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"The #Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a ...

2026-03-24T22:15:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…lkz3
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"The #Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a disclaimer of opinion on the U.S. government’s FY 2025 financial statements — the 29th consecutive year it has been unable to determine whether the statements are fairly presented. This is primarily due to serious, ongoing financial management problems at the 👉 Dept of Defense👈 [which failed EVERY audit ever given it] and weaknesses in accounting for interagency transactions"
https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-government-insolvent-fiscal-crisis-fix/

#Trump #Politics #Military #News #US #USA

"Importantly, the $47.78 trillion in reported liabilities ...

2026-03-24T22:09:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…qmj7
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"Importantly, the $47.78 trillion in reported liabilities does not include the unfunded obligations of social insurance programs like Social Security & Medicare...

The government’s consolidated balance sheet position... deteriorated by nearly $2.07 trillion between FY 2024 & FY 2025, reaching a staggering negative $41.72 trillion. Total liabilities are now nearly eight times the value of reported assets."
https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-government-insolvent-fiscal-crisis-fix/

#DonaldTrump #Trump #GOP #Politics #Economics #News #US #USA

"The U.S. #government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole ...

2026-03-24T22:03:40Z

"The U.S. #government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole — it’s the conclusion drawn directly from the #Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total #media silence. The numbers: $6.06 trillion in total assets against $47.78 trillion in total liabilities as of September 30, 2025."
https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-government-insolvent-fiscal-crisis-fix/

#DonaldTrump #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #Finance #Economics #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Debt #deficit

"Even though courts have found time and time again that you ...

2026-03-20T16:52:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…239c
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"Even though courts have found time and time again that you can’t force someone to undergo medical treatment — even if it could save someone else’s life — the video underscored for me how pregnant #women are the rare exception...

#abortion restrictions can lead to pregnant women being denied lifesaving care. Experts worry that the opposite problem, forced treatment, could also become more common"
- ProPublica (npub1qmg…s6k5)

https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section

#Health #Healthcare #Politics #News #Florida #USA #US

What could possibly go wrong? Oh... right... 😱

2026-03-20T12:54:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…3rng
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What could possibly go wrong?

Oh... right... 😱

For those unfamiliar with the evils of company towns, here's ...

2026-03-12T12:28:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…apr9
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For those unfamiliar with the evils of company towns, here's an illustrated explainer:

You’re Lucky You Have a House, Peasant!
https://thenib.com/company-towns-history/

Gotta love the dissent: "The Court’s 101-word unexplained ...

2026-03-02T23:33:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…zdtd
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Gotta love the dissent:
"The Court’s 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: “Rules for thee, but not for me.” Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction... that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an election. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one.”
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a914_1p24.pdf
(page 5)

#SCOTUS #Corruption #Law #News #US

This is a long, detailed (and disturbing) article. Here's a ...

2026-03-02T22:17:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…dj73
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This is a long, detailed (and disturbing) article. Here's a #GiftArticle #GiftLink so that you can read it for yourself, even if you do not have a subscription:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeffrey-epstein-doctors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QFA.jNJ0.L-Mz35Bxv8Yu&smid=url-share

Here's an #archive version you can also access without a subscription:
https://archive.is/xpJEb

#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Health #Healthcare #Corruption #Politics #Trump #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"Epstein rewarded his preferred doctors with hefty payments, ...

2026-03-02T22:12:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…laqg
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"Epstein rewarded his preferred doctors with hefty payments, Apple Watches, introductions to celebrities and vacations on his private island and his #NewMexico ranch. One cash-strapped dermatologist asked the sexual predator to co-sign his car lease."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeffrey-epstein-doctors.html

#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Health #Healthcare #Corruption #Politics #Trump #News #Press #Florida #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

"He directed women to get pelvic exams, liposuction & ...

2026-03-02T22:09:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…y7ra
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"He directed women to get pelvic exams, liposuction & mole removals...

some of his #doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.

One sent Epstein’s sexual partners elsewhere for gonorrhea treatment so that when their cases were reported to #PublicHealth authorities, they wouldn’t be tied to #Epstein. Some doctors shared patients’ private #health information with him"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeffrey-epstein-doctors.html

#Healthcare #Corruption #EpsteinFiles #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates

"A plastic surgeon... closed a young woman’s head wound ...

2026-03-02T22:00:30Z

"A plastic surgeon... closed a young woman’s head wound with 35 stitches on #JeffreyEpstein ’s dining room table.

An internist... ordered a blood test... then reported the abnormal results back to Epstein.

A dentist... asked Epstein how much work he wanted done on a “girl”...

These providers were part of a small stable of loyal #medical specialists cultivated and rewarded by #Epstein, the convicted sex offender"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeffrey-epstein-doctors.html

#Health #EpsteinFiles #Pedophiles #Corruption #News #US

"A record 129 #journalists and media workers were killed in ...

2026-03-02T18:54:53Z

"A record 129 #journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in 2025, two-thirds of them by #Israeli forces...

It was the second consecutive year in which killings of members of the press reached unprecedented levels, and the second year running in which #Israel was responsible for roughly two-thirds of the total"
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/25/record-number-journalists-killed-2025-israel-gaza-war

#Netanyahu #War #Journalism #WarCrimes #News #Press #Media

"And so the state of Trump is that he is stuck. He is failing ...

2026-02-25T15:28:53Z

"And so the state of Trump is that he is stuck. He is failing at fascism. He can break things, but he cannot make things. He can bluster, but he cannot triumph. He is tired, and every day is harder than the day before, and there are rivals in the wings, and elections coming."
- Timothy Snyder

https://snyder.substack.com/p/fascist-failure

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Fail #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Resist #Resistance

The student protest in Quakertown, #Pennsylvania was peaceful ...

2026-02-22T13:22:50Z

The student protest in Quakertown, #Pennsylvania was peaceful until the #police showed up -- Including the police chief in plain clothes -- and started grabbing students and tackling them to the ground. The chief put a young girl in a choke hold.

