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<p>&quot;Trump &amp; Thune About to Rip Away <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> Care &amp; Whig-ify the <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> Jan 1 - <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-about-to-rip-away" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-about-to-rip-away"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thu</span><span class="invisible">ne-about-to-rip-away</span></a> </p><p>&quot;There are certainly no lack of examples of their glib dishonesty and putrid amorality. But one that perfectly sums up the Jonestown GOP Caucus is their nonchalance at allowing enhanced Obamacare subsidies, the only way millions of Americans can afford healthcare, to just disappear. Like Mike Johnson’s testicles when <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> enters the room&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#congress</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a></p>

<p>The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> Has a Troubled <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> and Financial History<br>==</p><p>Leo Terrell’s past is at odds with Trump’s description of an “incredibly successful” attorney. </p><p>Documents obtained by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveal a trail of legal disputes and unpaid debts.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/leo-terrell-universities-lawsuits-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=8-27" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/leo-terrell-universities-lawsuits-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=8-27"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/leo</span><span class="invisible">-terrell-universities-lawsuits-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=8-27</span></a></p>

<p>When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-kenya-humanitarian-aid-starvation-families-children?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-kenya-humanitarian-aid-starvation-families-children?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-usaid-kenya-humanitarian-aid-starvation-families-children?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/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/marciorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcioRubio</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>&quot; <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> ’s Network Exposed: The Billionaires, the Bank, the <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> Presidential Candidate No One Talks About&quot;</p><p>We Expose, You Decide! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeUTXRkysQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeUTXRkysQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeUTX</span><span class="invisible">RkysQ</span></a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinfiles</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#dhs</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a></p>

<p>How Dems Come Back: Be Real; FIGHT <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> &amp; His <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> Mobsters - I debated Jonathan Larsen on <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#Substack</a>! </p><p>Check it out!! Then Subscribe!! </p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/cliff-v-jonathan-fight-ordebate-about" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/cliff-v-jonathan-fight-ordebate-about"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/cliff-v-jonat</span><span class="invisible">han-fight-ordebate-about</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/sherrodbrown/" rel="tag">#sherrodbrown</a> <a href="/tags/workers/" rel="tag">#workers</a> <a href="/tags/workingclass/" rel="tag">#workingclass</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a></p>

<p>NEW: Trump has targeted political foes — including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers. </p><p>But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/federalreserve/" rel="tag">#FederalReserve</a> <a href="/tags/lisacook/" rel="tag">#LisaCook</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-04" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-04"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-04</span></a></p>

<p>Empower young people to make better decisions than we&#x27;ve made: encourage critical thinking.</p><p>🤔 Critical Thinking Tips</p><p><a href="/tags/2/" rel="tag">#2</a> Be Questioning.</p><p>Don&#x27;t accept everything you hear or read:</p><p>▪️ What is the source?<br>▪️ Who is sharing this?<br>▪️ Why are they sharing this?<br>▪️ How is it supported by facts?<br>▪️ Where can I learn more?<br> <br>Foster curiosity in young people to support a lifetime appreciation of learning. </p><p>📣 Question what you hear and question what you read.</p><p><a href="/tags/criticalthinking/" rel="tag">#CriticalThinking</a> <a href="/tags/curious/" rel="tag">#curious</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#publichealth</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> @publichealth @edutooters @communicationscholars</p>

