"The #monopoly #media morons for whom he’s entertained tens of millions of ad-viewing viewers deemed it so, and I’m sure it has nothing to do w Stephen #Colbert using his brilliant timing and razor-sharp wit to disembowel Don-Don on the regular"
CONT-> https://www.blueamp.co/publish/post/168652683 #writing #humor #funny #tv #ai #usa #america #unitedstates #fascism #us #russia #democracy #tech #news #politics #press #entertainment
A new campaign has begun: Let Cuba Play.
[Updated with new info]
The #Trump administration in the #USA has refused to grant visas to Cuban athletes who need to compete in various events in the upcoming months in order to qualify for the 2028 #OlympicGames in #LosAngeles.
#Cuba #sports #news #politics #Olympics #USpol #HumanRights
@HarriettMB
This is Chasiv Yar. A town in Ukraine’s #Donetsk region, turned into ruin by Russia. Streets erased by shelling. Apartment blocks ripped open. Schools, kindergartens, shops, cafés – all reduced to nothing.
Ukrainian defenders are holding the line here. A few civilians remain. The danger is constant. The sound of drones overhead is never far.
Support for Ukraine isn’t charity. It’s how we prevent this horror from spreading. Russia won’t stop on its own. But united, we can put an end to this war.
#Ukraine #europe #Uk #eu #nato #usa
#Tariffs, Twaddle, and #Trump: A Deal Fit for a Dolt
https://www.blueamp.co/p/tariffs-twaddle-and-trump-a-deal #news #press #japan #eu #us #usa #ai #unitedstates #russia #writing
US Economy Flashing Warning Signs—
with the services sector showing signs of stagnation~
Services make up ~”more than 2/3 of overall US economic activity,” yet seem to get little attention from the Trump Admin, which is highly focused on the production of goods.
The data from The Institute for Supply Management coincides with the BLS’s revised jobs report (which #trump fired the BLS commissioner over).
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#USA #USeconomy #economics
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* https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2024/07/the-rise-of-services-in-the-us-economy/
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/us-service-activity-nearly-stagnates-as-employment-contracts
The US is ranked #6 in the world for extreme income inequality. That's right. You can literally count on one hand the countries that do it worse than us.
You want to know why one of the wealthiest countries in the world (when looked at in aggregate) is disintegrating before our very eyes? That's the reason.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/10/where-in-the-world-are-wealth-and-income-most-unequal
#WorldInequalityReport
#IncomeInequality
#WealthInequality
#Inequality
#GINI
#USA
#Populism
#Oligarchy
#Plutocracy
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
This week we discuss the latest twists in the saga of Jared Kushner’s highly controversial holiday resort in Albania, as well as promising signs that Hungary is building a post-Orbán media system that genuinely protects press freedom.
Also: did you know that humans pretty much everywhere tend to move left while walking? We ring up the European researchers looking at this intriguing phenomenon.
https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/did-jared-kushner-get-scammed-albanian-resort
It's more disturbing than we can ever imagine 🤬 Over 1,000 little girls were raped by Epstein, Maxwell and wealthy men. Who are the pedophiles?
TONIGHT REVEAL: EPSTEIN HAND-DELIVERS VICTIMS LIKE PIZZAS
Nancy Grace speaks with Barry Levine, veteran investigative reporter and the author of "The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell."
The Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
That’s 4,725 lines of investigation right there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INOd5HoHkCo
#epstein #EpsteinFiles #usa #europe #europeanunion #Deutschland #France #Uk #Britain #Italy #Spain #press #media
Newest #Substack: READ THE REST & DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! https://blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-search-for-identity-psst-sherrod - "As #Democrats search for identity, #culture & policies to reinforce the values the first 2 communicate to voters, they must lean into the roadmap Sherrod provided for yrs to win handily in OH.
