"We're setting sail
To the place on the map
From which no one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burn
Drawn by the promise of the women and the lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It's the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world
On this trip, baby

You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow, yeah
You will pay tomorrow"

#PrivateRevolution #EightiesMusic #80s #WorldParty #ClimateCrisis #Trump #ShipOfFools #SaveMeFromTomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2nCugGQZO

Matt Gaetz has stepped away from taking the position of AG.

Just five more trump appointed sexual predators to go before his administration takes power.

#gaetz #sexualpredators #trump #trumpadministration

Via Kyle Griffin:

#Harris' 2024 vote total — now sitting at 74.3 million votes and counting — has surpassed #Trump's total in 2020 for the third-highest of all time, according to an analysis by Axios.

The Trump-Harris popular vote margin is the narrowest since Bush vs. Gore in 2000. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-3bf8ba50-a7aa-11ef-a78c-418139a86ee5.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare

#Palestine #gaza #usa #uk #trump #ukraine

"A line we thought we'd never hear before.. #MattGaetz has pulled out. There's a first time for everything! Gaetz' attempt to be our Attorney General's been aborted. In a blow to #Trump, #Gaetz' throbbing anger & breathless ineptitude..has left him flaccid"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgIYjOU4UkQ #news #politics #us #press #media #ukraine #russia #usa #podcast #youtube #video #donaldtrump

Vreemd verhaal van #Israel. De minister heeft daar geen invloed op maar goed dat hij niet gaat hoewel de hand schudden met de veroordeelde #Trump geeft ook te denken.

Minister Veldkamp niet naar Israël na arrestatiebevel tegen Netanyahu https://nos.nl/l/2545414

Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them https://theintercept.com/2024/11/21/press-act-trump-press-freedom/ #journalism #trump #FirstAmendment #RevengePolitics #fascism #HatePolitics

Wait. I thought he was a so-called "friend" of the #genocide state of #Israel? "Trump Is Building the Most Anti-Semitic Cabinet in Decades" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/anti-semitism-donald-trumps-cabinet-picks/680741/?utm_source=feed #trump #uspoli

"Decisions by the White House and by Republican lawmakers about spyware will have implications across a variety of policy areas that Trump and his associates are upending and that reach far beyond Washington. In recent years, an array of states, including Texas, Florida, and California have reportedly purchased spyware and other surveillance technologies; legislators and regulators will dictate whether that trend continues. Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, at least two states have already used private personal data to prosecute people for getting abortions. That practice could expand with more widespread and affordable access to this technology.

Trump has threatened his political enemies, reposting comments calling for a military tribunal for Liz Cheney and observing that General Mark Milley’s behavior would have once been punishable by “DEATH!” He has also demonized the free press, suggesting, for example, that he wouldn’t mind if people were to “shoot through the fake news” and that journalists who protect sources should be imprisoned. These comments target the populations that have been most vulnerable to overzealous spyware campaigns in other Western democracies. “When this happens in an authoritarian system, it is horrific but unsurprising,” Seaford, the technology executive who was hacked during Greece’s spyware campaign, told me. “When it happens in a democracy, however, it creates a sense of disorientation: ‘Could this happen to me? Here? Really?!’ And yet it can, and it does.”"

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-technology-the-trump-administration-could-use-to-hack-your-phone

#USA #Trump #Surveillance #StateHacking #Spyware #PoliceState

#press #gaetz #media #trump

IF they have the courage to.

Trump’s first term shows journalists can make an impact in his second https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/how-media-should-cover-trump/

#Media #Trump #FreePress #ExposeTrump #ExposeFascism

There was a lot of debate about whether economic pessimism was based on vibes or real pain but it's an objective fact that we had a much stronger recovery from the Covid recession than our peers and contained inflation better than other countries.

And I think that if the press had focused even half as much on that story as it did on how gloom was impacting the horse race we might not be poised to enter one of the darkest eras in our history.

#economy #media #election2024 #trump

Thursday November 21 2024.
Day 175 of former #president #trump as a #convicted #felon.
#guilty
#election2024
#2024election

So it looks like #MichaelCohen joins #MaralagoJoe and #washingtonpost in bending the knee to convicted felon #OrangeFace ... Disappointing but not surprising. I guess we will know see who is the real deal and who is just a spineless opportunist ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28eGsKPislI

#Trump #democracy #freedom #USpolitics #journalism #news #MSNBC #TrumpResistance #TrumpIsNotFitToBePresident #TrumIsAFascist #BoycottMorningJoe

#ICC: Antaa pidätysmääräyksen Netanjahusta rikoksista ihmisyyttä vastaan ja sotarikoksista.

#Netanjahu ja #Israel in hallinto: ANTISEMITISMIÄ!!!111+++

No surprise there.

