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<p>&quot;A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. 🚨 </p><p>The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power — a requirement Musk has simply ignored&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/el</span><span class="invisible">ons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/</span></a></p><p>Here’s a thread with links to articles about the <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> takeover of the US <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a>. </p><p>Is it a <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a>? Will anyone stop it?</p><p><a href="/tags/oligarchy/" rel="tag">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a></p>

In the US even the bomb-sniffing dogs are suffering austerity.<br><br>TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/404mediaco/statuses/114166923291735865" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/users/404mediaco/statuses/114166923291735865"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/users/404media</span><span class="invisible">co/statuses/114166923291735865</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/austerityeconomics/" rel="tag">#AusterityEconomics</a> <a href="/tags/austerity/" rel="tag">#austerity</a> <a href="/tags/tsa/" rel="tag">#TSA</a> <a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#dogs</a><br>

<p>It hurts me to say this, as an <a href="/tags/american/" rel="tag">#American</a>, but people need to avoid the <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> for 2 years, at least, 2027, when the <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> can get a majority in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> and stonewall <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p><p>If that doesn&#x27;t happen (which would be a serious tragedy), then 4 years. And if we get a <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a>/ Trump president in 2029, write off this country for a generation at least</p><p>&quot;A <a href="/tags/german/" rel="tag">#German</a> Thru-Hiker Has Been Detained, Deported, and Banned From the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> Without a Hearing: Here’s What You Need To Know&quot; </p><p><a href="https://thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker</span><span class="invisible">-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</span></a></p>

<p>Here is the beginning of the 3rd <a href="/tags/thread/" rel="tag">#thread</a> on Elon Musk&#x27;s takeover of the US government:</p><p>Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/elon-m</span><span class="invisible">usk-doge-tracker/</span></a></p><p>&quot;Musk’s team, known as the Dept of Govt Efficiency, has already thrown entire swaths of the federal <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> &amp; its programs into disarray — programs that serve millions of <a href="/tags/americans/" rel="tag">#Americans</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> himself has made no secret of his intentions, saying that <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> is a “wood chipper for bureaucracy” and that he is “deleting” agencies.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#Coup</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-can-survive-without-almost" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-can-survive-without-almost"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-can-su</span><span class="invisible">rvive-without-almost</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#substack</a> <a href="/tags/cliffsedge/" rel="tag">#cliffsedge</a> <a href="/tags/blueamp/" rel="tag">#blueamp</a> <a href="/tags/cliffschecter/" rel="tag">#cliffschecter</a> <a href="/tags/davidhuster/" rel="tag">#davidhuster</a> <a href="/tags/briankarem/" rel="tag">#briankarem</a> <a href="/tags/cliffsnote/" rel="tag">#cliffsnote</a></p>

<p>The NRA Wanted Her Silenced. Instead, She Built a Grassroots Army <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wante</span><span class="invisible">d-her-silenced-instead</span></a> </p><p>&quot;[Shannon] Watts details threats—sexualized, targeted, relentless—as the right tried to make her a cautionary tale. Instead, she became a symbol of what happens when you refuse to shut up and sit down&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/cliffsedge/" rel="tag">#cliffsedge</a> <a href="/tags/cliffsnote/" rel="tag">#cliffsnote</a> <a href="/tags/shannonwatts/" rel="tag">#shannonwatts</a> <a href="/tags/blueamp/" rel="tag">#blueamp</a> <a href="/tags/cliffschecter/" rel="tag">#cliffschecter</a> <a href="/tags/davidshuster/" rel="tag">#davidshuster</a> <a href="/tags/interview/" rel="tag">#interview</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a> <a href="/tags/guncontrol/" rel="tag">#guncontrol</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/firedup/" rel="tag">#firedup</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#streaming</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a></p>

<p>&quot;3 mos ago 325,000 Serbians took Belgrade (some estimates had many more). That’s 5% of the pop taking on Serbian Pres Vučić&#x27;s autocracy</p><p>If we show up similarly to protest our rubber-chicken <a href="/tags/fascist/" rel="tag">#fascist</a>, that&#x27;s 17MM. How about 15MM of us do this? 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍&quot;</p><p>READ/TURN OUT! <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs-one-wannabe-king-america" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs-one-wannabe-king-america"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs</span><span class="invisible">-one-wannabe-king-america</span></a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a> <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#la</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#losangeles</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#california</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>NEW <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#SUBSTACK</a>: 11 MILLION Americans Stand Up! <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> &#x27;s Sad, Flaccid Parade Can&#x27;t Get It Up</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/11-million-americans-stand-up-trumps" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/11-million-americans-stand-up-trumps"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/11-million-am</span><span class="invisible">ericans-stand-up-trumps</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#la</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#losangeles</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#california</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#italy</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>