#video:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:clrz2dor4orqkvvqr3qwrary/post/3mffhwg4ztk2w

Weasel-worded local news article that performed stenography for the police (though the photographs and video are useful):
https://centralbucksnews.com/news/2026/feb/20/lockdown-at-quakertown-schools-friday-afternoon-after-canceled-walkout-leads-to-confrontation/

#ACAB #ICE #Protest #FirstAmendment #News #USA #US #UnitedStates

"You know what's better than refusing to use a ...

2026-02-20T10:23:01Z

"You know what's better than refusing to use a #technology because you hate its creators? Seizing that technology and making it your own. Don't like the fact that a convicted monopolist has a death-grip on networking? Steal its protocol, release a free #software version of it, and leave it in your dust...

That's how we make good #tech... by liberating the technology from its monstrous forebears and making free and open versions of it:"
- Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/19/now-we-are-six/

#News #World

"Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps ...

2026-02-10T02:08:49Z

"Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the US #government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff....

The real #profit will come with the private #prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities."
https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3megzp3phmk2a

#DHS #ICE Corruption #Trump #GOP #Politics #News #US #USA

MAGA MAN attacks high school GIRL PROTESTING ICE and INSTANTLY ...

2026-02-04T20:24:58Z

MAGA MAN attacks high school GIRL PROTESTING ICE and INSTANTLY REGRETS IT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzkh8WsdZio

45 yr old Chad Michael Watts of Kyle, TX got out of his truck to attack a teenage girl protesting ICE in front of her high school.

[What kind of man attacks a teenage girl half his size?
A MAGA man.]

The other students worked together to drag Watts off of the female student, punching and kicking him until he gave up and left.

The kids know: We are stronger together.

#Texas #Protest #News #US

"The #politics of careful positioning and poll-tested ...

2026-02-04T00:27:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…ydas
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"The #politics of careful positioning and poll-tested moderation have been tested, and on their own, they have failed to deliver the victories needed to protect democracy. The choice now is to transform the party’s strategy to meet the scale of the threat, or to fail.

👉 In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance."👈

https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

#Trump #Authoritarian #USPol #Democrats #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Democracy

"Every #democracy facing this challenge has learned you ...

2026-02-03T23:45:41Z

"Every #democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their #corruption.

#History won’t judge #Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened."
https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

#Trump #Authoritarianism #Politics #News #US #USA #America

"Every social theory undergirding #Trumpism has been broken ...

2026-01-28T02:07:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…32rk
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"Every social theory undergirding #Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in #Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until #Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs.

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm

#Minnesota #USA #News #ICE #AbolishICE #Trump #MAGA #Politics #US #UnitedStates #America

"The federal surge into #Minneapolis reflects a series of ...

2026-01-28T02:01:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…cfzg
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"The federal surge into #Minneapolis reflects a series of mistaken MAGA assumptions. The first is the belief that diverse communities aren’t possible...

A second #MAGA assumption is that the left is insincere in its values...

But... millions of ordinary Americans ...have poured into the streets in #protest, spoken out against the administration, and, in #Minnesota, resisted armed men in masks at the cost of their own life."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm

#Resist #ICE #Trump #Fascism #News #US #USA

"Bovino’s departure seemed an admission that Minnesotans ...

2026-01-28T01:55:26Z

"Bovino’s departure seemed an admission that Minnesotans aren’t the only Americans who won’t tolerate more deaths at the hands of federal agents. The people of #Minnesota have forced the #Trump administration into a strategic retreat—one inflicted not as rioters or insurgents, but as neighbors."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm

#ICE #CBP #DHS #Trump #StephenMiller #GregBovino #News #Minneapolis #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

In another interview, when asked about #AlexPretti, Trump repeats ...

2026-01-28T00:04:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…fzzz
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In another interview, when asked about #AlexPretti, Trump repeats that "He shouldn’t have been carrying a gun.... I don’t like that he had a gun."

https://www.threads.com/@vincedmonroy/post/DUBze4Hj8JM

Will any of his followers push back against Trump suggesting that Americans shouldn't carry guns?

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Guns #2ndAmendment #SecondAmendment #News #Press #Media #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

When asked about his chief of staff's description of ...

2026-01-27T23:36:03Z

When asked about his chief of staff's description of #AlexPretti as an "assassin," #DonaldTrump responded, "No." Then after a pause, says, "With that being said, you can’t have guns. You can’t walk in with guns. You just can’t. You can’t walk in with guns. You can’t do that."
Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUBs5BOj0ss/

It will be interesting to see how all the #2ndAmendment zealots respond to Trump's statement.

#Trump #Guns #ICE #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #News #Media #Press #US #UnitedStates

"Republican Chris Madel made a stunning exit from the ...

2026-01-26T16:01:28Z

"Republican Chris Madel made a stunning exit from the #Minnesota governor’s race on Jan. 26, saying he cannot support the national GOP’s “stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
...

“United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear. #UnitedStates citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That’s wrong,” Madel said."
https://archive.is/BJft9#selection-337.0-337.113

#ICE #CBP #DHS #Republicans #GOP #Politics #News #US

Oh, FFS. How many people are going to die because of this idiocy?

2026-01-26T15:37:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…79q0
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Oh, FFS.

How many people are going to die because of this idiocy?

"A 51-year-old man shot Saturday by federal #immigration ...

2026-01-24T17:36:49Z

"A 51-year-old man shot Saturday by federal #immigration officers in #Minneapolis has died...

The details surrounding the shooting weren’t immediately clear....

The shooting happened amid widespread daily #protests in the Twin Cities since the Jan. 7 shooting of 37-year-old #ReneeGood, who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired into her vehicle."
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-4d1499fc5962ab880f3816259e04bdbf

#ICE #Violence #Murder #Trump #StephenMiller #Fascism #News #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates

"Minneapolis was home to a landmark #GeneralStrike nearly 100 ...

2026-01-23T14:33:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…vkgm
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"Minneapolis was home to a landmark #GeneralStrike nearly 100 years ago...

The #strike caused #Minneapolis’ industrial area... to shut down.

#police shot 67 picketing workers — most of them were shot in the back — and 2 were killed. 100,000 people attended the funeral procession for one of the strikers. The governor dispatched the #NationalGuard, and the [business owners] eventually agreed to the union’s demands, making the general strike a success.
https://www.kaxe.org/minnesota-news/2026-01-22/fridays-ice-out-of-minnesota-day-is-a-general-strike-heres-what-that-means

#Minnesota #USA

"A #GeneralStrike is a work stoppage across multiple ...

