🚨 STOP THE EXECUTION OF ALIREZA SEPAHI
Do you remember, a 25, protester who was taken to be hanged in public alongside his own cousin and his heart gave out at the gallows?
The regime in Iran took him out of hospital, patched him up, and sent him back to death row.
He was shot with pellets during arrest, tortured for 26 days, and now sits in a security wing of Dastgerd prison, waiting to die. His mother is in prison too.
Every hour counts. Raise your voice before they hang an innocent young man.
#StopExecutionsInIran
Today, 🇩🇪 Germany celebrates unity. At JFC Brunssum, we have a pretty good idea why that still matters.
A stronger 🇩🇪 Germany, a stronger Europe and a NATO that is ready to do what it takes. That is NATO 3.0 in action.
So enjoy the day, raise a glass and celebrate what we have achieved together.
Happy German Unity Day!
#WeAreNATO
People in temporarily occupied Oleshky are starving. There is almost nothing left to eat. Reports indicate that civilians are being forced to survive on grass and weeds, while medicines, clean water, electricity, and medical care are increasingly out of reach. Children are trapped in these conditions too.
This suffering has a clear cause and a clear perpetrator. Russia has brought this catastrophe to Oleshky through its illegal occupation and bears full responsibility for this humanitarian disaster, all of its consequences, and the innocent civilian lives lost as a result.
The international community must mobilize every available instrument to reach people in Oleshky, deliver humanitarian assistance, and ensure the safe evacuation of those who want to leave. The @UN, the @ICRC, and other international actors must use their mandates and channels to secure immediate and unhindered humanitarian access.
I appreciate @CommissionerHR Michael O’Flaherty for drawing international attention to the situation in Oleshky. Now this attention must be followed by action. People there cannot survive on statements of concern. Humanitarian access and safe evacuation must become a reality, because every day matters.
@TheIcahnist Integration is only one side. More important for improving EBITDA was increasing prices for all treatments at least annually or even every half year and using their market power to get better prices for goods, disposals and medication and so on.
Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.
Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).
A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.
At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at https://t.co/cLu9I7M2wC
In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at https://t.co/arzrqInqJA
@POTUS@marcorubio@FLOTUS this is a child in a bike!!! Killed by a drone…everyday civilians are hunted…why you seem to support Russia more than defending Ukraine? The time to act is now! Support Ukraine now!
Chemical engineer here with 35 years in oil and gas E&P and refineries (including 14 in 🇷🇺) and have discussed this several times on @Volya4UA as “de-rating” of these refineries through quick repairs. And the storage tanks pointed out here are the least of 🇷🇺 worries. /1
I thought the day might come when the United States ceased to be the leader of the Free World and a deterrent to tyrants. When the U.S. abandoned the West, so to speak. I admit I did not see it coming from the Republican Party and the Right--CPAC, Heritage, etc. But here we are.
If I were to describe the full extent of russian brutality, I would be banned by this platform. So, I am just going to leave the text from one of my acquaintances:
“Met a doctor in Kyiv that has been working in the liberated areas of Kherson that Russians occupied for 7 months.
She said, they had little girls that had been so brutally sexually assaulted that there is no longer a separation between anus and vagina. As doctors they had never seen anything like it and there is nothing they can do to help.
When some in the West say Ukraine should surrender, this is what we'd be surrendering to.”
50,000 North Korean soldiers will soon be fighting against Ukrainians in Europe.
Military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko believes that the plan to deploy North Korean troops is already being implemented.
What is the rest of Europe doing about it?
Nothing.
The Iranian despotate are now on a killing spree executing a series of (truly) brave young people who protested against Khamenei in January.
They are hanged from cranes - craneocide being a special ritual of the Islamic Republic.
Surely this is impossible to ignore, impossible not to protest.
One of the moral tests of our time.
@UN@andyburnham@Ed_Miliband
We all knew he was lying about the Reflecting Pool. The problem is that he lies so often that it’s almost impossible to keep up.
So I asked AI to compile claims from just the past twenty-four months and then checked them against official data, contemporaneous reporting and independent fact-checks.
Here is a partial list of 86 lies:
1. He promised to bring prices down “starting on Day One.” Grocery prices remained high and continued rising.
2. After winning, he admitted that prices are very hard to bring down once they have gone up.
3. He said egg prices had fallen 93 percent. They had not fallen remotely close to 93 percent.
4. He said he inherited the highest inflation in American history. He inherited an annual inflation rate of 2.9 percent.
5. When corrected, he changed the claim to the worst inflation in 49 years. That was also false. Annual inflation reached 23.7 percent in 1920.
