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#SCOTUS indicated sympathy Tuesday toward the #Trump admin’s defense of the govt's authority to turn away #asylum seekers when ofcls deem #US - #Mexico #border crossings too overburdened.
The legal dispute centers on a policy called "#metering" that the Trump admin may seek to revive after it was dropped by Joe #Biden in 2021. The policy allowed US #immigration ofcls to stop asylum seekers at the border & indefinitely decline to process their claims.
Saudi Prince Is Said to Push #Trump to Continue #Iran #War in Recent Calls
Prince Mohammed bin Salman [#MBS] sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by #US officials on the conversations.
#law #murder #WarCriminals #TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/poli…
They can't seem to help themselves with those internal memos 🤯:
"...reported that the company was considering adding facial recognition to its glasses. In an internal memo on the topic, a #Meta employee wrote that the timing to launch might be perfect: "We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.""
businessinsider.com/meta-ray-b…
#Facebook #News #USA #US #privacy #tech
Meta Ray-Bans are fueling all kinds of bad behavior
Meta's Ray-Ban glasses are sparking a popular genre of video on social media: harassing store employees and random people.Katie Notopoulos (Business Insider)
Videos of depositions that were taken down from YouTube because of the risk of harassment and "reputational harm" towards DOGE members Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox can be published online again. Judge Colleen McMahon, who had originally ordered that the videos be removed, wrote in this new ruling: "[T]he testimony in the videos concerns the conduct of public officials acting in their official capacities — a context in which the public interest in transparency and accountability is at its apex." Here's more from @404mediaco.
#DOGE #USGovernment #TrumpAdministration #US
Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online
“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE member was unable or unwilling to define DEI.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
The #US Securities & Exchange Commission's top enforcement official, who left abruptly last week, had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its #enforcement program, including the handling of cases with ties to #Trump & his family, according to 3 people familiar with the matter.
#criminal #law #SEC #felon47 #fraud #InsiderTrading #MarketManipulation
reuters.com/business/finance/u…
#SCOTUS hears arguments over “late” [postmarked on time] arriving #mail [absentee] #ballots
The #US #SupremeCourt is hearing arguments over whether #states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots — an election [non]issue targeted by #Trump.
#law #ElectionLaw #access #equality #overseas #military #disabled #elderly #parents #students
apnews.com/live/supreme-court-…
#Trump to deploy #immigration agents to #airports Monday
Trump said Sunday that #ICE agents will be sent to #US airports Monday, with border czar Tom “Bag of Cash” Homan leading the effort. The move comes as #Democrats voice strong opposition & a partial government #shutdown continues to strain airport operations.
#law #tyranny #fascism #untrained #DHS #USpol
cnn.com/us/live-news/tsa-wait-…
Patriot missile involved in #Bahrain blast likely #US-operated, analysis finds
Middlebury Institute of International Studies researchers concluded with moderate-to-high confidence that the suspect missile was likely launched from a #US Patriot battery located about 4 miles (7 km) to the southwest of the impacted neighborhood.
#TrumpsWar #kakistocracy #Iran #war #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #economy #oil
reuters.com/investigations/pat…
#Trump says the #US will “obliterate” #Iran power plants if it doesn’t fully open the #StraitOfHormuz within 48 hours
Trump issued the ultimatum on social media while he spent the weekend at his resort in Florida.
He said he’s giving Iran exactly 48 hours to open the vital waterway or face a new round of attacks. He said the US would destroy “various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!”
#TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast
apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe…
3 weeks in, #Iran #war escalates beyond Trump's control [not that it was ever in his control after the first attack]
#Trump ends the 3rd week of the Iran war confronting a crisis that seems to be slipping out of his hands∶ Global #energy prices are surging, the #US stands isolated from [former] #allies & more #troops are preparing to deploy despite his promise the war would be only a "short excursion."
#TrumpsWar #IllegalWar #law #Congress #WarPowers
reuters.com/world/middle-east/…
I remember this game, it’s called “stop hitting yourself”
#Trump admin lifts #sanctions on millions of barrels of #Iran #oil
As oil prices soar, the #Treasury Department has lifted sanctions on Iranian crude already loaded onto vessels — giving Iran’s war effort against the #US a boost.
#TrumpsWar #IllegalWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #energy #economy
washingtonpost.com/business/20…
#US #military strike on boat in #Pacific leaves 2 dead & a rare survivor
The ongoing US maritime operation against alleged drug traffickers has killed 159 people in nearly 50 strikes.
#Trump #MafiaState #murder #theft #piracy #imperialism #geopolitics #economy #inflation #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
#Musk found liable to #Twitter shareholders in #fraud lawsuit over $44 billion takeover
A #US federal #jury found #ElonMusk liable on Friday for claims he defrauded Twitter shareholders by trying to drive down the #SocialMedia company's #stock price so he could renegotiate or back out of a $44 billion takeover in 2022.
The #US #military is deploying thousands of additional #Marines & #sailors to the Middle East, 3 US ofcls told Reuters Friday.
The deployments of the USS Boxer, along with its Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) & accompanying #warship, comes as Reuters reported that the #Trump admin was considering deploying thousands of US #troops to reinforce its #war in the #MiddleEast.
#TrumpsWar #Iran #Israel #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #economy #oil
reuters.com/world/us-deploy-th…
Nope.
The #Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the #Iran #war, a senior admin official says.
The DoD sent the request to the White House, acc/to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity…
It’s an extraordinarily high number & comes on top of extra funding the Defense Dept already received last year in #Trump’s big tax cuts bill.
#TrumpsWar #US #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-war-us…
Leo Varadkar: LGBTQ+ rights in Europe face 'chill wind' from east and west
#conservativeagenda #humanrights #US #globalforces #LeoVaradkar
theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…
Leo Varadkar: LGBTQ+ rights in Europe face ‘chill wind’ from east and west
Ireland’s former taoiseach warns of conservative Russian influence and says US is now ‘off the pitch’ under TrumpAshifa Kassam (The Guardian)
So… not “America First” eh?
The #Trump admin on Wednesday announced a 60-day waiver of #JonesAct #shipping #regulations to help ease deliveries of #fuel & #fertilizer to combat rising #prices & #supply disruptions caused by #TrumpsWar in #Iran.
Under the Jones Act, goods shipped between #US ports must be carried on vessels that are US/built, US-flagged & mostly US-owned.
#war #law #geopolitics #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #EnergyCrisis #unions
reuters.com/world/us/us-expect…
(23/n) #HPsCommentary
...in the #CharlesDeGaulle on that fateful day in February:
“#Sweden's Prime Minister #UlfKristersson joined #French Foreign Minister #JeanNoëlBarrot on board the Charles de Gaulle on Friday” 13)--👉just whenthe massive #Russian #Drone was launched towards the flagship👈
This could and would have triggered #NATO #Article5 10) and not very unlikely, #WorldWarIII as well--if the #US had still heeded its international treaty obligations.
10)
13)
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Drone jammed near French aircraft carrier was probably Russian, says Sweden
Sweden's prime minister said it was a serious but not unexpected incident - and a "Russian way of acting that we recognise from other places".Paul Kirby (BBC News)
(15/n) #HPsCommentary
...and then carried out during the first year of the #JFK presidency, the “Top Secret”, but now declassified, INSPECTOR GENERAL’S SURVEY of the #CUBAN OPERATION, October 1961,” reads not only like the epitaph of #US attempts at foreign regime changes, as well as illegally-acting #US president (prior prime example: #RichardNixon and the #Watergate scandal, a historical footnote by today’s #Trumpean standards, if I may say so.) It also shows, that the concept was clearly...
*HPsCommentary*
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...reportedly approved by
then-Commander-in-Chief of the #Ukrainian #ArmedForces, Gen. #ValeriiZaluzhnyi, without the knowledge of President #VolodymyrZelensky.” 8) —
The #US are a #NATO ally, #Ukraine is not.
*STRATEGY BRIEF: THE CONCEPT OF PLAUSIBLE DENIAL AND THE CUBAN OPERATION*
Of course not, the war-seasoned president will have been counseled by his advisors on the importance of the #US cold-war concept of #PlausibleDeniability [as is #Putin,...
*War Not Just In The Middle East—The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *
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...the #OilPipeline being much further away than #Kyiv or #Moscow.9)
According to #Defence24.com, #US #Intelligence’s involvement is even worse, as is the #Ukrainian one, which allegedly were the instigators of the plan: “#Ukrainian #Sabotage operation specialists were reportedly set to meet with #CIA officers in the spring of 2022...” “The operation was...
9) mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1152…
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
@jbrownesq #NordStreamPipeline #GeoPol #DEpol Very true. No, as the detective's and investigative reporters' credo goes, "follow the money," or more sophisticated, "cui bono?" Who always wants to sell more #oil and #gas, apart from #OPEC...Mastodon
*War Not Just In The Middle East—The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *
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...clear, once again, 👉there is no #PlausibleDenial option for the #US Government’s role in this attack on a #NATO ally👈 at this point anymore:
The #CIA, and thus the #US Government, knew well enough before the terrorist attack took place to have leaned on #Zelensky. —
However, that finding does not really surprise me, as I had long 👉speculated about the beneficiaries of...
