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"Journalists – even lazy journalists – can’t miss this authoritarian rot.
It’s not cluelessness anymore. It’s cowardice and complicity. And it’s inexcusable. …
It’s obvious that Republicans are trying to end democracy and establish a dictatorship. News media that don’t tell you that are failing you."
~ Mark Jacob
#Trump #Republicans #authoritarianism #fascism #media
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It’s not media cluelessness – it’s cowardice and complicity
But there’s another word starting with “C” that describes some journalists: courage.Mark Jacob (Stop the Presses)
"Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel."
~ Nesrine Malik
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"White Christians are the ONLY reason Trump ever became president, either time, since in 2016 every other religious/ethnic group voted in a majority for the Democrat. And no group has supported Trump more emphatically than white evangelicals. It’s not even close."
~Joy-Ann Reid
#Trump #WhiteChristians #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel
Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine MalikNesrine Malik (The Guardian)
"Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, is leading U.S. diplomatic efforts with Iran while engaged in a lucrative, ongoing, multi-billion-dollar business relationship with the Saudi government. This brazenly corrupt arrangement is being completely ignored by most major media outlets."
~ Judd Legum
#JaredKushner #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
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The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal
As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.Judd Legum (Popular Information)
#Trump contradicted his #Energy Secy Chris Wright, who warned it may be next year before #gas #prices come down to pre-Iran war levels.
“No, I think he’s wrong on that. Totally wrong,” Trump said to The Hill.
Wright said in an interview on CNN Sunday that the #US might not see gas prices fall below $3/gallon until 2027, even with the potential opening of the #StraitOfHormuz.
Trump claimed the prices will fall “as soon as this ends,” referring to the #war with #Iran.
NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.
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#News #Trump #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #Law #Legal #Family
Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family
Stories about pardons are often about presidential power. But what about people on the other side of that grace? The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won years ago.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
In the #Trump era, #JohnRoberts & the other conservative justices have repeatedly empowered the president through their #ShadowDocket rulings. By contrast, the papers reveal a court wielding those same powers to block #Obama. Justice Samuel A. #Alito Jr. warned that if the court failed to stop the president, its own “institutional legitimacy” would be threatened.
#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt #SCOTUS
Und die #Eskalation im #Iran geht weiter ...
siehe: zdfheute.de/politik/ausland/ir…
#Hormus #blokade #usa #militär #krieg #politik #diplomatie #welt #handel #weltordnung #Konflikt #angriff #trump
US-Marine entert iranischen Frachter: Regime will "zurückschlagen"
Iran wirft den USA die Verletzung der Waffenruhe durch den Beschuss eines iranischen Handelsschiffes im Golf von Oman vor. Die Streitkräfte des Regimes würden bald zurückschlagen.ZDFheute
#dwr #freetube #fedibikes #MdRddG #NI #MdRzA #obob #fahrrad #FahrradStattPorsche
#TousledCraneonTour
#Welt! Bist du noch da?
Ein bisschen #Sommer …
… hatten wir am #Freitag. Auf dem #Arbeitsweg war noch #Jacke angesagt, aber retour, so nur im #Hemd und die kurze Hose vermissend: War schon schön.
Dann gab es noch eine optische interessante Erscheinung: etwa 5-600m lang, hatte mein #Schatten eine #Korona.
Oder war es wohl der Scanvorgang von #Außerirdischen? Herr #Trump hätte jetzt bestimmt von #Heiligenschein gesprochen, aber auf dieses #Niveau begebe ich mich jetzt nicht.
Jetzt aber 'n #Kaffee und was auf die #Ohren:
Bleibt senkrecht und gesund!
#AfD is a party designated as a suspected #extremist organization by German #intelligence.
As the meeting evolved into a general gripe session, the AfD politicians told Samson, then 26, & several other #US diplomats that they feared #Germany’s government might ban their party, acc/to Mr. Paul & another person familiar with the conversation.
#kakistocracy #extremism #CultureWar #Trump #US #Europe #geopolitics #USpol
The Americans railed against European #regulation of #socialmedia, calling it a tool for stamping out conservative opinions. And the group discussed a bogus #FarRight #ConspiracyTheory that mainstream European leaders were seeking to replace #white populations with nonwhite immigrants.
#ConspiracyTheories #GreatReplacementTheory #WhiteSupremacy #extremism #CultureWar #Trump #US #Europe #geopolitics #USpol
People still don't know what the mystery meat is and a poster is claiming that water is being rationed as well.