2026-01-23T14:22:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…c78y
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"A #GeneralStrike is a work stoppage across multiple industries. The overall goal is to pause #economic activity to compel change. General strikes are uncommon in modern #America but were once a staple of #protest politics and are still frequently employed in #Europe.

Citing the killing of #ReneeGood by federal agent Jonathan Ross, the “ICE Out” day organizers say the general strike is intended to be a day of nonviolent reflection."
https://www.kaxe.org/minnesota-news/2026-01-22/fridays-ice-out-of-minnesota-day-is-a-general-strike-heres-what-that-means

#ICE #Protest #Strike #News #US #USA

"Friday may be the largest worker action in the state’s ...

2026-01-23T14:11:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…77eq
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"Friday may be the largest worker action in the state’s history, said Christa Sarrack, president of a labor union... Ms. Sarrack said some of the #union members’ employers had decided to close for the day, while others were allowing employees to not come to work.

“We cannot simply sit by and allow this to continue,” Ms. Sarrack said. “We must use every tool that we have to fight back.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minnesota-businesses-protest-ice.html

#GeneralStrike #Strike #Protest #Resist #ICE #GOP #News #Press #Minnesota #US #USA

"Charles Booker, a #Democratic candidate for the US Senate in ...

2026-01-23T14:01:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…ewnc
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"Charles Booker, a #Democratic candidate for the US Senate in #Kentucky, praised the organizations for showing solidarity in the face of a crackdown by federal agents.

“This is what it takes,” he wrote in a social media post. “It is time for the people to stand and take back our power. We need a general strike! Love and solidarity to our family in Minneapolis who are refusing to go along with a status quo... More of this!”"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/minneapolis-ice-general-strike

#Protest #Resist #Strike #News #US #USA

"More than 50 #Minnesota labor unions, nonprofits, and other ...

2026-01-23T13:53:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…nyqr
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"More than 50 #Minnesota labor unions, nonprofits, and other #community organizations have signed onto a January 23 Day of Action, which calls for a complete “economic blackout” in the state. “No work. No school. No shopping,” its posters declare.

... This would be the first #GeneralStrike in Minnesota since 1934, when the Teamsters set off a months-long work stoppage in the state."
https://truthout.org/articles/with-twin-cities-under-siege-by-ice-minnesota-moves-toward-a-general-strike/

#Protest #Resist #Resistance #Trump #ICE #Fascism #News #Minneapolis #USA #US #Economy

"Tomorrow, tens of thousands of workers in #Minneapolis are ...

2026-01-23T13:33:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…vl6g
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"Tomorrow, tens of thousands of workers in #Minneapolis are expected to take to the streets in a mass #GeneralStrike. The “Day of Truth and Freedom” has been endorsed by all the major #labor organizations in #Minnesota. Every major #school & cultural institution, as well as hundreds of restaurants & small businesses, are expected to close.

... Minneapolis shows other cities how to fight back when #ICE comes to occupy their cities."
https://paydayreport.com/minnesota-labor-leaders-talk-organizing-lessons-as-strike-movement-goes-national/

#Strike #Protest #Resist #News #US

"growing #strike movement across the country against ...

2026-01-23T13:23:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…k5z9
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"growing #strike movement across the country against ICE's occupation of #Minneapolis. So far... there are Minneapolis #GeneralStrike solidarity actions in at least 215 cities across the #UnitedStates.

... Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, the Minnesota AFL-CIO, and several large #labor federations around #Minnesota have called for a “Day of Truth of Freedom" as workers intend to strike and walk out on Friday"
https://paydayreport.com/minneap/

#Protest #Resist #ICE #News #US #USA #UnitedStates

"the action has been endorsed by some #Minnesota labor ...

2026-01-23T13:17:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…gzdr
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"the action has been endorsed by some #Minnesota labor unions, including the #Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, St. Paul Federation of Educators, Unite Here Local 17, SEIU Local 26, Unidos MN, and ATU transit union. Additionally, the Minnesota Nurses Association backed the event in an announcement on Jan. 17.

Around the Twin Cities, a growing number of businesses have begun to announce plans to close in solidarity with the Day of Truth and Freedom."
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/growing-number-of-minnesota-businesses-announce-plans-to-close-for-jan-23-strike

#Resist #ICE

‼️ Anti-ICE strike‼️ "Last week, #Minnesota -based ...

2026-01-23T13:13:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…mk4j
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‼️ Anti-ICE strike‼️

"Last week, #Minnesota -based faith leaders, unions, and other #community groups called for a #strike and economic #blackout on Jan. 23 in response to the #Trump administration's [attack on #Minneapolis]

That operation has led to ... the death of #ReneeGood, who was shot and killed by Jonathan Ross, an #ICE agent"
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/growing-number-of-minnesota-businesses-announce-plans-to-close-for-jan-23-strike

#Protest #Resist #Resistance #DonaldTrump #Fascism #Politics #News #US #USA #UnitedStates

"Right now feels impossible, and unfortunately there's a ...

2026-01-23T12:17:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…pq3p
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"Right now feels impossible, and unfortunately there's a lot of impossible still to come. There's no fast fix, no one easy trick to defeating #fascism.

But.

But honestly I've never felt more hopeful that we actually have what it takes. That we can do the impossible, even when it seems insurmountable.

Because what it takes is us."

https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-01-21-all-we-have/

#Protest #Resist #ICE #CBP #DHS #Trump #Resistance #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

"The time to organize for that is right now. Talk to friends, ...

2026-01-23T12:03:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…emeh
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"The time to organize for that is right now. Talk to friends, talk to family, have a plan.

But beyond that: There are people in your community, today, doing the work that needs to be done. Reach out to the immigrant rights organizations that exist in your town... Find out how you can help. Find the food banks and pantries in your area, ask what you can do... Find the mutual aid groups... These groups, these people, they all exist, near you, right now."
https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-01-21-all-we-have/

#Resist #ICE #US

"They have come to the Twin Cities with 2000, 3000 troops ...

