People don’t realise just how big Greenland really is.
Its landmass area is large enough to cover 99% of the Epstein Files!
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I'm sorry for the many #USPol posts recently. I'm just getting caught up on what's been happening.
I do my best to give people I don't agree with politically the benefit of the doubt, and remind myself of the many times I realized what seemed like an obvious political position to me was not obvious at all once you learned more about the situation. I also think our current president is using shock doctrine tactics, which means most of what he's doing is intended to frighten and demoralize as many people as possible so that he has the space to do whatever it is he actually wants to do. You don't need to stare at that and you're probably better off not ("rationing reality", as they say, because too much is harmful).
What changed my mind and led me to pay closer attention is the blatantly unconstitutional nature of what Musk in particular is doing, combined with the lack of response of almost the entire Democratic party. It's absolutely staggering. The moment demands a response, and the party's lack of response demands a response. If the building they were in caught fire and they responded this way, they'd burn to death! This is not just a difference in political positions; it's blatantly unconstitutional behavior unfolding daily with no tangible resistance.
Anyway, I don't intend to become a politics poster, largely because I don't have the temperament for it. After the initial flare-up my ire is directed at elected officials, where it belongs, and I look for things I can do outside the electoral system that might help.
#USPol #DemocraticParty
I do my best to give people I don't agree with politically the benefit of the doubt, and remind myself of the many times I realized what seemed like an obvious political position to me was not obvious at all once you learned more about the situation. I also think our current president is using shock doctrine tactics, which means most of what he's doing is intended to frighten and demoralize as many people as possible so that he has the space to do whatever it is he actually wants to do. You don't need to stare at that and you're probably better off not ("rationing reality", as they say, because too much is harmful).
What changed my mind and led me to pay closer attention is the blatantly unconstitutional nature of what Musk in particular is doing, combined with the lack of response of almost the entire Democratic party. It's absolutely staggering. The moment demands a response, and the party's lack of response demands a response. If the building they were in caught fire and they responded this way, they'd burn to death! This is not just a difference in political positions; it's blatantly unconstitutional behavior unfolding daily with no tangible resistance.
Anyway, I don't intend to become a politics poster, largely because I don't have the temperament for it. After the initial flare-up my ire is directed at elected officials, where it belongs, and I look for things I can do outside the electoral system that might help.
#USPol #DemocraticParty
Indivisible has launched a campaign to get people to physically visit their representatives this week:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cru6DBkH5gadq3S-mVhiSU72mC2ZeDHXG93jeiemFH0/edit?tab=t.0
Recording of the Indivisible/Working Families/Move On call from yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yf3AstpQI
You're not into electoral anything, ever? Cool, there's mutual aid work in your community that needs help. And food banks and libraries and school boards. Archive projects. Foster kids.
https://protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/How-You-Can-Protect-Democracy.pdf
The non-profit advocacy organization EveryLibrary is launching a resource to help people run for elected offices where they can support libraries.
"When library supporters run for office, we change what’s possible for funding, access, and the future of our communities."
https://www.everylibrary.org/readleadrun
#libraries #NationalLibraryWeek #EveryLibrary #ReadLeadRun #USPol #ElectoralPolitics #voting
US Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) roughed up and handcuffed for asking Kristi Noem a question at a press conference.
It's time to storm the castle.
#Impeach #Convict #Remove #Indict #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Advising #patriots to display American flags at #nokings day of defiance. #uspol #albuquerque #santafe #newmexico #indivisible
The governor of my state is being targeted because she insisted that she intended to follow state and federal law in governing Maine. It would appear the people targeting her don't have much respect for state and federal law, nor for state's rights, even as they hide under the cover of these. That's where we are now, apparently.
#maine #USPol
#maine #USPol
Something to know about Maine is that according to Wikipedia the population is around 1.4 million, placing it 42nd out of 50 in terms of population among US states. Average population density is a bit over 41 per square mile (the NYC area tends to have over 10,000 per square mile, by contrast). According to the 2010 census (again from Wikipedia), 94.4% of people here are (non-Hispanic) white.
Doing the arithmetic, there are roughly 78,400 non-white people in this state. Under the assumption that the targets of certain federal agencies are not white, wouldn't searching Maine be a waste of resources? Unless those resources were not in fact intended to efficiently find people with unfavored immigration statuses, say. You don't go looking for needles in one of the biggest haystacks.
To be clear I am not saying other places should be trageted. I am saying that the facts speak to ulterior motives.
