“Of Course, Zionism is #Racism: But Will the [UK] #Greens Say It? From #Resolution3379 to Motion A105”

by Avigail Abarbanel in Avigail Abarbanel’s Fully Human Essays on Substack

@uk_politics
@thegreenparty
@ZackPolanski@mastodon.green
@ZackPolanski@mastox.eu
@palestine@fedibird.com
@Palestine@masto.ai
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews

“In the space of one week, Green Party leader Zack #Polanski went from calling the motion ‘unhelpful’ and a ‘distraction’ and trying to get the conference to be postponed, to declaring himself an anti-Zionist at a Jewish community hustings.

Did Polanski arrive at his current position through conviction, or was he dragged there by his members?”

https://avigail.substack.com/p/of-course-zionism-is-racism-but-will

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah

NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-plan-to-restrict-mail-voting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #USPS #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Law #USPolitics

Watching Canada making fun of Donald Trump is priceless. 🤣

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ40g0KKQAM

#Canada #CBC #Humor #Trump

#USA #Trump #Healthcare #Greenland #NewYork

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Chalk message on a large blackboard-style panel in a tiled New York City subway station reads, “WE DON’T WANT GREENLAND / WE WANT HEALTHCARE,” framed by ad posters and a “50” station marker on the wall in New York, USA. Artist unknown. via @streetartUtopia

We all know whose parents should have had one of these.

#Trump

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Art by Mandi Jung, @MandiFromTheInternet Parody of the yellow "BABY ON BOARD" signs that new parents sometimes put on their cars. The yellow diamond reads in black letters "EVIL BABY ON BOARD! NOW YOU HAVE A MORAL DILEMMA: LET THE EVIL BABY LIVE AND DESTROY LIVES OR TAKE IT OUT WITH YOUR CAR WHILE YOU STILL CAN."

@klausfiend Apparently there are FOUR sitting senators who are actually licensed MDs. All are republican. All voted to confirm that idiot.
#politics #uspol #trump
@carnage4life

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/27/rubble-gaza-un-aid-workers-ruins-dead-bodies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#gaza #Israel #trump #netanyahu #palestine

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#ukraine #europe #eu #IranWar #uk #france #trump #usa #iran #politics #israel #palestine

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The weight of life in Gaza has become so heavy for us… but we still hold on to hope that there are people who love us, feel our pain, and will stand by us and support us so we can endure this suffering.
#gazaverified #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAidBoost #freepalestine #trump #israel #gazahelp #mastodon #healthcare @peopleunitedbehavioralhealth
#gaza #genocide #palestine #iran
@aral
https://chuffed.org/project/179868-help-baraa-age-14-survive-study-again-in-gaza

Outrageous.

#Trump administration considers building baseball #stadium in #GrandTetonNationalPark

Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a #NationalPark, & an agency official scouted #GrandTeton this week as a possible location.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #preservation #conservation #wildlife #ecosystem #PublicLands #MLB
#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/4AyAxDh

US & Russian diplomats:🚨removed provisions to safeguard use of #AI in #weapons: stripped lang requiring:🚨systems to operate in a “predictable” & “reliable” manner +removed a clause mandating:🚨ethical considerations be taken into acct when using AI weaponry. Their teams➡️removed a provision requiring:🚨humans review MIL🎯s developed by AI before a strike.

In a closed-door session, with #UN cams turned off/civil society observers removed➡️deployed ~10 lawyers ea.
#Trump #USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/26/how-us-russia-weakened-global-effort-regulate-killer-ai/

RE: https://mindly.social/@DamonCrowley/117340122767909393

SHOT:
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117339241557393493

CHASER: 👇🏽
#fascism #rape #pedophilia #MAGA #Republicans #Trump

Damon » 🌐 2026-09-27
@DamonCrowley@mindly.social

🚨A Bible-thumping North Carolina Trump supporter who called for public hanging of p*dophiles, Shaun Michael Anthony Frank, 23, has been charged with statutory r*pe of a child 15 or younger and indecent liberties with a child, tied to an alleged 2024 assault on a 15-year-old girl.

He also faces a second-degree forcible r*pe charge connected to a 2025 incident involving another woman who was reportedly physically helpless at the time.

Frank is being held in the Onslow County Jail without bond.

Before the arrest, Frank’s Facebook was a steady stream of Christian “family values” content. He shared MAGA memes thanking Trump for “fighting for the American people,” pushed anti-trans posts insisting science only recognizes two genders, shared anti-Planned Parenthood propaganda, and reposted Christian nationalist “rapture is near” content tied to Israel.

But the post that hits different now is one from 2019, where Frank shared a meme declaring he supports publicly hanging p*dophiles and s*xual predators — right around the same years prosecutors say he was committing the crimes he’s now charged with.

This is the pattern RWW keeps documenting: the loudest voices demanding brutal punishment for predators are too often hiding behind that faux outrage.

Not a drag queen. Not trans. Not undocumented. Not a Muslim. Just the usual suspect.

In the #USA important #midterms are coming up

" #Trump is going to mess with the #election"

"On a particular issue, both sides don't offer me anything"

"The #Democrats are going to win, they don't need me"

etc

#Perfectionism and #cynicism, as well as #MAGA, is how we creep towards #fascism

Another country earlier this year was facing similar/ worse prospects of meddling

The people showed up

And look at #Hungary now:

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/09/25/8055020/

We can kill Trump's agenda for 2 years: #Vote

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Hungarian president urges support for Ukraine, which "fights for freedom just as we did in 1956" Olha Romanska, Iryna Balachuk — 25 September, 13:40 Hungarian president urges support for Ukraine, which fights for freedom just as we did in 1956 Hungarian President András Baka. Photo: sandorpalota.hu

#Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending already approved by #Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare & “contested” power to axe #funding for #immigrant services & #diversity focused initiatives.

Trump’s Office of Management & Budget [ #OMB aka #RussVought aka #Project2025 ] described the funding cut as focused on “the most harmful government spending.” [wtf?]

#law #SeparationOfPowers #SocialServices #rescissions
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rescissions-fundind-46b356590699e6225f783c74e7ee3597?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

A House Democrat has introduced 26 articles of impeachment against Trump, alleging sweeping abuses across his second presidency.

I know this won’t go anywhere, but it forces Republicans to vote against them at a time when many are trying to distance themselves from the president.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-hit-with-26-articles-of-impeachment-12492238

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

THE LATEST NEWS AT THIS HOUR:

U.S. MUST USE $100 MIL OF UKRAINE MILITARY AID BEFORE IT EXPIRES ON SEPT 30: The #Trump administration has legally committed to allocating the remaining $93 million of the $400 million military aid package approved in 2025, before the aid expires on September 30, #Reuters reports, citing sources, that missiles for the #Patriot systems will not be included.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-meet-ukraine-assistance-deadline-2026-09-25/

⋅ Avec la Trump TV, difficile ne pas penser à « 1984 » de George Orwell, et ce n’est pas rassurant

− https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/article/avec-la-trump-tv-difficile-ne-pas-penser-a-1984-de-george-orwell-et-ce-n-est-pas-rassurant-clx1_329115.html

1984

#Trump #Orwell

Does anybody on Mastodon know Voodoo?

I have an orange politician I want to turn into a tree stump.

#trump #MAGA #republicans #voodoo #Midterms #iran #epstein #EpsteinFiles #politics #news

"Trump’s former National Intelligence Director and current envoy for Brazilian relations, Richard Grenell, a close ally of Eduardo Bolsonaro, helped to organize a series of high-profile meetings between ICE intelligence officials and Brazilian intelligence officials at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University. The meetings came as the Trump Administration has sought to label Brazilian drug gangs as terrorist groups and has repeatedly attacked Lula for being soft on crime and corrupt in the lead-up to this fall’s Brazilian election.

​Grennell has worked closely with Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Jair Bolsonaro and brother of Flavio Bolsonaro, who polls show is locked in a neck-and-neck race for the presidency with Lula."

https://paydayreport.com/ice-eduardo-bolsonaro-ally-held-key-meetings-as-trump-attacks-lula/
#elections #Brazil #Brazilelections2026 #Lula #Trump #ICE #FlavioBolsonaro #politics

As Trump and Xi talk, China surges ahead with its AI ambitions

The BBC visits Inner Mongolia, where Beijing's AI infrastructure is progressing at "China speed", says one worker.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5ydz4kl65ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

#Trump #USANews #USA #China #Xi #News #ChinaNews

#GiftArticle

#Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of #troops wounded amid #Iran #war

With the addition of 29 #US sailors & 8 Marines, the total number of #military personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, database shows.

#transparency #Trump #Hegseth #TrumpsWar #IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://wapo.st/4xNlJ17

#CNN #WhiteHouse reporters denied access to #Xi #StateDinner arrival [waaay after whatever BS hour #Trump told the #court]

The White House Thurs denied 2 CNN #journalists from covering the leader of #China’s arrival back at Trump’s White House for a state dinner, after trying to tell the #network which “type” of journalists could cover the event.

