politics

<p><a href="/tags/bbc/" rel="tag">#BBC</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> Minister: PM is thinking about how to respond <a href="https://w.st/PuGk6" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>w.st/PuGk6</a></p>

<p>I don&#x27;t understand why the concept of economic violence isn&#x27;t more mainstream. Few people seem to use it, even in academic and activist circles.</p><p>We have enough resources to give everyone a decent life. Not taking those resources to share them with everyone is a conscious choice by the state and other actors of power.</p><p>When we do austerity politics, it is a form of economic violence: common folk are asked to suffer in ways that can be extreme (and lethal) so that the rich don&#x27;t have to share.</p><p>Words hold power, and labeling things correctly helps give them more meaning. Austerity is an euphemism. Economic violence is more descriptive.</p><p><a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#violence</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>After five years, The Digital Identity Event Horizon is published in full today: three problem statements, ten key findings, and dozens of recommendations across policy, protocol, legal, and social contexts. </p><p>It&#x27;s the largest research study in New Design Congress&#x27; eight-year history: eight case studies, hundreds of citations, dozens of participants from government, intelligence, civil society, technology, and the field itself.</p><p>It is also, without exaggeration, the most alarming body of work we have ever produced.</p><p>The argument is straightforward and difficult to reckon with: Digital identity makes societies brittle. In 2026, we find ourselves in an era of digital identity fetishism: flawed age verification schemes, biometric and facial-recognition authenticators, and fragile state-backed identity programmes are rolling out at an unprecedented rate. And every one of them, whether current or emerging, remains vulnerable to social engineering. The success rate for a non-technical attack on a user is now three out of four. These attacks cost US companies an estimated $1.6 billion in the five years to 2017 alone; by 2024, fraud runs to hundreds of billions worldwide.</p><p>READ IT HERE <a href="https://newdesigncongress.org/en/report/2026/the-digital-identity-event-horizon/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newdesigncongress.org/en/report/2026/the-digital-identity-event-horizon/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newdesigncongress.org/en/repor</span><span class="invisible">t/2026/the-digital-identity-event-horizon/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/digitalidentity/" rel="tag">#digitalidentity</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/eupol/" rel="tag">#eupol</a> <a href="/tags/did/" rel="tag">#did</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/threatmodelling/" rel="tag">#threatmodelling</a></p>

<p>the orange rapist + GOP: meeting under the dark of night to realize their dream of making ameriKKKa into a surveillance state</p><p><a href="/tags/naziamerikkka/" rel="tag">#NaziAmeriKKKa</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/surveillancestate/" rel="tag">#SurveillanceState</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/policestate/" rel="tag">#PoliceState</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a></p>

<p>Another week, another story of the callousness of the British state; the already failing e-Visa system seems to be corrupting &amp; dismissing people&#x27;s right to stay in the UK, has this week halted a mother&#x27;s return to be with her child, while stranding her in Germany with another.</p><p>As so often the Home Office is quick to make mistakes but slow to rectify them with (seemingly) no regard to the human costs.</p><p>The state&#x27;s runs rough shod over normal people (again).</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/woman-dusseldorf-uk-home-office-return-flight-blocked" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/woman-dusseldorf-uk-home-office-return-flight-blocked"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">026/apr/17/woman-dusseldorf-uk-home-office-return-flight-blocked</span></a></p>

<p>Announcing our MOLLYs special guest: Skye Perryman, President &amp; CEO of Democracy Forward and one of TIME’s 100 most influential people.</p><p>Join us in <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a> for a powerful night supporting independent journalism.<br>🎟️ Get your tickets now: <a href="https://texasobserver.org/MOLLY" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>texasobserver.org/MOLLY</a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/events/" rel="tag">#events</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>I really, truly hate how accurate this is. <br><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a></p>

