Barackface: 4: Ukraine

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Trump enters his ‘Golden Age’ as bill passage caps long list of ‘remarkable’ accomplishments - wowing even critics https://t.co/AhjbEGqCHY
— Breaking News (@jooilong) July 4, 2025

Heavy Russian attack on Kyiv continues. Nearly every district is targeted by drones. The loud buzz of Shaheds mixes with the blasts of air defense.
It’s going to be a very long night. pic.twitter.com/048AlI5uIf
— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) July 3, 2025

At least six huge, building-shaking explosions in Kyiv just after the Ukrainian Air Force warned of incoming Russian ballistic missiles. Hell here tonight. Putin must absolutely feel he can attack with impunity. He just spoke to Trump by phone hours ago. And the Trump admin… https://t.co/dysvd7q9NZ
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) July 3, 2025

Within an hour of the Trump/Putin call, Russia unleashes massive bombing of Kyiv's civilian population that hasn't stopped for 7 hours.

It's 4am and metro stations are full of sheltering residents as explosions target apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/yaVSwPVMQZ
— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) July 4, 2025

अमेरिकासँग व्यापार सम्झौताका लागि तयार छाैं : ईयू प्रमुख https://t.co/G7Zfg91F2n
— Ujyaalo (@Ujyaalo) July 4, 2025

ट्रंप का बिग ब्यूटीफुल बिल अमेरिकी कांग्रेस में पास https://t.co/8gaRtM2B7M
— BBC News Hindi (@BBCHindi) July 4, 2025

You know what voters hate more than almost anything? Electeds lying straight to their faces.

Nearly every swing district Republican lied through their teeth about Medicaid cuts or the deficit. Some less than 24 hours ago.

They will pay a MASSIVE political price.
— James Skoufis (@JamesSkoufis) July 4, 2025

Shylock is among the most quintessential antisemitic stereotypes. This is not an accident. It follows years in which Trump has normalized antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories — and it’s deeply dangerous. https://t.co/unuY4poqod
— Amy Spitalnick (@amyspitalnick) July 4, 2025

You know what voters hate more than almost anything? Electeds lying straight to their faces.

Nearly every swing district Republican lied through their teeth about Medicaid cuts or the deficit. Some less than 24 hours ago.

They will pay a MASSIVE political price.
— James Skoufis (@JamesSkoufis) July 4, 2025

🇺🇸IT PASSED!🇺🇸 https://t.co/3mWk6U5hw4
— Maine Defender 🇺🇸 (@RyanMurphy1020) July 3, 2025

journalism is when you publish what the press office tells you pic.twitter.com/nwzvcSh8e6
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) July 3, 2025

Joe Rogan: “I don’t think if the Trump administration, if they’re running and they said we’re going to go to Home Depot and we’re going to arrest all the people at Home Depot. We’re going to go to construction sites and we’re just going to tackle people at construction sites. I…
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) July 3, 2025

Folks were mad when people said “Abolish ICE” - now look where we’re headed. https://t.co/37pAL2zmMb
— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) July 3, 2025

What we need right now in this urgent moment for our democracy is to stand up for our immigrant neighbors. To stand up for the love and unity represented by that statue in the harbor. 🗽

That’s what it means to be a New Yorker this 4th of July. pic.twitter.com/Vn4nUpUyEd
— Brad Lander (@bradlander) July 3, 2025

"The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck...

OBBB 'virtually guarantees that China will own the future of solar, wind power and electric cars and trucks, as well as autonomous vehicles'

'And why? Because Rs view those as “liberal” energy sources'https://t.co/pUuHmURtlq
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) July 3, 2025

“The people who voted for [Trump] did so because of his willingness to smash things – not because of the strength of his personal values. He has delivered for them.”

