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U̶.S̶. e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶y̶ capitalists l̶o̶s̶t̶ destroy 23,000 jobs in July, a̶ s̶u̶d̶d̶e̶n̶ r̶e̶v̶e̶r̶s̶a̶l̶ f̶o̶r̶ t̶h̶e̶ l̶a̶b̶o̶r̶ m̶a̶r̶k̶e̶t̶ to cover for their bad investments in anti-labor and #classWar tech
In broad strokes, these are some of the main elements of the Muskist regime of accumulation. Fuse with the state by becoming a monopoly provider for essential functions. Concentrate production while prioritizing resilience, independence, and control. Sell technology for national and individual self-reliance in a hostile world filled with racialized others. Accelerate digitization to make everything programmable, including and especially the human brain.From Muskism As Fordism
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This is the other side of the Muskist mode of regulation: a vision not of shared prosperity but of violence. The fan contract for those inside the walls of a fortified West, and expulsion for those marked as illegitimate. After both the models of Fordist industrialism and post-Fordist outsourcing and globalization have receded, Muskism holds out the prospect of a purified community of survivors.
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In many ways, the ICE incursion was Muskism in action: heavily armed agents equipped with data analytics dashboards and facial-recognition software, using high technology to purge those migrants deemed out of place and punish their “woke” enablers.
#USPol #WorldPol #geopolitics #Musk #Muskism #Fordism
JOBS REPORT:
We now have a full year of jobs data for Trump's second term and can compare it to the final year of jobs data under Biden, after the benchmark revision.
Bottom Line: Dramatic slowdown in job creation under Trump
This should be the only thing anyone says in response to Stephen Miller until his miserable death.
(yes, it is real https://www.instagram.com/p/DY2cnf9iUWZ/?utm_source=ig_embed)
Hey Texas, try not to fuck this up. For once.
#vote #uspolitics #uspol
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
$100 OIL IS COMING!
The Iranian parliament has approved the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and final approval by the Iranian leadership is being prepared.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
Good result?
It will take at least a few weeks before goods are arriving from #China in the #US again, tariffs are back at where they started, people lost a lot of money, trust is completly gone, not one extra factory has been build in the US in the meanwhile
I can keep going but there is only 500 characters..
Trump is the definition of failure
“I listened to NSF staff say DOGE had the authority to give thumbs up or down to grant applications which had been systematically vetted by layers of subject matter experts.
Our closed-to-the-public deliberations were observed by Zachary Terrell from the DOGE team. Through his Zoom screen, he showed more interest in his water bottle & his cuticles than the discussion. Terrell..accessed the NSF awards system to block the dispersal of approved grants.“
https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/ #science #uspol
Fuck.
Spread the word and light up those phone /email lines.
We just learned yesterday that the majority on the House Ways and Means Committee added language to the reconciliation bill that would give the administration unchecked power to revoke nonprofit tax status for organizations.
Section 112209 raises profound constitutional concerns, as it opens the door to restrictions on free speech and could be weaponized against organizations that promote civil rights and liberties and racial justice.
They paused that nonprofit EO because the sector immediately mobilized and was prepared.
These sneaky shits hope we don't notice this time around.
Have a favorite nonprofit? Speak up on their behalf.
🚨"Update: DOGE removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified they were wrong.
The listings were wrong b/c the contracts DOGE claimed credit for killing were not dead anymore: agencies had revived them."
-D Fahrenthold
#DOGE #Fraud #Fraudsters #Firings #Corruption #Trump #Musk #Austerity #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-trump.html
With so called center lefts like Keir Starmer in the UK doing an Enoch Powell on migrants, and Newsom outlawing homeless - the GOP can happily stay fascist and watch the opposition come to them
Where's the empathy, where's the fight?
#Trump just defunded a program to provide high-speed #internet to rural areas, which are predominantly red. Why? It was called the Digital Equity Act.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195097/angry-trump-kills-woke-program-and-accidentally-screws-maga-voters
With each passing day, the #unitedstates sinks deeper in the #cesspool of an egregiously #corrupt #fascist #authoritarian #state. #Rights are mere illusions under #Trump.
