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A leaked Army memo🚨warns that #Hegseth's frantic push to flood the battlefield with cheap weaponized #drones is getting soldiers killed by bypassing fundamental explosive safety protocols nobody bothered to maintain in the rush."
-T Welborn3
The #DOD🚨is being accused of cutting corners on safety..
#Incompetence #Deaths #IranWar #Trump #TrumpRegime #Troops #USPol
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Secret Memo Calls Out Pentagon Pete for Drone ‘Mishaps’
A leaked Army memo warns the Pentagon’s aggressive drone push may be putting soldiers at risk.Olivia Ralph (The Daily Beast)
Silencing free speech kills democracy. They’re trying!
We cannot allow conservative media companies with a disinformation agenda like Sinclair and Nexstar to dominate our public discourse. #EndSinclair #EndNexstar
#BrendanCarr #FCC #MediaConsolidation #Sinclair #Nexstar #FirstAmendment #USPol
Interview: Trump wants federal control over elections in at least eight states
He's "employing investigations, raids & demands for access to balloting systems & voter ID records for the campaign."
Trump has also run a campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies. Journalist Ned Parker counted 470 "enemies" that Trump has targeted so far.
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#USPol #EUPol #USElections #trump #democracy #fascism #news .
Trump Pushes to Take Over Elections, Punish His Enemies: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Ned Parker
A new investigation by Reuters details how the Trump administration is seeking to gain federal control over elections in at least eight states, employing investigations, raids and demands for access to balloting systems and voter ID records for the c…Democracy Now!
Changing the Iran War's name to Epstein's Sledgehammer won't make people forget the original Operation Epstein Files.
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#Pentagon considering renaming Iran war“…renaming operations with a new name, like “Sledgehammer,” to suggest they would be different than current “Epic Fury.”
They argue that renaming the operation would restart the clock of the 1973 War Powers Act that requires congressional authorization to continue it after sixty days, a deadline that ran out on May 1.”
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Pentagon considering renaming Iran war ‘Sledgehammer’ if ceasefire collapses
The U.S. military is considering officially re-naming the war with Iran to “Operation Sledgehammer” if the current ceasefire collapsesMosheh Gains (NBC News)
Evidence of #abuse, #neglect..:🚨CA St investigators➡️surge in detainee pops strained conds & access to med care..
Some detainees described only having💔beans & bread to eat & X cold temps... At one fac: not enough toilets to serve the pop, w dirty bathrooms.
#Detention cens hadn't⬆️med staffing to match the rise in the#s. At CC last yr: crisis-level med staffing: delays in care. 1 doctor/~1K‼️
Most:🚨not convicted of any crime.
#Torture #DHS #ICE #Deaths #DeathCamps #USPol
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CA report details deaths, medical care at ICE detention centers - CalMatters
Detainees cried as they described their lives in confinement in ICE detention centers. They spoke with investigators from the California Department of Justice.Sergio Olmos (CalMatters)
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❝ “I would not advise my children today to go to the US, get educated there or work there, simply because a͟ c͟e͟r͟t͟a͟i͟n͟ s͟o͟c͟i͟a͟l͟ c͟l͟i͟m͟a͟t͟e͟ has suddenly developed there.”
― Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of #Germany
“ German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US ” theguardian.com/world/2026/may…
German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US
Chancellor says he no longer views US as land of opportunity amid ‘deeply polarising’ social climateDeborah Cole (The Guardian)
“To the folks at CBS, in the words of the great Ed Murrow, good night and good luck, motherfuckers.”
— David Letterman, during a send-off for Stephen Colbert
#BariWeiss #CBS #LarryEllison #DavidEllison #BrendanCarr #ShariRedstone #USPol
BOOM! SAY IT LOUDER:
Gary Chambers Jr. just dragged #Louisiana Republicans — while Speaker Mike Johnson wears holes in his kneepads for Dear Leader.
#whitesupremacy #greatreplacementtheory #TuckerCarlson #racism #votersuppression
#DonaldTrump #IsraelFirst #EpsteinClass
#election
#usa #politics #news #war @politics #activism #socialmedia #protest #resistance #gerrymandering #us #trump #redistricting #mastodon #uspol #lgbtqia #congress #democrats
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Trump discloses big buys of shares in Boeing and Nvidia as the companies look set to gain from his China trip
A 113-page disclosure, which became available Thursday on a U.S. Office of Government Ethics website, shows more than 3,000 transactions
By Victor Reklaitis
Published: May 14, 2026 at 1:10 p.m. ET
[Image of the Shitstain raising a glass to toast President Xi in Beijing]](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/5597022 "Screencap from Marketwatch/Dow Jones:
Trump discloses big buys of shares in Boeing and Nvidia as the companies look set to gain from his China trip
A 113-page disclosure, which became available Thursday on a U.S. Office of Government Ethics website, shows more than 3,000 transactions
By Victor Reklaitis
Published: May 14, 2026 at 1:10 p.m. ET
[Image of the Shitstain raising a glass to toast President Xi in Beijing]")
"Raising the Flag" by Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson.