Kim Wehle writes about how Trump’s disregard for the rule of law is putting all Americans at risk. pic.twitter.com/gSVy1tb9F4
— Zeteo (@zeteo_news) July 3, 2025

This guy! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/aVo55BjkXz
— @OHMichael MͭAͤGͣAͫ (@OHMichael) July 3, 2025

#FJB #LGB https://t.co/wQiqpweGjE
— @OHMichael MͭAͤGͣAͫ (@OHMichael) July 3, 2025

Looking to live in Europe while working remotely? Slovenia is rolling out a one-year digital nomad visa. Here’s what to know–and why this charming, budget-friendly country might be a smart move.
Read more: https://t.co/5t7h7ZSBrG
(Photo: Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/zsivS5rMmZ
— Forbes (@Forbes) July 3, 2025

Heavy Russian attack on Kyiv continues. Nearly every district is targeted by drones. The loud buzz of Shaheds mixes with the blasts of air defense.
It’s going to be a very long night. pic.twitter.com/048AlI5uIf
— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) July 3, 2025

Perplexity for Notes, Meetings, Brain Dump, etc will just be native to Comet. It’s just going to aggregate all productivity software and tools! https://t.co/MPdm9N5EfP
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) July 3, 2025

“The complicity exposed by this report is just the tip of the iceberg; ending it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including its executives.” @FranceskAlbs https://t.co/SEKabSgyTt
— Nimer Sultany (@NimerSultany) July 3, 2025

Donald Trump and most Republicans in Congress just stuck it to the American people so they can give a big tax cut to billionaires. They're throwing someone’s grandma out of a nursing home and taking away some kid's school lunch to do this.
— Captain Mark Kelly (@CaptMarkKelly) July 3, 2025

The people of Pakistan are asking questions about the crimes committed in the “public interest.”#پبلک_انٹرسٹ #PublicInterest pic.twitter.com/WS9JMxi1Gk
— PTI USA Official (@PTIOfficialUSA) July 3, 2025

Satanic Temples of Child Sacrifice face closure. https://t.co/n0T9O6XG9u
— Larry Alex Taunton (@LarryTaunton) July 3, 2025

Trump now has his own Gestappo in the form of ICE. His own army.

Who stops them?

I really dont know.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) July 3, 2025

DC archbishop slams Trump megabill, immigration crackdown https://t.co/cfyC6hqhFA
— The Hill (@thehill) July 3, 2025

BREAKING: Republicans pass the "Big Beautiful Bill".

Here's the simply Truth:

Republicans have been lying to you for decades. This is what the "Big Beautiful Bill" will do:

- Raises Deficit by $3,400,000,000,000.00 over 10 years.

- Keeps the SALT cap hike that showers aid… pic.twitter.com/GJSOyNdTdk
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) July 3, 2025

If one person defines public interest, its totalitarianism. In such system there is,no independent judiciary,no free press and no electoral accountability. Under such circumstances, public interest becomes whatever the ruler says it is,often aligned with their own ideology
— Abuzar Salman Niazi (@SalmanKNiazi1) July 3, 2025

The leader of the free world! https://t.co/UAIzVEaaZ8
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) July 3, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security's intelligence arm plans to cut nearly three-quarters of its full-time employees, shaving its Office of Intelligence & Analysis down from about 1,000 staff to just 275. https://t.co/qquZVNU2GY
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 3, 2025

Republicans in Congress have voted to devastate millions of people across our nation — kicking Americans off their health care, shuttering hospitals, eliminating food assistance, and raising costs.

This is Project 2025 in action.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 3, 2025

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also… pic.twitter.com/Gwo7JlyLiX
— Brother Eric's Church & State (@ericschurchnst8) July 1, 2025

May it be so. Let us unite and see what we can accomplish if we fight for America instead of Americans fighting each other. pic.twitter.com/yNb3Ai41A3
— Brother Eric's Church & State (@ericschurchnst8) July 3, 2025

If you voted for this, remove all the Jesus shit from your bio immediately. pic.twitter.com/ffMm2zZkBl
— Warren (@swd2) July 3, 2025

Texans, please learn from our mistakes. https://t.co/686eV5tD4T
— Fr Calvin Robinson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@calvinrobinson) July 3, 2025

A number of Russian drones are heading toward Kyiv, the city's military administration reports.

