politics

<p>China and Brics will ‘defend’ global order as Trump withdraws, Brazil says </p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/brazil/" rel="tag">#brazil</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/brics/" rel="tag">#BRICS</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <br><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9679a8e9-6137-4b96-8af8-59f2fefe39b2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ft.com/content/9679a8e9-6137-4b96-8af8-59f2fefe39b2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ft.com/content/9679a8e9-61</span><span class="invisible">37-4b96-8af8-59f2fefe39b2</span></a></p>

<p>Quote of the day: &quot;Russia conquered half of America faster than it conquered one fifth of Ukraine&quot; <a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>Brazil&#x27;s GDP could shrink 16% with end of 6-day workweek, says industry federation </p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/brazil/" rel="tag">#brazil</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <br><a href="https://valorinternational.globo.com/economy/news/2025/04/22/gdp-could-shrink-16percent-with-end-of-6-day-workweek.ghtml?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=compartilhar" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="valorinternational.globo.com/economy/news/2025/04/22/gdp-could-shrink-16percent-with-end-of-6-day-workweek.ghtml?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=compartilhar"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">valorinternational.globo.com/e</span><span class="invisible">conomy/news/2025/04/22/gdp-could-shrink-16percent-with-end-of-6-day-workweek.ghtml?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=compartilhar</span></a></p>

<p>Even <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> knows how badly he messed up.</p><p>He had a press conference, answered ONE QUESTION then buckled under the pressure of the questions being asked, all of them bad, and ran away.</p><p>Then he flew to Maro Lago and is GOLFING after destroying our <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> after saying EVERYTHING&#x27;S FINE!</p><p>Reminds me of the meme of the dog in the burning house saying the same. Except it&#x27;s real, the house is the <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> and it isn&#x27;t funny.</p><p><a href="https://scoopzapp.com/n/109BZPQc?ctype=native_video&amp;nid=3948094703171&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1743712561&amp;actBtn=null" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scoopzapp.com/n/109BZPQc?ctype=native_video&amp;nid=3948094703171&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1743712561&amp;actBtn=null"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scoopzapp.com/n/109BZPQc?ctype</span><span class="invisible">=native_video&amp;nid=3948094703171&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1743712561&amp;actBtn=null</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/scoopz/" rel="tag">#scoopz</a> <a href="/tags/signalboost/" rel="tag">#signalboost</a> <a href="/tags/golf/" rel="tag">#golf</a></p>

<p>Welcome to the March/April 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine! Editor-in-Chief Gus Bova introduces our latest by examining the &quot;biannual dread” invoked by the Texas legislature and what we can do about it. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-introducing-our-march-april-2025-issue/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-introducing-our-march-april-2025-issue/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/editors-</span><span class="invisible">letter-introducing-our-march-april-2025-issue/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a></p>

<p>Journalist: &quot;Of the 35,000 lies you&#x27;ve told the American Public Mr President, which is your favorite?&quot;</p><p>AgentOrange: &quot;I don&#x27;t lie.&quot;</p><p>Journalist: &quot;Yeah, that&#x27;s my favorite, too.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/lies/" rel="tag">#lies</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/fascistamerikkka/" rel="tag">#FascistAmeriKKKa</a> <a href="/tags/potus/" rel="tag">#POTUS</a> <a href="/tags/lyingliars/" rel="tag">#LyingLiars</a></p>

<p>&quot;Little Brother&quot; von Cory Doctorow ( <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> ) handelt davon, wie schnell die eigene Heimat zum Feindstaat werden kann, wenn die Freiheit der Sicherheit untergeordnet wird. Und davon wie schnell die Technik, die uns ermächtigt und vernetzt, zum Mittel der Überwachung und Unterdrückung werden kann. Dabei macht Doctorow Mut mit den Mitteln der Technik für die Demokratie zu kämpfen. <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#bücherwabe</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <a href="/tags/bücher/" rel="tag">#bücher</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>African-Americans have always knew the harsh truths about Western society this entire time, dating as far back as the slavery era. Yet white people and even non-black POC constantly silence us for speaking those truths. They are very likely to be terrified of those truths whether they realize it or not, because acknowledging them would heavily challenge their worldview and ego, their sense of &#x27;self&#x27; or &#x27;status&#x27; in this world.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#blackmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a nearly half-century-old law that prohibits U.S. companies and foreign firms from bribing officials of foreign governments to obtain or retain business.</p><p>CNBC reports: <a href="https://flip.it/Kj6ilM" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/Kj6ilM</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/bribery/" rel="tag">#Bribery</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a></p>

