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#Trump White House resisted allowing an American doctor exposed to #Ebola while working in the #DRC to return to the #US, acc/to 5 people familiar with the Ebola response…, delaying the #evacuation & #care of Peter Stafford, who was ultimately transported to #Germany [Danke Deutschland].
The admin’s reluctance to bring an infected American back to US soil marked a sharp contrast with the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
#NoCompassion #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
washingtonpost.com/health/2026…
So, I noticed something about #Trump’s trip to #China, because I tend to pay attention to #bioethics stuff. Amongst all the panopticon bros was a solitary biotech executive; Jacob #Thaysen, CEO of #Illumina.
Illumina holds the patents that mean 80% of the world’s #genomic analysis is done via their products or databases.
According to #CIA agents, the #US left the #WHO so we didn’t have to admit that we’d funded the Chinese lab where #COVID seems to have originated.
Leaving the WHO also means Illumina no longer has to share their data with public health experts. And they’ve been first on the ground in both #hantavirus and #Ebola to sequence these outbreaks. #African countries must sign away their #genome rights before America will pay the health budget Congress authorized. So, that’s fun.
And once again, as I start digging, the #DreyDossier brings receipts. She’s a hella investigator.
(3/3)
...nobody could have forseen the #Chainsaw implementation of #DataRaids throughout #US government agencies in 2025.
Nothing seems to be off limits anymore.
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1) NS-Schrifleitergesetz (German)
taz.de/Presse-im-Nationalsozia…
Presse im Nationalsozialismus: Im Dienste des Regimes
Vor 90 Jahren stellte Goebbels das „NS-Schriftleitergesetz“ vor. Es regelte, welche Journalisten arbeiten durften – und schaffte die Pressefreiheit ab.Christian Walther (taz)
Former Cuban President #RaulCastro is #indicted in #US as #Trump pushes for #RegimeChange in #Cuba
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty
reuters.com/world/americas/us-…
Strike near UAE reactor revives concerns over nuclear plant safety in wartime
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#Drones(military)MEWS #NuclearPowerMEWS #EnergyIndustryMEWS #Us-israelWarOnIranMEWS #UnitedArabEmiratesMEWS #EnergyMEWS #EnvironmentMEWS #MiddleEastAndNorthAfricaMEWS #WorldNewsMEWS #MEWS
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Attack marks first time military action has forced a fully operating nuclear power plant to re...
theguardian.com/world/2026/may…
Strike near UAE reactor revives concerns over nuclear plant safety in wartime
Attack marks first time military action has forced a fully operating nuclear power plant to rely on backup generatorsDan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
In case you’re still reeling from the #MAGASlushFund news & are too outraged to heed other news of the day…
#House #Oversight Cmte is interviewing Tova Noel, the fmr guard who was working the night that #Epstein died in a NY jail cell in 2019.
#Treasury Secy #ScottBessent said the #US will extend by another 30 days the ability of countries to import #Russia #oil already in tankers at sea, a move meant to reduce oil shortages caused by the #IranWar [& enrich #Putin].
ICYMI A prayer festival backed by #Trump took place in DC yesterday.
Speakers including top #government officials framed the #UnitedStates as a nation founded to be explicitly #Christian [nope]. #Trump delivered a video message reading a #Bible passage aloud.
Until Trump, it was virtually unheard of for #US ofcls to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of #religious beliefs.
#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState
Sen Bill Cassidy’s defeat in Saturday’s #Republican #primary in #Louisiana will be covered as evidence of Trump’s grip over the party. #BillCassidy voted to convict #Trump after his second #impeachment following #Jan6, 2021, & this was payback.
At the same time, Cassidy’s third-place finish highlights another unfortunate trend in #US politics: the decline of open primaries across the country.
#Trump Remarks Reveal a [Callous] #Billionaire Out of Touch
With his generational wealth, his 20-acre Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, FL, & his lucrative family businesses around the world, Trump has never…[been]…an ordinary American.
Instead, he has argued that he could use his [bogus] business savvy to help lift up the country’s forgotten men & women.
#US #economy #inflation #CostOfLiving #affordability #recession #trumpcession
nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/poli…
So I guess #WaywardWaymos are a thing now?
Unoccupied, driverless #Waymo #cars have invaded a neighborhood near us, repeatedly #driving into a dead-end road, around the cul-de-sac, then driving out. They're not there to pick up passengers. But there are plenty of children and pets in the area.
