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I really don't like talking about political/personal stuff, but I think this is important..
I was just denied health insurance as a spouse (my husband's new job) because I couldn't prove I was married to my husband. Reason: new "federal policy". First I had to show a birth certificate, not a real ID or SS#, to prove my identity, and then I had to show my marriage certificate. Since the marriage cert. has my birth name, they don't consider it proof I am a spouse. Really.
(fascinating, US media appears to be unwilling to cover the Iran war?)
France 24: Middle East live: US launches new strikes on Iran as oil prices skyrocket
france24.com/en/middle-east/20…
#journalism #uspol #iran #war
Middle East live: US launches new strikes on Iran as oil prices skyrocket
The United States launched a new series of strikes in Iran on Friday, while Iran-backed Houthi rebels opened a second front in the conflict, attacking Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and sending oil prices skyrocketing.FRANCE 24
#USpol #ICE #Einwanderung #Überwachung #Datenschutz
👉Ich habe doch nichts zu verbergen! 👈
... #Smartphones in ganzen Stadtvierteln überwachen lassen
- #ISOClaimSearch: eine Datenbank, die Schaden- und Unfallversicherungsansprüche sowie Arztrechnungen enthält. Die Datenbank ist nahezu allumfassend und enthält Details zu mehr als 1,8 Milliarden Versicherungsansprüchen und 58 Millionen Arztrechnungen [in den #USA]. “
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Quelle:
404media.co/leaked-document-sh…
Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips
From phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercover tools, a document obtained by 404 Media lays out the surveillance tech available across ICE agency wide.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
#USpol #ICE #Einwanderung #Überwachung #Datenschutz
*Wer in #Europa, insbesondere einem Land wie #Frankreich, das wohl bald eine #Rechtsradikale als #Präsidentin haben wird, sollte einen Blick in die #USA werfen, wohin mangelnder #Datenschutz führt:
Von #404Media:
"- #Accurint: ein Werkzeug von #LexisNexis zur Personensuche, das alle Arten von personenbezogenen Daten wie Adressen, Telefonnummern, Sozialversicherungsnummern und mehr enthält
- #Chameleon: ein Tool, das „anonymisierte...
Back in March, the Trump admin boasted that it was getting medical schools to teach nutrition.
hhs.gov/press-room/wtas-sec-ke…
Now it's cutting nutrition education for recipients of food assistance.
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Andrew Tate: "I am being held in the highest level of security which exists", which is why I'm able to post on X.
These idiots haven’t even granted #Trump #WarPowers! But sure, give him 95 BILLION DOLLARS to keep waging an #illegal #war 🤦🏼♀️
#House #Republicans adopt $95 billion package for the #IranWar & Trump's “priorities”
#law #idiocracy #Iran #TaxpayersMoney #USpol #PublicDisservice
apnews.com/article/gop-95-bill…
Wow.. that is SO bad
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
"1. By using keyword searches to review hundreds of grants and terminate them en masse rather than reviewing them individually on their merits, the Trump administration targeted research it found politically disfavorable, which is a First Amendment violation.""2. In terminating 283 Department of Energy grants from states where a majority voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, and leaving untouched hundreds of grants that went to “red” states, the Trump administration wrongly punished researchers for merely living in states the White House politically opposed."
"3. And by terminating billions of dollars in grants, and never rerouting that money to other grant opportunities, the Trump administration violated the constitution by not spending money in ways Congress specifically required through laws it passed on how research funds should be used."
America is no longer the indispensable nation.
The post war order was predicated on a stable United States. Trump’s chaotic #politics has destroyed the post war order. New alliances are being formed by former allies and a decoupling of dependence on American institutions is grinding forward. It will be expensive, but the alternative is eternal instability
@pluralistic with the call
BREAKING NEWS
Same Sh*t; Different Day!
Iran says it launched a new wave of strikes targeting US military assets in Kuwait.
Iran launched missiles at Jordan.
For the 154th time, Trump said Iran desperately wants to make a deal with Trump
#AureFreePress #News #wariniran #BreakingNews #uspol
RE: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11696288…
"Trump is the escrow agent who keeps the money and the deed, then announces he did it because the seller was a fentanyl dealer and the buyer was a lizard-person; and then publishes a long screed on Truth Social calling everyone who criticises him a terrorist, promising to do it again next time.
Even if you need to sell your house, and even if Trump is the only escrow agent you can find, you're just not going to trust him with your deed or the money." - @pluralistic
Learn this, world.
Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Trump's America can't even win a rigged game; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper/ #Pluralistic 1/Cory Doctorow (Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net)
"Americans’ attitudes toward data centers have grown increasingly sour and politically polarized in the past six months, a trend that signals trouble for the artificial intelligence industry and leaders of both parties, according to new results from The POLITICO Poll.
