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<p>I always say that there are no moral victories in politics, and the violent stupidity unleashed by the MAGA trifecta has already been a disaster, BUT…</p><p>If any good can come from this episode of criminal incompetence, it would take the form of a vigorous public discussion of American values. </p><p>1/</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a></p>

Wild.<br><p>A press release from Aix Marseille University today said that the program is for American scientists who “may feel threatened or hindered in their research,” and is “dedicated to welcoming scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic freedom.”<br><br>In an interview with AFP, University management said that the invitation is in the “DNA of Marseille” values, and that it has previously invited researchers from Ukraine, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Palestine as part of a program that supports researchers and artists forced into exile.<br></p>From: <a href="https://www.404media.co/french-university-to-fund-american-scientists-who-fear-trump-censorship/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.404media.co/french-university-to-fund-american-scientists-who-fear-trump-censorship/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.404media.co/french-univers</span><span class="invisible">ity-to-fund-american-scientists-who-fear-trump-censorship/</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/usscience/" rel="tag">#USScience</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/exile/" rel="tag">#exile</a><br>

<p>What is happening in the United States is less ideological than it is criminal. Republicans are just an organized crime syndicate, and now that they are in, they are helping themselves to staggering amounts of our money.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>

<p>Feb 17 </p><p>Ploughing farmers under along with the rest of the nation. </p><p>Destroying the economy is the point.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBWe2XYBXs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBWe2XYBXs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBWe2</span><span class="invisible">XYBXs</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/gfygovernment/" rel="tag">#GFYGovernment</a></p>

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<p>“I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country,” one U.S. veteran said.</p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/votevets-elon-musk-ad-doge-2026-midterms-rcna197095" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/votevets-elon-musk-ad-doge-2026-midterms-rcna197095"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-sh</span><span class="invisible">ow/maddowblog/votevets-elon-musk-ad-doge-2026-midterms-rcna197095</span></a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/usmilitary/" rel="tag">#usmilitary</a></p>

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<p>Mar 26</p><p>2 min</p><p>He&#x27;s only look after our long term interests..</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP1ke6PYjNo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP1ke6PYjNo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP1ke6</span><span class="invisible">PYjNo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>

<p>In some meetings, you wear a red band around your arm, in others, you bring your red basecap.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>&quot;During its first 100 days, as the Trump administration has dismantled the Education Department, one of its biggest targets has been the civil rights arm. Now, Education Secretary Linda McMahon is “reorienting” what’s left of it.&quot; <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon&amp;utm_content=ben" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon&amp;utm_content=ben"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/edu</span><span class="invisible">cation-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon&amp;utm_content=ben</span></a></p>

Still waiting to see if I&#x27;ll be affected by this <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01396-2" rel="nofollow">NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones</a>. I&#x27;ve been doing work under an NSF grant for a few months now.<br><br><a href="/tags/nsf/" rel="tag">#NSF</a> <a href="/tags/nsffunding/" rel="tag">#NSFFunding</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> <a href="/tags/federalfunding/" rel="tag">#FederalFunding</a> <a href="/tags/grantfunding/" rel="tag">#GrantFunding</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefunding/" rel="tag">#ScienceFunding</a> <a href="/tags/antiscience/" rel="tag">#AntiScience</a> <a href="/tags/antiintellectual/" rel="tag">#AntiIntellectual</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br>

<p>I should probably pin a disclaimer somewhere not to follow me unless you want really, really</p><p>REALLY</p><p>angry takes on <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a>. Like, really angry.</p><p>Having my country sold out to the Russians really pissed in my Cheerios.</p><p>i&#x27;ll understand if y&#x27;all back away slowly now. 🫠 but it won&#x27;t change the fact that <a href="/tags/trumpisarussianasset/" rel="tag">#TrumpIsARussianAsset</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/hangthetraitors/" rel="tag">#HangTheTraitors</a> <a href="/tags/18uscs2381/" rel="tag">#18USCs2381</a></p>

<p>What have REAL graphic artists come up with?</p><p><a href="/tags/rmol/" rel="tag">#RMOL</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a></p>

<p>You&#x27;ve either got a problem with this, or you don&#x27;t. </p><p>Not really any middle ground here.</p><p>Any reply which starts with &quot;Well, but ...&quot; counts as not having a problem with it.</p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>

<p>3 days ago this was at 2,011 disappeared. Now it is at 2,929.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> </p><p><a href="https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">public.tableau.com/app/profile</span><span class="invisible">/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map</span></a></p>

<p>Linda McMahon, the Secretary of Education, sent a letter to Harvard. They responded by grading it.</p><p>Honestly, this is the level of petty I aspire to.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/fucktrump/" rel="tag">#fucktrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/harvard/" rel="tag">#harvard</a></p>

<p>We can stop worrying about those random 30 Nazis showing up and walking around with flags. </p><p>Now that ICE is funded and staffing up.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>

