“When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. ‘I was aware,’ she nods. ‘But I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.’”

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Huge “I planned a holiday in Nazi Germany because they were only persecuting Jews and I’m not Jewish” vibes.

It’s amazing to see privileged white people learn the leopards eating people’s faces lesson over and over again.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…

#USA #fascism #UK #privilege

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

^{Jenny Kleeman (The Guardian)}

#USpol #UShistory #Legal

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until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."

...Nur 27 von über 11.000!

Und:
Die Weiterentwicklung der modernen #Bürgerrechte in den #USA endete (bislang?) 1987!

americarewind.com/8-important-…

Ich würd' mal sagen, Reformstau!

Und:
Seit #Trump wieder an der Macht ist, vergeht kein Tag, an dem #ICE agents nicht auf mindestens 3 verfassungsseitig garantierten #Bürgerrechten herumtrampeln!

Nein, es fehlte...

Did someone say you can't use solar power at night??

'On Feb. 1, California’s batteries bridged the solar gap with seamless precision. After discharging through the night until sunrise, they spent the daylight hours charging, then pivoted back to exporting power well past midnight – effectively sustaining the state on solar energy for a full 24-hour cycle.'

#USA #Energy #Solar #California
pv-magazine.com/2026/02/18/cal…

California batteries sustain near 24-hour solar run

On Feb. 1, California’s batteries bridged the solar gap with seamless precision. After discharging through the night until sunrise, they spent the daylight hours charging, then pivoted back to exporting power well past midnight – effectively sustaini…

^{pv magazine International}

#DEpol #Wahlen2024 #USpol

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...selbst zersetzendes #Demokratieprojekt immer genannt haben.

Im Gegensatz zu den deutschen Verfassungsvätern auf Schloss #Herrenchiemsee sahen das #US-amerikanische Pendant eine von Mr. President ausgehende Diktatur nicht kommen. Das berühmte System der #ChecksAndBalances wurde binnen eines Jahres, v. a. auch durch die ebenfalls von der #FederalistSociety geplante Übernahme des Obersten #Gerichtshofs (#SCOTUS) der #USA,...

Seems like Billy Bill Gates is also worried about them #EpsteinFiles!

Will he be next on the chopping block?!

But he "...regretted spending time with Epstein" so all is forgiven... not 🤡

bbc.com/news/articles/c309qv9z…

#news #bbc #epstein #jeffreyepstein #billgates #gates #legal #crime #usa #us #unitedstates #america #microsoft #article #ai #aisummit #summit #india

Bill Gates pulls out of India's AI summit over Epstein files controversy

The Gates Foundation said the decision was made to "ensure the focus remains on the summit's key priorities".

^{Cherylann Mollan (BBC News)}

#Christians need to clearly and simply lay out the principles of their brand of #Christianity before we should ever consider believing them that the #USA is a Christian Nation.

I'll go 1st, even though I am not a Christian:

What Jamie Raskin saw in the unredacted Epstein files: when he searched Trump's name in the unredacted #Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."

"more than a million times."
"more than a million times."
"more than a million times."

#epsteinFiles #usa #news #eu #uk #europe

Massive crowd gathers for Iranian ‘Global Day of Action’ protest in downtown Los Angeles

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Thousands of people gathered for a “Global Day of Action” protest in downtown…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #18601906 #america #unitedstatesofamerica #USnews #USAnews
europesays.com/2780825/

Rep. Jesús García comes out swinging: "You're one of the worst attorney generals in our history and an instrument of Donald Trump's lawless authoritarian agenda, and I'm glad the American people are seeing who you are."

#epstein #epsteinfiles #congress #usa #news

She should have been dragged out of the chamber and locked up then and there for her lies.

Unhinged and unethical. And that’s just the beginning to describe Pamela Jo Bondi today before House Judiciary. We saw Bondi lie under oath.

My take on the Trump DOJ’s failure to protect the victims and survivors of Epstein and Maxwell and how Bondi is choosing to protect pedophiles instead.