<p>Hello World!<br><br>I just spoke with a <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/senator/" rel="tag">#Senator</a> office about the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> . They&#x27;re asking for more information to help spread around <a href="/tags/capital/" rel="tag">#Capital</a> <a href="/tags/hill/" rel="tag">#Hill</a> in small bite sized easy to understand pieces. I&#x27;m obviously going to give them <span class="h-card"><a href="https://aseachange.com/@elena" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elena</span></a></span> beautiful <a href="/tags/movie/" rel="tag">#movie</a> on the <a href="/tags/fedi/" rel="tag">#fedi</a> (with some light editing which she&#x27;s agreed to).<br><br>I&#x27;ll of course show them <a href="https://fediverse.info/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fediverse.info/</a> and <a href="https://fedi.tips/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedi.tips/</a> which are great websites. I figured I&#x27;d give them examples of amazing <a href="/tags/ap/" rel="tag">#AP</a> projects such as <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> , <a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#pixelfed</a> , <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#peertube</a> , <a href="/tags/bandwagon/" rel="tag">#bandwagon</a> , and <a href="/tags/bonfire/" rel="tag">#bonfire</a> ; even things like <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedimeteo.com/fedi/admin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>admin</span></a></span> .<br><br>I&#x27;d love to know from folks any EASY to understand projects that best encompass the Fediverse and explanations of it.<br><br>What are some projects you&#x27;d hand to your friends and family that would explain and display to them what we are?<br><br>I&#x27;ll say this isn&#x27;t going to happen over night. There&#x27;s lot of questions around regulations, trust &amp; safety, etc. But I feel it&#x27;s pertinent to at least get the conversation going, especially considering the current state of disdain for big social media and the impending legislation around these things.<br><br>I&#x27;ll finally state if there&#x27;s anyone in this list that does NOT want to be involved with this, that&#x27;s totally fine and I understand and I can exclude you from the materials I give to them.<br><br><a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/boostplease/" rel="tag">#boostplease</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/laws/" rel="tag">#laws</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activityPub</a><br><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benpate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benpate</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@peertube" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peertube</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@bonfire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bonfire</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stefano</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span></p>

<p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a>’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps <a href="/tags/irgc/" rel="tag">#IRGC</a> threatened to retaliate in the wake of the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> attack on Iranian <a href="/tags/nuclear/" rel="tag">#nuclear</a> sites. In a statement carried by the Iranian state news agency IRNA, the military body said the vast number of US bases in the region were not a point of strength, but rather a vulnerability. The Guards Corps added that <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> retained the right to respond in self-defense &amp; said the US would “await regrettable consequences.”</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a></p>

<p>Something you won&#x27;t see discussed re: the <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> striking <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> : spillovers.</p><p>What might happen next:</p><p>- the USA strikes North <a href="/tags/korea/" rel="tag">#Korea</a><br>- <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> escalate the East China Sea &amp; South China Sea issues<br>- China attack <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> allies to protect its interests in Iran<br>- The <a href="/tags/axisofevil/" rel="tag">#AxisOfEvil</a> activates<br>- China can also choose to escalate the war between <a href="/tags/india/" rel="tag">#India</a> and <a href="/tags/pakistan/" rel="tag">#Pakistan</a><br>- there is still the war between <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> and <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a></p><p>You won&#x27;t see it discussed because <a href="/tags/pacificasia/" rel="tag">#PacificAsia</a> &amp; the larger <a href="/tags/asiapacific/" rel="tag">#AsiaPacific</a> don&#x27;t matter to most people saying their piece about the wars in the <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> .</p><p>Now that the USA joined the war against Iran, we are now dangerously close to <a href="/tags/worldwariii/" rel="tag">#WorldWarIII</a> <a href="/tags/worldwar3/" rel="tag">#WorldWar3</a> <a href="/tags/wwiii/" rel="tag">#WWIII</a> <a href="/tags/ww3/" rel="tag">#WW3</a> , it all comes down to the next action of the freaking colonial mentality USA and superstitious China (a.k.a. Dragon Emperor myth).</p>

