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The #Kremlin has revised its #nuclear #policy. Does that make the use of atomic #weapons more likely?
Source: apnews.com/article/russia-nucl…
It adds that nuclear weapons could be used in these scenarios: If reliable information is received about the takeoff or launch of strategic and tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic or other flying vehicles and their crossing the Russian border.
So a #military drone across the border is enough? Nearly the same bullshit is standing in the US version. This means they can use nuclear weapons in every war at any time.
#fail #news #warfare #war #Problem #conflict #defense #earth #future #politics #diplomacy
Putin signs revamped version of Russia's nuclear doctrine. What you need to know
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a revamped version of his country's nuclear doctrine that lowers the bar on when he could use Moscow’s atomic arsenal. The new version has been in the works for months.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP News)
"The answer to the question on so many Americans’ lips — 'How did we get here?' — is straightforward. That answer won’t be found in the margins of which group shifted toward Trump between 2020 and 2024. It is right in front of us. White evangelical Protestants, along with other conservative white Christians, were the principal actors who baptized, defended, rehabilitated and sustained Trump’s candidacy."
"The biggest thing mainstream analysis refuses to comprehend is the continued power of a politics of racial grievance and religious nostalgia among white Christian Americans."
~ Robert P. Jones
The media comprehend this. They just do not intend to admit it, because tax cuts for their super-rich owners and managers count more than anything, and admitting the price of getting those tax cuts is shameful.
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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The ultimate answer to why Donald Trump won: White Christians
The "religious nostalgia" that unites White Christians under Trump has propelled his rise since the beginningSalon.com
"Trump once more owes his victory entirely ... to the votes of white Christian nationalists, people who frankly overwhelmingly favor strong leaders. They want someone to be the victor against evil. They want someone to crush their enemies."
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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"Beyond all the hot takes of who was up and who was down compared to the last election, the clearest answer to why Trump will be returning to the White House is that white Christians, more than any other religious group, returned to the polls to put him there."
~ Robert P. Jones
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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The Rest of the Story: White Christians and the Second Coming of Trump
Sharing my interview with Jennifer Rubin at The Washington Post and Chauncey Devega at Salon.Robert P. Jones (White Too Long by Robert P. Jones)
"Trump is … an atavist, inviting citizens to satisfy all of their hungry drives, all of their libidinous instincts: His America is a place for malign energies to express themselves in action. There’s a certain pleasure in that, perhaps, a kind of psychic relief—to lose oneself in a radical movement and to express feelings normally prohibited by society."
~ Elizabeth Bruenig
The cruelty is the point.
"One of the reasons those of us who’ve been paying attention were devastated by the results of the 2024 election is because we know not only how cruel my uncle and his supporters are, but just how cruel they intend to be. …
In the last two weeks, Donald has made it clear through his cabinet picks that he—and they—intend to cause as much pain as possible to their perceived enemies and to the most vulnerable among us."
~ Mary Trump
"Trump’s cabinet appointments are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance. … Wrecking the government is not only Trump’s technique for gaining submission and compliance, but is his ultimate purpose."
~ Sidney Blumenthal
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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Trump’s cabinet picks are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance
With them, Trump will tear down any person or institution that tried to restrain his worst impulses or hold him accountableSidney Blumenthal (The Guardian)
As Wajahat Ali points out, we're being told that "Americans voted for Republicans because they were promised a better economy, cheaper eggs, security, and the romanticized promise of becoming 'great again.”'
Yet, we immediately see them as victors roll out stepped-up attacks on trans people.
How do those attacks address the price of eggs? And what did Americans who say it's all about eggs REALLY want when they voted for Trump?
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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How Will Bullying Trans People Get Us Cheaper Eggs? On Nancy Mace and the GOP’s Crusade of Cruelty and Division
Since Republicans have no solutions for Americans seeking better economic opportunities, they resort to their cruel & divisive strategy of scapegoating the trans community. It's time we say, "Enough."THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"Christian Reconstructionism is now at the edge of power in the United States, and the attitude of the relevant people towards the female body and indeed towards rape is an essential element of what is happening and what is likely to happen. Both-sidesism, prudery, and euphemisms are keeping much of the media from bringing this story together in time."
~ Timothy Snyder
“If Donald Trump says tariffs work, tariffs work. Because Donald Trump is really never wrong. Think about it. He is never wrong.”