2026-01-23T11:54:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…s5h7
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"They have come to the Twin Cities with 2000, 3000 troops & the people of #Minneapolis St Paul have answered back with tens of thousands more. The call for help goes out, and it gets answered by so many... Everywhere you look there are people—regular-ass people like you, like me—standing up to literal troops, everyone knowing full well how it could go and doing it anyway.

Nobody should have to do this.

But we do it."
https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-01-21-all-we-have/

#Protest #Resist #ICE #Fascism #News #Minnesota #US

"Every single of one them has had abductions happen on their ...

2026-01-23T11:39:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…wu80
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"Every single of one them has had abductions happen on their block, to their neighbors, right in front of them. Their kids have seen their classrooms empty out, remote school instituted like there's another plague. They all know the smell of tear gas, the burn of pepper in the air. One described the number of abandoned cars, windows smashed. Another described a neighbor screaming out. All of them talk of helicopters, the endless helicopters."
https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-01-21-all-we-have/

#ICE #Minnesota #USA #News

"The collapse of the #AI bubble is going to be ugly. Seven AI ...

2026-01-23T11:23:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…aakc
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"The collapse of the #AI bubble is going to be ugly. Seven AI companies currently account for more than a third of the #StockMarket, and they endlessly pass around the same $100bn IOU.

AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a #finance sector and #tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
- Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Business #Economy #News #World

"AI is a bubble and it will burst... So what will be left ...

2026-01-23T11:16:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…57sf
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"AI is a bubble and it will burst... So what will be left behind?

We will have a bunch of coders who are really good at applied statistics... a lot of cheap GPUs... And we will have the #OpenSource models that run on commodity hardware, #AI tools that can do a lot of useful stuff, like transcribing audio and video; describing images;... These will run on our laptops and phones, and open-source hackers will find ways to push them to do things their makers never dreamed of."

#Technology #News

"the Copyright Office has maintained – correctly – that ...

2026-01-23T11:02:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…ften
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"the Copyright Office has maintained – correctly – that AI-generated works cannot be copyrighted, because #copyright is exclusively for humans...

if Getty or #Disney or Universal or Hearst newspapers use #AI to generate works – then anyone else can take those works, copy them, sell them or give them away for nothing. And the only thing those companies hate more than paying creative workers, is having other people take their stuff without permission."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

#Art #Artist #News

"the promise #AI companies make to investors – is that ...

2026-01-23T10:52:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…kva8
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"the promise #AI companies make to investors – is that there will be AI that can do your job, and when your boss fires you and replaces you with AI, he will keep half of your salary for himself and give the other half to the AI company.
...

Now, if AI could do your job, this would still be a problem. We would have to figure out what to do with all these unemployed people.

But AI can’t do your job. It can help you do your job, but that does not mean it is going to save anyone money."

#Tech

"This is the paradox of the growth stock. While you are ...

2026-01-23T10:30:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…lwwe
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"This is the paradox of the growth stock. While you are growing to domination, the market loves you, but once you achieve dominance, the market lops 75% or more off your value...

Which is why growth-stock companies are always desperately pumping up one bubble or another, spending billions to hype the pivot to video or #cryptocurrency or NFTs or the metaverse or #AI...

The primary goal is to keep the market convinced that your company will continue to grow"

#Tech #AI #StockMarket #News #World

"“There is no alternative” is a cheap rhetorical sleight. ...

2026-01-23T10:15:02Z

"“There is no alternative” is a cheap rhetorical sleight. It’s a demand dressed up as an observation. “There is no alternative” means: “Stop trying to think of an alternative.”

I’m a science-fiction writer – my job is to think of a dozen alternatives before breakfast."
- Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

#Tech #Technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #StockMarket #Business #News #World #SciFi

"To be clear, we're not "protesting" here in ...

2026-01-23T09:39:13Z

"To be clear, we're not "protesting" here in Minneapolis. We're resisting an occupation."
- philcalvit

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #ICE #CBP #DHS #Trump #GOP #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Politics #US #UnitedStates

"When #Minnesota Public Radio investigated a #DHS press ...

2026-01-21T09:11:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…mrch
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"When #Minnesota Public Radio investigated a #DHS press release about the “worst of the worst” it has captured in #Minneapolis, it turned out #ICE and #CBP were mostly taking credit for criminals who were already in #Minnesota prisons & turned over to ICE .... just one might have been captured by CBP or ICE in the surge — some of the 13 were actually handed over to ICE by Minnesota authorities **years ago** in previous administrations."
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-how-trump-changed-ice-and-cbp-into-a-fascist-secret-police

#Trump #Propaganda #Fascism #News

"It’s clear that many of them lack real-world policing ...

2026-01-21T09:02:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…yq75
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"It’s clear that many of them lack real-world policing skills...

In most #police agencies, using pepper spray counts as a use-of-force and comes with paperwork and supervisory review. #ICE and #CBP are using chemical agents almost recreationally and prophylactically, in moments where there’s no physical harm or risk to them — moments where 👉their violence is the only violence at the scene."👈
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-how-trump-changed-ice-and-cbp-into-a-fascist-secret-police

#Trump #Violence #Crime #Fascism #Politics #News #US #USA #Minnesota #Protest

"We are watching ICE and CBP engage in a national, ...

2026-01-21T08:47:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…mpzy
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"We are watching ICE and CBP engage in a national, presidentially-sanctioned #police riot — but make no mistake: It’s a riot borne of their fear, not their strength...

Much of that — both how badly they’ve bungled these operations so far and how badly the public is reacting — stems from the fact that #ICE and #CBP just aren’t trained for this...

the least educated and least trained federal law enforcement in the country."
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-how-trump-changed-ice-and-cbp-into-a-fascist-secret-police

#Trump #Fascism #Gestapo #News #US #USA

"CBP’s arrest and misconduct rate is FIVE TIMES higher than ...

2026-01-21T08:40:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…3vhs
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"CBP’s arrest and misconduct rate is FIVE TIMES higher than other federal #LawEnforcement agencies ... the arrest rate of #CBP officers and Border Patrol agents (.5%) has been HIGHER than the arrest rate of undocumented #immigrants in the #UnitedStates (.4%).

...CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States."
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-how-trump-changed-ice-and-cbp-into-a-fascist-secret-police

#DHS #ICE #Crime #Trump #News #US #USA

"“There were 2,170 reported incidents of arrests for acts ...

2026-01-21T08:33:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…rrlk
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"“There were 2,170 reported incidents of arrests for acts of misconduct, such as domestic violence or driving under the influence, from 2005 through 2012—that’s nearly one CBP officer or agent arrested for misconduct every single day for 7 years.” By 2018, that pace had only slowed to one agent or officer arrested every 36 hours.

...Border Patrol agent sentenced for having more than 350 images of child sexual abuse material on his phone while serving as an agent."

#ICE #CBP #Trump #News #US

'it [CBP] had no authority or power to investigate wrongdoing ...

2026-01-21T08:28:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…6tkg
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'it [CBP] had no authority or power to investigate wrongdoing by its own agents...

in the post-9/11 reorganization, we created the nation’s largest federal law enforcement agency & didn’t give it the power to have the internal affairs capacity that one would expect at even a mid-size local #police department.

That helped enable the now-two-decade-long tidal wave of #corruption, #crime, and misconduct that has swamped CBP"
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-how-trump-changed-ice-and-cbp-into-a-fascist-secret-police

#ICE #CBP #Trump #GOP #Politics #News #US #USA

Garrett Graff provides a lot of good and useful information about ...

2026-01-21T08:14:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…kyce
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Garrett Graff provides a lot of good and useful information about the #history and divisions within Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( #ICE) and Customs and Border Protection ( #CBP).

"As much as everything is now being labeled “ICE,” many of the viral video clips and brutal assaults are actually primarily the work of CBP strike teams led by Gregory Bovino"

There's #NoPaywall and too much info to thread, so I'll only post a few highlights.
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-how-trump-changed-ice-and-cbp-into-a-fascist-secret-police

#Politics #News #US #USA

"This is what fascism looks like — there is no bright line ...

2026-01-21T08:01:35Z

"This is what fascism looks like — there is no bright line between democracy and autocracy, it’s a spectrum, and not all of the country will experience that switch at the same moment in the same way.

But let’s be clear: There is a US city living under occupation by fascist presidential secret police right now."
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-how-trump-changed-ice-and-cbp-into-a-fascist-secret-police

#Trump #ICE #Fascism #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #DonaldTrump #Fascist #GOP #Politics #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #News #Press #US #UnitedStates #America

"The siege of #Minneapolis is a disturbing escalation of ...

2026-01-19T06:16:31Z

"The siege of #Minneapolis is a disturbing escalation of ICE’s past tactics. ICE & its associated agencies also targeted cities like #LosAngeles and #Chicago over the past year. The goal this time appears to be something closer to collective punishment for a city and a state that rejected #DonaldTrump in three presidential elections and whose governor, Tim Walz, ran against him in 2024."
https://newrepublic.com/article/205312/trump-created-blueprint-abolish-ice

#ICE #Trump #Fascism #Gestapo #Politics #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

According to Trump, being "disrespectful to law ...

2026-01-13T21:45:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…sdeg
_________________________

According to Trump, being "disrespectful to law enforcement,” is adequate justification for immediate execution.

"Comply or die" is NOT freedom.

#Trump #ICE #Fascism #Murder #ReneeNicoleGood #Protest #Resist #US #USA

Protestor: "My sister when she was five, my mom was ...

2026-01-12T22:56:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…6tc0
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Protestor: "My sister when she was five, my mom was threatened that, 'Oh, it would be a shame if something happened to your beautiful daughter' if my mom didn't turn in my dad in to the Securitate, the [Romanian] secret police…

It's our civil duty to be out here and to be fighting this.

My dad fought for #freedom in #Romania, and I'll do it fucking here."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ewIQn1bbYw
(interview begins at 3:53)

#ICE #Fascism #Protest #Resist #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

Protestor: "This is how a #dictatorship starts. And all of ...

2026-01-12T22:49:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…2v4v
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Protestor: "This is how a #dictatorship starts.

And all of these #Americans who've lived here their whole lives & had #democracy their whole lives, they don't realize that it's slowly being pulled away from them… and they're like, "Well, it's not that bad. I'm just too tired to deal with it. I'm too tired to fight."

And then eventually that's when you have a military state where their people are disappearing."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ewIQn1bbYw
(interview begins at 3:53)

#ICE #Protest #News #US #USA

Press: Are you feeling in any way intimidated? Protestor: Not at ...

2026-01-12T22:26:33Z

Press: Are you feeling in any way intimidated?

Protestor: Not at all. I'm going to keep doing it because my parents were refugees.
...
My mom... she's 68 yrs old... she looks at the news & she cries, "This isn't what I came here for. I came her for #freedom. I came here to be safe."
...
the exact same thing that happened in Romania. I can see it happening now in #America. This is how #fascism starts."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ewIQn1bbYw (at 4:29)

#ICE #Protest #Resist #News #Video #US #USA #UnitedStates

"the #US trade rep had ... made it eye-wateringly clear that ...

2026-01-10T21:43:07Z

"the #US trade rep had ... made it eye-wateringly clear that if they regulated #tech in a way that favoured their own people, industries & national interests, the US would bury them in #tariffs.

But ... If someone demands that you follow their orders or they’ll burn your house down, so you do, and they burn your house down anyway … well, you’re a bit of a fool if you keep on doing what they tell you, aren’t you?"
- Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

#Technology #Politics #News #USA #World

Anyone asked to move their car when ICE or CBP is near can now ...

2026-01-07T22:16:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…hmxz
_________________________

Anyone asked to move their car when ICE or CBP is near can now say:

"If I move my car, you will claim that I was 'weaponizing' it. I will NOT move my car until everyone is at least 50 yards away and cannot claim that by moving my car I was endangering their life."

#ICE #CBP #Fascism #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

"The driver appeared to be trying to turn her vehicle ...

2026-01-07T22:10:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…x6kx
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"The driver appeared to be trying to turn her vehicle around... going no more than 5 miles an hour and was receiving direction from multiple federal agents. Heitkamp heard several people shout, “No,” and then heard multiple gunshots.

The woman’s car rolled forward and crashed...