According to monitoring channels, about 25 drones are moving toward the capital.

📹: mothers with strollers and children in Kyiv run for shelter/Yan Dobronosov https://t.co/gwq6Ku9WXA pic.twitter.com/9YlPhZBVI9
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 3, 2025

The inhumane isolation and degrading treatment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in prison is a grave violation of his fundamental rights — a shameful affront to justice, dignity, and the very laws Pakistan and the international community claim to uphold.

Immediate… pic.twitter.com/nmfNo8KqC7
— PTI Canada Official (@PTIOfficialCA) July 3, 2025

22 hours a day!
⁰No sunlight.⁰No fresh air.⁰A suffocating, windowless cell nearing 100°F.

This isn’t detention, it’s torture.

Khan is being buried alive, one day at a time.

They violate every principle of human dignity.#رسائی_نہیں_صرف_رہائی https://t.co/ERXiclIWjr pic.twitter.com/sxZ8sqTez7
— Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (@Saregamapa2024) July 3, 2025

Another bloody chapter of state tyranny — 6 innocent PTI supporters jailed in Kot Lakhpat have died from hepatitis. These were not natural deaths but silent, systematic murders. The hands of this military-led regime are soaked in innocent blood.

No crime escapes justice. The day… pic.twitter.com/rvjS6Mz5PS
— PTI USA Official (@PTIOfficialUSA) July 3, 2025

It’s Official.

Project 2025 is now in full effect.

MAGA voters don’t have a fucking clue what’s coming.
— Travis Matthew (@Matthewtravis08) July 3, 2025

It was a pleasure to host Bangladeshi-American leaders in my District Office to discuss the issues of importance to the community and strategize for the future. Together, we are building power and shaping policy in Queens and beyond. pic.twitter.com/tLrfq6bPha
— Jenifer Rajkumar (@JeniferRajkumar) July 3, 2025

Not exactly sounding like the leader of a superpower or the leader of the free world. https://t.co/cJNodrgYnP
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) July 3, 2025

WATCH: $450,000,000/year and it’s already flooding pic.twitter.com/TRFszBpbWw
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 3, 2025

I'm not usually one to live tweet air raids on #Kyiv. This one is typically loud, has been going on for hours. And the longer vital air defences are withheld the more people who are going to die.

Those are the facts. People are going to die.
— Paul Niland (@PaulNiland) July 3, 2025

It’s a new day, but the numbers haven’t changed:

If this bill is passed, 310,000 Pennsylvanians will still lose Medicaid. 140,000 Pennsylvanians will still lose SNAP. The national deficit will still balloon by $3.3 trillion.

Every Congressional Republican voting for this bill… pic.twitter.com/3djpRNFyIn
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) July 3, 2025

Right on time after Putin's latest chitchat with Trump today. It’s hard to imagine Trump and the GOP happily accepting this amount of spit in their faces, and America's, from anyone else. https://t.co/ddRCFURmOn
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) July 3, 2025

“It’s a weird thing. We’ll be celebrating Independence Day tomorrow with the very thing our Founders feared in the White House. Love America. Fuck Trump.”

- Joe Walsh
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 3, 2025

Credit where credit is due. @realDonaldTrump has successfully resolved several serious conflicts around the world. pic.twitter.com/0EyHHy5Gfo
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 2, 2025

AI NEWS: Google is finally rolling out Veo 3 globally!

