@DoomsdaysCW #Trump a détruit au bulldozer un site archéologique vieux de 1 000 ans pour faire de la place à un second mur frontalier.

Le#DHS était en pourparlers avec le #WildlifeRefuge qui héberge le site antique pour s'assurer qu'il était protégé, a déclaré un archéologue local.

Adam Federman
30 avril 2026, 19h01

"Un site archéologique rare dans le #SonoranDesert a été détruit au bulldozer par un entrepreneur du ministère de la Sécurité intérieure impliqué dans la construction des dernières sections du #BorderWall de Donald Trump, selon plusieurs sources informées de l'incident.

"La zone, dans un coin reculé du #CabezaPrieta #NationalWildlifeRefuge de l'Arizona, est une gravure de près de 280 pieds sur 50 pieds dans le sable du désert, connue sous le nom d'#intaglio.

"Vendredi dernier, sans aucun préavis, un entrepreneur travaillant pour le DHS a coupé une bande d'environ 60 pieds au milieu de l'intaille, causant des dommages irréparables à l'artefact vieux de 1 000 ans.

"Cabeza Prieta, l'une des plus grandes zones sauvages en dehors de l'Alaska, englobe également des terres sacrées pour la nation #TohonoOodham, qui borde le refuge à l'est. Les O'odham se sont battus pour empêcher la construction d'un mur frontalier à travers leur réserve et, au cours du premier mandat de Trump, ils l'ont largement emporté ; ils ont également réussi à protéger l'intaille et un site funéraire voisin qu'ils considèrent comme faisant partie de leurs terres ancestrales.

"Je compare cela à la destruction des lignes de Nazca - quelque chose que, culturellement, nous aurions dû savourer et promouvoir. Pas détruire", a déclaré Rick Martynec, un archéologue, lors d'un entretien téléphonique, en faisant référence aux centaines de figures dessinées dans les déserts du sud du Pérou.

"La destruction a été confirmée par un employé fédéral ayant une connaissance directe de l'incident, qui a demandé à ne pas être nommé par crainte de représailles.

Source :
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

#USPol #TrumpSucks #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #TohonoOodhamNation #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanCulturalHeritage

Patriots Network : enquête sur le réseau qui agrège les figures montantes de l’ #extrêmedroite mondiale

Lancé par un ancien responsable du #RN, #PatriotsNetwork https://www.patriots.network/ s’emploie à mettre en lien et former les futures élites de l’extrême droite mondiale. Un réseau fortement influencé par les #ÉtatsUnis trumpistes et le mouvement #MAGA. https://basta.media/Patriots-Network-enquete-sur-le-reseau-qui-agrege-figures-montantes-extreme-droite-mondiale

#trump #actu #info #actualite #information

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Patriots Network, fondé en France, à Aix-en-Provence, en 2023 et, jusqu’à présent, passé sous les radars politiques et médiatiques.

#Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old #ArcheologicalSite to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

#DHS was in talks with the #WildlifeRefuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

Adam Federman
April 30 2026, 7:01 p.m.

"A rare archaeological site in the #SonoranDesert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s #BorderWall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.

"The area, in a remote corner of Arizona’s #CabezaPrieta #NationalWildlifeRefuge, is a nearly 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand known as an #intaglio.

"Last Friday, without any notice, a contractor working for DHS cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio, doing irreparable damage to the 1,000-year-old artifact.

"Cabeza Prieta, one of the largest wilderness areas outside of Alaska, also encompasses lands sacred to the #TohonoOodham Nation, which borders the refuge to the east. The O’odham have fought to prevent border wall construction across their reservation and during Trump’s first term largely prevailed; they also managed to protect the intaglio and a nearby burial site that they consider to be part of their ancestral lands.

" 'I liken it to destroying the Nazca lines — something that culturally we should have been relishing and promoting. Not destroying,' Rick Martynec, an archaeologist, said in a phone interview, referring to the hundreds of figures drawn into the deserts of southern Peru.

"The destruction was confirmed by a federal employee with direct knowledge of the incident, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal."

Source:
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

#USPol #TrumpSucks #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #TohonoOodhamNation #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanCulturalHeritage

A shell company backed by Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump has agreed to merge with a critical minerals group that last year secured up to $1.6bn in US government support to mine tungsten in Kazakhstan.

https://www.ft.com/content/d99f6f75-931a-42e5-9111-0dc0acc4368c?syn-25a6b1a6=1

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #Kazakhstan

@noelreports And of course, #Trump would prefer Putin's illegal invasion of #Ukraine ending in a victory for his bestie, to enabling it to successfully defend itself.

#traitor #Krasnov

This is what WWIII looks like, terrorist acts on the streets supported by foreign states and we're all on the front line.

Trump's war on Iran is effecting us all, and we're daren't blame the Paedo for it now, oh no! He's White.....

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/29/golders-green-attack-claim-highlights-rise-of-shadowy-iran-linked-group

#IranWar #GoldersGreen #London #WWIII #Iran #Israel #Trump #USA #UKPol #UKPolitics

#GiftArticle

The NYT Editorial Board gained access to …50 hours of #ICE body camera footage from a single night in #Nashville.…

The footage reveals a pattern of overt #RacialProfiling that’s been approved by an unusual source: the Supreme Court. …Last year #SCOTUS gave ICE a green light to stop people based on their appearance or accent. This video shows the alarming results.

#Trump #law #immigration #CivilRights #DualState #fascism #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/opinion/ice-racial-profiling-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e1A.NwEC.8f_XuYouSqNH&smid=nytcore-ios-share

"Amazon Discusses ‘Apprentice’ Reboot—With Don Jr. as a Potential Host"

Jessica Toonkel, Dana Mattioli for WSJ

#news #uspol #politics #trump

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/amazon-discusses-apprentice-rebootwith-don-jr-as-a-potential-host-fe09e885

THE LATEST #NEWS AT THIS HOUR:

#TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON IRAN BLOCKADE: Trump has told advisers he wants the naval blockade of Iranian ports to continue, according to #CNN, with his team laying groundwork for a longer-term closure of the Strait of #Hormuz. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/blockade-extension-trump-iran-war

"J'ai des amis antisémites de gauche" - un sketch qui explique, sous un autre angle, le problème avec le "shtaïne" de Mélenchon.

Sketch en entier (joué pour la 1ère fois, dans un contexte de conférence). Au début c'est qualité patate, mais après l'image passe au clair.

https://tube.hoga.fr/w/jXLraExxe2PoNzBYn5BHsL

#Mélenchon #antisemitism #racisme #trump #sthaine

It begins…

#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/29/louisiana-house-primaries-suspend-jeff-landry/

Trump promised not to take America to war, but is just as eager to start them as his predecessors. Today's cartoon by Omar Turcios. More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/

#war #ForeignPolicy #USA #Trump

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Cartoon showing Donald Trump sitting in a park bench feeding birds. The birds are shaped as giant missiles, while the bird seed he is throwing on the ground takes the shape of the world map.

#Visa, #Mastercard und #PayPal: #Trump könnte jederzeit den Stecker ziehen.
Ich habe gerade die Petition 'Unabhängigkeit von Trump und Co.?
Unbezahlbar!' auf WeAct unterschrieben und würde mich sehr
freuen, wenn ihr auch mitmacht.

https://weact.campact.de/petitions/unabhangigkeit-von-trump-und-co-unbezahlbar?bucket=20260429-waeb-nv-unabhangigkeit-von-trump-und-co&share=d176c19c-8f4d-40b7-be34-4d8a2378776d&source=copy_email&utm_medium=recommendation&utm_source=copy_email

Vielen Dank!

"Ukraine, militarily, they're defeated. You wouldn't know that by reading the fake news."

"So they had 159 ships. Every ship is underwater. Everyone of their planes has been shot down."

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2049554815492018561

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Putin #Trump

#Trump threatens Iran with AI picture of himself with a gun: 'No more Mr. Nice guy!' - This man is demonstrably nuts, crazy. #IranWar https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/trump-iran-threat-ai-picture-gun-war-strait-of-hormuz.html

US President Donald Trump warned Iran to “get smart soon” amid stalled nuclear talks, posting an image with a rifle and the slogan “No More Mr. Nice Guy” on Truth Social. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/trump-issues-stern-warning-to-iran-posts-gun-image-with-no-more-mr-nice-guy-message-a6o0v3q5?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Trump #IranWar #US #IranNews

This message is brought to you by decent people everywhere.