<p>&quot;RFK Jr.&#x27;s &quot;Re-Parenting&quot; Brain Worm Strikes Again&quot; <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/rfk-jr-really-thinks-he-can-re-parent" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/rfk-jr-really-thinks-he-can-re-parent"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/rfk-jr-really</span><span class="invisible">-thinks-he-can-re-parent</span></a> I unloaded on RFK Jr&#x27;s dipshittery and racism...I&#x27;m quite sure you&#x27;ll like it. Check it out! </p><p>A TASTE: &quot;There are bad ideas, worse ones seemingly produced by that monster truck filled with congealed-month-old-cheese-whiz <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> calls an IQ, and then there’s RFK Jr. Here he goes again, he’s talking, so he’s saying something racist or stupid or ignorant or conspiratorial—usually all four!</p><p>I mean, JFC, has anyone not reached a point where they’d like to duct tape the guy’s mouth shut to just not hear the noise anymore? And, no, I’m not talking about the voice caused by inherited spasmodic dysphonia. I mean the idiocy exiting Jr.’s pie-hole&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/publichealh/" rel="tag">#publichealh</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a></p>

<p>Washington is one of 14 states — along with Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia — that allow some form of late-arriving mail-in ballots.<br><a href="https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-mail-in-voting-means-for-us-states-b993" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.kuow.org/stories/what-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-mail-in-voting-means-for-us-states-b993"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.kuow.org/stories/what-the-</span><span class="invisible">supreme-court-ruling-on-mail-in-voting-means-for-us-states-b993</span></a><br><a href="/tags/kuow/" rel="tag">#KUOW</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/trumpandthenorthwest/" rel="tag">#TrumpAndTheNorthwest</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m taking the pledge now to completely boycott ANY site that requires age verification. If enough of us do so, we win.</p><p>Take the power back!</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#CdnPoli</a> <a href="/tags/ageverification/" rel="tag">#AgeVerification</a></p>

<p>NEW: Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say</p><p>Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hegseth-trump-war-civilian-casualties-elizabeth-warren-pentagon?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hegseth-trump-war-civilian-casualties-elizabeth-warren-pentagon?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/heg</span><span class="invisible">seth-trump-war-civilian-casualties-elizabeth-warren-pentagon?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#War</a> <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> still needs to get arrested and to rot in a scuzzy jail for the rest of his psychopathic life for starting a <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#Genocide</a> and killing over a hundred thousand innocent people</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a></p>

<p>In our magazine, the latest from Texas Observer cartoonist Ben Sargent.</p><p>Read more from our July/August 2026 issue: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/issues/j</span><span class="invisible">uly-august-2026/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>

<p>I ain&#x27;t no snitch but shouldn&#x27;t someone tell FIFA what the guy they gave their Peace Prize to is doing tonight??????</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Happy 250th to America&#x27;s ultimate power couple! 🗽 💘 ⚖️</p><p><a href="/tags/independenceday/" rel="tag">#IndependenceDay</a> <a href="/tags/ladyliberty/" rel="tag">#LadyLiberty</a> <a href="/tags/ladyjustice/" rel="tag">#LadyJustice</a> <a href="/tags/4thofjuly/" rel="tag">#4thOfJuly</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/fanart/" rel="tag">#FanArt</a> <a href="/tags/fanfic/" rel="tag">#FanFic</a> <a href="/tags/fanfiction/" rel="tag">#FanFiction</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#Illustration</a> <a href="/tags/july4th/" rel="tag">#July4th</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>I handle my stress by making shitty memes</p><p>Jonathan Ross handles his stress by shooting you in the face</p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>The MAHA movement is mad about glyphosate and Trump&#x27;s EPA</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5801645/maha-epa-pesticide-glyphosate-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5801645/maha-epa-pesticide-glyphosate-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">801645/maha-epa-pesticide-glyphosate-trump</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>&quot;if we had a President Reagan, Ford, Bush, hell even a Nixon say someone tried to assassinate them, it wouldn’t cross my mind anything else occurred. With <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> my first thought was “did he fake it b/c his polling&#x27;s bottomed out like Kash Patel after a bad break-up with Jim Beam?” </p><p><a href="https://shorturl.at/LOrY1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>shorturl.at/LOrY1</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/whcd/" rel="tag">#whcd</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#straitofhormuz</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a></p>

