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Former US ambassador to Ukraine says she resigned because of Trump's foreign policy.

"Unfortunately, the policy since the beginning of the Trump administration has been to put pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia," Brink said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/former-us-ambassador-ukraine-says-she-resigned-because-trumps-foreign-policy-2025-05-16/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #Brink

“Putin is doing just enough to convince Trump that he is engaged in this effort to find peace in Ukraine, while also doing as much as possible to make sure it goes nowhere,” said a senior European diplomat. “And Trump is falling for it.”

https://www.ft.com/content/3a83ae82-0b5a-49b1-be72-884859ca1892

#Ukraine #Russia #US #EU #Trump #Putin

Putin’s peace theatre keeps Trump watching — and Kyiv waiting

Russia’s president slow rolled negotiators and failed to attend talks. But his gamble met little US resistance

Financial Times
Imagine failing 5th grade geography... in Congress.

Trump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus.

As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process and habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold. I cannot emphasize enough how serious this situation is for our nation.

Continue to loudly speak up against this fascist regime while we still can.

Three ER visits. 20 hours of suffering. Two ultrasounds to prove a fetus had died. Nevaeh Crain was 18. Texas law killed her. Abortion bans chilled doctors into inaction. Now she’s gone.

https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala #abortion #press

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.” She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s abortion ban.

ProPublica

Little known fact:

The USA uses potash on 95% of their crops

80% of the potash they use comes from Canada.

There is no viable substitute for potash.

The USA imports 6 million tons from Canada every year.

Trump is going to decimate the USA's farmers and agriculture sector with his idiotic trade war.

Hey lookit - another one of them “administrative mistakes”!

Forty-five years ago, Jose Francisco Garcia Rodriguez fled Cuba on a ship provided by the United States for people seeking refuge from the Cuban government.

While on his way to work on Monday, the 73-year-old grandfather was picked up by immigration enforcement agents near his Lafayette home. He sits today in an ICE processing center in Pine Prairie, a village in rural Evangeline Parish. - Claire Taylor
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/ice-immigration-agents-reported-duson-lafayette-louisiana/article_f7c2f3ef-c4ee-4398-96d1-89f83149148c.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5tzt7HPUNy2jhK8PFy7rFxGgwDM_VkVPJqi1Sq3KHKUM8ifSiA0X5kHpVKiw_aem_YMrzylIuScD405UWuT3Vvg

ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years

The Lafayette man was detained outside of a gas station on his way to work, and his family posted a video begging for prayers and help to bring him home.

The Advocate

OMG only 2024 in Boston I took this pic & now it seems like a completely different country 😢

It reads “The dignity & stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend on an upright & skilful administration of justice“ John Adams 1776

The 8 largest Dow Jones drops in American history:

1. Trump, 3/16/20
−2,997
2. Trump, 3/12/20
−2,352
3. Trump, 4/4/25
−2,231
4. Trump, 3/9/20
−2,013
5. Trump, 6/11/20
−1,861
6. Trump, 4/3/25
−1,679
7. Trump, 3/11/20
−1,464
8. Trump, 3/18/20
−1,338

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