(hmm, on brand)
Denver Post: Weld County GOP chairman arrested, suspected of soliciting child prostitute
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What is happening in the United States of America won't begin to end until Donald Trump is dead. Not in prison. Dead.
If Trump is impeached then tried & convicted in a criminal court, he will continue to use the system to fight imprisonment. Considering the judges that have been confirmed all across the country, he will be able to use one or more to obtain release.
The stress & the destruction must come to an end. It cannot be allowed to be dragged out for years on end.
How about a fund to compensate all Americans for the chaos and bullshit of the last ten years? I want ten years of my life back. And I want Trump to pay for it.
Same for the millions he has killed.
#TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
A leaked Army memo🚨warns that #Hegseth's frantic push to flood the battlefield with cheap weaponized #drones is getting soldiers killed by bypassing fundamental explosive safety protocols nobody bothered to maintain in the rush."
-T Welborn3
The #DOD🚨is being accused of cutting corners on safety..
#Incompetence #Deaths #IranWar #Trump #TrumpRegime #Troops #USPol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-memo-calls-out-pentagon-pete-for-drone-mishaps/
Ken Paxton’s hypocrisy is well-documented. He's one of the loudest proponents for requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Yet he’s famously eschewed Number 7 multiple times (thou shalt not commit adultery). https://www.texasobserver.org/ken-paxton-attorney-general-rhetoric-analysis/
I wrote to my senators over two months ago strongly advocating for due process for all. If we don't have due process, we don't really have rights; the government can just disappear anybody at any time.
I finally heard back from Senator Jim Banks. He did not address any of the points I made, or even the topic of due process and civil rights. Instead he sent a 6800-word screed vilifying immigrants and thanking Trump for securing the border. He finished by naming Renee Goode and Alex Pretty and blaming their deaths on activists:
"... sustained vilification of ICE agents and federal officers creates a dangerous environment. When elected officials and activists portray law enforcement as the enemy, it undermines public safety and puts officers and civilians at risk."
We need elected officials who support civil rights and democracy.
Write your senators and representatives and be sure to VOTE in November.
ICYMI: there was a huge change issued in US immigration policy a couple days ago. It's stunningly wide-reaching, essentially gutting the green card process. Up til now, you could stay in the US while your green card was being processed. Now you will have to go to your home country to wait. This is devastating - first and foremost to the people and families involved, but also to the US economy in general.
@skinnylatte has a great thread going, which starts here (followers only):
https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/116618798786005876
The Cato Institute (ewwww) has a good plain language explainer: https://www.cato.org/blog/dhs-quits-granting-green-cards-almost-entirely
There's a Reddit post here with some real-world examples: https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1tkzlnc/please_explain_in_laymans_terms_how_the_new_memo/
It is highly likely that you know people who this will effect. And even if you don't, it's still terrible and you should call your congresscritters to oppose it.
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One more horrific thing from the Trump administration that I almost missed (and you might have, too):
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/20/nx-s1-5865100/doj-memo-trump-disability-civil-rights-institutionalization
The Justice Department released a memo this week that quietly calls into question decades of civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities and stirred fear and anger among advocates and families.
The memo, an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel, argues that states do not have to provide in-home or community-based care to people with disabilities who need support.
Without the federal government requiring that states provide these services – to help disabled people integrate into their communities – advocates and legal experts warn that cash-strapped states could cut them and return to what was once common practice: de facto segregation of Americans with disabilities in nursing homes and large institutions.
h/t @DeniseG
Look! Sealant Team 6 is guarding the Strait of Warm-Ooze. 🤣🤣
Doesn't JD Vance have his own security clearance to access the DOD computer systems? Who is this woman on the ID? Why doesn't Vance have and use his own clearance?
A card can be seen inserted into the laptop sitting in Vance’s lap that appears to be a Common Access Card (CAC), an identification card used by U.S. defense personnel. The photograph on the card, however, appears to be of a woman and not of Vance.
Cybersecurity experts criticized the incident, noting that government-issued smart cards should never be used by anyone other than the assigned individual or left in public photo #USPol #Iran #3Stooges
Qatar’s prime minister posted this picture:
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New Publication - Matthew Rimmer, 'Night at the Artificial Museum: Copyright Law and Artificial Intelligence', (2026) 18(1) Culture Unbound 151-210
https://cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/article/view/5601 #copyright #AI #GLAM #openaccess #OA #uslaw #uspol Part of a special collection on Digital Cultural Heritage, Authenticity, and AI edited by Marc Stuhldreier, Martin Fredriksson, Rosa Ballardini, Bodil Axelsson, and Kristina Kovaitėis https://cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/issue/view/523
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"Only a man with an unparalleled ignorance of history such as Donald Trump would have signed America’s peace treaty with Iran at Versailles, the byword for national humiliation."
"And only a man with an impish sense of humour such as Emmanuel Macron would have suggested it."
"It is easy to cast Trump in the role of the humiliated & hurt German count Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/18/iran-peace-deal-us-trump
#USPol #EUPol #Macron #Versailles #USIranMoU #news #palestine .