#Trump #TrumpIsGuilty #TrumpIsAPedo

#FCC orders review of #ABC licenses after #Kimmel joke offends #Trump and #FirstLady

The Federal Communications Commission today opened an unusual review of ABC's #broadcast licenses, one day after President Trump and the first lady called on ABC to fire #JimmyKimmel over a recent joke in which he said #MelaniaTrump looked like an "expectant widow."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/fcc-orders-review-of-abc-licenses-after-kimmel-joke-offends-trump-and-first-lady/

#ICE Agent Who #Killed #murder #murderer #ReneeGood in #Minneapolis Gets Cushy New Job Jonathan Ross who shot and killed Renee Good in #Minneapolis and then called her a “fucking bitch” moments before she died in her car has been transferred to a different state to continue his work w the agency, as #FBI continues to supress an #investigation into him. #ruleoflaw #murder #justice #legal #corruption #democracy #maga #politics #trump #doj https://newrepublic.com/post/209615/ice-agent-killed-renee-good-minneapolis-new-job & timeline https://abcnews.com/US/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minute-minute-timeline-renee-nicole/story

May I say, the King's speech was actually shockingly good, and this coming from a republican (in the British and not american sense of the term).

A masterclass in soft diplomacy, while getting across all the UK's main points:

- Climate Change bad.
- Help Ukraine.
- Europe was there for US after 9/11.
- Checks on executive power are vital.

All while remaining exceptionally polite.

#KingCharles #US #Trump #UKpol

"US intel🚨consider Iran's likely response to Trump declaring victory.

MIL options remain, but lg-scale escalation:⚡less likely by ofcls. Pol pressure mounts on Trump as war remains unpop.

US intel agencies: studying how Iran would respond if Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the #IranWar *killed 1000s & become a pol liab. Goal: to understand the implications of Trump: pulling back *some ofcls & advisers worry➡️R losses."

OK, bc #Trump thinks he's won⁉️
#USPol
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-spy-agencies-examine-how-iran-would-react-trump-declaring-victory-2026-04-28/

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Pic of a woman in Iran with a billboard of Iran’s leader, text : US spy agencies examine how Iran would react to Trump declaring v…

James Comey Indicted For Playing With Sea Shells In New Low Point For DOJ Integrity

https://abovethelaw.com/2026/04/james-comey-indicted-for-playing-with-sea-shells-in-new-low-point-for-doj-integrity/

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

Die US-Regierung unter #Trump zahlt Energieunternehmen hunderte Mio. Dollar dafür, geplante Offshore-Windparks zu canceln und das Geld stattdessen in Fossile zu stecken. Zuletzt: 765 Mio. für das Projekt Bluepoint Wind und 120 Mio. für Golden State Wind. Rolle rückwärts beim #Klimaschutz per Scheck!

👉 https://taz.de/US-Regierung-bezahlt-Unternehmen-fuers-Canceln-von-Windparks/!6174615/

« Donald #Trump a viré tous les membres du CA de la National #Science Foundation. »

https://next.ink/brief_article/donald-trump-a-vire-tous-les-membres-du-ca-de-la-national-science-foundation/

🖌️ de Flock

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Dessin inspiré de l'univers de Tarantino. Un chercheur (ou un ingénieur) à terre, tient un gros livre intitulé « Science ». Debout en costume-cravate noir, Trump pointe son pistolet sur lui. Il est écrit en arrière-plan « Stand up for science » (Défendez la science).

"I spent several days in Berlin, Germany asking locals one simple question: What do you think about Donald Trump?

The response was consistent—and blunt."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ebK0l7qT8

#US #USPol #Trump

Once again Taco proves he is disgusting, vile, and vindictive.

#uspol #tuesday #Trump #Taco #Comey

OMG this muther effing craze-ballz narcissist…

Image of #Trump to be featured inside new #passports to [supposedly] mark the #US’ 250th


Trump’s likeness — along with the Declaration of Independence text [which teeny-weeny-peeny has never read] — & the flag of the United States of America will be on an inside page of new passports.


Kill me now

#law #megalomania #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/28/us-passports-trump-image/

Unbelievable performance, the White House telling the truth!

Tao Two Kings - The King of poor schmucks with the King of Pedophiles

#Trump #CharlesIII #narcissistic #fascist #US #NoKings #EpsteinFiles

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A tweet from the White House: Title (in upper case!): Two kings Photo: Kings Charles III and Pedophile Ist

#UAE quits #OPEC, a major blow to world's biggest #oil exporters & leading member #SaudiArabia as #Iran war roils global #energy markets

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/opec-united-arab-emirates-leaving-cartel-4966108c3fafacb67181152216deda14

Charles III et Camilla chez les Trump. Derrière les flonflons diplomates, la question "Andrew" sera-t-elle évoquée entre les deux dirigeants? Le frère du roi est toujours sous le coup d'une enquête. La rencontre dans le bureau ovale s'est faite à huis clos, officiellement pour éviter une "humiliation" au vieux souverain, comme Zelensky en son temps... Mais le président américain est connu pour "apprécier" Charles III

#Politique #Trump #Off #EtatsUnis #CharlesIII #VSS #Andrew #RoyaumeUni #Royals

"An unnamed source 'in contact with the cardinals' told Piqué that 'Trump dressed as pope wasn’t a joke' but a message: 'I’m watching you and I want a domesticated Catholic Church.'"

But then the big surprise: despite all that money and organizing on the hard right, Erdő got solid votes in the first round of voting, and then began losing votes as Prevost (Leo XIV) picked up more votes.

#PopeLeo #Trump #PopeFrancis #CardinalDolan #FinancialElites
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And he then got elected on the fourth vote: Francis' final surprise for the church.

"Piqué and O’Connell claim that it was ultimately Francis’ shaping of the College of Cardinals that led to Leo’s election. 'Francis could not choose his successor, but he created the conditions that made Leo’s election possible,' the authors wrote. 'It was his last surprise.'”

Money may buy a lot, but it cannot buy everything.

#PopeLeo #Trump #PopeFrancis #CardinalDolan #FinancialElites
/6

And that move had big money behind it, especially right-wing American Catholic money. Former head of the US Catholic bishops' conference Timothy Dolan, who is very close to that right-wing Catholic money was helping push right-wing Hungarian cardinal Péter Erdő forward.

Big-money US Catholics and the many, many bishops who are in their pocket have done all they can for years now to buy the Vatican and the papacy.

#PopeLeo #Trump #PopeFrancis #CardinalDolan #FinancialElites
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This papal election was seen by them as a big opportunity to flash that money around and do away with Francis' legacy — locking in again the right-wing control they had enjoyed during the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict.

#PopeLeo #Trump #PopeFrancis #CardinalDolan #FinancialElites
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Sordid characters like US Catholic journalists Edward Pentin and Diane Montagna circulated a book trying to sway cardinal electors by telling them how various cardinals stood on issues like welcoming LGBTQ people and women's ordination.

Dolan and Trump were/are joined at the hip, and Trump "publicly backed Dolan for pope and later posted an AI-generated picture of himself dressed as pope."

#PopeLeo #Trump #PopeFrancis #CardinalDolan #FinancialElites
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What happened at the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, and why was his election such a surprise? Claire Giangravé reports on a new book by Elisabetta Piqué and Gerard O’Connell that relies on insider scoops to tell the story. There was a strong move among right-wing cardinals to elect a hard-right successor to Francis — to obliterate Francis' legacy.

#PopeLeo #Trump #PopeFrancis #CardinalDolan #FinancialElites
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https://religionnews.com/2026/04/24/two-new-books-reveal-secrets-alliances-behind-pope-leos-election/

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #SocialSecurity #Disability #Family

ENOUGH is ENOUGH !

FED UP WITH USA IMPERIALIST BEHAVIOR !

USA🇺🇸 have to stop acting as cow-boy and making a mess all over the world !

USA of Trumps is not more a European ally than Poutine's Russia ! Time has come to break-up our historical special relation !

Putting the world biggest army in the hands of a man with mental disorders is a big problem for the whole world : 76,8M of US voters cannot decide for 8B ! It hardly time for Europe to strengthen its forces and to better balance its political and economical exchanges between 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳.

#Trump #USA #Europe

#trump #politique #humour #usa #eliekakou #america #extremedroite #fascisme #antifascisme #complotisme #idiocratie
#donaldTrump #donald #dessindepresse #medhi #societe #hahactualités #attentat #terrorisme

Reuters uncovered a broader‑than‑previously known Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections, historically run locally, in at least eight states – using investigations, raids and demands for access to balloting systems and voter ID.

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/how-trump-is-moving-control-us-elections-one-state-time-2026-04-27/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump

AMERICANS

we have 999 days left of a pedophile rapist narcissist racist with dementia in the White House because 1/3 of the country is bigots and ignorants and 1/3 of the country is too entitled to #vote

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/6119379/end-of-trumps-presidency

what are we going to do?

we are going to fucking show up in the #primaries

pick real left #candidates

then in november you vote against #MAGA no matter who wins the primaries

"not good enough i want perfect waah"

shut the fuck up and vote to freeze #Trump's agenda

Shots fired at the WHCD?

I don’t give a fvck.

The same Republicans who are clutching their pearls about shots being fired don’t care that 40,000 Americans die of gun violence each year. Not one of them.

