https://youtu.be/dvqCIQnQsyY
⛔️🇺🇸Hegseth says under oath Trump and his administration will pursue policies on Ukraine that pro-Ukrainians will find “not preferable” when asked who they want to win in Ukraine (CBS News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #SHAPE #Brussels #Netherlands #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #TrumpIsARussianAsset
us
https://youtu.be/WGyT7rLs1bA
⛔️🇺🇸'I don't believe' Putin will stop in Ukraine: Top general contradicts Trump’s Russia narrative (MSNBC VIDEO) #Ukraine #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Romania #Bulgaria #Moldova #SHAPE #Brussels #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
#Iran
#US #PolicyPapers
@palestine
"Which Path to Persia?" (2009) by the Brookings Institution, outlines the US foreign policy vis a vis Iran:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Transpires that Israel is a conduit for US's imperialistic, hegemonic foreign policy.
Many things have changed since this policy papers were published. What hasn't changed is the US/Israeli aggression in the Middle East. US foreign policy is bipartisan, no change regardless of who sits in the White House
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#Trump vetoed a plan by #Israel in recent days to kill the #Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei, 2 #US ofcls told Reuters on Sunday.
“Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership," said one of the sources, a snr Trump admin ofcl.
[Jan 28, 2024, three #US service members were killed & 25 injured by an Iran backed militia drone attack on a US base in Jordan, near the Syria border.]
The #Trump admin is imposing #sanctions on the #UN #HumanRights Council special rapporteur #FrancescaAlbanese, an outspoken critic of #Israel's military offensive in #Gaza.
Secy of #State #MarcoRubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (#ICC), some of whose #judges have already been sanctioned by the #US.
#law #judiciary #WarCrimes #complicit
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70rllxr0kyo
#Trump to abruptly leave a #G7 in Canada a day ahead of schedule to *deal with* [right, cuz he’s so effective at diplomacy] the escalating conflict between #Iran & #Israel, amid Israeli pressure for the #US to intervene militarily to crush Iran’s #nuclear capabilities.
The White House propagandist, Karoline Leavitt, said that Trump left the 2-day summit “because of what is going on in the Middle East,” but did not elaborate.
#geopolitics #war
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/16/world/iran-israel-news/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share
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SpartacusWhen you've been a subservient puppet of the #US for 80 years and suddenly you wake up.
#Denmark wants to defend its sovereignty against the #USA with the US #F35, in which the US can fully control its flight capabilities since it does not give full control of the radar to the countries that buy it but keeps it only for them.
Crystallizing the collapse of the #USA's standing in the world under #Trump in one news item:
"#Myanmar’s military leader lauded Mr Donald Trump... after a tariff letter from the #US President believed to be #Washington’s first public recognition of its rule
General Min Aung Hlaing endorsed Mr Trump’s false claim that the 2020 US election was stolen, and thanked him for shutting down funding to US-backed media providing independent coverage of conflict-wracked Myanmar"
Reporter: Is the US moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear facilities?
TRUMP: I may do it, I may not do it. Nobody knows what I'm going to do. Iran's got a lot of trouble.
[yeah Nobody knows what you’re going to do because you are an unhinged chaotic reactionary crazy person. Also, the number of times this guy says, “I’ve never seen anything like this” he is the personification of the phrase “born yesterday”. Idiot]
#geopolitics #NationalSecurity #GlobalSecurity #MiddleEast #Iran #US #war
Barack #Obama warns the #US is ‘dangerously close’ to slipping into #autocracy under #Trump
In rare public remarks, the fmr president said recent actions from the admin are “not consistent with American #democracy.”
#USpol #democracy #Constitution #law
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/barack-obama-trump-speech-trump-autocracy-rcna213729
Heatwaves sweep Europe, US; London may touch 40 degrees this summer
Europe and the US are facing extreme heatwaves driven by Omega blocks, heat domes, and climate change, with London possibly nearing 40 degrees Celsius this summer
#Europe #USA #US #UK #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Hello World!
I just spoke with a #US #Senator office about the #fediverse . They're asking for more information to help spread around #Capital #Hill in small bite sized easy to understand pieces. I'm obviously going to give them @elena beautiful #movie on the #fedi (with some light editing which she's agreed to).
I'll of course show them https://fediverse.info/ and https://fedi.tips/ which are great websites. I figured I'd give them examples of amazing #AP projects such as #mastodon , #pixelfed , #peertube , #bandwagon , and #bonfire ; even things like @admin .
I'd love to know from folks any EASY to understand projects that best encompass the Fediverse and explanations of it.
What are some projects you'd hand to your friends and family that would explain and display to them what we are?
I'll say this isn't going to happen over night. There's lot of questions around regulations, trust & safety, etc. But I feel it'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.
