Oof.. seriously

When was the USA ever a "leading country" with practices like this..

youtube.com/watch?v=wVFXUkFx5Y…

#US

For all you #GOP #isolationists, #Trump is putting #BootsOnTheGround

#US steps up presence in #Gaza to support fragile #ceasefire

The #USmilitary *led* “coordination center” charged with implementing Trump’s *peace* plan in Gaza is replacing #Israel as the overseer of *humanitarian aid* to the enclave, even as multiple people familiar with the cell’s first weeks of operations have described it as chaotic, indecisive & ineffective.

#geopolitics #HumanitarianCrisis
washingtonpost.com/national-se…

"Pope Leo's comments strengthen the resolve of those of us in the United States who remain deeply committed to welcoming the stranger," said Kerry Alys Robinson, president & CEO of Catholic Charities USA, a national federation of 168 #Catholic #charity agencies.

#PopeLeo, the first #US pope, has been ramping up his disapproval of the #Trump admin's treatment of #immigrants.

#immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion

…El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who…heads the #migration cmte of the #US #bishops' conference, said the conference is discussing whether to issue a statement about the #Trump admin's treatment of #immigrants during its annual meeting, to be held in Baltimore from Nov 10-13.

"Without question, this issue will be a major, if not the major, topic that we undertake during the bishops' meeting," he said.

#immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion

#PopeLeo was asked Tuesday about #immigrants at the #Broadview facility who have been refused the opportunity to receive holy Communion, an important #religious obligation. Many immigrants entering the #US come from #LatinAmerica, a predominantly #Catholic region.

He said the detainees' spiritual rights need to be respected & cited scripture indicating Jesus will judge #Christians after death on how they welcomed immigrants.

#Trump #immigration #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #FreedomOfReligion

Heartless #billionaire assholes

#Trump admin seeks to halt #SNAP #food #aid payments after a #CourtOrder

Trump’s admin asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a #US govt #shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.

#law #judiciary #FoodStamps #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #EconomicDiscrimination
apnews.com/article/snap-food-g…

Pope Leo's recent criticisms of #Trump anti-#immigration policies are emboldening #Catholic efforts to help #immigrants caught up in the admin's hardline crackdown, snr US Church leaders say.

After Leo called on Tues for "deep reflection" in the #US about the admin's treatment of #immigrants, several top bishops as well as the country's main network of Catholic nuns & its national charity federation told Reuters they would step up their work.

[#PopeLeo is from #Chicago]
reuters.com/world/europe/pope-…

#Layoffs accelerated in October, pushing 2025 job cuts to levels typically seen in a #recession, acc/to newly released data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a private firm that tracks workplace reductions.

#US employers have announced 1.1 million layoffs so far this year — the largest reading since the pandemic recession & on par with 2008 & 2009 job cuts during the Great Recession, the firm’s figures show.

#economy #Trump #tariffs #inflation #trumpcession
washingtonpost.com/business/20…

#Israel struck several towns in south #Lebanon Thurs after urging residents to leave, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country.

The airstrikes came hours after #Hezbollah urged the Lebanese govt not to enter negotiations w/ Israel.

#IDF said it targeted #military #infrastructure for Hezbollah in the area. It accused the group of rebuilding its capabilities almost a year after a #US brokered #ceasefire went into effect that ended a monthslong war.
apnews.com/article/lebanon-isr…

Random poll:

Would you visit the US in it's current state? Either for vacation or travel. For Americans, imagine you would visit your country from somewhere else

#US

• Yes (2%, 140 votes)
• No (95%, 5044 votes)
• I don't know (2%, 118 votes)

Cool. Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool, no doubt no doubt.

Exclusive: #US may cut #AirTraffic 10% by Friday without #shutdown deal

The shutdown has forced 13,000 #AirTrafficControllers & 50,000 Transportation Security Administration [#TSA] officers to work WITHOUT #PAY & snarled tens of thousands of #flights.