As with many people (I suspect) I can not help thinking that the great Reflecting Pool debacle simply mirrors the debasement of the US by Trump and his supporters.
Folks need to recognize how much transphobia is driving the debate over the girl dad in the women’s washroom.
People have been so conditioned to hate and fear trans people that they now see bathrooms as a “sacred space” such that they will endanger kids to prove a point.
This is where hate and division lead.
A few years ago no one would have thought twice about a man bringing his two young daughters into the women’s washroom.
But years of trans hatred and fear mongering mean people believe only “women” can access that space.
People think those two young girls should have been taken into the men’s washroom despite the fact they would have been exposed to male nudity and possible aggression.
The girl dad did the right thing.
Anyone saying otherwise is pushing a narrative.
If a man wants to hurt us, he doesn’t need an excuse to enter our washroom.
He will just force his way in.
This particular incident proved that.
The girl dad asked permission. He checked with an employee. He had a reason to be there.
The straight male aggressor did not.
He forced his way in.
Traumatized the two young girls.
Caused a scene.
Abused local police services.
He was the predator, and he chose to access a “women’s only space”.
Trans people are not the enemy.
Girl dads are not the enemy.
It’s a false flag.
I’ve been the victim of sexual assault and I can honestly say I’ve never feared a trans person.
I’ve been in washrooms with trans women, drag queens and girl dads…I’ve never feared for my safety.
Stop allowing political rhetoric to cause division.
We can be better than this.
From Jessica Luther in our magazine: Once the majority has decided a marginalized group is the demon in one part of a story, it’s easier to paint them as demons in another. To counter this, we need to look at gender-expansive athletes in a detailed and holistic way. https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-athletes-inclusion-sports-culture/
Right-wing media is pushing a new narrative that opposition to data center expansion in American communities is being orchestrated by pro-China, pro-communist foreign interests. Fox News ran with a report last week claiming Chinese propaganda networks
https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3mmozhtejis2i
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From resistance team of US Natl Park Svc
500+ char posts not resent
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#AltNPS #Coup #Activism #NationalParkService #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump
"US citizens & #immigrants alleging💔brutal encounters with fed IMM agents⚡are now demanding FIN comp.
Ppl across the C⚡are seeking $Ms thru fed tort claims, precursors to poss lawsuits. #DHS: when agents are faced with danger -use their training to protect themselves/pub.
Ramirez & Valdez: among those who're seeking FIN comp for damages they say🚨*suffered during Trump’s IMM dragnet. Valdez:🚨cost of hosp visits, lost wages..."
Unforch:🚨difclt to sue US govt‼️
#ICE #USPol
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-05-26/those-caught-in-trump-immigration-dragnet-seek-millions-for-raids-shootings-trauma
ICYMI
These dumb 🤬
A major localized #flu #outbreak is currently affecting hundreds of new #MilitaryRecruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The outbreak began after “Defense” Secretary Pete #Hegseth made flu #vaccines optional in April, causing #vaccination rates to plummet to around 40%.
#AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #Trump #RFKJr #ItsAboutCovidOnTrumpsWatch #vanity #science #medicine #vaccines #law #military #USpol #VaccinesWork #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/flu-outbreak-air-force-base.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Looks like corrupt adulterous good ole boy Paxton is romping to MAGA victory in the Texas Senate primary. Should add flavor to the November vote. #USpol
Timothy Snyder suggests (plausibly) the Tangerine Tyrant is bringing about the 'superpower suicide' of the US... entirely to enrich his friends & family.
In a sense we all have intuited this for some time, but Snyder joins the dots in a helpful way.
indeed, we might conclude the individualistic logic of the US has finally (as many would expect) bitten it in the arse courtesy of the corrupt family Trump.
https://www.thenerve.news/p/timothy-snyder-column-america-trump-superpower-suicide
New from Justin Miller: The GOP dynamic was basically old-guard establishment vs. ambitious and uniquely hardline insurgents. The typical story, with the now-longstanding wild card of #Trump’s kingmaking powers. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-gop-runoff-results-2026/
Putting #Trump lackeys on the Chemical Safety Board has now resulted in dozens of deaths in #Tennessee and #Washington State, with thousands evacuated from Orange County, #California. https://apnews.com/article/paper-mill-explosion-washington-white-liquor-317b2491baf6e44c0a5f66ef98af31b5
My note to Sen Schiff. I left messages w/Sen Padilla & Congressperson Chu. Please spread the word & let the fediverse know if you've contacted your reps.
Dear Senator Schiff,
Please do everything you can to find out if Mitch McConnell is alive, dead, capable of serving or not. This needs to be resolved before time runs out and a special election can't be held because of Kentucky rules. Do not let McConnell -- even in death or someplace in between -- continue his assault on democracy.
Would any writer or aspiring want to collaborate on a sort of coffee table book? A us political satire maybe 50 years in the future a picture book for highschool kids (by that time Idiocrasy will have completely made itself at home)
Working title 'let's not do that again' pictoral snapshots starting@ the escalator.
More details in alt boost if you like this idea to help me find a writer. I sent the idea to trump; I heard he was very enthusiastic.
