@Nonilex Given the kind of peace #Trump promotes, who can FIFA award their “peace prize” to, next? Putin? FIFA might as well invent and award themselves a financial integrity and ethics prize.
#politics #uspol

The #Trump admin is weighing #military action in the West African country of #Mali to target an #alQaeda affiliated group known as #JNIM, said current & former #US officials familiar with the deliberations.

If approved, it would add an 8th nation to the list of countries where Trump has ordered strikes since the start of his second term — a…presidency that he initially said would be dedicated to ending global strife & redirecting US resources to Americans.

#warmonger #imperialism #sovereignty

WTF?

#Trump admin weighing #military options in #Mali, officials say

If approved, it would add an eighth nation to the list of countries where Trump has ordered strikes since the start of his second term.

#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/22/trump-administration-weighs-military-options-mali-officials-say/

I've accused #DOGE of terminating #NEH grants (and other grants) by using dumb keyword searches to look for prohibited words. It turns out that DOGE used dumb #ChatGPT prompts instead. Like this one (quoting verbatim): “Does the following relate at all to D.E.I.? Respond factually in less than 120 characters. Begin with ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html

#Censorship #DefendResearch #DEI #Funding #Humanities #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Cette réalité est d’autant plus inquiétante que #Trump a décidé de faire du numérique une arme contre toutes celles et ceux qui ne partagent pas sa vision du monde. L’exemple le plus flagrant est celui de Nicolas Guillou, juge à la Cour pénale internationale. Il s’est retrouvé, du jour au lendemain, ds une situation de bannissemnt numérique, sans pouvoir utiliser aucun des outils numériques américains, jusqu’à le priver de moyens de paiement."

FF @cyrielle_chatelain

https://www.librealire.org/conference-de-presse-devoilement-de-six-mois-d-enquete-sur-le-numerique

So what happens next?
- will the lawsuit be dropped?
- will ‘national security’ mean that the records suddenly become unavailable?
- will everything go quiet on the Trump front while he hopes it all goes away?
- will the judge be seized by ICE and deported? After all she doesn't sound like an Amercian from Florida.

#Trump #BBC #Lawsuit #TACO #USA

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Fun The Times today a photograph of Trump with the text Trump ‘must hand over financial records’ in $10bn BBC lawsuit A US judge ruled that the president’s businesses were relevant to the case and he must hand over related financial information A federal judge in Florida has ruled that President Trump must hand over detailed financial information to the BBC as part of his defamation claim against the corporation. Trump sued the broadcaster for $10 billion last December, alleging that it had “maliciously” edited footage from his speech on January 6, 2021 to make it appear as if he had called for violence before some of his supporters stormed the Capitol. The broadcaster apologised for the content in its Panorama programme but denied defamation. A trial has been scheduled to take place in February 2027 in Miami, where the lawsuit was filed. On Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett ruled that Trump’s businesses were relevant to the case and he must hand over records. “All of President Trump’s brand, properties and businesses are impugned or said to have been impugned,” she said, according to Politico. “Reputational, economic damages, all of that is now at issue in this case.”

The natural gas price for the EU is up sharply now the Trump-Netanyahu war escalates again. Close to €60/MWh now; that's +100% compared to the price before the war vs 'only' +50% for oil (Brent).
Not a good combination with sluggishly filling up our gas storages. I guess we'll notice in winter.
#Iran #Trump #oilprices #gas #lng #Hormuz

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Price graph for past 6 months: €30 begin-March, spiking to €60 shortly after, falling to around €40, and now up to €60 again.

Declassified documents suggest Russian officials worked to influence the 2016 and 2020 U.S. elections, despite President Trump's recent address focusing on Chinese interference and claims of 2020 election fraud.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/us/politics/trump-china-russia-election.html

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #China

RE: https://flipboard.com/@politico/politics-u9ikh4qkz/-/a-6mNAdywHRweZ7SOfQzyvMg%3Aa%3A3195449-%2F0

lol, didn't think that one through, did he?

#Trump #BBC #USLaw

"Paxton—who has been #Texas attorney general since 2015—has acquired 15 properties worth $9 million in states like Utah, Hawaii, Florida, and Oklahoma, all on a #government salary while in the midst of both a #Senate run and a divorce.

...Paxton, who has echoed #Trump ’s concern with voter #fraud, voted using an address he didn’t reside at in six elections in two years."
https://newrepublic.com/post/213343/ken-paxton-flees-press-conference-scandals-voter-fraud

#KenPaxton #Corruption #GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #Elections

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Headline: Ken Paxton Flees Press Conference When Asked About His Scandals The Texas attorney general (and Republican nominee for Senate) stormed out of the room when asked about his alleged voter fraud. Malcolm Ferguson July 21, 2026 / 3:48 p.m. ET

When the US struggles to put out wildfires, Canada has always been there to lend a hand. But when Canada struggles with the same, all Trump has for us are threats and insults.

Canadians are tired of it.

#canada #cdnpoli #trump #wildfires

“The #Trump admin has killed proposed regulations for sewage sludge contaminated with #Pfas and spread on farmland as fertilizer.

The practice that has sickened farmers, destroyed their livelihoods, killed livestock, polluted water supplies, and poisoned meat and food products sold to the public.

The proposed regulations would largely have ended the use of sludge, also called #biosolids, in the nation’s food system.
But the #EPA tossed out its scientific research.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/20/trump-pfas-sewage-farm-fertilizer

It’s happened repeatedly since the start of the #war, but his most recent comments to the media over the weekend drove it home.

Speaking to NewsNation, #Trump offered something amounting to the kinds of comments expected from a president. He called the deaths “a very sad thing” while adding that they were “in service to our country.” He then repeated his goal that “we’re never allowing #Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #military #service

But when speaking to the New York Post, #Trump called the deaths “a shame,” then went on. “They did it because they don’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon,” he said of the #troops. “…And it just shows you how bad (the Iranians) are.”

While Trump restated his goal for the #war in the interview, he seemed to suggest that the slain troops actually endorsed his war. He has not offered evidence of this. Troops are supposed to fight even if they don’t believe in the cause.

#military #service

#Trump & his admin have previously stepped into some dicey territory on this subject.

After a dignified transfer of #service members in mid-March, Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth said that “family after family” at Dover Air Base in Delaware urged him to press forward & win the #war.

“They said finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done,” Hegseth claimed.
But the comments of at least one father of a dead soldier called that into question.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar

Charles Simmons, the father of 28-year-old Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons, told NBC News “that was not something we talked about.”

While Simmons had some kind words for #Trump & #Hegseth — & made clear he didn’t speak for other families — he said he had not urged them to keep fighting the #war.

“No, I didn’t say anything along those lines,” he said.

#kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #military #service

Despite Simmons’ comments, #Trump went on to make much the same claim as #Hegseth during an April 1 primetime address from the Oval Office. Trump said that “every single one of the people, their loved ones, said, ‘Please, sir, please, finish the job.’ Every one of them.”

And Trump’s conduct surrounding these dignified transfers has also raised plenty of eyebrows.

#kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #military #service

At the one earlier in March, #Trump wore a baseball cap that is for sale on his business’ website. And just days later, his PAC used a photo of that dignified transfer in a fundraising email. It featured Trump saluting with a flag-draped transfer case, which holds the remains of a soldier, in the foreground.

#kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #military #service

…The uniting characteristic of all of these responses is politics [& a lack of humanity].

In the moments after these deaths, #Trump & #Hegseth seem to sense the possibility that they could be used against the #war effort & Trump personally, & sought to immediately try to head that off.

And later, they both seemed to try to flip the deaths to their advantage in using the supposed support of the fallen &/or their families to make the case for the war.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #military #service

(CNN also reported Monday that the admin has been slow to disclose injuries to troops, which the admin says is because of security needs.)

After the NBC report about the father whose account differed from Hegseth’s, a Pentagon spox claimed “the details of each individual conversation remain private.”

But it was the #Trump admin that decided to talk about the supposed general tenor of those conversation — in a pretty shocking way.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #military #service

Now #Trump is doing something similar by claiming the troops most recently killed “don’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon.”

And everything that’s happened in these episodes makes very clear why∶ Because when troops die, Trump can’t help but think about it in terms of raw politics.

#kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #military #service

When #US #troops die, #Trump resorts to politics

Trump's awkward comments about the fallen expose his focus on the #politics as his unpopular #war drags on [& his inability to be a human being].

#kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #military #service
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/21/politics/trump-comments-troop-deaths

The #IranWar has now seen the first #US troop deaths since March, with the announcements that 3 #service members have died in recent days.

And with their deaths came a reminder that #Trump, who’s set to attend another dignified transfer on Wednesday, really struggles to speak empathetically about this issue.

Indeed, the last few days have reinforced that Trump seems preoccupied with inserting the troops’ deaths into a political calculation as his unpopular #war nears its 5th month.

#military

I decided not to report this yesterday (Sunday) because it seemed like an empty threat.

#Trump was hosting #Carney for the World Cup final when he went on one of his forest fire tirades.

Trump told reporters that he spoke to Carney about the need to stop #wildfires in #Canada. He said that they should “pay us some damages or something, or we should do some tariffs.”

Ludicrous right?

Except now…

#US imposes new 50% #tariffs on some Canadian products

#ClimateChange
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-imposes-new-50-tariffs-canadian-products-2026-07-20/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

The announcement of 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods is the latest economic grenade thrown over the border by an out of control President who has lost touch with reality.

It is a direct attack on Canadian workers and industries, putting thousands of jobs at risk. And it will drive up costs for American consumers, who like Canadian consumers, are already feeling pain at the pumps and supermarket checkouts because of Trump’s illegal war on Iran.