#whcd #republicans #gunviolence #MAGA #trump #nra #trump #iran #news #staged

And while we're at it, who incited all those attacks on Obama? 🤔

Be best!

#Trump #WHCD

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D. Earl Stephens, longtime editor of Stars and Stripes, says "Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during his two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch."

@georgetakei

Harry Truman (in office 1945–1953) historically had the lowest overall approval rating, at 22%.

The fact that Donald Trump’s overall approval is not yet that low, despite everything, is insane.

#Trump #DonaldTrump

#Trump officials hire ‘#deportation judges’ with less training, experience & hella-sketchy track records


Trump is remaking #courts to clear a backlog of #asylum cases. Hires include an attorney for #Jan6 rioters, a lawyer who championed #Minneapolis #ICE raids, a divorce lawyer who has vowed to “fight exclusively for the rights of men,” & a judge who denied a #gay Serbian man #humanitarian protection because he didn’t look “overtly gay.”

#law #immigration #DOJ #rigged
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/04/27/justice-department-immigration-judges-deportation/

Wichtig... ich habe gerade ein Posting rausgehauen in dem Macron gesagt hat, dass die USA keine Ueberflugerlaubnis fuer Militaerjets in Richtung Israel bekommen.

Das Dingen war ein Fake und jetzt ratet mal, auf welche Quelle ich mich verlassen habe? #Trump 🙈

Sorry, dafuer. Hier die Story 👇

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-news-updates/card/trump-says-france-barred-overflights-of-military-supplies-JtkgXR6HrENtup1RHtHQ

"For a decade I have been following the twists and turns of Donald Trump’s America with the privilege of journalistic distance. On Saturday night I felt the darkness come viscerally close. ...

The past 10 years have witnessed a shooting at a congressional baseball practice, a deadly white supremacist march in Charlottesville," (continued in /2)

~ David Smith

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/1

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-covering-trump

(continued from /1)

"the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and the killings of the former Minnesota house speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk. Political violence is rampant and on Saturday, in a fancy Washington ballroom, Trump and the media glimpsed the edge of the abyss."

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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"My first thought wasn’t shock.

It was recognition.

Because I had spent the better part of this Saturday documenting exactly how we arrived at a place where something like this could feel — in the most sick and twisted way imaginable — not just possible but almost inevitable."

~ Kristoffer Ealy

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/3

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/corporate-media-chaos-trump-the-whcd

"I fear violence will become a defining characteristic of the next few months, leading up to the midterms. It is the lexicon of what now passes for debate in the Trump era."

~ Gene Weingarten

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/4

https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/i-blame-trump

"There is a close relationship between Trump and violence — not just the attempts on his life but also the violence he’s unleashed on the world, the violence his ICE and Border Patrol agents have caused inside America, the violence he has incited among his followers."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/5

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-last-nights-correspondents

"When the president was asked at a press briefing late Saturday why he’s been targeted by several attempted gunmen now, Trump said he’s 'studied assassinations,' and they often target 'the most impactful people' and 'the big names.'

'I hate to say I’m honored by that, but I’ve done a lot,' he said. 'We’ve changed this country, and there are a lot of people that are not happy about that.'”

~ Andrew Perez and Asawin Suebsaeng

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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https://zeteo.com/p/trump-evacuated-white-house-correspondents-dinner-dc

"He also used the shooting to promote his ballroom (bunker) and MAGA, of course, blamed 'the left' and said this is why Congress should fund DHS, and by extention secret service.

Unfortunately, STAGED was already trending on Twitter before we received all of these details."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media #staged
/7

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/behold-the-ridiculous-unbearable

"The problem with having a criminal President who promotes conspiracy theories, incites an insurrection, & lies habitually about everything and is enabled by an entire political and media movement that does the same is that after a while, people don’t believe him and create their own narratives."

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media #staged
/8

"Trump took to the podium a little after 10:30. Referring to the threat of a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner—which has never happened before—he said: 'I will say, you know, it’s not a particularly secure building, and, uh, I didn’t want to say this, but this is why we have to have all of the attributes of what we’re planning at the White House.'"

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/9

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-25-2026

"'It’s actually a larger room, and it’s much more secure. It’s got— It’s drone proof. It’s bulletproof glass. We need the ballroom. That’s why Secret Service, that’s why the military are demanding it. They’ve wanted the ballroom for 150 years for lots of different reasons, but today’s, uh, a little bit different, because today, we need levels of security that probably nobody’s ever seen before.'”

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/10

"In response to a question about why Trump thought attempts on his life happened so frequently—a reminder: there is as yet no information about what the man’s plan or motives were—he responded that assassins come for 'impactful people' and boasted of how much he has done for the country."

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/11

"The old media order dressed up for a banquet and discovered that its own credibility was on the menu. ...

They showed up to preen and party anyway.

They put on gowns and tuxedos, smiled for cameras, and clinked glasses. They feted the president who has made attacking them central to his political identity. They feted the president who has made attacking them central to his political identity."

~ Julie Roginsky

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/12

https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/the-medias-gross-performance-after

"The whole grotesque spectacle was supposed to be a celebration of press freedom. Instead, it became a case study in institutional self-abasement.

Then came the shooting. ...

Both last night and this morning, these journalists congratulated each other all over social media for rushing to the White House to cover their own assassination attempts. They should hang their heads in shame instead, based on what happened inside the briefing room."

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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For more commentary on last night's White House Correspondents Dinner, see:

Ben Meiselas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB8qUmTS5Rk

Lucian K. Truscott:

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/white-house-correspondents-dinner

Norman Eisen and Carlos Eduardo Espina:

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/norm-and-carlos-live-after-the-white

Aaron Parnas:

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-active-shooter-killed-at

Political Humor:

https://politicalhumor.substack.com/p/irans-new-lego-viral-video-mocks-10c

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/14

"We must not allow the corporate media nor even members of the Democratic elite to bully us into not asking questions. While the facts surrounding the shooting are still being gathered as I write this on Sunday morning, there are many questions raised that demand answers.

For starters, we should be suspicious of any and everything involving Trump."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/15

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/when-it-comes-to-the-whcd-shooting

"At a press conference back at the White House, Trump claimed he felt 'everyone coming together' before the shots were fired and called for unity in response to the gunman’s actions. But Trump has spent a decade exploiting every possible fault line to divide Americans."

~ William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/16

https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/nonviolence-or-nonexistence

"He has incited violence against members of the media at rallies, and he kicked off the celebration of the United State’s 250th anniversary in Des Moines, Iowa last July 4th by declaring hatred for Democrats and others who would not support his dramatic cuts to nutrition assistance and healthcare."

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/17

"There can be no denying that violence surrounds this regime. …

We also need to recognize that there was violence in that room last night long before shots were fired. And the reporters who had gathered to mingle with members of the regime, for a night that I suppose, in their view, represented a mix of entertainment and obligation, were, by showing up, helping to normalize trauma, suffering, and death on an epic scale."

~ Elliot Kirschner

#Trump #WHCD #violence
/18

https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/violence-in-washington

Following what happened at last night's White House Correspondents Dinner, Marcy Wheeler points to a valuable "Breaking News Consumer's Handbook" from WNYC's On the Media. The handbook is in the image below.

#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
/19

https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/26/dinner-and-a-show-what-isnt-being-discussed-after-whca-nerd-prom/

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A breaking news consumer's handbook compiled by WNYC On the Media

Trump telling O'Donnell "I'm not a rapist. I am not a pedophile" is the new "I am not a crook"
#uspol #60Minutes #Trump #WHCA

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Trump on 60 Minutes 4-26-26 saying I am not a Pedophile

May Day under the #Trump administration.
#mayday #may1

Country Club Democrat Hakeem Jeffries just said that impeachment of #Trump was not a top priority if the Democrats regain control of the House. He's making the same mistake Nancy Pelosi made. Her refusal to consider impeachment of Bush II led directly to #Trump.

„Klinische Tests ohne Genehmigung, autonome Autos ohne Auflagen, Kernreaktoren und Nuklearenergie ohne staatliche Überwachung und eine Sonderwirtschaftszone, in der es kaum Steuern zu zahlen gibt und auch die Rechte von Arbeitskräften außer Kraft gesetzt werden. So stellen sich zahlreiche Chefs der Big-Tech-Unternehmen und US-Investoren die Zukunft vor – von Peter Thiel bis Sam Altman und Marc Andreessen. Donald Trump soll es möglich machen. Schon 2023 hatte er im Wahlkampf davon gesprochen, solche Freedom Cities in den USA zu ermöglichen.…“

Unregulierte Tech-Tests: Thiel, Altman und Co wollen Freedom Cities
https://www.heise.de/news/Unregulierte-Tech-Tests-Thiel-Altman-und-Co-wollen-Freedom-Cities-10309769.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Überwachungskapitalismus #Technology #Thiel #Trump #Musk #Usa #FreedomCities #AI #Surveillance

Interessante Hintergründe zur militarisierten, digitalen Überwachungsindustrie und Milliardärskartellen um Palantir, SpaceX, Thiel Capital und Co.. Die systemische Analyse könnte zwar ausgefeilter sein, die Netzwerke und autoritären Ideologien werden aber gut beleuchtet.

