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The defining face of the first day of the full-scale invasion is Ukrainian marine Vitalii Skakun.

He heroically sacrificed his life by blowing up a bridge in Henichesk to slow the advancing Russian columns.

24.02.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 2512 πŸ” 563 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 27
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Do you remember that very night -- the night before the day of all days, four years ago?

How many of us didn’t sleep at all.

We sat in the dark in silence, in front of our laptops, refreshing news feeds.

24.02.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 1270 πŸ” 347 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 32

That was one of my memorable games on MTGO when my opponent decided to add insult to injury and played Phage against my already hopeless board position. I snatched her with my faceless butcher, then sacked the poor dude to some random effect 😁

23.02.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Should they get an errata, now that enchantment creature is a thing?.. πŸ˜‰

23.02.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also wonder if the modern design would extend the Bane unmorph effect into CIP (ok, ETB πŸ˜‚) giving it the same casting cost as the unmorph cost.

23.02.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, the Trumpeter... 😊 Loved the card back in the day, never managed to get him big enough 😁

23.02.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of lending out dollars to banks, the Federal Reserve should lend out Jerome Powell’s spine to Republican senators.

12.01.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

10.01.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 32565 πŸ” 16605 πŸ’¬ 4443 πŸ“Œ 3643

No. Square the circle. "He's spending money on invading other countries. The only money he's spending here is to kill you."

08.01.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 1453 πŸ” 373 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 9
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β€œBiblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

β€œI’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. β€œI would strongly suggest dropping this story.”

We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

02.01.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 4050 πŸ” 1956 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 149

Isn’t it odd that when a member of an immigrant ethnic group commits a crime, right-wing white guys want to deport the entire group, but when a right-wing white guy commits a crime, the other right-wing white guys don’t volunteer to deport themselves.

01.01.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 1501 πŸ” 333 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 11
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A Ukrainian woman is saying goodbye to her home as the front line approaches.

"The front is getting closer, and today my Mom said goodbye to our home and asked for forgiveness that she won’t be able to go there again until victory," Viktoriia wrote.

πŸ“·: asiya666

27.11.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 456 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 12
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A Dad cradles the coffin of his son.

Russia killed 1,5 year old Nazar, his sister Kamila and their mom on November 19th in #Ternopil.

Deepest condolences...

23.11.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 623 πŸ” 183 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 20

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

-FDR, 1937

22.11.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 8386 πŸ” 2686 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 76
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During a power outage from the Russian attacks, an elderly lady with a flashlight selects seeds from a catalog to order them via post and plant in the spring.

"That's all you need to know about faith in the future," the writing on the video says.

πŸ“Ή: Darya Shut/Facebook

10.11.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 585 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6
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I’m too old to remember when conservatives harshly criticized Obama for using executive orders.

Now that Trump is issuing more executive orders than any president in modern history, Republicans in Congress are totally silent.

06.11.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 655 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 5

Though the "CAMplete game" pun has to wait for another day 😁

03.10.2025 02:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TV's Impious Puppets: On Kremlin's Hit List? (Published 2000)

Twenty years after the comedy went silent, Russia is a sadistic, warmongering fascist regime run by a mad centibillionaire. That’s a future that could be ours β€” whole argument of "Road to Unfreedom" β€” but also one we can stop β€” see "On Tyranny" and "On Freedom."
www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/w...

18.09.2025 23:02 πŸ‘ 1521 πŸ” 528 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 24

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

18.08.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 6308 πŸ” 1881 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 176

Welcome to Russia

Trump’s weaponized agencies are trying to eliminate free speech and punish those who use it. Universities, media, Colbert, and now Jimmy Kimmel. This is just the beginning

Shame on ABC for capitulating to thugs

17.09.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 1080 πŸ” 387 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 17

General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.

18.09.2025 00:05 πŸ‘ 3171 πŸ” 830 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 25
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This won’t be trickling down.

16.09.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 598 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 11

not to keep beating a dead horse, but if Biden told a reporter that 300 million Americans died from drugs last year, every media outlet would demand he resign and throw himself into a nursing home

15.09.2025 05:34 πŸ‘ 1624 πŸ” 304 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 7

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

14.09.2025 14:32 πŸ‘ 28773 πŸ” 6120 πŸ’¬ 660 πŸ“Œ 515

....One of them does jobs for Prusa the chemist, and one day he drank a bottle of hair oil by mistake; and then there’s Ferdinand Kokoska who goes round collecting manure. They wouldn’t be any great loss, either of ’em.” 2/2

10.09.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSo they’ve killed Ferdinand,” said the charwoman to Mr. Schweik who.... was just rubbing his knees with embrocation.

β€œWhich Ferdinand, Mrs. Muller?” asked Schweik, continuing to massage his knees. β€œI know two Ferdinands..... 1/2

10.09.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Do discriminate arrests by ICE count as acts of political violence?.. πŸ€”πŸ€”

10.09.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.

But we do need your time. ⏰

zohranfornyc.com/events

05.09.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 24969 πŸ” 5541 πŸ’¬ 554 πŸ“Œ 1129