#TrumpCrash #Trumpnomics #TrumpTax
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"Fascism: Here To Stay? How Do We End It?"
W/ #DavidShuster, an "Amped Up!" INTERVIEW w awesome historian/scholar on #authoritarianism, Ruth Ben-Ghiat!
https://www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-to-stay-how-do-we-end #politics #world #fascism #trump #us #usa #ai #donaldtrump #history #press #media #war #iran #israel #eu #tv #uk #russia #ukraine #middleeast #news
"Noem isn’t doing homeland #security. I’m not sure she knows its meaning. Like habeas corpus, which she thinks is an Ecuadorian offshoot of MS-13. Instead of safety and security, Noem’s turned the agency into the rabid attack dog she wanted Cricket to be"
READ MORE https://www.blueamp.co/p/were-all-cricket-and-the-united-states #news #usa #politics #dhs #ice #losangeles #la #tv #nato #media #press #russia #ukraine #eu us #unitedstates #america #trump #donaldtrump #cliffschecter #blueamp #cliffsnote #cliffsedge #davidshuster
Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?
Über 90% (!) der Antwortenden hier auf #Mastodon erkannten die steigende Gefahr auch für #Taiwan 🇹🇼 durch die Politik von #Trump gegen die #Ukraine 🇺🇦. Auch die Druko-Dialoge sind von Realismus geprägt. #Zeitenumbruch #USA 🇺🇸 #EU 🇪🇺 https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/zeitenumbruch-wie-trumps-anti-ukraine-politik-auch-die-eu-und-taiwan-bedroht/
Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.
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National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/national-parks-staff-cuts-talking-points?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Government #NPS #NationalParks #DOGE #ElonMusk
NEW: Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run #DOGE.
One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having “little to no actual decision making” responsibilities.
Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
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The class-action lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Discrimination #Parents #Disability #School
In these dark times...
a little humor:
#AOC #Trump #Impeachment #USPol
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Jamie Raskin, a leading Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, stated that the bill seeks to strip courts of their power to hold the administration in contempt when the President violates court orders.
#fascism #constitution #trump #meme #democracy
A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime
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Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #WhiteHouse #Crime #DHS #FBI #DOJ #StephenMiller
First Trump embarrassed our military during his lame birthday parade, now he’s done it again by claiming they wiped out Iran’s nuclear facilities in a single strike.
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National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
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Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
#News #Vaccines #Autism #Health #RFK #Medicine #Science #Government #USPolitics #Trump
The Office That Investigates Disparities in Veterans’ Care Is Being “Liquidated”
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The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. “The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.
#News #Trump #Veterans #Military #Equity #DEI #Government #USPolitics
“Are we going to break something?” acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek asked, referring to what DOGE has been doing with Social Security data. “I don’t know."
#News #DOGE #Musk #ElonMusk #SocialSecurity #USPolitics #Trump
As boring as this topic may be and resentful as we may be that this man continues dominating news cycles, it's impossible to avoid either, because the damage is ongoing.
Heather Cox Richardson writes,
"The stock market continued to fall today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another 478 points, or 1.14%; the S&P 500 fell almost 0.8%; & the Nasdaq Composite fell almost 0.2%."
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
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Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
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Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Vietnam #USAID #Environment #PublicHealth #USPolitics
An effort to call a convention to amend the Constitution is focused on the national debt but could open the door to other changes — including making it legal for Trump to run for a third term.
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Congress #USPolitics #Government #Law #History
Could #Trump and #RFKJr lead us into a new #HIV pandemic? They could, and it sure as hell looks like they're trying. My latest: https://48hills.org/2025/07/are-trump-rfk-jr-inviting-a-new-hiv-aids-pandemic-pepfar-foreign-aid-prevention/
“Chief Justice John Roberts said the impeachment of federal judges is “not an appropriate response” to disagreement with their rulings.
The extraordinary statement from the leader of #SCOTUS comes hours after #Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who tried to pause the deportation of hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members”
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/us-chief-justice-calls-impeaching-judges-over-rulings-improper
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Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
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Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.
#News #Trump #Immigration #ICE #Migrants #Immigrants #Detention #History
Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
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GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Medicaid #Healthcare #Congress #Trump #GOP #BigBeautifulBill
"I promise you the myopic mook, #Bezos, doesn’t see the outrage of Venetians, Americans and the #world as regrettable. I’m sure it gives him the kinda dopamine high Elon needs to snort a Cybertruck to obtain. Jeff’s living his best #Trump life"
READ THE REST/SUBSCRIBE https://www.blueamp.co/p/billionaire-jeff-bezos-rented-venice #donaldtrump #politics #news #media #press #tech #tv #ai #stockmarket #usa #italy #us #america #eu #europe #unitedstates
"Look, we’re not in a Woody Allen #film. Foreign policy by tweet isn’t just dumb-as-a-door-hinge—it’s dangerous. The world isn’t your therapy Don. Ya don’t get to bomb, lie about a ceasefire, go back to cheating at golf like nothing happened"
THE REST-> https://www.blueamp.co/p/trumps-toddler-twitter-diplomacy #news #iran #israel #politics #trump #america #us #usa #donaldtrump #russia #ukraine #unitedstates #writing #war #eu #tech #sports #twitter #europe #canada #uk
"..Putin's shopping for a new puppet. #Trump had 1 job! #Ukraine. He failed. Now #Iran, #Putin ally. Putin said publicly not to attack. Trump did. Since, Putin & Medvedev have carefully used language to turn #MAGA further against Trump"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yuXhXxY__U #israel #news #politcs #russia #war #tech #world #video #us #youtube #usa #america #eu #europe
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on The Courts
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The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post