Während diese Entwicklungen derzeit vor allem in den #USA stattfinden, fasst Palantir auch in #Europa immer mehr Fuß. In #Deutschland sind es vor allem die Partei Die Grünen und die Union, die dem Einsatz von Palantir-Überwachungstechnologie auf Länderebene immer weiter den Grund bereiten.

https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/

#Palantir #PeterThiel #AlexKarp #Überwachung #Autoritarisierung #Tech #Technology #BigTech #MAGA #Trump #Musk

En Hongrie, tandis que l'ex-Premier ministre Orban s'apprêterait à fuir le pays pour les Etats-Unis où il entretient de solides relations avec Trump, les oligarques qui l'ont soutenu feraient d'immenses transferts d'argent du pays vers les Émirats arabes unis, les États-Unis, ou encore en Uruguay, selon le Premier ministre nouvellement élu. Vraie tendance ou opération d'intox? https://tvpworld.com/92920671/magyar-orbns-oligarchs-set-to-flee-abroad-taking-wealth-out-of-hungary

#Politique #Hongrie #Europe #Justice #Police #Corruption #Magyar #Orban #Trump #EtatsUnis

Peter #Thiel has bought a mansion, met Mieli, and moved to #Argentina As #Trump popularity Falters

https://www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-flees-to-argentina/

So let me get this straight: The President, Vice President AND the Speaker of the House...the full line of presidential succession...were in the same room at an off-site location where the Secret Service members "guarding" the entrance to the room were paying so little attention that some random guy could sprint right past them.

#Trump #USpolitics

Imagine living in a country where science was deemed political…what kind of $hit would that lead to?

Oh right…yes.

It’s about to get a whole lot worse.

#Trump
#NSB

https://www.theverge.com/science/918769/trump-fires-the-entire-national-science-board

Marie-Thérèse est rentrée en France après 17 jours de détention. Elle aurait pu faire profil bas mais elle a choisi de témoigner, "pas pour parler d'elle" mais des "autres détenues" à qui elle a promis de "raconter le calvaire" sous l'administration Trump. Cette expérience l'a transformée, elle qui se considérait comme une partisane de Trump et admirait tant sa politique d'expulsion qu'elle pensait qu'elle devrait être adoptée en France...

#Politique #Trump #Racisme #Immigration #ICE #Police

I was asleep at the switch when this came out a few days ago. It is *very* worth reading what @pluralistic has to say. What Trump is doing is horrendous but some things might *inadvertently* change in a positive way - more quickly - because he's doing them.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/#acceleration

#trump #EnergyTransition #solar #renewables

Les conditions de détention sont "épouvantables" selon Marie-Thérèse: "odeurs d’excréments", douches publiques, réveils à 4h45 du matin, refus de soins médicaux... Pire, les détenues portent des chaînes au pied et elles sont classées par couleur avec leurs tenues: "orange pour nous les migrants, verte pour les homosexuelles, rouge pour les criminelles, tout ça me rappelle le temps du nazisme" https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/etats-unis/exclusif-dans-les-geoles-de-la-police-americaine-ice-lenfer-raconte-de-linterieur-par-cette-francaise-de-86-ans-ddbcd112-3e96-11f1-ac09-2dd9a94cc119

#Politique #Trump #ICE #EtatsUnis #Immigration #Racisme #Prison #Police

Elle ne se trouve pas en situation irrégulière mais elle est menottée et embarquée, sans pouvoir s'habiller, vêtue d’une chemise de nuit et d’une robe de chambre. On l'a transfère dans une prison de droit commun où elle doit porter une salopette grise et sale après s'être déshabillée "devant tout le monde". Avant d'être envoyée dans un centre de détention à Basile, en Louisiane, sans eau ni nourriture pendant le transfert.

#Politique #Immigration #Trump #ICE #Racisme #France #EtatsUnis

Hélas, Billy décède brutalement en janvier de cette nouvelle année. Et Marie-Thérèse ne possède pas la carte verte, ce fameux sésame qui lui permettrait de demeurer dans leur maison en Alabama, où ils se sont tant aimés. Ses relations avec le fils du défunt ne sont pas bonnes, il cherche à lui faire quitter la demeure. Finalement, elle est arrêtée sans ménagement et jetée en prison. Elle pense que c'est le fils de Billy qui l'a dénoncée.

#Politique #Trump #ICE #Immigration #Amour #Racisme

"Ça me rappelle le temps du nazisme". Vibrant et terrifiant témoignage de Marie-Thérèse, une Française de 86 ans originaire de la région nantaise, jetée 17 jours dans les prisons américaines par l'ICE, la police de l'immigration. Elle était parti aux States en 2022 retrouver Billy, son amour de jeunesse, un ancien soldat américain rencontré sur une base de l’Otan, près de Saint-Nazaire à la fin des années 1950 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/french-ross-mahe-ice-detention.html

#Politique #ICE #EtatsUnis #Police #Immigration #Trump

#Trump and #FIFA Have Already Broken the 2026 World Cup

The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/article/209225/trump-infantino-fifa-broken-2026-world-cup

"Mr. Trump didn't just happen to America. He was elected, twice – the second time after attempting a coup. That alone should tell us that something fundamental has changed in American society, that it is so broken that one half of it could knowingly put a degenerate lunatic in the White House just to spite the other half."

~ Andrew Coyne

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #cruelty #immigrants
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trump-may-be-temporary-the-damage-he-is-doing-isnt/

Kabinet verlengt DigID-contract Solvinity 🙄 🤦‍♂️ https://archive.is/6X7uJ
en steekt daarmee middelvinger op naar 141 Kamerleden (94%) 🤨

Dit is ronduit schandalig! 😡
Gaat de Kamer het kabinet nog tot de orde roepen en tot actie dwingen om onze Digitale Sovereiniteit te redden!? https://mastodon.social/@Matthijs85/116459465909555335
#DigID #Solvinity #Kyndril #cybersecurity #privacy #Trump #digitalesoevereiniteit #digitaleautonomie #tech #ICT

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Kabinet verlengt contract Solvinity ondanks verzet uit Tweede Kamer Met het besluit legt staatssecretaris Van der Burg (VVD) een bijna unanieme motie uit de Tweede Kamer naast zich neer.

Schüsse bei Gala mit Trump: Was über die Tat und den Schützen bekannt ist

Ein Mann hat bei einer Gala mit US-Präsident Trump Schüsse abgegeben und einen Wachmann verletzt. Was genau ist passiert? Was ist über den mutmaßlichen Täter und sein Motiv bekannt? Ein Überblick.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/usa-schuesse-korrespondentendinner-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#FAQ #Trump #Schüsse

#Trump said that a “shooter has been apprehended” in a post to Truth Social about 30 minutes following a security incident at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

Both Trump & JD #Vance were uninjured in the incident.

Trump to give statement at White House after #shooting incident at correspondents’ dinner

#WHCA #WHCD #security #law

Important news
Melania is safe

#White #House #Assassinate #assassination #attempt #Trump #Little #Donny #TV #Live #Melania #save

@Dendrobatus_Azureus

#Palantir Is Helping #Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” #datamining. Military contractor Palantir is helping the #IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/24/palantir-irs-contract-data/
#fuckpalantir #truckfump #surveillance

So weird that so many people are trying to kill that fascist fat fuck #Trump.

@MeidasTouch shared an *interesting* #clip of #KarolineLeavitt that was originally shown on #Fox

https://youtu.be/MB8qUmTS5Rk?t=328&si=4DsgG-0Rn_uE-nMp

I'm sure someone else *must* have commented about this.

#Trump #ShotsFired

RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116468485382475026

My question is: is this the Reichstag fire type situation, or not just yet?

#uspol #Trump

Nonilex » 🌐 2026-04-26
@Nonilex@masto.ai

#Trump said that a “shooter has been apprehended” in a post to Truth Social about 30 minutes following a security incident at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

Both Trump & JD #Vance were uninjured in the incident.

Trump to give statement at White House after #shooting incident at correspondents’ dinner

#WHCA #WHCD #security #law

The many attempts to kill Hitler....

...attempts...

#Trump #WHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #USPol #USpolitics

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social - 2m UPDATE: The latest credible reports say the WHCA shooting suspect is in custody, not confirmed dead. Reuters and The Washington Post report authorities apprehended the shooter after the incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Qo 22 © 80 02

Oh it's deffo staged then.

Room full of 'journalists' too...