#Trump #OrchestratedShutdown #PowerGrab #law #Congress
reuters.com/business/aerospace…

Here’s an archived copy of the #US #Army pointing to #foodbank s in #Germany to feed their hungry people during government #shutdown.
It seems the official website has been cleaned up by now, though one has to wonder whether that means people are lacking that life saving information now.

archive.ph/e2hvc

For those in #Germany #Deutschland who don't want #USA troops in your country, well... these troops are currently being starved out by their own government

The #US #Army Garrison #Bavaria, Home of 7th Army Training Command, is instructing its personnel on the official website to, get this, *get their food at German food banks*

🥴

What an amazing, modern, powerful, military

home.army.mil/bavaria/about/sh…

EDIT:

the page is down

@mardor found the archive link and posted it:

web.archive.org/web/2025110510…

Sie haben #Trump gewählt - jetzt haben sie nichts zu essen!

Donald Trump sagt, er will Amerika retten – doch Millionen seiner eigenen Wähler spüren inzwischen, was das in der Realität bedeutet: #Hunger. Die #US- #Regierung nutzt das #Lebensmittelhilfeprogramm #SNAP, auch bekannt als Food Stamps, als politisches Druckmittel. Über 40 Millionen Menschen sind betroffen – viele von ihnen leben in #republikanischen #Bundesstaaten und haben #Trump gewählt.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQNfuXs…

First time I’ve been allowed to #vote in any #election - and I got to vote for #ZohranMamdani 🥳

So glad my #US citizenship came through on time to register!

If y’all can vote today please do!!!

#nyc #NewYork #mamdani

📁 Them was in the east wing all along! ;)

What do Jeffrey Epsteins death, Ghislaine Maxwells transfer to a minimum-security prison & the #whitehouse east wing demolition have in common?
Dem orders came from the same place 😜

Small print: Dis is just a #meme / #joke, please don't send me to MAX ❤
Small small print: I'm currently not #Epstein-suicidal 😇

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_…

🖼️ CC0 Madeindex.org

#EpsteinFiles #Humor #Funny #fun #News #Memes #US #USA #Uspol

I truly hate the President of the United States with all my heart, what a despicable bag of meat

youtube.com/watch?v=JWfUcyPUl4…

#Trump #US #USPol

Daylight Savings Time (DST) in the twenty-first century, yay or nay?

Please consider boosting for a more statistically significant result.

#daylightsavingstime #dst #us #poll #autumn

• Yay (11%, 76 votes)
• Nay (86%, 601 votes)
• "My opinion is that..." (comments.) (2%, 17 votes)

🫧 Is the US #AI bubble bursting?

Meta just lost 200+ Billion $ in value, in part because they planned to spend 200+ Billion a year on AI infrastructure¹ 🤣

📉 A solid -13.79% stock price drop within a few days!

Time to #DEMETA?
reddit.com/r/DeMeta/

¹ techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/meta…

#UnitedStates #US #Stock #Investment #Meta #Facebook #MetaAI #tech #corporation #artificialintelligence #news #techcrunch #aibubble #corp #corps #evil

Meta has an AI product problem  | TechCrunch

Meta's AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous.

^{Russell Brandom (TechCrunch)}

"The world's governments have all signed up to "anticircumvention" laws that criminalize reverse-engineering & modifying US #tech products. This was done at the insistence of the #US Trade Rep... using the threat of #tariffs
....
getting rid of anticircumvention laws only requires that governments control their own behavior – unlike taxing or fining companies, which only works if governments can control the behavior of companies"
- @pluralistic

pluralistic.net/2025/11/01/red…

#Technology #News #USA

Mad with power

#Trump threatens #US #military action in #Nigeria over treatment of #Christians

Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the #Defense Dept to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."

#law #Constitution #InternationalLaw #WarPowers #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #Congress #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState
reuters.com/world/africa/trump…

In US first, #NewMexico launches #free #childcare for all

Saturday NM became the first #US state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its #economy & lift #education & #ChildWelfare levels…

NM Gov Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) told reporters #child #care was "the backbone of creating a system of support for families that allows them to work, to go to college, to do all the things they need to do to continue to lift New Mexico out of #poverty."

#law
reuters.com/world/us/us-first-…

#GiftArticle

This is why you need to go to #Congress to attack other nations!

As #US ramps up the pressure, #Venezuela pleads with Moscow for help

Documents show #Maduro drafted letter asking #Russia for missiles, radars & upgraded aircraft as US forces amass in the #Caribbean.

#Trump #law #war #WarPowers
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Weeks after #Epstein died in federal custody in 2019…, #JPMorganChase filed a report alerting the #US govt to tens of millions of suspicious transactions involving him & prominent #WallStreet & #business figures.