The poll also found that more people now oppose nearby data centers than support them — a reversal from the findings of an earlier POLITICO Poll in January.
The new poll found that 41 percent of Americans would oppose a data center being built within three miles of where they live, up from 28 percent in the January survey. The number supporting those projects dropped during the same period, from 37 percent to 24 percent."
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
calmatters.org/education/highe…
#grants #funding #uspol #information #infosci #keywords
Did the White House illegally cancel CA research grants? - CalMatters
Federal agencies used keyword searches to cancel grants en masse rather than reviewing them individually on their merits, lawsuit alleges.Mikhail Zinshteyn (CalMatters)
U.S. State Department Bans "Far-Left" Travelers From Entering The United States
Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a memo Thursday that details a new travel ban on “far left” aligned travelers.Miranda Moure (TheTravel)
👉*#WhiteHouse Demonizing Americans*👈
(2/2)
...these questions asTrump's White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy [#Former #PsyOps operative #StephenMiller] mounts what MS NOW described as a "sweeping attack against 'leftists.'"
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Source:
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#PoliticalDissent #LeftWingTerrorism #PoliticalPolarization #MSNOW #PeteButtigieg
cc @br00t4c
Pete Buttigieg tells stunned MS NOW host: 'You can always rely on Stephen Miller'
Former President Joe Bidens' Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg has revealed why he feels Americans "can always rely on Stephen Miller.Kathleen Culliton (Raw Story)
#USpol #Politics #StephenMiller
👉*#WhiteHouse Demonizing Americans*👈
(1/n)
rawstory.com/stephen-miller-26…
"Former President Joe Bidens' Transportation secretary Pete...
#Buttigieg answered his own question with another question: "Or 👉are they trying to demonize, dehumanize and harm fellow #Americans?"👈
The #Indiana #Democrat posed...
#PoliticalDissent #LeftWingTerrorism #PoliticalPolarization #MSNOW #PeteButtigieg
cc @br00t4c
Pete Buttigieg tells stunned MS NOW host: 'You can always rely on Stephen Miller'
Former President Joe Bidens' Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg has revealed why he feels Americans "can always rely on Stephen Miller.Kathleen Culliton (Raw Story)
Thomas Zimmer:
"The anti-democratic radicalization of the Right has not been fueled by a sense of strength, but by a pervasive sense of weakness.
Reality has been moving away from those who refuse to imagine “America” as anything other than a land defined by white Christian patriarchal domination.
MAGA America is a minority project, its core tenets vastly unpopular with a clear majority of the people. And deep down, the Trumpist leaders know this."
steady.page/en/democracyameric…
#UsPol
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A World-Historic Chance
The Right is freaking out because we could be on the brink of proving that egalitarian, pluralistic democracy is possible. A glass-half-full interpretation of our moment.Democracy Americana (Steady)
A reality report:
"Lately, the vibe has shifted. The MAGA Republicans don’t seem to be having such a good time ransacking the place anymore.
Even the true believers are questioning the MAGA theology.
Leon Wieseltier: People are genuinely disgusted and they’re now combative.
J. Michael Luttig, former judge: The Republican Party is in shambles today. Trump eats his own.
Michael Beschloss: I don’t see people looking fearful, helpless and hopeless anymore.
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nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion…
#UsPol
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A most dishonest juvenile analysis by the right-wing rag the Wash Post.
It argues that taxing the rich is not sufficient to fund Medicare-for-all, so let's not tax the rich.
Does not mention taxing businesses or the dollars spent on healthcare by individuals or the overall cost to society.
Trashes other countries that have socialized healthcare systems.
No solutions, no suggestions, just 24x7 trashing of progressives.
This excellent example of nonviolent protest and #CivilDisobedience should be repeated all over the #US:
👉#ICE: #ShameTheNazis!👈
mastodon.social/@randahl/11694…
#NoCoffeeForNazis
#NoCoffeeForIce
Working for the Nazis is a tough job in 2026.Oh the struggle, the struggle.
Trumporrhea
Surprise: the orange shit-for-brains is angry again.
You know what to do, internet.
#USpol #Trumporrhea #AgentOrange #OrangeDefiler
Mastodon 🐘
A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.Mastodon hosted on mstdn.social
"No, Israel does not have ‘a right to exist.’ Quite the contrary, actually..... my assertion is rooted in international law".
~Craig Mokhiber, fmr UN official
"Of course, given Israel’s propensity for violating such laws, it’s no surprise they’re still claiming a right that has no basis in reality."
"The statement that Israel “has a right to exist” has always been nonsense, unrooted as it is in either law or fact."
mondoweiss.net/2026/07/no-isra…
#USPol #EUPol #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine .
No, Israel does not have ‘a right to exist.’ Quite the contrary, actually.