Donald Trump is trying a new, obscure legal basis for this latest attack. If these tariffs go ahead, we must be prepared to fight them with counter-tariffs and put every dollar behind supporting workers in affected sectors. The Carney government must refrain from more concessions.

We are tired of being treated as Trump’s tariff guinea pigs. New Democrats stand with workers, communities and all Canadians in defiance of this newest threat to our economy and sovereignty.

#canada #cdnpoli #trump

I've been going through old photos and stuff lately. Apparently in March 2017 I made this fake New York Times front page. There's a bunch of funny little bits in here. I predicted they'd put Trump's face on the $5000 bill. I was only off by an order of magnitude.

#trump #uspol #politics

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A mock version of the NYT front page. there's a huge photograph of a 3-story tall pinata with a big crowd of people around it. (It's real, apparently from an event in Pennsylvania in 2016). The headline says "Trump Vows to Find Source of Mexicans Breaching Wall". There's another headline that says "Mysterious pinatas appearing at the southern border. Law enforcement officials stumped." There are a lot of joke journalist names like "Don U believeit" and "Yu Katabe Jokin"

Doug Ford & Avi Lewis on CNN regarding Trump’s response to the fires.
Avi is absolutely nailing it. Telling the truth. Not mincing words. Had me cheering at the end. And Doug Ford really expressed the USA & Canada friendship between our people. I thought that was good.He asked for help.
I mean Trump might not want to help, but don’t any states want to? They were begging us to visit & stop our boycotts. We were there for them.

https://youtu.be/tx8PwtGsTSk
#usa #canada #Trump #ontario #wildfires

Donald Trump assured on Truth Social that war criminal Netanyahu "will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form" if he comes to the United States, amid New York Mayor Mamdani's efforts to abide by the ICC arrest warrant.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Netanyahu #Trump

Le journaliste sportif David Lemos dénonce en direct sur la RTS les dérives de la FIFA après la finale de la Coupe du Monde et ça fait du bien. En France, il n'aurait plus de boulot...

#Politique #Sport #Foot #Fifa #Iran #EtatsUnis #Trump #Argentine #Espagne #Business #Harcelement #Racisme #Exploitation #Suisse #Medias #Presse #Journalisme #CoupeDuMonde

#Trump pushes UN ‘free speech’ declaration in veiled attack on EU tech regulation - https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-administration-will-push-un-free-speech-declaration-that-takes-aim-at-european-tech-regulation/ listed categories of protected speech include "scientific, academic and intellectual discourse, including opinions and novel theories on public health"

In case there was any doubt, #Trump is fully condoning the #ExtraJudicialKillings by #ICE.

Federal Agents Were Told #FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE “Confrontations”

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

#law #murder #Constitution #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump just keeps #killing #Americans

The #US announced another death of a service member as it launched more #airstrikes at #Iran Sunday in “response” to the killing of US troops, & Iran fired missiles toward #Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring #Israel.

The US military said the service member was killed in #Iraq Saturday during a “controlled detonation” [doesn’t sound controlled] of a downed Iranian drone.

#IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-19-2026-63996576847424ab5f22887f38037ce8

"...the #Trump administration has filed assault charges against more than 550 people...Of the more than 400 cases resolved so far, nearly half have unraveled: Juries acquitted defendants, judges threw out charges, or prosecutors withdrew them.

The record is abysmal by the typical standards of federal prosecutions: The #JusticeDepartment seldom loses criminal cases, with more than 90 percent of defendants pleading guilty or being convicted at trial."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/us/ice-assaults-protesters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ylA.zfP7.Zm_3PMtUODOb&smid=url-share

#immigration #fail

⬆️ Quelques sujets évoqués ce jeudi dans les #infocerises :

#conservation #reforestation #rechercheMedicale #renouvelables #dépénalisation #arcom #Trump #gratuité #sequestrationCarbone #laffaireDuSiècle #OpenStreetMap #datacenters #megaBassines

“We can only lose the #midterms if we allow ourselves to lose the midterms, if we are foolish, stupid and unwise,” #Trump said in a speech in front of Mount Rushmore on 4 July. “But if we terminate the filibuster as we should do and immediately vote for the Save #America Act, then we will not lose an #election for a hundred years.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/18/trump-speech-election-integrity

Soit dit en passant, l'élection de 2024 n'était déjà pas très réglo (Voir partie Trump dans Elon Musk en 50 Tweets, Seuil 2025), les chiens ne font pas des chats.

PS : N'oublions pas que #Trump avait été condamné juste avant les élections de 2024 et attendait sa peine lorsqu'il a été élu. Il a donc auparavant joué la carte : "Je prends le pouvoir pour éviter la prison". Cela vous rappelle-t-il quelqu'un ?

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Couverture de "Elon Musk en 50 Tweets", Seuil 2025, qui ne parle pas que de Musk et ne contient pas que des tweets :-)

More to the point, Fuentes says he can see a viable life as a Democrat if the Trump administration can't be separated from the Republicans.

Which IMO that's a VERY apt assessment on Nick's par, the Dems are effectively just better Republicans.

The Dems STILL are not all aligned on eliminating ICE and many of them probably are OK with tariffs so long as it's not Trump suggesting it.

Nick's literally already sounds like a "we can reform ICE"-democrat ffs.

#NickFuentes #ICE #DNC #RNC #Trump

Why do I bring up family court in regards to Joan Sebastian Guerrero?

It's about how ICE's strategy has ALREADY started to evolve to prepare for a less hot phase.

Trump is working to get more federal use out of local family court proceeedings.

Family Court is an avenue to harm on a nationwide massive scale with the benefit to Trump of generally being so isolating that advocates are unable to organize.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera

#Immigration #FamilyCourt #ICE #Trump #USPol #FamilyLaw

#RevueDePressive
#Trump #ExtrêmeDroite #Politique
OKLM, Trump officialise son ingérence à notre encontre.
Tout. Va. Bien.

> ’administration Trump cherche à faire porter son agenda idéologique en Europe via un soutien financier direct.
https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/07/17/offensive-maga-contre-leurope-les-etats-unis-lancent-un-programme-de-financement-dorganisations-alignees/

https://lesliensde.jeey.net/shaare/af1m_g

Oh look immediate lip service from the Trump administration, promising a temporary slowdown of ICE traffic stops and blaming Democrats resisting raising ICEs budget as an excuse for why these goons don't even have bodycams.

This fast course correction shows middle management and higherups in this admin know the attack phase can't be killing this loud and wrong. They'd prefer immigrants be killed with less witnesses and news coverage. Reform buys peace rn.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/ice-vehicle-stops-texas-maine-shootings

#ICE #Trump

Back in March I'd noticed how even far right characters like Nick Fuentes were focused on the need for Trump to deliver lasting harm to immigrants and that likely meant less killings in the street in exchange for more legally defensible beaurcratic processes instead.

Fuentes even connected the Iran war and ICEs legal failures as all reasons democrats are a better 2026 vote than Trump for the anti-immigration right wingers

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/116157565856629249

#NickFuentes #ICE #Trump #election2026 #uspol

Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe
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Proposed grant recipients have included a free-speech organization that has fought against bans on “gay conversion therapy” and an Afrikaner group that promotes self-governance.
https://www.propublica.org/article/human-rights-aid-right-wing-causes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #SouthAfrica #Europe #HumanRights #HumanitarianAid #Rightwing #Politics

Don't believe anything #Trump says. Ever.

34 counts of fraud. Literally, he was convicted of being a liar, and the tiger will not change his stripes. Not can't. Won't.

Instead, watch what he does. A person can say what they want, but what they do speaks volumes of truth.

‘Brazen #corruption’: critics denounce #Trump Media plan to sell priority access to Truth Social posts - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/trump-media-truth-social-posts "Move would allow Wall Street trading firms and other institutions to potentially profit from seeing president’s posts first" - this is just selling insider info

#RevueDePressive
#Finance #Politique #Trump
OKLM, Trump monétise le délit d'initié.
Tout. Va. Bien.

> Truth Social, le réseau social lancé par Donald Trump, va lancer en août une API sur abonnement permettant de disposer d’un accès accéléré aux messages des comptes les plus influents sur la plateforme, dont ceux du président des États-Unis. L’outil cible explicitement le monde de la finance et notamment les traders de Wall Street.
https://next.ink/247719/les-traders-vont-pouvoir-payer-pour-acceder-plus-vite-aux-messages-de-donald-trump/

https://lesliensde.jeey.net/shaare/N7vKEw

On parle beaucoup de l'adresse à la Nation de #Trump de ce jeudi, qui laisse planer le doute sur une possible interférence de son camp avec les élections de mi-mandat (voir ex. Le Monde). Mais c'est tout simplement le comportement attendu d'individus rationnels.

Car cela fait des mois que les cercles autour de #Trump disent que s'ils perdent les élections, ils iront en prison (ex. Steve Bannon fin 2025 ⬇️). N'importe quel groupe d'individu rationnel tenterait de minimiser risque de prison en interférant avec le processus électoral pour garder le pouvoir. Le plus probable est donc que cela se produise

Global views of the United States worsened last year as President Donald Trump’s second term began, though most people still had a more positive opinion of the U.S. than China. This year, that is no longer the case.

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/07/15/people-in-many-countries-now-view-china-more-positively-than-the-u-s/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #China

#ICE officer in #Maine #shooting has history of #violent behavior, family & records say

The ICE officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army vet who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood & never should have been given a #badge & #gun to #patrol #US streets, several of his close relatives told AP.

#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/ice-david-brouillette-johan-guerrero-maine-shooting-dbc30d6d59e2a95fb470afc188e125c6

#Trump made outlandish claims about the safety of US voting systems, drawing selectively from documents his aides published online to falsely claim #elections were “rigged” & “stolen.”

