We should pick a day and all pretend Trump's dead so he gets to see what it'll be like.

Trump, Vance and Rubio lectured Micheál Martin and the media on: Their justification for murder in Iran Their blockade of Cuba Scaremongering about mass migration Climate denialism Micheál Martin nodded along while our national day was used as a backdrop for US imperialism.

"The speed with which US democracy is being dismantled is unprecedented in modern history." www.theguardian.com/world/commen... I never thought I would live through that. But here I am.

It's almost two weeks since the US began its unprovoked war against Iran and still the Taoiseach still refuses to condemn the US for what EVERYONE knows it's doing. People do not want our national day used used as a 'greenwashing' exercise for US imperialism. #USMilitaryOutOfShannon

The study of the acceptance of the verbal driblings of a cruel idiot by many who should know better will occupy future historians for decades.

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

A lot of AI researchers spent countless years debating the ethics of autonomous killing by AI and not nearly enough on AI assisted targeting for bombing campaigns. The atrocities are even worse. Over 100 dead school girls based on outdated maps and data.

The practical reality is that humans in these situations trust AI implicitly without substituting in their own judgment. So the practical reality is that there's no real difference between an autonomous AI pulling the trigger and a human guided by AI. Both result in war crimes.

Tonight DCC voted overwhelmingly in favour (39 for, 9 against, 4 abstain) for a motion supporting the retaining of the Triple Lock. That makes 13 councils and counting to pass the motion. The Govnt needs to start listening to the people on neutrality.

And now the border is down the street and in the church and at the kindergarten. Because the border is no longer a physical space but an idea that justified “otherness” and follows people around owing to their race, religion or whether or not they have an accent.

Aimé Césaire wrote that “a civilisation that draws into itself atrophies”. The moral atrophy of the US was accelerated by the decision to turn the border into a place where letting people die wasn’t just tolerable - it was official policy.

People who work on borders have been raising the alarm for a while now - most borders in Western nations are incredibly violent places where many of the basic protections on human rights are suspended. What you are seeing with ICE is a violent border that is moving inwards.

This is the future we deserve

Proof that US politicians are beyond help and needs to be locked up ASAP This is truly insane ramblings by Rubio youtube.com/shorts/3uyMA...

I never thought I’d see the day. Americans being told by the rest of the world to fight for our own democracy. We should never have gotten here. Keep resisting. ✊🏽 #SheShed #Voices4Victory

“Post an album that was important to you when you were 11.”

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From France with love - The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde. Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Now we're talking! Hi-vis for everyone!

Kaitlan Collins was asking Trump about the Epstein files. Trump told her to smile more. How many times has Trump told a girl to smile more? 🙃

These are government employees. So our tax dollars are funding ICE to flash white supremacist cards at vulnerable POC as an intimidation tactic. Who is giving this direction? There’s something deeply sinister happening in this country right now, and I don’t think we can take three more years.

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

My first remarks since being arrested last night.

A lifetime of reading World War II history did not prepare me for how unbelievably stupid it would be if you replaced Hitler with an absolute moron.

He’s brilliant in BLUE MOON but I say we give Ethan Hawke the Oscar just for this ❤️

This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

So keep pushing. Anything short of ICE’s abolition isn’t nearly enough. And I’d say that even ICE’s abolition should only be the start of ending the violence that came to feel “normal” under Trump.

The problem with symbolic compliance isn’t just that they fall short of ending violence. It’s also that people duped by the symbols will switch sides to defend the oppressor, emboldening them to become more violent and violate more civil rights than before.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

And here in the last sentence you see what these PR moves are all about: A government shutdown is looming on Friday over more DHS funding, and they are maneuvering to blame Democrats.

A Luta Continua! ✊

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ARF

MINNESOTA VERSION OF COME OUT YE BLACK AND TANS

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

NYT video analysis is pretty definitive. He was out of the path of the vehicle when he fired, the tires were clearly turned to the right, and the President and others are relying on the poorest quality clip to argue he was struck by the vehicle. He wasn’t

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

Icymi etc - wvminewars.org/news/battleo...

Brilliant! 👏👏👏

If you want to understand more, you can see my full 10min explaining the CETA investor court scandal here: youtu.be/DvNXJ8w5qDQ