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<p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br>4/1/26 (15th day calling)<br>I spoke to someone in the Schuylerville, NY & DC offices & left voice mails at the other offices of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R, NY), requesting she impeaches Trump for starting an unprovoked war w/ Iran & to use her power to stop the hostilities.</p><p>I post for accountability, to compound my emotional benefit, & let my online neighbors see that I care.</p><p>Special shout out to YouTube channel, youtube.com/@AnotherMichaelWNS<br>for providing AM & PM world news short video.</p>
<p>The full CBS interview with Trump about the pardon of Binance's Changpeng Zhao is shocking. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/read-full-transcript-norah-odonnell-60-minutes-interview-with-president-trump/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbsnews.com/news/read-full-transcript-norah-odonnell-60-minutes-interview-with-president-trump/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbsnews.com/news/read-full</span><span class="invisible">-transcript-norah-odonnell-60-minutes-interview-with-president-trump/</span></a></p><p> "Why did you pardon him?" "I have no idea who he is. I was told that he was a victim ... They sent him to jail and they really set him up. That's my opinion. I was told about it."</p><p><a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>
The Boston Tea Party was about one person having unilateral power to impose tariffs (duties). The US was formed out of an opposition to this power and the US Constitution has specific language about it. It'd be quite a thing if the US Supreme Court undoes this founding principle. You might call that counterrevolutionary.<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/bostonteaparty/" rel="tag">#BostonTeaParty</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a><br>
<p>You need to be anti fascist.</p><p>Hating Trump isn't the same thing. That's little better than just blue maga. </p><p>Fascism is the problem, and it isn't going to just disappear when Trump is gone. </p><p><a href="/tags/bluemaga/" rel="tag">#BlueMAGA</a> <a href="/tags/antifascist/" rel="tag">#AntiFascist</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>
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<p>A 12-foot version of Trump’s birthday message to Epstein is currently being displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.<br> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3mcslumqcos2m" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3mcslumqcos2m"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.s</span><span class="invisible">ocial/post/3mcslumqcos2m</span></a><br>-<br>From resistance team of US Natl Park Svc<br>500+ char posts not resent<br>Unaffiliated w/ AltNPS<br>-<br><a href="/tags/altnps/" rel="tag">#AltNPS</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#Coup</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#Activism</a> <a href="/tags/nationalparkservice/" rel="tag">#NationalParkService</a> <a href="/tags/federalgovernment/" rel="tag">#FederalGovernment</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>House Oversight Democrats have published a Web3 is Going Great-style “Trump Family Digital Grift” counter<br> <a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/trump-family-corruption-tracker" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="oversightdemocrats.house.gov/trump-family-corruption-tracker"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oversightdemocrats.house.gov/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-family-corruption-tracker</span></a></p><p>This goes with their recent staff report, “Professionalized Corruption: How Donald Trump is abusing power and accepting digital kickbacks from foreign and criminal interests to cash in on the presidency like never before”</p><p><a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/12026cryptoreport.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/12026cryptoreport.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oversightdemocrats.house.gov/i</span><span class="invisible">mo/media/doc/12026cryptoreport.pdf</span></a></p><p>(The report cites my writing on Trump’s USD1 stablecoin, published here: <a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-83/#trump-business-interests" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.citationneeded.news/issue-83/#trump-business-interests"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.citationneeded.news/issue-</span><span class="invisible">83/#trump-business-interests</span></a>)</p><p><a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a></p>
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<p>They lied about Renee Nicole Good, they're lying about Alex Jeffrey Pretti</p><p>It's what they do, and the Media just 'both sides' it like a Government lying about the death squads is just normal politics. </p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/icemustbedestroyed/" rel="tag">#ICEMUSTBEDESTROYED</a> <a href="/tags/minneapoilis/" rel="tag">#Minneapoilis</a> <a href="/tags/alexjeffreypretti/" rel="tag">#AlexJeffreyPretti</a> <a href="/tags/reneenicolegood/" rel="tag">#ReneeNicoleGood</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPOL</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPOLITICS</a> <a href="/tags/timwalz/" rel="tag">#TimWalz</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a></p>
<p>HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!</p><p>Slowly and deliberately. Originally published June 17, 2021</p><p>“ there is something far more sinister about these bills. </p><p>The real threat is that these bills are quietly setting Republicans up to steal the 2024 Presidential election after failing in 2020. There are steps being taken at all levels of government to make this a reality.”</p><p><a href="https://www.rootschangemedia.com/big-lie/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rootschangemedia.com/big-lie/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rootschangemedia.com/big-l</span><span class="invisible">ie/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/thebiglie/" rel="tag">#TheBigLie</a> <a href="/tags/rootsofchange/" rel="tag">#RootsofChange</a></p>
<p>This joke headline NEVER gets old. <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>
<p>Has anyone noticed that trump speaks with some features of the <a href="/tags/iowan/" rel="tag">#Iowan</a> accent? I don't think it's the accent exactly, more the cadence or enunciation maybe? I noticed this when listening to interviewees at the Iowa state fair. </p><p>I then discovered that the Iowan accent is considered the most friendly and wondered if he'd adopted this way of speaking purposefully. Fake like his tan, hair, height, weight etc.</p><p>Would love to get some opinions.</p><p><a href="/tags/linguistics/" rel="tag">#Linguistics</a> <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> <a href="/tags/accent/" rel="tag">#accent</a> <a href="/tags/accents/" rel="tag">#accents</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>