#Trump #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #WHCD #USPol #USPolitics

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Julianne McShane © @juliannemcshane.bsky.social ~ 8 POTUS still plans to deliver a speech tonight, per a WH official. Via Jake Traylor for MS NOW 02:12 - 26 Apr 2026 3reposts 32 quotes 7 likes [wk] 35 Q7 Q &

We're not buying it, are we?

The whole atmosphere afterwards is...'off', isn't it?

#Trump #WHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #USPol #USPolitics

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.. Schnorkles O'Bork “Z. @schnorkles.bsky.social ~ The WHCA continuing their glorified meet and greet after an active shooter and a death is really just so spot on for the horrendous sociopathic tendencies of DC political reporters that | can't quite believe it's real. 02:10 - 26 Apr 2026 @ Everybody can reply 270 reposts 20 quotes TK likes 15 saves Qa = 290 Q 1K QO & «

another random guy set up a̶n̶d̶ m̶u̶d̶e̶r̶e̶d̶¹ t̶o̶ p̶r̶o̶v̶e̶ T̶r̶u̶m̶p̶’s̶ “i̶n̶v̶i̶n̶c̶i̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶” so he could justify building that fucking ballroom in the White House².

i never believed the first attempt was real. i don't believe there was a real attempt now; but i will tell you this: prepare for the Trump DoJ to #aislop the evidence.

#Trump #fascism #theatrics #deathCult

UPDATE:

¹ apparently they apprehended the person instead

² as if he’d live, even less be in office, long enough to see it completed

Compelling argument...

#Trump #Journalism #WHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #USPol #USpolitics #WeijiaJiang

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2 Parker Molloy ® @parkermolloy.com - 7m [5] The members of the WHCA are truly trash human beings. Absolutely part of the reason we are where we are as a country. 4 Steve Herman © @newsguy.bsky.social - 9m "The president will hold a press briefing at the White House in 30 minutes. That is not a joke," announces WHCA President Weijia Jiang, explaining that Trump wants to reschedule the event for within a month. "We will do this again.”

Reporting on Trump's Meme Coin event?

Consider noting that $trump hit an all-time low of $2.52 today.

That's down from a high of $73.43 shortly after its launch.

#news #crypto #tech #trump #uspol #politics $trump

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/official-trump

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CoinGecko's $Trump page

Not to agree with the misogynistic, homophobic, oppressive, theocratic government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but he fucking *does*, doesn’t he?

#Trump #iranwar

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At the weekend, Iran's deputy foreign minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said of Trump: "He talks too much"

https://www.liberation.fr/societe/immigration/tout-ca-me-rappelle-le-temps-du-nazisme-apres-17-jours-dans-les-geoles-de-ice-marie-therese-ross-86-ans-prend-la-parole-pour-ses-codetenues-20260425_6LYJ2M3R2JFXVKP7DPI6LKVVKY/

L'horreur trumpienne à nouveau mise à nu...

Une octogénaire qui témoigne du réel d'une politique d'extrême droite... La même que celle que prépare #Macron et que #Bardella ou #LePen rêvent d'imposer.

C’est grâce à ses compagnes d’infortune, «des Sud-Américaines adorables», que la Française désormais de retour dans l’agglomération nantaise dit avoir tenu, en priant «le bon Dieu». «L’une s’était fait arrêter au volant de sa voiture, une autre sous les yeux de ses enfants, devant l’école, qui, depuis, sont gardés par l’une de ses voisines.» Et Marie-Thérèse Ross de poursuivre : «Les arrestations arbitraires, les chaînes au pied, les appels en pleine nuit, la tenue, orange pour nous les migrants, verte pour les homosexuelles, rouge pour les criminelles, tout ça me rappelle le temps du nazisme.»

#ice #Trump #Nazi #antifa

"Mennonite pastor Jonny] Rashid pointed to centuries of Christianity used as a tool of empire and repression, from manifest destiny and racialized chattel slavery to funding the fall of Roe v Wade. …

While the right has organized some Christian denominations into a powerful voting bloc and Christian nationalism has grown in recent years, Rashid argues that it is not true Christianity:"

#Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #bible #resistance
/7

“'Christian nationalism is fascism and authoritarianism decorated with Christian symbolism. It is a racist, xenophobic, authoritarian, fascistic ideology that gets sold as Christianity.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #bible #resistance
/8

But in reality, faith leaders have been some of the loudest and most consistent voices organizing against the administration’s policies. …

Multiple faith leaders told the Guardian they understand why people may not associate progressive organizing with Christianity."

#Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #bible #resistance
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"The fact that the Catholic Church is attracting conservatives in the US is underlined by survey data by the National Study of Catholic Priests showing that 84 per cent of newly ordained priests describe themselves as theologically conservative and just 2 per cent as progressive."

~ Naomi O'Leary

#PopeLeo #Trump #JDVance #Catholics #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/rise-of-new-catholics-hardens-battle-lines-between-us-and-the-vatican/

"This is a profound generational shift from in the late 1960s, when 68 per cent of newly ordained priests in the US described themselves as theologically progressive, and only 16 per cent conservative. It has long-term implications.

The trend has been under way since the 1980s, when there was a growth of conservative Catholicism within elite circles in the US, accompanied by a wave of conversion."

#PopeLeo #Trump #JDVance #Catholics #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"'Some of them really have this plan to not just make America great again, but also to make Catholicism more nationalist, more American,' said Massimo Faggioli, who recently became a professor in ecclesiology at the Loyola Institute at Trinity College Dublin after working in US universities for 17 years."

#PopeLeo #Trump #JDVance #Catholics #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"'JD Vance is exhibit A in all this process because he’s the youngest and he’s the most powerful because he’s vice-president. He embodies this drift towards a very ethnocentric view of America and a very theocratic idea of the state, where religion is the centre of the identity of the nation.'”

#PopeLeo #Trump #JDVance #Catholics #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"The Trump administration has long tried to wrap itself in Christianity, with Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, invoking warfare 'in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ'. Trump even recently posted an AI image of himself as a Christ-like figure (later claiming he thought it was a doctor) and streamed himself reading the Bible."

~ Lex McMenamin

#Trump #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #bible #resistance
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/progressive-christians-religion-trump-pope

#Trump ousts National #Science Board members

Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation [#NSF] said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated.

Multiple #scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/25/national-science-board-members-dismissed/

It's so prophetic that the episode* of "Dead Like Me" (2003) I watched this morning lists #Trump alongside #Hitler and #Pinochet as (paraphrasing) "assholes that the world inexplicably rewards for being assholes." 😄

#DeadLikeMe

Oh, found the actual [quote]:

"In a fair world, behaving like a complete asshole would make you really unpopular.
("Assholes" montage, starting with Hitler)
But this isn't a fair world.
(second asshole (don't know who it is))
And the assholes have followers, and disciples,
(Pinochet)
and assistants.
(Trump)
The assholes are treated like kings.

*S2E04, "The Shallow End", aired 2004-08-15

#Iran foreign minister left Islamabad without meeting #US envoys, Pakistan officials say. Can you blame him? The US “envoys” were Steve #Witkoff & Jared #Kushner ffs.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-25-2026

Much damage has been done to our societies and the #climate due to #fossilFuels

The alternative was always there, but it was systematically destroyed

Appreciate the irony though:

Big Oil's decline has been ensured by their greatest triumph, #Trump

The stupid war on #Iran means every country will move off #oil

#China's #EV makers are kings of the world now

"‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, #IEA chief says"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol

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Oil ‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion ‘There will be a significant boost to renewables and nuclear power and a further shift towards a more electrified future,’ Birol said. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AP

"The military and intelligence contractor #Palantir has been embroiled in nonstop controversy during #Trump’s second term.

"Last week, the Peter Thiel-cofounded company poured fuel on the fire with a 22-point summary of CEO Alex Karp’s 2025 book “The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West,” an ominous corporate manifesto that critics called a “hideous ideology” and “example of technofascism”."

#Politics #Fascism

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/palantirs-employees-crisis

"Mr. Trump didn't just happen to America. He was elected, twice – the second time after attempting a coup. That alone should tell us that something fundamental has changed in American society, that it is so broken that one half of it could knowingly put a degenerate lunatic in the White House just to spite the other half."

~ Andrew Coyne

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #cruelty #immigrants
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trump-may-be-temporary-the-damage-he-is-doing-isnt/

"He has used his time in office, what is more, to change America further – especially the second time around. The Republican Party has been utterly transformed, at every level. There is nothing left of the democratic, free-market, world-leading Republicanism of old."

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #cruelty #immigrants
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"Mr. Trump and his officials have not only broken every law, subverted every institution, assaulted every critic and betrayed every ally. They have normalized attitudes and behaviour that were previously beyond the pale. It will not be easy to un-normalize them."

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #cruelty #immigrants
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@paco

A #VibePresidency

#tRump #USPol

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A silhouette of a speaking tRump with a grey void where a brain should be.

