Key #evidence deleted in case against ex-military man who spied on Julian #Assange for #CIA, says expert report

A hard drive in which the Spanish #police dumped the contents of David Morales’ phones was allegedly tampered with while in the custody of the High Court. Over 17,000 email messages have disappeared

source: english.elpais.com/spain/2025-…

#spain #justice #fail #backup #scandal #problem #politics #wikileaks #spay #surveillance #humanrights #court #security #democracy #news

Key evidence deleted in case against ex-military man who spied on Julian Assange for CIA, says expert report

A hard drive in which the Spanish police dumped the contents of David Morales’ phones was allegedly tampered with while in the custody of the High Court. Over 17,000 email messages have disappeared

^{José María Irujo (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}

#Trump is plotting the biggest #tax rise in global history

source: telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/202…

#usa #politics #society #finance #problem #poverty #news

Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs will be the biggest tax rise in global history

The burden for paying the bulk of the president’s Liberation Day tariffs will fall on consumers, potentially at some $600 billion a year

^{Matthew Lynn (The Telegraph)}

On a more serious note, whoever is behind the idea of dressing up as #Pikachu during the protest made an amazing job, medias all around the #world shared pictures of them and were forced at the same time to talk about the Turkish protests.

#police #protest #politics #Turkey #arrest #riot

An informative piece by a trans Texan for the Texas Observer, borrowing their choice of quote:

”Trans people are not a threat. We just want to exist and be left alone. Our dignity cannot be taken. But the #Texas Legislature is in danger of trading away its own.”

From April Maria Ortiz in 2023: Coming out in small town Texas ... texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans…

#trans #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #Uvalde #TXlege #politics #USpol #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #news #culture

Link to post:

hachyderm.io/@TexasObserver@te…

I Am a Trans Texan - The Texas Observer

A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.

^{April Maria Ortiz (The Texas Observer)}

I really enjoyed watching #elonmusk get mercilessly heckled at his own rally in #wisconsin and then panic, and blame it on people being paid off in the audience.

What about the millions around the world protesting him?

What about the millions of Americans who are?

Nobody has enough money.

He's just a man-child in a death spiral, and all his stocks are crashing.

#trump Whitehouse people are turning on one another, and hiding.

We are winning.

scoopzapp.com/n/1049ITSt?ctype…

#politics #usa #scoopz

#TeslaStock I Enjoyed Elon Getting Mercilessly Heckled at his Wisconsin Rally! Also Tesla Stocks Dropped 12 Dollars in 12 Hours xD #maga #elonmusk #news #usa #lol

^{scoopzapp.com}

”Trans people are not a threat. We just want to exist and be left alone. Our dignity cannot be taken. But the #Texas Legislature is in danger of trading away its own.”

From April Maria Ortiz in 2023: Coming out in small town Texas ... texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans…

#trans #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #Uvalde #TXlege #politics #USpol #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #news #culture

I Am a Trans Texan - The Texas Observer

A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.

^{April Maria Ortiz (The Texas Observer)}

"A French court handed far-right leader Marine Le Pen a five-year ban on running for office on embezzlement charges Monday, dashing her ambitions of standing in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals."

France 24 reports: flip.it/4Qfj5U

#MarineLePen #France #News #Politics #FarRight

French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office

^{FRANCE 24}

HEY EVERYONE DOING PROTESTS LISTEN UP

One addendum to the last post:

We need to do our own reporting. We need to talk about these protests. To everyone. You need to post about them, at least to say you did them, that you were there.

The media’s not reporting it, so WE HAVE TO REPORT IT INSTEAD.

Which is one reason why I’m writing all this up. WE have to spread the news, because THEY will NOT.

Seriously, the fash podcasting littleman I talked about last post? He was literally the ONLY media to show up. No other media was there.

So once again, we have to be that media. For real.

#politics #uspol #uspolitics #wapol

As Eva Wiseman points out:

'while governments have an obsession with efficiency, its still limited solely to cost-cutting. There seems to be little interest in, for instance, making access to welfare payments more efficient or healthcare, or childcare... No, efficiency is only important when trying to maximise profit'!

efficiency defined by cost, rather than by effective practice(s);

we know the cost(s) off everything but the value of nothing!

#politics #economics

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Striving for efficiency is all very well, but it leaves no time to live

Efficiency slices and barges its way through delicate structures, leaving the most vulnerable flailing

^{Eva Wiseman (The Guardian)}

“I cannot determine what will define my time in this place,” she said, swathed in a traditional Maori cloak. “But I do hope I’ve demonstrated something else entirely: that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve. You can be a mother, or not. You can be an ex-Mormon, or not. You can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger—you can be all of these things. And not only can you be here, you can lead. Just like me.”

elle.com/culture/career-politi…

#leadership #politics #reflection

Jacinda Ardern Captured the World. And Then She Walked Away.

Why the progressive icon decided to quit politics.

^{Kayla Webley Adler (ELLE)}

There is something very wrong in this country when six young people meeting to discuss politics in a Quaker Meeting House are arrested by the police after a mass (twenty officers) invasion of the building (armed with tasers).

The freedom to protest, or even the freedom to meet in a room to discuss current affairs, are central to a democracy... if this freedom is now compromised (further), as it seems to be, we are in a very bad place!

#politics

h/t @Thebratdragon

quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/…

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

^Quakers

As Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater MSP says:

'Labour is choosing to punch downwards & punish the most vulnerable rather than taxing the super-rich who have seen their incomes soaring while millions of people have been unable to make ends meet... You can’t undo the catastrophic impact of 14 years of Tory rule with even more cuts'!

The big Q. is as the Greens (Scottish & English parties) sound more like Labour than Labour, will MPs start to jump ship?

#politics

greens.scot/news/labour-must-t…

Labour must tax wealthy, not cut vital services

Labour must tax wealthy, not cut vital services - Austerity is a choice.

^{Scottish Greens}

Elon #Musk pressured #Reddit’s CEO on content #moderation

source: theverge.com/command-line-news…

It's all about free speech, isnt it Elon? (But only the way you want it ...)

#censorship #freespeech #freedom #usa #politics #doge #news #internet

Elon Musk pressured Reddit’s CEO on content moderation

While Elon Musk was publicly calling out Reddit users for banning X links and threatening DOGE employees, he was also privately pressuring CEO Steve Huffman.

^{Alex Heath (The Verge)}

#Trump orders ‘ideological’ cleanup of Smithsonian #museums and a ‘restoration’ of American #history

Source: english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03…

#fnord #newspeack #news #usa #politics #president #WhiteHouse #government #America #museum

Trump orders ‘ideological’ cleanup of Smithsonian museums and a ‘restoration’ of American history

The president signs a decree to stop a ‘revisionist movement that seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States’

^{Iker Seisdedos (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}

MAN #maga people are slow on #news aren't they?

I still have people claiming that #greenland itself wants to be part of the #usa despite them stopping #JDVance and #ushavance from coming, then every single Greenlander ALSO saying no after the travel agency said no, and his reps went house to house BEGGING for someone to let them, and they also said no.

I didn't know you could be MORE CLEAR and still not be heard.

These people... UGH!

scoopzapp.com/n/100dPGb8?ctype…

#scoopz #politics #world #rant

Do This: Tesla Mass Action Protest on March 29th

This Saturday, March 29th, is Tesla Takedown Day, a day of peaceful protest at every US Tesla dealership and as many other dealerships and facilities outside the US as possible.

Here’s a map of planned protests you can join – places, times of day, and so on. They aren’t all at the same time, which might be useful for you. Find one close to you that’s at a time you can make and be there, preferably with a sign. If you don’t want to design your own sign, feel free to print and use one of these, or adapt them to your own ideas. They’re high resolution at 11×17 and plenty good enough at two times that.

Tesla Takedown is also helping people find protests on other days as well. Here’s the home website for the movement, with all the details you need.

Get out there. And good hunting.

#fascism #politics #uspol #uspolitics

Join me at the TeslaTakedown

The #TeslaTakedown movement is growing! Join us for an event in our community—or find one of more than 100 events every week across the country. And if there's not one near you, it's easy to sign up to host your own. Let's fight for our country!

^{actionnetwork.org}

So #ushavance is now NO LONGER going to #greenland as the travel agency involved said she is not welcome with them.

Then #vance had reps canvas house to house, and business to business trying to find a place for them to stay, and not a single person let them.

I love this, as #maga folks were talking up a storm about how Greenland wanted to be part of the #usa

Now the trip is cancelled, and there is no way to spin it that they do want this!

EVERYONE said no.

Lol.

#trump #politics

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

Source: nature.com/articles/d41586-025…

#usa #politics #science #future #news

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

^{Witze, Alexandra}

“The lack of detail and clarity regarding the initial investigation—beyond the vague statement that ‘we are investigating and hope to reach a conclusion within 120 days’—is simply not enough."

New: U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey is demanding answers in our ongoing coverage of the ICE prosecutor with an openly white supremacist X account. texasobserver.org/congressman-…

#WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia #ElonMusk #politics #USpol #ICE #immigration #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #news

Congressman Denounces ICE Response About Prosecutor Operating Racist X Account

In response to the Observer’s reporting, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey demanded answers he has yet to fully receive—while ICE refuses to clarify the prosecutor’s current job status.

^{Steven Monacelli (The Texas Observer)}

INCOMPETENCE!

"Personal numbers, emails, and even passwords of top Trump officials were found online"
- Spiegel

The data of White House Counselor Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Gabbard, and Defense Secretary Hegseth were freely available.

Some of the officials' work contacts are still tied to social networks such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Signal.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

WBUR: Tufts PhD student taken into federal custody, lawyer and university say

"...A year ago, Ozturk co-authored an opinion piece published in the Tufts student newspaper that criticized the university’s response to student efforts demanding the school disclose and sever its relationships with companies that held ties to Israel.....It's unknown if federal agents chose to detain Ozturk over her activism or any protest activity."

wbur.org/news/2025/03/26/tufts…

#Politics #USpol #ICE #1stamendment

Tufts PhD student taken into federal custody, lawyer and university say | WBUR News

The university received reports that an international graduate student was taken into custody from an off-campus apartment Tuesday night, President Sunil Kumar wrote in a letter to the school community.

^{Katie Cole (WBUR)}

President Donald #Trump, asked yesterday afternoon about the same matter, said, “It wasn’t classified #information.” - so here is the full #Signal #chat with the attack plans ...

source: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

#usa #government #politics #military #Yemen #warfare #war #cybersecurity #fail #communication

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

^{Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)}

"I just hope that people realize that it’s not because we don’t want to serve you. It’s because we have people in power right now who want to break this system and who want to get rid of the fact that #education is an equalizer."
texasobserver.org/department-o…

#politics #USpol #news #Trump #HumanRights #schools #Project2025 #ElonMusk #DOGE

'We're Not Just Some Bureaucrats': DOE Employees on How Their Work Helps Texas Students

Department of Education workers and union leaders in Texas say kids will pay the price for Trump’s decision to “break this system.”

^{Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)}