"My nephew is on that ship. Apparently they have been rationing water as well because their distiller has been down. Also, they are not receiving food packages we are sending because whatever mail carrier service they use, isn't delivering to them.
I feel terrible for pushing him to join the NAVY. What a joke we've become"
#Trump said the #US forcibly seized an #Iran flagged cargo ship near the #StraitOfHormuz that tried to pass the naval #blockade
Trump posted on social media that the ship was warned by a US #Navy guided missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman to stop.
“Our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room,” Trump wrote.
He said US #Marines had custody of the cargo ship, named #Touska, & were “seeing what’s on board!”
#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #law
When Samuel Samson, a snr adviser at the #State Dept, sat down privately with #FarRight German lawmakers in an office just steps from the White House, he was breaking with history.
For 8 decades after WWII, the #US’ #ForeignPolicy establishment had usually steered clear of #Germany’s hard-right parties, seeking to ensure that they never seized power again. That changed under #Trump, leading last Sept to Samson’s meeting with Beatrix von Storch & Joachim Paul of Alternative for Germany, or #AfD.
The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s #CultureWar With Europe
Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the #Trump administration’s push to upend the #US’ postwar relationship with #Europe.
#ConspiracyTheories #GreatReplacementTheory #WhiteSupremacy #kakistocracy #FarRight #extremism #geopolitics #USpol
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“The Strait is still closed. We will open it by the order of our leader, not by the tweets of some idiot.” -Iranian military officer.
Do we think Trump and the USA are still respected around the World? Hmmm?
#IranWar #StraitOfHormuz #USPol #USPolitics #Trump #GeoPolitics
"Those watching the markets observed massive trades yesterday just before Trump’s announcement. Regulators are currently examining similar trades from one of Trump’s similar announcements last month.”
#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #markets #StockMarket #MarketManipulation #InsiderTrading #media
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“And, just like that, President Donald J. Trump’s triumphant boasting that the Strait of Hormuz had been permanently reopened has unraveled in less than 24 hours. …
Once again, Trump’s announcement of the opening of the strait seemed timed to give the markets a bounce before the weekend."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #markets #StockMarket #MarketManipulation #InsiderTrading #media
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#Trump says #US delegation is heading to #Pakistan for more #Iran talks despite accusing Tehran of violating the #ceasefire agreement in #StraitOfHormuz
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
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"Greens who were long dismissed as “idealistic” and “unrealistic” now look like hard-headed pragmatists and true patriots. They are years ahead of their rivals in demanding a transition that makes sense on every level: environmental, economic and political"
#GreenParty #VoteGreen #Trump #Renewables #UKPolitics
Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot | The Guardian
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Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?
The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George MonbiotGeorge Monbiot (The Guardian)
The GOP conditioned all these nutjobs to obsess over conspiracy theories all these years, and MAGAs dutifully terrorized no end of innocent people.
BUT THEN they crashed the economy and now all that obsession gets turned on them. Everything is awful but this is morbidly hilarious.
"MAGA Increasingly Believes Trump Assassination Attempt Was Fake"
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Newsweek:
Amanda Ungaro Says Melania Trump Knows She Saw ‘Compromising Interactions’
"... while she did not threaten me directly, she knows that I witnessed highly compromising interactions over the course of 20 years," Ungaro said. "She does not know the full extent of what I know—for I lived with Paolo for 20 years."
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#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #Epstein #EpsteinFiles
Amanda Ungaro Says Melania Trump Knows She Saw ‘Compromising Interactions’
Amanda Ungaro was deported to Brazil in 2025 and has since become very vocal about Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.Peter Aitken (Newsweek)
"In recent weeks, as criticism of President Donald Trump from his own supporters has reached a fever pitch, a new conspiracy theory has taken hold: Some of the president’s biggest supporters are now claiming, without evidence, that Trump staged the assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024 and is covering it up."
~ David Gilbert
#Trump #MAGA #AssassinationAttempt #ConspiracyTheories
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MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged
Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president.David Gilbert (WIRED)
#ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds
Their backgrounds stand out. And not in a good way.
#Trump #law #murder #Constitution #RightToProtest #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #RESIST
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#SCOTUS agreed Friday that #energy companies facing lawsuits over #environmental damage to Louisiana’s #coast from #oil & #gas production can move the challenges from #state courts into friendlier #federal venues.