#law #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/24/politics/live-news/white-house-press-ban-lawsuit?post-id=cmug4idgs00003b6qml6uogkv

Missed our latest story on how #Taiwan's AI industry is caught between #Trump and #Xi right as tensions over the island heat up?

Read it now: https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/xis-trump-visit-puts-taiwans-ai-boom

The nation’s #cybersecurity agency Thurs released an #election infrastructure security plan 40 days before Nov’s #midterms, laying out potential threats to election systems & listing services it would offer to election ofcls to protect the #vote.

Election ofcls said the plan is both inadequate & belated after the #Trump admin gutted the agency’s election security last year, prompting ofcls to pay for private services to ensure they were prepared for upcoming elections.

https://apnews.com/article/elections-cybersecurity-midterms-cisa-states-e735771e2faac8ba3b2b473d3df9bc5b?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

"“Please raise your right hand,” Mr. #Trump instructed a rowdy crowd of thousands inside a Dallas arena on Thursday evening. Many of them complied. “I pledge to the greatest #president in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can’t even breathe that I will go out with my family, my friends, I will do it any way — I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try and #cheat like hell, like they do.”"

Seriously?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/trump-midterm-election-ad-government-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1E.zdUc.PDy97Cequ9uQ&smid=url-share

#uspol #dictatorship

Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson Thurs slammed #SCOTUS’ use of its “emergency docket,” suggesting the court has misused [abused] the process to allow the #Trump admin to move forward with a host of controversial policies while challenges “play out” in lower courts.
SCOTUS’ emergency docket has been criticized by a wide range of legal experts who say the justices make highly consequential decisions while offering little or no explanation for their reasoning.

#GiftArticle #law
https://wapo.st/46Ez2pw

Prime Minister Carney comments on possibility of U.S. military action.🍁#Canada #Trump #MarkCarney #cartoon #gregkearney #kearney

#California Supreme Court rules sheriff must return seized ballots

The court ruled unanimously in 2 cases stemming from a vote last year on a ballot measure.

The California Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a sheriff to return more than 600,000 ballots he seized from #election officials, finding that he lacked the authority to review them based on a thin allegation of fraud.

#GiftArticle #law #ElectionInterference #Trump #BigLie #midterms
https://wapo.st/4d46OYU

It is striking that NO major #US #TV #network aired live footage of #Trump & #Xi from the #WhiteHouse Thurs. A high-stakes summit with a rival superpower would typically pre-empt regular programming. Instead, the networks have not provided footage because of the ban of #CNN, #MSNOW & #Politico.

#ABC, today’s designated pool network, had a camera crew ready, but the crew stood down as the admin defied a judge’s order to restore access to the banned outlets.

#law #press
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/24/business/trump-cnn-politico-msnow-white-house/8ccb603b-48a9-52e7-bec0-d6d905aefe32?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share

"Lord,🚨President Xi just insulted Trump and the USA, right to Trump's face-in the White House. Xi referred, yet again, to the "Thucydides trap".🚨This is a reference to the US being in decline and China replacing it.

And Trump🚨sits their making moo eyes like a lovestruck teenager."
-P Obien
#Kakistocracy #Traitor #DementiaDon #Incompetence #Kleptocracy #Xi #China #Trump #Elections #USPol

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Xi's statement about the "Thucydides trap."

lol, everything that man touches turns to shit. Constantly outwitted by the outside world...

#Trump #IranWar #USClimatePolicy

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Energy Trump dismantled U.S. climate policy. But his war is cutting emissions. While the president remains a climate-change denier, the war with Iran has triggered an unforeseen benefit in the fight against global warming. Today at 5:00 a.m. ET

@timkmak

....actually NO ONE trusts #trump.

THE LATEST NEWS AT THIS HOUR:

#TRUMP LAVISHLY WELCOMES XI #JINGPING IN US:

For the first time in 10 years, the #Chinese leader arrived with a state visit to the United States, The New York Times reports.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/23/us/trump-xi

Read more to find out why a #chip insider says the AI shortage outweighs the scandal, the Nvidia manager detained over chip smuggling, and why Taiwan's tech industry doesn't trust #Trump.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/xis-trump-visit-puts-taiwans-ai-boom

"The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process rights of three outlets whose White House access has been revoked."

Update: MS NOW now say they're also still being denied access.

Update 2: CNN now say their staff are being denied access.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/politico-barred-from-white-house-after-court-ruling-restoring-access-01091263

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

Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'

Masoud Pezeshkian's defiant speech to the UN comes after the US president threatened to "annihilate" Iran if a peace deal is not agreed soon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqvgyjy23ggjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

#USA #USANews #News #Trump #IranNews #Iran #IranWar

Pathetic deference:🚨"By tradition, Am pres' don’t make the 12-mi trip to the base to greet a foreign leader. They instead wait at the WH, backed by the grandeur & power of the exec mansion *not this time.

Xi🚨didn't display the same level of hospitality when #Trump visited Beijing in May,

Trump's🚨shown no inclination to scold #China for sending Iran supplies & intel.

Tonight, he'll extend the pageantry further & throw a glitzy state dinner for the Chinese pres."🎁
#USPol
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/09/trump-xi-china-summit/688762/?gift=SCYx-5scVta3-cr_IlgTyZ5pe3OyOiILEaF5BFweOcY

Trump terrorisé par le bruit assourdissant d'un avion alors qu'il accueillait le président chinois Xi Jinping. La presse américaine ironise sur l'expression faciale de Trump tandis que son homologue chinois reste impassible. En matière de diplomatie, chaque geste compte...

#Politique #Trump #EtatsUnis #USA #Chine #XiJinping #Diplomatie #Avion #VroumVroum

For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-smithsonian-museum-american-history-became-target-trump-culture-war?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Museum #Smithsonian #DC #History #Trump #Politics

All signs pointing to a violent mess should the Dems perform as expected in the midterms.

President Donald J. Skidmark-Rapist cannot abide criticism, even via democratic voting, and no lie is too big to tell, no weapon too big to fire at his own populace, should his frail snowflake ego feel threatened.

#uspol #politics #trump #epstein

14-day gift read

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/09/trump-midterms-2026/688716/?gift=rMst1BY9gP1HWgkOEVmAKyZSqmE2HYv-iemVltTIDCo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Judge lifts Trump ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/24/judge-lifts-trumps-white-house-ban-on-cnn-ms-now-and-politico.html

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

Morning, all,

perhaps it's true that 'History Never Repeats Itself' but it does seem quite capable of generally perpetrating a series of godawfully pisspoor and unfunny remakes or reboots of classic historical episodes...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/16/english-village-piddington-leave-uk-protest-migrant-housing-plan

This is nowt but a reboot of 'Passport To Pimlico' (1949) but more Squealing Comedy than Ealing Comedy.

Fine, let the fine people of Piddington secede, and furthermore, give them what they want - revoke their British citizenship and impose a hard border with the rest of the Untied Kingdom...

Daniel Thomas seems determined to force us to redefine the term Little Hitler,' though one feels he lacks even the intelligence to get himself locked up in Landsberg Prison (nor to pen a book of his own thoughts, unless it be a pop-up colouring book).

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/danny-tommo-slashes-small-boat-channel-5HjdhpK_2/

But the closer analogue is more homegrown: less Mosley's Blackshirts, more Thomas's Blackshorts...

#UKpol #FarRight #Farage #YaxleyLennon #LowIQ #Trump #MillerTime #Musk

NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge.

Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.
https://www.propublica.org/article/debunking-susan-collins-fbi-navatek-investigation-claims?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SusanCollins #Maine #FBI #Trump #Government #Corruption #Law #USPolitics #Journalism

#MAGA #Nazis #USPolitics #Trump #Conservatives #Fascism

The way the global media seemed to make out Trump had a win when the real story is that Trump once again was outwitted.
They are not on our side and we should stop pretending they are.

#trump #Denmark #Media #FourthEstate #Politics

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capt_karjalainen Denmark just pulled off the diplomatic heist of the decade. They basically got Trump to re-sign the 1951 Greenland agreement, but added a genius "poison pill": the deal is only valid as long as the US stays in NATO. Trump gets the domestic headline, but Denmark quietly locked them into the European security architecture. Masterful. christine_waters_rust 14h Denmark pulling the actual Art of the Deal! love it!

President Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term in the White House.

@AssociatedPress has a fact check: https://flip.it/eT0ZoP

#Trump #UN #News

Gotta say, the no #Trump TV coverage is kinda of liberating!

Idea for the future? If we collectively as humanity ignore the guy and act like he does not exists

I'm pretty sure he will implode because the lack of attention, thats what babies do

I vote for a Trump-free world!

Macron s'est rendu à pied à la Trump Tower à New York lundi pour rencontrer Trump, avant son discours enflammé à l'ONU. Objectif, faire parler de lui, peu de dirigeants se risquent à arpenter New-York en ces temps troublés, mais aussi "faire preuve de résilience" face à la hausse des prix du carburant, explique très sérieusement l'un de ses proches. L'essence de la démagogie...