Plus, more news from HeyGen, Perplexity, Replit, Genspark, Fundamental, and Sakana

Here's everything you need to know:
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 3, 2025

Google just announced it is rolling out Veo 3 to all Gemini users worldwide — in 159 countries

The viral AI video model will be available to those with Google's AI Pro subscription, with 3 daily generationspic.twitter.com/yQRTqgdvTd
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 3, 2025

Perplexity just launched a new "Max" subscription, priced at $200/mo. It offers:

—Unlimited access to its Labs tools
—Early access to new products like the Comet browser
—Early access to advanced models.
—Priority support https://t.co/mMF5SHCp9O pic.twitter.com/9k1TgffmsP
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 3, 2025

Fundamental dropped Shortcut, a "superhuman" spreadsheet agent, in early preview

It one-shots most knowledge work tasks on Excel, also scoring >80% on Excel World Championship Cases in about 10 min.

That's 10x faster than humanspic.twitter.com/FZ5EYWNgPG
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 3, 2025

Nepal bundle out Malaysia for 90 runs in U-16 East Zone Cup semi-final

Abhay Yadav picks four wickets, Shubham Khanal claims three as Malaysia crumble in Kuala Lumpur.https://t.co/xYmqRBRjTn
— The Kathmandu Post (@kathmandupost) July 3, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: Congressman Tim Burchett absolutely obliterates CNN host right to her face. Holy smokes.

"NO ma'am. Listen, if you want to do the editorial, just go ahead and you don't need me on here!"

"What do YOU have against knowing how much each bill is spent? Why does the… pic.twitter.com/iDL6FXY5Es
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 2, 2025

The USA needs the best talent

Come build that 👇

$25k referral https://t.co/lRhrjuQN7Y
— Gaurav Vohra (@gauravvohra1) July 3, 2025

Hiring a founding principal engineer for @extraordinary

$25,000 referral pic.twitter.com/auOhwji7bh
— Sigil Wen (@0xSigil) July 3, 2025

Total 500K. I will build you a team of 3 I will lead. The team will be remote. The work will get done. Let's talk over DM and phone.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 3, 2025

Every single one of the 11 Meta superintelligence hires is an immigrant who did their undergrad abroad.

7 China, 1 India, 1 Australia, 1 UK, 1 South Africa.
8 are PhD or PhD dropouts in the US.

Immigration is key to US AI innovation. pic.twitter.com/DenoY1BdUL
— Deedy (@deedydas) July 1, 2025

That is also true for the bottom end of the economy. Take that away and America is Japan. A whole lot of stagnation.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 3, 2025

A cultural connect like no other!

Very happy to have witnessed a Bhojpuri Chautaal performance in Port of Spain. The connect between Trinidad & Tobago and India, especially parts of eastern UP and Bihar is noteworthy. pic.twitter.com/O751WpAJc5
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 3, 2025

🇸🇦📞🇺🇸 | Foreign Minister HH Prince @FaisalbinFarhan held a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. pic.twitter.com/VB5aFfwEup
— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) July 2, 2025

Coming In HOT!
Great Blue Heron pic.twitter.com/eTzVjWiKTy
— Louisiana's Paradise (@louisianaspara) July 2, 2025

संबैधानिक इजलासको फैसलाबारे मेरो राय lhttps://t.co/o0sy6WUqCR
— Dinesh Tripathi (@DineshTripathi6) July 4, 2025

Looking for a corporate sponsor for my tech blog. Can I get you interested? https://t.co/4tF5jVpW0n
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 4, 2025

रविनजी गज्जब बनाउनु भएछ । क्या सटिक ! pic.twitter.com/Yd7p0l3U2d
— Dhruba Simkhada (@DhrubaSimkhada1) July 4, 2025

He moved to the US from Uganda.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 4, 2025

The Indian diaspora is our pride: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/VS6cFGy3Kw
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 4, 2025

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— Libby Fella 🇫🇮 (@LibbySnowflak) July 2, 2025

It makes me profoundly sad that the 250th birthday of the greatest nation on Earth will be celebrated with this authoritarian scumbag in office.

Our founders weep... pic.twitter.com/Flzy8WAv3L
— Dave Hale - Concerned Republican (@CountryFirstRep) July 3, 2025

This is embarrassing and if I was of the Times journalists byline on this piece, I’d be embarrassed. https://t.co/bGPAnqAGFc
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 4, 2025

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