Slipping into authoritarianism
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Slipping into authoritarianism
Maybe this is why Putin went to Alaska to remind Trump why he has to force Ukraine to capitulate.
From 2012 to 2024 Elon went from $2b to $447b Bezos from $18b to $249b Minimum wage stayed $7.25 Tax wealth, not work
Just like it’s water and privatised public utilities.
I’ve never been a fan of flip-flops. 🩴
The Grifters. (2025)
Stupid, Hypocritical BITCH
Fishy yeh!
Mayor Brandon Scott has reduced crime in Baltimore by 62%, and now has the lowest homicide rate in Baltimore history. How did he do it? NOT be spending more on police. He did it by MAJOR investment in afterschool and literacy programs. Socialism works
Am I in danger?
What’s their next play?
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That moment of realisation. That you have been corrupted. Controlled. Used. Played. Manipulated. For someone else’s gain.
At what point do you realise you are corrupt? That the lead you were following proves it? And what do you do then?!
Check the small print.
The ICE mole who blows the lid is going to be a legend. When we hear about all those ‘disappeared’. All of them. Not just the legally undocumented. But becos someone didn’t like something they’d said. Grabbed. Overpowered. Strong armed. Sound familiar yet ? Someone will speak up. The rest…
That takes b..ravery. For sure. 🫡
A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson. Tilson sits at a whopping .8%. Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
Be brave. It sometimes pays off. It’s a journey. 😄
right now bombing Iran is incredibly unpopular. i suspect the admin is betting this will inspire retaliatory terrorist attacks against Americans that will help to manufacture consent for further escalations.
I’m just fucking sick of being encouraged to “never explain, never complain.” I think that’s the new toxic “Turn the other cheek” nonsense. Fuck the media, and the insipid bullies it deploys to force the resistance into submission. We need loud voices. ~ Jameel Jamil
This 👇🏻
I don’t understand either
Trump says he can’t allow Iran to make a nuclear weapon. But Tulsi Gabbard addressed this last quarter, so which of them is lying?
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Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
To complete his u-turn Elon Musk embraces trans daughter and donates 1 billion to LGBT charities.
"The Greedy Games". 12 billionaires a season are chosen. I from each global 'district' and they try to be the last man standing. The rest die - or can buy out of the game by donating ALL their assets and money to those in need. Would you watch?
One question people always ask is, if we can afford to kill people why can't we afford to feed them? Well that's because food profits are about 10-20%. While War Profits are close to 1000%. So you see war makes people really rich, feeding people doesn't.
“xAI tried to train me to appeal to the right” says so much about the current moment we live in
So Trump admits costs may rise x15. 2 dolls instead of 30!!
Just incredible
Fixed it!
BOOM!
In 1970 someone in the richest 0.01% was 42x richer than the average person. In 2000 they were 600x richer than the average person. Now it is over 2000x. Making the rich richer, makes YOU poorer.
Everything Trump's admin touches dies.
On Saturday April 19th SKY News report that Vance had a quick private meeting with the Pope. All other outlets report the Pope snubbed Vance. Today, AP reports that a quick meeting happened on Easter Sunday. Vance's PR team despearte for the win, but these two stories do not line up!
Only Sky News reporting differently. Saving face? Or lying outright?
The El Salvador story is less about Abrego Garcia himself than about the right to due process. The assault on Harvard is less about the school itself (there are and will be others) but attempted federal control of private universities. 1/
We are nearing the end.
Indeed. So much damage is done today by fuelling a public who only read Headlines with pseudo intelligence.
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
I empathise with your ( and all trans women's) anger and frustration today, not just in light of this ruling but also the way that the media (especially the BBC) have grossly misrepresenting the nuance of the judgment in their Headlines and Summaries.
Fuck the BBC. That's the post.
Scalia wrote this folks. SCALIA!
And this is why countries are dumping their U.S. treasuries and dollars.
Unreal. Welcome to the Dark Ages. Or should we call it the White ages.
All Donald Trump's crap is made in China. What a shame that will be priced off the streets... Not.
Israel is so protected they could machinegun 15 unarmed Aid Workers and have it shown on every TV, and still no one would condemn them. Oh wait...
Proof that GREED and PROFITEERING is the administration's only motivation. No duty of care.
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“I’m not here, though, because of his speech. I’m here despite his speech. I’m here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful.” ~Cory Booker, on relegating Strom Thurmond's 1957, 24-hour speech, in support of segregation, to history. 👏 👏 👏
Sick stuff
Ya think???
But isn't it brilliant! 😂
The OP was quoting Avg 'Net Worth' not 'Annual Income'. But looking up a figure for US Avg/Mediam worth is eye-opening too!
No matter what side of the aisle you are on, you should be appalled that a billionaire thinks he has the right to buy elections like this.
What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he’s got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device...are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
So…lock them up?
Medicare for All isn't radical. What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost. Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society. (my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media. But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
Whatever type of deal Trump offers to Ukraine following his 'call' with Putin, I hope they are looking at the fresh hell in Gaza today and aware that their own 'ceasefire' will be just as useless.
ADOLESCENCE on #Netflix is, without a doubt, one of the finest combinations of writing, cinematography, and acting I have ever witnessed. Just Wow! WOW!
👇🏻 An Initialism or An Acronym? Great point!
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The Blue/Red divide rests with the people who can decide if they want leadership who work for them, or work for themselves.
Starting the countdown clock for the first Trump “reminder” about The Russian Hoax.
Forget manners, this is where CSPAN gets cancelled!
Shame. Respect. Ugliness. Power. Which side won this?
vimeo.com/1059233402 It should be seen @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social That 13 year old boy has a voice. Listen to his words. Propaganda or not! Both sides need to be seen and heard.
They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats ~ 'cause they can't afford eggs!
Just watched ‘GAZA: How To Survive A Warzone’ on BBC IPlayer. An INCREDIBLE piece of journalistic film-making documenting the reality of, and crimes of, Israel’s war on Palestine seen through the eyes of children.
Before you steal an election you have to lose one, claim it was rigged, and have the opposition ‘prove’ election integrity exists for you. Then you are perfectly set to pull off the perfect election heist next cycle. 🙃 There was always a long term plan.
National Nuclear Security Administration officials are attempting to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated — but they're struggling to find them because they don't have their new contact information. nbcnews.to/4104StF
Just 70,000 families (0.3%) own 81% of the UK, 190,000 km² and they want to make sure it is never taxed so the same 0.3% continue to own everything forever. They don't need protecting from the rich because they are the rich.
Nothing will put the “co-president” meme to rest better than an exclusive joint interview of the co-presidents.
The United States has just withdrawn from the UN Human Rights council. This is because the UN Human Rights act states that individuals cannot be held indefinately without trial. While he is building a 30,000 person concentration camp on Guantanamo Bay to do that to immigrants.
Give it to Usain Bolt
The universe speaks in mysterious ways.
The con is Fossil Fuel you morons. They are making $4tn profit a year charging you for something that for $20tn you could have free forever with no fuel needed.
Oh myyy, they are the very letter of it!
That one time must have got really weird, really fast! 🤣
Royal Mail - Not Royal National Grid - Not National British Gas - Not British British Petroleum (BP) - Not British Public Transport - Not Public All brought to you by the evil of Privatisation.
First they came for....
I’m so tired of this ‘mandate’ BS and ‘the American people said…’ nonsense. Trump didn’t win a majority of the popular vote, and beat Harris by one of the smallest popular vote margins (1.5%) in US history. If you factor in turnout, he got the votes of less than 1 in 3 eligible voters in the US.
Quillan, France
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