent me a boiler plate termination letter giving me notice to end my milk contract. 25 years of CO OP membership ended in two short paragraphs. That's how much they care about their farmers
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An empty shell of a man unaware of his surroundings being pushed around as a prop to deny representation to his constituents and subvert the democratic process. It's what he would have wanted.
JUST IN: A video of 84-year-old Mitch McConnell struggling to answer a simple question is going viral. The clip is raising serious questions about whether he lost his ability to speak. This shit should be illegal.
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An unverified image purporting to show the suspect in the Krakow shooting wearing a mask and military uniform with the Ukrainian flag is being shared. OpenAI's verification tool detects SynthID in the image, which means it's been either created or manipulated with OpenAI models.
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SMOG WARNING - 74 years after THE GREAT SMOG: EXTREME AIR POLLUTION (10/10) across England on Sun 8 November 2026 from BONFIRES and FIREWORKS
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Absolutely remarkable professionalism and bravery, attacker clearly highly prepared, their plates ate quite a few 9mm
🚨🇵🇱 BREAKING: First video of full police intervention on the Kraków attacker from a street camera. The attacker is in the black car seen crashing into the white car.
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Trump looked at his historically low approval rating and thought, you know what, we can get this down even lower
Trump announces Stephen Miller will become his new chief of staff.
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Every MAGAt in this picture has been accused, indicted, convicted of, or found civilly liable for sex crimes. Three are currently in jail. Andrew Tate @Cobratate - Indicted/Charged with multiple counts or rape and human trafficking Russell Brand @rustyrockets - Convicted of Rape Donald Trump @DonaldTrump - Civilly Liable / A federal Judge stated he raped E. Jean Caroll Mike Tyson @MikeTyson - Convicted of Rape Conor McGregor @TheNotoriousMMA - Civilly liable for Sexual Assault Lawrence Taylor @LT_56 - Registered Sex Offender. Arrest for sex with a minor. Tristan Tate @TateTheTalisman - Indicted/Charged with multiple counts or rape and human trafficking
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Wiles is being replaced by Stephen Miller, so, a demented moron egged on by an actual Nazi, what could possibly go wrong? Either we're all going to die. Or, if by some chance we avoid the apocalypse, if you want a route to 60 plus senate seats for the Dems in 2028, this is it.
Today is my last day as White House Chief of Staff.   Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of a lifetime. I’m so proud to have been a part of what we’ve accomplished together from securing our border and cutting taxes to strengthening our economy and putting America First. More than anything, I’m grateful for the extraordinary people I’ve had the privilege of working alongside. While my role may be changing, my commitment to the President and the mission never will.
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Donald Trump functions as a Russian asset, and the entire GOP is going along with it. Their legacy is their complicity - vote them out. @stuartpstevens:
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Basil Seal retweeted
This map shows quite clearly what the Russians had in mind in terms of a successful conquest of Ukraine: annexation of about 40% of the country and subordination of the rest. It's from a leaked presentation of May 2022, circulated by the closely Putin-linked oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, describing the absorption of southern and eastern Ukraine into Russia and the systematic redistribution of its ports and industries among Russian oligarchs. Russia seems to have intended to seize most of the industrialised areas of Ukraine, leaving the less valuable (and more Ukrainian-speaking) rural and agricultural regions under the control of a rump, landlocked Ukrainian state governed by a pro-Moscow regime. It's safe to assume that Russia would also have taken over Moldova at some point.
Actually quite curious what a 100% successful Russian invasion of Ukraine would’ve looked like; IE would they have even bothered with occupying western Ukraine
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You know, it's almost as if guys like Sorbo aren't really arguing in good faith.
Not attacking Poland here or debating immigration. Just pointing out that the American right never says this about Ukraine, yet often praises Russia, which welcomes millions of immigrants, many of them Muslim. Europe gets blamed for the same thing, but Russia doesn't.
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Not attacking Poland here or debating immigration. Just pointing out that the American right never says this about Ukraine, yet often praises Russia, which welcomes millions of immigrants, many of them Muslim. Europe gets blamed for the same thing, but Russia doesn't.
Poland is the last bastion of European culture that hasn’t been infected by mass migration. Don’t let it fall.
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El padre de Diana era panadero. Pero, como millones de ucranianos, aquel terrible febrero de 2022, no dudó en alistarse para DEFENDER SU HOGAR DE LA INVASIÓN RUSA. No es la OTAN, ni Zelensky, los nazis, Donbás... A LOS UCRANIANOS LOS MATA RUSIA Y LA COBARDÍA EGOÍSTA DEL MUNDO!🤬
I’m a pile of tears right now. I’m sure like many of you I’ve followed her dad’s journey from a baker by profession who baked cakes & bread to assault soldier to a drone operator. I can’t imagine her pain. She referred to him as “my entire world. My utmost inspiration & example.”
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Everyday, Ukrainians live in fear of reading such post or message – a brother, a father, a husband, a son, a dear friend, gone before their time. All because they have the misfortune of living next to Russia.
Today, October 30th, my dad has been killed in action. My kind, calm father. I write it here because I know my dad has many friends in the NAFO community, people who he could rely on for help. His memory will perdure on this account. Forever loved and missed. 🛡️🕯️❤️
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If you've ever wondered what a fair referendum would look like in occupied territory, here's a perfect visual.
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Basil Seal retweeted
Los periodistas británicos son mucho más duros que los estadounidenses. Por eso pasan cosas como esta: (El entrevistado es Steven Cortes, aliado de Donald Trump. El entrevistador es Mehdi Hasan).
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Basil Seal retweeted
Jesse Adams came to Ukraine from Canada to rescue animals impacted by war, giving many of them a second chance at life. Jesse was killed during his honorable mission💔 If pets he saved could talk, this is what they’d tell about their savior🧵
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Hearing a parent scream when their child dies is one of the worst, most painful things The first time I heard that type of scream, I wished I could take that wrenching pain away from them... turn it into a weapon, to use against the tyrants who inflict such brutality
Ukrainian father identifies his 15-year-old daughter among the dead after Russian strike on Chernihiv Russia struck the center of Chernihiv with a Banderol missile. Two people were killed, and 15 were injured, including three children.
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Basil Seal retweeted
To Russia: This all can end now. It does not have to be like this. All you have to do is go home.
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Basil Seal retweeted
A reminder: Russia occupied Oleshky. Russia blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam and flooded Oleshky. Russia mined the roads and shot Oleshky residents who were trying to flee so they could disguise their troops amongst Ukrainian civilians.
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Basil Seal retweeted
Another sign of how far Russia has fallen under Putin. In 1933 Stalin was able to get the NYT Moscow Bureau chief to whitewash his war crimes. Putin is stuck with @NEWSMAX
DOCUMENTING OLESHKY Four American journalists from Newsmax will be on the ground in Oleshky, embedded with Russian and Ukrainian humanitarian leaders. Serving as neutral observers, they will independently record and permanently document this historic humanitarian mission.
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