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#美國 #USpol #USpolitics #SignalGate
#Hegseth #Trump #MAGA
這事還有後續。
Hegseth在自己創建的另一個Signal群組分享軍事機密。
這個群組內包括他夫人，兄弟，還有其他人。
他之前已經被批評帶他夫人參加和外國領袖的會議。
前國防部發言人John Ullyot在上週辭職，
他說國防部一個月來處於完全混亂之中。
國家安全顧問Waltz把記者加入Signal群組。
國防部長在Signal群組和家人分享國家機密。
他們沒把國家安全放在心上，和川皇如出一轍。
他們應該知道不能這樣做，
機密資料是只能在特定設備特定環境下處理的。
但只是不在乎，大概覺得也沒什麼大不了的。
做錯事，川皇也沒有解僱他們。
到現在也沒人主動要為此負責。
MAGA們是美國國家安全的大漏洞。
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8r701lrno
https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-houthis-attack-8dbf9dd6c711796438a5c1c84831c40b
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-yemen-attack
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/20/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594
A new campaign has begun: Let Cuba Play.
[Updated with new info]
The #Trump administration in the #USA has refused to grant visas to Cuban athletes who need to compete in various events in the upcoming months in order to qualify for the 2028 #OlympicGames in #LosAngeles.
#Cuba #sports #news #politics #Olympics #USpol #HumanRights
@HarriettMB
“The whole system is premised on commodifying human beings.”
From Sandy West in our magazine: In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, adoptions are on the rise in #Texas. But some private foster care and adoption agencies may have crossed serious ethical lines. https://www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/
#RoeVWade #children #HumanRights #politics #USpol #Texas #adoption #news
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
— Howard Zinn
Full text: https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Resist #Protest #USPol #Democracy #Trump #Musk #DOGE #GOP #ICE
Headline: The military’s new AI says ‘hypothetical’ boat strike scenario ‘unambiguously illegal’
https://san.com/cc/the-militarys-new-ai-says-hypothetical-boat-strike-scenario-unambiguously-illegal/
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #MilitaryAI #USMilitary #SaberRattling #geopolitics #USPol
cc @davidgerard
The Atlantic just sent out this article, speculating why the stock market is behaving the way it is. I may be wrong, but it seems like NOW is the time for a General Strike. Perhaps hand in hand with a mass withdrawal from "passive investors" like Vanguard, the American people can reign in this runaway machine.
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/08/stock-market-theories/683780/
#GeneralStrike #Resist #USPOL #capitalism #nokings #50501movement
#Auspol #USpol #History #ItalianHistory #Fascism #DodgyAndGreatLeaders
#Reading or more like dipping into
B. A. SANTAMARIA
ITALY CHANGES SHIRTS:
THE ORIGINS OF ITALIAN FASCISM
MA THESIS
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
1934
and am enjoying focusing on sentences and letting my mind mull over ideas while i do/ watch/ read other stuffs. this might become a thread with occasional ramblings.
i’m struck by some parallels with USA (how could one not be?) but for context am reminded mussolini had established himself as leader much earlier than hitler and was, in fact, admired by hitler. (i think a great deal of hitler’s success was down to goebbels.) both mussolini and hitler lived in a time when the ongoing war of ideas between communism and capitalism were front and centre.
the labels and the details morph and change over time, but when our previous opposition leader threw words like “liberal”, “commie” or “woke” around, i suspect it was really more of the same.
in the red corner, people who think governments can and should care about everyone, and in the blue corner, those who think individualism is essential to god’s grand design.
I wonder, sometimes, if the USA is one western country that never really had a “left” at all.
On the very first page of his thesis, Santamaria suggests the Italian public embraced fascism (and the idea of a strong leader) because parliamentary democracy seemed to suck.
(Echos of this in Trump’s “drain the swamp” rhetoric, and his now open contempt for the system altogether)
Discussing Mussolini, Santamaria goes on to say Lenin believed “the only man who could successfully rule Italy was the one who reproduced in himself the main characteristics of the great mass of Italians”
The USA has a problematic electoral system, and many people are disenfranchised in one way or another. I don’t want to slander an entire nation, but I do wonder how many people found it easier to identify with Trump than with Harris?
Closer to home, how well do we identify with this or that type of leader in Australia? Do we reject potential leaders more easily than we embrace them?
1975 in Australia was a disappointment, but I distinctly remember that, apart from the scare about whitlam overspending/ seeking dodgy loans from someone with a foreign name, a lot of people were fed up with having to vote, and all the campaigning that goes with more-frequent-than-usual elections.
This:
"Sunday reading: Why the Extremists Took Over on the Right
I wrote about the escalating sense of besiegement that has fueled the rise of dangerous people and truly radical ideas that fully define the Right today.
This week’s piece: https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/why-the-extremists-took-over-on-the "
Here: https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/115004613922564206
#USPol #USExtremism #Misogyny #ChristoFascism #RepublicanParty #MAGA #Trump
Introducing the September/October 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover art by Adrià Volt, and stories by Michelle Pitcher, Julie Poole, Francesca D'Annunzio and more.