Trump, who in recent months increasingly pressed his yearslong & unsubstantiated argument that the outcomes of US elections have been tampered with, also laid out a purported effort by #China to undermine him in 2019. But the documents the White House posted, although heavily redacted, did not back up his claims.

Despite dozens of investigations, audits, recounts & court proceedings at local, state & federal levels that failed to produce examples of voter fraud, #Trump has continued to claim the #2020election was rigged against him. Trump’s fixation on the 2020 election—which he lost by some 7 million votes during the COVID pandemic—was a recurring theme in the 2024 race. He has called his victory that year over Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris, “too big to rig” but he didn’t win by that much.

#law

#Trump says he will discuss #elections security & #VotingMachines in an address to the country Thursday night, a likely escalation in his gaslighting efforts to suggest that #US election results cannot be trusted.

Trump has repeatedly described US voting systems as corrupt & vulnerable, despite the fact that he won 2 presidential elections.…

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #USpol #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/16/us/trump-news#trump-speech-voting-elections

“Our country has to shape up,” #Trump said, calling it a “big announcement.”

“It doesn’t get bigger,” he added, “because without free & fair elections, you don’t have a country.”

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

#Trump address

ABC, NBC & CNN decided not to air the remarks live. CBS said it was “airing a special report” during the address.

Trump began by repeating campaign-style boasts

The White House has created a new website posting documents that Trump claims reveal major ‘areas of concerns’ in #election security.

Trump made vague allegations including a rant against one of his favorite targets — “members of the deep state.”

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories

#Trump claimed that intelligence agencies covered up China’s attempt to disrupt US #elections. But Trump appointed the very people who led those intelligence agencies in 2020.

Indeed, Trump was given the assessment from those agencies on Jan. 7, 2021, that no foreign country tried to change vote totals or fake ballots in the election. There’s no record of him objecting to the finding at the time.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #coup #Jan6

Now, of course, #Trump has restocked the leadership of intelligence agencies with people who frequently echo his often-debunked lies about #elections.

After 24 minutes Trump ended his speech by urging passage of the SAVE Act.

The bill, known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, requires documentary proof of #US #citizenship for anyone registering to vote—something #VotingRights groups warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie

Noncitizen voting is already illegal under federal #law & incredibly rare.

All in all this was a great big nothing burger.

#Trump #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VRA #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

#Trump is addressing the #USA tonight with #election lies

#NBC, #ABC, and #CNN won't show it

Some networks that are mostly good will still carry it, some networks that are questionable won't carry it, but we at least acknowledge NBC ABC and CNN, regardless of other negative valid issues, on this specific topic, they recognized bullshit and rejected it, and we applaud them for that

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/nbc-and-abc-wont-carry-trump-primetime-election-speech-1236650492/

#politics #television #tv

"But what worries #Trump officials most is the prospect that territorial jurisdiction could be used to prosecute them. For example, the court could reach the summary executions of people in suspected drug boats if any of these potential crimes against humanity took place in the territorial waters of #Venezuela or #Colombia both #ICC members. Trump (as well as #Biden) officials could be prosecuted for aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide in #Gaza"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/16/international-criminal-court-marco-rubio

I find it interesting that #Trump announced that #Ukraine would be allowed to build #Patriot missiles, just as Ukraine and Europe partnered to build their own interceptor to compete with the #Patriot.

Feels to me like this is less about helping Ukraine and more about ensuring US defence firms don't face competition.

#USpol #EUpol

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116925212300259838

Slow hand wave to everyone who told us we were being hyperbolic and “he can’t because the Constitution says…” as if the Constitution were anything more than ink on paper without anyone to enforce it.

Their actions for this entire Trump 2.0 have been completely unconcerned with the unpopularity of their agenda because they don't intend to allow elections to remove them from office.

I remind my American friends, removing this fascist regime only gets harder from here. Do not look away. Organize. Act.

The power is with the people.

#Trump #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Elections #Democracy #Republicans #USA

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BrianKrebs » 🌐 2026-07-15
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WaPo reports the POTUS is expected to make a televised address tonight in which he will argue that foreign intelligence threats have undermined the security of our elections -- and specifically the one he lost in 2020 -- and that this means the federal government should take over elections which are managed by each individual state. The president has tried to hold up every major recent action by Congress in order to cajole them into approving a new law that would require proof of citizenship and and ID to vote in this year's mid-term elections.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/14/trump-plans-prime-time-speech-2020-election-allegations/

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va) just issued a statement outlining the facts about the 2020 election and the current election infrastructure. I'm pasting part of it here because it's a good resource for anyone following along and for reporters who have to write about this unfortunate chapter in our nation's history. It's also a preemptive rebut to and probably a preview of what we'll hear from the president this evening.

"Foreign adversaries routinely seek to influence U.S. elections. They spread disinformation, amplify political divisions, intimidate voters, incite violence, and attempt to undermine Americans’ confidence in democratic institutions.

What foreign adversaries have not done, according to repeated public, unclassified assessments from the U.S. Intelligence Community, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and bipartisan state election officials, is alter vote totals, hack voting machines to change election outcomes, or compromise the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. The clearest pattern across recent elections is not successful vote manipulation – it is sustained influence operations, aided and abetted by domestic actors, designed to convince Americans that their elections cannot be trusted.

These facts matter because conspiracy theories about stolen elections cannot become a pretext for weakening our democratic system or stripping states and local election officials of their longstanding constitutional role in administering elections. The answer to foreign threats is to strengthen election security, support state and local officials, and combat foreign influence operations – not to “take over” or federalize election administration based on claims that have been repeatedly investigated and debunked.

Reporters have a unique responsibility at this moment. The press is the only profession expressly protected by the Constitution because the Founders understood that an informed public depends on a free and independent press willing to separate fact from fiction and hold those in power accountable. Regardless of the source seeking to amplify false narratives about American elections, journalists should approach extraordinary claims with the same rigor they would apply to any other allegation: demand credible evidence, consult the extensive public record, engage subject-matter experts with experience tracking foreign intelligence operations, and provide audiences with the full context of repeated findings from the Intelligence Community, federal cybersecurity officials, bipartisan state election administrators, audits, recounts, and the courts. Careful, evidence-based reporting is one of the strongest defenses against efforts to undermine confidence in American democracy. To that end, we have assembled the following reference guide to help reporters quickly evaluate some of the most common claims about election security against the extensive public record developed by the Intelligence Community, CISA, the FBI, bipartisan state election officials, audits, recounts, and the courts.

Claim: China interfered in the 2020 election to help Biden.

Facts: Under the leadership of then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, the Intelligence Community assessed that China considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. By contrast, the IC assessed that Russia conducted influence operations aimed at denigrating Biden and supporting Trump, and that Iran conducted efforts to undercut Trump and sow division. The Intelligence Community, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security all agree that there was no changing of votes or compromise of the integrity of election infrastructure in the 2020 election. Even the Minority View included in the public 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment – which assessed that China may have undertaken some modest influence operations – concurred with the overall IC assessment that there was “no information suggesting China tried to interfere with election processes.”

Claim: Venezuela, Dominion, or Smartmatic hacked voting machines.

Facts: In November 2020, President Trump’s own CISA, working alongside state and local election officials from both parties, declared the 2020 election “the most secure in American history.” CISA stated there was “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” and highlighted the extensive safeguards built into U.S. elections, including paper records, audits, recounts, certification, and pre-election testing.

Claim: Georgia proves the machines were wrong.

Facts: Georgia’s post-election audit showed the opposite. Because the presidential margin was so close, the state conducted a full manual tally of all presidential paper ballots. The Georgia Secretary of State, a Republican, reported that the audit confirmed the original machine count accurately identified the winner, with differences within the expected range of human hand-counting error.

Claim: Foreign interference means votes were changed, or elections are illegitimate.

Facts: This claim conflates two different concepts. The IC has repeatedly warned that foreign adversaries conduct influence operations, including hack-and-leak operations, disinformation campaigns, and efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. democracy. But those assessments distinguish influence from interference such as alteration or manipulation of ballots, vote tabulation, or voter registration.

Claim: Foreign actors can easily flip a federal election.

Facts: Both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have said the decentralized nature of U.S. election infrastructure makes large-scale manipulation very difficult to carry out without detection through intelligence collection, audits, cybersecurity monitoring, and physical security controls. This assessment was reaffirmed by DOJ and DHS in a joint report on the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections – a report mandated by Executive Order 13848, which was signed by President Trump himself in 2018. Indeed, federal funding – much of which took place through appropriations bills under President Trump’s first term – helped shore up the security of state and local election systems in advance of the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections.

Claim: States cannot be trusted to administer elections.

Facts: The Founding Fathers thought otherwise, assigning the responsibility for election administration to states in the Constitution. As a result, elections are administered by more than 8,000 state and local jurisdictions, making centralized or outcoming-shaping fraud extraordinarily difficult. Election security relies on multiple independent safeguards – including but not limited to paper ballots or voter-verifiable paper records, bipartisan poll workers, post-election canvasses, audits, recounts where appropriate, and certification by state and local officials. The federal government’s role has historically been to provide intelligence, cybersecurity assistance, and voluntary best practices through agencies like CISA, the FBI, and ODNI (notably, resources the current administration has curtailed) – not to run or “take over” elections. A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigation recommended more support for state and local election officials, not replacing them with a federally controlled election system.

Claim: Dead people or non-citizens voted in large numbers, or there are more ballots than registered voters.

