#Netanyahu says #Israel rejects a #Trump backed #Gaza peace plan & demanding the full disarmament of #Hamas before any Israeli forces withdraw.

The comments come more than a week after Trump announced a “breakthrough” in negotiations, with his [fake] Board of Peace issuing a new 15-point plan aimed at securing lasting peace in the territory.

#Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/09/middleeast/israel-gaza-trump-netanyahu-plan-intl

💔 “As long as I am Prime Minister, there will be no Palestinian state.”

Netanyahu’s reported rejection of the latest Cairo agreement is yet another painful blow to hopes for peace and a future where Palestinians can live with freedom and dignity.

For Palestinians, these are not merely political statements. They are about homes, families, children, and the right to live without fear.

How many more hopes must be broken before peace is finally given a chance? 🕊️💔

#Palestine #Gaza #FreePalestine #Peace #GazaCrisis #HumanRights #EndTheWar

#trump #hamas #netanyahu #iran #geopolitics

@Kletskous @apenkop @gvenema @maltita @aral @fabio @simon_brooke @tekul @velvetmolotov @chielk @kathimmel @mynameistillian @Shibanarchiste @franciswashere@arvr.social @zvinj @autocade @lashman@pixelfed.social @AnnaLion @franciswashere@mastodon.social @neutrinoceros @jackyan @lashman@mastodon.social @dblazie @davidculley @madgeface @tsbasatoru @palestine @nizarus @DrALJONES @hakonatunakann @RadicalGraffiti @RFancio @marion_v @eswag @Official_CS27 @mutualaid

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Netanyaho

Don’t say Antifa!

Wie Meta den Rechtsstaat und die europäische Medienregulierung herausfordert.

‚Meta hat angekündigt, „Antifa-Inhalte“ auf #Instagram und #Facebook künftig als Risikoinhalte einzustufen, die schneller Gefahr laufen, sanktioniert zu werden.

Damit reiht sich der Konzern in den Kampf der Trump-Regierung gegen „die“ Antifa ein und zeigt erneut, welche direkten Auswirkungen dieser Kampf auf #Deutschland und #Europa hat…..‘

https://verfassungsblog.de/antifa-meta-dsa/

#Antifa #Antifaschismus #Repression #USA #Meta #Trump #socialMedia #Antireport

Ripping up a dollar, setting it on fire and offering it to the gods in prayer for economic collapse was nice, empowering and cathartic. I don't worship #Money I serve Odin. Not the greenback. And while getting rid of #trump would be satisfying...every #witch is doing that. That is just not painful enough though. But.... It's not just him. He's just a side effect of the false god. Economic collapse? Now that will send a few more people out to look for food for the gulliotine! #pagan

PRESIDENT OBAMA ON IRAN:

" WE PULLED IT OFF WITHOUT FIRING A MISSILE. WE GOT 97% OF THEIR ENRICHED URANIUM OUT.

THERE'S NO DISPUTE THAT IT WORKED.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE OR SHUT DOWN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ."

#Iran #StraightsOfHormus #Trump #TrumpWar #PresidentObama

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A picture of President Obama

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#TheMosh
System Of A Down's John Dolmayan Says He No Longer Supports Trump

https://themosh.net/system-of-a-down-john-dolmayan-no-longer-supports-trump/

#SystemOfADown #JohnDolmayan #SerjTankian #Trump #Politics #alternativemetal #metal #music #TheMosh

The administration has removed 20 species from the protected list.

The only species that still remains protected is the rich pedophile.

#trump #epstein #EpsteinFiles #iran #republicans #MAGA #Israel #news

#ukraine now has a monthly #patriot interceptor deal with the #us but #zelenskyy noted that volumes are insufficient for air #defense needs.

This comes days after #trump backtracked on his promise to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles domestically.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/08/8047878/index.amp

Dictionnaire des noms de famille devenus des verbes :

- Se trumpiser : devenir un gros con obsédé par le fric et faire chier tout le monde.
- Se lepéniser : devenir un gros con obsédé par le fric et détourner de l'argent public.
- S'arnaultiser : devenir un gros con obsédé par le fric et obtenir des passe-droits.
- Se bardelliser : devenir un gros con obsédé par le fric et épouser une princesse.
- Se macroner : soutenir les riches et l'extrême droite (voir au dessus)

#trump #lepen #arnault #bardella

”Here’s what…keeps me up at night… It’s the message to every scientist, every doctor, every public health official in America: this is what you get. …if you ever have the nerve to tell a powerful man something he doesn’t want to hear, we will spend the rest of your life making you regret it. …That’s the real cost, and it’s one we’ll pay in the next pandemic, when the best people have all decided that public service isn’t worth the firing squad.”
—D. Blundell
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/what-trumps-revenge-tour-is-doing
#fauci #trump

US-Ölfirma will in #Grönland nach Öl bohren.
In geschütztem Gebiet.
Ohne Genehmigung.
Die bringen Ausrüstung an Land.
Haben nicht mal ne Einreisegenehmigung.
Nur die Drohung im Rücken, dass #Trump mit Gewalt einmarschieren kann.
Normal wäre: Fest- & Beschlagnahmen, Prozess, Knast.
Wo ist Europa?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hzygj4655fs7lr7nuuwydkas/post/3mskleezdsc2y

#Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as #Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

🖊 Tom Burgis

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/08/greenland-iwarning-trump-linked-oil-firm-prepares-drill

@noelreports

💔 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🕯️ 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 💔

#ukraine #europe #eu #canada #uk #france #turkey #poland #estonia #lithuania #trump #usa #latvia #politics #netherlands

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💔 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🕯️ 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 💔

A US oil company connected to Trump has landed drilling equipment in Greenland. They don't have permission to land the equipment, let alone to drill two test wells within a conservation area.

Climate-aware Greenland stopped issuing drilling licenses in 2021, but the USians intend to piggyback on an existing license. Emboldened by Trump's international aggression, their motto appears to be "Who's gonna stop us?"

This action will produce headaches that Nato members don't need right now.

The Americans really have become the world's most obnoxious arseholes, haven't they.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/08/greenland-iwarning-trump-linked-oil-firm-prepares-drill

#Trump #Greenland #Oil

Das kann doch nicht war sein.. #Trump würgt Windkraftprojekte ab, #RWE lässt sich das teuer bezahlen und buttert die Kohle in Gas-Projekte... sind die denn alle nur noch dumm??

Bin dafür, dass wir eine Wall of Shame in jeder Großstadt aufstellen, dort die Bilder aller maßgeblich verantwortlichen Politiker/innen und CEOs anbringen, mit all ihren Beiträgen zur #Klimakrise
Jede Schule bekommt als Pflichtprogramm diese Dinger einmal im Jahr zu besuchen!

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/rwe-investition-windpark-usa-zurueckgezogen-100.html

@benroyce People who don’t vote on “principle” fall into a few catigories. They want a Revolution, & theyre privlaged assholes who think they will be safe no matter what happens, future collaborators who only care for themselves and naive ones who have absolutely no idea how bad it can get. Some of them aren’t even bad people they’re just uninformed. #VOTE #USPol #tRump @UkeleleEric @hotelzululima @Ilka4You @Seb321 @majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com @Robotistry @Amoshias @aaron @ariaflame
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@majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com

“If you can’t win the argument, attack your opponent, twist what they said then fight the lie” is a very old tactic.