Unlike the Zionist claim that “Israel has a right to exist,” my assertion is rooted in international law. Of course, given Israel’s propensity for violating such laws, it’s no surprise they’re still claiming a right that has no basis in reality.Craig Mokhiber (Mondoweiss)
"No, Israel does not have ‘a right to exist.’ Quite the contrary, actually..... my assertion is rooted in international law".
~Craig Mokhiber, fmr UN official
"Of course, given Israel’s propensity for violating such laws, it’s no surprise they’re still claiming a right that has no basis in reality."
"The statement that Israel “has a right to exist” has always been nonsense, unrooted as it is in either law or fact."
mondoweiss.net/2026/07/no-isra…
#USPol #EUPol #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine .
No, Israel does not have ‘a right to exist.’ Quite the contrary, actually.
Unlike the Zionist claim that “Israel has a right to exist,” my assertion is rooted in international law. Of course, given Israel’s propensity for violating such laws, it’s no surprise they’re still claiming a right that has no basis in reality.Craig Mokhiber (Mondoweiss)
The only good part about the next several months of this election hellcycle is getting to watch President Shitstain make _communism_ popular in the US.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…
#USpol #politique #jdr #TTRPG #droitsHumains #DnD #actualPlay #CriticalRole
D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’
Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political actionGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Sorry, are Trump’s roving death gangs openly threating to murder Democrats after their recent killing spree?
America is becoming a dark, dark place.
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
Border czar warns there will be more ‘bloodshed’ unless Democrats ‘shut their mouths’
Tom Homan’s comments come after two men were fatally shot this week at the hands of ICE agents in separate incidentsRachel Dobkin (The Independent)
This is one of the most chilling manipulative lie I have read in a while. And I have read a lot of chilling manipulative lies from that American administration:
“When the leftist protests that we are violating his rights, understand that he is lying to try to persuade people who are not closely following the political scene that some injustice has been perpetrated against him. We must stay the course and be completely unflinching in the pursuit of justice against these enemies of civilization.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…
#USpol #Fascism #Authoritarianism
‘Enemies of civilization’: top Trump officials launch sweeping attack on left
Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller took aim at only leftwing activism at meeting of 66 nations against political violenceAram Roston (The Guardian)
“Our country has to shape up,” #Trump said, calling it a “big announcement.”
“It doesn’t get bigger,” he added, “because without free & fair elections, you don’t have a country.”
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
#Trump says he will discuss #elections security & #VotingMachines in an address to the country Thursday night, a likely escalation in his gaslighting efforts to suggest that #US election results cannot be trusted.
Trump has repeatedly described US voting systems as corrupt & vulnerable, despite the fact that he won 2 presidential elections.…
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #USpol #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
nytimes.com/live/2026/07/16/us…
Iran tracks US troops in Gulf using commercially available phone-location data
Turns out the nightmarish corporate digital panopticon Big Tech and the state are erecting around us isn’t all bad.
Telecoms data and worried ‘people familiar with the matter’ have told FT that Iran or pro-Iranian actors have been running a “coordinated campaign” to pinpoint the locations of phones belonging to US servicemen operating in roaming mode across the Middle East using commercial ad tools.
“Iran absolutely has capabilities to get real-time, immediate and continuous location information,” Citizen Lab research fellow Garry Miller said. “It would surprise me very much if Iran were not using SS7, or mobile network access in the region, to track US users.”
#iran #WarOnIran #Technology #mobiletracking #Uspol #PersianGulf
I wish everyone in #southkorea would stop using Coupang. There's corrupt, and then there's Trump-corrupt. They deserve to be shut down.
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Coupang spent $250,000 on US lobbying via Trump-linked firm in Q2, filing shows - The Korea Herald
m.koreaherald.com/article/1081…
Coupang spent $250,000 on US lobbying via Trump-linked firm in Q2, filing shows - The Korea Herald
E-commerce giant Coupang spent $250,000 lobbying the White House, the House of Representatives and the Office of the US Trade Representative during the second qYonhap (The Korea Herald)
Report: More than 80 British politicians have demanded that the UK government "impose comprehensive sanctions on Israel in line with the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion”.
"The UK's obligations under international law are clear. What is needed now is the political courage to act.”
"Keir Starmer’s government has continued to enable Israel’s atrocities."
middleeasteye.net/news/uk-poli…
#USPol #EUPol #ICJ #BDS #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine .
UK politicians call for sanctions on Israel as Starmer's Gaza legacy slammed
Over 80 British MPs and lords have called on their government to impose comprehensive sanctions on Israel, as a collection of charities slammed outgoing prime minister Keir Starmer's legacy on Palestine.Oscar Rickett (Middle East Eye)
Tell me again these are not modern Nazi's..
"Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency"
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…
Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency
US defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’Marina Dunbar (The Guardian)