<p>Trump is a disaster. No question about that. But our troubles did not begin with him. </p><p>Corporate Democrats are just as eager to sell us out and destroy everything for the sake of Business As Usual, Wall Street, and Big Oil.</p><p>Listen to the clip below from an interview Barack Obama gave last year. </p><p>He says climate change might be a problem, but we can handle it. Although there&#x27;s no way now to keep global warming below 2°C, that shouldn’t be so bad. And if we work hard, we might be able to stay at around 3°C … but the important thing is, stop worrying! Don&#x27;t complain about the system. Everything is under control.</p><p>This is absolutely criminal. That much extra heat will destroy modern civilization. Billions of people will die, along with millions of species of plants and animals going extinct. The world as we know it will end.</p><p>There still *could* be a way to prevent all that. But it requires system change. The end of capitalism. It requires <a href="/tags/degrowth/" rel="tag">#Degrowth</a>.</p><p>And no one in a position of power wants to hear that.</p><p>▶️ <a href="https://youtu.be/jAYVKZSWXhY?t=929" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/jAYVKZSWXhY?t=929</a></p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#Capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/businessasusual/" rel="tag">#BusinessAsUsual</a></p>

<p>Never forget this:</p><p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/12/its-surreal-us-sanctions-lock-international-criminal-court-judge-out-of-daily-life/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/12/its-surreal-us-sanctions-lock-international-criminal-court-judge-out-of-daily-life/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.irishtimes.com/world/us/20</span><span class="invisible">25/12/12/its-surreal-us-sanctions-lock-international-criminal-court-judge-out-of-daily-life/</span></a></p><p>All it takes is a single tantrum.</p><p>Here&#x27;s where you can sign up for Proton email, calendar, VPN, etc...</p><p><a href="https://pr.tn/ref/90A9QAFA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>pr.tn/ref/90A9QAFA</a></p><p><a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/usa2026/" rel="tag">#usa2026</a></p>

<p>I feel really bad for the 75m Americans that voted for Harris, that you got stuck with a President that continuously gets compared intellectually and emotionally to an unruly toddler</p><p>There&#x27;s been a huge wave of Canadian patriotism lately, but we&#x27;re here for those 75m of you (not the 77m who voted for trump, or the 90m who just didn&#x27;t vote)</p><p>So when we say &quot;Buy Canadian&quot; and &quot;F America&quot;, we don&#x27;t mean you 75m. We still love you. But we&#x27;re still pissed</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#CdnPoli</a></p>

<p>Check out my new Substack [VIDEO] and post: “Trusted voices” as we RESIST and HEAL”<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/resistandheal/p/trusted-voices-as-we-resist-and-heal" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/resistandheal/p/trusted-voices-as-we-resist-and-heal"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/resistan</span><span class="invisible">dheal/p/trusted-voices-as-we-resist-and-heal</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/resistandheal/" rel="tag">#ResistAndHeal</a> <a href="/tags/healourculture/" rel="tag">#HealOurCulture</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#resist</a> <a href="/tags/facism/" rel="tag">#facism</a> <a href="/tags/resistfacism/" rel="tag">#ResistFacism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/polarization/" rel="tag">#polarization</a> <a href="/tags/supportscience/" rel="tag">#SupportScience</a> <a href="/tags/defendscience/" rel="tag">#DefendScience</a></p>

<p>hello. i&#x27;m marmar. not usually very active on social media but thought i&#x27;d give mastodon a try. just migrated over to sunny.garden so here&#x27;s a little <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> post</p><p>- de <a href="/tags/pr/" rel="tag">#PR</a> 🇵🇷 <br>- sadly living in the US<br>- from the very very late 1900s</p><p>some interests:<br><a href="/tags/games/" rel="tag">#games</a> : <a href="/tags/megaten/" rel="tag">#megaten</a> <a href="/tags/smt/" rel="tag">#smt</a> <a href="/tags/persona/" rel="tag">#persona</a> <a href="/tags/jrpg/" rel="tag">#jrpg</a> <a href="/tags/zelda/" rel="tag">#zelda</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#indie</a> <a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/cartoons/" rel="tag">#cartoons</a> : <a href="/tags/stevenuniverse/" rel="tag">#stevenuniverse</a> <a href="/tags/adventuretime/" rel="tag">#adventuretime</a> <a href="/tags/overthegardenwall/" rel="tag">#overthegardenwall</a></p><p><a href="/tags/dropout/" rel="tag">#dropout</a> : <a href="/tags/makesomenoise/" rel="tag">#makesomenoise</a> <a href="/tags/dimension20/" rel="tag">#dimension20</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> : <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> : <a href="/tags/dancegavindance/" rel="tag">#dancegavindance</a> <a href="/tags/gameaudio/" rel="tag">#gameaudio</a> <a href="/tags/gamemusic/" rel="tag">#gamemusic</a> <a href="/tags/vgm/" rel="tag">#vgm</a> <a href="/tags/emo/" rel="tag">#emo</a> <a href="/tags/posthardcore/" rel="tag">#postHardcore</a> <a href="/tags/neosoul/" rel="tag">#neosoul</a></p>

