17 dead as significant severe weather, flash #flooding tear through parts of #US

> Since Wednesday, at least 17 people have died amid the outbreak of severe weather, including a 9-year-old boy in #Kentucky who was swept away by floodwaters as he walked to a bus stop, and several people killed in southwestern #Tennessee after a strong EF-3 #tornado ripped through the city of Selmer.
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17 dead as significant severe weather, flash flooding tear through parts of US

More than 90 tornadoes have been reported across 10 states.

^{Nadine El-Bawab (ABC News)}

The American guy that the #russian government paid $400k/month in exchange for pushing #kremlin narratives onto the #US audience now tells that same audience that money doesn't matter.

Benny Johnson.

#TrumpeanTradeWars #TrumpTariffs
#EconomicPolicy
#CEUM

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A de facto "critical-minerals embargo" being imposed by #China on the #US was to be expected.
In fact, it is somewhat surprising that President #Xi did not implement it sooner, after the #US cut off high-end GPUs for #China, which are critical for the #AI race.

It might even be a 👉wise strategy to counter Trump's de facto all-out global #TradeWar.👈

To...

cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/c…

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech - CleanTechnica

In response to new Trump tariffs, China cut dysprosium, terbium, and tungsten exports—hitting U.S. EVs, wind, and military systems hard.

^{Michael Barnard (CleanTechnica)}

A protest in Washington DC.

Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

#US
#protest

A protest on the National Mall in Washington DC.

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#US
#protest

A protest in Huntington Beach, California.

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#US
#protest

A protest at the Torch of Friendship monument in Miami, Florida.

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#US
#protest

Demonstrators dressed as handmaidens from The Handmaid’s Tale at the Washington monument in Washington DC.

Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

#US
#protest

A protest on the National Mall in Washington DC.

Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

#US
#protest

A protest near the Torch of Friendship monument in Miami, Florida.

Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

#US
#protest

Thousands of ‘Hands Off’ protesters – in the US and across major European cities – took to the streets Saturday in a show of defiance

@photography #US
#protest

🇺🇸 I'm surprised to see a republican #US president talking or joking about a third term. Wouldn't the necessary constitutional change directly challenge the #conservative principles of their voter base?

Isn't this something #democrats & #republicans would agree on? 🤷

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#uspol #politics #america #president #elections #office #politik #amerika #usa #question #democrat #republican #party #trump #donaldtrump #PresidentialElection #constitution #usconstitution #american #news

Can Trump serve a third term as US president?

Donald Trump says "a lot of people want me to do it" and supporters claim there's a loophole to the two-term constitutional limit.

^{Graeme Baker (BBC News)}

👉Hunderte Menschen haben vor einem #Tesla-Ausstellungsraum in #Berlin gegen den #US-#Milliardär #ElonMusk protestiert👈

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... dann ist das keine verfassungsmäßig garantierte Rede- und Versammlungsfreiheit mehr. 👈

Selbst das festhalten von Personalien kann bei einem, wie in den USA, zunehmend repressiven Staatsapparat schon eine Einschüchterung darstellen.
Das eingangs gezeigte Foto ging um die Welt, ist kein Fake.

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Demonstration: Hunderte Menschen demonstrieren gegen Tesla-Chef Musk

Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Demonstration“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Hunderte Menschen demonstrieren gegen Tesla-Chef Musk“.

^{dpa (ZEIT ONLINE)}

@klimabewegung-ZEITONLINE

#Redefreiheit #Versammlungsfreiheit #FediLaw #Legal

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👉Hunderte Menschen haben vor einem #Tesla-Ausstellungsraum in #Berlin gegen den #US-#Milliardär #ElonMusk protestiert👈

s/: Wenn man in #Deutschland jetzt schon (vorläufig?) festgenommen wird, weil man völlig unbestreitbare #Nazis wie #Musk an den Pranger stellt, dann hatte #VP #JDVance bei der #Sicherheitskonferenz #MSC doch Recht:

...

@mina
#BlackRock #Merz #DEpol #USpol

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... jede andere Investmentgesellschaft👈, wobei sich die Gesamtreserven auf 9,5 Gigatonnen #CO2Emissionen oder 30 % der gesamten energiebezogenen #Emissionen von 2017 belaufen."