"There’s a particular kind of decision that doesn’t just change the law. It rewrites the story we tell ourselves about the country. The Supreme Court’s latest ruling on the Voting Rights Act is one of those decisions.
The court’s conservative majority didn’t simply narrow a statute. It made a far more sweeping claim: that the conditions that justified the law no longer exist."
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As Democrats "have steadily been wiping out Republican officials in the core #Atlanta counties of swing-state of #Georgia,"
The governor quietly SIGNED INTO LAW a requirement ONLY for the 5 most populous Metro Atlanta counties of Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett, Dekalb & Clayton that FORBIDS POLITICAL PARTY DESIGNATION on ballots for most local officials.
It also moves elections for most affected officials to May, when there is typically less voter turnout.
Trump made America so great that people are permanently emigrating in record numbers
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Record number of Americans are leaving the country and renouncing their citizenship for good, report says
In the aggregate, as many as 295,000 more people may have left the U.S. than immigrated there in 2025, according to one studyJosh Marcus (The Independent)
Checking in on Operation Epic Fury...
#TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #Iran #RepublicansDidThis #NoMoreRepublicans #USPol
I gotta black belt in the American South. 😉
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Jim Crow is a fucking zombie.
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#JimCrow #USA #Southern #history #BlackBelt #Gerrymander #gerrymandering #USPol
Delegitimizing the Juristocracy
A week ago, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act, clearing the way for Southern states to reimpose discriminatory maps that strip representation from A…Goldwag's Journal on Civilization
"Nearly 50K people🚨in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, bc🚨it's redirecting that power to #DataCenters.
NV Energy *NV utility that's supplied most of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades,🚨says that next year it'll stop servicing homes in the area, & instead direct that #electricity to the growing demand from NV DCs.
No NV is one of the fastest-growing data-center corridors in the C.
-More Perfect Union
#AI #USPol
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Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers
Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.Catherina Gioino (Fortune)
Just don’t ask the racial mix of that 22%
#ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #trump #DonaldTrump #MAGA #uspol #uspolitics #TrumpIsAPedo #epsteinfiles #epsteinfury #TaxTheRich
"Trans Americans with Canadian ancestry have been receiving expedited processing of their applications for Canadian citizenship certificates."
Trump Mobile quietly rewrote its fine print to say the gold Trump phone may never be made, a year after taking $100 deposits
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#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga
Trump Mobile quietly rewrote its fine print to say the gold Trump phone may never be made, a year after taking $100 deposits
The terms and conditions said the preorder deposit gives people "a conditional opportunity" to buy the phone if the company makes it.Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez (Fortune)
AP: Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands
"...The federal government’s vast land holdings are concentrated in Western states including Alaska, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Since taking office, Trump has pursued a flurry of actions aimed at boosting fossil fuel production from those taxpayer-owned sites. The Republican administration also has sought to sideline some renewable energy projects, claiming they were unfairly subsidized under Biden...."
National Day of Action #May16 to protect #VotingRights:
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All Roads Lead to the South — National Day of Action for Voting Rights
The voting rights they marched for are being stripped away right now. We're going back. Are you coming?blackpowerwarroom.com
#RFKJr Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into #Vaccines Despite Recent Public Silence
“Health” Secy Robert F Kennedy Jr has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside the #HHS, a sprawling “research” effort is top priority.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #HealthInsurance #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #PublicHealth #Health #science #medicine #policy #USpol
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This is what happens when you lie ALL THE TIME
Many Americans think #Trump #assassination attempts were fake
About 1 in 4 adults say the #WHCD shooting was staged, 1 in 3 Democrats said they believed the event was fake, & 1 in 8 Republicans also think it was staged, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of online news outlets.
#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media
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"Legal #immigrants🚨are losing their jobs & their legal status not bc THEY did anything wrong, but bc the GOVT refuses to adjudicate the appls they paid for & filed. It should be a massive scandal."