<p>Iran is pushing to focus squarely on its nuclear program during talks with the United States set for Friday in Oman, while Washington&#x27;s demands go beyond that. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/06/world/politics/iran-us-talks-thorny-issues/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/06/world/politics/iran-us-talks-thorny-issues/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026</span><span class="invisible">/02/06/world/politics/iran-us-talks-thorny-issues/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="/tags/worldnews/" rel="tag">#worldnews</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a> <a href="/tags/uranium/" rel="tag">#uranium</a> <a href="/tags/nuclearweapons/" rel="tag">#nuclearweapons</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a></p>

<p>&quot;Every <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#corruption</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> won’t judge <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened.&quot;<br><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bostonreview.net/forum/how</span><span class="invisible">-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</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></p>

<p>Just imagine a Democratic candidate wondered aloud &quot;why not default on US bonds?&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It&#x27;s still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and was not notified in advance that people were going to be fired.<br><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a> <a href="/tags/usds/" rel="tag">#USDS</a><br>1/2</p>

<p>Sundance’s Future In Utah Looks Bleak As Park City Mayor Laments Anti-LGBTQ+ Flag Bill<br><a href="/tags/festivals/" rel="tag">#Festivals</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/parkcity/" rel="tag">#ParkCity</a> <a href="/tags/robertredford/" rel="tag">#RobertRedford</a> <a href="/tags/saltlakecity/" rel="tag">#SaltLakeCity</a> <a href="/tags/sundance/" rel="tag">#Sundance</a> <a href="/tags/sundancefilmfestival/" rel="tag">#SundanceFilmFestival</a></p><p><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/03/sundance-relocation-lgbtq-flag-utah-1236350703/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="deadline.com/2025/03/sundance-relocation-lgbtq-flag-utah-1236350703/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadline.com/2025/03/sundance-</span><span class="invisible">relocation-lgbtq-flag-utah-1236350703/</span></a></p>

<p>New today: I created a brief guide to help Texans, especially <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a>+ folks and allies living here, better understand the legislature and which bills are likely to become law ... and which ones probably won&#x27;t go anywhere. </p><p>If we&#x27;re going to be share, fight, protest ... we should make it count. <a href="https://kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad</span><span class="invisible">-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/transphobia/" rel="tag">#transphobia</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>

<p>Showing up is half the battle.</p><p>The Democrats decided to strip from their demands a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites. </p><p>A Question for Senate Democrats: Which Side Are You On? <br><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a><br><a href="https://warnercrocker.com/2026/02/04/a-question-for-senate-democrats-which-side-are-you-on/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="warnercrocker.com/2026/02/04/a-question-for-senate-democrats-which-side-are-you-on/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">warnercrocker.com/2026/02/04/a</span><span class="invisible">-question-for-senate-democrats-which-side-are-you-on/</span></a></p>

<p>Wow, Minnesota! <a href="/tags/handsoff/" rel="tag">#HandsOff</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> </p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/erinmayequade.bsky.social/post/3lm3irqc7jc2v" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsky.app/profile/erinmayequade.bsky.social/post/3lm3irqc7jc2v"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/erinmayequade</span><span class="invisible">.bsky.social/post/3lm3irqc7jc2v</span></a></p>

<p>It appears former USMC folks are leading the charge against the travesty in DC. 👏 </p><p>“As a United States Marine Corps combat veteran stationed overseas their entire enlistment, this is the exact situation we are trained to look for and not participate in”</p><p>He then asked for whoever is reading the email to maintain the culture he was taught in the Marine Corps: “Honor, Courage and Commitment.”</p><p><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-workers-defy-musks-what-did-you-do-last-week-in-their-own-mass-emails/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-workers-defy-musks-what-did-you-do-last-week-in-their-own-mass-emails/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.seattletimes.com/seattle-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/politics/wa-workers-defy-musks-what-did-you-do-last-week-in-their-own-mass-emails/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/usmc/" rel="tag">#USMC</a></p>

<p>Thinking of starting a Canadian motorcycle company—tariffs be damned!</p><p>We can do it!!</p><p>Without further ado, introducing…</p><p> the </p><p> CHARLEY-BOBNDOUGIDSON</p><p><a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="/tags/motorcycle/" rel="tag">#motorcycle</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#trade</a> <a href="/tags/bobndoug/" rel="tag">#bobndoug</a></p>