The Guardian: Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/11/artemis-ii-nasa-budget-cuts
uspol
Science and engineering just got us back to the moon
Weapons just closed a important water way that was open before
But yeah, keep cutting funding on science and keep spending on weapons
Clowns 🇺🇸
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has a longstanding fascination with the Crusades.
That’s right, the Crusades: the series of late 11th to 13th century medieval wars in which Europeans fought to control the Holy Land. He has tattoos that reference the Crusades, something that actually came up in his confirmation hearing in 2025. And his 2020 book is titled American Crusade.
The final chapter is titled “Make the Crusade Great Again.”
“So far,🚨#Vance’s foreign policy record is yelling at Zelensky for not thanking Trump enough, campaigning for AfD in Germany and Orban in Hungary, getting rejected by the Pope on his invite to the US, and failing in the Iran negotiations.”
-R Filipkowski
Prescient:🚨One of the last people to see Pope Francis alive…
#ETTD #EVTD #IranWar #Incompetence #Kakistocracy #USPol
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@aljazeera/global-news-ds1mfku2z/-/a-ev4pd0EGQBeNoBNl_pF2Gg%3Aa%3A3199698-%2F0
❝ Trump announces S̶t̶r̶a̶i̶t̶ o̶f̶ H̶o̶r̶m̶u̶z̶ b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶a̶d̶e̶ MORE WAR CRIMES AND VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAWS & TREATIES after US-Iran peace talks end ❞
"Good explanation from the Brookings Inst on🚨the problems with the #US trying to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz against Iran’s will. TL;DR🚨Iran has asymmetric advantages to cheaply strike vessels passing through, & markets won’t be reassured until that threat is gone."
-S Kupar
#IranWar #Incompetence #Kakistocracy #Trump #US #Iran #Economy #Markets #USPol
A supermajority of people in the US support trans folks' civil rights.
"In a new survey of over 1,000 respondents, 85% of Americans believe that 'transgender people should have the same rights and protection as everyone else.' The sentiment was agreed upon by 92% of Democrats, 76% of Republicans and 87% of independents. The survey was conducted by research firm SSRS and funded by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation."
https://www.them.us/story/transgender-rights-human-rights-campaign-survey-data-american-support
You can call these videos Iranian propaganda as much as you want, but mixed with a small amount of propaganda is a large amt of truth, suspicion & questions the American public deserve answers to.
There's lots of innuendo in this one. You may need to watch more than once to catch it all.
YouTube is removing some of the videos, but many are still available. Whomever is making the videos is well aware of questions we all discuss on social media.
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/04/12/iran-hilarious-anti-trump-video/
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@IveyJanette/116392653943765469
you know what’s funny about this headline?
i would expect this “anti-ICE sex toy protest” to happen in San Francisco, not Los Angeles.
well done angelinos, well done.
The old “this is why I need a ballroom” fake assassination attempt ploy.
seems the House GOP loves Trump a hell of a lot more than Melania does
He🚨sent 3 stooges to botch talking peace, then went to UFC. He’s blockading a blockade. No one in history comes close to this #idiocy‼️
#Trump🚨covets titles, awards & honors. After all, you don't acquire the FIFA Peace Prize, the 1st & only trophy for being the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal,” the Republican Party’s inaugural “America 1st Award” & someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize in the same year by mere good fortune.
#Felon #Loser #Vance #Kakistocracy #USPol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-trump-just-proved-he-is-historys-most-powerful-idiot/
RE: https://mastodon.online/@jackmjenkins/116395019815802184
Trump’s fuckers are reading my posts to him again?
make sure y’all keep calling out his motley crew and their lies for what they are: #heretics with mouths full of #blasphemy.
#USPol - 4/10/26 (19th day calling)
I left msgs for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R, NY), requesting she impeaches Trump for starting an unprovoked war in Iran & to stop arming Israel. Also, I also called my 2 senators (Schumer & Gillibrand), asking for them to stop arming Israel.
I post for accountability, to compound my emotional benefit, & let my online neighbors see that I care.
