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The heroes of the music video are the servicemen of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine: Oleksandr Remez, Inna Korolenko, Dmytro Romanchuk, Artur Temchenko, Mykhailo Oliynyk, Dmytro Dudko, Svitlana Cherednychenko, Viktoriya Chudakovska, Iryna Kosovska and paramedic Mykhailo Adamchak.

This video was shot in a dugout near #Bakhmut, against the background of civilian buildings destroyed by russian invaders — a cultural center and railway station in front-line Lyman, schools, and a gas station in Kostiantynivka, a town near the front line.

#Ukraine needs support. The war is NOT over. Not today. Not on Christmas. It continues daily.
Thank you to everyone who keeps standing with us 🇺🇦 Merry Christmas from #Ukraine

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Art kills crime. Never mistake the arts for frivolous. They are the cornerstone of democracy.

Fun fact: a program called "Shakespeare Behind Bars" helps inmates put on the classics. The recidivism rate among participants? 6%. The recidivism rate in the general population? 68%.

We do not know how to empathize and build the world without the arts. It's downfall is why democracy is in free fall. If you want to save it, put the arts first. Every zip code should have full time artists.

Watch BuyMeACoffee/Stripe send me a cease and desist for posting about them banning me.

Then watch Fedi Streisand Effect the shit out of that.

I'm sure they're already going to lose a (insignificant to them) chunk of money over this, because not only will they not be taking 10-20% of my tips, but whenever I call out a company here for being shitty, I get dozens of replies from folx canceling their accounts there.

Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story

When the president targeted me and my TV show, millions said no. So don’t give up on us – and always remember, we’re not all like him

#JimmyKimmel

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/25/jimmy-kimmel-christmas-message-trump

The benefits package is terrible…
#USPol #TrumpRegime #Europe #EU

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You like our posts, you read our stories and you fund our journalism. We wouldn’t exist without you. So again, thank you!

“Tariffs is my favourite word”, said Trump, and now Massachusetts company iRobot who made 42 percent of all robot vacuums in the US, files for bankruptcy, after Trump slapped 46 percent tariffs on Vietnam, where iRobot produced their roomba vacuums.

https://quasa.io/media/from-roomba-pioneer-to-chinese-ownership-irobot-files-for-bankruptcy-after-35-years

#Christmas #Alt

Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...

#AviShlaim, the Israeli-British historian, stated: “This genocide is unusual because countries that commit #genocide usually try to conceal it, while #Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe #Gaza off the earth.”

Merry Christmas.

https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnypalmadessa/p/trump-calls-8-year-old-for-christmas?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

"US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/trump-labor-unions-afl-cio

So, where's shawn fain, the Teamsters prez who sucks up to MAGAmoron? How much did he get paid to sell out his union?

For Christmas: Grandma McCracken’s chocolate cookies, the best in the world.

Libraries will never not seem like magic to me. Books, audiobooks, movies, shows, games, and much more, all available to the public for free. Just incredible proof that we don’t actually need capitalism. Support your local library.

Democracy vs neo-feudalism - the Dark Enlightenment

Knowledge lies at the heart of a healthy democracy, & its many custodians include libraries, universities, cultural institutions, & a free & independent media.

The Trump administration is intimidating, dismantling or destroying them.

Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.

~Historian Sarah Churchwell

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364

#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism .

You will be visited by three spirits

I sincerely hope that everyone knows they need to boycott the Kennedy Center until this is over right?

Interview: "How the elites continuously find ways to screw you."

~Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: the elite charade of changing the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFgIRpGnUJA

#USPol #Europol #oligarchy #Epstein #broligarchy #neoliberalism #racism .