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Nous mettrons fin à nos dépendances énergétiques à la Russie.
Ce régime nous fait la guerre. Nous ne pouvons donc pas financer leur machine de guerre qui met au péril notre sécurité.
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What was at stake
The 2026 midterm elections didn't just determine who controls Congress for the next two years—they also determine whether the United States, 250 years after its founding, remains a democracy, @anneapplebaum says. She explores what citizens and lawmakers can do next to strengthen the institutions and values that have been threatened in the Trump era.
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Obama 🔥: "The president wasn't even mad about the Saddam Hussein comparison! That part didn't bother him. But he was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory comments. He took great umbrage. The mobilized a whole of government response to that joke! They told the Treasury Secretary to hold a press conference in front of the Cheesecake Factory. This really happened."
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This is Christa Pike at 18 years old when she was sentenced to death. She begged for a hug from her mother before she died. She is now 50 and will be executed tonight for the heinous murder she committed with a boyfriend 32 years ago.
Christa’s mother drank heavily and used drugs while she was pregnant with Christa resulting in brain damage which caused Christa’s bipolar disorder. Christa was born premature while her mother was drunk and spent weeks in an incubator. Her mother went back to work as a nurse.
When Christa was 14 months old, she suffered a seizure. Her mother refused to leave the bar to take her to the hospital.
After Christa was born, her mother left Christa and her brother without food, crawling in dog feces, while she drank with her boyfriends.
She sent her children away to their grandmother when one of her many husbands didn’t want them around.
Her grandmother allowed her boyfriend to orally sexually assault Christa before the child could talk until she began school. He locked her in a dark chicken coop with spiders crawling on her. When Christa’s school became concerned, her mother failed to follow up or prevent further abuse.
Christa’s father stole her dog to give to one of his girlfriends when Christa was 6.
Her mother allowed her boyfriends to beat Christa and twist her nipples. One beat Christa with a belt and sexually assaulted her. He forced her to watch pornography and look at graphic images. When Christa brought some of the images to school, they called her mother. She did nothing. When the boyfriend was arrested, her mother tried to deny it.
When Christa was raped at 11 by a man in the neighborhood, her mother denied it until she developed an infection and the man was arrested.
When Christa tried to commit suicide after that, a psychiatrist told her mother Christa was severely depressed and needed help. Her mother denied Christa further help and her bipolar disorder was not treated.
Her mother told Christa to have her 20-something year old carnival boyfriend live with them when Christa was 14. She smoked pot with Christa and her boyfriend to bond.
When Christa became pregnant by one of her mother’s lovers at 16, her mother convinced her to get an abortion telling her a healthy baby could not be born from rape.
When Christa was raped at 17, one year to the day before she committed murder with her boyfriend, Christa’s mother didn’t care.
But Christa was happy to see her mother in court during her trial and all she wanted was a hug.
When Christa tried to introduce mitigating factors post-conviction, her mother said her daughter told lies and was a problem child since she was 8.
Even then, her mother didn’t care about her child who only wanted a hug.
Yes, Christa committed an extremely heinous murder at 18 and she will be put to death.
But I just wanted to share a little bit of her story with you — especially for all of you rejoicing at her execution.
#christapike
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Horrific moment one of today's russian strikes hit an office building in Kyiv. This and other attacks on the capital killed 7, and injured 59 people just today!
Russia must be stopped, this daily terrorism cannot go on.
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Finland stands in full solidarity with its ally Germany after the Russian hybrid attack in Leipzig.
We know the Russian playbook. It attempts to intimidate us, to undermine our resolve and our willingness to support Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion. It will not succeed.
We will stand united and deter anyone from attacking our freedom and security.
As the strong measures announced by the German government show, any action against any one of us will be met with a clear response.
Our commitment to supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s aggression is unwavering.
I continue to be in close touch with Chancellor Merz and other Allies.
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2021. Giornata dell'Indipendenza dell'Ucraina.
Il Paese era già in guerra, ma non c'era ancora l'invasione su larga scala. I cieli di Kyiv erano sicuri. Zelensky sembrava un ragazzino.