Become a member to get our magazine 6 times per year: https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/
#journalism #media #HumanRights #healthcare #Texas #politics #USpol #news #disability #nonprofit
“This is the most massive secrecy grab in #Texas since the adoption of the Public Information Act.”
New today from Michelle Pitcher: A move to "standardize" #police personnel files could have devastating consequences for #transparency. https://www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/
#news #politics #USpol #fascism #TXlege #journalism #HumanRights #news #democracy
#USpol "Commissioner Bisignano also joined President Donald J. Trump at the White House as the President issued a presidential proclamation, recommitting to always defend Social Security and recognizing the countless contributions of every American senior who has invested their time, talent, and resources into our Nation’s future."
"Recommitting" means what?
Actions:
Sec8 voucher and SNAP reduced. SSDI hasnt increased as much as inflation for decades.
Meaning:
Big words, hypocritical action.
"On behalf of the people of Boston, and in solidarity with the cities and communities targeted by this federal administration for our refusal to bow down to unconstitutional threats and unlawful coercion, we affirm our support for each other and for our democracy. Boston will never back down from being a beacon of freedom, and a home for everyone."
Michelle Wu
Mayor of Boston
#resist #nokings #michellewu #Boston #generalstrike #uspol
https://content.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2025/08/Response%20AG%20Bondi.pdf
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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Iran vs. Israel... On the Blockchain
The cease fire between Israel and Iran does not appear to apply to cyber warfare. #Tether and other #stablecoin companies have been seizing a lot of Iranians' assets almost certainly at Israel's request... which is kind of funny when you know that:
1) Tether has more or less openly encouraged Iranians to use Tether as a way to evade sanctions for years
2) Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair spends a lot of time with Tether's founders.
(RTs appreciated)
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/israel-vs-iran-on-the-blockchain
#iran #israel #HowardLutnick #economics #netanyahu #gaza #uspol #uspolitics #MiddleEastCrisis #Nobitex #Citex #IRGC
'Putin is subject to an international arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, a court the U.S. doesn't recognize.'
Kinda says it all right there.
'Immunity' from same court has permitted Gaza.
Why has Trump surrendered to second-rate Russia vs. using America's vastly greater power to help Russia while also serving America's interests?
We face a historic inflection point steeper than faced by UK/USA/Europe in 1940.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-euro-leaders-meet-1.7612412
I predict that by Black Friday shopping and Christmas shopping, in general, inflation will be at an all time high - double digits.
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"A Democrat and a Republican will team up to try to ban masked law enforcement in Oregon"
"Their proposal would prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings and would require them to wear 'official uniforms' with badge numbers and names. It would not apply to SWAT teams or undercover police officers as they currently operate."
https://mastodon.social/users/jasonkoebler/statuses/115174753970647636
#USPol #economics #tariffs
Department of Homeland Security called the supreme court decision a victory and vowed to continue to “flood the zone” in Los Angeles while accusing LA mayor Karen Bass of “protecting” immigrants. “DHS law enforcement will continue to FLOOD THE ZONE in Los Angeles. This decision is a victory for the safety of Americans in California and for the rule of law. DHS will continue to arrest and remove the criminal illegal aliens that @MayorOfLA is protecting,” read the social media post.
...
These fuckers speak in the cartoonishly evil style of Hollywood movie gestapo Nazis, and there's a reason for that. The groyper shitstains running their comms literally admire those characters as the "good guys".
#ice #Gestapo #nazi #sturmabteilung #MAGA #trump #fascism #racism #scotus #brettkavanaugh #dhs #USPol #MassDeportations #papersplease #altright #groypers #whitenationalism #losangeles
Empower young people to make better decisions than we've made: encourage critical thinking.
🤔 Critical Thinking Tips
#2 Be Questioning.
Don't accept everything you hear or read:
▪️ What is the source?
▪️ Who is sharing this?
▪️ Why are they sharing this?
▪️ How is it supported by facts?
▪️ Where can I learn more?
Foster curiosity in young people to support a lifetime appreciation of learning.
📣 Question what you hear and question what you read.
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"'Survivors need protection, resources and legal support. If this Congress is serious about justice, then let this moment also affirm your commitment to provide victims with the legal aid they need,' De Georgiou said at a press conference organized by Republican Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democrat Ro Khanna of California, who are trying to force a vote on that bill."
#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinCoverup #epstein #uspol #USPolitics #resist #Resistance #nokings #generalstrike #vote #america #metoo #nojustice_nopeace
So Americans witnessed what IDF snipers to do Palestinian kids everyday done to one of their own Nazi talking heads (likely by more deranged right wing nut job provocateur) & he openly celebrated killing of brown kids. Yet most wants everyone to feel sympathy for his wife & kids. If you give a shit so much about kids, stop worrying about the feelings of a Nazi's family and do something tangible to stop children being killed everyday by your own citizens working for the IDF.