The cars are lost. And on auto-repeat. 
#Empty #Waymos invade #Atlanta #neighborhood, circle #CulDeSac for hours with no #passengers
youtube.com/watch?v=BYkv6jvTpC…
#US #Georgia #DriverlessCars #IAmDB
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Amid ongoing #ForeignPolicy crises around the globe & as the #Trump admin fails to reach a deal to end the #war with #Iran, the #US #State Dept last week finalized the #firings of nearly 250 #diplomats in a brief, impersonal email.
#diplomacy #kakistocracy #idiocracy #geopolitics
cnn.com/2026/05/16/politics/gl…
Long, but worth reading:👀
"Our current globalised #tech industry can only exist because of the protectionism and policy uniformity imposed by the #UnitedStates on its hegemony. That billions of people across dozens of countries work and interact on unified platforms whose laws and regulations are, for all practical purposes, basically that of the #US... is an artifact of US dominance."
baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-o…
ht: @pluralistic
#Technology #Enshittification #Law #World #News #Press #USA
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Icelandwww.baldurbjarnason.com
#Trump said a potential arms deal for #Taiwan was a “very good negotiating chip” in talks with #China. His words raise questions about the reliability of #US support. [there is no question, you can’t rely on it.]
Taiwan’s government has been waiting for months for Trump to sign off on a $14 billion package of missiles, anti-drone equipment & air-defense systems intended to fortify the island against Beijing’s military threats.
#Pentagon halts deployments to #Poland & #Germany to cut troop numbers in #Europe, AP sources say
The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by canceling deployments to Poland & Germany as opposed to yanking forces already stationed there, #US officials say, as #Trump has tussled with #allies over the #Iran #war & called for changes.
#law #NATO #alliance #geopolitics
apnews.com/article/poland-us-t…
The #US #DOJ is preparing to seek an #indictment against former #Cuba President #RaúlCastro, 3 people familiar with the matter told AP Friday, as #Trump threatens possible #military action against the communist-run island.
One of the people told AP that the potential indictment is connected to Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of 4 planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. #Castro was defense minister at the time.
#Israel carries out strike targeting most senior #Hamas military leader in #Gaza
Despite a fragile #US brokered “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel carried out a strike targeting Hamas’ most senior military leader, according to a joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu & Defense Minister Israel Katz.
#HumanitarianCrisis #Palestinians #WarCrimes #geopolitics #MiddleEast
cnn.com/2026/05/15/middleeast/…
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
@blackvoices #blackmastodon #labor #justice
#Trump & #Xi wrap up summit claiming “progress” stabilizing #US - #China relations as differences persist
Trump said he had not yet made a determination on whether a major US sale of arms to #Taiwan can move forward. Speaking to reporters as he flew back on Air Force One, Trump said he’d not decided on the sale, but he added, “I will make a determination.”
The sale has already been authorized, but it has yet to move forward. China opposes the deal.
2026 in a nutshell:
"The richest man on Earth killed the poorest children."
Another reason we should get rid of the super rich, one way or another
#TaxTheRich #US #Musk #USAID #Trump
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.
A ship anchored off the #UAE was seized & taken toward #Iran & another—a cargo ship near #Oman —sank after being
attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the #StraitOfHormuz.
It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a snr Iranian ofcl reiterated his country’s claim of control over the waterway & another said it had a right to seize #oil tankers connected to the #US.
#IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers
apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr…
Judge Orders US to Return #Colombian Woman Deported to #Congo
The unusual ruling came after the judge found that the #Trump admin had most likely violated the #law by deporting the 55-year-old woman to the African country despite its refusal to take her.
The judge ordered the admin to return the woman, Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata to the #US, a rare instance of a judge doing so amid the admin’s #deportation campaign.
#immigration #judiciary #rendition #AbuseOfPower
nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/a…
"Developers talk not just about how the #AI output is often flawed, but that using AI to get the #job done is often a more time consuming, harder, and more frustrating experience because they have to go through the output and fix its mistakes. More concerning, developers who use AI at work report that they feel like they are de-skilling themselves and losing their ability to do their #jobs as well as they used to."