I'll finally state if there's anyone in this list that does NOT want to be involved with this, that's totally fine and I understand and I can exclude you from the materials I give to them.
#boost #boostplease #government #laws #activityPub
@benpate @peertube @bonfire
@stefano @dansup @Mastodon
A #California #farmworker died on Friday from injuries sustained a day earlier when #US #immigration agents raided a cannabis operation & arrested hundreds of workers, according to a farmworker advocacy group.
Dozens of #ImmigrantRights activists faced off w/ #federal agents in rural Southern California on Thursday. It was the latest escalation of #Trump's campaign for #MassDeportations of immigrants in the US.
#law #HumanRights #ICE #Gestapo #PoliceBrutality
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/one-california-worker-dead-hundreds-arrested-after-cannabis-farm-raid-2025-07-11/
#DOJ fires 9 more employees from JackSmith's team
#US AG #PamBondi on Friday fired at least 9 more *#Justice* Dept employees who worked for Special Counsel #JackSmith to investigate #Trump's retention of #ClassifiedDocuments & efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to 5 people familiar with the matter.
#law #MafiaState #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-fires-nine-more-employees-jack-smiths-team-sources-say-2025-07-12/
Two-thirds of the #DOJ unit defending #Trump policies in court have quit
The #US *Justice* Department unit charged with defending against legal challenges to signature Trump administration policies - such as restricting birthright citizenship & slashing funding to Harvard University - has lost nearly two-thirds of its staff, according to a list seen by Reuters.
#law #lawless #felon47 #judiciary #RuleOfLaw #constitution
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/two-thirds-doj-unit-defending-trump-policies-court-have-quit-2025-07-14/
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#B2bombers moving to #Guam amid #MiddleEast tensions
The #UnitedStates is moving B-2 bombers to Guam, 2 US ofcls told Reuters Saturday, as #Trump weighs whether the #US should take part in #Israel's strikes against #Iran.
It was unclear whether the bomber deployment is tied to Middle East tensions.
The B-2 can be equipped to carry America's 30k-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator [aka #BunkerBusters], designed to destroy targets deep underground.
#war
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/b-2-bombers-moving-guam-amid-middle-east-tensions-us-officials-say-2025-06-21/
⛔️🇺🇸Trump’s silence and inaction signal Americans abroad are ‘fair game’: American humanitarian killed in Russian attack on Kyiv came to help clear rubble – NYT (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/4006329-american-killed-in-russian-attack-on-kyiv-came-to-help-clear-rubble-nyt.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
⛔️⚠️Billionaire South African A Major US Security Risk: Musk given top-secret access and now has all American’s personal data may defect to Russia (more)
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-party-asks-asylum-for-musk/ #Ukraine #Mastodon #BoycottTesla #BoycottMusk #Musk #ElonMusk #Mastodon #Tesla #X #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine
A resident of northern #Arizona has died from Pneumonic Plague.
#Plague is rare to humans, w/ on avg ~7 cases reported annually in the #US, most of them in the western states, acc/to federal #health ofcls.
The death in #CoconinoCounty, which includes #Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local ofcls said. Further details including the identify of the victim were not released.
#PublicHealth #Science #Medicine #HHS #RFKJr #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/pneumonic-plague-death-arizona-2c32ed6bd4a86be3d38828fe69aeb68b
#Ceasefire talks in #Gaza are stalling over the extent of #Israel forces' withdrawal from the #Palestinian enclave….
In Gaza, medics said 17 people trying to get #food #aid were killed Saturday when Israeli troops opened fire, the latest #MassShooting around a #US backed *aid* distribution system that the #UN says has resulted in 800 people killed in 6 weeks.
#Trump #JohnnieMoore #GazaHumanitarianFoundation #GHF #evangelical #Zionism
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-truce-talks-faltering-over-withdrawal-palestinian-israeli-sources-say-2025-07-12/
https://t.me/warriorsukrainian/57498
⛔️🇨🇳China launches open attack on German aircraft: The Chinese military has targeted a German aircraft in the EU operation ASPIDES with a laser. The endangerment of German personnel and the disruption of the operation are completely unacceptable. The Chinese ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office today. #Ukraine #Germany #France #Mastodon #Italy #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion
#ChinaIsTheEnemy
⛔️🇨🇳China responds to detention of its spies caught engaging in espionage in Ukraine (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4013587-china-responds-to-detention-of-its-citizens-in-kyiv.html #Ukraine #Brussels #Mastodon #WashingtonDC #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
#ChinaIsTheEnemy
⛔️🇨🇳Chinese spies arrested while engaged in espionage on Ukraine’s Neptune missile system for Beijing’s intelligence services (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4013148-chinese-nationals-caught-spying-on-ukraines-neptune-missile-system-for-beijings-intelligence-services.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #Brussels #London #Denmark #SHAPE #WashingtonDC #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset