ICE officers smash a US citizen and disabled veteran's car window, pull him out and disappear him into a Trump concentration camp under orders from Steven Miller to round up thousands daily. George Retes' family cannot find him despite calling police.
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The USA wants to ban a Brazilian minister of the Supreme Court from entering the country. He was the judge in charge of blocking X in Brazil because Musk didn't provide information requested by the Brazilian authorities (strangely, right-wing extremist crimes).
The ministry's response
> "For the sovereignty of Brazil, for the independence of the Judiciary and for the citizenship of all Brazilians. For we ceased to be a colony on September 7, 1822 and, with courage, we are building an independent and ever better Republic, independent and democratic. And we are building it with courage. As the eminent minister Cármen Lúcia always reminds us, quoting Guimarães Rosa: 'What life wants from us is courage'"
https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2025/02/27/moraes-agradece-dino.ghtml
Maybe we need more people with guts to stop Europe being a digital colony of the USA.
#Trump asked if he’ll call Governor #TimWalz in wake of #Minnesota #shootings
Normally in the wake of a serious shooting or crime the #president of the #UnitedStates calls the governor to make sure they have all they need in terms of #LawEnforcement resources, #medical, #security, #trauma response etc.
#POS #immoral #DerelictionOfDuty #law #USpol #MelissaHortman #JohnHoffman
This is how Trump responded:
Every 4th of July, I'm the event photographer for celebrations in Monterey, CA where I work promoting small business. Nicknamed locally as the "Language Capital of the World" its remarkable diversity is always on display at its annual 4th of July parade and other celebrations.
Well, that's in a normal year. Unfortunately the mood in Northern California as it has elsewhere in the United States has descended into a pall of fear and anxiety. It was shocking to see the proudly diverse city of Monterey have the whitest and straightest celebration that I never thought I'd see anywhere in my home state much less in my own backyard.
Uh wait... hold on... (Continued)
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A couple of years ago I wrote a tweet thread about how I'd begun to see people in the crypto and finreg spaces expressing excitement about the traceability of cryptocurrencies.
Thinking back to it as I watch Senators and crypto industry executives talk about how delightfully traceable public blockchains are. No pesky warrant required!
![Molly White
@molly0xFFF
1:33 PM · Feb 14, 2023
the past ~month or so i've suddenly started seeing a bunch of people in crypto and in the financial regulatory/enforcement world who are unironically excited about crypto because of the financial surveillance it could empower, and that scares the shit out of me
the other day i was listening to a conversation about how "algorithms" could detect criminal activity occurring on public ledgers in real time to automatically alert law enforcement, or be programmed into the money itself to stop transactions.
[Screenshot of a text message: "or I'm going to move to a cabin in the woods with a faraday cage built around it"]
anyone know any good welders?
i run into people somewhat regularly who think that because i don't like crypto, i support unfettered government/LEO surveillance of personal finances.
like, no, that's part of WHY i don't like crypto](/proxy/post_attachment/765784/1ad7fdd3c3.png "Molly White
@molly0xFFF
1:33 PM · Feb 14, 2023
the past ~month or so i've suddenly started seeing a bunch of people in crypto and in the financial regulatory/enforcement world who are unironically excited about crypto because of the financial surveillance it could empower, and that scares the shit out of me
the other day i was listening to a conversation about how \"algorithms\" could detect criminal activity occurring on public ledgers in real time to automatically alert law enforcement, or be programmed into the money itself to stop transactions.
[Screenshot of a text message: \"or I'm going to move to a cabin in the woods with a faraday cage built around it\"]
anyone know any good welders?
i run into people somewhat regularly who think that because i don't like crypto, i support unfettered government/LEO surveillance of personal finances.
like, no, that's part of WHY i don't like crypto")
It's the GOP Health Plan you've been waiting for! And SO MUCH MORE!
#BigFuglyBill #BBB #Medicare #Medicaid #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
"Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave #NASA under agency push."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/nasa-staff-departures-00444674
"At least 2,145 senior-ranking NASA employees are set to leave under a push to shed staff…The 2,145 employees are those in GS-13 to GS-15 positions — senior-level government ranks that are typically reserved for those with specialized skills or management responsibilities."
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Quid pro quo between cryptocurrency firms, the Trump administration, and the Trump family’s crypto ventures.
Barack #Obama warns the #US is ‘dangerously close’ to slipping into #autocracy under #Trump
In rare public remarks, the fmr president said recent actions from the admin are “not consistent with American #democracy.”
#USpol #democracy #Constitution #law
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/barack-obama-trump-speech-trump-autocracy-rcna213729
Dear Mark Carney - in the light of Trump's new tariff letter threatening 35% on basically everything, tell him to fuck off and bring back the digital service tax
Be like Brazil, stand up to the orange asshole - appeasement doesn't work, cut off the potash and watch US farmers freak out
#CDNpoli #USpol #USpolitics #ONpoli #ABpoli #BCpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-35-per-cent-tariffs-1.7582563
Newsletter: Issue 86 – State power sponsored by Coinbase
Coinbase’s sponsorship of Trump’s military parade angered some in the crypto world, who described the move as “deeply disturbing” and “an insult to everything our industry stands for”. But this is only the latest example of crypto companies aligning with state power.
Earlier this month, the cryptocurrency firm Ripple made a $9.4 million contribution to the San Francisco Police Department to fund a surveillance center outfitted with drones. “We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones,” enthused a SFPD Captain about the donation.
Every Wednesday, PJ and I walk past the Home Depot on Sunset here in Hollywood, greeting the folks standing outside, looking for work or selling food. To the point where we recognize many of them, and they recognize us.
ICE raided our Home Depot this morning.
A bunch of bullies, a waste of money, and a waste of time, to fill arbitrary quotas to appease white nationalists like Stephen Miller. I feel less safe with ICE running around, not more safe.
Newsletter: Crypto firms hope putting a blockchain veneer on traditional equities will allow them to sidestep lessons learned in the 1929 Wall Street crash, crypto firms look to become banks, and Congress celebrates crypto surveillance while claiming to outlaw it
The Guardian, not pulling any punches with its headline:
White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/20/trump-michigan-coal-power-plants
Dammit people, do you not see the crossroads we are at? We are in Nazi Germany, at the twilight of civility before fascism firmly takes root and can no longer be stopped. You can't just stand there aghast and scandalized and talk about how it's illegal or shocking or vile. If we don't take *action*, the chance for action will pass.
We are witnessing the active consolidation of power by a fascist government as politicians and judges are arrested and harrassed, people are rounded up and sent to camps, the armed forces are mobilized against our citizens, rule of law is discarded, and war is looming.
What else do you need to see to convince you that we are OUT OF FUCKING TIME? Act now, in defense of your neighbors and your representatives and your nation, or expect it all to be yanked from your hands for the duration of the long, dark night. It is a countdown to war and death camps. This isn't a game. This isn't a hypothetical. IT IS FUCKING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!
Just got home to the news of this attack on Iran to support Israel, a country simultaneously committing war crimes in Gaza. I guess it's who we have been and who we are now but I hope when we get past this Trump regime that we decide -as a country - to never be like this ever again. No more war.
I guess MAGA is about unprovoked war now, right Joe Rogan? Get on board, brother.
i believe a thank you is in order for the sponsors of today's military action
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"Since June 6 — when the Department of Homeland Security began widespread raids throughout the Los Angeles region — the number of immigrant parents making emergency arrangements for their children’s care has skyrocketed. Parents have flooded legal rights organizations in person and on Zoom for help filling out the forms that will designate another adult to take over responsibility of their children, many of whom are citizens, if they are detained or deported."
🚨NEW: President Trump’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, quietly raised over $50 million through private token sales—
likely sending tens of millions to him and his family.
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Me, for @Forbes
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I found a #youtube video that was 47 minutes long and titled "Why Everything Feels Like a Scam Now" and I thought -
Well it is, cuz that's what poorly regulated #capitalism does after a while, and I just saved myself 47 minutes.
I have an account on #truthsocial to check in on the madness. #Trump is being absolutely shredded by his followers re: Epstein. Although the stupid is painfully strong, and there is a lot of conspiracy garbage, it is very refreshing to see them bucking Trump for once. And doing it clearly, and in numbers. All the top comments on his most recent "truth" are angry supporters.
Wise words from Timothy Snyder: "Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics."
Madman #politics: "He’d already been having a rough few weeks: adverse reactions to his mass deportations & step-by-step imposition of martial law, the slow crumbling of his foolhardy tariff regime, growing opposition to his "big beautiful bill." & now this. Anyone could see it was more than a man, esp. a narcissist, could take."
https://www.salon.com/2025/06/22/with-strikes-on-iran-has-chosen-a-path-of-insanity/