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February 10, 2025

Russia: Pavel Talankin, a teacher tasked with documenting the indoctrination of kids in his school fled the country with



Russia: Pavel Talankin, a teacher tasked with documenting the indoctrination of kids in his school fled the country with the footage and turned into a documentary to expose the process of Kremlin brainwashing.
"Mr. Nobody Against Putin"

https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1889039168107602015
February 10, 2025

More Than 800K Have Lost $2B on Trump's Meme Coin



More Than 800K Have Lost $2B on Trump’s Meme Coin

Nandika Chatterjee Updated 02.09.25 2:11PM EST
https://www.thedailybeast.com/more-than-800k-have-lost-2b-on-trumps-meme-coin/

Published 02.09.25 12:23PM EST


President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency, called $Trump, has cost investors billions. Trump announced the launch of his meme coin—a type of cryptocurrency that features Internet memes or celebrity mascots—just three days before his inauguration. “Join my very special Trump Community. GET YOUR $TRUMP NOW,” he wrote on TruthSocial. The opening sale for one of the 5,971,750 tokens was just 18 cents, but it quickly surged to $75. Early traders who purchased the meme coins within minutes walked away with profits, with the earliest trader making a two-day profit of $109 million, according to an analysis by the New York Times. But the price of $Trump has since plummeted to about $17, costing a far larger group cumulative losses of $2 billion. As of the middle of the week, more than 810,000 crypto wallets have lost money on the bet, an examination by crypto forensics firm Chainalysis showed. Meanwhile, the Trumps have raked in over $100 million in trading fees as Trump makes moves to curb government efforts to regulate cryptocurrencies. “The president is participating in shady crypto schemes that harm investors while at the same time appointing financial regulators who will roll back protections for victims and who may insulate him and his family from enforcement,” Corey Frayer, who recently left his job as a crypto adviser to the Securities and Exchange Commission, told the New York Times.
Read it at The New York Times

February 9, 2025

⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid-short video. On February 8,

I have no idea if this scene really happened--as I do know nothing about power structures.
Sure is wonderful that it is happening though. These small countries are saying NO to PUTIN!!


⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid.

On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.


https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1888517734855479534


February 9, 2025

Gov Evers: Wisconsin is joining a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to prevent them from disclosing.....

I am so grateful to Gov Evers.
WI has a Red legislature and Gov Evers has prevented the worse of worst from happening to us.
I will cross post in WI forum.


Governor Tony Evers
@GovEvers
·
Feb 7
NEW: Wisconsin is joining a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to prevent them from disclosing our most private information and data like Social Security numbers and bank account details to ‘DOGE’ and god knows who else.

My statement ⬇️

https://x.com/GovEvers/status/1888018369485435104


February 9, 2025

All USAID humanitarian work around the world has been stopped -- including all life-saving programs. "Right now, there i

I feel so bad for all involved.

All USAID humanitarian work around the world has been stopped — including all life-saving programs.

"Right now, there is no USAID humanitarian assistance happening," a current USAID official in the humanitarian division revealed. "There are waivers put in place by Secretary Rubio for emergency…
https://bsky.app/profile/wordswithsteph.bsky.social/post/3lhmo7rcdck2z

February 9, 2025

Trump: I'd say three million, four million, 21 million people all told. Three million, four million criminals. Man

gods. He us blabbers and blabbers -and this idiot sits in the Oval Office. damn.
PS--I listened--trumpy really does say this [his new conference before he left for Mar-a-Lago]

@Acyn
Trump: I’d say three million, four million, 21 million people all told. Three million, four million criminals. Many many thousands and thousands of murderers. People that murdered people. People that murdered two people, three people, four people in solitary confinement

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1888062975413539253

February 8, 2025

The Pentagon just announced that it would double the number of news organizations removed from physical offices to make

gods!! This is horrible.


The Pentagon just announced that it would double the number of news organizations removed from physical offices to make room for MAGA propaganda media outlets.

OUT: The New York Times, Politico, NPR, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC, The Hill, The War Zone

IN: Breitbart, The New York Post, The Washington Examiner, OAN, Newsmax, HuffPost, The Free Press, The Daily Caller

They’re establishing state-run media, just as totalitarian regimes do.


https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1888262551101726971




https://x.com/awbhtravel/status/1888270408178180479

February 8, 2025

Senator Peter Welch: Elon Musk didn't have any issue with USAID when it gave millions of dollars to his co

We have a Dem Rep. and Senator pushing back on Mr. Bigshoot Musk.
Hoping they ALL do.

https://x.com/AnnieForTruth/status/1888240566787539381


Senator Peter Welch
@SenPeterWelch
Elon Musk didn't have any issue with USAID when it gave millions of dollars to his company Starlink.

But now it's a "criminal organization?"

https://x.com/SenPeterWelch/status/1887634819573535210

February 7, 2025

Governor of Illinois proclaims he wants to rename Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois after President Trump renames Gulf of M



Governor of Illinois proclaims he wants to rename Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois after President Trump renames Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. He says since the U.S. is annexing Greenland, he’s annexing Green Bay to protect from foreign & domestic enemies 😂
https://x.com/MillsHayesTV/status/1887980871581602211
February 7, 2025

Members of Congress denied access to Department of Education

Source: the hill


by Lexi Lonas Cochran - 02/07/25 11:09 AM ET


Multiple members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education on Friday, according to videos and social media posts from lawmakers.

“They are blocking members of Congress from entering the Department of Education! Elon is allowed in and not the people? ILLEGAL,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said in a post on the social platform X, referring to Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The incident comes amid rising temperatures over the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the Education Department completely.

President Trump has said he would like to close the department via executive order, though fully doing so would require congressional action. Trump is reportedly weighing executive actions to shutter parts of the agency, or move its primary functions elsewhere.

A source familiar with the situation said the lawmakers went to the department after sending a letter Wednesday night requesting an emergency meeting with the acting Education secretary over those reports....................................



Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5132685-department-of-education-musk-doge-trump-frost/



These are members of our US CONGRESS. How is it possible for Trump to NOT allow them into the building?




https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1887897201776754814


https://x.com/DoomScroling/status/1887978590601625710




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