#maine #uspol
Doing the arithmetic, there are roughly 78,400 non-white people in this state. Under the assumption that the targets of certain federal agencies are not white, wouldn't searching Maine be a waste of resources? Unless those resources were not in fact intended to efficiently find people with unfavored immigration statuses, say. You don't go looking for needles in one of the biggest haystacks.
To be clear I am not saying other places should be trageted. I am saying that the facts speak to ulterior motives.
#maine #uspol
This week's comic: "Protecting the children"
#uspol #comic #cartoon #children #education #lgbtq #climate #health #healthcare #transgender
BREAKING: Video of Shooting in Minneapolis by Federal Agent on Camera
"GOVT🚨ASKS DC CIRCUIT TO VACATE CONVICTIONS & REMAND FOR DISMISSAL IN OATH KEEPERS & PROUD BOYS CASES. S Rhodes, E Nordean, everybody"
-R Parloff
"The message this sends is that if you plan violent acts on behalf of Pres Trump,🚨he'll do everything in his power to make sure you see no consequences."
-A R-Melnick
We're not just less safe in Trump's 2nd T, we're imperiled 24/7. He's pardoned J6 insurrectionists, ppl who've committed heinous crimes, moved fed offs to IMM enf... +a war‼️
#DOJ #USPol
Surprise...
Report: "Unknown traders bet $760m on oil prices dropping minutes before Hormuz reopened".
"Repeated, strategically timed trades in oil & prediction markets suggest a rising trend of insider profiteering connected to the war".
"Crude prices dropped by as much as 11 percent within minutes."
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!
Slowly and deliberately. Originally published June 17, 2021
“ there is something far more sinister about these bills.
The real threat is that these bills are quietly setting Republicans up to steal the 2024 Presidential election after failing in 2020. There are steps being taken at all levels of government to make this a reality.”
https://www.rootschangemedia.com/big-lie/
#maga #uspol #trump #democracy #unitedstates #fascism #TheBigLie #RootsofChange
The largest union of nurses in the US calls for the abolition of ICE.
National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE | National Nurses United
“The Strait is still closed. We will open it by the order of our leader, not by the tweets of some idiot.” -Iranian military officer.
Do we think Trump and the USA are still respected around the World? Hmmm?
#IranWar #StraitOfHormuz #USPol #USPolitics #Trump #GeoPolitics
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Under Governor Greg Abbott's multi-billion dollar border security bonanza, Operation Lone Star, the Rio Grande no longer holds back law enforcement efforts. Today's digital border reaches across Texas and beyond. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/
This story is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
#surveillance #tech #SocialMedia #GregAbbott #police #border #privacy #security #USpol #politics #news
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🚨 The Hands Off! protests are tomorrow, Saturday, April 5 🚨
Find one near you -
https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Can't attend in person? There's a virtual event:
"Hands Off! Disabled Community Fights Back"
2 - 4 PM Pacific Time
Virtual Event
Join from anywhere!
https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/event/770700/
#USpol #HandsOff #Protest #Resist #Virtual #Disabled #Disability #Accessibility
New for The Barbed Wire's Big & Bright 🌈⭐👏: Meet Waco's #transgender BBQ pitmaster, who's going viral for his outspoken, #antifascist TikTok videos.
Kaleb told us he lost his job at Terry Black's after being doxed after Charlie Kirk's death, but that hasn't stopped his big smoked meat dreams ... https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/barbecue-saved-his-life-waco-antifascist-trans-pitmaster/
#LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #news #culture #Texas #food #politics #USpol #antifa #SocialMedia #TikTok
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RE: https://mas.to/@meganL/116432417479110306
Someone was saying in the comments that the US press would never cover this meeting. I get most of my news via links people post on Mastodon and sometimes through what shows up on my YouTube home page.
Are USians seeing news stories in the US press on this worldwide progressive meeting in Barcelona? #USpol
If people would supplement the 'golden rule' with:
"That shit ain't yours"
and
"Mind your mf business",
SO MANY PROBLEMS WOULD DISAPPEAR OVERNIGHT.
“At any point during the day, Trump might tweet something and the trading algorithms are just going to react to it,” Crosby said. “It makes life very hard.”
Turns out the stonkmarket is just the twitter algorithm. I'm sure it'll be fine.
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Use the link below to email your senators and ask them to sign on to a "Dear Colleague" letter for FY27 (fiscal year 2027) which calls for "$210 million in Long COVID research funding at NIH, ARPA-H, and AHRQ"
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#LongCovid #MEcfs #POTS #Dysautonomia #FundLongCovid #MedMastodon #USPol #NIH
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