<p>Yes, I&#x27;m an anarcho-syndicalist, bisexual, gender-fluid, autistic, radical leftist!</p><p>I won’t apologize for being an anarchist or for being autistic. Autism rules, and so does anarchism!</p><p><a href="/tags/anarchist/" rel="tag">#Anarchist</a> <a href="/tags/syndicalist/" rel="tag">#Syndicalist</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#Anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/syndicalism/" rel="tag">#Syndicalism</a> <a href="/tags/anarchosyndicalist/" rel="tag">#AnarchoSyndicalist</a> <a href="/tags/anarchosyndicalism/" rel="tag">#AnarchoSyndicalism</a> <a href="/tags/bisexuality/" rel="tag">#Bisexuality</a> <a href="/tags/bisexual/" rel="tag">#Bisexual</a> <a href="/tags/genderfluidity/" rel="tag">#GenderFluidity</a> <a href="/tags/genderfluid/" rel="tag">#GenderFluid</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/radicalleftist/" rel="tag">#RadicalLeftist</a> <a href="/tags/radical/" rel="tag">#Radical</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>Answers to <a href="/tags/newsweek/" rel="tag">#Newsweek</a>&#x27;s questions about <a href="/tags/ubi/" rel="tag">#UBI</a> that were never used</p><p>&quot;the income distribution system called jobs is not designed for the world we live in today</p><p>No one pays higher marginal tax rates in the US than the poorest who are receiving benefits</p><p>UBI is more than just money, it’s more power to the People, and to then engage in the level of civic mobilization that won women’s suffrage and civil rights&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/ubi/" rel="tag">#UBI</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@scottsantens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scottsantens</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.scottsantens.com/what-the-media-isnt-telling-you-why-universal-basic-income-ubi-is-the-answer-to-poverty-insecurity-and-inequality/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottsantens.com/what-the-media-isnt-telling-you-why-universal-basic-income-ubi-is-the-answer-to-poverty-insecurity-and-inequality/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottsantens.com/what-the-</span><span class="invisible">media-isnt-telling-you-why-universal-basic-income-ubi-is-the-answer-to-poverty-insecurity-and-inequality/</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;The Biggest Criminal in D.C. Right Now Is Trump&quot;</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/198996/biggest-criminal-dc-donald-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newrepublic.com/article/198996/biggest-criminal-dc-donald-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/198996</span><span class="invisible">/biggest-criminal-dc-donald-trump</span></a></p><p>&quot;The president’s takeover of the capital’s police force is a distraction from his own rampant wrongdoing.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> <a href="/tags/criminals/" rel="tag">#criminals</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> that I&#x27;m never happy with:</p><p>I joined Mastodon during the Second Great Twitter Migration of 2022, if that&#x27;s what we&#x27;re calling it. </p><p>You may know me from:</p><p>@alexicon@tech.lgbt (Oct 2022-Sept 2023)<br><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/@alex" rel="nofollow">@alex@firefish.lgbt</a> (RIP) (Aug 2023)<br><a href="https://xim.ca/@alex" rel="nofollow">@alex@xim.ca</a> (Sept 2023-May 2024)<br>@alex@kitty.social (May 2024-Oct 2024)<br><a href="https://anarres.family/@alex" rel="nofollow">@alex@anarres.family</a> (Oct 2024-Aug 2025)</p><p>I&#x27;m a neurodivergent (AuDHD / GAD / cPTSD[?] <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/pawb.fun/neocat_thinking.png" class="emoji" alt=":neocat_thinking:" title=":neocat_thinking:">), ace/aromantic pan/aegosexual, 40s year old from <a href="/tags/ottawa/" rel="tag">#Ottawa</a>, <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a>. 🇨🇦 </p><p>Interests include: <br>• <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> (including <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/doctorwho/" rel="tag">#DoctorWho</a>) <br>• <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a><br>• <a href="/tags/genealogy/" rel="tag">#genealogy</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <br>• <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> (when I can afford to)<br>• ....way too many special interests.</p><p>(Please don&#x27;t reply to the introduction post. Mentions or DMs are OK.)</p>

A subtoot: corporations, and corporate(-like) behavior, are political. Anyone claiming that corporate-like work is apolitical--work that includes business-friendly software development whether it occurs within the walls of a corporate entity or not--is either naive or deliberately obfuscating reality.<br><br>&quot;Politics&quot; isn&#x27;t only about institutions. It&#x27;s about organizing large numbers of people to do something they wouldn&#x27;t otherwise do. Corporations organize large numbers of people to do things they probably wouldn&#x27;t do if they weren&#x27;t paid and/or didn&#x27;t need the money to live. 10,000 people wouldn&#x27;t spontaneously get together and spend the best hours of their days for months building a commercial jet airliner if there weren&#x27;t corporate structures in place and a society that keeps them close enough to deprivation that they will do this in exchange for money.<br><br><a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/oss/" rel="tag">#OSS</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/software/" rel="tag">#software</a> <a href="/tags/opensourcesoftware/" rel="tag">#OpenSourceSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/softwaredevelopment/" rel="tag">#SoftwareDevelopment</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/corporations/" rel="tag">#corporations</a><br>