FACTS: These discrepancies are usually attributable to clerical or data issues, and while there are occasional isolated cases, multiple comprehensive studies have found that noncitizen voting is vanishingly rare. Notably, under President Trump’s influence, many GOP-led states have withdrawn from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) – the nationwide clearinghouse to assist states in improving the accuracy of voter rolls.

Claim: Mail-in ballots or ballot drop boxes are inherently insecure.

FACTS: CISA notes that states employ multiple, overlapping safeguards for mail-in and drop-box voting, including voter signature verification or other voter validation methods, ballot tracking, secure ballot handling and chain-of-custody procedures, ballot reconciliation, and post-election audits. The specific safeguards vary by state, but they are designed so that no single control is solely responsible for protecting election integrity. Importantly, mail-in voting has traditionally been a critical method of ensuring that military personnel can exercise their right to vote and has been commonplace in many states for over a decade.

The factual record is clear: Foreign adversaries try to influence Americans and undermine confidence in our elections, but unclassified government assessments and state audits have not shown that China, Venezuela, or any foreign actor hacked voting machines or changed vote totals in 2020. The real threat is not that Americans’ votes were secretly flipped; it is that foreign adversaries and domestic actors continue to spread false claims designed to make Americans doubt legitimate election results."

Pete Hegseth Announces New Required Pentagon Testosterone Tests: Who It Impacts

https://www.newsweek.com/hegseth-announces-new-required-pentagon-testosterone-tests-who-it-impacts-12200211

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga

Under a #law passed in 2020, the #Treasury Department can mint $1 coins during 2026 to mark the 250th anniversary “with designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial.” However, according to US code, “[o]nly the portrait of a DECEASED individual may appear on United States currency & securities” — a law that sprang from a Colonial-era tradition against putting current presidents on #US coins [distinguishing] themselves from the British monarchy.

#Trump #narcissism #greed #vanity

Examples include a commemorative passport with Trump’s image inside its pages & the addition of his signature on newly printed $100 bills. There are also proposals to feature his image on 24-karat gold coins and commemorative $250 bills.

A Treasury Department spokesperson said the coin “is in production and minted in Philadelphia, and it will be available in the fall.”

#Trump #narcissism #greed #vanity

Sickening

#USMint to produce $1 gold-hued coin with Trump’s face on it, #treasury secretary says

The coin’s face features #Trump alongside the phrase “In God We Trust.” It is encircled with the phrases “Liberty” & “1776-2026.” The flip side of the coin shows an eagle holding arrows in one talon & olive branches in the other.

Since the start of his 2nd term, Trump & his allies have pushed to reissue federally created currency & documents to feature Trump’s name & face.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/15/us-mint-produce-1-coin-with-trumps-face-it-bessent-says/

However, conditions in #Cuba have deteriorated since January, after U.S. #President Donald #Trump imposed new #fuel #restrictions on the island, exacerbating an already chronic shortage.

#Trump has long claimed falsely that he unfairly lost the #2020election in Fulton County, Georgia, which includes Atlanta, &, despite a total lack of evidence, the #FBI field office has been investigating those claims.

Trump is making the prime-time announcement at the urging of advisers including #BillPulte, acting #DNI, & #JohnSolomon, a former conservative “journalist” who temporarily joined the White House to help review government records for release.…

#law #ElectionInterference

The plan came after a confidential White House briefing on Monday to review findings from the #Trump admin’s broad reexamination of old #FBI records, including from the #2020election…. Trump then announced the speech on social media, without specifying the subject.

In recent weeks, FBI Dir #KashPatel has dispatched hundreds of agents to help the bureau’s Atlanta field office review 700 files by July 17….

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories

#Trump told reporters…Tuesday that the speech would concern voting machines but declined to elaborate. “It will concern that subject, & we’ll have a couple of other things to say, also,” he said.…

Trump could use the address to press his long-standing allegations of foreign interference in the #2020election, the results of which he has never accepted. The speech, in part, will highlight claims that #China accessed US voter data…. Trump is also expected to discuss findings related to #Venezuela…

Get over it! #SoreLoser!

#Trump is planning a prime-time address on #2020election allegations.

Tomorrow night, Trump will argue that the country’s election infrastructure has vulnerabilities & refer to a recent probe of government files. He told reporters “it’s really big news.”

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/14/trump-plans-prime-time-speech-2020-election-allegations/

US just bombed desalination facilities in Bushehr.

Trump and the mad dogs of Pentagon really want to escalate the war into a catastrophic level.

This is a non military infrastructure that only serves genocidal plans of the American war criminals.

This is the 3rd such attack by US in a week.

#WarCrime #WaterAsWeapon #PersianGulf #WarOfAggression #WarOnIran #WestAsia #Iran #tRump #WarForOil #WarForIsrael

It's funny to read messages online about the death of LG

The twitter post by him warning about electing Donald Trump will be a star in his history 😂😂😂

I really wish we could know what Israel has on him to get him to turn 180 degrees on Pedolf Shitler

#Trump #LindseyGraham #USpol

You know what to do, internet.

#Trump #cyclospora

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Pic of Trump on (probably) the White House lawn looking pissy. Text reads "JUST IN: Donald rump was reportedly 'apocalyptically angry' that everyone is calling the diarrhea epidemic 'Trumporrhea.'"

The multifaceted portrait of #ToddBlanche that emerges from 352 pages of documents obtained by #AmericanOversight is of a #Trump loyalist committed to executing the president’s agenda but also intent on keeping a firm grip on processes inside the #DOJ [micromanager]…

Blanche’s cooperation in Trump’s #retribution campaign, both as deputy AG & acting AG since the firing of Pam Bondi, is his defining characteristic…. It will be a flashpoint in Blanche’s testimony before the #Senate Judiciary Cmte.

#GiftArticle

Emails Show #ToddBlanche Role in #Trump #Retribution Campaign

…Blanche, a methodical fmr federal prosecutor, created an organizational plan for the weaponization group that assigned key investigative lanes to some of his own deputies. That ensured…that he had tight control over one of the most sensitive issues on his plate — demands from Trump & his supporters to identify, investigate & punish those who had once pursued them.

#law #LegalEthics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/todd-blanche-trump-enemies-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xlA.6Ulm.X7Dl2h-GzSW6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

"Criminal Lashes Out At Law Court"

https://truthout.org/articles/marco-rubio-threatens-to-teach-the-icc-the-full-meaning-of-american-resolve/

#MarcoRubio #Trump #USPol #USPolitics #ICC #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

#Minnesota prosecutors announced Monday that they have obtained long withheld key evidence in their ongoing investigations into fatal #shootings of #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti during pitched protests against a federal #immigration enforcement crackdown in the state earlier this year & withheld evidence in the shooting of #JulioSosaCelis.

#Trump #law #Constitution #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-alex-pretti-renee-good-21835226891f2a8d91710519b457031d

Fantastic

US judge voids Trump's settlement with IRS

A US judge on Monday voided #Trump's [totally illegal] #settlement with the #IRS ‌that gave him & his companies sweeping #tax protections & initially set up a nearly $1.8 billion government ​#SlushFund to pay victims of so-called ​government weaponization.

#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-voids-trumps-settlement-with-irs-2026-07-13/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

“A person was killed. #ICE was involved. State Police & the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details & would expect the #FBI to investigate as well,” #Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau said in a statement on Facebook. “These are the details that I have at this time. I will provide further updates, as they are relayed to me.”

#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy

One person killed in #Maine in second fatal #ICE #shooting in less than a week

A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house — just days after a federal #immigration officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, sparking mass #protests & demands for #transparency & #accountability.

#Trump #law #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-shooting-maine

Strait of Hormuz. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

#StraitofHormuz #Iran #USA #Trump

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Cartoon showing the front of an oil tanker named ‘My Deal’. Trump is on the bow in a very ornate captain’s uniform, looking up with a red, angry face at a control booth on the shore, next to an Iranian flag and a traffic light that hangs over the water with a sign that reads ‘Strait of Hormuz’. The traffic light has a normal green and orange light (which are off at the moment), but the red light is the point of a missile that’s fed through from the back by a guide rail. In the booth controlling the traffic light we see a general of the revolutionary guard.

Those of you who may still have more than two brain cells to rub together may remember the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election, and how Donald Trump treated opponent Lindsey Graham, who ever since spent his remaining days licking Donald's ginger nuts.

#USpol
#LindseyGraham
#Trump
#DyingGOP

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split panel of former Senator, now deceased, Lindsey Graham pointing up with index finger and saying This is not, I repeat, not, how I massage Trump's prostate, and then using two fingers to point sideways, saying This is

"Solomy Balungi Bossa, member of the International Criminal Court: ‘Trump views us the same way as terrorists and drug peddlers’

The 70-year-old Ugandan is one of the ICC judges sanctioned by Washington due to the court’s ongoing investigations involving the United States and Israel

Solomy Balungi Bossa, 70, is a Ugandan appeals judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC). She’s one of the judges who have been sanctioned by President Donald Trump for conducting investigations involving the United States and Israel.

She recently participated in an event in Madrid that was part of a campaign organized by the Eumans civic movement and No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) — supported by six Nobel laureates — to defend the work of international justice. Before joining the ICC in 2018 for a nine-year term, Bossa worked at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)."
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#ICC #trump #usa #uganda #israel #palestine #gaza #genocide #apartheid #warcrimes #BigTech #banking

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https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-07-12/solomy-balungi-bossa-member-of-the-international-criminal-court-trump-views-us-the-same-way-as-terrorists-and-drug-peddlers.html

(the four images show, in order, only part of the middle of the article)

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Q. Last year, the Trump administration sanctioned you and your fellow colleagues at the International Criminal Court following separate investigations linked to American and Israeli officials in Afghanistan and Gaza. What exactly do these sanctions entail? And how do they affect you personally, the ICC and the NGOs that you collaborate with on the ground? A. These sanctions are a disaster. First of all, they’re a shock to us as professionals doing our work. Secondly, they don’t [bode] well for the course of international justice. Judges should not be punished for doing their work. Even internet banking becomes difficult, because you can’t update any app [or transfer money]. All [the banking apps] are related to the U.S. system.