Even ignoring the dingos of the rw echoes-phere & corporate #media click bait ladies of the night, doesn't mean there’s not a problem. B/c there is, it’s a major & it’s one some of us have been screaming about for yrs"
#news #politics #trump #russia #usa #ukraine #us #unitedstates #eu #ai #writing #tech #senate #tariffs #ICE #economy #nato #donaldtrump
"Trump & Thune About to Rip Away #Health Care & Whig-ify the #GOP Jan 1 - https://www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-about-to-rip-away
"There are certainly no lack of examples of their glib dishonesty and putrid amorality. But one that perfectly sums up the Jonestown GOP Caucus is their nonchalance at allowing enhanced Obamacare subsidies, the only way millions of Americans can afford healthcare, to just disappear. Like Mike Johnson’s testicles when #Trump enters the room"
#news #politics #donaldtrump #maga #ai #elonmusk #usa #ukraine #unitedstates #tech #eu #us #russia #america #media #press #congress #culture #economy
“DOGE's actions were taken ‘under the authority of SSA Chief Information Officer (CIO) Aram Moghaddassi’ who said, ‘I have determined the business need is higher than the security risk associated with this implementation and I accept all risks associated with this implementation and operation.’”
( …*business* need?!?)
~ #DOGE accused of copying entire Social Security database to insecure cloud system~
" #Epstein ’s Network Exposed: The Billionaires, the Bank, the #MAGA Presidential Candidate No One Talks About"
We Expose, You Decide! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeUTXRkysQ #trump #epsteinfiles #donaldtrump #news #politics #media #press #culture #russia #unitedstates #us #usa #america #eu #ai #tv #ice #dhs #minneapolis #minnesota #uk #socialmedia #elonmusk #france #ukraine
How Dems Come Back: Be Real; FIGHT #Trump & His #MAGA Mobsters - I debated Jonathan Larsen on #Substack!
Check it out!! Then Subscribe!!
https://www.blueamp.co/p/cliff-v-jonathan-fight-ordebate-about #news #politics #donaldtrump #russia #usa #us #america #unitedstates #ukraine #fascism #democracy #sherrodbrown #workers #workingclass #economy
The vaccine laws of many states are tied to ACIP’s recommendations…incl. for school entry, guidelines for health care workers, whether pharmacists can provide #COVID vaccinations…
Without those recommendations, states are creating their own rules, seeking information elsewhere & banding together to ensure coverage for their citizens (excluding Florida, which has gone in the opposite direction & seeks to end all vaccine mandates).
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#USA #healthcare #health #vaccines
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https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/06/nx-s1-5532121/states-vaccine-guidance-washington-oregon-new-mexico
"#Switzerland-based International Association of Conference #Interpreters (AIIC) issued a statement saying, 'For decades, #MIIS was the quintessential #ConferenceInterpreting training in the United States, and in recent years, it had also become the last comprehensive #conference program. This is part of a larger program affecting conference interpreting #globally, but with its own national undertones.
“'With this decision, there will be no conference #interpreter training in the entire U.S.… given the gravity of the situation, we urge the MIIS president and board of trustees to reassess.’”—from a report by Sara Rubin in #MontereyCountyNow
We'd miss MIIS! Favorite bike advocacy memories include welcoming MIIS students to #Monterey County, at MIIS Information Fairs and in the wider community. https://bikemonterey.org/82313-welcome-to-monterey-institute-of-international-studies-and-bike-friendly-monterey-county.html https://bikemonterey.org/international-national-state-and-regional-collaborations-bicycling-monterey-teams-up-with-others-on-bike-advocacy-efforts.html
#MontereyInstituteOfInternationalStudies #MiddleburyInstituteOfInternationalStudies #USA #GlobalImpact #MontereyCounty #MiddleburyCollege
24 years.
JFC.
I’m so sick of the hate. The pessimism. The authoritarians. It’s been 24 years of sacrificing our civil liberties for our “safety”. But we are not any safer at all. Every group has been weaponized against every other group. And most of our rights are gone or being actively dismantled. At least I remember a time before this shitshow began. I feel a great sadness for the young people that have grown up thinking any of this is normal. It is not normal. Please demand more.
#911 #usa
Interesting— the person #trump plans to posthumously commend with the highest civilian honor claimed in 2023 that there were “prowling Blacks” who “go around for fun to target white people.”
And in 2024, he said, “We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefs
It turns out Lisa Cook, the #Fed governor that the #Trump admin tried to oust “for cause,” doesn’t seem to have committed mortgage fraud after all. Imagine that.
She said her non-primary residence was meant for “vacation home” property use in loan documents & called it a “second home” in a security clearance questionnaire.
Her lender knew it was a non-primary residence, for which she agreed to terms and even paid more than the primary-residence mortgage rate.
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#USA #USpol #MyThoughts