~ Texas Rep. Troy Nehls (R)
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/11
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Can Donald Trump Do That?
Unpacking the facts in a time of constitutional uncertaintyMax Burns (The Third Degree)
"They wanted the 'old stability,' the patriarchy that has run the country for generations. In many ways, that's what’s at the heart of the conservative coalition. It's not a rejection of the established order; it's an embrace of it."
Voters may be in for a shock, though, when they see what they ACTUALLY get:
"The Trump presidency isn’t a pick-your-adventure experience, where you can get some parts of Trump’s plan, but not all of it."
"Voters who ignored the facts about the economy and used them as an excuse to vote for Trump weren’t people who wanted a change. They were people who, actually, didn’t want any change at all. They didn't like new policies advanced by the Biden-Harris administration, a more inclusive vision of America where traditionally marginalized people had equal opportunity. They didn’t want a new generation of leadership."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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"Giving Up Is Unforgivable"
I’m not certain it’s possible to understand what happened in the 2024 election this close to it, beyond the undeniable outcome: Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States.Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
"Overall, 52 percent of respondents to a poll last year by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution thought that America’s best days are behind it. Fifty-five percent, including three quarters of Republicans, said the country’s way of life has mostly changed for the worse since the 1950s.
Altogether, three-fourths of Americans today believe the United States is headed in the wrong direction."
"In a NORC survey in 2017 that focused on questions related to American identity, almost half of respondents said that illegal immigration amounted to a threat to 'the American way of life.' Seventy-one percent of respondents to that poll said the United States was 'losing its national identity.'
This unease extends to other dimensions, such as religion and sexuality."
"For all the polls demonstrating Americans’ grim assessment of the economy, consumers have kept up spending as if they have few worries in the world. For all the gripes about the cost of living, real wages for typical American workers have been rising faster than inflation."
"Just like today, this analysis misses the forest for the trees. Twice already, more or less half of American voters have elected a guy who promises to overthrow the liberal world order — to do away with democratic institutions, values, and norms, trample on human rights, blow up the economy — and to bend the nation, and the world, to his will."
"Explaining the rise of Trump as a consequence of economic forces battering the working class is not a new approach. In 2016, we were told the culprit was globalization and the related 'China shock' that destroyed 1 million or so manufacturing jobs. This analysis pegged generally pro-trade mainstream Democrats (and Republicans) as a gang of cosmopolitan elites uninterested in the fortunes of blue-collar Americans."
~ Eduardo Porter
Once institutions like the media get on board with that claim and spread it further through the population, people begin to think that what really drew them to the shock-and-awe spectacles with their rejection of norms and frank celebration of cruelty was all about economics in the first place.
It's never about the thrill of cruelty, of targeting demeaned others. It's always about the price of eggs.
But, of course, it's not about that at all.
And normalization proves surprisingly easy as institutions like the media, educational institutions, religious bodies, corporations and the business community, get on board with what they see happening — the wave of the future, they tell themselves, the winning side.
One way fascism normalizes itself — always — is by pretending to be all about the economic betterment of economically oppressed people.
A theme running through much testimony by eyewitnesses as Hitler's fascist movement rose to power in Germany was that the Nazis initially represented only a limited percentage of Germans.
But once it was clear that their star was ascending, people began to applaud the movement and the shock-and-awe spectacles it mounted to excite people.
A key project of fascism is always to normalize itself as it rises.
This month's post is about the hypothetical. Counterfactuals help us understand the world we live in by highlighting what could have gone differently and why. They also allow us to explore potential futures. For example, by examining a past catastrophe, we can ask: "What would have made this worse?" This allows us to better prepare for future challenges. 🌍🔍📖 existentialcrunch.substack.com…
#counterfactual #LivingLiteratureReview #future #foresight #forecasting #storylines #ClimatCchange
Counterfactual catastrophes
Why think about what could have been or might become?Florian U. Jehn (Existential Crunch)
#Tax on the super-rich approved in #G20 leaders' #declaration
Source: agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/ec…
"With full respect for tax sovereignty, we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed. Cooperation may include exchanging best practices, fostering debates on tax principles, and developing anti-avoidance mechanisms, such as addressing potentially harmful tax practices. We look forward to continuing discussions on these issues within the G20 and other relevant forums, drawing on the technical contributions of international organizations, universities, and experts," says the document, whose final content was approved by consensus.