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Q. And do these sanctions also have an impact on the Gazan population? A. Sanctions do have an impact on Gaza’s population. [They have] an impact because judges feel coerced. If the people who investigate these crimes – [the people] who would be able to provide the evidence – are sanctioned and they cannot assist the prosecutor, what does that tell [us] about law and order in the world? It is a threat to the individual judges. It’s a disaster for the victims of international crime.

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Q. What do you think Trump was trying to achieve with that decision? A. Our interpretation isn’t very different from what governments have told us: they want to see a change of attitude. That means that they want us to decide the cases as they want them to be decided. But that’s not our duty. Our duty is to decide the cases based on the facts and the law.

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Q. This past April, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court called on the European Union to protect them from Trump’s sanctions. Has that appeal been sufficiently heeded? A. They’re trying, especially after the last meeting [of the Assembly of State Parties, the ICC’s management oversight body, composed of representatives of EU states]. This gave us hope that they’re ready to fight for the court. They rallied and condemned the sanctions. But the process is slow and tedious. As you know, the European Union has failed to pass the blocking statute, an instrument to neutralize the effects of foreign sanctions, which would have alleviated the situation. There have also been judges who dealt with the situation in Ukraine, and who were issued with arrest warrants [and were] tried and convicted in absentia by Russia. That’s another situation we’re dealing with.

#GiftArticle

Survivors of Iranian attack that killed 6 #US #troops say #generals ignored warnings

The drone strike on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait occurred on day two of the #war. Those who were there say they fear no one will be held accountable.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #Trump #Hegseth #SuckersAndLosers #USmilitary #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #law #Congress #WarPowers
https://wapo.st/4vty9Ku

Bardella chopé en boîte de nuit à Monaco. L'ex futur candidat du RN à la présidentielle s'est encanaillé au Jimmy'z Monte-Carlo le soir du 7 juin après avoir assisté au grand prix de Formule 1 dans une loge VIP. 25 000 euros la tablée dans ce lieu "chic et casual", selon le Canard Enchaîné. Sur place se trouvait aussi le fils aîné de Trump, Donald Jr, le même soir... L'entourage de l'eurodéputé assure qu'il est resté au bar.

#Politique #RN #Bardella #ExtremeDroite #Monaco #Trump #Luxe

US Sen #LindseyGraham, one of #Trump’s closest allies in #Congress & a longtime advocate of direct confrontation with #Iran, died Saturday evening after a “brief & sudden illness,” his office said in statement posted on social media.

The office did not provide any additional details about the #SouthCarolina #Republican, who was 71 years old.

“Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time & asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” the statement said.

To be honest, I could not care less what #Trump admits or not

The chance that he is lying when speaking is almost absolute, we can think for ourselves and don't need confirmation from a madman

The sheer amount of lies is the actual problem, scandals, lies and distractions while he gets even richer of the massive corruption and most people scramble to get by

Trump is an example of the true worst of humanity

#US #USPol

Businessman who sold #land for #Kushner resort in #Albania suspected of faking the deeds

A Miami-based businessman wanted in Albania for allegedly laundering #DrugMoney is suspected of faking the deeds to land where #JaredKushner wants to build a multi-billion-dollar resort, the country's #OrganizedCrime fighting agency said in case files reviewed by Reuters.

#criminal #law #Trump #corruption #MoneyLaundering
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/businessman-who-sold-land-kushner-resort-albania-suspected-faking-deeds-2026-07-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Bardella chopé en boîte de nuit à Monaco. L'ex futur candidat du RN à la présidentielle s'est encanaillé au Jimmy'z Monte-Carlo le soir du 7 juin après avoir assisté au grand prix de Formule 1 dans une loge VIP. 25 000 euros la tablée dans ce lieu "chic et casual", selon le Canard Enchaîné. Sur place se trouvait aussi le fils aîné de Trump, Donald Jr, le même soir... L'entourage de l'eurodéputé assure qu'il est resté au bar.

#Politique #RN #Bardella #ExtremeDroite #Monaco #Trump #Luxe

#GiftArticle

How #MarcoRubio Is Running #Venezuela From Afar

The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources & its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of #US power in the #Trump era.

#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w1A.JxYo.dGw_Cfis4nej&smid=nytcore-ios-share

And predictably, it was BS

Witnesses of #ICE Killing in #Houston Dispute the #Trump Admin’s Account

#DHS said a Mexican immigrant driving a van tried to ram agents before they shot him dead. A lawyer for three passengers said that was untrue.

#law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/houston-ice-shooting-witnesses.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Three men who witnessed #LorenzoSalgadoAraujo’s killing by federal #immigration officers in #Houston disputed #DHS’s account of the shooting & said the victim never attempted to run over a federal agent.

The men, who were inside the vehicle, were arrested during the Tuesday encounter & spoke from immigration #detention with their lawyer, Hugo Balderas-Ibarra.

#Trump #law #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #fascism #WhiteSupremacy

They said that Araujo, a 52-yr-old Mexican #immigrant who was driving to work at a construction site, did NOT use his vehicle as a weapon or attempt to run over the #immigration officers who opened fire.

Soon after the shooting, the acting director of #ICE, David Venturella, released a statement claiming that Araujo had tried to run down the officer. NO evidence was provided to support that account.

#Trump #law #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #fascism #WhiteSupremacy

Mr. Araujo was shot in the abdomen & taken to a hospital, where he died.

“After speaking with these three men that were in the vehicle with Lorenzo, I have no doubt that what these #ICE agents are saying is completely false,” Mr. Balderas-Ibarra said in a video posted on Instagram. “At no point did they ever use the van to ram into the ICE agents & at no point were these ICE agents’ lives ever in any danger.”

#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce

In recent months, video evidence has disproved several #federal law enforcement accounts of #shootings by #immigration agents.

In the #Houston killing, surveillance videos broadcast on local television show #ICE cars tailing the white van & appearing to cut it off. Others appear to show immigration agents hovering over a man holding his abdomen. More images show another man on the ground, his hands behind his back.

#Trump #law #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce

NEW: Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms

President Donald Trump has fired Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks, the Democrats on the federal Election Assistance Commission, while Christy McCormick, the Republican, was allowed to resign, sources tell ProPublica.

https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-election-assistance-commission-trump-dismantled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Elections #Midterms #USPolitics #Vote #Voting #Election

#Truth #Fact #Suppression

No data on #child #FoodInsecurity

As millions lose #SNAP benefits, the #Trump admin cancellation of a food security survey will make it harder to track rising #hunger.

#law #censorship #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-cut-food-security-survey-could-make-measuring-us-hunger-harder-2026-07-09/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#Trump: "Would you go to #Moscow?"

#Zelensky: "It's difficult, there are a lot of Ukrainian #drones there"

🤣🤣🤣

#UkraineWar #Ukraine #Russia

NEW: Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar, senior legal adviser to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he is retiring “for personal reasons.”

His is the latest high-profile departure among the military’s top leaders and lawyers in the Trump administration. https://www.propublica.org/article/eric-widmar-retiring-joint-chiefs-legal-adviser?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#news #trump #military

RE: https://techhub.social/@ActusFR/116887960205228919

En plus d’être cinglé, ignare et complètement con, il est également sénile.
Ça fait beaucoup pour un seul homme.
#Trump #usa

Federal officials said they were stopping the vehicle in an #immigration enforcement operation. Ronaldo Salgado said his father may have been scared that the people in unmarked vehicles were coming to steal the tools he had used for 35 years to build homes, from sunrise to sunset, so he could send his three American sons to college.

#Trump #UseOfForce #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #ICE #Sturmabteilung #fascism

“He did not deserve to die. He did not deserve to be reduced to a headline of Mexican man shot & killed by ICE. He deserved to live a quiet life as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a husband, a father & a job creator for dozens of men who also wanted the American dream,” Salgado said during a news conference.

#Trump #immigration #UseOfForce #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #ICE #Sturmabteilung #fascism

The shooting happened Tuesday in Magnolia Park, a neighborhood that has been a hub for Houston’s Mexican American community for a century.

#Trump #immigration #UseOfForce #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #ICE #Sturmabteilung #fascism

A Mexican national fatally shot by an #ICE officer in Houston had no criminal convictions during his decades living in the #US & was driving a crew to a homebuilding site when he was killed, his family & a #Texas congresswoman said
Wednesday.

#LorenzoSalgadoAraujo was working toward securing legal status in the US & knew what to do if stopped by ICE, his son said.

#Trump #immigration #UseOfForce #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #Sturmabteilung #fascism
https://apnews.com/article/ice-houston-shooting-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-2d01ba69caf2445f05005096891ba5b2

for confused Europeans working through the shifting sands of the #geopolitics of the modern world:

2016: #USA is the #military "protector of the free world"

2026: #Ukraine is "protector of the free world" ( #USA has devolved into that incoherent bigot uncle you do your best to ignore at family gatherings)

adjust your budgets and attitudes accordingly

" #Trump says #US will grant Ukraine's request for license to build #Patriot interceptors"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ukraine-license-patriot-missiles-zelenskyy/

#UkraineWar #EU #Europe

Judge orders #EJeanCarroll be paid $5M plus interest after jury found #Trump sexually abused [raped] & defamed her

E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5 million that was set aside after a jury found 3 years ago that Trump sexually abused her in 1996 & defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack, a federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled Wednesday.

