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[Think.cz @ThinkPrague]

So its #RussianLanguageDay... did you know that it is not a natually evolved language?
https://t.co/L3C2OK2Zjc

[Think.cz @ThinkPrague]

@TzumiXiant @ZelenskyyUa That whole "Zelensky is a cokehead" lie came out of the Kremlin's lie factory when they manipulated this photo of his visit to Bucha.

Why do you choose to believe Russian lies? Just curious. Are you a durak, or a tarakan?

[Think.cz @ThinkPrague]

@UNGeneva Russians are Slavs? History says no;
https://t.co/L3C2OK2Zjc

[Think.cz @ThinkPrague]

Lavrov, forgetting that his terror boss's regime has killed more Russian-speaking Ukrainians than anyone.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Failing to read the room and delving into the world of fairies and unicorns in which the Kremlin DOESN'T now face a likely violent coup, Putin's Foreign Minister Lavrov says that Russia will stamp out Russophobia in Ukraine.

[Think.cz @ThinkPrague]

@TzumiXiant @ZelenskyyUa

[L’Atlantista 🇮🇹🇺🇦 @Latlantista]

Non ho mai scritto a riguardo della raffineria di alluminio ad Aughinish in Irlanda; pensavo erroneamente: quanto alluminio può mai produrre l’Irlanda per la Russia?

Mi sbagliavo. La raffineria di Aughinsh, posseduta dal colosso russo “Rusal” (posseduto dall’oligarca Deripaska) produce un terzo di tutto il (poco) alluminio ancora prodotto in Europa. Tutto questo alluminio è trasportato in Russia dove viene usato per nutrire lo stesso complesso militare industriale che rade al suolo le città ucraine facendo stragi di civili.

Ma lo scandalo è ancora maggiore di quello che potrebbe sembrare: che le sanzioni europee non siano affatto complete e permettano ancora tali follie non era una novità. Quello che personalmente mi ha scandalizzato è il modo in cui i politici irlandesi, incalzati dal bravissimo reporter Caolan, neghino che la raffineria abbia una qualche connessione con il complesso militare russo, nonostante tutto, a partire dalle insegne fuori dalla struttura, porti a tale conclusione.

Questa roba deve finire all’istante. La raffineria va sanzionata, chiusa e basta.

[Политик по приколу @NaSutkiOdessa]

Кто-то, кроме жителей Крыма, ещё помнит, как там было до 2014 года? Я помню...
Были работающие аэропорты и международные компании, активно развивался IT-сектор. Международный банкинг, нормальный роуминг, Apple Store, McDonald's, JYSK. В порты заходили круизные лайнеры и яхты со всего мира. Научные сотрудники Никитского ботсада свободно ездили в командировки в Европу, врачи участвовали в международных конференциях, а дети — в программах обмена и мировых конкурсах, где регулярно занимали призовые места. Ежегодно полуостров принимал около 6 миллионов туристов из разных стран.
Вспомните международные фестивали: легендарный «Казантип», «Ялта Ралли» и кучу других ивентов. Активно развивалось классное украинское виноделие — чего стоит только бренд Esse. Работали приличные санатории и отели вроде «Санта-Барбары», в которых сейчас под водку слушают Лепса в 10 утра. Были супермаркеты «Сільпо» с выбором феты пяти сортов…
Всё это уничтожили ради «родной гавани», превратив цветущий полуостров в серую военную базу
А ещё были бензин, пресная вода из Днепра и свободный интернет. И не было никакого моста, «камней с неба» и тысяч свежих могил с датами смерти 2022–2026 годов.

[Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @Msdesignerlady]

Apparently, Ivanka and Jared thought they were Christopher Columbus when they discovered an island in Albania, which was protected lands.

Albanians are saying we don't want your dirty money!
#albaniaisnotforsale

[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

I'm a grizzly.

They just decided one acre is all I need.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just redefined "secure habitat" for grizzly bears in Montana.

The science said 2,500 acres minimum.

They changed it to one.

No public input. No new science. Just a rewrite.

And it wasn't random. The change conveniently cleared the way for a 17,700-acre logging project cutting straight through the corridor grizzlies use to travel between two of their last strongholds in North America.

A former Forest Service wildlife biologist said it plainly: "A one-acre island of forest surrounded by roads isn't secure habitat. It's a death trap."

Courts already rejected this same playbook when agencies tried 10-acre patches near Yellowstone. They lost. Then they came back with one acre.

Who's going to tell the grizzly it only gets one acre?

#DemsUnited

[European LibCon 🇪🇺🗽🦅 @pl_european]

Irish leftists have a lot to say against every military industrial complex, just not the Russian one.

[MariKan @MariKanWien]

Putin: es wird keinen Frieden geben.
Medwedew: es wird keinen Frieden geben.
Russ. Propagandisten: wir werden euch alle zerstören.

Europäische Rechte und Linke: "Der böse Westen ist Kriegstreiber und will nicht verhandeln". Habt ihr was an den Ohren oder was?