#politics #wealth #rich #future #finance #economy #money #news #poverty
Tax on the super-rich approved in G20 leaders' declaration
This proposal was the result of the consensus reached in the G20 Ministerial Declaration on International Tax Cooperation in Rio de Janeiro, brokered by Brazil.Agência Brasil
"Let’s not make the mistake of thinking the only reason Trump wants to use recess appointments is to get his team of deplorables confirmed. He’s not even back in office, but he’s already at work manipulating elected officials into a position where the Constitution can be tossed aside at will."
"Trump’s demand for recess appointments is a way of breaking the Senate early on. Once they’ve bypassed the Constitutional dictate that they confirm the president’s appointees, there is no standing on principle to insist on strict adherence to the Constitution."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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What Letting Trump Use Recess Appointments Could Mean
Donald Trump’s stated desire to use recess appointments is about more than putting his cabinet secretaries and other appointees in place without a fight.Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
"Kennedy has devoted his life to destroying public health. He’s obsessed with a confused, quasi-fascist idea of purity, which leads him to attack medical interventions like fluoride, pasteurization, and vaccines, as well as perceived outsiders like Asians and Jewish people. That makes him a good fit for Trump and Trumpism. It also makes him a massive danger to the US and to the world."
~ Noah Berlatsky
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future #RFKJr
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RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend pretend otherwise.Aaron Rupar (Public Notice)
#AI: New #GPS #system for #microorganisms could revolutionise police work
Source: lunduniversity.lu.se/article/n…
This means you can use #bacteria to determine whether someone has just been to the beach, got off the train in the city centre or taken a walk in the woods. This opens up new possibilities within #medicine, #epidemiology and #forensics.
#police #surveillance #location #technology #privacy #news #future
New GPS system for microorganisms could revolutionise police work
Lund University. Microorganisms are organisms, such as bacteria, that are invisible to the naked eye. The word microbiome is used to describe all the microorganisms in a particular environment.www.lunduniversity.lu.se
Elon #Musk and Vivek #Ramaswamy are asking Americans who are “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” and willing to work over 80 hours a week to join their new #Department of #Government #Efficiency – at zero pay.
Source: theguardian.com/technology/202…
#usa #news #politics #finance #exploitation #capitalism #fail #money #Problem #future
Musk asks ‘high-IQ revolutionaries’ to work for no pay on new Trump project
World’s richest man solicits applications for ‘tedious work’ in newly formed Department of Government EfficiencyMaya Yang (The Guardian)
Does anyone think about the children?
#future #climate #environment #warming #waste #pollution #emissions #politics #economy #generation #humanity #scandal #fail #problem #earth #meme #message
♲ Anarchist Art Ⓐ - 2024-11-14 00:24:04 GMT
"and that while the worst of it is the foreign and far-right intentional distortion of reality, too much of the mainstream media has been deferential and will be more deferential to authoritarianism and will not stop letting the right set the agenda about what to be concerned about and what matters. In fact, I don’t have to believe that disinformation is impactful; I know it because it’s been documented."
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #future #disinformation
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"I believe this election turned out the way it did in no small part because a large number of Americans are now submerged in new factories of lies more insidious than anything Orwell imagined,"
~ Rebecca Solnit
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #future #disinformation
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Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender. Do not give them what they want
We must lay up our supplies – of love, care, trust, community and resolve – so we may resist the stormRebecca Solnit (The Guardian)
#Musk’s #influence on #Trump could lead to tougher #AI standards, says scientist
Source: theguardian.com/technology/202…
#politics #news #economy #technology #government #usa #future
Musk’s influence on Trump could lead to tougher AI standards, says scientist
Tycoon might help president-elect realise that race for artificial general intelligence is a ‘suicide race’, says Max TegmarkDan Milmo (The Guardian)
#Illiteracy has become such a serious #problem in our country that 130 million #adults are now unable to read a simple #story to their #children
Source: thenationalliteracyinstitute.c…
#usa #reading #education #parents #kids #news #statistics #fail #Intelligence #library #book #future
Literacy Statistics 2022-2023
Literacy Data and its impact on the Nation • Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children • 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022 • 54% of adults …ingridhaynesphd (National Literacy)
#Bitcoin jumps to record as #Trump's #election turbocharges #cryptocurrencies
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#news #technology #finance #money #economy #crypto #cryptocurrency #politics #future #usa
