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HAPPY OBAMA APPRECIATION DAY! Grab a pic from my thread, and share this post for extra visibility. Got a better pic? Drop it in the comments for others! Drown the orange chump in pro-Obama-memes and the #ObamaDayJune14 hashtag!

My last post for this morning, off for a ride in a 1955 Chevrolet DelRay. Over the confederation bridge to PEI. Enjoy! #smokefleet #smokerises #canadianbakin

🇬🇧🇨🇳🇷🇺 CHINA IS THE BACKBONE OF PUTIN’S WAR “Without China, Russia would have lost the war in Ukraine. North Korean troops and Iranian drones grab headlines, but what keeps Putin in Ukraine is China: chemicals for artillery shells, components for drones and missiles.” - Richard Moore 🇬🇧 Beijing may avoid the front line, but its support helps sustain Russia’s ability to keep fighting. The war is not being prolonged by Moscow alone.

Today, the European Union took a major step forward. All Member States agreed to open the first accession negotiations cluster with Ukraine and Moldova. At the first Intergovernmental Conference on Monday, we will open the cluster on fundamentals; the backbone of the accession process. It covers the core values and principles on which the EU is built, from the rule of law to strong democratic institutions. This is a recognition of the determination, courage and hard work shown by both countries in advancing reforms, even in the face of immense challenges. And a signal that the EU’s offer of peace, stability and opportunity is unmatchable. Enlargement is a strategic choice. By bringing our nations closer together, we strengthen peace, security and prosperity across our continent. In a world marked by growing uncertainty, a larger European Union is in our common interest. Enlargement remains one of the EU’s greatest success stories and our best investment in our shared future.

Today marks 85 years since the first Soviet mass deportations in Estonia. More than 10,000 people torn from their homes. 7,000 of them women, children, and the elderly. We will never forget the innocent lives shattered and lost. We will stand for our freedom. #NeverAloneAgain

In Finland, our draft system is simple: every adult male serves. If you do not show up, the police will bring you in. In peacetime. In wartime, it gets harsher. Nobody asks if you feel like it. That is the price of living next to russia.

INNISFAIL, thank you for awarding the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus 1’st prize in your parade!!! 🏅 #ableg

RT @sherlockeditor: 🇨🇦👇 Frank is correct.

"Bread and circuses": To mark Trump's birthday, UFC fights are taking place in front of the White House today for the first time. While the US grapples with political crises, social division, and the consequences of his own policies, Trump stages bloody cage fights in front of the White House to mark his birthday. This is reminiscent less of a modern democracy than of ancient Rome: bread and circuses—spectacle over responsibility. A president who turns the nation’s highest institution into a stage for bloody entertainment reveals one thing above all: his penchant for self-aggrandizement, displays of power, and distraction from the country’s actual problems.

Mark Carney @MarkJCarney ’s words in Dublin are not courtesy diplomacy; they are a political fact. In a world more dangerous and divided, Canada is choosing Europe: on defence procurement, critical minerals, climate, technology and trade. This is the Europe the EDP fights for: sovereign enough to protect itself, open enough to build alliances, strong enough to shape the new international order with democracies. Not a spectator. A power.

HODGES: I don't think Russia is bottomless pit of manpower. Many of the youngest ones are either dead or have fled the country. Year ago, I heard Putin complaining there weren't enough people to work in the factories. Well, no shit, because they're all dead, gone, or deployed. The vast majority of Russian troops come from well outside St. Petersburg and Moscow. They come from poorer regions of Russian Federation, where people are happy to take signing bonuses to join the army. Kremlin seems to have studiously avoided any mobilization that would require pulling people from Moscow and St. Petersburg, because it would then be impossible to hide the scale of the disaster.

Thanks y'all for the follows! 100 means more than you realize 🙌🏾 🥂@BrunoMARcedes you were right 💙🫶🏾

Prezenta masiva la Pride Parade Bucuresti. Romanii au inteles ca drepturile minoritatilor, inclusiv ale minoritatilor sexuale, sunt un lucru normal in sec. XXI! Felicitari participantilor!

9:00 AM. Every day, Ukraine stops. Cities go quiet. Traffic stills. Voices fall silent. For one minute, nothing moves — only memory. Ukraine remembers those who stood in its defense and did not come home. Those who gave their lives for the right of Ukraine to be free, strong and unbroken. Those whose names live not only in history — but in the heart of every Ukrainian. Freedom is not abstract here. It has faces. It has names. It has families who still set a place at the table. Every morning at 9:00, Ukraine remembers why it stands — and for whom it keeps going.

If the moderate Muslims spoke out against the radical ones it would help a lot Why do so few do this ?

Notice how almost EVERYTHING inside Obama’s Presidential Center bears someone ELSE’S name: The Eleanor Roosevelt Garden The Nancy Pelosi Pavilion The Nelson Mandela Skyroom The Ann Dunham Water Terrace The list goes on… REAL leaders don’t feel diminished by sharing the spotlight 💙

UK has intercepted Russian shadow fleet oil tanker attempting to go through English Channel, says PM Keir Starmer bbc.in/4vsOgc5