<p>&quot;Fascism: Here To Stay? How Do We End It?&quot; </p><p>W/ <a href="/tags/davidshuster/" rel="tag">#DavidShuster</a>, an &quot;Amped Up!&quot; INTERVIEW w awesome historian/scholar on <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a>, Ruth Ben-Ghiat!</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-to-stay-how-do-we-end" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-to-stay-how-do-we-end"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-</span><span class="invisible">to-stay-how-do-we-end</span></a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/world/" rel="tag">#world</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>&quot;I promise you the myopic mook, <a href="/tags/bezos/" rel="tag">#Bezos</a>, doesn’t see the outrage of Venetians, Americans and the <a href="/tags/world/" rel="tag">#world</a> as regrettable. I’m sure it gives him the kinda dopamine high Elon needs to snort a Cybertruck to obtain. Jeff’s living his best <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> life&quot; </p><p>READ THE REST/SUBSCRIBE <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/billionaire-jeff-bezos-rented-venice" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/billionaire-jeff-bezos-rented-venice"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/billionaire-j</span><span class="invisible">eff-bezos-rented-venice</span></a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#italy</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a></p>

<p>&quot;Look, we’re not in a Woody Allen <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a>. Foreign policy by tweet isn’t just dumb-as-a-door-hinge—it’s dangerous. The world isn’t your therapy Don. Ya don’t get to bomb, lie about a ceasefire, go back to cheating at golf like nothing happened&quot;</p><p>THE REST-&gt; <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/trumps-toddler-twitter-diplomacy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/trumps-toddler-twitter-diplomacy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/trumps-toddle</span><span class="invisible">r-twitter-diplomacy</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a> <a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#twitter</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a></p>

<p>&quot;..Putin&#x27;s shopping for a new puppet. <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> had 1 job! <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a>. He failed. Now <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a>, <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> ally. Putin said publicly not to attack. Trump did. Since, Putin &amp; Medvedev have carefully used language to turn <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> further against Trump&quot;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yuXhXxY__U" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yuXhXxY__U"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yuXhX</span><span class="invisible">xY__U</span></a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politcs/" rel="tag">#politcs</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/world/" rel="tag">#world</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/youtube/" rel="tag">#youtube</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a></p>

<p>Damn! &quot;Elon <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> Faces INTENSE ATTACKS From <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> In Town Halls&quot; </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leORW1EX_Ho" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=leORW1EX_Ho"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=leORW1</span><span class="invisible">EX_Ho</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#putin</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a></p>

<p>𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 &amp; 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞: 𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 &quot;𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠&quot; 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫:</p><p>&quot;Robert Jackson, Harry Truman, held men in custody who exterminated over 12 million civilians in camps, tens of millions more in a war of aggression.</p><p>They wished for a better world, so they tried the monsters in a court of law. <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> saw smugglers (?) and couldn’t bother to capture or try them. Then when he had the success using bombs he’s had using <a href="/tags/signal/" rel="tag">#Signal</a>, he returned to ensure the slaughter.</p><p>“ <a href="/tags/nuremberg/" rel="tag">#Nuremberg</a>” isn&#x27;t a historical footnote with men in gray suits. It&#x27;s a film about the moment we decided: civilization doesn’t survive if we let murder become policy. And if we don’t enforce it, there will always be more Pete Hegseths.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/we-tried-nazis-hegseth-bombs-survivors" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/we-tried-nazis-hegseth-bombs-survivors"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/we-tried-nazi</span><span class="invisible">s-hegseth-bombs-survivors</span></a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/boatbombings/" rel="tag">#boatbombings</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#warcrimes</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/crimesagainsthumanity/" rel="tag">#crimesagainsthumanity</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a></p>

<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin is trying to deport *another* student, 21-yr-old <a href="/tags/yunseochung/" rel="tag">#YunseoChung</a>, a legal permanent resident, under the statute authorizing Secy of State <a href="/tags/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> to remove people deemed threat. She&#x27;s lived here since childhood.</p><p>Chung wasn’t a leader or heavily involved in the protest movement, she only attended a few.</p><p>The <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> is seeking to deport a person w/a <a href="/tags/greencard/" rel="tag">#GreenCard</a> since she was a child because she went to a <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a></p>