Ja tammikuussa #Trump varmaan kutsuu Bibin heti kylään ihan vain vittuillakseen vasemmistolle. Kert ei #USA häntä pidätä ja toimita #Haag iin.

#populismi #populisti #Gaza #Palestiina #KansainvälinenRikostuomioistuin #palestiinalaiset #sota #kansanmurha #sotarikos #sotarikollinen #ihimisoikeudet

https://yle.fi/a/74-20126295?origin=rss

#Trump
#Israel #IzraHell
#war_criminals
#genocid

Interview: "Trump has announced his nomination of billionaire Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education, which Trump has pledged to shut down.

"Trump has a habit of choosing people who have either a desire to destroy the dept or who have no experience." McMahon has no experience in education.

~Diane Ravitch

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/20/linda_mcmahon

#USEducation #Trump #Project2025 #Fascism .

Personally, I think #trump and #musk are agents (or useful idiots) for #Putin.

"Democratic senators called for an investigation into Elon Musk's contacts with the Russian government, which led to Musk threatening to expose them.
The accusations have raised serious questions about his reliability as a government contractor, given his significant involvement in government contracts.
Elon Musk's aggressive reaction to the senators' request for an investigation has created tension between him & lawmakers.
The potential federal investigation into Musk's alleged ties with Moscow comes amidst political implications, as Trump's return to the White House & his ties with Musk add complexity to the situation." #press #international #USPol #news #oligarchs #crime
https://news.online.ua/en/musk-threatens-democratic-senators-whats-the-matter-887338/

I want every #US citizen and #USPol representative to watch this.

Understand #USA and #Israel are the only countries on earth justifying #genocide when there is none or ever has been any justification for genocide.

Remember this is the raw truth of what #America is and its collapse will come from within. What you sow will be #Trump ed by what you reap. #History will not remember USA kindly.

#CeaseFireNow #ArmsEmbargo #Palestine #Lebanon #UN #UNSC #ICC #ICJ #Zionism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b42PLQExow

"Washington Post Columnist: ‘Republicans Want to Kill Your Kids’

https://www.newsweek.com/washington-post-jeff-bezos-republicans-jennifer-rubin-1988944

"Jennifer Rubin described Trump’s recent nominations, as the 'most unfit, immoral, unqualified, reckless Cabinet nominations in the history of America.'"

#WAPO #TRUMP #CABINET #PRESS

A florist decided she didn’t want to serve fascists, and immediately began receiving death threats. Now she’s closing her shop for several days out of fear for her safety and the safety of her employees. MAGA is domestic terrorism.

https://wreg.com/news/local/florist-receives-death-threats-after-refusing-to-work-with-trump-supporters/
#trump #terrorists #DeathThreat #maga #Republicans #Memphis #tennessee #Deplorable #fascism

Fuck #Biden and anyone supporting him.

This POS have the ability to end the ongoing genocide.

But he is chosing not to.

And his freaking supporters still pretending he is better than Trump.

I really wish #Trump fucks up #US like they have done to the world.

You deserve it (sorry for the minority who is going to pay the ultimate price of it, but it's the price you pay for being part of this disgusting system for so long without doing anything to change it).

#USpol #Politics #GenocideJoe #Ceasefire #UN #Gaza #Genocide #Israel

Expect a full-on assault by #Trump and #Republicans on #trans Americans. There are ways to fight back, but some of them will depend on the courts and the willingness of Senate #Democrats tobuse the filibuster. https://www.them.us/story/trump-anti-lgbtq-attacks-legal-experts-courts?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=them&utm_mailing=THEM_Weekly_112024&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5f3d848377cabf76024f3c2b&cndid=66991662&hasha=16fd63caea969676b62bd420fd2cb9a0&hashb=c12cfd33688c83929b025227bb31be7b02acc351&hashc=0f56e309828e2c115a824067310dc73e3c236c138ac603cf328a4e5f13179976&esrc=bouncex-test&utm_term=THEM_Daily

It's amazing how quickly MSM started writing pro-Trump articles. Bunch of cowards.

#MSM #Trump #politics #USA #media #news

How We Can Protect #America From #Trump NOW

https://www.youtube.com/live/VP9Yanh_9jI?si=ss-K4JjYSLmmGKjr #news #us #politics #press #usa #ukraine #russia

Democrats know how to truck!

#republicans
#maga
#trump

Ok, ok. I said I wasn't doing #uspol and then this popped up and I clicked it. Dammit. This argument that we need to defend the #NewYorkTimes is daft.

It says dumb things like "if they fall, other outlets will too" as if the NYT were currently in this very reliable postion, but _might_ capitulate to #Trump if not supported. Sorry, dude (and you know it's a dude), but that ship has sailed.