Looks like Apollo is calling a recession for Summer 2025. The Trump crew is already trying to blame Biden, but that&#x27;s 100% horseshit. From what I gather this is unlikely to be reversible so brace yourself in whichever ways you can. There are suggestions this one may be worse than 2008.<br><br><a href="https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/042625-ConsumerandFirms_v2.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/042625-ConsumerandFirms_v2.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.apolloacademy.com/wp-conte</span><span class="invisible">nt/uploads/2025/04/042625-ConsumerandFirms_v2.pdf</span></a> (see page 4 for a summary of the timeline + expectation)<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/useconomy/" rel="tag">#USEconomy</a> <a href="/tags/recession/" rel="tag">#recession</a> <a href="/tags/greatrecession/" rel="tag">#GreatRecession</a><br>

<p><a href="/tags/influencergate/" rel="tag">#InfluencerGate</a>:</p><p>oh look the russian agents trying to influence the election are using <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> (this is my not-shocked-at-all face)</p><p>also popular YouTube influencers Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, <a href="/tags/laurenchen/" rel="tag">#LaurenChen</a>, and one of Benny Johnson/Dave Rubin &quot;unknowingly&quot; agreed to work for Russia for large sums of money ($100,000 per youtube video or a few million/year): <a href="https://x.com/ariehkovler/status/1831413692409487766" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="x.com/ariehkovler/status/1831413692409487766"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/ariehkovler/status/18314</span><span class="invisible">13692409487766</span></a></p><p>in particular the russian agents seem to have moved money through <a href="/tags/lithuania/" rel="tag">#Lithuania</a> and used <a href="/tags/bitpay/" rel="tag">#BitPay</a> to buy domains. i wrote a bunch about the Lithuanian central bank&#x27;s attempts to shut down Russian money last year; it&#x27;s here (an US company Crypto[.]com is involved): <a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cryptocom-or-crypto-dot-con" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cryptocom-or-crypto-dot-con"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cry</span><span class="invisible">ptocom-or-crypto-dot-con</span></a></p><p>DOJ affidavit: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/dop</span><span class="invisible">pelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf</span></a></p><p>taking bets on whether Virtual Currency Exchange 1 (&quot;VCE-1&quot;) is <a href="/tags/binance/" rel="tag">#Binance</a> or <a href="/tags/cryptocom/" rel="tag">#CryptoCom</a></p><p><a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#election2024</a> <a href="/tags/2024election/" rel="tag">#2024election</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/vladímirputin/" rel="tag">#VladímirPutin</a> <a href="/tags/timpool/" rel="tag">#TimPool</a> <a href="/tags/bennyjohnson/" rel="tag">#BennyJohnson</a> <a href="/tags/laurensouthern/" rel="tag">#LaurenSouthern</a> <a href="/tags/daverubin/" rel="tag">#DaveRubin</a> <a href="/tags/changenow/" rel="tag">#ChangeNow</a> <a href="/tags/tenetmedia/" rel="tag">#TenetMedia</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a></p>

<p>&quot;Newark mayor arrested at ICE detention facility in New Jersey for alleged trespassing&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/homelandsecurity/" rel="tag">#homelandsecurity</a> <br><a href="/tags/prisons/" rel="tag">#prisons</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-arrested-ice-detention-facility-new-jersey-rcna205949" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-arrested-ice-detention-facility-new-jersey-rcna205949"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/polit</span><span class="invisible">ics-news/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-arrested-ice-detention-facility-new-jersey-rcna205949</span></a></p>

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<p>Kamala Harris thinks that every USian with a full time job should not live in poverty. </p><p>“Wait,” I thought to myself. “Even unskilled workers? Fast-food workers? Kids straight out of high school taking minimum wage jobs? That doesn’t sound right, does it?” </p><p>And then I realized that FUCK YES, that’s OBVIOUSLY the way it should be. That’s the USA I want to live in. </p><p>We can do this. It requires neither communism nor socialism. Just decency.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/dnc2024/" rel="tag">#DNC2024</a> <a href="https://friendica.opensocial.space/profile/kamalaharrisforpresidentnews" rel="nofollow">@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews</a></p>

I&#x27;m sorry for the many <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> posts recently. I&#x27;m just getting caught up on what&#x27;s been happening.<br><br>I do my best to give people I don&#x27;t agree with politically the benefit of the doubt, and remind myself of the many times I realized what seemed like an obvious political position to me was not obvious at all once you learned more about the situation. I also think our current president is using shock doctrine tactics, which means most of what he&#x27;s doing is intended to frighten and demoralize as many people as possible so that he has the space to do whatever it is he actually wants to do. You don&#x27;t need to stare at that and you&#x27;re probably better off not (&quot;rationing reality&quot;, as they say, because too much is harmful).<br><br>What changed my mind and led me to pay closer attention is the blatantly unconstitutional nature of what Musk in particular is doing, combined with the lack of response of almost the entire Democratic party. It&#x27;s absolutely staggering. The moment demands a response, and the party&#x27;s lack of response demands a response. If the building they were in caught fire and they responded this way, they&#x27;d burn to death! This is not just a difference in political positions; it&#x27;s blatantly unconstitutional behavior unfolding daily with no tangible resistance.<br><br>Anyway, I don&#x27;t intend to become a politics poster, largely because I don&#x27;t have the temperament for it. After the initial flare-up my ire is directed at elected officials, where it belongs, and I look for things I can do outside the electoral system that might help.<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/democraticparty/" rel="tag">#DemocraticParty</a><br>