Wab Kinew is like my favourite premier right now - totally trolling Trump

#CDNpoli #Trump #USpol #USpolitics

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/trump-must-drop-tariffs-release-epstein-files-before-us-booze-returns-to-manitoba-shelves-kinew/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Europeans must recognize US, China and russia are 'dead against' us, says Macron

🖊️ Nektaria Stamouli

French president also said he expected tensions with the U.S. to outlast #Trump

https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-warns-europe-unity-against-us-china-russia

america's two top law enforcement officials will be speaking at the #bitcoin conference.

said another way, american law enforcement is now wholly on the side of russian and iranian money launderers.

(the third speaker #PaulGrewal is the Chief Legal Officer at #Coinbase, the company that purchased the US government at a discount in 2024)

https://x.com/TheBitcoinConf/status/2047020804508996082

#Iran #irgc #uspol #corruption #trump #toddblanche #DOJ #kashPatel #btc #crypto #russia #putin #ukrainewar #ukraine #eupol #crime #blockchain #freespeech #1stamendment #lawfedi #FBI

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The Bitcoin Conference @TheBitcoinConf BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel & Acting AG Todd Blanche will speak at Bitcoin 2026 next week 🇺🇸 Their panel will be called "Code is Free Speech: Ending the War on Bitcoin" ⚔️💬

The US justice department will allow firing squads as a federal death penalty method, reinstating the #Trump administration's lethal injection protocol and reversing #Biden-era policies.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/doj-death-penalty-firing-squad-lethal-injection

By the end of Trump’s regime (if ever), #Iran will have become a far more free society than the USA.

#Iran #uspol #humanrights #fascism

Britain and Spain Reject Reported Plans by #Trump to Punish Them for not supporting him during #Iran war.

“An internal #Pentagon email, reported by the Reuters news agency, suggested that options under review include withdrawing American support for Britain’s sovereignty over the #Falkland (Malvinas) Islands — which are also claimed by #Argentina — and seeking to suspend #Spain from #NATO.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/world/europe/trump-britain-spain-falklands.html

"borrowed" so I could add ALT TXT

#Clinton #Bush #Obama #Trump #Canada

Alt...

A sign in a window. "Clinton made me want to be faithful. Bush made me want to be smarter. Obama made me want to be better. Trump makes me want to be Canadian.

You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

#trump #hegseth #war #uspol

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jmu5wxhgzspuoig4kssnvu7b/post/3mkarenkoss2s

The UK isn’t a vassal state of America.

Yet Trump wants to punish us over a digital services tax.

This can be resolved by ditching US Big Tech from our digital infrastructure.

We should invest in open source to promote economic growth through greater innovation and a more competitive tech sector.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/trump-tariff-uk-digital-services-tax-warning

#digitalsovereignty #trump #digitalservices #tech #bigtech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol #tarrif

The jokes write themselves with this administration.

Although, I'd be laughing harder if this weren't real life and #Trump and his #christofascist #ghouls weren't hellbent on targeting #Wiccans.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/quick-hit-trumps-new-acting-navy-secretary-is-afraid-witches-are-overtaking-the-nation/

#uspol #unitedstates #america #witchcraft #christofascism #fascism #snowflakes

Morning, all,

this is of course an (alleged) abuse of official position, 'insider trading', a breach of OPSEC and morally wrong, but one has to conclude that the real crime committed by Van Dyke was not being a member of Don Trumpeone's #Trump crime family...

#USpol #GOP #MAGA #NoKings
#TyrantTrump #TrumpCrimeFamily
#Corruption #DOJ #CorruptDOJ
#GodFatherTrump #DonTheCon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20832yg5p2o

It is potentially prejudicial to view all U.S. government announcements through the prism of #EpsteinFiles distraction...

But it is illuminating to compare the speed with which Desperate Don's #DOJ has brought charges against the scapegoat Van Dyke to the continental-drift-like speed with which the Pedo-Protector-In-Chief's #CorruptDOJ is moving to charge their Capo and his made men for the rape of young girls facilitated by Epstein & Maxwell.

#USpol #Corruption #Trump
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn08j2g9ze9o

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕?

Auch der heutige Tag beginnt mit guten Solarpunk - Nachrichten. Durch das Irankrieg-Desaster & die folgenden Preis-Schocks beschleunigt Trump ungewollt den weltweiten Ausbau von erneuerbaren Friedens- und Heimatenergien. Der reaktante Fossil-Lobbyismus vor allem auf Ebene der Nationalstaaten verliert an Wirkung.

„Das Interesse nach Solaranlagen in Europa ist infolge des Iran-Kriegs sprunghaft gestiegen. So habe sich etwa in Deutschland und den Niederlanden die Nachfrage von Hausbesitzern wegen der hohen Öl-, Gas- und Strompreise seit Ende Februar mehr als verdoppelt, berichtete die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters unter Berufung auf Gespräche mit Energieversorgern und Großhändlern.“ #Solarpunk #Solarenergie #Solaranlagen #Balkonsolar #Elektroautos #Irankrieg #Trump #Fossilismus #Reaktanz #Erneuerbare #Friedensenergien #Wohlstandsenergien #Heimatenergien https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/energie/solaranlagen-balkonkraftwerke-nachfrage-100.html

Not a peep from the 'Men should not compete in women's sports' mob about a humanoid robot winning a half-marathon but just watch them throw their toys out of the pram were I to enter my Formula One racing car in the London Marathon...

#GOP #MAGA #Trump #USpol
#AI #TechBros #Broligarchy
#FarRight

Calling someone a "soup fork" is my new favorite insult.

#Trump #TrumpIsGuilty #TrumpIsCorrupt #Corruption

Alt...

Kay posted: “If Trump was a Democrat would you still hate him?” Trump WAS a Democrat, and YES, I hated him then too, you soup fork. No one hates Trump because he’s a Republican, we hate him because he's a shitty human being— which was evident long before his time in politics.

this is what happens when the “commander in chief” is a #criminal #kleptocrat…

A #US #SpecialForces #soldier involved in the capture of #Venezuela President Nicolás #Maduro was arrested for allegedly betting on the operation, netting him $400k in profits….

The trader opened an account in late December on #Polymarket, one of the best-known #PredictionMarkets. He placed about $32k that Maduro would be “out” by January.

#law #Trump #kleptocracy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/politics/us-special-forces-soldier-arrested-maduro-raid-trade

Investors lost billions on #Trump’s #memecoin. Another gala won’t fix that. - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/investors-lost-billions-on-trumps-memecoin-another-gala-wont-fix-that/ " If Dems take Congress, Trump may face reckoning for “pay-to-play” memecoin galas. "

@BrianJopek The number of people of color in the military with long, distinguished careers and all the knowledge and experience to hold these roles. And these two morons literally get the jobs because they’re white men who are loyal, not because they are qualified.

#trump #uspol

Trump c'est un type qui n'est même pas capable de comprendre que quand on menace quelqu'un⋅e de quelque chose... il faut avoir les moyens d'appliquer la menace... si non, on passe pour un⋅e baltringue et c'est l'autre qui en profite pour te pourrir.

La voisine du dessus m'a dit que je pouvais gronder son fils quand il fait trop de bruit, que je pouvais lui dire que j'allais l'amener chez moi pour le punir... est-ce que je peux appliquer la menace ? Non. Donc pas de menace.

#Iran #USA #Trump

On évoque toujours et encore le dérangement mental de #Trump Le diagnostic d'infantilisme semble Juste, il consiste à ne pas savoir prendre la mesure d'un problème, d'une difficulté et de le personnaliser en l'attribuant à une personne. L'objet de la reflexion devient personne. Ainsi le nucléaire iranien pour le clown américain, c'est Obama, l'Ukraine, c'est Biden. S'il trébuche au golf, c'est la faute à Macron
Et oui, il y a une chanson enfantine à ce sujet, la faute à Léon, la faute à Napoléon

After Hegseth and Trump cancelled mandatory vaccinations for members of the military all America's enemies need to do in order to defeat them is to sneeze.

#hegseth #trump #military #vaccinations #iran #war #middleeast #pentagon #epstein #news #worldnews

Mais elle a poussé + loin son analyse pleine d’humour :
« Évidemment, c’est terrible que ce type joue au golf, mais d’une certaine manière, on constate déjà que certains des + hauts responsables militaires du pays tentent de l’écarter des décisions importantes. »
Donc, d’une certaine manière, on préfère presque voir ce type sur un terrain de golf plutôt que dans le Bureau Ovale. Mais cela remet également en question le 25e amendement, car si l’on estime que l’on ne peut pas faire confiance à Donald #Trump dans la salle de crise et face à des situations en cours, alors il n’est pas apte à être président. »

2/2

#AOC a une façon amusante d'expliquer que le fait que #Trump aille jouer au golf pendant la guerre en #Irak est peut-être une bonne chose
https://www.comicsands.com/aoc-trump-golf-iran-war

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez s'est exprimée sans détours lorsqu'on l'a interrogée sur les habitudes de golf de Trump, soulignant pourquoi les Etats-Uniens pourraient en réalité préférer le voir « sur un terrain de golf plutôt qu'au Bureau ovale »

Elle a déclaré qu'il était « scandaleux » que Trump joue au golf alors que les US sont en guerre avec l'#Iran et confrontés à une hausse des prix, estimant qu'il devrait plutôt se concentrer sur ses responsabilités.