When it stops being a discussion and turns Into personal attack and twisting what Youve said, you tell them you see what they’re doing and then you block them and move on to someone who might actually
hear the truth. #VOTE #USPol #tRump

@benroyce @UkeleleEric @hotelzululima @Ilka4You @Seb321 @Robotistry @Amoshias @aaron @ariaflame

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/117055017693018000

“Nothing like this has ever happened to me,” Gannon said.

His fiancee is detained by ICE but this asshole STILL makes it all about his shitty egotistical white privilege.

These people are the scourge of our country.

#ice #trump #immigration #whiteprivilege

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👴🏻"But I'm rich and white! Nothing like this has ever happened to me before! I don't like how this feels! 🤡"

That face-eating leopard's tummy is about to burst!

He did this to his own wife.

Or more accurately, he did this to someone else's wife, and they did this to his wife.

Cruel. Careless.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-voter-fiancée-detained-ice_n_6a756236e4b0e33593d2ab99

RE: https://flipboard.com/@pbsnewshour/nation-c4vegjmfz/-/a-02qY4PQ9QPmoI8ptuEqZig%3Aa%3A2651838374-%2F0

So how is this different from an unaccountable paramilitary organization that only answers to the president and rounds up and detains (even kills) anyone the president doesn’t like or objects to?

We aren’t ‘slowly sliding into #fascism’ we’re already there.

No way #Trump gives up the White House voluntarily, even if he loses the election. (Even if there is one.)

Had Dr. Fauci been named in the Epstein files, Republicans would have made him a hero.

#fauci #trump #epstein #EpsteinFiles #iran #war #republicans #MAGA #news #Israel

Trump has nominated Dennis Kirk, a former White House official and one of the authors of Project 2025, to serve as the Interior Department’s inspector general, the independent watchdog responsible for investigating waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct.
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#AltNPS #Coup #Activism #NationalParkService #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump

Remember #doge ? What a mess. And vital agencies gutted.

#uspolitics #trump #musk #usaid

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/doges-inflated-wall-of-receipts-96-of-grant-savings-unverifiable-gao-says/

Archived lists!

#ICELeak

For people in the US where the site doesnt work anymore!

https://archive.ph/icelist.is

#US #USA #Trump #Europe #EU #Data #Hacking #ICE

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims

“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” the document reads.

#Meta considered adding facial recognition #technology to the first version of its Ray-Ban smart glasses back in 2021, but dropped the plans over technical challenges and ethical concerns. The NYT reports that the company has revived its plans as the #Trump administration has grown closer to Big Tech, and following the unexpected success of its smart glasses."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/meta-plans-to-add-facial-recognition-to-its-smart-glasses-report-claims/

#BigTech #SmartGlasses #Surveillance #FaceID

US appeals court blocks Donald Trump's $400m White House ballroom

https://news.sky.com/story/us-appeals-court-blocks-donald-trumps-400m-white-house-ballroom-13570075

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

One cannot help but wonder if Trump is about to fire another Bureau of Labor Statistics head for not making the numbers look like what he wants them to look like. 🤔
#politics #USPol #Trump

Trump administration officials suggested funding research on crime against Afrikaners in South Africa.

“It’s laughable to suggest that on the African continent, the prime issue of human rights concern is whites in South Africa,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-afrikaner-south-africa-money?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #SouthAfrica #HumanRights #Funding #Politics

@Chtixof @matclab

That sums him up

#musk #elonmusk #hitler #adolfhitler #nazi #nazis #doge #billionaire #billionaires #us #usa #x #tesla #paypal #fascist #fascists #fascism #art #streetart #maga #gop #uspol #uspolitics #trump #trumpswar #donaldtrump #spacex

TFG has a Chief of Staff named Susie Wiles and her son-in-law, Bret Worley, is the CEO of MC Nutraceuticals, a major manufacturer and distributor of hemp-derived products.

So the MAGA MURDER Regime is opposing any ban on intoxicating hemp products by limiting how much THC could go in them, and recriminalizing certain products, including delta-8 so that NEPO BABY can make money #corrupt #Corruption #maga #fraud #criminal #crime #news #uspol #uspolitics #trump #gop #republicans #republican

https://www.ms.now/news/white-house-hemp-reversal-susie-wiles

#USA #Trump #Iran

“More than 50 parents and spouses of active-duty service members have been detained since #Trump took office for a second term.

At least six have been deported and one self-deported, the AP found in the first accounting of such detentions, which the US government does not track.

At least eight immediate family members of U.S. service members remain in federal immigration custody.”

https://apnews.com/article/military-families-immigration-trump-detained-deported-3337173bff1f06153738c217da52e846

"La flambée coïncide avec la prise de fonction de Robert F. Kennedy Jr. au poste de secrétaire à la Santé, en février 2025. Les éléments nécessaires à ce retour de la maladie étaient déjà présents, documentés, et faisaient l’objet de nombreux appels à l’action. Ainsi de part son silence et son refus d’agir, son rôle, tout comme celui de l’administration Trump dans cette poursuite du retour de la maladie, ne fait aucun doute."

La rougeole explose aux États-Unis de #Trump
https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/08/06/la-rougeole-explose-aux-etats-unis-de-donald-trump/

Mainstream media isn’t talking about it, but bulldozers and construction crews have descended upon Texas’ Big Bend National Park as the Trump administration moves forward with its border barrier project. The project will permanently damage one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures.
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#AltNPS #Coup #Activism #NationalParkService #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump

I thought he was supposed to be a genius, but he doesn’t understand the word irony

#brexit #BrexitLies #politics #toryscum #tories #conservatives #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #labourparty #RejoinEU #TaxTheRich #ReformCorruption #ReformSleaze #wealthtax #uspol #uspolitics #usnews #trump #MAGA #DonaldTrump #Musk #elonmusk

@Robotistry @ariaflame @majorlinux @aaron

you're trying to play shell games to hide the obvious lesson:

nonvoters and MAGA gave us #trump

just admit it

we can't work on MAGA, they are bigoted pieces of shit, mind controlled zombies, toxic waste to ignore

what we do is we work over the nonvoters

attack their loser psychological failures (we don't coddle them, this is codependent enabling)

we increase the #vote, and we win and defeat #MAGA

#ElSayed is a powerful marker on this journey

AP Exclusive: #Trump #immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 #military spouses & parents

Trump’s admin has detained dozens of parents & spouses of active-duty #US troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass #deportation agenda, an AP investigation found.

#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #SuckersAndLosers
https://apnews.com/article/military-families-immigration-trump-detained-deported-3337173bff1f06153738c217da52e846

Wow. Apparently #Trump started a #war to give #Iran more power. Pretty sure that’s called losing.