<p>You may be shocked to learn that providing people housing is a great way to fight issues surrounding the unhoused. In Denver, the number of encampments of more than 20 people dropped 98% thanks largely* to the new initiative.</p><p>&quot;They have a door that they can lock. They have air conditioner in the summer, heaters in the winter. They have a place where they can receive their mail,&quot; Chandler said. &quot;Really, an opportunity to start rebuilding their lives.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p><p><a href="https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/all-in-mile-high-initiative-reduced-large-homeless-encampments-by-98-third-party-evaluation-shows" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/all-in-mile-high-initiative-reduced-large-homeless-encampments-by-98-third-party-evaluation-shows"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.denver7.com/news/front-ran</span><span class="invisible">ge/denver/all-in-mile-high-initiative-reduced-large-homeless-encampments-by-98-third-party-evaluation-shows</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;A Federal Judge Nominee Said Disabled People Shouldn’t Be Wed. In Fact, Many Can’t.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/disabled/" rel="tag">#Disabled</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/indiana-southern-district-federal-judge-nominee-justin-olson-disabled-people-marriage-benefits-cancellation-medicaid-ssi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/indiana-southern-district-federal-judge-nominee-justin-olson-disabled-people-marriage-benefits-cancellation-medicaid-ssi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.motherjones.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">025/12/indiana-southern-district-federal-judge-nominee-justin-olson-disabled-people-marriage-benefits-cancellation-medicaid-ssi/</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;𝐇𝐨𝐰 <a href="/tags/𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫/" rel="tag">#𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫</a> 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐫 <a href="/tags/𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬/" rel="tag">#𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬</a> 𝐈𝐧 𝟐 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 <a href="/tags/𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞/" rel="tag">#𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞</a> 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬&quot; </p><p>𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒐𝒃 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓&#x27;𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 <a href="/tags/𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆/" rel="tag">#𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆</a> &amp; 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 <a href="/tags/𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒔m/" rel="tag">#𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒔m</a> / <a href="/tags/𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨/" rel="tag">#𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨</a>, 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆&#x27;𝒍𝒍 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏: </p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/how-rob-reiner-decoded-our-politics-fa0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/how-rob-reiner-decoded-our-politics-fa0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/how-rob-reine</span><span class="invisible">r-decoded-our-politics-fa0</span></a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/bam/" rel="tag">#BAM</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/pr/" rel="tag">#pr</a> <a href="/tags/narrative/" rel="tag">#narrative</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a></p>

<p>World Leaders Laugh at Trump; Escalator &amp; Teleprompter Join in </p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders-laugh-at-trump-escalator" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders-laugh-at-trump-escalator"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders</span><span class="invisible">-laugh-at-trump-escalator</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/un/" rel="tag">#un</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#italy</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/jimmykimmel/" rel="tag">#jimmykimmel</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#comedy</a></p>

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<p>I Must Come Clean: I Have <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Derangement Syndrome—And Here’s Why <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-c</span><span class="invisible">lean-i-have-trump-derangement</span></a> </p><p>&quot;You may get TDS if you have a strong dislike for adjudicated rapists, <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> insurrectionists, <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> -suckling seditionists, and golden-showering onanists. TDS is inflamed just by encountering un-sweater’d, White Bill Cosby the Convicted Felon, or seeing him make the Oval Office look like it was decorated by Pizarro.</p><p>It must be TDS to despise the worst “human” shuffling his cankles in <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a>. A vile, venal, fragile, flabby, narcissistic, lazy-ass, selfish, sociopathic, soul-holed, gauche, gaudy, perpetually dumbf*ked man, woman, person, camera old coot, who looks like someone piled a burnt-ochre-colored watermelon on top of a jello-gelatin factory spill&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/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/bam/" rel="tag">#BAM</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>I’m someone who supports confederal municipalism. That means I support direct democracy and the dismantling and decentralization of the American government. I believe towns and cities should govern themselves and then coordinate with one another through a voluntary confederation of recallable delegates for shared matters like ecology, transit, and regional planning. We don’t need a nation-state, we need a confederation of cities and towns. <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/decentralization/" rel="tag">#decentralization</a></p>

<p>Trump is no Napoleon.</p><p>Excerpt from &#x27;Jacquard&#x27;s Web&#x27; on Joseph-Marie Jacquard, who pre-dated IBM over a century in using punched cards to issue instructions to machines.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="/tags/alttext/" rel="tag">#alttext</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Dec 31</p><p>Trump and MAGA&#x27;s participation awards.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnCEK2HveI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnCEK2HveI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnCEK</span><span class="invisible">2HveI</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/snark/" rel="tag">#snark</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYmrldH8XJI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYmrldH8XJI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYmrld</span><span class="invisible">H8XJI</span></a> <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/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#republicans</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinfiles</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</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>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism/115324346307602318" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@RealJournalism/115324346307602318"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@RealJournalis</span><span class="invisible">m/115324346307602318</span></a></p><p>So <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> cannot afford to rent Porta potties?</p><p>Or the manly men of <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> need running water and mirrors in their battlefield bathrooms?</p><p>What happens to them when they invade Greenland?</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>