The report that #JPMorgan filed identified transactions with #LeonBlack, the co-founder of private equity firm #ApolloGlobalManagement; #GlennDubin, a hedge fund manager; [#Trump’s & Epstein’s atty] lawyer #AlanDershowitz; & trusts controlled by #LesWexner, the retail tycoon.

#law

#GiftArticle

#JPMorgan Alerted #US to #Epstein Transfers Involving #WallStreet Figures

After #JeffreyEpstein’s 2019 death, the bank reported more than $1 billion in potentially suspicious transactions.

#law #EpsteinFiles
nytimes.com/2025/10/30/busines…

The #UN #HumanRights chief said Friday that #US #military strikes against boats in the #Caribbean Sea & eastern #Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from #SouthAmerica are “unacceptable” & must stop.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk called for an #investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark the first such condemnation of its kind from a United Nations organization.

#criminal #law #murder #Trump
apnews.com/article/un-us-milit…

And yet the #US hasn’t stripped #Trump of the title of #POTUS

#KingCharles III strips #PrinceAndrew of titles & evicts him from royal residence, palace says

#law #criminal #rape #SexualAbuse #pedophilia #pedo #rapist #JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles
apnews.com/article/king-charle…

#GiftArticle

#Trump admin makes *misleading* case in high-stakes #asylum hearing

#HomelandSecurity asked a judge to #deport a man to #Afghanistan, where he expects the #Taliban to kill him. What happens next could affect thousands.

To make its case, the #DHS did not accuse him of any crime or disloyalty or act of terrorism. Instead, attorneys argued that Afghanistan — a country #US forces rescued him from in 2021 — is safe for his return.

#law #honor #immigration
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The federal judge who sought to meet with US #BorderPatrol boss Greg #Bovino on a daily basis said Wednesday she “was a little surprised” to see the #feds challenge that arrangement — especially after Bovino’s appearance on #FauxNews.

#US District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wed evening, after the #7thCircuit Appeals Court agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with the #CBP’s commander-at-large.

#law #immigration #Chicago #FactCheck #TrumpLies
chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati…

Bovino's Fox News interview leaves judge 'surprised' at feds' opposition to daily check-ins

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wednesday evening, after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino.

^{Jon Seidel (Chicago Sun-Times)}

#Trump directs #Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing #US #NuclearWeapons

US president references #China & #Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President #Xi Jinping

In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”

#kakistocracy
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o…

Trump directs Pentagon to match Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing

US president makes threat in Truth Social post in wake of Russian nuclear-powered weapons tests, and shortly before meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

^{Abené Clayton (The Guardian)}

#US to withdraw some troops from #Romania, #NATO's eastern flank

The decision was expected given changes in Washington's priorities, but roughly 1,000 U.S. troops will continue to be stationed in Romania, the country's defense ministry said.

#Trump #allies #alliance
nbcnews.com/world/europe/us-tr…

U.S. to withdraw some troops from NATO's eastern flank, Romania says

Romania and NATO allies were notified of U.S. plans to cut the number of troops stationed on Europe's eastern flank.

^{Reuters (NBC News)}

Ahh yes, "Diplomacy"

"#US ambassador to #Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at #Ontario’s trade representative"

"#US ambassador to #Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at #Ontario’s trade representative"

It's just so fucking embarrassing

Americans:

WILL YOU PLEASE FUCKING #VOTE

enough of your "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe" mindless lies and your "votes don't count anymore" premature spineless capitulation

get off your fucking asses and fucking vote, for the side that sucks, but is obviously better. it matters

incremental improvement works, toxic idealism means shit

cbc.ca/news/politics/ambassado…

#PeteHoekstra

The #Trump #DOJ has placed 2 federal prosecutors in Washington on leave a day after they filed a document in court that referred to the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the #US Capitol as a “riot” carried out by a “mob,” 2 people familiar with the matter said.

Imagine if they’d called it what it actually was, an #insurrection carried out by #insurgents.

#law #history #facts #SeditiousConspiracy #coup #whitewashing #gaslighting #propaganda
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Border Patrol’s #Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he & federal judge talk #BodyCams, #TearGas, IDs

The top #US #BorderPatrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to US District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, #protesters & #journalists.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #fascism #PoliceBrutality #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati…

Border Patrol's Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he and federal judge talk bodycams, tear gas, IDs

The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, protesters and journalists.

^{Jon Seidel (Chicago Sun-Times)}