uspol

"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just repeatedly refused to commit to following court orders from judges who rule that DHS is acting illegally.

Mullin: would not vow to abide by rulings from judges."

Everyone in the #TrumpRegime is #lawless -openly defies the law.

#Impeach #Trump #RegimeChange #Constitution #Fascism #DHS #ICE #Detention #DeathCamps #Torture #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Courts #Judges #USPol
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/02/congress/mullin-refuses-to-commit-to-following-court-orders-for-dhs-00946961

“The president of the Utah State Senate, who championed a huge data center beside the Great Salt Lake, was defeated in his Republican primary on Tuesday night, one of the most high-profile signs of the voter backlash to data center projects.

The vote to oust the Senate president, J. Stuart Adams, was a stunner. Mr. Adams was one of the longest-serving and most powerful politicians in Utah, a solidly Republican state, and had won earlier re-elections with little opposition.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/us/j-stuart-adams-utah-senate-data-center.html

#USPol

This is terrible. We will lose the ability to accurately track marine weather. #climate #uspol https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nFA.60N6.hYFHv83kH_Ee&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#DebHaaland Wins Nomination in #NewMexico Governor’s Race

Haaland, a former Interior secretary, took a big step toward making history as the first #NativeAmerican #woman to be a #governor when she won the primary in her Democratic state.

#primaries ##USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/us/elections/new-mexico-democrat-governor-haaland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

New from Josephine Lee: No state has taken over as many public school districts as #Texas. Since 2020, the Texas Education Agency has installed its own hand-picked leaders in eight districts. Four of those came just this spring. At least another 10 are at risk of takeover. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-tea-school-takeovers-charter-austin-fort-worth-houston/

Co-published with our partners at @ProPublica.

#education #politics #USpol #news

RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/116817066497457828

the reverse narcissus does exists, not with a pool but a protrait. the protagonist:

Dorian Gray

which explains why ―for decades now― whenever i think of Dorian Gray, who i see is Donald Trump.

#narcissism #mythology #USpol

On Mon, #SpaceX🚨amended its IPO to state that water conds—incl water scarcity, regs around water, & drought—could constrain data center dev.

Water use:🚨emerging as one of the most contentious #DataDenter issues. A recent poll found:🚨7 out of 10 Americans are opposed to data center dev -water scarcity ranking as the top res concern. Facing increasingly fierce resistance, some tech cos are scrambling to assure the public that they’re facing the issue head-on.

#AI #USPol
https://www.wired.com/story/data-center-operators-fix-water-use-problems/

According to research by Ben Johnson in Inequality By Design, the level of inequality in the US today matches that of France in the run up to the French Revolution. If you think things are bad for the vast majority of people, it's because they are.

#US #USPol #economics

National Guard, working within a federal task force, have now shot and killed a civilian in Tennessee.

Military under federal guidance killing Americans on the streets: where we now are in the democracy backslide/authoritarian takeover attempt we all now face.

https://apnews.com/article/memphis-tennessee-national-guard-shooting-0ee15a07db84a17d709a1f0345858465

#USpol

« #TristanCabello est historien, spécialiste des États-Unis. Il vient de publier #LaVictoireDeZohranMamdaniÀNewYork chez Textuel. Il aborde le parcours et la stratégie de victoire de #Mamdani en 2025. Il revient aussi sur la naissance et l’histoire de la #gaucheAméricaine durant le XXe siècle jusqu’à la nouvelle génération de #socialistesAméricains. »

https://www.micro-stories.fr/la-victoire-de-zohran-mamdani/

#ZohranMamdani #NYCpol #USpol #politiqueAméricaine #NYC #DSA #partiDémocrate #livres @bookstodon

The New York Times reviewed over a dozen hours of cabinet meeting footage to analyze how Trump’s administration spoke to him. On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered #Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents.

#POTUS #vanity #narcissism #gaslighting #propaganda #MentalHealth #dysfunctional #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #despotism #idolatry #tyranny #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meetings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

This is the new goverment of the United States;

"Epstein class crypto billionaires"

Those are the scumbags driving the US into the ground

#US #USPol #Trump #Epstein #Trumpstein

"Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally"

@donnydonny for @sludge

#news #uspol #trump #politics

https://readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trump-bought-hundreds-of-stocks-the-day-before-he-paused-tariffs-and-sparked-a-historic-rally/

The fact this was a thing says enough about the fascist fair:

"Confederate flag images removed from North Carolina booth at Great American State Fair"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/confederate-flag-image-removed-north-carolina-booth-great-american-sta-rcna352203

#US #USPol

A federal judge strikes down Trump administration immigration policy affecting 39 countries ~

In a nutshell, US District Judge John McConnell Jr. said that the #trump admin ignored the law and did whatever it wanted, justifying its actions with bogus 'national security’ pretexts as a cover for anti-immigrant bias that it is not supposed to let influence its decision making.