Proposed #StraitOfHormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-iran-having-very-good-discussions-trump-says-2026-08-05/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Update. What the #Trump administration might mean for the #RightToRepair movement.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-right-to-repair-movement-under-trump/

"Citizens of every political affiliation want to be able to change the battery in their phone. Farmers in both red and blue states want to be able to tinker with their John Deere tractors without getting locked out of the software."
#USPolitics

Update. One of the final acts of the #Biden admin #FTC is to sue John Deere for restricting the #RightToRepair.
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/deere-lina-khan-statement-final.pdf

PS: Watching what happens to this lawsuit under #Trump.

#ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s #DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second #Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an #FBI criminal database forever.
#privacy #security #genetics

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-dna-collection-fbi-codis/

⚽ Infantino is begging Trump to help him to keep his job, by threatening the opposing countries with US sanctions.

Gianni needs to disappear from existence.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/gianni-infantino-trump-fifa-presidency-world-cup/bltd64074b3a4724cad?x=link

#fifa #corruption #trump #uspol

“Province, feds fund $5M program to connect #Ontario businesses to European markets amid Aug 19th tariff threats from #Trump admin.”

Up to 70 companies facing tariff-related challenges will receive support to expand market reach to #EU
Anyone out there want some hockey sticks and half a continent worth of minerals and wood?!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/go-eu-program-ontario-canada-announcement-9.7290789

Trump: "Is today a 'destroy Iran' day, or a 'pause for negotiations' day?"

Aide: "Let me check with your stock broker."

(Sorry, I don't know who to credit for the cartoon.)

Edited to add: It's apparently an AI remake of a Foxtrot (cartoonist Bill Amend) original work. (See post below.)

#Cartoon #PoliticalCartoon #Politics #DonaldTrump #Trump #Iran #War #Corruption #US #USA #UnitedStates #World

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Political cartoon. Trump sits behind the desk in the oval office. He asks, "Is today a 'destroy Iran' day, or a 'pause for negotiations' day?" A short-haired woman in a suit standing next to the desk, looks at a screen which shows "Military Contractors" up +3.42%, "Oil & Defense stocks" up +2.11%, and "Diplomacy, Inc" down -1.23%. She replies, "Let me check with your stock broker." Credit: unknown (If you know the artist, please let me know.)

The BBC's defence of the case against it brought by the Tangerine Tyrant is a great example of how a bully's bluster and hyperbolic threats can unwind rather seriously once exposed to the legal process... in this case the BBC's discovery process for defending their claim has backed Trump & his lawyers into a corner.

Here's @davidallengreen clearly setting out the details. It's giving to make you smile....

#Trump #RuleOfLaw #politics

https://theemptycity.com/blog/2026/08/why-trumps-lawsuit-against-the-bbc-is-not-going-well-for-him/

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while...

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/a34xp

#regulation #trump-administration
https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts-brendan-carr-ethics-complaint-warner-bros-merger

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A man in a suit and glasses is in focus in the background. In the foreground are two women out of focus.

Chaque jour qui passe est une attaque de plus contre l'ordre international par #trump

https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2026/08/03/des-etats-africains-sommes-par-washington-de-quitter-la-cour-penale-internationale_6737339_3212.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=android&lmd_source=default

#Trump designated #ANTIFA a domestic terrorist organization. The invention has proved more useful than a real organization, because a group without a membership list is one whose members the government simply gets to make up.

The state no longer proves what you believe by what you did; it proves what you did by what you believe.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-nspm-7-repression/

This should be boosted 1M times 🤬

#Trump’s #Homeless Confinement Strategy Takes Shape in #Utah

Refusal to Enter Could Mean Arrest or Court-Ordered Confinement
https://wendy664.substack.com/p/trumps-homeless-confinement-strategy
Aug 1,2026

#TidySearch Bot3 (3118) For more visit http://search.mpaq.org #Homeless #Poverty

(And so the concentration camps starts with homeless people as #TheSilenceContinues)

RE: https://mamot.fr/@benzogaga33/117038127721198396

Pour ceux qui pensent que l' #ExtremeDroite, on n'a pas encore essayé, voilà encore un bel exemple de ce à quoi ça pourrait ressembler...

#Trump #DéniEnvironnemental #DéniDémocratique

benzogaga33 » 🌐 2026-08-04
@benzogaga33@mamot.fr

L’administration Trump veut priver les citoyens d’un puissant levier pour protéger l’environnement https://theconversation.com/ladministration-trump-veut-priver-les-citoyens-dun-puissant-levier-pour-proteger-lenvironnement-289055

Bank accounts held by #Trump were closed by #CapitalOne in 2021 after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of #MoneyLaundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.

The filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against CapitalOne by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a 2nd time. Trump alleges CapitalOne closed his accounts for political reasons, following the #Jan6 insurrection.

#criminal #law
https://apnews.com/article/trump-capital-one-debanking-money-laundering-5f5cc717e1e011e6195bd765c8f90bad

Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/black-voters-south-republican-maps #Trump #Fascism #BlackLivesMatter

#TRUMP TO GIVE TAIWAN $14 BILLION ARMS PACKAGE: Republican lawmaker Michael #McCaul announced that the U.S. President Donald Trump will soon present the next arms package, worth around $14 billion, for #Taiwan to the #Congress.

https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202608040017

Meet the women who saved the country's climate data after the #Trump administration took it offline https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/the-women-who-wouldnt-let-climate-data-disappear #ClimateChange

Why is Trump Media selling early access to Trump's social posts? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c74g0q8eey9o

Avec #Trump, la #corruption devient industrielle.

Pour 100,000 $ par mois vous pouvez lire les messages des abonnés les plus suivis quelques millisecondes avant tout le monde.

Parfait pour les délits d'initiés.

La corruption et le #fascisme ont toujours fait bon ménage

Et pendant ce temps on vous fait croire que si vous crevez la dalle, c'est à cause des immigrants et des réfugiés

#FckTrump #antifascisme

A cancer diagnosis used to be enough. Now a state official reading a form decides whether you're sick enough to skip work. Twenty-five states are suing

You have cancer. You are in chemotherapy. Under a rule the Trump administration is now defending in federal court, that is not enough to keep your health insurance.

From January 1, 2027, low-income Americans on Medicaid must work 80 hours a month or lose their coverage. A cancer diagnosis will not exempt you. Neither will HIV.… #cancer #Trump

"Judge Jeanine" left the White House with a suitcase and a white box. Maybe she is self deporting back to Fox News.

https://xcancel.com/KitMaherCNN/status/2084406471664492858#m

#FoxNews #JeaninePirro #Trump

#Trump murders again

#Immigrant Held at #Delaney Detention Center [ #ConcentrationCamp ] Has Died, Officials Say

The mayor of #Newark, #NewJersey identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The NJ center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its #inhumane treatment of detainees.