It describes the NYT as "regular reporting" completely eliding the whole incestuous and corrupt interconnections between the government sources and the "regular" media.

I will not defend the New York Times against its will. Sending them my love and money will tell them what they're doing right now is good. It isn't. If they took a brave, courageous stance, and I could help somehow? That would be different.

https://www.arcdigital.media/p/we-must-defend-the-new-york-times

They need to read more stuff like this:
https://presswatchers.org/2024/03/why-is-new-york-times-campaign-coverage-so-bad-because-thats-what-the-publisher-wants/

#press #journalism #nyt

Wednesday November 20 2024.
Day 174 of former #president #trump as a #convicted #felon.
#guilty
#election2024
#2024election

FWIW, folks I follow used these hashtags today: #scotus (150) #law (43) #tech (37) #legaltech (37) #autosum (37) #trump (6) #mattgaetz (3) #dailystats (3) #currentevents (3) #cop29 (3) #contracts (3) #opensource (3) #democracy (3) #justicesystem (3) #Climate (3) #Cybersecurity (3) #legaldrama (3) #lawfedi (3) #education (3) #singapore (2) #privacy (2) #academia (2) #fedilaw (2) #media (2) #surveillance (2) #uspolitics (2) #economy (2) #bluesky (2) [#DailyStats]

#WestBank #Trump #Israel #Palestine

#Trump names #LindaMcMahon as his pick for Education secretary

By Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins and John Towfighi, CNN

Tue November 19, 2024

"Trump’s education secretary could potentially be tasked with overseeing the [#DepartmentOfEducation]'s demise after the president-elect repeatedly called for abolishing the agency on the campaign trail.

"It would be difficult to get rid of the entire department, which delivers federal funding to nearly every public #K12 school in the country and manages the $1.6 trillion federal #StudentLoan portfolio. And shutting it down would require an act of Congress.

"It may be more likely that some programs are moved to other federal agencies. The overarching goal for many Republicans is to reduce the federal government’s role in local education, which could be achieved by retaining funding programs but delivering money to states and schools with fewer strings attached.

"Under the new education secretary, the department may use the formal regulatory process to undo changes the Biden administration made to #TitleIX that sought to expand protections for #LGBTQ+ students. A new rule could potentially say that Title IX prevents #trans students from playing on girls’ sports teams, something Trump campaigned on."

Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-trump/index.html

#TrumpAppointments

"While the Congressional Budget Office estimates this mass deportation will cost at least $88 billion a year, another cost that is rarely mentioned is that according to Bloomberg, undocumented immigrants currently pay about $100 billion a year in taxes. Losing that income, too, will likely have to be made up with cuts from elsewhere."

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
/2

"Today Trump confirmed that he intends to bypass normal legal constraints on his actions by declaring a national emergency on his first day in office in order to launch his mass deportation of undocumented migrants."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
/1

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-18-2024

"#Psychopathy is almost a job requirement for secretary of state.... As secretary of state you are responsible for whipping up international consensus for brutal economic sanctions regimes, drumming up support for heightened aggressions against the official enemies of Washington, and making up excuses for the criminal abuses of the US and its allies." #CaitlinJohnstone

Another #Psychopath For US Secretary Of State
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/11/19/another-psychopath-for-us-secretary-of-state/ #MarcoRubio #Trump #USPol

#important #law #constitution #deportation #Trump #Germany #Israel #USA #Mexico

Donald Trump Jr. Goes All-In on the Anti-Woke Economy

The MAGA surrogate and Trump adviser is joining venture-capital firm 1789 (w/Omeed Malik, Rebekah Mercer, Chris Buskirk) to invest in companies espousing conservative values, bringing attention to a financial movement that hasn’t taken off (yet)

#DonaldTrumpJr #DonJr #Trump #OmeedMalik #1789Capital #PublicSquare #AntiWoke

https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/donald-trump-jr-goes-all-in-on-the-anti-woke-economy-e25beb11

#important #law #constitution #deportation #Trump #Germany #Israel #USA #Mexico

Trump plans to deport millions of people at once, endangering their lives and putting them temporarily into captivity with millions of others.

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Bo_0Xgbuqjs

does Mastodon have an algorithm? and does blue sky, and do they differ?

#Gaza #USA #trump #Palestine #ukraine

It’s unfair that the media is treating #Mattgaetz differently than they treat Donald #Trump
#uspol #journalism

For all his talk about free speech, a second #Trump administration will be about book bannings, active censorship campaigns against anyone refusing to subscribe to #Israel right or wrong ideology (white supremacy), mob violence, and witch hunts against political enemies. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/first-amendment-trump-journalists/