#law #rape #defamation #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #AbuseOfPower #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://apnews.com/article/trump-e-jean-carrol-sexual-abuse-defamation-fe911fa64d58b03b4d96a628a5cdccb0

I didn't do a cartoon about the NATO summit this year, but here are some I did last year.

#NATO #Trump #Europe

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A cartoon shows Donald Trump at a pulpit with the NATO flag behind him. Audience members in pews offer money, while Mark Rutte collects donations in a basket. A sign reads Payeth and be saved.

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Zelensky stands outside a castle wall. Inside the castle, well-dressed people gather at a NATO Summit under a NATO banner, drink champagne. A waiter is lowering a glass of champagne by a rope to Zelensky, who looks up angrily.

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A cartoon shows a NATO meeting disrupted by fanfare as Trump enters on a red carpet, greeted by a woman with a cooling fan and two waiters serving McDonald’s. His gold throne and flag are displayed near the American flag.

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Cartoon showing a game show titled 'The future of Europe'. The two 'O's' in the title are the NATO and the EU logo. Trump is standing at a spinning roulette wheel holding up a small ball. The roulette wheel only has two options where the ball can land: a tiny green segment is labeled 'good', while the rest of the circle is one large red segment labeled 'not so good'. NATO secretary general Mark Rutte and Ursula von der Leyen look at the wheel in despair, while Putin sits in the audience eating popcorn.

@ClydeB

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And 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽 🤡 #Trump🤡 aka #PedolfShitler

NEW: Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.

Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated — and often riskier — investments.
https://www.propublica.org/article/401k-retirement-investment-plan-risk-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WallStreet #Finance #PersonalFinance #Investment #Trump

Find out what decisions #Trump announced at the #NATO summit at the link! https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/newsflash-trump-may-let-ukraine-build

The potential deal came on the sidelines of the second day of the #NATO Summit in Ankara, #Turkey, where #Zelenskyy and #Trump discussed ways to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses and possible means to end the war.

Donald #Trump said Wednesday he may allow #Ukraine to produce desperately needed #Patriot interceptor missiles.

#NEWSFLASH: #Trump may let #Ukraine build #Patriot interceptors.

This came after #Ukrainians spent the third night in a week in bomb shelters, hiding from a #Russian ballistic missile #attack. https://open.substack.com/pub/counteroffensive/p/newsflash-trump-may-let-ukraine-build?r=6rf4sj&utm_medium=ios

If Your Financial Adviser Recommends Putting Money in a Trump Account, Fire Them

https://cepr.net/publications/if-your-financial-adviser-recommends-putting-money-in-a-trump-account-fire-them/

#news #business #finance #economics #economy #trump #trumpaccounts

Est ce que je pense que #trump a attaqué l' #iran parce que la #fifa n'a pas permis à l'équipe us de gagner la coupe du monde de #foot et veux invisibilisé le reste de la coupe ?

Malheureusement... Oui

#ICE agent fatally shot a motorist in #Houston, #Texas Tuesday during an attempt by officers to stop the man's vehicle, according to ICE [so, probably BS].
The man shot to death was identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, described by ICE as a Mexican national & "illegal alien" who attempted to evade arrest ​during a "targeted enforcement operation" by federal immigration officers.

#Trump #immigration #law #UseOfForce #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #Sturmabteilung #fascism
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ice-agent-fatally-shoots-mexican-motorist-texas-during-vehicle-stop-agency-says-2026-07-07/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

White House wants Smithsonian to preach Christian nationalism, FFRF warns

https://ffrf.org/news/releases/white-house-wants-smithsonian-to-preach-christian-nationalism-ffrf-warns/

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga

#GiftArticle

#Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent #GunViolence, Suppressing Reports

As the admin works to expand gun rights, hospitals & community groups have lost funding, & reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites.

#law #guns #idiocracy #MassShootings #SchoolShootings #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/us/politics/trump-gun-violence-cdc-dhs-justice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v1A.iZgk.Ruon9-l1ZzPF&smid=nytcore-ios-share

🇺🇸🧑‍⚖️ "Der Fall #Trump vs. #Slaughter enthält viel wirtschaftspolitische Sprengkraft. Es hat das Potenzial dazu, den Datenaustausch zwischen #EU und #USA auf den Kopf zustellen. Zudem könnte die Cloud-Nutzung US-amerikanischer Anbieter – egal, ob in Europa gehostet – illegal sein."

📰 Weiterlesen: https://www.computerwoche.de/article/4193189/weckruf-zur-digitalen-souveranitat.html

Elon #Musk’s PAC sent out pre-filled ballots in 2024 to get #Trump elected.

That’s election fraud.

The state of Georgia has begun proceedings over it.

https://newrepublic.com/post/206857/georgia-voter-fraud-elon-musk

#Trump #fifa

@cynblogger Exactly. Somehow we got past “grab em by the pussy” and “shithole countries” and sexual assault and Epstein files and everything else.

But football?? Now we’ve crossed a line!

#trump #uspol #politics

(I agree though. Anything to get an impeachment!)
@DemocracyMattersALot

RE: https://sfba.social/@skykiss/116875322836570865

That has been true for years. It never stopped him before.

#uspol #politics #trump

Absolutely classic Donnie, no notes.

You cannot even do a little light corruption with this daft bastard because he will *immediately* boast about it to the whole world and also take the opportunity to wax lyrical about his own athleticism at the same time.

#Trump #USPol #worldcup

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President Donald Trump on his phone call with Gianni Infantino: "I spoke to Gianni... ! saw the play. I'm a person that loves sports and was a good athlete. I understand sports really well. Really well. That wasn't a foul. That was two guys running full speed that happened to crash into each other."

#Trump #USPol #worldcup

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GENTLEMEN I AM SHOCKED, SHOCKED TO FIND CORRUPTION GOING ON IN FIFA Picture shows Claude Rains accepting his winnings in Casablanca while pretending he is shocked to find gambling going on in Rick’s.

#Khamenei’s funeral mourners: “We don’t want a deal, we want #Trump’s head”; #Iran: MOU forces U.S. to recognise Iran’s allies; U.S. suspends search for missing #sailor. https://www.iranwar.news/p/khameneis-funeral-mourners-we-dont

The whole world will be supporting Belgium against the US tonight. For the good of the game.

Trump and Infantino getting involved to overturn the one-match suspension for a US player is nothing short of political interference and downright cheating.

UEFA needs to quit FIFA.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5yzzd73871o

#Football #WorldCup #FIFA #UEFA #Trump #Infantino #Cheating #Belgium #USA

Good reaction from #UEFA ,
Uefa has strongly criticised Fifa's shock decision not to uphold Folarin Balogun's automatic ban at this World Cup, calling it "unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable".
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5yzzd73871o
#fifa #trump #usa #worldcup #corruption

Pas récent, mais ce portrait de #Trump reste très pertinent !
par Aurélien Barrau :
https://indymotion.fr/w/hLy1CUsxH1imDXdeXWvViN
#Insoumis #LFI #GiletsJaunes

Inside the #White_House push to get Folarin Balogun back on the field - Live Updates - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/05/world-cup-2026/inside-the-white-house-push-on-balogun-00987540

> President Donald #Trump got involved minutes after the U.S. striker received a red card that would have banned him from a crucial match.

#FIFA #football #MaleWorldCup #privilege

New #Solar Tech Makes Desalinating Seawater Cheaper Than Producing Bottled Water. This was discovered in #China. So much for #Trump winning so much, we would get tired of winning. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-tech-makes-desalinating-seawater-cheaper-than-producing-bottled-water/

I’m glad the extreme Liberal Democrats and the Jewish space lasers all conspired to control the weather and literally rain on Trump’s parade.
#trump #uspol #politics

From April: Worst of the worst? Prior to a public outcry, the state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter was arrested by #ICE and languished in a Raymondville detention center.

She's lived in the US for 35 years and frequently helped immigrants translate in court. https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-court-interpreter-arrested-ice-south-texas-airport/

#HumanRights #Trump #Texas #fascism #news #immigration

yesterday i was scandalized by a mislabeled #USGS map on an #earthquake report and some of y’all had the fucking temerity to güelakchuatli me about it
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116859485906880408

WELL, ACTUALLY, FUCK YOU.

#Trump #MAGA gutted the geological and weather services and it’s showing during this #heatwave #canicule. #weather apps using #NOAA were off by 10°F. earthquake maps aren’t being edited to show the towns & main landmarks.

WE NEED HUMANS MANAGING EMERGENCY SERVICES NOT STOCHASTIC PARROTS

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this is a view of Puerto Rico’s most northwest point, which happens to be the metro area of the town of Aguadilla. in blue i have circled the actual town of Aguadilla. in red is the center of its metro area: Rafael Hernández Colón Airport, officially known as Aguadilla Airport. that airport is at the center of what used to be a military base called “Base Ramey” back in the day. in yellow is the “poblado San Antonio”. nobody en la isla would call that whole fucking area “San Antonio”. that area is either LA BASE RAMEY or EL AEROPUERTO DE AGUADILLA or just AGUADILLA. posting earthquake advisories about “san antonio” as if it were one of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico will absolutely cause confusion and wreck havoc. BTW they may have moved the sismographs to that part of the old military base, but there used to be a fenced & heavily guarded USGS property on the abandoned Ramey beach hidden behind a wall of uvas playeras that could get you in trouble with the gringo military police if they found you perambulating the semi-abandoned compound. ask me how do i know.