#Politique #Pedibus #Macron #Off #Trump #Energie #Transport #Diplomatie

RE: https://officiell-info.se/@svtnyheter/117318255846035757

MAGA SS army

#dictator #trump #nazi

#DOJ claims #Trump can shut out #journalists from the White House at his will & for “national security”

A court filing from the Trump admin late Tuesday night argues “access to the White House is a privilege, not a right,” in spite of #FirstAmendment protections around #PressFreedom.

The admin attys argue that Trump can control areas of the White House to protect “national security” information that may be inside the complex.

#law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/politics/trump-admin-responds-press-lawsuit-white-house-access?cid=ios_app

#Open #Letter Regarding the #Removal of the #mRNA #Platform

Addressed to Secretary #Kennedy and #President #Trump by Americans for #Health #Freedom and the listed signatories.

americansforhealthfreedom.org/…

Report: "Netanyahu's shameless boasting of how he got Trump to wage war on Iran":

"It took a long time to get the US to come to its senses, but I finally got it to attack Iran due to my influence over its leaders through a thousand hours on American television (Fox News)".

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

(in Hebrew at an election event on 31 Aug 2026 on Israel's Channel 14)

#USPol #EUPol #Netanyahu #IsraeliWarCrimes #news #IranWar #Trump .

Morning, all,

Desi Lydic looks good as a White House cherub:

https://youtu.be/k6WLJ5co3PE?si=REUAP7pDNvdQrUUL

As renaming Windscale to Sellafield tried to detoxify nuclear waste, Trump wants to change the name of Artificial Intelligence - AI - offering three alternatives; I prefer 'Bestest Sentience,' or 'BS' for short:

https://youtu.be/eMHKNCwe_QI?si=lY4-SydlAUp1X0j_

War Secretary Pete Hegseth, has many nicknames: 'No Tab Pete'*, 'Colonel Vodka,' 'Mr Low-T,' and 'DUI Hire':'

https://youtu.be/csv6tBQNbiw?si=3VE94Pzh53G6XydO

Plus, the welcome return of Seth Meyer, on Donald's Monumental Cock-Up, aka Trumphal Arch, complete with drones & Snipers:

https://youtu.be/Y3e0Kvyqv90?si=bFF0jpbu836i_K6P

#USpol #Trump #GOP #MAGA
#TyrantTrump #ToddlerTrump
#MangoMussolini #EpsteinFiles
#AI #Hegseth #IranWar

* Apparently, Hegseth is known in the Pentagon as 'No Tab Pete' cos he never attended nor passed any of the four US Army elite soldiering courses: 'Special Forces,' 'Airborne,' 'Sapper,' and 'Ranger,' entitling him to wear the associated shoulder tab...

https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/army-tabs/

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Three of the four most elite military training courses are represented by the three shoulder tabs present on this U.S. Army uniform. They are Special Forces, Ranger, and Airborne. The missing shoulder tab is 'Sapper', representing the Combat Engineering course. Despite his career serving in the National Guard, where he was known as Colonel Vodka, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth never applied for, nor was offered admittance to, and therefore never graduated from any of these elite soldiering courses, entitling him to wear the appropriate shoulder tab. Hence his nickname within the Pentagon of 'No Tab Pete.'

https://www.againstoligarchy.org/

English below

24.9. in Berlin: Kundgebung gegen Peter Thiel und die Verleihung des Axel Springer Award an ihn :

Teach-in "Wissenschaft gegen Tech-Oligarchie und Faschismus"

Berlin, Rudi-Dutschke-Str. 3
(Ecke Lindenstr. 37)
24.09.2026, 14:30

ENGLISH:

Berlin, 9/24: Protest against Peter Thiel and the presentation of the Axel Springer Award to him :

Teach-in "Science Against Tech-Oligarchy and Fascism"

Berlin, Rudi-Dutschke-Str. 3
(Corner Lindenstr. 37)
24 September 2026, 2:30pm#

There is now more information on https://www.againstoligarchy.org/ :

Topics, questions and materials for discussion, some speakers, and a general statement concerning the teach-in:

Allgemeines Statement / General Statement : 

Die Wissenschaft hat der Gesellschaft und dem Menschen zu dienen. Deswegen muss sie die Tech-Oligarchie und den Faschismus als Gefahren für unsere Gesellschaften und die Demokratie thematisieren. Die Wissenschaft muss sie aber auch bekämpfen, weil beide - der Faschismus sowieso, aber auch die Technik und Forschung glorifizierende Tech-Oligarchie - die Vernunft und damit die Wissenschaft selbst angreifen.

Science must serve society and humanity. That is why it must analyse the tech oligarchy and fascism as threats to our societies and to democracy. But science also needs to fight against them, because both—fascism, of course, but also the tech oligarchy, which extols technology and research—attack reason and, thereby, science itself.

#Thiel #PeterThiel #ThielNotWelcome #ThielShallNotPass #teachin #techoligarchy #AxelSpringer #HaltDieFresseSpringerpresse #SpringerZerschlagen #Trump #antifa #Faschismus #FaschismusIstKeineMeinung
#Wissenschaft #Science

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins.

Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Government #Corruption #Trump #FBI #DOJ #Maine #Ethics #SusanCollins

The war on Iran exposed a brutal truth: when fossil fuel supply chains break, people pay more for essentials while oil, gas and petrochemical giants cash in.

It’s time to end fossil fuel dependence and turn off the plastic tap with a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty.

Read more: https://act.gp/4iHS59A

#plastic #inflation #fossilflation #climate #war #iran #trump #prices #costofliving #fossilfuels

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New Greenpeace International blog on the war on Iran, fossil fuel dependence and the real cost of plastics. Title: Six ways the war on Iran exposed the real cost of plastics. Author: Lindsey Jurca. Date of publication: 21 Sep 2026. Photo: Greenpeace volunteer examines plastic-wrapped fruit in a supermarket.

Interestingly the press is taking coordinated action against trump's ban of several news outlets from the white house... Not airing video or publishing pictures of him today. Here is a NYT article about the Mamdani / trump meeting, but the photo only shows Mamdani. Noticed that in several sources, including the AP, WaPo.
Will this be short lived, or a fundamental change how they report? I am not optimistic...
#trump #Mamdani #USPolitics #1stamendment

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Nyt article titled: Trump and Mamdani Show Their Unlikely Rapport, This Time in New York But the accompanying photo shows only Major Mamdani

Soso, Donald #Trump hat also den #AxelSpringerKonzern aus dem #WhiteHouse verbannt, weil der zu woke, queer, linksgrünversifft, antifa ist.

Hat ich auch nicht auf der Bingokarte.

Axel Springer verklagt Donald Trump auf Zugang zum weißen Haus.

@paul_denton Qui regarde encore les TV câblées ou pas , alors qu'il suffit de suivre le réseau social de #trump ( ou celui de #musk ) pour connaitre l'illumination ?

“It has finally happened. On the heels of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico being banned from covering Donald Trump and his White House, the five major networks who share coverage of the President on a daily basis suspended the White House pool… It’s heartening to see the networks show a spine…”
—Lucian K. Truscott IV
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/major-networks-stand-up-to-trump
#trump #media

The new giant military complex Arch de Trump with sniper stations and drone launching facilities all over the top will be approximately two miles from the giant new military complex Trump Ballroom with sniper stations and drone launching facilities all over the top.

A sniper can shoot targets approximately 1,100 meters away. A mile is 1,600 meters. So between those two bases snipers should be able to kill...lots and lots of Americans.

But that's okay. We're used to living under the eyes of snipers.

Here's a map of the approximate death zones we're paying to construct in the nation's capital. Please note that this represents approximate areas subject to sniper fire; drones, of course, would cover the entire map and considerably more.

#ArmedDC #SniperBases #Map #Trump #Fascism

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Map of central Washington DC with White House Ballroom and Trump Arch sniper bases, along with red circles representing approximate range of sniper fire from each.

#Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of #Trump After White House Bans #CNN, #MSNOW & #Politico

The move was an escalation of Trump’s showdown with the White House #press corps after he moved to bar journalists from the 3 outlets.

Major #television networks agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of Trump after the White House refused to allow CNN to serve as a pool representative on Monday.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/business/media/cnn-trump-press-pool-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C1E.LR4V.Zov82pwWFzfo&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Les principales chaînes d’info américaines (ABC, CBS, Fox News et NBC) annoncent suspendre la couverture médiatique de la Maison Blanche, en réaction à l'exclusion de CNN et Politico. Pas de quoi faire reculer Trump (encore que) mais un signal encourageant de résistance dans la profession. Même Fox News !