“It didn’t need to happen,” Heitkamp said. “And 👉 I don’t think the government has the right to kill its citizens for inconveniencing them.”👈
https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-agent-fatal-shooting-south-minneapolis-witnesses/

#ICE #CBP #Minnesota #News #US #USA #UnitedStates

"Mayor Frey described the shooting as “an agent recklessly ...

2026-01-07T18:57:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…f3ey
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"Mayor Frey described the shooting as “an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.” He took issue with the federal government’s description of the shooting, describing it as “bullshit,” saying that he had viewed video of the incident."
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/07/us/minnesota-shooting-ice/d2d18e7c-9d8a-58f7-83c9-3ec18256dc4a?smid=url-share

Here's a photo from the article of the windshield of the ...

2026-01-07T18:48:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…j2fy
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Here's a photo from the article of the windshield of the murdered woman's car.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/shooting-south-minneapolis-ice-agents-federal-operation

What angle would the ICE agent have had to be shooting at to hit the driver of the car in the head?

#ICE #Fascism #Violence #Trump #GOP #Politics #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #News

Here is video of the incident: ...

2026-01-07T18:40:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…jp2c
_________________________

Here is video of the incident:
https://bsky.app/profile/danielsuitor.com/post/3mbtzlfajm227

ICE was yelling at the woman to move her car.

It looks like she was moving her car when one of the ICE thugs decided to shoot her.

The car did not appear to be moving very quickly when the shots rang out.

Do you think the ICE agent was truly "fearing for his life" as the official ICE statement says?

I don't.

#ICE #Murder #Fascism #Gestapo #Trump #Politics #News #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

" #Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is expected to speak shortly. ...

2026-01-07T18:32:27Z

" #Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is expected to speak shortly. In a statement, he said “the presence of federal #immigration enforcement agents is causing chaos in our city and making our community less safe. We are demanding that ICE leave the city and state immediately.”"
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/shooting-south-minneapolis-ice-agents-federal-operation

#ICE #Fascism #Violence #Trump #StephenMiller #News #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

Have you watched Cory Doctorow @npub1fdr…lvhs speech about: A ...

2026-01-04T17:36:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…eh73
_________________________

Have you watched Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) speech about:

A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39jsstmmUUs

It's about the high risk of being dependent on US #techology & why other countries should get rid of the anti-circumvention laws (that they were forced to implement with threat of #tariffs) that prop up US #tech companies.

Worth watching.

#Enshittification #Video #Politics #US #USA #World

"When another murdering fascist, Adolph #Hitler, attacked ...

2026-01-03T21:45:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…d9v7
_________________________

"When another murdering fascist, Adolph #Hitler, attacked Poland in 1939 in the run-up to World War II, he justified it with lies and propaganda, which is exactly what #Trump has been doing during his drumbeat for war with #Venezuela and attacks inside his own country.

Already Trump’s #propaganda channels at places like Fox are working feverishly to support this illegal incursion into Venezuela."
https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/stop-him

#DonaldTrump #War #World #Politics #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

This bit of satire just made me literally laugh/spit. Oy, I am in ...

2026-01-03T20:11:19Z

This bit of satire just made me literally laugh/spit.

Oy, I am in a dark mood.😞

#Satire #Humor #Headline #Maduro #ICE #Venezuela #Trump #War #Politics

"This is both kinetic warfare – bombs and missiles – and ...

2026-01-03T18:33:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…fztj
_________________________

"This is both kinetic warfare – bombs and missiles – and information warfare – false constructs, false narratives, false justifications.

A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US"

-Carole Cadwalladr
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat-from-america

#Trump #War #Propaganda #Venezuela #World #Politics #Meme #Quote #Memes #Quotes #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"What the US needs to understand is that hybrid warfare ...

2026-01-03T15:54:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…pmgw
_________________________

"What the US needs to understand is that hybrid warfare isn’t simply a weapon used between and against states. It’s a strategy being deployed by your very own #government. This is both kinetic warfare - bombs and missiles - and #information warfare - false constructs, false narratives, false justifications.

A mass #propaganda event is about to engulf the US"
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat-from-america

#DonaldTrump #Trump #War #Invasion #Venezuela #News #Press #Journalism #UnitedStates #US #USA #America

"he’s invaded a foreign state on the bogus pretext of ...

2026-01-03T15:46:50Z

"he’s invaded a foreign state on the bogus pretext of “law enforcement” presumably to bypass Congress’s approval & if this doesn’t ram home what it means to be governed by a rogue, out of control president, then what will?

...if that isn’t the narrative that wins through, what will that tell us about the state of the US #news and #information ecosystem? ... not just a #military campaign but a targeted #disinformation strike?"
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat-from-america

#Trump #Politics #Venezuela #War #US #Press

"there’s not going to be a problem. They’re going to get ...

2026-01-03T15:24:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…n3ns
_________________________

"there’s not going to be a problem. They’re going to get oil.

“We’re going to allow people to have oil.”
-Trump

Trump thinks (possibly correctly) that other countries will ignore the US invading a country to steal its oil as long as the US gives them some of the oil.

This is a disgrace.

This is what the US is now, a bully who steals smaller kids' lunch money.

RE: https://journa.host/@fulelo/115831749664582730 "literally ...

2026-01-03T15:03:26Z

RE: https://journa.host/@fulelo/115831749664582730

"literally like I was watching a television show"

"If you would've seen the speed, the violence, it was an amazing thing," Trump says.

Trump thinks this is all a tv show. That it's all entertainment. He's insane.

The #25thAmendment should be invoked at this time, but the #GOP will not allow it. They still worship/fear the madman in the White House.

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Venezuela #Oil #War #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates
nostr:note15s2fzzry8mt0mmjt5w6rzvtrsmnqq2yfemcukgfhadca98vuveasn6le4g

"I go to a lot of tech conferences — 13 in 2025... the top ...

2025-12-31T14:14:22Z

"I go to a lot of tech conferences — 13 in 2025...

the top non-tech topic for non-Americans involved the sweeping changes that have occurred since Donald J. Trump returned to office last January. The conversations generally ended with something like this: “I’m not taking a job or going to a conference in the United States.”