According to Vox, Trump has asked #SCOTUS to disregard the Convention Against Torture.
https://www.vox.com/scotus/416163/trump-supreme-court-deport-immigration-convention-torture
#news #uspol #hellscape #america #thisis2025 #torture #deportation #wtf
"The World’s Silence Is Deadly’: Greta Thunberg’s Message Aboard Freedom Flotilla
"June 1st, we’ll attempt to, again, sail towards Gaza & try to break the siege & open up a humanitarian corridor by delivering aid like food & medical supplies."
"A similar mission to sail to occupied Gaza in May was aborted after a flotilla dubbed the “Conscience” suffered two drone attacks while in international waters."
Jonathan Joss was murdered, defending his husband, by a homophobe who had instigated a two year campaign of hate against them
SCOOP: Trump to launch branded crypto wallet and trading application, encouraging his supporters to purchase his memecoin and other crypto assets.
A centralized intelligence database on all Americans is not inherently legal.
It likely breaks the Privacy Act of 1974, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the 1st, 4th and 5th Amendments.
This must be stopped. Contact your Senators and Representative and ask them to stop it. I use @5calls to call mine.
https://newrepublic.com/post/195904/trump-palantir-data-americans
#JDVance met privately Tues morning with #LauraLoomer, a #FarRight crackpot whose criticisms of some of the #Trump admin’s hires have led to their ousters.
Vance met alone with Loomer at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting. It was not immediately clear what the pair discussed.
#USpol #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politics/laura-loomer-jd-vance-meeting?cid=ios_app
The Head of a New #RFKJr Group Promoted #911 Conspiracy Theories & the #ProtocolsOfTheEldersOfZion
#LelandLehrman is a key figure in the #MAHA world, despite decades of pushing #extremist ideas.
…Lehrman…[has a]…long history of promoting #antisemitic & extreme #ConspiracyTheories, as detailed in a new report from the Institute for Research & Education on #HumanRights, an org which studies #extremism & the #FarRight.
#Trump #policy #law #Government #USpol #kakistocracy
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/leland-lehrman-make-america-healthy-again-institute-antisemitism-september-11/
Absolute chaos. After my scoop about the upcoming launch of a Trump Wallet by Magic Eden, in cooperation with the $TRUMP memecoin team, Magic Eden pushed out their announcement. Both Eric and Don Jr then repudiated the project, stating they had no prior knowledge.
NEW: "The State of #Texas has long been an experimental project of fascism for this country. Which strategies can they equip themselves with, what strategies are effective in forcing public opinion and forcing local municipalities to do whatever they want?"
Here's the extended interview with San Marcos City council member Amanda Rodriguez as a FREE bonus on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-bonus-and-130206440
#Palestine #Texas #activism #politics #USpol #news #capitalism #SanMarcos #fascism #GregAbbott
🎉We're honored to announce the winner and finalists of the 2025 MOLLY National Journalism Prize. This annual contest celebrates the best in impactful accountability reporting and narrative storytelling.
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“Palestinian Liberation has always shown us that everything is interconnected.”
Out today in Deceleration: San Marcos' city council wouldn't acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza, so Amanda Rodriguez ran for city council and won. My interview with her and others from Palestine Solidarity SMTX. https://deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefire-vote-a-first-in-texas-san-marcos/
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #Palestine #democracy #solidarity #activism
#AUTOCRACY NOW!
#CurtisYarvin’s calls for an American king once seemed like a joke. Today, the right is ready to bend the knee.
#USpol #law #democracy #Constitution #authoritarianism #tyranny #FarRight #Trump #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile?utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=tny
Adam Levitin on the GENIUS Act: “[I]n regard to cash deposits, the stablecoin investors will have priority over the claims of ma-and-pa for their bank deposits (and thus over the FDIC's subrogation claim when it pays ma-and-pa). Yes, you read that correctly: Congress is about to put the claims of stablecoin investors ahead of ma and pa's bank deposits. That's just stunning. Now ma-and-pa's deposits are FDIC insured, so they'll be alright, but it means the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund is footing the bill. In other words, the GENIUS Act is subsidizing stablecoin issuance on the back of bank deposits. By subordinating the FDIC's subrogation claim in a bank insolvency to the claims of stablecoin investors, the GENIUS Act is effectively letting FDIC insurance leak out to cover uninsured stablecoins, without any insurance premiums paid.”