#Politique #Trump #Presse #Medias #Censure #Journalisme #CNN

“Why the Israelis are so afraid of a liberated Yemen”

by Robert Inlakesh in Al Mayadeen English

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

“The liberation of Yemen by a staunchly pro-Palestinian movement is a nightmare scenario for the Zionist Project in the region, it ensures that the cause of occupied al-Quds will remain alive and that a new power will emerge to champion it. To the Israelis, what they are looking at is like the birth of a new Iran in the Arab World”

https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/why-the-israelis-are-so-afraid-of-a-liberated-yemen

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Yemen #AnsarAllah

#ICE agent shoots man in #Austin, #Texas

The ICE officer rammed the man’s car then got out of his federal vehicle & opened fire at least 5 times, said Mike Siegel, who represents Austin’s District 7.

The #shooting occurred in the early afternoon on the city’s north side, & police & the mayor later spoke about the details of the incident.

The man was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, Siegel said.

#Trump #law #immigration #UseOfForce #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower
https://apnews.com/article/austin-texas-ice-shooting-immigration-37653feb8e2c5f5a85d64c5a6a38cba5?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

🚨"Nous devons trouver le chemin de la #souveraineté numérique, c'est aujourd'hui une condition de l'État de droit au niveau national et au niveau international."

Rediffusion de la soirée du #20Janvier 2026 avec le témoignage essentiel du Juge Nicolas Guillou, de la Cour Pénale Internationale
#CPI

➡️ https://vimeo.com/1158584868

Il n'y a pas meilleur exemple de notre vassalisation numérique et de l'urgence d'une émancipation de #EU que les mesures de #Trump contre les membres de cette indispensable institution au motif qu'elle faisait son travail.

Jamais plus qu'aujourd'hui nous aurons les moyens de notre émancipation. C'est donc maintenant qu'il faut agir.

"Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/19/nih-grants-trump-vought-bhattacharya-harvard-01085413

Among the nuggets unearthed here: Trump ordered #NIH director, Jay Bhattacharya, to cut research funding to #Harvard -- apparently without regard to merit, topic, DEI, antisemitism, or any other excuse previously floated. Bhattacharya refused. So Trump intervened to put NIH funding under the control of political appointees, as if Bhattacharya were not already a political appointee.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Harvard #Medicine #NIH #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

(Oct 2017) The 25th Amendment Proves Why Trump's #MentalHealth Matters
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/25th-amendment-proves-why-trump-s-mental-health-matters-ncna801666

(Dec2025) Comment and analysis: President Trump and the 25th Amendment https://www.ibanet.org/President-Trump-and-the-25th-Amendment

(June2026) Concerns Grow Over Trump's Mental Fitness for Presidency - https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5914003-trump-decline-25th-amendment/

(Aug2026) #Trump Faces #25thAmendment Call Over Bizarre Dead President Boast
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-faces-25th-amendment-call-203627458.html

(Oct2019) What the 25th Amendment Is Really For https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what-25th-amendment-really

#USpol #USConstitution

/🧵

WTAF

#Trump says planned #arch will be a #military complex for #drones, #snipers

Trump’s post about the arch planned near #ArlingtonNationalCemetery comes as #veterans groups, #historic preservationists & others attempt to stop the project.

His announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House #ballroom∶ that the project was necessary for national security.

#law #architecture #preservation #UrbanPlanning #vanity #narcissism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/politics/trump-dc-arch-snipers-drones-military-complex.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ClE.raEI.H9nVSZhmW6EG&smid=nytcore-ios-share

@decembr14 They could become a major import/export hub because #Trump would lower tariffs on a principality of ass holes.

Report: "Netanyahu's shameless boasting of how he got Trump to wage war on Iran":

"It took a long time to get the US to come to its senses, but I finally got it to attack Iran due to my influence over its leaders through a thousand hours on American television (Fox News)".

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

(in Hebrew at an election event on 31 Aug 2026 on Israel's Channel 14)

#USPol #EUPol #Netanyahu #IsraeliWarCrimes #news #IranWar #Trump .

Canada, Russie, Groenland... Les arguments de Mélenchon battus en brèche par les experts de la géopolitique. Quand on essaye de plaquer un schéma sur des situations bien différentes, on finit par tout confondre. https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/politique/article/du-canada-au-groenland-jean-luc-melenchon-derape-sur-le-verglas-international_327494.html

#Politique #Melenchon #LFI #International #Russie #Groenland #Trump #EtatsUnis #Danemark #Canada #Commerce #Guerre #Presidentielle

"The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded by our tax dollars," MS NOW said in their statement. "MS NOW intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism in our democracy."

CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters denied access to White House following #Trump ban https://www.npr.org/2026/09/19/nx-s1-5974854/trump-cnn-msnow-politico-ban

About 120,000 fewer Virginians have SNAP, while food prices rise and food pantries race to keep up with demand

https://cardinalnews.org/2026/09/17/about-120000-fewer-virginians-have-snap-while-food-prices-rise-and-food-pantries-race-to-keep-up-with-demand/

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

NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated.

But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is.

Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DonaldTrumpJr #Wedding #Photo #Journalism #Russia #Putin #Politics #Trump #Law #Ethics

THE LATEST NEWS AT THIS HOUR:

#TRUMP IMPOSES NEW #SANCTIONS ON #RUSSIA, #IRAN VIA LINDSEY GRAHAM ACT: Donald Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Act, which imposes new sanctions on Russia and Iran. The bill imposes new restrictions on Russian officials, banks, oligarchs, and Russia’s shadow fleet.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/09/congressional-bill-h-r-5334-signed-into-law/

La seule solution sociale, équitable et logique serait de requisitionner #total en limitant ses prix
#total dont les bénéfices ont explosé depuis la guerre inepte contre l'#iran lancée par #trump et #nethanyaou
Le bénéfice net de Total, stratosphérique, est de 11 milliards de dollars au premier semestre !
Toutes les autres solutions amputent le budget de l'Etat

https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/09/19/dans-le-nord-les-prix-des-carburants-suscitent-la-colere-des-automobilistes-ca-pique-de-depenser-autant-juste-pour-aller-au-boulot_6777180_3234.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=android&lmd_source=default

💕 Hundreds of supporters of the John F. #KennedyCenter for the #PerformingArts gathered Friday as the sun set over the Potomac, surrounded as much of the building as they could, linked arms & chanted, “Hands off! Hands off!”

For the first time in what felt to them like ages, their beloved #arts center was brimming with life.

#Trump #law #vanity #greed #envy #narcissism #UShistory #JFK #architecture #conservation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/09/18/hundreds-kennedy-center-supporters-rally-its-defense/

Hmmm wonder why #Trump banned CNN?!

“The US narrowly avoided boarding a Chinese ship based on an “entirely false” US intelligence report.

That erroneous intelligence, submitted by a US Special Ops analyst, suggested the Chinese ship was transporting nuclear arms program components.

The US military was preparing to board the ship, with air support, before they discovered an #AI chatbot used in the report had “inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying.”

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/report-us-almost-boarded-chinese-ship-over-hallucinated-ai-arms-report/

“The government of #Greenland & the Danish Prime Minister’s office🚨have released a joint statement on an agreement with the US.

Unsurprisingly, the statement🚨doesn’t match the sweeping nature of Trump’s post on Truth Social.

#Denmark & Greenland⚡️are saying they expect to sign a new security agreement with the US at the #UN next week…

I don’t have any insight how that will be received but we do know that🚨President #Trump’s approval rating amongst the Danish🚨is 4%…”
-Y Ali
#Lies #USPol

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A breaking news post from Yashar Ali discussing a joint statement from the government of Greenland and the Danish Prime Minister's office about an agreement with the United States. The statement highlights plans for a new security agreement and emphasizes strengthening the Arctic and North Atlantic…

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The image contains text discussing President Trump's approval rating in Denmark and his comments on a security agreement related to Greenland. It mentions Trump's view on U.S. control over Greenland's security. Additionally, there is a press release in Danish from the Government of Greenland…

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A tweet from Donald Trump announcing an agreement between the United States, Denmark, and Greenland, granting the U.S. permanent control over security in Greenland. The message emphasizes no cost to the U.S. and the importance of military presence in the region…

@MissConstrue It only just occurred to me how often he says "thank you for your attention." That's literally the thing he wants.

#trump #uspol

@briankrebs OMG! He just officially announced that he is banning #CNN, MS NOW, and #Politico from the White House "effective immediately."🤦🏼But this strikes directly at the heart of First Amendment protections for the news media.📰 🗞️ 🤷🏼 #Trump

Ya don’t say…

More #US #troops have died amid #Iran war than #Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the #MiddleEast is not reflected in the #Defense Dept’s casualty database. acc/to 6 US ofcls familiar with the #DoD’s internal casualty accounting data.