#USA #US #USpol #immigration #law
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-asylum-citizenship-10591d120e5cb13da736d9eeb06757c8

Without weighing in on the electoral politics of the situation, I think it's worth registering that Graham Platner receives press coverage suggesting he's a left-leaning, progressive politician, yet in his personal life his actions are consistent with a far-right sensibility. Similar comments apply to Gavin Newsom. If you're into voting for blue-tinted rightwingers and you like to call them Democrats that's up to you, but call a spade a spade eh?

#maine #politics #democrats #USPol #US

"Maher said he would gladly vote for Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio, provided that Republicans lay off crying foul every time they lose an election."

Translation: Bill Maher is fine w/#fascism just not when the fascists talk about rigged elections. So that means he is ok voting for the people supporting concentration camps, legally-sanctioned transphobia, perpetual attacks on the #media, concealment of #Epstein files, #climate change denial, et al.

https://www.salon.com/2026/06/28/my-vote-is-in-play-maher-tells-vance-hed-vote-for-a-republican-over-a-progressive/

#USPol

Excellent:💙⚡️”Weekend reading: my essay on why it's time for #Democrats to break with incrementalism and propose solutions that are as big as the problems people are facing - like a $25 minimum wage.”
-Sen Murphy
#LivingWage #Oligarchs #Walmart #Inequality #Elections #USPol
https://www.chrismurphyct.com/p/democrats-must-propose-solutions

RE: https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx/116744843684193974

🚨 Reminder for USA folks 🚨

Have you submitted a public comment on the new OMB rule? The deadline is Saturday, July 13.

This new rule could impact any research study, not just ME/CFS research!

Solve ME has instructions and a template to make writing a public comment easier, link in quoted post.

There's also a tool to help you call & email Congress.

#USpol #Science #Research #StandUpforScience #OMB #Resist

Democratic socialist #MelatKiros defeats longtime #US #House incumbent in #Colorado

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat US Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent & another win for #progressive challengers across the country.

#Congress #COpol #USpol #DemSoc
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-democratic-socialist-primary-degette-governor-8a77cdb9943f99b70c74fbf811f1bbe3

It’s not a “blow to #trump ” that he can’t unilaterally end a mandate of an amendment to the constitution. It’s absolute fucking obvious he can’t. The window of expectation has shifted so far to “we make the rules now” that “actually, water is wet” is seen as a win to rationally minded people.

Punch the Nazi. Grab a pitchfork. Eat the rich. Stop ceding ground. It’s boundaries.

Day 1 of any next admin should be capital gains tax, crypto divestment, and prosecution announcements. #uspol #scotus

Why are US govt officials - Vance, Trump, Rubio, Hegseth, Musk - so intent on sowing racial disharmony in Europe? I can understand them doing it in their home country, but why here too?

#uspol #eupol #ukpol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c802e7jk458o

#GiftArticle

A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans

by Mara Gay

The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share

RE: https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/116817236375758293

"Go home. Get out!
We know our country's better than you... we worked hard to build it with all of our cultures and our values.
You being here only disgraces it for us, all of us who continue to build it and live in it.
And (more than) half of you MAGA won't ever stop being racist.
We don't want you.
We don't care if you're offended.
Get out! Go home!
Go back to f*cking obscurity!"

— Dolphin, a cetacean voice of non-MAGA america

~~~~~
Fixed it.

#USpol

#AkbarShahidAhmed's forthcoming book #CrossingTheRedLine sounds like it should be required reading for all the #BlueMAGA shitlibs on Masto & elsewhere who like trafficking lame "I told you so's" to the effect that if the left had just shut up about the genocide her boss was doggedly backing, Harris would've won. (the opposite is true actually v. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2025937379802988645.html)

#NoneSoBlind...

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324118190
#Gaza #Palestine #Biden #USpol #GenocideJoe #TheEvilOfTwoLessers #books @bookstodon