https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-can-survive-without-almost #news #politics #trump #donaldtrump #elonmusk #musk #us #usa #eu #europe #america #china #russia #ukraine #canada #video #tech #uk #writing #ai #tv #fascism #france #democracy #germany #substack #cliffsedge #blueamp #cliffschecter #davidhuster #briankarem #cliffsnote
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The NRA Wanted Her Silenced. Instead, She Built a Grassroots Army https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead
"[Shannon] Watts details threats—sexualized, targeted, relentless—as the right tried to make her a cautionary tale. Instead, she became a symbol of what happens when you refuse to shut up and sit down"
#news #politics #terrorism #cliffsedge #cliffsnote #shannonwatts #blueamp #cliffschecter #davidshuster #interview #guns #guncontrol #women #firedup #video #podcast #streaming #usa #us #trump #musk #media #press #activism
#Iran
#US #PolicyPapers
@palestine
"Which Path to Persia?" (2009) by the Brookings Institution, outlines the US foreign policy vis a vis Iran:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Transpires that Israel is a conduit for US's imperialistic, hegemonic foreign policy.
Many things have changed since this policy papers were published. What hasn't changed is the US/Israeli aggression in the Middle East. US foreign policy is bipartisan, no change regardless of who sits in the White House
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"3 mos ago 325,000 Serbians took Belgrade (some estimates had many more). That’s 5% of the pop taking on Serbian Pres Vučić's autocracy
If we show up similarly to protest our rubber-chicken #fascist, that's 17MM. How about 15MM of us do this? 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍"
READ/TURN OUT! https://www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs-one-wannabe-king-america #protest #usa #nokings #la #losangeles #donaldtrump #trump #california #us #nato #america #unitedstates #canada #uk #ai #france #germany #tech #immigration #eu #tv #fascism #democracy #video #writing
NEW #SUBSTACK: 11 MILLION Americans Stand Up! #Trump 's Sad, Flaccid Parade Can't Get It Up
https://www.blueamp.co/p/11-million-americans-stand-up-trumps #news #nato #usa #politics #media #press #protest #la #losangeles #california #stockmarket #nokings #donaldtrump #elonmusk #us #unitedstates #europe #america #russia #ukraine #eu #canada #germany #tech #france #uk #italy #ai #writing #fascism
Hello World!
I just spoke with a #US #Senator office about the #fediverse . They're asking for more information to help spread around #Capital #Hill in small bite sized easy to understand pieces. I'm obviously going to give them @elena beautiful #movie on the #fedi (with some light editing which she's agreed to).
I'll of course show them https://fediverse.info/ and https://fedi.tips/ which are great websites. I figured I'd give them examples of amazing #AP projects such as #mastodon , #pixelfed , #peertube , #bandwagon , and #bonfire ; even things like @admin .
I'd love to know from folks any EASY to understand projects that best encompass the Fediverse and explanations of it.
What are some projects you'd hand to your friends and family that would explain and display to them what we are?
I'll say this isn't going to happen over night. There's lot of questions around regulations, trust & safety, etc. But I feel it's pertinent to at least get the conversation going, especially considering the current state of disdain for big social media and the impending legislation around these things.
I'll finally state if there's anyone in this list that does NOT want to be involved with this, that's totally fine and I understand and I can exclude you from the materials I give to them.
#boost #boostplease #government #laws #activityPub
@benpate @peertube @bonfire
@stefano @dansup @Mastodon
#Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps #IRGC threatened to retaliate in the wake of the #US attack on Iranian #nuclear sites. In a statement carried by the Iranian state news agency IRNA, the military body said the vast number of US bases in the region were not a point of strength, but rather a vulnerability. The Guards Corps added that #Iran retained the right to respond in self-defense & said the US would “await regrettable consequences.”
Something you won't see discussed re: the #USA striking #Iran : spillovers.
What might happen next:
- the USA strikes North #Korea
- #China escalate the East China Sea & South China Sea issues
- China attack #Israel & #US allies to protect its interests in Iran
- The #AxisOfEvil activates
- China can also choose to escalate the war between #India and #Pakistan
- there is still the war between #Russia and #Ukraine
You won't see it discussed because #PacificAsia & the larger #AsiaPacific don't matter to most people saying their piece about the wars in the #MiddleEast .