<p>White Nationalist Jake Lang came to Minneapolis and got fucking smacked the fuck up by a dude dressed like Spiderman.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/altright/" rel="tag">#AltRight</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/spiderman/" rel="tag">#Spiderman</a></p>

<p>Happy birthday to me and happy birthday to Alex Pretti, who was executed by federal forces while exercising his constitutional first amendment rights just 34 days ago</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>I finished the Black Rose 2023 Program a few days ago and have moved on to Social Anarchism and Organization which I&#x27;m reading in conjunction with Anarchist Popular Power by Troy Andreas Araiza Kokinis. Recommended for anyone interested in learning more about Especifismo which is a model for anarchist organization developed from a collective process of theory and practice. </p><p>If you want a group experience check out the Center for Especifismo Studies. They run an 15-week introductory seminar, the Militant Kindergarten, every year starting in January.</p><p><a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anarchist-federation-of-rio-de-janeiro-social-anarchism-and-organisation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anarchist-federation-of-rio-de-janeiro-social-anarchism-and-organisation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theanarchistlibrary.org/librar</span><span class="invisible">y/anarchist-federation-of-rio-de-janeiro-social-anarchism-and-organisation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#Anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/socialism/" rel="tag">#Socialism</a> <a href="/tags/organizing/" rel="tag">#Organizing</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/antifascism/" rel="tag">#Antifascism</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#Capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> </p><p>Related:<br><a href="https://www.blackrosefed.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.blackrosefed.org/</a><br><a href="https://www.akpress.org/anarchist-popular-power-ebook.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.akpress.org/anarchist-popular-power-ebook.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.akpress.org/anarchist-popu</span><span class="invisible">lar-power-ebook.html</span></a><br><a href="https://especifismostudies.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>especifismostudies.org</a><br><a href="https://m.youtube.com/@CenterforEspecifismoStudies" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="m.youtube.com/@CenterforEspecifismoStudies"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/@CenterforEspeci</span><span class="invisible">fismoStudies</span></a></p>

<p>NEW: Authorities say former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime hired Tren de Aragua to kidnap a dissident who had taken refuge in Chile.</p><p>The suspected mastermind, Diosdado Cabello, remains powerful in the new U.S.-backed government in Caracas.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chile-suspects-venezuela-cabello-killing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chile-suspects-venezuela-cabello-killing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">le-suspects-venezuela-cabello-killing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/chile/" rel="tag">#Chile</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#Geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/maduro/" rel="tag">#Maduro</a></p>

<p>finished watching <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://eggplant.place/movie/13fEcUnKgOKjeNLEATmdu8" rel="nofollow">Anniversary</a> <br>A cautionary tale about the USA going full fascist (I know, I&#x27;m not downplaying Trump) over... a book? written by an intellectual? How about making the ideology delivery mechanism be... IDK, tweets from a reality show celebrity? That, I would believe.</p><p>In all seriousness, I don&#x27;t know if this movie gets how fascists and fascism work, but I&#x27;ll give it a 👍 for trying.</p><p>I did like that the movement is backed by a corporation, they got that partially right.</p><p><a href="/tags/pol/" rel="tag">#pol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a><br></p>

<p>The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs.</p><p>Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too.</p><p>Luckily, I have a guide for that.</p><p><a href="https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/getting-off-us</span><span class="invisible">-tech-a-guide/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="/tags/cdntech/" rel="tag">#cdntech</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#digitalsovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a></p>

<p>A U.S.-Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade<br>---</p><p>Under Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, security forces have worked with the U.S. to destroy drug labs and kill or capture crime bosses. But the president is saying she won’t extradite members of her own political party.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/us-mexico-drug-trade-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/us-mexico-drug-trade-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/us-</span><span class="invisible">mexico-drug-trade-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mexico/" rel="tag">#Mexico</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>