Il video sembra provenire da un'altra epoca. Sono passati solo 5 anni
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«Ci sono due modi di tenere in ordine il continente europeo. L’idea di Putin è: quando qualcuno vuole staccarsi, lo invadiamo e lo massacriamo. Noi invece pensiamo che lo spazio europeo si organizzi con lo stato di diritto e i trattati internazionali».
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Today in the Odesa region, the Russians once again destroyed an ordinary passenger train locomotive with a jet-powered drone. There were 340 people on the train. And whoever was operating that drone certainly could not have been unaware that the target was entirely civilian. As of now, unfortunately, we know that the locomotive engineer and his assistant were killed in the strike. My condolences to their families and loved ones. There were also strikes overnight in 11 regions – the Russians used more than 130 attack drones.
Every day, the Russians strike ordinary people’s lives simply for the sake of terror. And unfortunately, far from every such attack receives a strong response from the world. More air defense support and more pressure on Russia are needed if the world is serious about stopping this war in Europe.
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L'Europa dell'Ovest ha appena attraversato un'estate insolitamente arida e rovente, chiudendo il bimestre giugno-luglio con le temperature più elevate di sempre e l'ennesima bolla di calore da maggio.
Potrete pure alterare i risultati elettorali, orchestrare la Brexit, votare personaggi condannati e distrarre l'opinione pubblica con le solite favole su accise e sindacati cattivi, ma le leggi della fisica non si piegano.
Soprattutto, non cancellerete ciò che la gente pensa davvero di voi. Perché al di là di ogni traguardo tecnologico, la nostra sopravvivenza è ancora legata a quindici centimetri di terra fertile e alle precipitazioni.
Chissà se il pubblico dei soliti talk show comincerà mai a intuire che la ragione non appartiene a una manciata di opinionisti, ma al 99% della comunità scientifica.
Chiamatemi pure cretino ma la vostra resta una stupidità monumentale. #surriscaldamento #celsius2026
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E Giuseppi che dice? E Travaglio? E Orsini? E tutti i Putinofili pacifinti? Hello? Anybody home?
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For the first time in its history, Russia cannot wage war without reinforcements from North Korea. It is now preparing to deploy an additional North Korean contingent on its territory. It has also received additional ballistic missiles from North Korea. Everyone around the world must understand what this means.
This is not only about the lives of people in Ukraine, and not only about the threats we face. North Korea’s ballistic missiles and other weapons are being improved through its collaboration with Russia. The more North Korean strikes there are here in Ukraine, in Europe, the more their missiles and soldiers are used, the more they correct their shortcomings and blind spots, the greater the danger will later be for Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and other countries in the region.
That is why, when we speak about the need for joint action, for coordination and mutual support, when we speak about the need to help us strengthen our air defense, we are also, in fact, speaking about taking away North Korea’s appetite and any interest in coming here – to our land and into our skies – with its weapons in order to learn how to wage war. Everyone across the globe who respects human life must stand together in taking action to protect people.
From the evening address.
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🚨 Roy Keane on Paolo Maldini and Leonardo resigning from the Italian Football Federation:
“I don’t like it one bit. To me, it’s childish. You don’t walk away from a project because you didn’t get your preferred manager. Football doesn’t work like that.”
“People keep talking about loyalty and principles, and that’s fine. Stand by your opinion, argue your case, but once the decision is made, your job is to get on with it. That’s what leaders do. They don’t throw their toys out of the pram because things didn’t go their way.”
“Maldini and Leonardo are football legends. Nobody questions what they’ve achieved as players, but this isn’t about reputations. This is about responsibility. Italy are trying to rebuild after years of disappointment, and they needed experienced football people to help steady the ship. Walking away after just a couple of weeks sends the wrong message to everyone involved.”
“Not every decision in football is going to go your way. I’ve been in dressing rooms where managers, players and directors disagreed all the time. The best people don’t quit—they find a way to make it work. If you only stay when everyone agrees with you, then you’re in the wrong job.”
“For me, it’s poor leadership. If you truly believed in rebuilding Italian football, you stay, you fight for your ideas and you prove your value over time. Leaving because your first choice wasn’t appointed? I can’t respect that. That’s not how strong football people operate.”