The ruling is a significant victory for oil companies, led by #Chevron & #ExxonMobil, in their legal battle with #Louisiana state officials over who should pay for the state’s #coastal #erosion. The companies have been supported by the #Trump admin.
#Iran has re-imposed restrictions on #StraitOfHormuz, accusing the #US of violating deal to reopen it
Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, warning that it would continue to block transit through the narrow waterway as long as the US #blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #EnergyCrisis
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When will the world stop treating this poor, old, confused man like a normal #president?
#meme #mental #health #trump #whitehouse #government #politics #usa #crazy #mad #world #worldoder #war #warfare #freedom #democracy #future #ethics #trade #economy #inflation #finance #money #military #terror #humanity #civilization #hospital #omg #wtf
♲ HUartsound3 - 2026-04-17 21:03:25 GMT
Mentally unwell
#cartoon by Osama #Hajjaj
Trump hires drunks for his cabinet for the same reasons as foreign agencies have for targeting them. They can be manipulated, they are weak.
#KashPatel #Trump #FBI #USPol #USPolitics
This admin is a damn joke
The #FBI Director Is MIA
#KashPatel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking & unexplained absences.
#Trump #law #NationalSecurity
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Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job
Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.Sarah Fitzpatrick (The Atlantic)
Video shows ships turning away from the #StraitOfHormuz as confusion persists over whether sea lane is really open
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
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Video shows ships turning away from the Strait of Hormuz as confusion persists over whether sea lane is really open
The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed despite Iran's declaration Friday that it is open, maritime freight and oil analysts told CNBC.Spencer Kimball (CNBC)
In the thread I posted earlier today about the ongoing battle over white Christian nationalism and the Trump administration, I opened with a statement by Sarah Posner saying "the Trump administration has managed to pack what feels like a year’s worth of breaking religion news into the past week."
Commentary about these matters keeps pouring out — so a second thread today.
#Trump #JDVance #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism
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William Lindsey :toad: (@wdlindsy@toad.social)
"From AI blasphemies to attacks on the papacy to prayers from the filmography of Quentin Tarantino, the Trump administration has managed to pack what feels like a year’s worth of breaking religion news into the past week. ...William Lindsey :toad: (toad.social)
Ich muss da mal endlich was loslassen, was mich seit ein paar Jahren beschäftigt (muss wohl seit 2015 sein ;):
„Kinder, es ist die letzte Zeit; und 👉 wie ihr gehört habt, dass der Antichrist kommt, so sind jetzt viele Antichristen aufgetreten👈 .“ (1 Johannes, 2,18 – 22)
von #Fokus (ausnahmsweise!)
"*#DonaldTrump provoziert erneut mit KI-Bildern: Erst ließ er sich wie Jesus darstellen, nun postet er ein Bild, auf dem Jesus ihn umarmt.* "
I'd rather eat 'Cornbeef & Hash' MREs than whatever this 'Mystery Meat entree' is supposed to be.
Looks like the carrier and warships aren't able to resupply and they are down to rationing food.
$1 trillion 'defense' budget and sailors are rationing food not even two months into this war with Iran.
If they aren't getting food, that also means they aren't getting mail or care packages (snacks, cigarettes, etc) from family either.
#iranwar #trump #usnavy #mysterymeat
Pff I'm so sick of this political story time bullshit
The simple answer is a "yes" or "no"
These people are getting paid to bullshit, all day everyday
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#Trump #US #USPol #Politics #pffffffffff
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A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.
A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps.
“We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” one expert said.
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#news #trump #ice #minneapolis #immigration #government
A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.
A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” one expert said.Alex.Bandoni@propublica.org (ProPublica)
"As much as most Americans may see the Iran war as a deadly dangerous & costly fiasco driven by a reckless madman, don’t doubt that Vance knows who stands to gain from it. Several days ago, The Guardian documented the windfall this war is providing to the top 100 oil and gas companies, which are making more than $30 million per hour and could pocket an estimated $234 billion in extra profits this year."
~ Beschloss
#Trump #JDVance #Iran #war #oil #gas #EconomicElites
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Why Should JD Vance Worry?
Despite his growing collection of obvious failures on the global stage, he's reveling in his imaginary, near-divine status within the power eliteSteven Beschloss (America, America)
