Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich. Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else. Trickle-up economics.

"I don’t know how other people react when they get bullied, but I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you think—we’re gonna quit? We live here." AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

Depicting a former president as an ape. Disgusting 👇👇

When we lived in Oklahoma City in the 70s, one of the news truths was, "If it didn't happen in Oklahoma, it didn't happen." There was a lot of ignorant provincialism involved in that. And now it's institutional ignorant provincialism from what used to be the Washington Post.

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public. Not great. Really not great. h/t Sahil Kapur

Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:

Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.

Not a day goes by or a Russian agent is exposed. That means a lot of them are operating and I don’t see a strategy to prevent this. Keep Russians out of Europe.

Dit artikel biedt ook geen soelaas. Mag je nog een slok water drinken als je rijdt? Dat je niet mag zwalpen heb ik ook wel door. De bestraffing met 14 dagen rijverbod is veel te ernstig om hier onduidelijkheid te aanvaarden. Of is het de plaatselijke agent die moet oordelen?

Een slokje water drinken als je aan het rijden bent kan je dus je rijbewijs kosten voor een periode van 14 dagen? Is dit nog ernstig? Of heb ik het verkeerd begrepen? @vrtnws.be

Een slokje water drinken als je aan het rijden bent kan je dus je rijbewijs kosten voor een periode van 14 dagen? Is dit nog ernstig? Of heb ik het verkeerd begrepen? @vrtnws.be

Three rules in FBI firearm training: 1. Always point your weapon downrange 2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot 3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like

Therein lies the problem. ICE is terrorizing Los Angeles, and local police are choosing not to enforce the law banning masked federal agents. This is how trust collapses.

Het lezen meer dan waard.

If Congress doesn’t act, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia will expire. It would pointlessly wipe out decades of diplomacy, and could spark another arms race that makes the world less safe. This piece is worth the read.

Klopt. Als hij met een vrouw gelukkig getrouwd was, bestond dit artikel niet.

So the new fed guy is rather okay and gold plummeting 7%. Guess a correction was long overdue.

“If they showed [the Melania documentary] on a plane, people would still walk out." - Variety

I have no words to define this👇

America is outraged after ICE killed two white people in Minneapolis. I understand why folks are feeling afraid and angry right now. But I need you to understand something just as clearly: this is what Black America has been living with for generations. open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...

GEORGIA — @ossoff.senate.gov : “This is a SEISMIC event. This should have people across 🇺🇸 absolutely shook. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office… this is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections.” (H/T @atrupar.com )

We are in unseen territories. This is not normal. 👇

if you had told me ten years ago that this fact would make me cheer, I would have fired a few of those shells in your general direction.

I could do without the humour for a day.

Milan mayor calls ICE "a militia that kills" and says agents not welcome as part of U.S. Olympic security "This is a militia that kills," Sala said in an interview with Italian media. "It's a militia that enters people's homes by signing permits for themselves. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-mil...

Trump is releases measles on the population. Without any reason. The vaccines are safe.

TikTok users in the US can’t write ‘Epstein’ or see anti-Trump videos

De greep van Trump en zijn acolieten op de media wordt een nijpend probleem.

Totally absurd. You don't need immigration officers to protect your delegation. It's an outrage. Don't extend visa Italy!

Je kan wetenschap negeren, maar je kan niet de gevolgen van het negeren van wetenschap negeren.

‘Ziedaar de staat van de rechtsstaat in de Verenigde Staten, voormalig land of the free’, schrijft hoofdcommentator Bart Eeckhout. ‘De kansen op een eerlijk proces smelten weg.’

Ik ben het volmondig eens met de kritiek op veel nieuwe sociale huisvesting. Zeker in Gent komt daar een zekere ‘esthetiek’ bij kijken die superbrutalistisch is. Harde ruwbouwmaterialen, platte geometrie, kille kleuren. Niemand wil daar in wonen, niemand wil erop kijken.

Zou wel leuk zijn als het niet alleen voor het Duitse leger is…

As federal agents stormed Minneapolis and residents banded together to protect their own, Charles Homan saw a dystopian future become reality. “The federal agents looked more like a platoon of soldiers navigating a hostile foreign capital than conventional law enforcement in an American city.”

Minnesota National Guard warmly greeting and handing out snacks to peaceful protesters! 🫶 👏 ✊

Zo sukkelen de VS het fascistische pad op. De schroom om dat woord te gebruiken mag wegvallen www.demorgen.be/meningen/zo-...

This isn't the firs... Oh wait, yes it is the first time.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Says it all. No accountability. No rule of law.

De NOS neemt hier desinformatie over omdat die door een ‘officieel’ orgaan wordt verspreid. Alex Pretti vormde geen dreiging, was niet gewelddadig en trok op geen enkel moment zijn wapen. Hij is naar de grond gewerkt, met een pistool geslagen en meerdere keren in zijn rug geschoten.

Zeer goede evolutie.

NEW: Minnesota BCA was denied access to the crime scene. They got a WARRANT and DHS STILL BLOCKED THEM. So DHS doesn’t need a warrant to enter your house, but an actual warrant to enter the crime scene is denied?

ENOUGH!

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Filming federal agents in public is not a crime, nobody should be harassed or restrained for doing so, nobody should have their phone confiscated for it, and nobody should get the death penalty for it. This is supposed to be a free Republic, not an authoritarian police state.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says the victim of today's fatal CBP shooting is a "37-year-old white male who is a Minneapolis resident and we believe he is an American citizen"

Our initial analysis is up. The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot. He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.