For informed levity, I recommend watching this YT channel of AM & PM global news short videos:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rCJmBS2imw8
#Trump🚨appears in a Christ-like role, healing a sick patient while surrounded by followers.
MAGA fury:⚡continues on TS *comments beneath Trump’s post raged at him for committing “literal #blasphemy.”
#Trump🚨posted the IMG online shortly after he ignited his feud with #PopeLeo with a long-winded tirade that attacked the pontiff as “weak.”
His latest post🚨has provoked a more wider reaction, uniting his supporters from: #Catholic & Protestant trads against him.
#USPol
https://www.mediaite.com/online/gross-blasphemy-maga-die-hards-deliver-rare-rebuke-of-trump-for-posting-unacceptable-meme-depicting-himself-as-jesus/
Oooh, have we gotten to the Corinthians this morning?
2 Corinthians 11:14-15
"And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. "
Sam was helping unload trucks when a heavy thud against concrete echoed across the Amazon WH.🚨An employee’s lifeless body lay on the floor.
Work halted in the loading docks at the dist cen in Troutdale, OR. Sam & other ees stared at the person. For > 1 hr➡️wkrs in the fac were instructed to continue fetching totes, picking items off shelves & loading them onto trucks for del as the man lay dead, & mgt figured out their next steps.
#WorkersRights #USPol
https://www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-is-replaceable-death-rattles
Out today: “The decision … is not going to result in any more oil production; it’s not going to result in lower gas prices. It will result in real harm and the potential extinction of one or more species in the Gulf.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-god-squad-endangered-species-gulf-drilling/
#environment #Politics #Trump #GulfCoast #news #energy #USpol #ClimateChange #water
New: President Trump's memecoin project is preparing to launch a membership club promising "elite and extraordinary experiences". This is the latest attempt to prop up a token down 97% from peak.
"[#MAHA] cast health as a luxury commodity to be achieved through class signifiers like organic food and expensive supplements peddled by wellness influencers, instead of as a collective project that cuts across class, race and other identities. Pesticides expose the lie behind that fantasy. You can shop organic food and grow your own tomatoes, but a stiff breeze can blow the Roundup your neighbor sprayed on his lawn directly into your face."
https://www.salon.com/2026/05/01/maha-moms-are-losing-faith-in-trump/
And now, Wednesday's Nightly News with Jimmy Kimmel...
▶️ 13:51
In which I don’t accept an invitation to a high-prestige unconference. “I declined, because it’s in the USA”: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/05/19/Declining-America
Speed robs us of the time needed to apprehend the situation and to collectively act upon it. Without this capacity, the contradiction of accelerating precarity can only end in collapse. But collapse *is* the system now. 2008. 2020. 2026. This is just how we mark time now. They're already selling us the next one with AI - whether it's AGI or just a bubble popping. The next extenuating circumstance is already lined up. The future is canceled. We have no choice but to invent one of our own.
A new lawsuit is challenging Louisiana’s extraordinary decision to suspend congressional primaries already underway — arguing the state is illegally nullifying votes and plunging an active election into chaos following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act.
These lyrics come to mind when reading the “news” about #uspol and #aggression and #slaughter in #sovereign countries. #killermike didn’t spare a syllable in his 3 and a half minutes. He killed it just you would expect then the VIDEO with it? insert 100 “dead” emojis. after one microphone emoji.
[Sample: Ronald Reagan]
Our government has a firm policy not to capitulate to terrorist demands. That no-concessions policy remains in force. In spite of the wildly speculative and false stories about arms for hostages and alleged ransom payments, we did not—repeat—did not trade weapons or anything else for hostages, nor will we
[Verse 1: Killer Mike]
The ballot or the bullet, some freedom or some bullshit
Will we ever do it big, or just keep settlin' for li'l shit?
We brag on having bread, but none of us are bakers
We all talk having greens, but none of us own acres
If none of us own acres, and none of us grow wheat
Then who will feed our people when our people need to eat?
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