#law #immigration #DueProcess #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #UseOfForce #CivilRights #HumanRights #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #Sturmabteilung
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/nyregion/ice-detention-center-death-delaney-hall-nj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.W_xj.iS3G4L4Id25S&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#epstein #EpsteinFiles #epsteinclass #jeffreyepstein #trump #donaldtrump #maga #republicans #gop #PedoPOTUS #pedo #PedoProtector #pedophiles

President's bank accounts closed for money laundering: 300+
Chris' bank accounts closed for money laundering: 0
#trump

And then...

Trump says US backed Japanese yen in rare currency intervention

President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States had intervened to support the Japanese yen, describing the move as a "signal of friendship" that would benefit both the US and global economy. The Financial Times reported Washington and Tokyo had jointly backed the yen for the first time in nearly three decades.

https://www.france24.com/en/economy/20260802-trump-us-backed-japanese-yen-currency-intervention

#trump #usa #japan #yen #currency #economy

An initiative in #Washington would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo physical examination before they can play sports. Reminds me of #Trump walking into the locker rooms of beauty pageant contestants. His fingerprints are all over this one. #LGBTQIA

Both #Meloni and #Trump have elections upcoming.

But why are other #EU leaders joining their fact-free demagoguery?

They won't beat the far-right on #migration:

You cannot out-stink a skunk 🦨

@anneapplebaum on when we saw #Ceuta-like distortion before:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/ceuta-spain-far-right/688154/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3wipE_bl_f9oPIM6O7b0BPo

"Lula's main election rival is Flavio Bolsonaro, eldest son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro.

The 45-year-old senator stepped into the role after his father was convicted of plotting a coup to prevent Lula from taking power in 2023.

The Bolsonaro family is allied with Trump, who has backed several victorious right-wing candidates in Latin America."

#Brazil #elections #politics #Lula #FlavioBolsonao #Trump #FuckTheFarRight
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/02/brazil-s-lula-launches-fourth-term-bid-as-trump-looms-over-campaign_6756088_4.html?srsltid=AfmBOoovBPZYN5cuBraOKZHK3nYvtzZ1TNDlG5wB5FkvByDG2OQ8muBN

UPDATES: US War on #Iran, Day 158 --- #Trump "TACOs" and Bails Out on Wider US Strikes

#IranWar #SaudiArabia #TrumpAlwaysChickensOut

https://eaworldview.com/2026/08/us-war-on-iran-trump-tacos-bails-out/

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Donald Trump, May 2025

RE: https://journa.host/@ScottLucas/117030006402869308

Global price of Brent crude oil falls by almost 5.5% after #Trump says Administration is resuming talks with #Iran

Brent stands at $83.16 per barrel this morning

#IranWar

Trump admin may impose a $100K fee on OPT (the pathway foreign grads use to work in the US after graduating). What has been the importance of OPT for foreign students in the US? How will this impact Indian students in the US? Today's HT Number Theory explores in detail.

Read on HT app: https://www.hindustantimes.com/editors-pick/terms-of-trade-students-got-rid-of-pradhan-now-what-101785418781437.html

#Trump #OPT #Migration #MastIndia #India #DataViz

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$100,000 OPT fee plan is bad news for Indian students and the US By Sreedev Krishnakumar The Donald Trump administration in the US is considering a $100,000 fee tied to Optional Practical Training (OPT), which allows foreign graduates to work temporarily in the US after completing their degrees. The proposal follows an appeals court setback to a similar H-1B levy. Unlike direct overseas H-1B recruitment, OPT is the route many large US employers use to hire foreign graduates from American universities before later sponsoring them for work visas. What has been the importance of OPT for foreign students in the US? What is the potential impact of the proposal on Indian students? How will this impact Indian students in the US? (The full text is too long to be copied and pasted here. Please click on the link in the post read it on the free HT news app)

💀Spannender ARD-Podcast über Palantir💀

Wer sich etwas Zeit nehmen und in die Geschichte von Palantir und dessen CEO Alex Karp eintauchen möchte, wird in einem aktuellen Podcast 📻 fündig.

Wie Karp sich von einem eher 'links-progressiven' Charakter zu einem rechts-totalitären Denker entwickelt, wie Tech-Totalitaristen sich weltweit Einfluss und Kontrolle sichern.

In fünf Folgen wir Geschichte und Entwicklung des Unternehmens und deren ideologische Ausrichtung dargestellt, auch mit vielen Bezügen zu Deutschland (Schwerpunkt in Folge 4, der Einsatz von Palantir in Deutschland).

https://www.ardsounds.de/sendung/wild-wild-web-geschichten-aus-dem-internet/urn:ard:show:58fb576ce81ae653/

#palantir #alexkarp #palantirtechnologies #hessen #deutschland #dopfner #MathiasDöpfner #ard #ardpodcast #uberwachung #kontrolle #macht #spitzel #trump #bigtech #bigtechbandidos #bigtechmussweg #cablesofresistance #berlin #bayern #polizei #politik #innenpolitik #GFF

Brewery that promised free beer when Trump dies loses alcohol permit

A brewery whose owner once offered free beer when President Trump dies is set to lose its alcohol permit but vows to fight the decision.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/29/brewery-free-beer-trump-dies-loses-permit/91099766007/

#TopNews #News #Bangstad #Trump #Wisconsin

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Brewery that promised free beer when Trump dies loses alcohol permit

RE: https://masto.nyc/@rejinl/117026794913427870

Spain is in Ceuta because it was part of Al-Andalus. after 1492 it became NOT a migration point but an EXPULSION point.

#Morocco has been complicit with #Spain since the days of the Hapsburgs. they helped La Corona in #deportations of spanish moros, sefaradís and even iberian ethnic groups like basque, gallegos, catalanes.

#Marruecos is to #España what El Salvador is today to #Trump and #MAGA #Project2025.

Spain’s first sugar plantations were worked by moro & sefaradí slaves in Morocco.

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Rejin » 🌐 2026-08-02
@rejinl@masto.nyc

@blogdiva I'm learning that Spain has a colony in North Africa, and wondering why the mid 20th century decolonial struggles missed that one.

The Four Hundred and their Spanish Empire fetish were real
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Hundred_(Gilded_Age)

#MAGA especially #Trump, are the wannabes who were never accepted into the ranks of #nyc oligarchic society and so are out to destroy it whilst building their new #GuildedAge

so, if there is ONE thing y’all need to understand ―ESPECIALLY MY #EU EUROPEAN READERS― is that your so-called nazis aren't natively homegrown. they have always been pollinated by the gringolarchy. Hitler and Mussolini admitted as much🧵…

RE: https://masto.nyc/@rejinl/117026794913427870

Spain is in Ceuta because it was part of Al-Andalus. after 1492 it became NOT a migration point but an EXPULSION point.

#Morocco has been complicit with #Spain since the days of the Hapsburgs. they helped La Corona in #deportations of spanish moros, sefaradís and even iberian ethnic groups like basque, gallegos, catalanes.

#Marruecos is to #España what El Salvador is today to #Trump and #MAGA #Project2025.

Spain’s first sugar plantations were worked by moro & sefaradí slaves in Morocco.

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Rejin » 🌐 2026-08-02
@rejinl@masto.nyc

@blogdiva I'm learning that Spain has a colony in North Africa, and wondering why the mid 20th century decolonial struggles missed that one.