#GiftArticle
#censorship #transparency #Trump #military #SuckersAndLosers #law #Congress #WarPowers
https://wapo.st/3SPycmE

Apparently inspired by #Trump's losing #IranWar, #Iran backed #Yémen #Houthi rebels are also seizing islands in the #RedSea #BabElMandebStrait in a blitzkrieg assault that threatens the 2nd biggest Middle East trade corridor after the #StraitOfHormuz. Previous to #Trump's "preemptive" illegal #MiddleEast forever war about 20% of the world's oil supply passed through the 2 straits.
https://apnews.com/article/mideast-iran-yemen-houthis-israel-saudi-oil-b95a5a6c73a26bbbb1caddcbf365ca62

Correction, 38% of the world's crude oil passed through the Bab el-Mandeb & Hormuz Straits, 11% & 27% respectively, prior to #Trump's illegal #IranWar.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IG10044?s=1&r=14

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Middle East Oil Source: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IG10044?s=1&r=14

"#SaudiArabia🚨has informed European refiners that they'll be allocated NO CRUDE OIL NEXT MONTH amid the E-W pipeline shutdown, per Bloomberg.

European customers🚨normally receive SA crude oil shipments on "term contracts," which are meant to ensure a steady flow of crude oil supply every month. Countries in #Europe imported 577,000 barrels of crude oil per day from SA prior to the shutdown.

Europe is facing its worst #EnergyCrisis in history."

-Kobeissi L
#ETTD #Economy #Trump #IranWar #USPol

Great article … as usual!!

“Ed Sheeran just learnt: Being pimped by the billionaires for genocide is a bad look”

by Jonathan Cook on Substack

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

“We must keep prising the fingers of the billionaire class off our throats until it is only the discredited, and morally bankrupt, who refuse to speak loudly in opposition to genocide”

https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/ed-sheeran-just-learnt-being-pimped

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Sheeran #Mackelmore #Kraft

Almost 30 organizations & companies have just send out a letter to parliament & our current NL government requesting them to take measures to protect NL/EU organizations against the impact of US sanctions.

Use your favourite translation tool if your Dutch is a bit rusty.

The announcement:
https://publicspaces.net/2026/09/17/brief-aan-de-tweede-kamer-bescherm-europese-organisaties-tegen-buitenlandse-sanctiedruk/

The letter itself:
https://publicspaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Brief_bescherm_EU_orgs_tegen_sanctiedruk.pdf

Copy this initiative in your country, share & boost it all over the place!

#DigitalAutonomy #Sanctions #Tech #Trump #EU #HumanRights

The Bulwark did a montage of every time Trump has said he was abut to give Americans a check for a variety of reasons.

You can take a wild guess at how many of these promises turned into cash in American pockets.

#USPol #USpolitics #Trump #Winning #5000dollar

"Judge Cooper⚡issues order requiring 30-days notice before any "demolition" of the main Kennedy Center bldg. Also seems💙to grant plaintiffs discovery into the Kennedy Center demolition posterboards Trump was photographed looking at."
-R Parloff
#KennedyCenter #Monuments #Corruption #Trump #Courts #Judges #USPol

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Except from the ruling about the plans for demolition.

#EU #Canada #Trump

No one asked for this. We get higher gas prices, an affordability crisis, and future financial ruin when this debt blows up in our face…and for what!? A demoralized military, dead American soldiers, and record weapons manufacturers profits.

Not holding #Trump accountable for anything has literally cost us our nation. It will take decades to dig ourselves out of this hole and that assumes we get rid of Trump which at this point isn’t likely. Do y’all really think he’ll ever give up the White House voluntarily? I don’t.

(Article posted as photo since the News & Observer has a paywall and no free sharing options.)

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Iran War Cost Hits $38B, Forecast to Rise $3B a Month

Russian disinformation campaign sets sights on US midterms

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260915-russian-disinformation-campaign-sets-sights-on-us-midterms

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #trump #ethics #corruption #russia #disinformation

The crap is about to hit the fan with gas prices in the USA, right in time for the election! There are also rumors of the truckers striking in October over completely unmanageable diesel prices.

Berkeley bridge trolls are making sure drivers know who caused all this chaos.

#California #GasPrices #Trump #50501movement

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On a bridge in California, under a blue sky, protestors have put up a large banner showing Trump giving two thumbs up underneath a picture of a gas station sign reading $6.59 for regular, a high price for the US.

An American soldier shares a video of himself in uniform, raising the Palestinian flag and saying, “Free Palestine.”

He writes: “Don’t let Trump and Netanyahu distract you with Iran. There's still a genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza.”

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Netanyahu #Iran #Trump #Palestinian #America

The #Russian #sanctions bill named after Lindsey Graham just passed through the House and is now en route to Trump's desk.

This is the same bill that #Democrats were stalling earlier this month, in fear that it only gives #Trump more power over the U.S. #economy.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/newsflash-democrats-blocking-russia

Ladies and gentlemen, the US government.

#Trump #KashPatel #JDVance

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Staffer: Sir, the dog had a minor accident on the couch Kash Patel: Did someone say dog? JD Vance: Couch? Trump: Minor?

This is called, “when things aren’t going your way, run home & hide from reality.”

Speaker #MikeJohnson sending #House home early, staving off #Hegseth #impeachment vote over #IranWar

#Trump #Republicans #idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #energy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/politics/house-early-recess-hegseth-impeachment

Why is #Trump pushing for an energy truce right when Ukraine's strikes are hitting hardest?

Full story: https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/trumps-war-added-10x-more-to-diesel

Iran War Has Cost U.S. Nearly $40 Billion and Fueled Inflation, CBO Finds

https://time.com/article/2026/09/15/iran-war-cost-inflation-cbo-report

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

A civil defense worker stood atop the rubble of the building that collapsed last night on displaced people in Gaza City and asked everyone to be silent.

Then he shouted at the top of his lungs:

Is anyone alive? Can anyone hear me? Is anyone listening?

follows 👇

#Gaza #Humanity #gaza_help #genocide #Israel #trump #iran #palestine #Madtodon

RFI
États-Unis : l’administration Trump supprime les limites d’émissions polluantes imposées aux centrales électriques
https://mcinformactions.net/spip.php?article232583&lang=fr
#USA #Trump #charbon #CourSupreme

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/117278399407841743

PAY ATTENTION

had to read twice to see where this indictment against Russian operatives was coming from. sure enough:

#Manhattan federal court
#NewYork #FBI office

and by New York, they mean #nyc New York City.

with #MAGA #Trump and stooges taking hostage the Justice Department, especially the FBI, it’s the NYC division of the DoJ that’s doing the heavy lifting for the federal government.

the FBI is the one agency that Trump absolutely hates ―especially the nyc division.

AodeRelay boosted

Chuck Darwin » 🌐 2026-09-16
@cdarwin@c.im

Russia’s intelligence services are plotting to carry out
targeted killings in the United States and in European nations supporting Ukraine,
federal authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against five people who remain at large.

An indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court said a network of the intelligence services had
paid and attempted to pay individuals in the United States and in other countries
to surveil targets to be killed with plans to then kill them.

The associates recruited in the network also had been solicited to carry out acts of terrorism against civilian and military infrastructure in European countries that were perceived to be aligned with Ukraine, the indictment said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/russia-us-killings-plot?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Donald #Trump Jr.’s #Bahamas #Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by #Russian #Oligarch Close to sPutin
#djt

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin

NEW: Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding

Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-payments-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Congress #DonaldTrumpJr #Trump #Russia #Putin #Security #Ethics #Law

The #KennedyCenter board voted to close the center Tuesday after a tense meeting in which #Trump called in to berate a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the panel, acc/to 3 sources familiar with the matter.

“It was f**king crazy,” said one source familiar with the exchange between Trump & Rep #JoyceBeatty, whose #lawsuit has prevented Trump’s name from being added to the building.

#law #vanity #greed #envy #narcissism #UShistory #architecture #conservation
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/15/politics/trump-kennedy-center-name

@jwildeboer The thing about #AI is that the barriers to entry are low. Non-state actors (including commercial enterprise) control the technology, not governments. There will always be countries willing to host data centers and AI companies. All the previous non-proliferation treaties of the past are poor models. Treaties are between countries, not multinational companies and billionaires. I know this from consulting directly with UNIDIR, the R&D org at the #UN that supports arms control treaties by UN members. They’ve been working on it for over 10 years without much progress.

Anyway, I’m not worried about AI apocalypse. 1. For technical reasons. 2. It’s hypothetical, not a real, proven problem. ***AI Apocalypse is a ruse to distract people from other topics more important to the AI Tech Bros — like #Trump, #climate, #war.

Kennedy Center board votes to shut down for renovations after Trump loses in court

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kennedy-center-renovations-2677862608/

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

NEW on “Paper Trail”: You may have heard that President Trump did not attend his eldest son’s wedding. But you know who did? A Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin.

And he didn’t just attend the wedding — he bankrolled it. Listen to how we found out:
https://www.propublica.org/podcast/donald-trump-jr-wedding-putin-russian-benefactor-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Podcast #Trump #Russia #Putin #Law #Ethics #Politics #DonaldTrumpJr #Wedding

Whistleblower: Before ( 2023 ) & After ( 2026 )
==========================

I used to laugh at the people who said, "Both sides are the same."