<p>This is beyond…</p><p><a href="/tags/lemonde/" rel="tag">#LeMonde</a> reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> after a <a href="/tags/search/" rel="tag">#search</a> of his <a href="/tags/phone/" rel="tag">#phone</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/computer/" rel="tag">#computer</a> revealed messages critical of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>&#x27;s <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> cuts, &quot;which [says <a href="/tags/cpb/" rel="tag">#CPB</a>] conveyed hatred of Trump &amp; could be qualified as terrorism&quot;. Computer confiscated.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/thoughtpolice/" rel="tag">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="/tags/nazis/" rel="tag">#Nazis</a> <a href="/tags/viewpointdiscrimination/" rel="tag">#ViewpointDiscrimination</a> <br><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lemonde.fr/international/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html</span></a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJhfxOZp-o" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJhfxOZp-o"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJhfx</span><span class="invisible">OZp-o</span></a></p><p>«<a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#Project2025</a> is a radical <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/conservative/" rel="tag">#conservative</a> <a href="/tags/agenda/" rel="tag">#agenda</a> — but what if its ideas are coming to <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a>? This video dives into “<a href="/tags/thegreatreset/" rel="tag">#TheGreatReset</a>,” a real <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a>-focused plan backed by <a href="/tags/orbán/" rel="tag">#Orbán</a> allies. It aims to weaken <a href="/tags/brussels/" rel="tag">#Brussels</a>, kill <a href="/tags/eucourts/" rel="tag">#EUcourts</a>, and put <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#power</a> back in <a href="/tags/national/" rel="tag">#national</a> hands. We explore the origins, the goals, and why it’s more than just a theory. Watch till the end — this isn’t just <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a>. It’s the future of <a href="/tags/europa/" rel="tag">#Europa</a>» <a href="/tags/eumadesimple/" rel="tag">#eumadesimple</a> <a href="/tags/eums/" rel="tag">#EUMS</a></p>

<p>Meanwhile, in Germany…</p><p>(It&#x27;s an InterCity Express train, a.k.a. ICE)</p><p><a href="/tags/train/" rel="tag">#train</a> <a href="/tags/trains/" rel="tag">#trains</a> <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#transit</a> <a href="/tags/deutschland/" rel="tag">#deutschland</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/president/" rel="tag">#president</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/graffiti/" rel="tag">#graffiti</a></p>

<p>Want To Fight Back? Declare Independence From Corporate <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a>? Start Here!</p><p>WATCH &amp; SUBSCRIBE! <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/want-to-fight-back-declare-independence?r=j0lyx&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/want-to-fight-back-declare-independence?r=j0lyx&amp;triedRedirect=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/want-to-fight</span><span class="invisible">-back-declare-independence?r=j0lyx&amp;triedRedirect=true</span></a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#substack</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/lisamurkowski/" rel="tag">#LisaMurkowski</a> will never be looked at as someone w decency again. She&#x27;s a ghoul. She is <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> </p><p>&quot;This Awful Mistake Will Haunt Her for The Rest of Her Life&quot; </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFmQ14XWFM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFmQ14XWFM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFmQ1</span><span class="invisible">4XWFM</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/bbb/" rel="tag">#bbb</a> <a href="/tags/bigbeautifulbill/" rel="tag">#bigbeautifulbill</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#alaska</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/budget/" rel="tag">#budget</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a></p>

<p>Lies, Information Spaces, and Changing Minds</p><p>The scary thing we are learning is, to our collective horror, we have built up very little institutional or cultural resilience to fascists, specifically their lies and manipulation. The good news is that we are getting a crash course in how to build that resilience, and it can be pretty straightforward.</p><p>I think the foundation of democratic resilience is ending bothsides-ism in <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a>. Once someone demostrates they are untrustworthy, their voice needs to be dismissed outright. As consumers, all of us have the agency to reject sources that rely on both-sidesism and clickbait catastrophizing. This will take time to learn good habits and it involves collective responsibility, but I believe we can do this.</p><p>These battles are won in information spaces, and while autocrats have the advantage of corporate mouthpiece control, they have the disadvantage of being grossly incompetent and stupidly cruel. Their &#x27;brand&#x27; is technocratic efficiency and objectivity. As crazy as it sounds, a lot of people dont know they are being lied to because of the information spaces they are trapped in and the blinders they have put up. Our pressure on autocrats, pointing out their incompetence, stupidity, and cruelty, needs to be relentless in order to destroy their brand and help people break free of these bubbles.</p><p>I know its distressing to see so many fall for outright lies, but people are very capable of changing their minds when they are presented with evidence that touches on their personal experiences. I point back to collective responsibility to win back minds and diligently fight against authoritarian propoganda, as all of us who have used <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> or ever believed in &#x27;meritocracy&#x27; have helped build this world.<br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#Uspol</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a></p>

<p>Greg Abbott&#x27;s SHOCKING Statement on <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> Flood Victims Sparks Outrage </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKYd3ivtXgs&amp;t=306s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKYd3ivtXgs&amp;t=306s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKYd3i</span><span class="invisible">vtXgs&amp;t=306s</span></a> <a href="/tags/texasfloods/" rel="tag">#texasfloods</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#fema</a> <a href="/tags/flashfloodwarning/" rel="tag">#flashfloodwarning</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/cruel/" rel="tag">#cruel</a> <a href="/tags/football/" rel="tag">#football</a> <a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a></p>