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I've shared this article yesterday, but I want to highlight this part:
'Meta has more than 3 billion users globally. In a wide-ranging statement, Zuckerberg said Meta would also “get rid of a bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of touch with mainstream discourse” and “work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American companies and pushing to censor more”.
He cited Europe as a place with “an ever increasing number of laws institutionalising censorship and making it difficult to build anything innovative”'
This is an explicit threat to the #EuropeanUnion . Zuckerberg has fallen in line behind #ElonMusk and the incoming #Trump administration in order to promote #fascism around the world to a degree we haven't seen before. If you think that the situation is already bad - and it is - then you will nevertheless see that it _will_ get much worse.
#X #Facebook #Meta
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/meta-facebook-instagram-threads-mark-zuckerberg-remove-fact-checkers-recommend-political-content
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
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Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and #government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.
#News #Trump #Musk #LasVegas #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #Regulation #Environment #Transit #Traffic
“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States
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As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington. The result is a patchwork approach that leaves many areas uncovered.
#News #Terrorism #WhiteHouse #Trump #Deportation #DOJ #Extremism #Violence
gotta reward the foreign oligarchs for stealing money from their people so #Trump, #Musk, #Russia, the #GCC, and the other funders can rob us.
@RichardNairn @GottaLaff https://mstdn.ca/@RichardNairn/114068491635772387
Time to start pondering what kind of lunacy that #BigHands will launch at his upcoming sparsely-attended (again) #inauguration...
What kind of major announcements (specific or vague) do you expect?
1. EU, China, Canada, Mexico tariff implementation timeline
2. Something about mass deportation and concentration camps
3. Several shots at Claudia Sheinbaum
4. Etc.
What else?
NEW: More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
#News #Trump #Tariffs #Stocks #Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-officials-stock-sales-trump-tariffs
I'm really disappointed that @protonprivacy CEO, Andy Yen, is a Trump supporter.
Proton has created some of my favorite privacy-protecting apps & services, and I regularly recommend their products to people, but I'm hesitant to send money in their direction now, as I'm not sure what it'll go to support.
Trump has made it clear that he gives zero fucks about the safety of BIPoC people, women, LGBTQIA rights, and trans folx in particular. And every dollar that gets contributed to that fascist dictator is a dollar that might be earmarked for my eradication.
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Taken together, the following sources convince me that I'm correct in believing Andy Yen is pro-Trump:
- https://proton.me/blog/trump-control-nsa-privacy
- https://x.com/andyyen/status/1864436449942110660
- https://x.com/andyyen/status/1812442643726537182
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That said, I don't think there's a reason to flee Proton just yet. Let's see if there's a response to this from @protonprivacy.
Also, as pointed out, Proton has built their products and policies to be resistant to shit like bad politicians or CEO that supports them. And while I don't think "neutrality" is a defensible stance when faced with a genocide-happy dictator, I think the risk to the Proton Foundation and Proton's products isn't critical at present.
«A grp of #French organisations are asking the public 2 leave #X on Jan 20, the day incoming US Prez #Trump will be inaugurated
The French #HumanRightsLeague (#LDH) & National Centre for Scientific Research (#CNRS) cofounded the collective “#HelloQuitteX,” supported by grp of 86 unions & orgs that pledge 2 no longer post any content on X because the algorithms “favour proliferation of hateful content and #ConspiracyTheories,” according to press release on their website»
The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.
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Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the development of life-saving treatments, experts warn.
#News #Trump #Government #USPolitics #Health #Research #Vaccine
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
#News #USAID #PublicHealth #Trump #DOGE #Aid #Disease #Health #USPolitics
Top Democrat on Oversight Committee Demands Trump Administration Account for Wildland Firefighter Vacancies
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In June, the Forest Service told the public that it reached 99% of its hiring goal for its wildland firefighting workforce. But as of July 17, around 27% of jobs were still vacant, according to data obtained by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-wildland-firefighters-staffing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Wildfire #Fire #Firefighters #Trump #Government #Data #Report
NEW SUBSTACK: "Creepy Karoline" And T.A.C.O. #Trump Get Blasted by David Shuster
https://www.blueamp.co/p/creepy-karoline-and-taco-trump-get #TACOTrump #news #politics #usa #us #stockmarket #economy #russia #eu #tv #ukraine #canada #europe #uk #france #germany #writing #video
NEW #SUBSTACK: Apparently #ElonMusk has a punchable face by @BrianKarem
https://www.blueamp.co/p/apparently-elon-has-a-punchable-face #TACOTrump #trump #news #politics #press #media #usa #us #eu #doge #unitedstates #tech #ai #tv #maga #stockmarket #donaldtrump #russia #ukraine #europe #france #germany #uk #writing
Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s political identity.
Yet he has helped President Donald Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-donald-trump-presidential-power-state-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #USPolitics #GregAbbott #Trump #NationalGuard #Election #Law
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
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Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and sexual and racial harassment on hold.
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Students #Discrimination #USPolitics
This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.
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Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base.
Trump Cancels Lifesaving USAID Programs, Despite Pledge of 90-Day Review
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The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
#News #Trump #USAID #Rubio #Aid #Gaza #Syria #Congo #HIV #Ebola #USPolitics
We spoke to the relatives of three immigrants transferred to Guantanamo, who said they’ve been left in the dark about their loved ones.
“To me it’s the desperation, the frustration that I know nothing of him. It’s a terrible anguish. I don’t sleep.”
And the #Witkoff plot thickens:
Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis
🚨 The #Russians have now confirmed that the tapes are real and not fake.
"Kremlin aide #YuriUshakov told Russian media that the conversation took place over WhatsApp.
“Yes, there are some conversations held over secure communications, which means there are virtually no leaks unless one party deliberately makes them. But there are also some WhatsApp conversations (owned by Meta, which is labeled extremist and banned in Russia) that, apparently, someone can somehow eavesdrop on,” Ushakov said.
Ushakov also didn’t deny that Witkoff may have said too much — and might face trouble back in Washington:
Journalist: “Mr. Witkoff, judging by the conversation, clearly wasn’t interested in anyone else hearing it — even more so than you. You didn’t say anything ‘too much.’ But he did.”
From this short interview, ... The whole thing reads more like an internal message aimed at self-protection and cleaning up his image."
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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📷 by Artist: #ThomasRegembal 🇨🇵 in Loc.: #Paris France 🇨🇵 2021- Title: "Who talked about trash?" - #Art #Streetart #Artist #Trump #Trash #America #Politics #Fotografie #Photography #ISeeFaces ➡️ #APhotoLove