THE LATEST #NEWS AT THIS HOUR:

THE #US CALLED OFF NEW #STRIKES AGAINST #IRAN: On #August 2, #Trump called off the announced strikes. These strikes were responding to #Tehran’s continued #attacks on commercial #vessels in the #StraitOfHormuz and the #targets allegedly include #energy #infrastructure.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/world/live-news/iran-war-trump?post-id=cmsb7r54n002b3b6r39omr3js

@mcspocky This asshole voted to confirm RFKjr, so I don’t trust any appearance of cognitive or moral rehabilitation. He chose his own interests over children getting measles and Covid.

#trump #uspol #politics

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pitched President Donald Trump and other American officials on helping Ukraine win permission from tech titan Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-starlink-musk-778ba3f2917298cd3b1af169d1427efc

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #Musk #Starlink

RE: https://journa.host/@NatalieDavis/117021835012496515

NPR joining the #MAGA #Trump #gringolarchy #psyops against Sánchez

Cette vague de racisme imbécile de la part de #trump et de la droite réactionnaire européenne ne surprend pas Elle est contraire à tous les idéaux humanitaires et à la nécessité pour les pays de l'UE de compenser la baisse de la natalité.
L'obsession d'une Europe pure, irréalisable, contrevient a la réalité économique qui ne peut se passer de l'immigration.
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/08/01/afflux-de-migrants-a-ceuta-l-espagne-sous-le-feu-de-la-droite-reactionnaire-mondiale_6737180_3210.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=android&lmd_source=default

#TRUMP DENIES PROMISE TO #GRANT #UKRAINE A #PATRIOT #LICENSE: On July 31, during a #Cabinet meeting at Camp David, Trump stated that the #US “has not agreed” to grant Ukraine a license to #manufacture Patriot #MISSILES

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/31/trump-ukraine-patriot-missile-license-russia.html

"He's not trying to defend me. He is trying to defend Bibi and various other people."

#Trump interrupts #Rubio as he brags about his campaign against the International Criminal Court, and says what it's really about: protecting #Netanyahu from the ICC arrest warrant.

It is about ensuring impunity for an ally for international crimes. It was never about US sovereignty.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@dailyhive/vancouver-sports-n4l9bvhmz/-/a-CJjc1Oa3RIy38ZGipE_kEw%3Aa%3A3765800918-%2F0

Infantino shat on his #FIFA plate after his #Trump instigated attempts at privatizing the non-governmental sports organization (aka NGO) via an IPO of the "United Nations" of #soccer #football #futbol.

as it stands now, thanks to #UEFA #CONCACAF #AFC there is no #FIFA2027 for the women’s #WorldCup, so there’s no #FIFA.

the attempts to #maplewash Infantino’s #corruption with a dude from Vancouver ain't gonna divert attention from a global #sports crisis

Having said that, the flip side is that if #ToddBlanche _is_ forced out, then I think that will be a pretty solid sign that #Trump has lost his firm grip on the GOP. That, for me, will be the first concrete sign of "the beginning of the end" for him.
I'm not optimistic, not yet, but I admit the chance is there.
#politics #USPol

#FIFA #WorldCup #UEFA #Football #America #UnitedStates #News #BBC #WorldCup #GianniInfantino #Sport #Protest #Investors #Trump #DonaldTrump Strange isn’t it? Trump was recently involved and now there’s a controversy. It makes you wonder where the idea to sell stakes to private investors came from…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5y67zrrdddo

"FIFA is seeking to raise up to $8.2 billion in capital & has approached Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital as one of its prospective cornerstone investors..."

Josh #Kushner is a brother of #Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
~~

Also– powerful #UEFA statement 👀

~"We unanimously & unequivocally reject FIFA's proposal to transfer ownership interests in the World Cup & other #FIFA competitions to private investors. The World Cup cannot be treated as an investment product..."

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/uefa-boycott-fifa-competitions-world-cup-gianni-infantino-2026/

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UEFA to boycott FIFA competitions, including World Cup, after rejecting Gianni Infantino's investment plan By Francesco Porzio 1 hr ago • 4 min read

@GossiTheDog

#Musk’s #DOGE cuts to foreign aid programmes in Africa were mindless nihilism implemented by young men with zero understanding of what they were unleashing.

https://healthpolicy-watch.news/the-human-cost-one-year-after-the-us-took-a-chainsaw-to-global-health/

Musk has gone, but the rank incompetence and lack of even very basic regional knowledge on Africa remains in #Trump’s state department.

What’s going to be the next catastrophe that AI is blamed for?

#Trump just banned your roomba

https://www.theverge.com/policy/972312/us-robot-ban-sweep-up-chinese-vacuums

🚨 🚨 🚨

❝ #UEFA and its 55 member associations stand as one. We unanimously and unequivocally reject FIFA’s proposal to transfer ownership interests in the #WorldCup and other FIFA competitions to private investors.❞

#FIFA are an NGO; the UN of #soccer.

been sounding the alarm +10 years about James Comey’s #FBI case against FIFA #CONCACAF and the rise of #MAGA #Trump corruptocracy.

why did Comey nor the FBI prosecute Trump and Infantino with or without Chuck Blazer?

https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/02a7-213a92896eb0-54dfbf454e3b-1000--statement-on-behalf-of-uefa-and-its-55-national-associations/

#USA gov't map of #Africa mislabels every country at global conference ‼️

The map contained an #AI watermark imdicating it was made w/ OpenAI tools. 👀

It had:
• Nigeria (where #US currently has several hundred troops deployed) as landlocked in the Sahara Desert
• Mozambique, which is in southeastern Africa, relocated to the Horn of Africa
• Ivory ​Coast in West Africa was placed on the other side of the continent

The State Dept blamed a staffer.

#trump #TrumpAdmin
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https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-government-map-africa-mislabels-every-country-global-conference-2026-07-30/

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July 30, 2026 12:28 PM UTC US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference By Jessica Donati Current APS Funding Opportunities $80м Up to DATA, SURVEYS & SURVEILLANCE awards • NIGERIA Up to $200M Up to 20 awards • MOZAMBIQUE Up to $180M Up to 15 awards • UGANDA Up to $60м Up to 15 awards CÔTE D'IVOIRE Up to $50м Up to 3 awards | MALAWI Up to $35M annually Up to 4 awards • CAMEROON Up to $5.4м Up to 3 awards Note: This is the second round of awards A screen shows a U.S. government map of Africa with mislabeled countries during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 26, 2026, in this picture obtained by REUTERS

The #US #economy slowed in the second quarter of the year, expanding at an annual rate of 1.5% as #Trump’s #war in #Iran upended #prices, #SupplyChains & #energy markets.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/business/economy/us-economy-gdp-growth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.BOgu.hXySAZovz5tO&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Stephen Colbert wins an anti-censorship award after CBS ends 'The Late Show'

https://apnews.com/article/stephen-colbert-anticensorship-award-late-show-fd919fac19606eabf5d47dd5c207cd0a

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #corruption #maga #censorship #colbert #thelateshow

Apart from that, the United States, whose military power and presence have guaranteed Japan’s security since WWII, is proving to be an unreliable ally under Donald #Trump.

