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the #FBI is now officially visiting the homes of people spotted at protests like #NoKings, #ICE, etc.
it boggles the mind that there are people at #protests in the US who, upon finding #FBI agents at their door asking “do you have a few minutes to talk about the protests?” answer with anything other than “do you have a warrant?” followed by a polite request that they leave your property.
this isn’t complicated. you need to shut the fuck up. the #5thAmendment exists for a reason. shutting the fuck up cannot be used against you, for any reason, ever. not shutting the fuck up will never help you. it can only hurt you.
any false statement to the FBI can be charged as a crime. even if you just forgot. even if you mix up the order of events. even if you tell the truth but the agents find another person whose story contradicts yours. even if you tell the truth but the agents misrember what you said (!!!)
talking to the FBI is much more legally perilous than talking to the police (and you shouldn’t do that either) and talking to Kash Patel's FBI is far worse than talking to the old FBI.
i know it’s hard. you want to be helpful. you want to explain yourself. it’s a very natural human thing and that’s exactly what they’re going to use against you. so here’s a helpful script you can follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqo5RYOp4nQ
literally every single lawyer in the united states will tell you exactly what i’m telling you now. tell a friend. tell all your friends. tell random people you see on the street.
and shut. the. fuck. up.
don't be like this guy, who helpfully stepped out of his house to chat with the FBI outside the range of audio recording for most of an hour: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-agents-visit-anti-ice-protester
#STFU #shutTheFuckUp #PSA #uspol #uspolitics #KashPatel #law #lawfedi
"The Treasury Dept instructed employees not to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing after images of construction equipment dismantling the facade of the building went viral online.
Treasury’s HQ is located next door to the East Wing, giving employees there a front-row seat to the construction of Trump’s $250 million ballroom. The new project is set to replace parts of the East Wing."
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/treasury-tells-employees-not-to-share-photos-of-white-house-ballroom-construction-1d4f2c49?st=woEQcR
More pics at https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/21/white-house-east-wing-demolition-trump-ballroom-photos/
#UsPol
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Out today: Feeding #Texas estimates that its 20 member banks have lost a total of $57.6 million in federal funding cuts, and that’s only in immediate canceled funding. But this could actually be on the low end of the potential impact range. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-cuts-texas-food-banks/
This is an amazing clip. Doug’s kids talking about what it’s like to be in Kamala’s family.
Compare with any single minute of Don Jr on camera.
#HarrisWalz2024 #JoyfulWarriors #TheBigWalzowski #TonicMasculinity
#TheWalzAbides
#KamalaHarris2024 #KHive #YesWeKam #MALA #MakeAmericaLaughAgain #MastodonForHarris #ThankYouJoe #USPol #Politics #Democracy
@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
“The records that we have received demonstrate that senior TDA officials were well aware of the potentially unlawful nature of their policy.”
Last year, I broke the story about the #Texas Department of Agriculture's transphobic dress code for @TexasObserver. Now, I'm back with internal emails showing the turmoil it caused, especially in the nutrition department: https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/
#news #politics #USpol #transphobia #agriculture #LGBTQIA+ #trans #homophobia #WorkersRights
“The US🚨is preparing for war in Venezuela.”
The vast majority of American voters don’t want Trump to start a new war, nor has Congress approved it, particularly one that’s that’s unjustifiable, & is likely a distraction from Trump’s multiple failures, especially on the economy, & the Epstein files.
#Venezuela #War #Fascism #Congress #Protest #USPol
🎁 https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/10/venezuela-trump-caribbean-boats-maduro/684690/?gift=SCYx-5scVta3-cr_IlgTyREBAyO8CrUxBuBWOFzIBuI
This famous poster from the Holocaust Museum displays the early warning signs of #fascism. While still applicable, I want to make it clear that we are chest-deep in the #fascist #cesspool and have been for *years*.
Pinning this to my profile in case you know someone who still has doubts. Send them this post.
History is repeating itself once again.
#unitedstates #uspol #uspolitics #antifascism #warning #History #resistandinsist
I attended the Supreme Court of #Texas on Wednesday to help @deceleration cover a unique case involving #Indigenous religious freedom, pandemic restrictions on churches, and a cormorant rookery in a San Antonio park.
#politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #animals #news #law #religion #activism #SanAntonio #SouthTexas #trees
"The trump administration is moving to undercut state-level efforts to wipe medical debt from Americans’ credit reports, just as millions across the country are facing massive healthcare premium increases stemming from congressional Republicans’ refusal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies."
Sick!
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-cfpb-medical-debt
#UsPol #Health
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If you see me happily posting pics of my dogs and cat or making endless corny dad jokes it’s because I am utterly terrified what’s going to happen in November and I don’t really have anything useful to say that everyone else can do so much better.
Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
In order to shield my pride, I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
Oh look, another rich, white billionaire saying #climatechange isn’t so bad
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/business/bill-gates-climate-change
What does Microsoft need from the US Government, Bill? I know you’re not CEO any more, but this reeks of the same fucked up bullshittery we saw Tim Apple do at the White House.
OH, and congratulations on the shitty timing. You know, just as #Jamaica faces the largest storm in its history….
And look, the crux of what he’s saying is “ tackle hunger, and disease” but if you don’t tackle climate change as well, those other things will get WORSE. This isn't an 'either, or' situation.
We have to tackle anthropogenic climate change. We have to tackle hunger. And we have to tackle disease. We can't do just one. We have to do all of them, and that means... changing how we deal with world wealth.
Tax the rich. Build a society where all have a chance to thrive… not just a few.
“When people can’t get their #SNAP, they’re going to go to the #food banks. There isn’t enough food in the food pantries to handle this need. I mean, they’re all saying we’re going to run out of food. There’s no way we can replace everybody’s SNAP benefits.” https://www.texasobserver.org/snap-benefits-shutdown-will-leave-hungry-students/
Watching the US debate and it’s fucking terrifying.
We really are (in both UK and US) creating the perfect conditions for fascism or something very much like it.
But can we be fucking clear. This is not the fault of the people refusing to vote for increasingly shitty Labour/Democrat candidates.
This is the fault of Labour/The Democrats for being shitty and embracing the exact narratives and economic positions that empower the right.
Newsletter: Binance’s Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom
DOHA, QATAR (The Borowitz Report)—Last week Qatar inked a historic agreement to acquire a president of the United States, Emir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani confirmed on Monday.
But even as Qatar touted the acquisition, critics argued that the president it bought was in poor condition and not fully functional.
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/qatar-signs-historic-deal-to-own
The Fed is performing mental gymnastics to explain why a "strong" economy isn't hiring anyone.
Would you believe it, turns out AI is the reason job creation is near zero. It's the perfect, trendy scapegoat for a plain old recession!
https://fortune.com/2025/10/30/jerome-powell-ai-bubble-jobs-unemployment-crisis-interest-rates/
Love his energy. He said 'there is nothing I want there.'
The US is becoming a stinky fart cloud.
US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka https://share.google/eInzXzNn7awKeHLl9
Millions of people go onto the street in protests against a President who acts like a king and what does South Korea do..
..give the orange clown dictator a gold crown 
How about we stop reinforcing this lone ruler behavior and put the fcker in his place, like jail
The Nation magazine, August 26, 2025: "Graham Platner is the real deal."
October 2025: One unflattering revelation after another about Graham Platner, including horrifying, macho-white-male comments about women and Black people, and the bit about the Nazi tattoo.
The Nation magazine, October 29, 2025: "It's precisely in his flaws that I find Platner most appealing."
Where's Laffy?
As you have probably noticed @GottaLaff has pretty much stopped posting on Mastodon in favor of #Bluesky. You can still get her posts by following @gottalaff.bsky.social
If bridging to Bluesky is not your thing, there are a few other very good 'newsgatherers' here on Mastodon, including:
Each of these accounts has their own style, but all are fabulous ways on Mastodon to keep up with the #news.
In #Utah, #Trump’s Vision for #Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
The proposed site where Utah plans to place as many as 1,300 homeless people outside of Salt Lake City.
State officials promise large-scale #involuntary #addiction & #MentalHealth treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”
#law #unhoused #ConcentrationCamps #SocialCleansing #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us/politics/utah-trump-homeless-campus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU8.-Nd0.pGnMZllHXOAG&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Staff cuts at NOAA have resulted in loss of "27,000 years of experience."
NOAA retirees are working as volunteers and unpaid interns to help with the current workload.
The White House wants to entirely eliminate NOAA Research, the branch of the agency that oversees the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.
This is deliberate sabotage by the anti-science White House.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/climate/noaa-volunteers-hurricane-melissa.html
#UsPol #NOAA #Climate
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See how this article about replacing #Biden totally ignores Kamala Harris and boosts Gavin Newsom? Even though only Kamala Harris can use the funds Biden’s campaign has raised, if it comes to that.
I suspect that this is what it’s all about. Newsom has a track record of supporting very neoliberal, anti-labor, poverty-punishing policies, something Biden does not really do and presumably Kamala Harris wouldn’t do.
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Still waiting on the release of the Trumpstein files
And nop, we did not forget nor won't we!
"Normal" people will get fined and jailed for even looking wrong, billionaires should be held as accountable if not more for their crimes
Money should never be a factor
Just because someone has more money they can do whatever? Not on my watch 🔥