- @404mediaco
404media.co/software-developer…
#Tech #Technology #News #Press #US #USA
Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains
“It's making me dumber for sure.”Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
#Senate rejects bill to halt #IranWar despite lawmakers’ growing frustrations
It was the first such vote since a deadline passed for the #Trump admin to seek #Congress’s approval to continue the military campaign.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
We've asked #UKHomeOffice, #EUCouncil and #Viminale which biometrics and genetic databases they will share with #ICE and #DHS under the #EnhancedBorderSecurityPartnership ( #EBSP) which the #US requests
Read our article in #ComputerWeekly:
computerweekly.com/news/366643…
Europe and US negotiate deal to share citizens’ biometric data, UK also approached
The UK has received a request from the US to share biometric data of citizens, as Europe negotiates a similar deal with US Department of Homeland SecurityStefania Maurizi (ComputerWeekly.com)
#SCOTUS set the stage for #Alabama to get rid of 1 of 2 largely #Black congressional districts before this year’s #midterms, creating an opening for #Republicans to gain an additional #US #House seat in a closely divided chamber.
The decision follows a SCOTUS ruling that struck down a majority-Black US House district in #Louisiana as an “unconstitutional” #RacialGerrymander, significantly weakening the federal #VotingRights Act.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
apnews.com/article/alabama-red…
Since returning to the White House, #Trump has demonstrated great ambivalence toward #Taiwan, an approach that’s raising questions ahead of this week’s summit with #China President #Xi Jinping about whether the #US leader could be open to dialing back support for the island #democracy that Beijing views as its breakaway province. [as long as Trump gets something in return, cash, #semiconductors…, he’s open to it]
#geopolitics #sovereignty #kleptocracy #MafiaState
apnews.com/article/trump-xi-ta…
#Tennessee removes its #black #US House district in #Memphis
#MAGA goons celebrate
"It's rigged why vote"
On the contrary people not #voting got us here as much as MAGA
Getting out of this means many things. But voting is a small effort compared to the other efforts so voices against voting are inauthentic or #troll #psyop
#Hungary had as bad or worse manipulations against #democracy, and look what Hungarians delivered
Are you angry? Do you want to fix this?
#Vote
reuters.com/legal/government/t…
#Iran responds to #US #ceasefire proposal but #Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'
Iran sent its response to the latest US ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators & wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” with no details.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-us-war…
Brutally honest analysis of Trump’s failure in #Iran & its impact on the #US & #GlobalOrder from Robert Kagan
Checkmate in Iran
It’s hard to think of a time when the #UnitedStates suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored.
#Trump #failure #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #NewWorldOrder
theatlantic.com/international/…
Checkmate in Iran
Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.Robert Kagan (The Atlantic)
#US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of #Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows.
Since Feb 4, the US Navy & Air Force have conducted at least 25 such flights using manned aircraft & drones, most of them near the country’s two biggest cities, Havana & Santiago de Cuba, & some coming within 40 miles of the coast, acc/to FlightRadar24.
#Trump #imperialism #LandGrab #law #WarPowers #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
cnn.com/2026/05/10/americas/us…
🇨🇦B'nai Brith's annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents is an unreliable and dangerous document. 1/4
x.com/IndJewishVoices/status/2…
#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
#Alabama lawmakers approved a plan Friday for new #US #House #primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections, sending the #legislation to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey.
The move came the same day that the #Virginia Supreme Court dealt a major setback to #Democrats by overturning a #redistricting plan that could have helped Democrats win as many as 4 additional House seats.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #VotingRights
apnews.com/article/alabama-red…
#Virginia state Supreme Court strikes down #Democrats' redrawn #US #House maps, giving #Republicans win
The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize the mid-decade #redistricting. #Voters approved the amendment April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the results of that #vote meaningless.
#US forces fired on & disabled 2 Iranian #oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with #Iran forces in the #StraitOfHormuz overnight. The #UAE, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile & drone attack.
The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old “ceasefire” that the US has insisted is still in effect. The #Trump admin is awaiting an Iranian response to its latest proposal for a deal to end the #war, reopen the strait & roll back Iran’s #nuclear program.
🚨🚨🚨 RFKJr’s “health” officials explored US #ban of some widely-used #antidepressants🚨🚨🚨
#US #health dept ofcls last week explored whether they could ban certain drugs in a widely prescribed class of #antidepressants as #HHS Secy #RFKJr prepared to roll out a plan to reduce their use….
Their interest centered on…selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or #SSRIs, such as #Zoloft, #Prozac & #Lexapro, which have been available in the US for decades….
