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Bulletins and News Discussion from April 21st to April 27th, 2025 - JD Vance vs Pope Francis, No Items, Final Destination (hexbear.net)

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Image is sourced from this Guardian article.

The Pope's fucking dead.

He gave JD Vance three chocolate easter eggs, exchanged pleasantries for 17 minutes, and then keeled over and died.

What a way to go.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (10 children)

US Treasuries are rising steadily again.

10Y: 4.4

30Y: 4.9

IIRC, this implies mortgage rates above 7%.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Zelensky: 'Ukraine will never recognize Russian-occupied Crimea as part of Russian territory, it is the sovereign territory of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Is he genuinly stupid and thinks Ukraine can somehow reverse the situation and defeat Russia? Is he planning on just prolonging the situation until he has some sort of escape plan? What is his goal?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Extending the war is the only way Zelenskyy can hold onto power. If the war ends soon, it's rumoured that Ukrainian presidental elections will take place in August. So as it stands, Zelenskyy is out of the picture in a few months, and is going to be remembered as the president that oversaw Ukraine concede four oblasts to Russia, did the failed Kursk adventure, and continued the war for far longer than it should have been to achieve no results (extending the war after the failed summer counteroffensive made no sense).

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Garnishing wages of people with student loan debt is just another tax draining demand for real goods. Good job. amerikkka-clap

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (5 children)

What happened to the "Trump is going to declare martial law on 4/20" stuff? I know that was a deadline for some report based on an early executive order:

Sec. 6. Reporting Requirement. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President, through the Homeland Security Advisor, a report outlining all actions taken to fulfill the requirements and objectives of this proclamation; and

(b) Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report to the President about the conditions at the southern border of the United States and any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (3 children)

https://www.newsweek.com/hegseth-noem-decide-insurrection-act-guidance-trump-report-2061659

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem are not planning to recommend that President Donald Trump invoke the Insurrection Act to address conditions at the southern border, multiple U.S. officials told CNN.

While the deadline is Sunday, officials told CNN the memo will likely be sent to the White House next week. The expected recommendation points out that migrant crossings have significantly decreased — under 300 per day, compared to well over 1,000 in previous years — and that current authorities are sufficient for managing the situation.

Despite internal White House frustrations over the slow pace of nationwide interior arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), CNN says that officials are warning that invoking the Insurrection Act could overwhelm detention capacity.

When reached for comment via email, a Pentagon spokesperson told Newsweek, "At the President's direction, the DoD and DHS are developing a joint report assessing the conditions at the U.S. southern border and recommending actions to achieve full operational control of the border. We have nothing additional to provide at this time."

really surprising the two ghouls aren't recommending it.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Freezing the conflict along the current front line was Vladimir Putin's proposal, Western media say

According to their information, Trump expects a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia to be concluded by April 30, by which time Russia will allegedly completely expel the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kursk region and end military operations.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

If the leaked 100 day peace plan ends up being true lathe-of-heaven

We've already had the Trump-Putin phone call, seperate bilateral meetings in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine mostly kicked out of Kursk (they only hold less than 50km² of treelines and border villages), the Easter ceasefire, all of which were part of the leaked 100 day peace plan.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

lmao, a conflict freeze along the current lines has always been the western proposal. WTF are they talking about

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (7 children)

would anyone be willing to explain this whole thing that happened with European handbags recently? it seems like something went viral showing how overpriced they are or something?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Shout out to this person who unironically thinks that JD Vance assassinated the pope.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago

What's the odds that someone on couch fuckers security detail fed the pope some poison.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did JD drop the Pope?

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

What is the point of Kentucky as a state, it's capital is Frankfort with an 'o'

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The site evidently received its name after an incident in 1780, when pioneer Stephen Frank was killed in a skirmish with Native Americans; the crossing was named "Frank's Ford" in his memory.

fuck that settler asshole

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago

Russia: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assured that his country is ready to mediate in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States if both countries consider it convenient.

Telesur English

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025, at 88, the Vatican confirmed. He died at 7:35 a.m. local time at his residence in Casa Santa Marta, following complications from a bilateral pneumonia with polymicrobial infection.

Rest in peace, Pope Francis

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

At the stonk market straight up bouncing it.

And by it heh I mean

spoiler

my dead cat kitty-cri-screm

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Iran continues to build its Eastern Wall on the border with Afghanistan, aiming to keep out illegal migrants, drug traffickers and weapons smugglers

The wall will be equipped with advanced monitoring technology, and is planned to be hundreds of kilometers long, with many sections already completed.

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