In 2023, I was a #programmer with #federal #clearance, working for the US Department of #Veterans Affairs, through #AccentureFederalServices , through a contractor ( #GrayDigital ), when I called out #corruption & became a government #whistleblower

I have been #homeless since 2023, hounded by the law, a dozen rides in the back of cop cars, usually handcuffed. Kicked out of hospitals, banks, libraries, stores, & buses. 5 arrests ( 4 under #Biden, 1 under #Trump ), faced #police brutality, spent 6 nights in jail. The last arrest was extrajudicial, and I was not even brought before a judge after spending a night in jail, just told to go away.

I slept outdoors in winters without warm clothes, in muddy orchards, in rain, on cold concrete city pavements, in sweltering heat. I was denied public defense in #courts, though I told judges I was homeless and food insecure. I fought in court, representing myself, while homeless. All charges were dropped. It was whistleblower intimidation. I had committed no crimes. I was assaulted in the streets by the security guard of a #Catholic charity. I have eaten out of garbage cans, & several times, gone hungry for 2-3 days at a time.

In December 2025, I moved to #Tokyo to avoid persecution, though it followed me here. I'm homeless and hungry here as well, probably because the #Japanese government is reluctant to grant me #political #asylum.

Every #Refugee Assistance Organization I contacted in Tokyo has turned me away.

Read:
https://lnkd.in/gkwZaHGT

The linked PDF has an appendix with the "receipts", documents that corroborate my account.

#Earth #MAGA #Trump #UsPol
#Truth #propaganda #Heresy #corruption #DNC #RNC #USA
#America #Democrat #Republican
#Japan #government #corruption
#EqualRights #Justice #HumanRights #Law #InternationalLaw #UNHCR
#Amnesty
#AntiFa #fascism #ChristoFascism

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Color photo of Ashwin Dixit, with thin rimmed oval glasses. lying on his bed, and smiling. He is clean shaven and wearing a white tee shirt, with a black rim.

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Black and White photo of Ashwin Dixit, standing, wearing a woven hat. He has a grim expression, dark, sunken eyes, and a silver beard and mustache. He is wearing an Aloha shirt with a white on black hibiscus flower pattern.

Kash Patel Defends the FBI Welcoming Applicants Who Have Engaged in Bestiality

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kash-patel-defends-bestiality-standards-fbi-1235626927/

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

Over 600(!!) days in and he still blames Biden

At least he is number 1 in something, worst and most corrupt President ever

#Trump #USPol

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Donald J. Trump • @realDonaldTrump I hope everyone realizes that price increases throughout America were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, not by "TRUMP." Even Oil was higher under Biden than it is right now, and we prevented Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon! With the temporary exception of Oil, prices are coming down sharply, and Oil will drop like a rock as soon as the Military Conflict with Iran is over, and that will not be long. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP 1k ReTruths 3.52k Likes 9/14/26, 12:31 PM

US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck790xg41ygro

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

#UKRAINE HESITANT ABOUT ENERGY TRUCE WITH #RUSSIA: Politico quoted Donald #Trump saying that Ukraine and Russia agreed to stop exchanging strikes on energy infrastructure on Monday.

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-strikes-energy-volodymyr-zelenskyy/

#Trump is trying to blame #Ukraine for his domestic political woes.

It’s hard to compare apples to apples here. But an analysis by The Counteroffensive shows that the Iran War’s disruption to world energy markets – and in particular diesel – is an order of magnitude larger than the impact of Ukraine’s long-range strikes.

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

Striking #Russian oil refineries is one of Ukraine's strongest moves, but Donald #Trump seeks an energy truce (and cheaper diesel).

The Counteroffensive gathered latest data and discussed the issue with Ukrainian experts.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/trumps-war-added-10x-more-to-diesel

MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/maga-foreign-policy/688352/?gift=P4PbparCGiV10Ifk2hg6wq1S-hQYFAS3fNjIr4L8f0I

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

@MaryAustinBooks I wonder if this will also have a different benefit. There’s a non-zero chance #Trump will make some bullshit argument and try to be elected again. Maybe having this on the record so recently will be a benefit for the inevitable challenge that has to oppose it in the courts.

#uspol #politics

With some news it is hard to tell if the fever returned or an "AI" went mad:

Russian oligarch financed the wedding of one of Trump's sons…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/who-is-umar-kremlev-russian-oligarch-donald-trump-jr

Lovely capitalism, where you can buy nearly anything - like the US president's son…

#US #USpol #Trump #UmarKremlev #capitalism

More of this please…

#SCOTUS Rejects #Trump Restrictions on #MailVoting

The ruling blocks the Trump admin from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the #midterms.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #TrumpCoup #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/14/us/supreme-court-mail-voting-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.FfLd.69AVDQ4wq0IN&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Some guy named Nicholas Wilson, REPRESENTING HIMSELF, just got Trump's #DOJ to admit that #Trump lost the 2020 election.

After six years of Trump claiming he won in 2020, this dude called Trump's bluff and said "Okay, you won three times? That violates the 22nd Amendment. You're not eligible to be president." The DOJ was forced to state the truth to have the case thrown out. 💀

USDOJ 0, Random Guy 1

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/caedce/2:2025cv02086/468486/41/

@briankrebs And the 📰 News just keeps getting better 🤦🏼 Mitch McConnell "has been resurrected"🪦 ⚰️ returns to Senate floor for first time since leave. 🤷🏼 #Trump

🚨 Österreich: Bürgermeister auf Meta gesperrt

Kein #Facebook, kein #Instagram und auch kein #WhatsApp: Der Bürgermeister von Tieschen, Martin Weber (SPÖ), ist auf allen drei #Meta-#Plattformen dauerhaft gesperrt. In einem Facebook-Posting verglich Weber zuvor Donald #Trump mit der AfD.

Ob Meta die Sperren wieder zurücknimmt, ist offen. Das überprüfen zu lassen, könne schwierig werden, sagt @brodnig

🔗 https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3370884/

@markus_netzpolitik @gavinkarlmeier #hakendran #dsa #diday

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin

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

Trumpism running out of steam?

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bfbd9e2c/

#Trump #Trumpism #ApprovalRating #USA

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A political cartoon depicts a paddle steamer boat labeled 'TRUMPISM', with its stern teetering over the edge of a waterfall. Trumps stands in front at the helm. The vessel has a smokestack billowing dark smoke. The furnace door is open, and a worker with a red MAGA cap is looking at the stack of coal left in a large metal box labeled 'approval rating'; it is as good as empty. At the waterfall edge, a wooden signpost points downward and reads: 'WAR', 'COST OF LIVING', and 'EPSTEIN'.

NEW: Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DonaldTrumpJr #Trump #Wedding #Law #Ethics #Politics #Russia #Putin

Love this one. 💚 #Ireland #protests #Trump

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An anti-Trump protest sign held up by a woman on a city street in Ireland. The handmade banner features a caricature of Donald Trump in a green leprechaun hat and reads: "Donald Trump - You flew all the way to Ireland just to find we don't fucking like you here either. Now fuck off home."

It's really sad and depressing that she is the only female world leader who stood up to him and told him what needs to hear every day, every minute and every second.

#Ireland #Trump #Connoly

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“I CONVEYED THE STRONG VIEW OF THE IRISH PEOPLE THAT THE NORMALISATION OF WAR AND GENOCIDE CAN NEVER BE ACCEPTED." IRISH PRESIDENT CATHRINE CONNOLLY IN IRELAND DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T NOT RECEIVE THE BOOT LICKING THAT HE'S USED TO. THIS IS WHAT A WEAK MAN LOOKS LIKE AFTER GETTING SCHOOLED BY A STRONG WOMAN.

Trump Derangement Syndrome or TDS is a frequent accusation of #MAGA cultists towards other Americans who, according to them, are obsessed with Donald #Trump. But really it's just average people subject to abuses they cannot escape and thus have a valid right to complain. So not a derangement nor an obsession

Projection, or "NO, U!", is an immature psychological defense mechanism where you accuse others of that which you are guilty of

That is all

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A man wearing a red MAGA hat who has a tattoo of Donald Trump on the entire right side of his face

J’ai cru comprendre que Donald Trump proposait 5000 $ pour chaque américain.e qui voterait pour lui.

Au regard du bordel qu’il a foutu sur la planète, et de ses conséquences économiques au quotidien, je propose que le bénéfice de cette dotation soit étendue à l’ensemble des habitants de la planète… hein…

#Politique #trump

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L'écran d'une pompe à essence affiche un montant total de 96,41 €, un volume de 46,74 litres et un prix de 2,064 € le litre.

In a world full of sad, pathetic, scared and coward leaders, there are a few people who stand up to fascists and tell the truth into their face

In the meantime all other EU leaders (except for Spain) were acting like poodles meeting an alpha dog whenever they meet with Pedolf Shitler

#Ireland #trump #gaza #genocide #USpol

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Telegram: QudsNEN "The Normalization of War and Genocide Can Never Be Accepted": Ireland's President Tells Trump to His Face

#Trump says Northern Ireland joining Ireland only natural

The US president was speaking at the Irish Open on Sunday and said "many people agree" with his comments.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2z79n0eeno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

(c) #BBC #News

Israeli officials, with Netanyahu's backing, are openly obstructing Trump's plan to end the war on Gaza, refusing to cooperate with his Board of Peace.