8) defence24.com/geopolitics/cia-…
CIA discussed Nord Stream sabotage plans with Ukraine
Ukrainian sabotage operation specialists were reportedly set to meet with CIA officers in the spring of 2022.Patryk Jagnieża (Defence24.com)
*War Not Just In The Middle East—The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *
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...excursion” 1), and they offer disinterested thoughts and prayers, the wording closely resembling the official statements following the highly frequent shooting incidents in the #US, “…The lives of courageous #American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties," #Trump said. "That often happens in war.’”
Oh, yes it does, which is why you usually do not start an attack on other countries…
This is insane. Who does he think he is? He is out of control!
#Trump Told #Cuba That Its President Has to Go
The #US has told Cuba that for meaningful progress to be made in negotiations, President #MiguelDíazCanel must step down, said people familiar with the talks.
#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
nytimes.com/2026/03/16/world/a…
#Fascism.
A word used a lot but not super well understood often.
If there are still people who think #Trump is not fascist, watch this and come back to be
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Dear #America and #Germany, thank you so much for unwavering support for #Palestine.
We will never forget what you have done.
Thank you for your billions of dollars a year.
Your endless supply of weapons.
Your training of our military.
Your free health care.
Your nuclear power and weapons.
We wouldn't be here without you.
Love Palestine.
#US #IsraeliCrimes #Genocide #FreePalestine #FuckIsreal #FuckAmerica #FuckGermany #Murder #USA
Hegseth’s Pentagon Is Trying to Turn a Newspaper for Troops into Propaganda – Mother Jones
Stars and Stripes, the military’s newspaper, is being directed to publish material from Pentagon public affairs.Alex Wong/Getty Get…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #Død #pentagon #petehegseth #SecretaryofDefense
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Hegseth’s Pentagon Is Trying to Turn a Newspaper for Troops into Propaganda – Mother Jones - EUROPE SAYS
Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper, is being directed to publish material from Pentagon public affairs.Alex Wong/GettyEUROPE SAYS
Exclusive: #Trump has rejected efforts to launch #Iran #ceasefire talks
Trump's admin has rebuffed efforts by #MiddleEast allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran #war that started 2 weeks ago with a massive #US - #Israeli air assault, acc/to 3 sources.
Iran has rejected the possibility of any ceasefire until US & Israel strikes end, 2 snr Iran sources said, adding that SEVERAL countries had been trying to mediate an end to the conflict.
The other option? Don’t attack #Iran. Idiots.
#Trump Removes #Sanctions on #Russia to Help #Oil Flow Amid Iran #War
The #US on Thursday temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is currently at sea, allowing it to be shipped to buyers around the world as the Trump admin scrambles to contain #energy #prices that have been soaring because of the war in Iran.
#TrumpsWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #Ukraine #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving
nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/poli…
#Oil Shock’s Tentacles Grip #WorldEconomy: ‘This Really Is the Big One’
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international #trade #chaos brought on by #Trump #tariffs, #war in #Ukraine & chaotic #US policymaking are facing lasting economic damage.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
Ancient heritage sites across #Iran damaged by #US - #Israel bombing
“ #Isfahan is not an ordinary city, it’s a museum without a roof. [...] In none of the previous eras, not in the Afghan wars, not in the Moghul conquest, not even during the ‘sacred defence’ [the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war] was this ever done,” the governor said.
Will @EUCommission @Bundesregierung have the guts to stand up to #Trump and #Netanyahu ?
#1954HagueConvention #Unesco #warcrimes
theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…
Dismay as ancient heritage sites across Iran damaged in US-Israel bombing
Golestan Palace world heritage site in Tehran and palace in Isfahan harmed despite Unesco sending coordinatesJulian Borger (The Guardian)
BREAKING:
Belgium’s MEP Marc Botenga:
“You claim to stand with the people of #Iran while you offer European bases to #US killing machines.
#eu #europe #uk #france #germany #netherlands #greece #italy #hungary #europeanunion #belgium #news #mastodon #socialmedia #trump #cdnpoli #uspol #politi #sovereignty #economy #resistance #antifascism #lfi #protest #freepalestine #china #russia #yemen #hezbollah #lebanon @politics @socialmedia @democracy #education #canada #Africa #justice #humanrights
*Verbot von #SozialenMedien für U16*
(3/3)
...Freiheit mit Gefahr als Frieden mit Sklaverei.“
#JeanJacquesRousseau (1712–1778) französischsprachiger Schriftsteller und Philosoph
"Zu argumentieren, dass Sie keine Privatsphäre brauchen, weil Sie nichts zu verbergen haben, ist so, als würden Sie sagen, dass Sie keine Freiheit der Meinungsäußerung brauchen, weil Sie nichts zu sagen haben.“
#EdwardSnowden
(berühmter #US-#Whistleblower und Ex-CIA, löste #NSA-Affäre 2013 aus)
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