She laughed at someone’s family member who was murdered by the Nazis, refused to recognize the victims of sexual abuse, refused to even apologize to them, refused to answer any questions.

youtube.com/watch?v=rnPi2bS4vM…

#usa #congress #news

I’m actually shocked that folks I speak to here in Ireland are still planning holidays in the USA.

Here’s a testimonial you might not find on Tripadvisor:

“like a concentration camp, absolute hell” – Seamus Culleton

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…

Seriously, what’re you all thinking? DO. NOT. VISIT. THE. USA. FFS!

#Ireland #USA #ICE #fascism

Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months

Seamus Culleton has lived in US for two decades, married a citizen and runs a plastering business but faces deportation

^{Rory Carroll (The Guardian)}

The Federal Reserve bank just released a research paper showing that lower income locales have been hit with higher #food #inflation rates than rich locales — & the Fed says the culprit is market concentration (read: corporate monopolies)

levernews.com/big-grocerys-hid…

x.com/grahamformaine/status/20…

@povertyandinequality @politics #uspol #economy #monopoly #billionaires #foodsecurity #agriculture #starvation #environment #usa #resistance #democracy #trump #poverty #humanrights #health #justice @democracy

Massive Protests against American fascist paramilitary forces in the Olympics (Milan, Italy - 2026)

Source:
reddit.com/comments/1qz0lng

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #italy #olympics #crimesofice_videos_protest

Jeffrey #Epstein, who laundered money for the Russians, explains how Donald was doing exactly the same thing, and how this accounts for most of his wealth.

This is from EFTA01028632.pdf for reference

#epsteinfiles #eu #uk #europe #france #deutschland #usa #news

Trump's motto right now:
A troll post or comment a day,
keeps the full Epstein Files away.

#Trump #EpsteinFiles #USA #US #America #Unitedstates #Unitedstatesofamerica #politics #Epstein #USpol #Media #News #Post #Humor #Satire #Joke #Fun #Funny #portrait #politician #billionaire #donaldtrump #jeffreyepstein

...

#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Ukraine #Russia #Israel #USA #Zionism

@TenPastTwo

#tankies are mindless contrarians

"i hate the usa so i support vile regimes" is not principled nor moral

the moral, principled approach is to castigate the #USA *and* #Russia

supporting Russian #imperialism in the name of opposing American imperialism is just fucking stupid

so supposedly intellectual #NoamChomsky is functioning on the same level as a 14 year old edgelord in this fashion

#Chomsky's pedophile apologism in the #EpsteinFiles is just the final nail in the coffin

Israeli torturers in jails smashed the hands of skilled Palestinian surgeons so they could no longer practice in any hospital ever again

theoccidentalobserver.net/2026…

#IsraelTerroristState #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #health #healthcare #ICC #humanrights @law @democracy @politics #medicine #hospitals #usa #resistance #stopgenocide

Das amerkanische Brett
Merz erklärt, dass er die USA weiter als verlässlichen Partner ansieht und dass er sich weiter auf diese Partnerschaft verlässt. Ist es Ignoranz, ist […]

Zum Weiterlesen den Link benutzen.
cartoons.guido-kuehn.de/das-am…
#merz #usa

I've been shushing people who say there won't be free #elections in the #USA anymore

#Cynicism leads to #prematureCapitulation: "if the #vote is corrupt, why vote"

Americans are lazy about voting as it is. Weak whiny "the sky is falling!" statements just because malicious intent exists is enough to make some give up

Besides, elections are controlled by the states

On that note (they won't succeed):

"#Trump urges #Republicans to 'take over' and 'nationalize' voting"

abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-…

Trump urges Republicans to 'take over' and 'nationalize' voting

"We have states that are so crooked and they're counting votes," he said.

^{Emily Chang (ABC News)}

The irony of this photo — A border patrol 'agent' hiding behind a face covering & hat while scanning a commuter's face on the road.

I am taking the time to post this entire article to highlight how #DHS / #ICE uses emerging, #privacy -breeching tech to identify & target regular people– potentially undocumented individuals AND #US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment right to express their grievances about such behavior as they observe & record it.

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#USA #trump #immigration #Minnesota