Trump's bold announcement on Truth Social raises eyebrows! He declared an immediate end to Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden, revealing Hunter's location in South Africa amidst human rights concerns. His comments shed light on his continued focus on the Biden family and post-apartheid issues. For deeper insights and context, click the link. Kudos to the author for capturing this intriguing moment.
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Co-POTUS Revokes Secret Service Protection For Hunter And Ashley Biden
And he noted Hunter Biden's location.Conover Kennard (Crooks and Liars)
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After giving Trump near total immunity- What else did he expect?
Gratitude
Respect for the rule of law or due process
Trump will demand John Roberts resign, retire or be impeached
How do people not know this yet?
He is mean, petty vindictive & only cares himself
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i have a 84505R Liftmaster garage door opener and they've fscked with the MyQ API so much that i can't use #HomeKit via MyQ and need to go with a #RATGDO device or similar, but because my opener is a 84505R and therefore has a "yellow learn button" (lol?) i am told i need An Adapter but not what Adapter that might be.
this is the hanging chad of my #householdIT that persists and i am determined to figure it out without buying a new opener. and you can help! if you have any ideas lmk 🙏 #iot
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#Denmark: government plans to hand postal service to private #monopoly that uses precarious employees. #Union expects further price increases and service deterioration.
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#unions #contracting #gig #GigEconomy #PostNord #3F #DAO #neoliberalism #privatization #WorldPostDay #capitalism #exploitation #corruption #ClassWar
Denmark ends letter delivery – creating crisis for workers and vulnerable residents
Denmark's postal service, PostNord, announced it would cease letter deliveries by the end of 2025 – impacting workers and Danish residents.UNI Global Union
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I'm in a hospital waiting room.
There's a big sign saying "must wear medical-grade masks".
I'm the only one wearing a mask.
A dozen people.
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1. Andrew Cuomo, a frontrunner for NY Mayor, has tapped an ex-employee of "the Coalition to Protect Kids," an anti-trans org, to serve as his treasurer. His campaign would not commit to EITM that it would protect gender affirming care. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Official for Cuomo’s New York Mayoral Campaign Worked for Ferociously Anti-Trans Group
“The company you keep says a lot about you.”s. baum (Erin In The Morning)
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Nicco loves Linux and doesn't love Bluesky
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Ever heard of "Federation-Washing"?
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American politics literally devolved into a "Hello I am a technician from microsoft I'm calling you because we found a hacker in your computer let me install this trustworthy software that gives us full control of your system to fix it" type scam.
Speak: "Hello I am the lap doge of the president of america we have detected fraud in your government let us install these trustworthy people that have full, unchecked control of the entire system to fix it."
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I mean, everyone knows Trump "can't do it", but also: everyone knew he'd try (and, let's face it: he'll get away with it as long as he and his crew are allowed to have any kind of power).
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Important context -
“Over 90% of the Great White North flatly refuses the notion that we’d be better off part of America’s Kakistocracy. 92%* would take up arms and a staggering 80% categorically hate America’s rapist in Chief.“
*Edit: I haven’t been able to confirm the stats. I did find results for 52% saying they’d personally defend, with 83% of those 55 years of age +. Even with that, it’s millions of Canadians.
#MarkCarney #Canada #ElbowsUp #Never51
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Mark Carney's Bold EU Pivot: Building Canada into a Superpower Without the U.S.
Carney has refused any communication with Trump or the Trump admin 3 days into being Canada’s Prime Ministeropen.substack.com
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Tor Celebrates 300th WebTunnel Bridge Milestone in Fight Against Censorship | CyberInsider
The Tor Project has reached a major milestone in its battle against censorship, announcing the deployment of its 300th WebTunnel bridge.Alex Lekander (CyberInsider)
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I said this would happen, I living in another country across an ocean, saw this would happen.
Chuck Schumer thought it wouldn't, Chuck Schumer thought that he was like Trump and actions do not have reactions.
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Anyone who still buys into the “both parties are the same” line is legitimately a tool and should be universally mocked.
Additionally, I would love to live in a world where "he was placed on a mat in a bright room…with little food or water, suffered sleep deprivation, and was denied access to his medication” was given the media attention that Joe Biden's dog biting someone was.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained |
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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Originally from Germany, Fabian Schmidt was stopped on his way home from Luxembourg, questioned, and held in Rhode Island.Sarah Betancourt (GBH)
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It’s going on all over. It didn’t have to be this way.