Per Haaretz, they say plainly: "We will not cooperate with you." The cause, by all accounts, is Netanyahu's election: trailing in the polls, he won't make any concession his far-right rivals could exploit, so the plan is frozen and the war prolonged.

Even Trump's envoy Kushner, who once admitted Israel was impeding the plan, changed his tune after visiting Israel, now blaming its "irrational" elections and calling Gaza "dystopian" to avoid naming Israeli sabotage.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Netanyahu #Trump

Trump’s forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge

The Department of Energy declared an “emergency” when none existed.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/court-rejects-governments-energy-emergency-that-kept-coal-plant-open/

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

Grand reception for Donald #Trump in Ireland. A mass protest on the streets of Dublin. huge signs below his flightpath. President Connolly received Trump on a courtesy call at Áras an Uachtaráin, and told him that "the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted". https://president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/president-connolly-receives-president-donald-trump-on-a-courtesy-call-at-aras-an-uachtarain

Now, #FuckityBye to the orange #rapist.

#iepol #DonaldTrump #ArasanUachtarain #Aras

Thousands are protesting across Dublin and Clare as US President Donald #Trump touches down in Doonbeg

Follow live 📎 RTE news:

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0912/1591260-trump-ireland/

Trump calls for unified Ireland, BBC correspondent explains

Catriona Perry says she doesn't think anyone anticipated Trump to call for a unified Ireland.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2z49qvyygo

#TopNews #News #Ireland #Trump #GoogleCaitríonaPerry

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Trump calls for unified Ireland, BBC correspondent explains

Literally anyone: I’m a piece of shit.

Irish government: …

Literally anyone: I’m a piece of shit with money.

Irish government: how may we be of service, sir?

#ireland #trump #USA

Protect someone the way the Irish government protects a genocide-complicit, rapist, war-criminal, paedophile piece of shit.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0912/1591250-trump-visit-ireland/

#ireland #trump

So there is a protest in Dublin today “at 1pm at the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin 1”¹

If you’re thinking of heading up on the Dart or the M50, however, think again.

Dart services are down and there are M50 closures.

Protect someone the way the Irish government protects a genocide-complicit, rapist, war-criminal paedophile.

¹ https://www.ipsc.ie/event/national-protest-no-welcome-for-warmonger-trump

#trump #ireland

Never Forget that 9/11 broke Republicans' brains.

Libertarians became neocons & conservatives went fascist. We couldn't be here if the Patriot Act hadn't been enacted & if lying the country into war wasn't normalized.

You can thank W & Cheney for #MAGA & #Trump.

#September11 #USA #History #GOP #Republican #NeverForget

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

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A Peanuts meme showing Lucy holding a football for Charlie Brown to kick, with white text boxes edited over the characters. A text box over Lucy reads 'Trump', and a text box over the football reads '$5000'. A text box over a hesitant-looking Charlie Brown reads 'MAGA'.

This tells you how badly #Trump is pushing the #DOJ to lock up anyone who criticizes him!

Prosecutor #JoeDiGenova who was brought in to lead investigations of Trump’s foes tells AP that he has resigned.

#law #LegalEthics #corruption #PrerogativeState #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-russia-probe-5741c227d76e813c01923df943b8544e?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

The show that never stops... Cartoon from last year.

#Trump #shitshow #USA

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Cartoon showing Trump on a stage suspended over a model of the earth, squatting with his trousers down, defecating on the planet. Beneath the stage, two stagehands are rotating the earth.The audience, filled with journalists holding cameras and microphones, looks on in awe. Outside the theater is a sign that reads 'Trump New Theater - Non-Stop Show - 24/7'. A man passes beneath the sign, reading a newspaper with the headline 'Trump Takes Another Dump'.

#Trump promet 5 000 dollars à chaque Américain en cas de victoire aux élections de mi-mandat

J'ai connu un maire corse qui donnait des billets de 500 € pour qu'on vote pour lui. Ça fait un peu moins de 600 $.
Proportionnellement, je trouve Trump très pingre.
Fais péter le compteur Donald !

Je vous voir vous gobergeant : "c'est la Corse c'est pour ça" Non, non, Balkany et Dassault faisaient pareil (pour citer les plus célèbres)

RE: https://norden.social/@hart/117240252963595658

#Trump félicite ces alliès de Poutine de l' #AFD pour leur victoire électorale. Des compliments que Louis Alliot le maire de Perpignan ne peut que partager d'autant qu'avec Musk au volant de l'internationale raciste et fascite, le fric ne va pas manquer pour les prochaines campagnes

RFI
De l’Islande au Mexique : les provocations expansionnistes de Donald Trump n’en finissent pas
https://mcinformactions.net/spip.php?article232427&lang=fr
#Trump

Real men date grown women. Not little girls.

#trump #republicans #MAGA #epstein #EpsteinFiles #politics #iran #gop #news

Ridiculous

#US banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages & motorcycles from #Canada

BTWs this all really sucks especially if you live in Michigan or any bordering state that gets tons of stuff from Canada.

#Trump #snowflake #petty #RevengePolitics #trade #law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://apnews.com/article/canada-carney-trump-tariffs-trade-war-a5fbb50d1c30327ae813482556a37ac3?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

@ApostateEnglishman

in #Trump's first term, #NorthKorea, apparently using a dusty Korean-English translation dictionary, shocked the English speaking world by calling Trump:

a dotard

example:

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/nation-world/2017/09/22/short-history-dotard-arcane-insult-kim-jong-un-used-his-threat-against/15774142007/

it looks like a mash up of "Donald" and an ableist slur

in actuality it's a musty Elizabethan Era insult

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dotard

"a person exhibiting mental decline especially in old age"

caveat:

we should not blame Trump's behavior on his age. he was like this for decades

"One-third of young #scientists who were planning careers in academic #research changed their minds in the spring of 2025, according to a new survey, with fewer expecting to remain in higher education and in the U.S. to work or feeling that pursuing a Ph.D. was the right decision." Understand that #Trump and OMB Director #RussellVought want to destroy #science in the U.S. -- and are succeeding. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/09/survey-of-young-researchers-raises-concerns-over-future-of-science-in-u-s/

Annexion des #Antilles Françaises par #Trump : est ce qu'il compte rebaptiser en Améritinique ?

"Bibi🚨knew 10/7 was coming. I’ve been saying this since a few days after it happened -warned by the US, Egypt, & now we find out by MBZ.

He🚨needed the attack to save himself from going to prison—& to provide an excuse to ethnically cleanse Gaza.

He's🚨a monster."
-J Stewartson

In that conversation,🚨MBZ warned: Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Y Sinwar, was planning a major op against #Israel -urged #Netanyahu to take the situation seriously.

#Genocide #Palestinians #Trump #USPol
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-09-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/netanyahu-got-an-explicit-warning-before-oct-7-he-didnt-brief-security-chiefs/000001a0-7a3b-d7d5-a9fc-7eff3d0f0000

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Image from the article with photo of Netanyahu, MBZ & Sinwar.

J'ai publié cet article en Novembre 2025 sur les négotiations que #Trump essaie de mener entre la #Russie et l'#Ukraine.

Je viens de publier la traduction française.

#FRpol #France

https://jmar.is/jekyll/update/2025/11/10/L'accord-de-paix-de-Trump-sur-l'Ukraine-ne-m%C3%A8nera-pas-%C3%A0-la-paix.html

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Certains de nos experts font genre de se soucier des Ukrainiens. Ils qualifient la capitulation de « petit prix à payer » pour la paix. les Ukrainiens racontent une autre histoire : celle du nettoyage ethnique, des « camps de filtration », des disparitions forcés et des fosses communes.

Jared Kushner asked people in Ukraine "to help Putin accomplish his aspirations". It is like someone going to England during World War II and asking the British to help Hitler accomplish his aspirations. Donald Trump, #PutinsPuppet, wants to help Putin accomplish his aspirations.
#NationalSecurity #Trump #WorstPresidentEver #politics

The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of their services:

'In a world where allegations are disconnected from reality, we can only expect repression to be increasingly disproportionate. Under these circumstances, we are no longer able to maintain our original mission - offering secure and non-commercial digital tools.'

#AutisticiInventati #Trump #USA #FreedomOfSpeech #Antifa #fascism

The French city of Lyon is dropping #Microsoft software in favor of #OpenSource alternatives. It doesn't want to depend on proprietary, closed-source software, and it doesn't want to depend on *American* software. It doesn't want "potential [US] governmental surveillance."
https://news.itsfoss.com/french-city-replaces-microsoft/

PS: It seems clear that #Trump is playing a role here. While he uses tariffs to boost American companies, he scares foreign buyers away from American companies, at least software companies that collect user data. He's creating a #TikTok problem for American software. Microsoft didn't help itself on this front by giving $1 million to the Trump inauguration.