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the toot with the earthquake advisory, linking to the USGS source

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the USGS source showing “San Antonio” incorrectly, as one of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico. to properly label the location of the seismograph, it should say: M 3.8 - 92km NW of Poblado San Antonio in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

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i was not going to include this image but fuckit: the islands of the Caribbean sit atop several precipices that separate the Atlantic Ocean plane from the Caribbean basin. Puerto Rico happens to sit at the top of the Puerto Rican trench, the deepest precipice in the Atlantic and the 3rd deepest in the world. it is also the area of the most seismic activity for the Greater Antilles. earthquakes are an almost daily occurrence in that part of La Isla, so you are taught in school to keep track of earthquakes the way you do with the weather. one of the biggest tsunamis in the Caribbean devastated my town. my two granmothers and one greatgrandmother survived it. that's why this matters to me. A LOT. my family’s lives are in danger because of your wannabe noble kakistocracy.

Nearly a Million #Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on #Trump #Crypto Coin
[while he made $1.6 billion off his scams]

A report from a #cryptocurrency analytics firm details how those who bought the Trump #memecoin have fared, with most retail investors having lost money while sophisticated traders did better.

#scam #ThiefInChief
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/politics/trump-coin-crypto-investors-loss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

An up-to-date tally of #Trump followers turned #crypto #investors is in. And for them, the overall results are remarkably bad.

Nearly 1 million people who bought Trump’s #memecoin have lost money through the end of June, according to a report by the #cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen. Their losses total $3.81 billion.

#scam #ThiefInChief

The firm’s assessment was calculated this week after #Trump signed an annual financial disclosure showing that he walked away with a $636 million payout on the same #crypto bet, part of a haul of at least $2.2 billion from all of his business ventures in 2025.

The odds were always in his favor. Trump profited whether the price went up or down. He collected returns whenever anyone traded the tokens, as he repeatedly pushed his followers to do, using Truth Social [& the presidency] to promote it.

#Trump #fearmongering on #IndependenceDay eve

Trump called on Americans to protect the freedoms he thinks the ​nation's founders envisioned 250 years ago against what he has portrayed as the "communist" threat posed by ‌progressive Democrats, speaking on July 3rd at Mount Rushmore.

"There is now a resurgence of ⁠the communist menace in our land, including from newcomers to our country who embrace ideas totally opposed to our ​way of life & our great success," he said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-extols-america-rails-communism-us-250th-celebration-2026-07-04/

The #fourthofjuly speech we wish #Trump would give, from a #ukrainian Trump #impersonator .

Watch here: https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-ukraine-speech-we-wished-trump

@blogdiva Still better than a Nazi rally or two, no?

And perhaps it is a conscious choice by the wedding participants to reclaim the space for more inclusive celebrations of life?

#trump #pride #taylorswift

🗣 THERE IS NO SAN ANTONIO, PUERTO RICO
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000ta10

this would be like saying an earthquake happened NW of “Madison D.C.”.

the #weather app i was using from pulled info from NWS and was reporting 10 degrees less than the weather services of Norway, Germany and France.

now we see with this #earthquake tracker from USGS that they’re misnaming geographical areas ―THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE.

what #TRUMP #MAGA #PROJECT2025 have done to these agencies is worse than i could imagine.

"In typical federal cases, surges would demand about five to ten analysts"
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assigning an army of 260 investigative analysts to a “priority” investigation related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga"
"Over more than five years, every conspiracy theory from Mr. Trump and his allies — including false claims about election workers, mail ballots and election machines — has been investigated and debunked"

Tyrant #Trump's utterly unqualified sycophant, Kash Patel, has been bungling cases and abusing his office as head of the FBI. Now apparently he is wasting government resources in an effort to appeal to his king. Maybe that will keep him from losing his office for a little longer.

The way Republicans run government is appalling.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/politics/fbi-georgia-fulton-county-2020-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vFA.FyMa.gmZVko5mxfc2&smid=url-share

#Trump can fence off the Reflecting Pool, but he can't stop protesters, let alone the smell!

#50501movement #WashingtonDC #ReflectingPool

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Protesters stand just outside the fence around the Reflecting Pool holding signs that say "STRAIT OF WARM OOZE IS NOW CLOSED!" and "TEAM ALGAE." One of them is wearing a pink inflatable frog suit that says "AMPHIFA."

Beauty Queen Alleges ‘Madam’ Ivana Trump Enabled Epstein Abuse

https://www.thedailybeast.com/beauty-queen-beatrice-keul-alleges-madam-ivana-trump-enabled-epstein-abuse/

#epstein #epsteinfiles #trump #ivanatrump #abuse #GhislaineMaxwell #grooming #news

RE: https://stranger.social/@DeniseG/116857279662851476

had to scour #weather apps to find service providers that don’t rely on #NOAA. found a couple that use #Norway’s weather service.

so am putting a call out for #Brasil #Chile #Canada #Mexico #France #Spain #Germany #weather app developers: if you use your countries’ weather services, i beg you to add them to @fdroidorg

and to those governments: PLEASE OPEN YOUR APIs & DON’T GEOBLOCK USERS

our lives depend on free-open access to weather reports in a world with a NOAA destroyed by #MAGA #Trump

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 boosted

Denise G » 🌐 2026-07-03
@DeniseG@stranger.social

Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was among several agencies gutted by the Trump Admin’s Department of Government Efficiency in 2025. In February, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management abruptly fired 880 NOAA employees.

#weather #NOAA #WeatherBalloon #WeatherForecast

https://gizmodo.com/heres-why-weather-forecasts-have-seemed-so-inaccurate-lately-2000779436

RE: https://hoosier.social/@KrissyKat/116856995693228908

and #media bootlickers wonder why most estadounidenses (aka USians) are treating #Trump #MAGA #GOP #Republicans 1776-2026 "celebrations" more like an #epitaph and #obituary for the #democracy that never was

"Professor fired over #CharlieKirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement."
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5948386-professor-fired-over-charlie-kirk-post-could-receive-1-9m-in-settlement

This is just the latest in a series. Universities that disciplined professors for criticizing Charlie Kirk knew or should have known that they were violating those professors' free-speech rights. But they did it to align themselves with the Trump admin, even on the wrong side of the law. Consider these settlements and damage awards to be a cowardice tax.

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #FirstAmendment #Trump #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Did you know what "kakistocracy" ment when you first saw the word in relation to Trump?

#Trump #Kakistocracy #Buffy #Words #Poll

Ohman!
#Trump #AmericaStateFair #250thAnniversary #Fascism

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cartoon titled "Great American state unfair..." showing Trump standing triumphant in the midst of state fair booths with sign identification: "Enrich a Trump child", "Build a garish ego monument", "Kick a trans kid!" "Fire a federal regulator!", "Blame a scapegoat!"

A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

https://buff.ly/CIxYBbc

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga #scotus

Yesterday in #WashingtonDC, on the steps of the Capitol where protest is currently not allowed (!), an active duty officer in the #AirForce deliberately broke the law to honor his oath of service. He called for the removal of Trump, and he wore his uniform to do it.

Rep. Al Green, my favorite member of Congress, and the Removal Coalition stood with him, as did a crowd of DC protesters.

#50501movement #Trump #fascism #military

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Congressman Al Green, Major Jason Paul Watson, and Removal Coalition founder Jessica Denson stand together outside the US Capitol with a sign that says "REMOVE THE REGIME."

Trump's "Great American State Fair" is a too-on-the-nose metaphor for the entire Trump administration.
"Planning a national, multi-week event is a huge undertaking. It requires planning and execution. It is hard work. And what visiting the Great American State Fair reminds you of is that our current government just doesn’t do the hard work any longer."
https://davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/what-is-the-great-american-state-fair-like
#Trump #USPol #politics

#US #economy added just 57,000 #jobs in June — far below expectations — amid elevated #inflation, global turmoil

US employers pulled back on hiring last month & added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total & a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook.

#labor #CostOfLiving #affordability #trumpcession #recession #trump
https://apnews.com/article/jobs-economy-hiring-labor-49c7a993b394e6ae3f801c8e3c0d39dd

"Until #Trump’s second term, American aid cost just 23 cents for every $100 of gross national income and saved a life approximately once every 10 seconds. Seems like a bargain to me. Certainly it appears wiser than spending billions of dollars on a war with Iran. I say “wiser” because all this is not just about compassion but also about self-interest. Aid money serves national security and protects us from diseases."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/opinion/usaid-elon-musk-doge.html

#Trump #Fireworks likely to cause hazardous #air #pollution, documents show

Internal #NPS modeling for the July 4th show predicts dangerous pollution around the #NationalMall & “very unhealthy” conditions across central DC.

The show, billed by the #Trump admin as the largest pyrotechnic display in history, will include some 850k fireworks in a roughly 40-min show….Trump will speak as part of the event….

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #PublicHealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/07/01/july-fourth-fireworks-likely-cause-hazardous-air-pollution-documents-show/

The combustion from large #fireworks displays typically causes significant #pollution because it generates fine particulate matter, also known as PM2.5. These small particles can penetrate deep into the #heart & #lungs, causing irritation & in some cases #asthma attacks & other illnesses.

A draft #air-quality analysis, based on the #NPS’s modeling, states that people should “avoid prolonged exposure” to the pollution around the Mall.

#Trump #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #PublicHealth

The #Interior Dept & the #NPS did not respond to questions about the documents & #pollution associated with the event.​

In downtown #DC, #Arlington & the #CapitolHill area, where pollution will be “very unhealthy,” the document says that people should “expect irritation symptoms” & limit their postshow exposure to the pollution. It projects that pollution will remain at elevated levels for 3 to 6 hours after the show.

#Trump #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #PublicHealth

The analysis highlights best, worst and most likely scenarios based on wind conditions, humidity & other factors.

