The paramilitary secret police just gunned down a young American mother and the administration is smearing her with accusations of "domestic terrorism." Reposting this commentary from last spring on how the administration is repurposing the terrorism framing. www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...

I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.

does @bsky.app /atproto have a working eu instance, like just in case?

This is fascinating.

Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying. They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.

ICE Confirms Agents Do Not Have Faces Beneath Masks https://theonion.com/ice-confirms-agents-do-not-have-faces-beneath-masks/

COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.

Threatening it is already the end of NATO. How can any security guarantee be taken seriously under these circumstances?

"completely unacceptable" being used here in the political and managerial sense, which, unlike the normal conversational sense, carries no connotation that you're not going to accept it.

It's both. But human nature was always there, both the good and the bad. It's choosing which to feed and boost and reward, and which to reject, via the algorithm, the media, the politics, which makes the difference to the path human society takes.

I reckon over the past decade I have been sexually harassed ten times more often inside the Palace of Westminster than I have on London streets

Protesters in Iran have seized two cities. Residents of Abdanan and Malekshahi have pushed out security forces and are celebrating their victory.

I mean, fine as it goes. But this is why you don't punt urgent natsec threats to the voters cos you're scared of dealing with it yourself even though you're the most powerful people and institution in the world. The Biden-Harris admin chickened out, let Trump off an attempted coup, and then lost.

New rule just dropped: only the targeted group may be offended by bigotry. Probably bad news for women, Jews, brown people, Muslims, etc. but hey, rules is rules

If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...

Danish guy gets it

100 years from now, people will look at clips like this and be like "Really, that was the guy?"

President Trump mocks Keir Starmer for paying £3 billion extra for drugs from the US

Trump floats the idea of canceling future elections

January 6 in History Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.” And here we are.

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵

I broadly agree with this. But the key question is not whether Europeans condemn Trump's action, but whether they draw policy conclusions from the last year, & act on them. In Feb '25 Merz spoke of achieving independence from the US. He was right - but how much have the EU & UK done since then?

Joint Statement of major EU/NATO countries on Greenland, together with Denmark:

Checking your piracy scope on the unpopular kid first

This completely. I grew up surrounded by migrants in my family and communities, and find the discussion in the UK, US and EU that reduces fascinating people into mere fuel for an economic machine disgustingly dehumanising👇🎯

Vax requirements for travelling USians would be a one good cost to impose on Trump's fascist adventurism

Oh so it's a pedo nazi bar now Ban Xitter in Europe

lol

Mask off fascism

This is one amazing photo. Jets of water vapour and ice crystals blasting out through four deep fractures in the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus. This is the only alien ocean we know of that we can directly access. (1/2)

X: Well, we've made a MechaHitler bot that produces CSAM on demand Ban Xitter in Europe

The only ok outcome is the crashing and burning of Trumpofascism in the USA, and Europe etc must be willing to take risks to make that happen, or we will lose everything, small retreat by small retreat. The whole play is to make us so scared of tactical risk that we limp weakly into strategic defeat

One thing I think might be worth doing is to level such statements directly at Trump, and meanwhile talk to the US public over Trump's head, like we would with Iran or similar.

We should let Trump betray Ukraine according to his own timetable, apparently. And impose no costs on that betrayal at all, nor on his threats to annex NATO countries. That oughta discourage him, yeah totes

Re-upping this old thread, apropos current events

Vote Labour, get MAGA

Gotta get rid of this craven turd asap. Imagine thinking we can rely on the US for security at this stage

It's not the town square, it's the nazi bar. Ban Xitter in Europe

For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks. For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…

yeah like this sucks but we, Yankees, are going to eat a lot of shit as and when the world justifiably hardens against us, and it will not be pleasant and it will not feel entirely fair

Yes, which is why it was so stupid for RoW to waste that first year cowering and let Trump consolidate domestically. *Of course* he will come for us if we let him

The FP question European leaders should be asking when they make decisions is not "how do we avoid upsetting Trump here", but "what do we do here to hasten the downfall of Trumpofascism?" Because there is no ok future where Trumpofascism succeeds and consolidates. That much should be clear

This remains the most-likely explanation of what's gone down in the last 24 hours.

We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela We are a rogue state, a global pariah Trump is ruling as a dictator, period An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations The message for 2026 is clear: No kings! My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Britain: you can both fuck off

This is one of the reasons that the fascist playbook insists on relentless lying. It prepares an idiot trap for those who prefer to delude themselves with "doesn't really mean it" hopium

Not least Americans...

Wait, does the EU want to join the UK?