[Team Ossoff @TeamOssoff]

Ossoff: Last September, the President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump and says he wants to grant tungsten mining rights to an American company. And the very next month, Eric and Don Jr. get a stake in the American company pursuing the mining deal.

Six days later, six days after Prince Eric and Prince Don get their stake, Kazakhstan announces this company will get, “The largest known undeveloped tungsten resource in the world.” A few more weeks go by, and then the U.S. government, run by their father, sets aside 1.6 billion of your tax dollars to fund and finance their mining project. In Kazakhstan.

All this while you pay more for gas, for groceries, for health care, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

The German far right's open attendance at Russia's SPIEF conference proves that the threat to Europe is already inside the house.

If the RN, AfD and Reform UK win elections, European security will completely collapse.

European democracy is facing its most dangerous moment since the Cold War. AfD sending representatives to Saint Petersburg to smile for cameras alongside war criminals is not an isolated incident. It is part of a coordinated, long-term strategy to place pro-Russian traitors and their puppets at the helm of the British, French, and German governments.

A political victory for the National Rally, AfD, or Reform UK at the next elections would be a historical catastrophe. These groups are designed to paralyze Europe, cut off vital aid to democracies under attack, and legitimize brutal authoritarian expansion. They wrap themselves in national flags, yet they take their marching orders directly from Moscow. Real traitors!

It is time to speak with total clarity about what a vote for these parties actually means. Choosing to support these movements is a betrayal of national sovereignty and a direct contribution to the destabilization of the West. Voters who fall for their populist rhetoric are actively enabling foreign subversion. A vote for them is a vote for Putin.

We need a massive mobilization of citizens within these countries to fight back against this creeping threat. Passivity is no longer an option when the enemy is on the ballot. We must aggressively expose their lies, contest their narratives, and protect the values that keep Europe safe and free

[The Irish Politics Newsletter @TullMcAdoo]

The chief executive of the Kubal aluminium smelter owned by the same people that own Aughinish in the Swedish city of Sundsvall was arrested last month by Sweden’s special forces police for violations of international sanctions.
https://t.co/e2849xRYlE

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

"Selling Irish alumina to Russia's war machine is necessary for Irish economy."

Yeah, about that...

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

This is 2-year-old Oleh and his mother, Maryna. Russia killed them in Dnipro on June 2nd when russian missile struck their apartment building🕯💔

The attack also kilked Maryna’s partner, Yuriy, and 13 of their neighbors.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Lots of pro russian Irish people telling me to ‘go to the front lines & leave Ireland’

I’ve just come here from Nikopol. The press armour is still in my bag. I watched Russian drones hunt civilians with my own eyes. That’s why the indifference here is so despicable, especially while Ireland still supplies alumina to Russias war machine.

I’m not going anywhere. This investigation continues

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: HELL YES! Albania strikes a crushing blow against Jared Kushner's corrupt private island development by FREEZING the bank accounts of a major company tied to the project.

And it gets even better...

According to Albanian reporter Lindita Cela, the nation's anti-corruption prosecutors have frozen the accounts of a landholding company involved in Kushner's $4 billion luxury resort plans.

The move comes as massive protests sweep the country, with local residents incensed at the idea of Ivanka and Jared gobbling up coveted real estate to create a vacation spot for the Epstein Class. The slogan “Albania Is Not for Sale" has been spreading like wildfire and clashes between police and protestors are increasing in intensity.

The asset seizure was ordered by the Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime and is part of a broader investigation into possibly fraudulent property titles.

Suspiciously, the company in question is owned by Qatari oligarchs Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat. Kushner's ties to dirty Gulf money are well-established. They blossomed during his time in the first Trump administration, where he twisted American foreign policy to benefit specific actors in the region in return for massive investments and business advantages. This deal is rotten all the way to the core.

The Al-Khayyats have snatched up property along a protected stretch of coastline of the Adriatic Sea and it's here and on a nearby island that Kushner intends on erecting his resort for the top 1% of the top 1%. Given what we know about the Trump family, it's safe to presume that the development will serve as a paradise for pedophiles, war criminals, and human traffickers.

But this time, Jared bit off more than he can chew. Albanians are a proud, defiant people. They've survived centuries of larger regional powers seeking to divide their land, rewrite their history, and erase their culture. They're not going to let one greedy businessman defeat them now.

We stand with Albania!

Kushner out! Ivanka out!

Do you stand with the Albanian people?

Please ❤️ and share to demand more investigations into Kushner!

[The Irish Politics Newsletter @TullMcAdoo]

First Irish politician out of the traps to call for Aughinish Alumina to stop sending material to Russia. This is going to snowball over the weekend once other revelations about the plant come out.

[Uzi @UziCryptoo]

In Denmark, McDonalds workers make $25 an hour and, if they are over twenty, the company starts paying into a pension plan for them, and in addition they have a full 6 weeks of paid vacation.

Now how much do you think this costs customers? The Economist looked into this and found out that the Big Mac costs 76 cents less than it does here.

Don't believe the lies that raising the minimum wage would force prices to go up.