Honestly, who can blame them?"
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4110681/foreign-tech-workers-are-avoiding-travel-to-the-us.html

#Tech #Technology #Politics #DonaldTrump #Trump #USPol #News #Press #US #USA #America

"The dot com bubble was actually a great time to start ...

2025-12-30T12:41:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…0fvf
_________________________

"The dot com bubble was actually a great time to start reevaluating how and why we value stocks — to say “hey, wait, that $2 billion deal will only make $100 million in revenue?” or “this company spends $5 for every $1 it makes!” — but nobody, it appears, remained particularly suspicious of the tech industry, or a stock market that was increasingly orienting itself around conning shareholders."
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshittifinancial-crisis/

#Enshittification #Finance #StockMarket #Tech #Technology #AI

"In 2026, many countries will respond to #tariffs like they ...

2025-12-29T14:46:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…dnxp
_________________________

"In 2026, many countries will respond to #tariffs like they were still in the 19th century. But a few countries will have the vision, the boldness, & the political smarts to kick #DonaldTrump right in the dongle...

Retaliatory tariffs ...punish Americans ... indiscriminately, ...inflicting far more pain on soybean farmers than they do on the CEOs of the #tech companies that back #Trump.

Repealing anticircumvention #law is a targeted strike on America’s most profitable companies"

#World #News

"In 2026, countries that want to win the #TradeWar have a ...

2025-12-29T14:33:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…wzqk
_________________________

"In 2026, countries that want to win the #TradeWar have a unique historical possibility: They could repeal their “anticircumvention” laws, which make it illegal ...to modify devices & services without permission from their manufacturers...

The world’s govts agreed to protect this racket in exchange for tariff-free access to #American markets.👉 Now that the #US has reneged on its side of the bargain, these laws serve no useful purpose"👈
https://www.wired.com/story/us-trade-dominance-will-begin-to-crack/

#Politics #Law #Tech #News #Press

"there is a better way to respond to #tariffs. Tit-for-tat ...

2025-12-29T14:23:20Z

"there is a better way to respond to #tariffs. Tit-for-tat tariffs are a 19th-century tactic, & we live in a 21st-century world—a world where the most profitable lines of #business of the most profitable #US companies are all vulnerable to a simple #legal change that will make things cheaper for billions of people, all over the #world, including in the US, at the expense of the companies whose CEOs posed w/ #Trump on the inaugural dais."
- Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

https://www.wired.com/story/us-trade-dominance-will-begin-to-crack/

#News #Press

👉 AI controlled battleships.👈 What could possibly go wrong? ...

2025-12-23T00:32:24Z

👉 AI controlled battleships.👈

What could possibly go wrong? </s>

Social media post:
https://journa.host/@w7voa/115765555082866321

News article:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/22/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.-k8.v3qP.08BCikzokGGY&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Dementia #GOP #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Technology #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"Trump’s failures are rapidly piling up. The bill is ...

2025-12-19T21:33:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…q08u
_________________________

"Trump’s failures are rapidly piling up. The bill is already coming due on the #tariffs, from farm bailouts to sticky #inflation. Americans are quickly turning against the mass deportation campaign. It has become increasingly clear what unrestrained #Trumpism means for the country: #corruption & #cruelty at home, incompetence & anarchy abroad. #Trump ... [is] in for a reckoning"
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-making-liberalism-great-again-poll-immigration-deportation-free-trade-war-tariff-alliances-nato-ukraine

#DonaldTrump #GOP #Republicans #USPol #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"It turns out that #Americans don’t like seeing #immigrants ...

2025-12-19T21:24:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…un6p
_________________________

"It turns out that #Americans don’t like seeing #immigrants abused & insulted, nor do they like the #authoritarian #immigration crackdowns in their communities...

The audience for grotesque displays of #bigotry like this is shrinking. #Trump is discovering that performative #cruelty has a shelf life in the #UnitedStates—it isn’t just repulsive, it’s curdling...

👉 he’s losing support at a rapid pace."👈

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-making-liberalism-great-again-poll-immigration-deportation-free-trade-war-tariff-alliances-nato-ukraine

#DonaldTrump #MAGA #Republicans #USPol #Politics #News #US #USA

"During the 2024 election, #Americans didn’t imagine that ...

2025-12-19T21:13:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…mfga
_________________________

"During the 2024 election, #Americans didn’t imagine that #Trump would actually try to drag the country back to early 20th century protectionism, but they should have... Instead of the manufacturing renaissance #Americans were promised, the #economy is shedding manufacturing #jobs. Instead of a golden age Americans are getting farm bailouts... Instead of falling prices, #inflation has remained stubborn"
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-making-liberalism-great-again-poll-immigration-deportation-free-trade-war-tariff-alliances-nato-ukraine

#DonaldTrump #GOP #Politics #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"Farmers have been hit so hard by the tariffs that Trump was ...

2025-12-19T21:02:08Z

"Farmers have been hit so hard by the tariffs that Trump was forced to give them a $12B bailout... only necessary because #China retaliated against the #tariffs by refusing to buy #American agricultural products. #Trump had to give #farmers a $20B bailout for the same reason during his 1st term. This is classic #Trumponomics: create a problem, announce a partial fix that leaves everyone **worse** off than where they started, & declare victory."
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-making-liberalism-great-again-poll-immigration-deportation-free-trade-war-tariff-alliances-nato-ukraine

#Politics #News #US #USA

" #DonaldTrump announced the first-ever #PatriotGames as part ...

2025-12-19T00:19:50Z

" #DonaldTrump announced the first-ever #PatriotGames as part of a celebration of America’s 250th anniversary...

"...one young man and one young woman from each state & territory,” the president said in a video message.

Some social media users compared the Patriot Games to the #HungerGames ...

“We asked for affordable #health care and #Republicans are giving us the Hunger Games,” political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen quipped"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-patriot-games-hunger-b2887372.html

#Trump #GOP #USPol #Politics #News #US

"Not using Times New Roman doesn't mean you are against ...