In the “expected” or “most likely” scenario, the #fireworks show will generate 600 to 1,200 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic meter in the Mall area. A worst-case scenario would see >2,000 micrograms per cubic meter.​

#Trump #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #PublicHealth

Levels of up to 1,200 micrograms per cubic meter match what have been recorded with other #fireworks events but are nevertheless reason to take precautions, said George Thurston, a professor of medicine & population health at NYU. He added that the worst-case scenario would exceed anything he has seen previously recorded from pyrotechnic displays.

#Trump #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #PublicHealth

“‘Response to Antisemitism is Decolonization of Palestine’: Pappé on Zionism and Europe”

by Romana Rubeo in The Palestine Chronicle

@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews

“Jewish anti-Zionists must also continue dismantling two narratives that remain deeply entrenched across Western societies: the claim that Zionism is the natural expression of Judaism, and the assertion that anti-Zionism is inherently antisemitic.

Both, he [Pappé] said, require sustained historical education rather than political slogans”

#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #MoU #Europe #Germany #FreePalestine

Mt. Olive Pickles withdraws from Great American State Fair after Confederate flag at NC booth

https://www.witn.com/2026/06/29/mt-olive-pickles-withdraws-great-american-state-fair-after-confederate-flag-nc-booth/

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga

NEW - A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SCOTUS #Law #SupremeCourt #Legal #Trump #Data #Research

As the #Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a #US strike killing over 100 Iranian #children

A US missile killed Iranian schoolchildren four months ago. We still don’t know the full story

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://apnews.com/article/iran-school-strike-baluch-trump-2a134a5c74d80db763db4c3eb6d0d847

250 years later. Today's cartoon by Mick O'Hara. More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/

#USA250 #anniversary #Trump

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Cartoon that is a parody of the horror movie '28 days later'. The title is instead '250 years later', with a menacing face of Trump in the background. On the bottom of the poster is a smaller Trump, with the White House and the Capital as a backdrop. A caption reads: 'Our days are numbered'.

#Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office

It compares with more than $600m in total income that Trump reported in his last financial disclosure.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

(c) #BBC #News

@futurebird It’s a PoTrumpkin village?

@jredlund
#trump #uspol #politics

YES!!!!!!

#SCOTUS Monday declined to take up an appeal from #Trump over a $5 million verdict & finding that he sexually abused & defamed #EJeanCarroll, a decision that means Trump will now HAVE TO PAY the magazine columnist.

#RapistInChief #criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #defamation

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-supreme-court

EU: Don’t send our data to the US!

"Under a new agreement, the EU would open up European police databases to the US, handing over huge amounts of sensitive personal data, including fingerprints and facial images, on millions of Europeans, in exchange for keeping visa-free travel."

Sign the #petition here:

https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-06-dont-send-our-data-to-the-US-petition-EN

#privacy #security #jurisdiction #law #EU #visa #travel #US #Trump #biometrics #personal #data #fingerprints #police #database

As Europe burned under extreme heat, climate denial was partying in Brussels.

Trump starts wars, wrecks the global economy, fuels the energy crisis, and uses US gas to hold Europe hostage.

It’s time to resist Trump NOW.

#TimeToResist #Freedom250Brussels #Freedom250 #Trump #US #Brussels #Belgium

This is why we mock the fair and the clownfuckery with monuments.

They are humiliated. Trump is crashing out over it. It's ticking off #MAGA. Even Fox News couldn't spin the lack of attendance, though Jesse Watters humiliated himself on the air trying.

They know they look like fools, and as the great Mel Brooks said, that's the one thing Nazis cannot stand.

#Trump #Freedom250 #GreatAmericanStateFair

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Democratic Activists on Bsky say "BREAKING: No one showed up to Freedom 250 so Trump canceled it due to 'extreme weather.' The thing is there's nothing extreme about the weather in DC right now. It's partly cloudy and clearing up. No rain. Another hundred million in taxpayer money to Trump's friends for Fyre Festival 2.0." Picture shows a big sign outside Trump's godawful excuse for a fair. It says "The Great American State Fair: EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED. GO TO FREEDOM 250 SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MORE UPDATES. PLEASE PROCEED TO THE NEAREST EXIT."

CODEPINK: End #Sanctions Now - #US Economic Warfare Has Made #Venezuela’s #Earthquake Catastrophe Worse
https://lemmy.ml/post/49322275

For Immediate Release
Thursday June, 25 2026, 05:03pm EDT

#news #politics #Trump #MarcoRubio

“It was shaming to read the bombast of Trump: (”no president was willing to do what I have done tonight”) alongside the reflections of Marcus (“when things have such a plausible appearance, show them naked, see their shoddiness, strip away their own boastful account of themselves.”) Trump broadcast his arrogance to millions of people; Marcus wrote for himself.”
—Timothy Snyder, Of Stoicism and Stupor
https://snyder.substack.com/p/of-stoicism-and-stupor
#trump #marcusaurelius

“Their elation had nothing to do with any real prospect of victory, but rather with the palpable pleasure they took in killing. Hegseth quite wrongly equates the high he feels when others die with the political phenomenon of victory in war. The embrace of what he calls “lethality” is a flight from something which we all share, which is mortality.”
—Timothy Snyder, Of Stoicism and Stupor
#trump #hegseth

“Trump enjoyed the killing from day to day, but never had any idea what victory would require. Hegseth reveled in “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” He claimed that the war had been won, even as it was clear that the US had failed to achieve any meaningful objective: “never in recorded history has a nation’s military been so quickly and effectively neutralized.”
—Timothy Snyder, Of Stoicism and Stupor
#trump #hegseth

“As the weeks passed, both he and Trump fell back onto a purely internal, psychological notion of victory: what mattered was not the actual war in the actual world, but their ability to continue to say words in front of microphones that made them feel good inside. Even that feeling, grounded in nothing, faded quickly after February.”
—Timothy Snyder, Of Stoicism and Stupor
#hegseth #trump

I 100% guarantee the #rich #wealthy #millionaires #billionaires are getting the drugs before we plebs.

Shortage of #Chemotherapy #Drugs Brings #Rationing Fears

Doctors are contending with low supplies & unfilled orders of generic chemotherapy infusions that are crucial to the treatment of a long list of #cancers.

#FDT #Trump #tariffs #sanctions #law #healthcare #medicine #cancer #BigC
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/health/chemotherapy-drug-shortage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Supposedly the #MAGA faithful are performing baptisms at the “state fair.”

I got a copy of the baptismal vows.

Celebrant: Will you continue in the republicans’ teaching and sponsorship, in the hating of immigrants, and in the hypocrisy?
People: I will, with #Trump’s help.

Celebrant: Will you persevere in resisting learning, and, whenever you fall into knowledge, repent and return to Fox News?
People: I will, with Trump’s help.

Celebrant: Will you proclaim by word and example the mindless avoidance of public health measures like vaccines?
People: I will, with Trump’s help.

Celebrant: Will you seek and serve MAGA in all persons, loving only straight white people like yourself?
People: I will, with Trump’s help.

Celebrant: Will you strive for injustice and war among people, and disrespect the dignity of most human beings?
People: I will, with Trump’s help.

#uspol #uspolitics #politics

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaEWDnXvOTm/

The #Trump admin imposed #sanctions last year against Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the #InternationalCriminalCourt. Now, she & 2 other judges are suing Trump & his admin, claiming the penalties exceeded his authority.

The case, filed in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, is the latest effort to challenge what many experts have described as the Trump admin’s efforts to undermine #InternationalLaw.

#law #ICC #imperialism #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/world/europe/trump-sanctions-judges-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

More people have been arrested in the Swamp Pool disaster then in the Epstein case, this tells you everything you need to know about this dictator

#Trump #Epstein #Trumpstein #USPol #USA #US

Remember this from 2025?

Is there any news about the Epstein files?
Or has old Donny succeeded in distracting everyone?

#Trump #Epstein #Epsteinfiles

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This is a picture of Donald Trump on Epstein's plane with a child. This is the pic the DOJ deleted yesterday. Now they want to scrub it from the internet. Share this everywhere.

@KimPerales

"reaped $Bs of the oil wealth of Venezuela in the last 6 months. "

In other words: stealing.

The USA proves over and over again that they have become a rogue state.

#Trump #Venezuela

US Senator warns of #Trump admin plan to hastily remove over 500 unaccompanied #immigrant #children

A Democratic US senator warns the Trump admin is getting ready to round up 500 immigrant children in a hasty effort to remove them from the country, bypassing #legal protections. It would be their second attempt after a federal court intervened last year in an overnight plan to fly out hundreds of children on Labor Day weekend.

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/migrant-children-deportation-border-trump-wyden-853585bc4efd13e59eccfb43fc4d0ceb

The white working class knows the American project isn’t working. Here’s why that will never matter to them

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/ng-interactive/2026/jun/21/american-racial-anxiety-white-working-class-rights

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga

#Trump est en train de bloquer une loi Logement populaire, facilitant les démarches de construction d'habitation, qui ferait baisser un immobilier dingo.
Loi votée de façon bipartisane, presque unanimement.

Il conditionne son autorisation au vote d'une Loi qui changerait les droits de vote aux U.S, supposément en faveur du GOP
Mais ce type de loi demande une majo de 60/40, avec des Démocrates ET des Républicains qui la refusent.

Pour résumer : Trump pourrait se prendre une claque monstre.

Judge blocks #Trump admin from getting #MedicalRecords of minors who received #gender identity care at #NYC #hospitals

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump admin from obtaining sensitive medical records from #healthcare institutions in New York City that provided gender identity care to minors in recent years.

#law #privacy #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/politics/medical-records-minors-transgender-langone-new-york

Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote

https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-judge-358912bcb6c7223b3d2d36465156fde9

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga

‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga