The old “this is why I need a ballroom” fake assassination attempt ploy.
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Hitler’s Terrible #Tariffs
#Hitler used tariffs seeking to “liberate” Germans from a *globalized* world order, the #Nazi government sent the national #economy careening backwards.
#Trump #TrumpTariffs
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/
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https://nebula.tv/videos/legaleagle-circuit-judges-are-fed-up-with-scotus
AF. Welkom in #Trump se #pisangrepubliek
NL. Welkom in Trumps #bananenrepubliek
EN. Welcome in Trump's #bananarepublic
#US #VS #USA #Amerika #America
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Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases
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A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” cases to proceed. Thousands of outstanding complaints will continue to sit idle.
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Disability #Race #Gender #Discrimination
Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-erased-prosecutions-second-term?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Not one thing has changed.
#Trump is still an autocratic sadistic, narcissistic piece of shit Putin puppet selling the U.S. for parts to die rich.
Environmental scientists said a new EPA directive could lead to weakened chemical protections, such as revised limits on how much arsenic is allowed in drinking water or the amount of lead considered acceptable in paint or soil.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-directive-chemical-assessments?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Environment #Government #Trump #EPA #Chemicals #Regulation
If you'll pardon my brevity: 🖕🏼
Via Rupar:
#Trump: "We've been discussing with #Ukraine land, and pieces of land that would be kept and lost and all of the other elements of a final agreement. There's a power plant involved ... they discussed NATO and being in NATO and everybody knows what the answer to that is."
#Trump flew out of Turkey on Wednesday night on the old #AirForceOne instead of his new #Qatar - donated Boeing 747-8 as a security precaution related to the resumption of hostilities with #Iran, according to people briefed on the plans, who said the change came at the urging of the #SecretService. The swap deepens questions about Trump’s rushed retrofitting of the new plane.
Warum sieht eigentlich niemand, dass das Framing einer "linksradikalen Bedrohung" genau das Spin Doctoring ist, was Trump und die USA seit Jahren vorantreiben: Die Spaltung der EU, die Abschaffung der EU, und zwar mit klaren und kommunizierten Zielen, teils bis 2029.
#antifa #links #terrorismus #trump #spin
#USA #EU #FakeNews Danke, @katapultmagazin
https://www.katapult-magazin.de/de/artikel/gegenueberstellung-politisch-motivierter-gewalt
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Looks like a timely read:
Predatory Data
There's a nearly straight line from 20th century eugenics to 21st century big data and data science. Google, the bastion of big data, was founded by two Stanford graduate students; Stanford was founded by a eugenicist and instituted eugenics principles. Francis Galton--inventor of the regression analysis that forms the backbone of data science--was "hot or notting" London with a counter hidden in his pocket long before Harvard-age Zuckerberg recuperated the same with the favorite quantification technology of our day, computers.
"The measured life" is a eugenics concept. All these doohickeys that collect data with the promise of making your body a bit more "fit"? Eugenicist in origin. Eugenics is about "optimizing" the physical "fitness" of people. Apps that help you learn, make you more mentally "fit"? Also have origins in eugenics. Eugenics is also about "optimizing" the mental "fitness" of people. Hence the obsession with IQ.
This isn't to say you shouldn't take care of your body and mind in whichever ways you want. I do think it's important, though, to periodically reflect on, and ask yourself hard questions about, what's driving those efforts and what the goals really are. Part of understanding why eugenics thinking is resurging so hard and fast in the US is understanding its roots, where that type of thinking comes from. It's also important to reflect on where the apps and devices you use to achieve these goals come from. How many come directly or indirectly from Stanford, which was built by eugenicists to achieve eugenic goals, and its offshoots?
Trump and Musk are literally repeating themes from Francis Galton's eugenics out in the open now. They're confident they can get away with it without pushback because the ground was laid long ago. But eugenics didn't suddenly become bad again because coarse people started saying the quiet part out loud. It's always been bad thinking, bad science, and bad morality.
#DataScience #eugenics #BigData #fitness #US #IQ #Trump #Musk
Predatory Data
Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future
There's a nearly straight line from 20th century eugenics to 21st century big data and data science. Google, the bastion of big data, was founded by two Stanford graduate students; Stanford was founded by a eugenicist and instituted eugenics principles. Francis Galton--inventor of the regression analysis that forms the backbone of data science--was "hot or notting" London with a counter hidden in his pocket long before Harvard-age Zuckerberg recuperated the same with the favorite quantification technology of our day, computers.
"The measured life" is a eugenics concept. All these doohickeys that collect data with the promise of making your body a bit more "fit"? Eugenicist in origin. Eugenics is about "optimizing" the physical "fitness" of people. Apps that help you learn, make you more mentally "fit"? Also have origins in eugenics. Eugenics is also about "optimizing" the mental "fitness" of people. Hence the obsession with IQ.
This isn't to say you shouldn't take care of your body and mind in whichever ways you want. I do think it's important, though, to periodically reflect on, and ask yourself hard questions about, what's driving those efforts and what the goals really are. Part of understanding why eugenics thinking is resurging so hard and fast in the US is understanding its roots, where that type of thinking comes from. It's also important to reflect on where the apps and devices you use to achieve these goals come from. How many come directly or indirectly from Stanford, which was built by eugenicists to achieve eugenic goals, and its offshoots?
Trump and Musk are literally repeating themes from Francis Galton's eugenics out in the open now. They're confident they can get away with it without pushback because the ground was laid long ago. But eugenics didn't suddenly become bad again because coarse people started saying the quiet part out loud. It's always been bad thinking, bad science, and bad morality.
#DataScience #eugenics #BigData #fitness #US #IQ #Trump #Musk
i posted a very long 🧵 on the birdbrain site about how #Chainalysis basically exists to provide "analysis" to the FBI/CIA/etc. that "proves" that there's actually not that much crime in crypto.
As someone with a long background in data work at a high level i usually just call this kind of thing #scamalytics but while everything about this this report is top grade scamalytics I also came up with a new name:
"Minimize and Legitimize"
Unlike most of the scamalytics companies¹ Chainalysis obviously does employ some real data scientists doing the right thing who repeatedly get overruled by the PR team & C-suite.
Anyways their new report on the state of #crypto crime in 2024 takes minimize & legitimize to brave new heights. Posting 4 screenshots here but sadly you'll have to go there to read bc it's long. Sorry.
https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1829330368727744537
ps Chainalysis is yet another co. in the #a16z / #Trump portfolio.
¹ I've seen these companies up close. The level of incompetence is breathtaking.
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ICE has canceled a $3.8 billion contract to build an immigrant detention camp in Fort Bliss, Texas, just days after issuing it. But sources say the Trump administration still intends to move ahead with its plan to build the tent camp.
#News #ICE #Immigration #Texas #Trump #Immigrants #USPolitics
Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?
US-Verteidigungsminister Pete #Hegseth steht im Verdacht, #Jemen - Militärpläne in einem weiteren Chat geteilt zu haben. #Trump hält dennoch weiter an ihm fest.
Wer erinnert sich noch an die brutale & frauenfeindliche Kampagne wegen einiger Emails vom privaten Server gegen die Demokratin Hillary #Clinton? #USA 🇺🇸 #Sexismus #Thymokratie https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-04/usa-praesident-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-verteidgungsminister-chats-militaerplaene
Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
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Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-immigration-detained-americans-congress-questions-unanswered?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Congress #Trump #ICE #Immigration #Immigrants #Deportation
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #SocialSecurity #Disability #Family
Promo'd my Substack yesterday w #YouTube link. Oops. Now Real One
#DonaldTrump wants a military parade to feel adequate. Sorry, Don, no d*k measuring in democracy. David Shuster's fab video on Trumper Denialism. NYT Pitchbot on Maureen Dowd & Signalgate 2. READ (SUB!) to our NEW Blue Amp Substack!
https://substack.com/home/post/p-161966209 #writing #news #poliltics #us #usa #unitedstates #america #press #ai #trump #musk #tariffs #tech #nato #tv #canada #europe #russia #ukraine #eu #stockmarket #video #media
8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
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From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Elections #ElectionIntegrity #Midterms
The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
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The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.
#News #Education #Trump #Trans #TransRights #Transgender #Students #Government
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
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The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Children #Education #Parents #Government #Abuse
Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
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In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Pollution #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump #AirQuality
Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-marc-andreessen-silicon-valley?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Technology #Finance #Business #Trump #SiliconValley #USPolitics #Tech
Court records show that interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin violated a judge’s order, ghostwrote online attacks on a judge and engaged in what experts called professional misconduct.
Such a track record might have derailed another lawyer’s career. Not so for this Trump prosecutor.