6. He said there was virtually no inflation during his first term. Consumer prices rose approximately 8 percent.
7. He repeatedly claimed he had already brought inflation down, including during periods when the annual inflation rate was higher than the 2.9 percent reported shortly before he took office.
8. He told Congress inflation was “plummeting.” Prices were still rising overall, including major household expenses such as housing, electricity and medical care.
9. He claimed to have secured $18 trillion in new investment.
10. He then raised the figure to $19.2 trillion.
11. Even the White House’s own tracker listed far less, and its total included multiyear pledges, purchasing agreements, previously announced projects and commitments that might never become actual US investment.
12. He said America was building more factories than ever.
13. He said factory construction was rising.
14. He said the country had achieved its highest growth ever. Manufacturing employment declined, factory-construction claims depended on cherry-picked categories, and economic growth was nowhere near a historical record.
15. He called the country he inherited a dead country. The US economy grew 2.8 percent in 2024, faster than every other major wealthy economy except Spain.
16. He says foreign countries pay his tariffs. American importers pay them and frequently pass the cost on to American consumers.
17. He said the evidence overwhelmingly showed consumers did not pay his tariffs. Economic studies found that American consumers and businesses absorbed nearly all their cost.
18. He said tariff revenue came with “no inflation.” Prices continued rising, and economic research found that the tariffs themselves increased costs for American consumers and businesses.
19. He repeatedly said drug prices were down 70, 80 or 90 percent. No broad measure of prescription-drug prices showed anything close to those reductions.
20. He said Medicaid was “left the same.” The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the legislation would reduce federal Medicaid spending by roughly $930 billion over ten years.
21. He said Americans were “not going to feel any of it.” The Congressional Budget Office projected that the legislation would leave approximately 11.8 million more people uninsured.
22. He said the Medicaid changes touched only waste, fraud and abuse. Independent analyses found that the legislation reduced coverage and federal spending far beyond fraudulent claims.
23. He said he had eliminated taxes on Social Security. The law created a temporary deduction, unavailable to many beneficiaries, that expires after 2028. It did not abolish taxation of Social Security benefits.
24. He said taxes would rise 68 percent without his bill. No credible independent estimate came close to supporting that figure.
25. He then declared, “I’ve kept all my promises and much more.”
26. He publicly promised at least 53 times to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours, or even before taking office.
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An unfathomable pain.
Yesterday, Artem and Olena Voronov were at home in Radushne with seven of their younger children and their 18-month-old grandson when a Russian missile struck.
They had dedicated their lives to their children. According to their relatives, they were a loving, close-knit family.
Ten members of the same family were killed in a single attack.
I’ll repeat. TEN MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY WERE KILLED IN A SINGLE ATTACK.
Today, the Russians used their ballistic missile to destroy an ordinary house belonging to an ordinary family in Radushne, near Kryvyi Rih, in our Dnipro region. It was the Voronov family: mother Olena, father Artem, seven children – Mark, Dominika, Zakharii, Azarii Ilai, Federica, Emilia, and Viorika – and one-and-a-half-year-old grandson Artem, the child of their eldest son, who is now defending Ukraine. As of now, it has been confirmed that parents and three children – Mark, Azarii Ilai, and Emilia – were killed. The Russian missile struck with such force that almost nothing was left of the house… Fragments of human bodies were found under the rubble, and only forensic examinations can establish which members of the family they belong to. The fate of Zakharii, Dominika, Viorika, Federica, and Artem is still being determined… It is a horrific crime of Russia’s war against Ukraine – against ordinary people, against ordinary life.
This Russian evil can only be stopped by the whole world. No one in the world can be left to face such terror alone. And when we say that Ukraine needs missiles for Patriots, when we seek the capabilities to defend ourselves against Russian ballistic missiles, this isn’t about abstractions. We are talking about families like this, people like these, who can live if we have the means to shoot down Russian missiles – if our partners help us with interceptors. Families who can be killed if we have nothing to stop Russian Iskanders with.
It is important that these people are seen by those who make decisions – decisions at the Pentagon, in European capitals, and everywhere in the world where there is an opportunity to help Ukraine protect lives. Reality speaks for itself. Protecting lives is necessary. Air defense missiles are necessary.
Eternal memory to all Ukrainians who were killed by Russian strikes… Eternal gratitude to everyone who helps!
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