-A R-Melnick
"100s of 1000s of leg IMMs🚨find themselves in limbo after USCIS refuses to process their cases -all while pocketing >$1B in fees. Visas, work permits, legal perm res, & ctz appls:🚨frozen.
#Impeach #USCIS Dir, #Trump...
#Economy #DHS #ICE #Detention #Cruelty #USPol
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The Trump administration’s $1 billion immigration swindle
Hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants find themselves in limbo, many losing their jobs and risking deportation, after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services refuses to process their cases.Luis Carrasco (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Under Trump’s #BBB #SNAP appls🚨 are fighting to prove eligibility. A crisis in AZ offers a warning for America.
Hudson’s a single mom who'd rec ~$600/mo in food asst to supp her income *bens stopped w/o warning 3 mos ago. She/many➡️even if they should be eligable.The# of ppl rec food stamps in AZ:⬇️by🚨~50% as of Mar comp to a yr earlier, incl ~200K #children who've lost their bens. Those#s: are in the lines at AZ food banks, & losing access as #inflation:⬆️‼️
#Hunger #USPol
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Children in Arizona are going hungry because of Trump’s food stamp cuts
Under President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility. A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.Shannon Pettypiece (NBC News)
How is this still a “whether” argument?
It is an undeniable #fact.
A #LIVGolf event at a #Trump property is renewing scrutiny over whether the president & his family are benefiting financially from his time in office
#kleptocracy #law #emoluments #PresidentialEthics #corruption #USpol #media #journalism #FourthEstate
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Just got into it with some idiot about taxing billionaires, and their argument basically boiled down to “governments are corrupt, so the tax revenue won’t be used properly.” 🙄
Bitch please. My main interest is in making sure billionaires can’t exist. We could literally set the money we collect on fire and it would still achieve that goal. Using some of it for good things is just icing on the mf’ing cake!!
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Report: Israeli soldiers said the army ordered troops to kill any man they encountered in Gaza from Oct 7 2023.
“A man, no matter what age, don’t play games with it; kill immediately," were the orders. "We need to kill him - yes, even if he is completely unarmed.”
“They even told us that if it’s a woman or a child, use your judgment, because things happen."
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#USPol #EUPol #Fascism #Racism #GazaGenocide #israeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #news #palestine .
Israeli soldiers say orders were to kill any man encountered in Gaza
Israeli soldiers said the army ordered troops to kill any man they encountered in Gaza during the genocide that began in 2023.Nadav Rapaport (Middle East Eye)
back in 1997, i called THING1 my $20,000 baby (i was forced to have a c-section). it’s even more expensive almost 30 years later.
#HappyMothersDay #USpol #fascism #healthCare
❝ Why is being a mother so expensive in the United States? aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/10/w…
Why is being a mother so expensive in the United States?
On Mother’s Day, Al Jazeera details the high cost of motherhood in the US compared with the rest of the world.Alia Chughtai (Al Jazeera)
University of Michigan commencement speaker was right on Israel – The Forward
A hubbub over a University of Michigan commencement speaker's criticism of Israel misses the important lessons he had for Jewish listeners.The Forward
I can't believe gas prices haven't resulted in bipartisan public protests.
Maysville, KY was dead tonight, on a Saturday, of all days. #USPol
I get that people have the best of intentions when they try to argue that Star Trek isn't a dead franchise, but... this is a series that once had a member of a resistance group inspired by real life Palestinian resistance as a sympathetic main character. And now it's apolitical CGIslop owned by a corporation that runs a blacklist of any actor who's ever spoken in support of Palestine.
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Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
A civil war is raging in the film, television and music fields between artists opposed to the mass murder in Gaza, as well as Trump’s fascist policies, and the upper echelons of studio executives and owners.World Socialist Web Site
Two pilots rescued after the Iranian menace shot them down.
And the orange ghoul who brags about drapery and a ballroom every five seconds hasn’t paraded these heroes he rescued in front of so much as a single camera.
Strains credibility, doesn’t it. 🤔
🇨🇦B'nai Brith's annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents is an unreliable and dangerous document. 1/4
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#Canada #Carney #MarkCarney #Ottawa #Montreal #Toronto #Vancouver
#ZIONISM WEAPONISING #RACISM 🤮
#GreaterIsrael #DismantleZionism #IsraelWarCrimes
#usa #politics #news #Iran #Palestine #MiddleEast #war #genocide #eu @politics #activism @socialmedia #socialmedia #media #protest #resistance #stopgenocide #us #uspol #Gaza #freepalestine #GlobalSumudFlotilla #education