BTW, many other US closed-source software companies gave $1m to the Trump inauguration, among them Adobe, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Perplexity.

Update. "Washington pushes back against EU’s bid for tech autonomy."
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-bid-for-tech-autonomy-washington-us-pushes-back/

PS: #Trump doesn't realize that he's the problem. Europe doesn't want to use software subject to US #surveillance, just as Trump himself (in his 2020 Executive Order 13942) didn't want Americans to use TikTok and other ByteDance software subject to Chinese surveillance.

It doesn't help when Trump turns US tech CEOs into donors and toadies. If the tech CEOs don't see this problem themselves, then shareholders should see it.

#FAFO #USPol #USPolitics

Trump’s Distractions and What’s Worth Paying Attention To…

"Trump wrote that the “radical left lunatics” and “communists and Democrats” should be exhausted by now after 10 years of fighting him, but “sadly, they’re not.”

...And in that message, #Trump is admitting that his plan was and remains to wear you down. To break you. To make sure you get so sick of it all that you give up and look away."
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/monday-updates-trumps-labor-day-gets

#DonaldTrump #GOP #Politics #SocialMedia #Democrats #News #Press #US #USA

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Heading, text, and social media post from article: Heading: Trump’s Distractions and What’s Worth Paying Attention To… Text: Trump posted, I don’t know, 7 or so different maps this morning rebranding New Mexico as “New America.” He also posted one of his deranged holiday messages for Labor Day. Here it is, and I want to call your attention to something he said, because I find it quite revealing. Social media post from Donald Trump [I'm not going to type the entire thing; the relevant bits are quoted below.] Text continued: Note: Trump wrote that the “radical left lunatics” and “communists and Democrats” should be exhausted by now after 10 years of fighting him, but “sadly, they’re not.” He said they are going to “give it one last shot at ruining America” before the midterms. That’s projection, and also a confession. Trump and his extremist MAGA movement are the ones planning one final push to break our Democracy before November. And in that message, Trump is admitting that his plan was and remains to wear you down. To break you. To make sure you get so sick of it all that you give up and look away. The fact that you’re still here right now shows that he’s losing that battle.

I filmed this while walking back from the grocery store in Little Tokyo, I had raw salmon and ice cream but it was worth the 7 minutes.

#ICE #LosAngeles #Trump #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #jeffBezos #AI

#Trump posted this 2 years ago on Labor Day. Good thing life is so much better now...

#Economy

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A screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald Trump, dated two years ago, that reads: Happy Labor Day to all our American Workers who represent the Shining Example of Hard Work and Ingenuity. Under Comrade Kamala Harris, all Americans are suffering during this Holiday weekend - High Gas Prices, Transportation costs are up and Grocery Prices are through the roof. We can't keep living under this weak and failed "Leadership."....

#RevueDePressive
#Trump #Fascisme
🤦‍♀️

> Donald Trump a dévoilé une tenue de la Space Force générée par IA, qu’il dit inspirée de Starship Troopers. Sauf que ce film est une satire du fascisme, et que le résultat évoque également l’Empire galactique de Star Wars, dont l’esthétique puise dans l’Allemagne nazie.
https://www.numerama.com/pop-culture/2326523-donald-trump-a-montre-une-tenue-space-force-qui-sinspire-de-starship-troopers-et-star-wars-et-la-reference-passe-mal.html

https://lesliensde.jeey.net/shaare/E8FfFQ

#RevueDePressive
#Autoritarisme #Trump #USA #CHATONS #Numérique
> L’action contre Autistici/Inventati fait quoi qu’il en soit peser un risque nouveau sur les hébergeurs alternatifs qui, même sans afficher de coloration politique particulière, prennent le précédent très au sérieux. « C’est peut-être le point positif de cette histoire. Elle nous oblige à nous poser des questions, à réévaluer notre modèle de menaces et à anti…
https://next.ink/255087/autistici-inventati-annonce-sa-dissolution-et-la-fermeture-prochaine-de-ses-services/

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

Humor can be many things

Humor can be crass and ugly and undermine your efforts

Humor can also be deployed in sly ways that let you say something that would be difficult or imprudent to say directly. It goes over the heads of idiots, it lands squarely in the minds of those who get it

Watch as #Zelensky welcomes #Kushner and #Witkoff to #Kyiv

🤭

#Ukraine #Russia #Trump #UkraineWar

Unlike so many others, the @financialtimes nails the "OMG, 1.5℃ is gone" message:

"Temperature overshoot requires urgent action"

Yep. And every 0.01℃ matters.

Reminds me of my NYT oped with Costa Samaras: "The widely recited '12-year deadline' is wrong — and right." https://gwagner.com/12years

#climate #us #trump #un

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UN report: temperature overshoot requires urgent action to keep warming in line with Paris accord

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With children, days might last forever, but years fly by. Something similar applies to climate policy. The current days of delay and debates can seem to drag on forever, but the next presidential election is right around the corner, and so is 2030. Concrete, realistic deadlines focus the mind and jump-start action. And jump-start we must.

#Trump #midterms

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Someone on a motorcycle is using his First Amendment rights to wear a T shirt that shows a jack o lantern with a frowning, screaming expression and an ugly blond wig like Trump's. Text reads "TRUMPKIN: ORANGE ON THE OUTSIDE, HOLLOW ON THE INSIDE. SHOULD BE THROWN OUT IN NOVEMBER"

“ The Fifth Circuit ruling comes as the #Trump admin moves to weaken clean-water-related protections.

Also on Friday, Trump’s #EPA released a supplemental rule to further dilute the Clean Water Act, quickly condemned by environmental watchdogs.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/drinking-water-mississippi-lawsuit/

For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules

The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Insane Mafioso #Trump threatens to prevent #US from trading with many countries unless the #FederalReserve lowers #InterestRates

“LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT, which the U.S. Supreme Court, in its ridiculous & very costly Tariff decision, strongly acknowledged ‘the President’ has an absolute right to do. IT’S BETTER THAN TARIFFS!”Trump posted on Truth Social.

#MafiaState #law #economy #trade #inflation #CostOfLiving
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/economy/trump-trade-fed

While the document enjoyed overwhelming #bipartisan support in the #Senate (passing 86-11), it is now facing serious opposition in the lower house, with Democrats unwilling to give President #Trump more power and authority over the #American #economy.

NEWSFLASH: #Democrats blocking #Russia #sanctions bill

Democrats in the House of Representatives are stalling Lindsey Graham's bill aimed at sanctioning Russia, unwilling to give #Trump more power over the #economy.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/newsflash-democrats-blocking-russia

This muther f⁕⚠︎er

#Trump is breaking ground on his 250-foot-tall “triumphal” #arch, before a review panel has approved the project.

#DougBurgum, the #interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.

#law #UrbanPlanning #DC #architecture #GreenSpace #PublicLands
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/politics/trump-triumphal-arch-plans-approval.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.wQzX.Zl0mdz45s3iR&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Pentagon abruptly pulls the rules for Pete Hegseth’s ‘High T’ testosterone-fueled military

https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pentagon-pulls-hegseth-testosterone-policy

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

"Paedophile Continues To Lose War With Iran"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/03/iran-targets-us-bases-as-israel-warns-sanctions-could-drive-tehran-to-desperate-steps

#Trump #IranWar #Israel #Iran #Geopolitics #USA

Listen, fuck the remnants of the British Empire including the Malvinas, but: look at what he’s saying.

Do you see how letting this shithead use UK bases, including a literal RAF base in fucking Gloucestershire, to bomb Iran counts for nothing, as far as he’s concerned? I’ve seen USAF bombers take off this morning.

There is no benefit in having them here. It just makes the UK complicit in their war crimes.

#USpol #Trump

Alt...

Donald Trump has suggested he would not back Britain if Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands as the row over its sovereignty deepens. Asked if he would come to the aid of the UK in the event of another invasion, Mr Trump appeared to hit out at the UK again for what he sees as a failure to help with his war in Iran. He told GB News: "Your country was not there to help me."

"In case it was not yet clear,🚨#Trump’s only goal for Iran is to bring about regime change in Iran in order to turn it into a vassal state for the #US & #Israel.

This is🚨exactly what we are seeing take place in Venezuela, & the exact plan the Trump Admin has for Cuba.

… and🚨you wonder why the Iranian people are not rising up…"
-B Erickson
#DelusionalDon #Imperialism #Pillaging #IranWar #Elections #USPol

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Trump's TS Post about having the SoH under US control, it can be called the "Trump Strait."

RE: https://mastodon.social/@paulmurphy_td/117206338979769041

Mark the date, folks.

#ireland #trump

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Paul Murphy TD » 🌐 2026-09-03
@paulmurphy_td@mastodon.social

It's now confirmed that Donald Trump will be in Dublin on Saturday 12 September.

He needs to be met with a massive show of opposition. He's not welcome.

The bootlicking of the Irish government doesn't represent the people.