1/2

Trump acknowledged that the🚨UAE has incurred significant damage during the #IranWar *hard by Iranian retaliation, & had pledged to make subst investments in the US.

Emirati officials🚨met with Bessent in DC last week.

"4 days before #Trump's Inauguration,🚨a royal from the #UAE quietly bought a 49% stake in the Trump fam's fledgling #crypto bus for $500K."
-D Axelrod

Trump should help the UAE, personally, he started the war, & profiteered.
#Corruption #Kleptocracy #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/business/economy/us-uae-financial-support.html?unlocked_article_code=1.clA.X1gI.sluK5vsB6Ph-&smid=nytcore-ios-share

"In a country that supposedly values the separation of church and state, Obama chose his country over his pastor [Jeremiah Wright] and his pastor’s sometimes radical views. Given that precedent set almost 20 years ago and the current president’s recent actions, it’s clear what Catholics and faith-based Christians who support this regime must do.

But will they?

Heavens, no."

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA #Antichrist
/11

“Nostalgia for the Latin Mass and the pomp and paraphernalia, doctrinal and otherwise, of traditional Tridentine Catholicism is connected sociologically and politically to the chief opponents of the left-coded Catholicism now dominant across Latin America."

~ Walter Russell Mead

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA #Catholics #LatinMass #authoritarianism
/12

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/behind-the-feud-behind-trump-and-leo-xiv-5d28d774

The ‘postliberal’ Catholicism that has electrified a new generation of right-leaning American converts, many of them supporters of Vice President JD Vance, emerges from the kind of Catholicism that men like Francis and Leo have fought all their lives.”

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA #Catholics #LatinMass #authoritarianism
/13

"People are becoming aware of the danger of white Christian nationalism and how this ideology of hate and supremacy is now being promoted inside the White House. These individuals loathe women, people of color, Jews, Muslims, Catholics, and, honestly, anyone, even fellow Christians, who stand in the way of their violent, apocalyptic endgame."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA #fascism #misogyny #WhiteSupremacy
/14

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/a-conversation-about-christian-fascism

"One of the sad revelations of our time, ably chronicled by Peter Wehner, Tim Alberta, David French, Russell Moore, and many others, is the shallowness of many Christians’ professed faith. I’m Jewish, but I’ve long admired the commitment of serious Christians. …

But the particular sacrilege that late stage Trumpism has adopted must be tearing at some hearts."

~ Mona Charen

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/1

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vance-pope-leo-hegseth-bible-christianity-catholicism-just-war-iran

"From Trump’s declaration that unlike Erika Kirk, he doesn’t forgive his enemies, to his crude attacks on the pope as 'weak on crime,' to his insane AI rendering of himself as Jesus, he seems to be deliberately testing Christians’ forbearance."

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/2

"Above all, his threat to commit war crimes by deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in Iran (bridges, power plants) and culminating in the maniacal vow to destroy Iranian civilization in one night ought to have produced a recoil in any nation with a conscience.

Time to consider that he might be a false prophet—if people can distinguish truth from falsehood anymore."

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/3

"I've always thought that because [Pope Leo is] an American Pope, Donald Trump, the Trump administration in particular, somehow feel that he should give them fealty."

~ Wajahat Ali

"And I think that that was the miscalculation. I spend a lot of time in D.C. I'm a Mass-going Catholic."

~ Christopher J. Hale

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/4

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-the-trump-administration-tried

"Anyone who understands the way the Catholic Church is today, to be a Mass-going Catholic in D.C. is to surround yourself with conservatives. That's just a reality. Some of the views are more conservative than not. And so I do have significant interaction with the people who kind of make up this [pro-MAGA Catholic, anti-Leo] movement."

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/5

"But a lot of them, I think, are naive to... I would say naive to the reality of the American populace. And so I think that one of the things that they miscalculated was that that that
hopefully Leo the 14th was made in the image and likeness of their worldview. and their politics."

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/6

"Donald Trump picking a fight against this pope in such a cruel, offensive, and blasphemous way is waking up a lot of people to Donald Trump's cruelty, to right-wing authoritarianism. And now they're going to have to have a moral quandary. Do I stand with a pope who's against an unjust, unpopular word? Do I stand with a pope who's against unjust immigration policies?"

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/7

"Do I stand with a pope who's against economic exploitation and liberalism? Or do I stand with Donald Trump?"

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/8

Shannon Vavich agrees with fellow Catholic Christopher Hale (/4-/8) that MAGA Catholics find themselves in an awkward position now with their anointed savior figure Donald Trump attacking their pope.

They're faced with awkward questions about what their church REALLY stands for and whether its values and teachings can be reconciled with Trump.

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA
/9

https://shannonvavich.substack.com/p/tuesday-replay-lord-of-sith-catholics

"If he isn’t the Antichrist, he’s giving it his best shot.

In the latest episode of 'You can’t do that, but we can,' Catholics and MAGA members who believe in God and voted for Donald Trump are in yet another predicament that is exposing their flawed beliefs."

~ Carron J. Phillips

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #WhiteChristianNationalism #MAGA #Antichrist
/10

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/just-as-obama-denounced-rev-wright

There are 2 kinds of news articles I am plain sick of. There are frankly too many of both kinds.

• [People] are [angry/frustrated/surprised] that #Trump said [he would do something] and then he did the opposite!
• We typed this into a chatbot, look at its response!

They are so lazy and so pointless.

#uspol

#humour #trump #pape

It' a game show and a reality show at the same time. Today's cartoon by Matthew Fuller. More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/

#Trump #dealmaker #spiteful

Alt...

Cartoon showing Trump as a game show host, standing in front of a large wheel of fortune. The middle of the wheel reads 'Dow what I want or I'll...' The different options on the wheel read 'Fine you', 'Investigate you', 'Indict you', 'Tariff you', 'Fire you', 'Sue you', 'Cut your funding', 'Invade you' or 'Annihilate your civilization'.

I wonder whether it is 2 minutes including, or not including, the little theme song at the beginning and all the happy animals smiling and shouting “see you tomorrow!” at the end.

#trump #uspol

https://mastodon.social/@jmcrookston/116293112124422081

Unbelievable..

Voting for #Trump, supporting Trump, supporting #ICE but complaining when there is an ICE detention center build in their town

"I didn't vote for this" they say

I got news for ya, you did

As long as they don't have to see the terror they voted in and still support

#US #USA #USPol #circus

But right now, the #labor force is barely growing because of an aging population, the #Trump admin’s crackdown on #immigration, #AI & #layoffs. That
apparently means that the #economy doesn’t need to add many #jobs each month to remain in balance — but as Lydia DePillis wrote recently, it isn’t a balance that anyone seems very happy about.

#FederalReserve #banking #kleptocracy #Senate #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/business/economy/population-growth-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Senator Smith asks Warsh how he can say the #economy is doing well when #job growth has slowed nearly to zero. Warsh responds by pointing to the low #unemployment rate: “If Americans who want a job can find a job, then by the Fed’s measure we’re at full employment.”

This gets at a curious characteristic of the current #labor market. We’re used to thinking that the economy needs to add #jobs every month to keep up with the growing labor force.

#Trump #FederalReserve #kleptocracy #Senate #USpol

In a moment that the #crypto industry will hear loud & clear, #Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming asked #KevinWarsh whether he thought that crypto assets should be part of the #financial system so that “consumers” can benefit from more investment options & consumer protections. “Digital assets are already part of the fabric of our financial industry, so yes,” Warsh responded.

#Trump #CryptoBros #scammers #FederalReserve #economy #banking #kleptocracy #Senate #USpol

File under “sure, Jan”

#Fed Chair Nominee Asserts at Hearing He Won’t Do Trump’s Bidding

Kevin M. Warsh, Trump’s nominee for #FederalReserve chair, told senators at his confirmation hearing that #Trump had not asked him for any commitments 😉. Democrats pressed him on his #independence & details of his personal financial assets.

#economy #banking #kleptocracy #Senate #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/21/business/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-hearing?smid=nytcore-ios-share

“'Superpower Suicide' is a concept to help understand the approach of the Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda. This is bad enough on its own; but I think this performance is symptomatic of something deeper — a systematic undoing of American power by Americans."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #NATO #Europe
/1

https://snyder.substack.com/p/superpower-suicide

"If you're going to be a superpower, if you're going to be a state, you have to have some mechanism whereby the state continues to exist, the institutions continue to function, as power shifts from one set of people to another. By calling into question past and future elections, the President of the United States is undermining that."