Trump admin must explain why it deported doctor despite order, judge says:
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People always seem weirded out when I tell them I'm not on any corporate social media.
But it's been so long for me, I barely remember how it was there.
I just remember that I feel so much better since I deleted all these corporate accounts and decided to invest all my social media time in Mastodon instead.
I feel like I live in some blissful parallel universe that almost no one else knows about. Anyhow, I live here now 
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There is no “bipartisanship” with authoritarianism. You either fight or you surrender. Schumer and his allies decided to surrender.
If they wouldn’t fight now, they certainly won’t fight over the debt ceiling later.
The only power we “had” was the Senate filibuster and we don’t even have that.
So Trump will be allowed to break the economy and the country without any fightback, as Dems hope to ride to victory in “free and fair” midterms in 2026 over the increasing price of eggs. Good luck.
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This was originally posted as a warning to transphobic queers, to the "LGB without the T" folks, that while trans folks may be the most visible target of fascists today, they have all LGBTQIA folks in their crosshairs. Women, too, as well as immigrants, unions & working-class people, student activists, seniors, people with disabilities, pretty much everyone.
No one is free unless we all are free.
An injury to one is an injury to all!
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I don't have a clue how a rat and clown like Chuck Schumer continues to be the minority leader after stabbing his own party in the back today.
The House and many in the Senate cannot trust his word. There was a plan, and he capsized the boat on purpose.
Nothing about it makes sense and nothing about it should be allowed to continue. If the Democrats are serious about defending this country they need to #MotionToRemove #Schumer and any other Senate leadership that voted for this
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Reminder: America has had a growing number of homeless people with full-time jobs for decades now.
Republicans just increased the number of jobless people, and now they are cutting the money spent on helping homeless people.
Dear world,
Please boycott EVERY American product until we either come to our senses or collapse.
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DOGE’s Housing Department Cuts Will Make the Homelessness Crisis Worse
The Trump administration’s actions will mean that fewer people who struggle to keep a roof over their heads will get the help they need.will-fischer (Common Dreams)
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—Timothy Snyder, The Road To Unfreedom (2018)
#usa #russia #oligarchy #koch #mercer #trump #murdoch
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We've had social.xenofem.me suspended for the 4chan-derrived abusive behavior of the users there.
We've learned of recent anti-transmasculine posting there and recommend suspending the instance.
The range thinks trans liberation is for everyone.
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Man Crushed As Bulldozer Cleared Homeless Camp Ahead Of MLK Day Event
Atlanta leaders are reconsidering how they dismantle homeless camps after the death of Cornelius Taylor, who died after the tent he was inside collapsed on Jan. 16.AP (HuffPost)
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"...Ahead of MLK Day Event"
the title started off bad then went over a cliff into a dark void of nauseous irony
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But with a stroke of a pen, you could become the next library of Alexandria.
Rachel Rawlings
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •And now they’ve arrested him.
Erdoğan, the dictator, doing what dictators do.
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#turkey #erdogan #imamoglu #turkiye #fascism #dictatorship
Mayor of Istanbul arrested as part of crackdown on opposition to Turkish president
Michael Jansen (The Irish Times)Aral Balkan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •For those of you not paying attention (because Middle Eastern country, amirite?), Turkey followed the neoliberalism to fascism pipeline (in this case Islamofascism) almost a quarter of a century before the US (with Christofascism/technofascism… Christo-techno fascism?)
Lots to learn here and a glimpse into your future in the US unless you can do something about it. (Hint: appeasement and compliance do not work.)
Here’s a talk I gave at an event in Berlin eight years ago against Erdoğan’s representative and regime. I also haven’t been back to Turkey for eight years. This is not a coincidence.
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(İmamoğlu’s people actually invited me to give a talk a few years ago and I asked them if they could guarantee my safety if I flew into Istanbul. Needless to say, the answer was no.)
#turkey #erdogan #imamoglu #turkiye #fascism #dictatorship
Aral Balkan — My speech at General Assembly in Berlin, November 2017
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in reply to Bruce Heerssen • • •a fish named dog 🎗️
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Well, yes. But presumably that system was designed before Erdogan.
Question, since I assume from the frequency of these postings you follow Turkish politics more than I do: do you know if this autocracy came top-down -- i.e., Erdogan first, then at a more local level -- or bottom-up -- i.e., democracy was already nonexistent or quite weak at the local level and Erdogan reflects that?
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