<p>BDS is working:</p><p>Report: increasing boycotts see Israeli agricultural exports facing collapse.</p><p>Orders from Europe & Asia are drying up.</p><p>Major sectors—particularly tech & investment—are also suffering.</p><p>Consumer spending, too, has plummeted.</p><p>Economists warn the crisis may signal a longer-term unravelling of Israel’s global economic integration.</p><p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260121-israeli-agricultural-exports-face-collapse-as-boycott-over-gaza-genocide-deepens/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260121-israeli-agricultural-exports-face-collapse-as-boycott-over-gaza-genocide-deepens/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.middleeastmonitor.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">0121-israeli-agricultural-exports-face-collapse-as-boycott-over-gaza-genocide-deepens/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/bds/" rel="tag">#BDS</a> <a href="/tags/israelieconomy/" rel="tag">#IsraeliEconomy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/europol/" rel="tag">#Europol</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a> .</p>
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<p>"I would say keep your options open…or move to Canada or France or England. Right now, it looks like America is getting out of this business." <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/spaceexploration/" rel="tag">#SpaceExploration</a> <a href="/tags/planetaryscience/" rel="tag">#PlanetaryScience</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> @space <a href="https://www.planetary.org/articles/4000-gone-inside-nasas-brain-drain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.planetary.org/articles/4000-gone-inside-nasas-brain-drain"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.planetary.org/articles/400</span><span class="invisible">0-gone-inside-nasas-brain-drain</span></a></p>
<p>Due to the nature of my work, whether I show up for work today or not in solidarity with Minnesota changes almost nothing, but it does give me an avenue to say something so here's my email auto-reply.</p><p>"Organizations in Minnesota have called for a day of solidarity on January 30th to highlight what's happening there. As a show of support for the people of Minnesota and people everywhere risking their lives and livelihoods to defend my rights as an American, I'm offline today.</p><p>I hope those of you who are able are doing the same and if you'd like to take it a step further, here are some organizations I'm supporting who are delivering mutual aid, legal help, and press coverage you can donate to.</p><p>Immigrant Rapid Response Fund by Women's Foundation of Minnesota:<br><a href="https://www.grapevine.org/nonprofit/8wSQPNA/Immigrant-Rapid-Response-Fund" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.grapevine.org/nonprofit/8wSQPNA/Immigrant-Rapid-Response-Fund"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.grapevine.org/nonprofit/8w</span><span class="invisible">SQPNA/Immigrant-Rapid-Response-Fund</span></a></p><p>Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota:<br><a href="https://www.ilcm.org/donate/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.ilcm.org/donate/</a></p><p>Subscribe to the Minnesota Star-Tribune:<br><a href="https://www.startribune.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.startribune.com/subscribe</a></p><p>Donate to Minnesota Public Radio:<br><a href="https://support.mpr.org/news-web" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>support.mpr.org/news-web</a></p><p>---<br>Seeya next week.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#minnesota</a></p>
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<p>Trump offered to unfreeze funding for NYC tunnel (money that was already appropriated by Congress)</p><p>IF Dulles airport and train New York Penn train station are renamed after him...</p><p>🤔<br>So it's not just extortion, but super petty extortion.</p><p>Where are the emperor's clothes again?<br><a href="/tags/mythoughts/" rel="tag">#MyThoughts</a><br>--<br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a><br>--</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-offered-unfreeze-funding-nyc-tunnel-if-dulles-airport-train-station-2026-02-06/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-offered-unfreeze-funding-nyc-tunnel-if-dulles-airport-train-station-2026-02-06/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/trump</span><span class="invisible">-offered-unfreeze-funding-nyc-tunnel-if-dulles-airport-train-station-2026-02-06/</span></a></p>
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<p>RE: <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/@CCC/116093424888186905" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="social.bau-ha.us/@CCC/116093424888186905"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.bau-ha.us/@CCC/11609342</span><span class="invisible">4888186905</span></a></p><p>Seriously, who wants to travel to the US?</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/eupol/" rel="tag">#EUPol</a> <a href="/tags/dataprivacy/" rel="tag">#DataPrivacy</a></p>
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I am fully against hopium, copium, and their derivatives, but I think this is interesting.<br><br>Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president<br><br>From <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/supre</span><span class="invisible">me-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a><br>
<p>the choice is no longer free market versus planned economy. the choice is planned economy run by people who want to kill you and everybody you love so that they can build more slop machines versus planned economy run by people who want a functioning country and healthy citizenry</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a></p>
<p>Trump announced today that his new global tariffs are 15% after yesterday's Supreme Court ruling finding his broad IEEPA tariffs illegal.</p><p>He wants to keep his mob-boss strong-arming leverage!</p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/mythoughts/" rel="tag">#MyThoughts</a></p>
<p>The Guardian: ‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks</p><p>Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">26/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tourism/" rel="tag">#tourism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>
<p>The problem with all these conspiracy whackos gunning for the American President is that they're shit at it. </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinclass/" rel="tag">#EpsteinClass</a> <a href="/tags/jeffreyepstein/" rel="tag">#JeffreyEpstein</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPOL</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPOLITICS</a></p>
<p>Everyone is being slowly held accountable for any contact with Jeffrey Epstein...</p><p>Except for a particular person who partied with him and whatnot, because <br>somehow he's now too big to be accountable for anything (?) </p><p>(hmm)</p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/mythoughts/" rel="tag">#MyThoughts</a></p>
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