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #NATO #Europe
/2

"He's undermining the principle of succession, which is fundamental to being a power, or a great power, or a superpower. …

There is no idea of the future. There's just day-to-day enrichment. We're pursuing policies which are inconsistent with there being a future."

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #NATO #Europe #corruption #EconomicElites #InsiderTrading #profiteering
/3

"There is no coherent plan. There's only an industrial-scale smash and grab.

Under this president, the United States does not have a grand strategy—that is, an overarching plan to marshal U.S. military, diplomatic, economic, technological, intelligence-gathering, and cultural power to achieve precise national objectives. That’s not how Donald operates. He’s all id."

~ Greg Olear

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #corruption #InsiderTrading #profiteering
/4

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/plunder-america-first-the-grand-strategy

"Trump’s 'grand strategy,' such as it is, cannot accurately be expressed in two words (“America First”), but in five:

What’s in it for me?

That’s it. That’s Trump’s entire calculus—on geopolitics, on domestic policy, on business deals, on public appearances, on which Mar-a-Lago-faced women to ogle by the omelette bar."

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #corruption #InsiderTrading #profiteering
/5

"Today Nick Marsh of the BBC explained the fact pattern behind the general suspicion that someone is engaging in insider trading over Trump’s war announcements. After matching the president’s market-moving statements to the trade volume on a number of financial markets," (continued in /7)

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #corruption #InsiderTrading #profiteering #markets #MarketManipulation
/6

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-20-2026

(continued from /6)

"Marsh found 'a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a social media post or media interview was made public.' Marsh notes a similar spike over Trump’s announcement of his 'Liberation Day' tariffs of last April."

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #corruption #InsiderTrading #profiteering #markets #MarketManipulation
/8

"Things are going so badly for Trump that he is considering awarding himself a Medal of Honor, which is reserved for service members who exhibit 'gallantry [by] risking loss of life above and beyond the call of duty.'"

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating
/9

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trump-considers-awarding-himself

"It is not merely that Trump’s favorability ratings are falling, but the intensity of support for Trump is dropping while the intensity of dislike of Trump is growing.

Indeed, the biggest driver of Trump’s most recent declining favorability is loss of support among those who strongly approve of Trump, i.e., his most loyal supporters are starting to change their minds."

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #MAGA
/10

"What we need to worry about is what happens if some deal is made in Iran that the American media pretends is some kind of win for Donald.

Because let us be real. No matter what happens, this has been an epic disaster of his making. But if it can be spun differently, it will be spun differently."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #MAGA #media #sanewashing
/11

https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-daily-wrap-up-fd4

"Trump lacks skills essential in high-stakes negotiation (grasp of details, understanding of what his opponent needs, appreciation of his opponent’s leverage, awareness of his limited military options, and patience). His equally ill-equipped negotiators — Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner — seem hopelessly outmatched by the savvy, experienced Iranian negotiators."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz
/12

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/words-and-phrases-560

@HamonWry Eschatology, that's why. They really believe Trump is going to create Greater Israel, build 3rd Temple, and usher in the Messiah.

Pay attention to Trump's prayer rituals, the laying of hands, the TruthSocial posts of him presenting himself as Jesus, Paula White, etc.

Spoiler alert: they'll present Trump as the Messiah.

#uspol #iran #trump

Why aren’t Republicans doing anything to stop the Tangerine Dictator?

Simple.

They’re in on the plot.

#trump #IranWar #iran #MAGA #EpsteinFiles #epstein #republicans #fascism #middleeast #democracy #news #politics #congress

RE: https://mastodon.social/@murena/116443057901982598

this is huge:

❝ The Open Document Format (ODF) will become the only permitted standard for all government documents, with data stored in national or European structures. ❞

this is the beginning of the end of the #Microslop public gravy train. getting off Microsoft and all gringo servers will be the real kicker.

without the #MAGA #Amazon #Meta #Apple #Alphabet #Microsoft #Palantir #Xitter #techbros and their #Trump, this would have never happened.

Debacle boosted

Murena - choose freedom! » 🌐 2026-04-21
@murena@mastodon.social

🎉 Germany goes ODF!

As part of the Deutschland-Stack and a push for digital sovereignty, the country is phasing out Microsoft’s proprietary formats in public administration.

The Open Document Format (ODF) will become the only permitted standard for all government documents, with data stored in national or European structures.

👉 Read the full article by Cybernews: https://cybernews.com/tech/germany-microsoft-word/

What’s your favorite online office tool? 👇️

#DigitalSovereignty #ODF

#Trump is going after the people who expose #DomesticTerrorism operations.

The Southern Poverty Law Center [#SPLC] says it’s the subject of a #criminal investigation by the “Justice” Dept & faces possible charges over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate #extremist groups.

#law #DOJ #extremism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence #CivilRights
https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-criminal-investigation-db7fdcf9baa0d1b24b8f1e1f2cebc0be

"Journalists – even lazy journalists – can’t miss this authoritarian rot.

It’s not cluelessness anymore. It’s cowardice and complicity. And it’s inexcusable. …

It’s obvious that Republicans are trying to end democracy and establish a dictatorship. News media that don’t tell you that are failing you."

~ Mark Jacob

#Trump #Republicans #authoritarianism #fascism #media

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/its-not-media-cluelessness-its-cowardice

"This morning, Patel followed through on that threat, suing The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick for defamation and demanding $250 million in damages.

Today, let’s walk through exactly why this is a case study in how not to respond to a damaging story."

D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R-Y

#KashPatel #AlcoholProblem #FBI #incompetence #Trump
/4

"Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, is leading U.S. diplomatic efforts with Iran while engaged in a lucrative, ongoing, multi-billion-dollar business relationship with the Saudi government. This brazenly corrupt arrangement is being completely ignored by most major media outlets."

~ Judd Legum

#JaredKushner #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/1

https://popular.info/p/the-media-blackout-of-jared-kushners

"Popular Information analyzed coverage of Kushner’s diplomatic role from the outset of the war with Iran on February 28 to April 19. ...

Only six of the 202 articles covering Kushner’s diplomatic role mentioned his financial conflict of interest with the Saudi government. That means more than 97% of the coverage ignored Kushner’s conflict."

#JaredKushner #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/2

"We are seeing the consequences of electing a profoundly unethical man whose primary interest is enriching himself and his family—and more than happy to exploit every loophole to take and take with no end and no bottom in sight. Enter son-in-law Jared Kushner, inserted into the Middle East mix."

~ Steven Beschloss

#JaredKushner #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/4

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/feeding-at-the-public-trough

"As I documented in 'The Grifter’s War' several weeks ago, he’s exploiting his 'unofficial; assignment with Iran to try and grab another $5 billion for himself and his investment firm."

#JaredKushner #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/5

"A company backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump is trying to sell military drone interceptors to Gulf countries facing attacks from Iran, raising ethical concerns about profiting from a conflict tied to their father, Donald Trump."

~ Aaron Parnas

#JaredKushner #DonaldTrumpJr #EricTrump #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/6

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-news-significant-conflict-of

"Critics argue the situation creates potential conflicts of interest, suggesting foreign governments may feel pressure to do business with the president’s family. ...

Jared Kushner is seeking to raise billions for his private equity firm while also serving as a key Middle East envoy for Donald Trump."

#JaredKushner #DonaldTrumpJr #EricTrump #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/7

"He has reportedly been meeting with foreign investors, including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, despite previously saying he would avoid fundraising during Trump’s second term."

#JaredKushner #DonaldTrumpJr #EricTrump #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/8

Political Humor posts "Iran's new Lego viral video," noting that it "exposes how Trump manipulates the oil/stock market with his tweets to enrich himself through insider trading."

#Trump #Iran #war #markets #StockMarket #InsiderTrading #corruption
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https://politicalhumor.substack.com/p/irans-new-lego-viral-video-exposes

Seems like, to the extent that consumers paid tariffs (as opposed to some of it being absorbed by businesses), they won’t see any refunds. This system lets the businesses collect, but doesn’t obligate anyone to do anything with the refund. They can pocket it.

Months ago when the tariffs were announced, some foreign suppliers were pressured by their American buyers to accept some of the burden: hold prices steady or accept a smaller increase. Those suppliers just take a loss. Their American counterparty is getting some amount of refund, but they’re out of luck.

Do I misunderstand?

#uspol #trump #tariffs

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/19/2026/businesses-start-applying-for-us-tariff-refunds

The Americans railed against European #regulation of #socialmedia, calling it a tool for stamping out conservative opinions. And the group discussed a bogus #FarRight #ConspiracyTheory that mainstream European leaders were seeking to replace #white populations with nonwhite immigrants.

#ConspiracyTheories #GreatReplacementTheory #WhiteSupremacy #extremism #CultureWar #Trump #US #Europe #geopolitics #USpol