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👉Die #US-Technofeudalherren (inkl. #PeterThiel) und - #Oligarchen dürfen ihre plutokratische Macht nicht weiter nach #Europa ausdehnen... Man sieht, wohin das in den #USA mit #MAGA, #Musk und #Trump geführt hat!

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New report confirms BlackRock’s big fossil fuel problem

As long as Blackrock is the top investor in fossil fuel development, Larry Fink’s sustainability claims will remain hollow and hypocritical.

^{Audrey Fox (Friends of the Earth)}

@mina
PS:
#BlackRock #Merz:

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Man kann es nicht oft genug betonen, wo #FriedrichMerz seine wirtschaftspolitische Prägung erhielt:

"BlackRock Inc...ist eine international tätige #US-amerikanische #Investmentgesellschaft mit Sitz in #NewYork City. Mit über 10 Billionen US-Dollar an verwaltetem Vermögen ist 👉BlackRock der weltgrößte Vermögensverwalter, etwa in der halben Größe der Vermögenswerte aller Finanzunternehmen in Deutschland👈"

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Mit...

#China rejected a deal to sell #TikTok to the #United #States #US following new #tariffs imposed by #Trump.

x.com/BRICSinfo/status/1908271…

@LoranJohn

#CEUM

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That sounds very reasonable to me. Including the #US, there are so many things that unite all of the #Americas and the #European continent.

Why is my two-sided approach, one ever-deepening #FTA and a #DefensUnion, for further integration in #CEUM the right approach? --Because #DefenseSpending entails enormous costs that can only be borne by thriving economies.
The founding fathers of #NATO understood this and that's why there is Art. 2,...

The Steps a President Would Take to Destroy His Nation, According to Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Grok

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Just out of curios­i­ty, and apro­pos of noth­ing, we asked Grok (the AI chat­bot cre­at­ed by Elon Musk) the fol­low­ing ques­tion: If a pres­i­dent of a super­pow­er want­ed to destroy his own coun­try, what steps would he take? Here’s what Grok had to say:

#trump #us #usa #president #musk #grok #open-culture #chatbot

The Steps a President Would Take to Destroy His Nation, According to Elon Musk's AI Chatbot, Grok

Just out of curiosity, and apropos of nothing, we asked Grok (the AI chatbot created by Elon Musk) the following question: If a president of a superpower wanted to destroy his own country, what steps would he take? Here's what Grok had to say:

^{OC (Openculture.com)}

#TrumpTariffs #TrumpeanTradeWars
#PotashFiasco #Fertilizer

It is all very true, but even better!

90% of #US #Potash consumption must be imported!

A whopping 77%(!) of all imported potash (for fertilizers, etc.) comes from #Canada.

Another 17% comes from the Kremlin (former USSR)!

👉Hit the MAGA regime and its core voters where it hurts, #Canada! 👈

Source:
content://com.duckduckgo.mobile.android.provider/external_files/Download/mcs2024-potash.pdf

Holy f*ck!

"The tariffs are not broken down by country, they're broken down by top level internet domain."

#tariffs #US #USA

#USpol #LosDesaparecidos

As #Fascism takes hold of the #US, tracking #TheDisappeared is an excellent idea.

#Argentina, #Chile, #Mexico, national healing a some future point in time can eventually only take place if the wherabouts of Los Desaparecidos are known.

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Argentina and “los desaparecidos”

^www.ifsw.org

#USpol #Yemen #Houthis

Agh, this is what came to my mind (with less details) when I thought how a petty psychopath might feel about some ragged rebels on the other side of the globe potentially making him look less royal....

"At least 6 bombers now at #DiegoGarcia in Indian Ocean, nearly a third of all nuclear-capable B-2s in #US arsenal;..."

... I very strongly hope still that the "nyclear-capable" is just a coincidence...

abcnews.go.com/International/s…

Satellite images show multiple US B-2 nuclear-capable bombers deployed to Indian Ocean

The Pentagon announced it is rapidly expanding its footprint in the Middle East.

^{Kerem Inal (ABC News)}