If anthropomorphic robots are going to threaten the lives and privacy of American citizens, those robots must be made and operated by Americans. We are the only ones allowed to shamelessly exploit our citizens. We’re not letting some forn country to muscle in on our dystopia.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9e2ex3ekyo
#trump #tarriffs #uspol

I don't much care about humanoid robots or robot dogs, but we can't possibly keep growing #solar at the pace we have been in the U.S. if inverters can't be imported from #China.
Most of the inverters installed to date have been manufactured from China. China dominates that market.
The #Trump administration is literally trying to destroy the world so oil companies can keep increasing their profits.
#politics #USPol
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/us-government-bans-new-foreign-made-humanoids-robot-dogs-and-solar-inverters-citing-risks-to-national-security/
Adwall free link: https://archive.ph/Y1wKd

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who spent nearly four decades as the government’s top #InfectiousDisease expert, refused on Wednesday to answer any questions from a #Senate committee investigating the origins of #Covid19. Dr. #Fauci accused the committee’s #Republican chairman, #RandPaul, of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” before repeatedly invoking his #FifthAmendment right not to incriminate himself.

#Trump #MafiaState #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

Can you blame him? The man did his job. He did it well under terrible circumstances. Now they’re trying to blame him for crazy shit.

#Fauci Repeatedly Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions at Volatile #Senate Hearing

#GiftArticle
#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/29/us/trump-news-fauci-hearing?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.1LrC.gmre7FPUzryd&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who spent nearly four decades as the government’s top #InfectiousDisease expert, refused on Wednesday to answer any questions from a #Senate committee investigating the origins of #Covid19. Dr. #Fauci accused the committee’s #Republican chairman, #RandPaul, of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” before repeatedly invoking his #FifthAmendment right not to incriminate himself.

#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

Early in the hearing, #RandPaul warned that there would be “repercussions” for Dr. Fauci’s refusal to testify, & then ordered the removal of his lawyer‼️, David Schertler, when he tried to speak up on his client’s behalf. The hearing, unusual even by the #Senate’s recent hyperpartisan standards, also featured #ConspiracyTheories & personal attacks, with Republicans taunting Dr. #Fauci as a megalomaniac & a liar.

#Trump #COVID #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law

Epstein, 46 others linked to decades of sex assaults at Interlochen, over 70 victims

https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/07/epstein-46-others-linked-to-decades-of-sex-assaults-at-interlochen-over-70-victims.html

#news #politics #epstein #epsteinfiles #pedophile #trump #abuse #GhislaineMaxwell #grooming #interlochen #michigan

Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:

With 86 votes, the U.S. Senate advances the bill to sanction Russia and Iran to the next step in Congress.

The legislation allows President #Trump to impose additional restrictions for buyers of #Russian and Iranian energy.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-28/us-senators-announce-deal-on-new-russia-iran-sanctions-bill

@speedoo63 @FranceskAlbs

Et c'est au moment où la #CPI est attaquée de toutes parts, (à commencer par les fascistes #Trump et #Netanyahou) et que son procureur est révoqué, que #Macron lui tire dans le dos.

https://www.liberation.fr/international/offensive-americaine-contre-la-justice-internationale-la-cour-penale-internationale-traverse-un-climat-de-tempete-20260729_7HIG3P6MRZB6BILCE5AR4YBKTQ/

Quel salopard !

NEW: ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of Justice Department lawyers.

We found judges nominated by both parties who are frustrated that they can no longer take the government at its word.
https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DOJ #Law #Legal #Courts #Trump #Justice #Ethics #USPolitics

U.S. TO SPREAD OUT $400 MLN IN UKRAINE AID UNTIL 2029: The U.S. Department of #Defense has developed a plan under which $400 million in #Ukraine aid will be spread out to last until the end of #Trump’s term in office, with the final deliveries to be completed only in 2029.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/pentagon-says-it-will-not-finish-spending-ukraine-funds-until-year-trump-leaves-2026-07-27/

@molly0xfff

Molly White, who writes the knowledgeable Citation Needed blog, made an interactive map of the Trump family’s crypto venture.

It has become an incredible map of linked businesses that spreads worldwide, and all of them funnel money into him and his family.

Click on the link to see the enormous effort she has put into this.

And this is just his crypto business.
USA's presidency: no better place for a #conman.

https://map.citationneeded.news
#MollyWhite #CitationNeeded #Trump #Corrupt

Something for @blogdiva

(Harking on our past topic of "people in #entertainment who are surprisingly righteous")

#AlanRitchson

star of #boomer favorite #television show " #JackReacher"

Here he rants about #Trump and the #EpsteinFiles and people power (forcing Trump's team to respond, because he's popular in the #MAGA demographic: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/ )

#Celebrities: silence is complicity. Learn from Alan Ritchson. Speak out!

Check out his wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ritchson#Religious_and_political_views

#us . PAUSES #attacks FOR THIRD NIGHT IN A ROW: After 13 days in a row of #bombardment the U.S. has once again paused #bombing for the third night in a row. #axios has reported that this decision was supported by advice from #Trump ‘s top #military #advisers .

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/26/hormuz-bombing-pause-trump-iran

The #Pentagon now reports over 600 #casualties in Trump’s #IranWar. Officials quietly added over 140 wounded & restored 4 killed to database.

#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/politics/iran-war-casualties?cid=ios_app

The whole world knows that, starting in 2023, we began aggressively combating #environmental #crimes & drastically reducing #deforestation across all Brazilian biomes.

We respect the #sovereignty of other states & negotiate with all those who know how to respect ours. Reciprocity is the foundation of every relationship between nations, & we have the appropriate mechanisms to ensure it.

#US #Brazil #geopolitics #Lula #law #InternationalLaw #trade #economy #Trump #tariffs #ElectionInterference

#Trump’s claims against #Brazil, attempting to justify #tariffs, are unfounded. #FreedomOfExpression is not a free pass for #criminal activity on #socialmedia platforms—we will not give up on protecting our families & children from the greed of a handful of #tech #oligarchs. Our payment system, PIX, does not discriminate against #US companies & is an international benchmark for digital public infrastructure.

#geopolitics #Lula #law #sovereignty #trade #economy #tariffs #ElectionInterference

President Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented the Good Neighbor Policy, which sought to replace the use of force with diplomacy in #US #ForeignPolicy toward the region. That approach made a decisive contribution to the early stages of #Brazil’s industrialization. When confronting the 2008 financial crisis, President George W. Bush included 3 Latin American countries in the inaugural Group of 20 leaders’ summit.

#geopolitics #law #sovereignty #trade #economy #Trump #tariffs #ElectionInterference

For #Brazil, the only #war we need to wage in this part of the world is the war against #hunger, #poverty & #inequality. And the only weapons we should deploy are #investment, #technology transfer, & fair & balanced #trade.

Attempts to impose ideological constraints on the bilateral partnership, or to instrumentalize it for electoral purposes, will not stand. Never before has a #US secretary of #state declared that Brazil is not a friend of the US. No one will defeat us through #lies.

#Trump

…Dividing the world into #SpheresOfInfluence & pursuing #neocolonial ventures for strategic resources are anachronistic gestures & steps backward.

Despite the #US’ long history of political & military interventions in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean, there have been moments when Washington proved capable of being a partner worthy of our development interests.

#Brazil #geopolitics #Lula #law #sovereignty #trade #economy #Trump #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro

Brazilian exports to the #US have fallen to their lowest level since 1997. Comparing the first 6 months of 2025 & 2026, bilateral #trade with the US declined by 12.8%, while #Brazil’s trade with the #EU grew by 6.1% & its trade with #China increased by 15.9%.

In the medium term, these #tariffs will disrupt #SupplyChains that are currently deeply integrated, & Brazilian companies will replace their US suppliers with partners elsewhere.

#geopolitics #Lula #law #sovereignty #economy #Trump

Besides being unfair, the new #tariffs are a strategic mistake: They will harm the #US #economy & the US partnership with #Brazil. Several US industrial sectors depend on Brazilian inputs. Food, footwear, textiles, furniture, auto parts & many other products will become more expensive for US #consumers.

#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #Trump #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro

In my conversations with President #Trump since then, I have stressed that we do not need to share the same worldview to pursue a mutually beneficial relationship between our countries. After all, we lead the two largest #democracies & economies in the #Americas.

#Lula #Brazil #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro

Negotiations between us, together with rulings by the #US #SupremeCourt, dismantled the initial version of the sweeping #tariff measures. Yet this month, disregarding dozens of meetings between our teams, solid technical arguments & documents I personally handed to #Trump, the US government imposed new #tariffs on #Brazil ranging from 12.5% to 37.5%.

#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro

As a result, Global Trade Alert, an independent organization based in Switzerland, estimates that #Brazil & #Turkey are now the second most heavily tariffed countries by the #UnitedStates, behind only #China. This is despite the #US surplus with Brazil in bilateral trade in goods & services, which has totaled $428 billion over 15 consecutive years.

#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #Trump #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro

A year ago, I was taken aback by the publication, on a digital platform, of a letter from President Donald #Trump imposing a 50% #tariff on Brazilian goods. Its very first paragraph referred to former president #JairBolsonaro — who was #convicted last year for attempting a #coup d’état in #Brazil & is now under house arrest — making the political motivation behind the measure explicit.


#Lula #Brazil #law #InternationalLaw #trade #economy #sovereignty #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie

#GiftArticle

#Lula to #Trump∶ ‘No one will defeat us through #lies’

Opinion by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of #Brazil.

#US #geopolitics #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
https://wapo.st/3Tl6JZQ

THE #latestnews AT THIS HOUR:

#trump HALTS #strikes ON #Iran : On July 25, for the first time in almost two weeks, the #US did not strike Iran. According to #axios after thirteen consecutive days of approving strikes on Iran, Trump rejected plans to #Attack the country.

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/25/trump-iran-war-military-directive-strikes

I'm not using OnlyFans but this is tempting!😆

"The RMBL Marmot Project announced that "the state of funding is so bad we are turning to OnlyFans, or as we like to call it 'OnlyMarms'."

"[It's] almost all G-rated content of marmots playing, being cute, digging, bringing plants to their burrows…normal routine stuff for marmots."
"The occasional scuffle makes it PG rated."

https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/were-trying-this-out-of-frustration-marmots-star-in-onlyfans-account-as-researchers-desperately-look-for-ways-to-raise-funds-amid-us-budget-cuts

#onlyfans #wildlife #research #science #nature #trump #animals

Predictably those 'safety fears' are over threats from far right and gender critical activists.

#Journalism #FarRight #Trans #Media #UKPolitics #Trump

UK journalists are self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’ | Journalist safety | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/26/uk-journalists-changed-how-what-report-fears-safety

“Why didn’t you stand up, one by one, and walk out during Trump’s obscene tsunami of lies that he called a speech? … What’s it going to take for you to grow a spine? … One of you, just one, should stand up in the White House press room the next time Trump shows his pancake-plastered face down there and ask…: what the fuck is wrong with you? “
—Lucian K. Truscott IV
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/bended-knees-on-the-potomac-white
#trump #usa #media

Good on #Brazil. Give #Trump admin a taste of their own medicine.

Brazil denies #visas to #US delegation aiming to impugn #election system.

The US delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital & cast doubt on the integrity of the #voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.

#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #BigLie
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/24/us-sending-envoys-question-brazilian-electoral-system-officials-say/

@noelreports

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#ukraine #europe #eu #canada #uk #france #turkey #poland #estonia #lithuania #trump #usa #latvia #politics #netherlands

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#Trump

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Older lady in the subway wearing a shirt saying F*K Trump

Goddamn this muther f⁕⚠︎er 🤬🤬🤬

#Trump ordered new signs outside a #Smithsonian #museum that warn its depiction of #UShistory is "inaccurate."

Trump claimed the signage at the National Museum of #AmericanHistory would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”

NO! Your initially #insane brain that has clearly succumbed to #dementia is HELLA wrong you #billionaire #racist #misogynist!

F⁕⚠︎ you!

#law #museums #UShistory
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/arts/design/smithsonian-signs-trump-executive-order.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

I mean…

#Trump Admin Admits Canceling Grants to #States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in #court documents that they halted billions of dollars in #funding for #energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Trump in the 2024 election.

#law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics

#GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.mOeN.GJmOAVRjp_oO&smid=nytcore-ios-share

When the #Trump admin canceled >$7.5B in #Biden-era federal #grants for #CleanEnergy projects in October, it framed the move as an urgent corrective to protect taxpayer funds from waste.

But it wasn’t true.

In little-noticed #court documents [linked], federal officials acknowledged this month that they had terminated the #funding “based solely” on political criteria, targeting projects in #states that were represented by #Democrats & had voted for #KamalaHarris in 2024

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450653/gov.uscourts.cand.450653.211.6.pdf

#Measles Cases Hit New Record in #US, as #Vaccination Rates Wane

The #Trump admin under #RFKJr’s #HHS has sent “mixed messages” on vaccinations against measles as cases have continued to climb. [RFKJr says don’t vax, while actual scientists & doctors attempt to counter his crazy]

#PublicHealth #Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy #USpol #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #plutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/well/measles-record-united-states-numbers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The #US has now recorded more cases of #measles in 2026 than in any other year since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000, a grim sign that the country may be headed toward a new era in which the #disease regularly [unnecessarily] sickens thousands every year.

On Friday, the #CDC announced that there have been 2,318 confirmed cases of measles so far this year. The case count toppled the record set last year, when measles infected >2,200 Americans & killed 2 unvaccinated #children.

#Trump

More #measles cases have been reported in the #US in the last 2 years than in all the years from 2000–2024 combined.

Reversing course on measles would require a nationwide push to improve #vaccination rates, a prospect that experts said seemed unlikely under the leadership of “Health” Secy #RFKJr. He has halted #funding for #vaccine hesitancy research, downplayed the risks of measles & spearheaded a hunt for evidence that #vaccines are unsafe.

#idiocracy #Trump #PublicHealth #science #medicine

In Nov, a panel of international experts will meet to determine whether the #US has lost its elimination status, which has long been viewed as one of the country’s crowning #PublicHealth achievements.

…The string of outbreaks is no surprise to experts, who have watched #vaccination rates tick down in recent years. Nationally, the #measles vaccination rate fell during the #Covid-19 #pandemic & has not rebounded to the 95% required to stem the spread of the measles virus in a community.

#Trump

While the latest national data shows that about 93% of kindergartners have received the #MMR shot, that protection is uneven∶ Some communities have #vaccination rates approaching 100%, while others have rates below 80%.

#Measles, one of the most #contagious #diseases, is exceptionally good at exploiting those pockets with weak immunity.

#idiocracy #Trump #RFKJr #Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy #USpol #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation #HealthyIfYoureWealthy

#Children have borne the brunt of the #infections, making up >70% of confirmed cases. >80 children & adolescents have been hospitalized this year for complications like #pneumonia, which leaves patients gasping for air, & #brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including #blindness, #deafness & intellectual #disabilities. (There are NO treatments for #measles, though researchers are trying to develop them.)

#idiocracy #Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #eugenics

While many of the #children who became ill were vulnerable to the #virus because their parents opted them out of the #measles #vaccine, local health departments have also reported several cases in babies too young for the shot & people with #health conditions that make them ineligible for the vaccine [they contract the #disease by being exposed to the dummies refusing #vaccination].

#idiocracy #Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #science #medicine #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation

The outbreaks have taken a steep #economic toll, as #state & #local #PublicHealth departments strained to track down everyone exposed to the #virus, start #vaccination campaigns & analyze tests. Researchers have estimated that in 2025, each #measles case cost the #US more than $100,000, when factoring in #HealthCare spending & the days of missed work for sick people or caretakers.

#idiocracy #Trump #RFKJr #science #medicine #policy #USpol #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation

…Experts said the #Trump admin’s response [to the #measles outbreaks] — which has NOT included ANY national push to increase #vaccination rates — has done the #US no favors.

…Dr. Jonathan Temte, a former chair of the #CDC’s #vaccine advisory committee, said∶ “We have seen virtually no national messaging. We’ve seen no ad campaigns.” He added, “I think that really tells us something about their priorities.”

#idiocracy #RFKJr #PublicHealth #Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy #AntiVax

RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@bbcnewsfeed/116972008669901342

Siding with the mad king Trump against Iran isn't making us safer, is it? 😡
Continuity Starmer strikes again!
#UKPol #UKPolitics #IranWar #Trump #AndyBurnham

“Republicans are full of shit.”

“This will help fix that.”
#trump #politics #uspol

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/21/health/cyclospora-cases-count

Sen. Adam #Schiff (D, CA) said that #trump lowered threatened #tariffs on #Vietnam "but not until after the Trump Organization broke ground on a $1.5 billion Trump golf course complex outside of Hanoi — a golf complex that Vietnamese officials fast-tracked by ignoring their own rules 👀

"This kind of overt pay-to-play is playing out in country after country after country.

"What is the cost of this #corruption? ...our national security suffers..."

1🧵
#USA #USpol #AdamSchiff
#NationalSecurity

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US Senator Adam Schiff speaking on the US Senate floor on 23 July 2026 near a display of a mock check being paid out to "Donald Trump" for "Twenty Three million" dollars CORRUPTION & FOREIGN INFLUENCE SEN. ADAM SCHIFF LIVE • 1L:59 C-SPAN2 U.S. SENATE D-California

All I can say is, what the heck is wrong with India??

#trump #theAmericanFascist #poll

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HOW GLOBAL OPINION OF AMERICA CHANGED Countries with more favorable vs more unfavorable views of the U.S. BEFORE TRUMP RUSSIA CANADA UNITED STATES JAPAN CHICA SOUTH KOREA @geballday AUSTRALIA @gicaldky AFTER TRUMP CANADA UNITED STATES JAPAN CHINA SOUTH KOREA mgeoallday AUSTRALIA MOSTLY FAVORABLE MOSTLY UNFAVORABLE Source: Pew Research Center (illustrative map based on surveyed public opinion) NOT SURVEYED / UNCLEAR

These idiots haven’t even granted #Trump #WarPowers! But sure, give him 95 BILLION DOLLARS to keep waging an #illegal #war 🤦🏼‍♀️

#House #Republicans adopt $95 billion package for the #IranWar & Trump's “priorities”

#law #idiocracy #Iran #TaxpayersMoney #USpol #PublicDisservice
https://apnews.com/article/gop-95-billion-iran-war-trump-johnson-f9dea5ef800bfeb0e343256e841af38f

“The #Trump admin has raked in about $13 billion after taking over #Venezuela’s oil exports in the wake of its kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, according to a Financial Times analysis.

But six months later, and one month after two devastating earthquakes, that money is nowhere to be found.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/213359/trump-billions-venezuelan-oil-revenue-missing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

Update. Here's a #DOGE bro testifying in the lawsuit about terminating #DEI-related #NEH grants. He's being asked: What is DEI? If that's too complicated, what is your understanding of DEI?
https://bsky.app/profile/404media.co/post/3mgpkttntsk2t

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

@servelan I'm pretty sure it was Obama's fault, wasn't it? Surely everything is Obama's fault.

#uspol #trump #politics

Where is the $13bn collected by the USA from sales of Venezuelan oil?

One thing we can be sure of, its not all (or even that much) found its way back to Venezuela after the US 'custodial' role in handling the income from oil exports.

If you think the US may be earning interest on that money, you might be right (not least as the Tangerine Tyrant has alluded to such income); if you think this sounds like theft, many might agree: the US is involved in organised crime!

#Venezuela #Trump
h/t FT

"How #DOGE Gutted the #NEH in 22 Days."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2026/03/11/how-doge-gutted-neh-22-days

"[A newly released] trove of documents—including depositions with top NEH administrators and DOGE staff, as well as emails, spreadsheets and text messages—suggest rushed, chaotic funding termination decisions and reveal the extent of DOGE’s influence in terminating 97 percent of the agency’s grants."

Example: DOGE terminated an NEH grant to replace the HVAC system at a museum, acting on this #ChatGPT rationale: "Improving HVAC systems enhances preservation conditions for collections, aligning with the goal of providing greater access to diverse audiences."

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

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

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

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

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

#warmonger #imperialism #sovereignty

WTF?

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

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

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

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

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

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

FF @cyrielle_chatelain

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

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

#Trump #BBC #Lawsuit #TACO #USA

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

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

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

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

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

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #China

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

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

#Trump #BBC #USLaw

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

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

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

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

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

Canadians are tired of it.

#canada #cdnpoli #trump #wildfires

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#military #service

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

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

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

#TrumpsWar #IranWar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #military #service

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#military