2025-12-16T23:22:05Z

"Not using Times New Roman doesn't mean you are against TNR, or opposed to people that use it. Switching to a more inclusive #font in public spaces doesn't attack people who like TNR and use it. But people who are opposed to accommodating anyone but themselves see any accommodation of the wonderful #diversity of human experience as an attack against them, precisely because they attack anything they oppose, and they oppose anything that isn't them."
- A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆 (npub1y7h…3tqs)

https://www.the-reframe.com/f/

#News

"At the beginning of November, I ordered a 32GB DDR5 kit... ...

2025-12-16T20:50:33Z

"At the beginning of November, I ordered a 32GB DDR5 kit... and 3 weeks later those very same sticks of DDR5 are now listed for a staggering $330– a 156% increase in price from less than a month ago! ...how could this happen THIS quickly? Well, buckle up! I am about to tell you the story of Sam Altman’s Dirty DRAM Deal, or: How the AI bubble, panic, and unpreparedness stole Christmas"
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-altman-s-dirty-dram-deal

#SamAltman #OpenAI #AI #Tech #Technology #News #Press #World #SouthKorea #US #USA

"The cuts would cost countless lives... #Trump officials were ...

2025-12-15T23:07:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…wc28
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"The cuts would cost countless lives... #Trump officials were told repeatedly. The team of aides pressed on...

By the third week in February, they were on track to wipe out 90% of USAID’s work. Created in 1961 to foster global stability and help advance American interests... the small band of appointees had set in motion its destruction."
- ProPublica (npub1qmg…s6k5)

https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#USAID #DOGE #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #GOP #Republicans #USPol #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"“You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I ...

2025-12-15T18:51:07Z

"“You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,” Zink said."
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/15/doge-cuts-donald-trump-montana-00681695

[Yes, Zink did vote for this. He just doesn't want to admit it to himself.

Based on Trump's first term and his campaign rally promises, the evidence was clear. Anyone who claims they didn't know how bad #Trump would be for the #US is lying to themselves. Some part of them knew. They just wanted to have their hate/cake and eat it too.]

#GOP #Politics #USPol #US #USA #America

"Trump declared he would involve himself in any proposed sale ...

2025-12-12T17:21:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…v2sl
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"Trump declared he would involve himself in any proposed sale of #WarnerBros... he said it was “imperative” that the transaction result in the sale of #CNN & replacement of its leadership.

... #LarryEllison —one of the richest people in #America & largest individual shareholder of #Paramount...

assured #Trump & his top aides that if Paramount gains control of Warner Bros & CNN, it will get rid of CNN personnel whom Trump apparently detests"
- Robert Reich (npub1xjw…3c9q)

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-a-president-intrudes?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#News #US #USA

"Why are people in #Albany ... so sick when its most powerful ...

2025-12-11T18:16:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…l646
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"Why are people in #Albany ... so sick when its most powerful institution is a #hospital?

It didn’t surprise me to learn that ... some blamed #Phoebe for mishandling their loved ones’ cases...

What I didn’t expect was how fearful people were to criticize Phoebe on the record and how powerless they were to hold the hospital to account. The same was true of many of the current and former employees of the hospital."
https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-one/

#Health #Healthcare #Georgia #USA #US #News #Press

"The #UnitedStates is blessed with one of the most ...

2025-12-11T18:05:51Z

"The #UnitedStates is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced #health care systems in the world...

But for all the money flowing in and out, #Americans have more chronic illnesses and shorter lifespans than people in other wealthy nations. When it comes to health outcomes among those countries, the United States ranks last."
- ProPublica (npub1qmg…s6k5)

https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-one/

#Healthcare #Business #Corruption #Science #Tech #US #USA #America #News #Press

Rep. Al Green Files Resolution to Impeach President Trump for ...

2025-12-11T00:11:03Z

Rep. Al Green Files Resolution to Impeach President Trump for Abuse of Power and Incitement of Violence and Death Threats Against Lawmakers and Federal Judges
https://algreen.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-al-green-files-resolution-impeach-president-trump-abuse-power-and

#Representative #RepAlGreen #AlGreen #Democrats #DonaldTrump #Impeach #Trump #Impeachment #POTUS #ImpeachTrump #House #Congress #USPol #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

I used to live near a part of south Louisiana called Cancer Alley ...

2025-12-08T17:09:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…vh0s
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I used to live near a part of south Louisiana called Cancer Alley because of all the people who developed cancer because of the chemicals dumped into the environment by corporations in the area.

Looks like the entire USA will soon become Cancer Alley.

If you really want to protect children from pedophiles, don't ...

2025-12-05T15:40:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…kqkj
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If you really want to protect children from pedophiles, don't waste your time blaming trans people. Focus instead on those who have been found, time after time, to be either abusing children or enabling/covering up abuse -- the "Christian" church.

It's not just a Catholic problem, it's happening in protestant churches, too.

#Christian #Hypocrisy #Crime #Pedophilia #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"Johnson recently claimed women “can’t ...

2025-12-04T20:51:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…vgf4
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"Johnson recently claimed women “can’t compartmentalize” their thoughts. He probably regrets saying this...

Johnson is learning in real time that, despite the mental shortcomings he claims they have, Republican women apparently can direct their anger just fine."
- Jay Kuo (npub1m2k…3a8f)

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/four-horsewomen-of-the-gop-apocalypse

Judd Legum's Popular Information is active in the Fediverse ...

2025-12-03T16:00:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…4jfn
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Judd Legum's Popular Information is active in the Fediverse through a federated threads account:

[@realjuddlegum](https://threads.net/@realjuddlegum/ )

“A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both.” — James Madison
https://popular.info/about

It's not at all surprising that people, especially young ...

2025-11-21T01:14:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…mgcz
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It's not at all surprising that people, especially young people, are leaving the "Christian" church in droves.

The rampant misogyny, racism, and other forms of bigotry that are taught as "Christian doctrine" combined with the criminal hypocrisy of church "leaders". None of this has anything to do with the teachings of Jesus Christ.

That's why I left the church over 30+ years ago, and it sounds like nothing has changed. If anything, it's gotten worse.

Not sure who Cian Westmorland is, but I double checked, and ...

2025-11-20T22:40:07Z

Not sure who Cian Westmorland is, but I double checked, and 1-877-447-4487 is the correct phone number to call.

Here's the GI Rights website with more info:
https://girightshotline.org/

#Military #Rights #US #USA #UnitedStates #America