Now that the USA joined the war against Iran, we are now dangerously close to #WorldWarIII #WorldWar3 #WWIII #WW3 , it all comes down to the next action of the freaking colonial mentality USA and superstitious China (a.k.a. Dragon Emperor myth).
"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
"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
The #Trump admin is trying to deport *another* student, 21-yr-old #YunseoChung, a legal permanent resident, under the statute authorizing Secy of State #MarcoRubio to remove people deemed threat. She's lived here since childhood.
Chung wasn’t a leader or heavily involved in the protest movement, she only attended a few.
The #US is seeking to deport a person w/a #GreenCard since she was a child because she went to a #protest.
#law #immigration #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest
This is beyond…
#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.
#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJhfxOZp-o
«#Project2025 is a radical #US #conservative #agenda — but what if its ideas are coming to #Europe? This video dives into “#TheGreatReset,” a real #EU-focused plan backed by #Orbán allies. It aims to weaken #Brussels, kill #EUcourts, and put #power back in #national hands. We explore the origins, the goals, and why it’s more than just a theory. Watch till the end — this isn’t just #politics. It’s the future of #Europa» #eumadesimple #EUMS
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Meanwhile, in Germany…
(It's an InterCity Express train, a.k.a. ICE)
#train #trains #transit #deutschland #germany #europe #DonaldTrump #trump #president #US #USA #UnitedStates #america #graffiti
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Want To Fight Back? Declare Independence From Corporate #Media? Start Here!
WATCH & SUBSCRIBE! https://www.blueamp.co/p/want-to-fight-back-declare-independence?r=j0lyx&triedRedirect=true #substack #us #usa #news #politics #writing #video #ai #tv #eu #press #tech #medicaid #trump #donaldtrump #economy #stockmarket #russia #ukraine #canada #europe #uk #china
#LisaMurkowski will never be looked at as someone w decency again. She's a ghoul. She is #maga
"This Awful Mistake Will Haunt Her for The Rest of Her Life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFmQ14XWFM #news #politics #bbb #bigbeautifulbill #alaska #unitedstates #america #usa #us #eu #canada #russia #ukraine #china #europe #uk #france #germany #video #budget #donaldtrump #trump #medicaid #healthcare #SNAP #media #press #economy
Lies, Information Spaces, and Changing Minds
The scary thing we are learning is, to our collective horror, we have built up very little institutional or cultural resilience to fascists, specifically their lies and manipulation. The good news is that we are getting a crash course in how to build that resilience, and it can be pretty straightforward.
I think the foundation of democratic resilience is ending bothsides-ism in #media. Once someone demostrates they are untrustworthy, their voice needs to be dismissed outright. As consumers, all of us have the agency to reject sources that rely on both-sidesism and clickbait catastrophizing. This will take time to learn good habits and it involves collective responsibility, but I believe we can do this.
These battles are won in information spaces, and while autocrats have the advantage of corporate mouthpiece control, they have the disadvantage of being grossly incompetent and stupidly cruel. Their 'brand' is technocratic efficiency and objectivity. As crazy as it sounds, a lot of people dont know they are being lied to because of the information spaces they are trapped in and the blinders they have put up. Our pressure on autocrats, pointing out their incompetence, stupidity, and cruelty, needs to be relentless in order to destroy their brand and help people break free of these bubbles.
I know its distressing to see so many fall for outright lies, but people are very capable of changing their minds when they are presented with evidence that touches on their personal experiences. I point back to collective responsibility to win back minds and diligently fight against authoritarian propoganda, as all of us who have used #BigTech or ever believed in 'meritocracy' have helped build this world.
#Uspol #US #Canada #Europe
Greg Abbott's SHOCKING Statement on #Texas Flood Victims Sparks Outrage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKYd3ivtXgs&t=306s #texasfloods #usa #fema #flashfloodwarning #tech #trump #donaldtrump #maga #cruel #football #sports #news #politics #us #fascism #media #press #tv
#Project2025 calls for a 25%-40% reduction to the #US #population over the next 4 years.
That's why we are seeing the idiocy we are seeing right now.
#Trump is actually trying to kill us.