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(fascinating, US media appears to be unwilling to cover the Iran war?)
France 24: Middle East live: US launches new strikes on Iran as oil prices skyrocket
I do, of course, find it completely ironic that the latest #uspol Trump Tariffs are being imposed for not doing enough to stop "forced labour", when it's being done from a country where you don't really get healthcare unless you're working for a company, and it's perfectly OK to pay people $3 an hour.
So the US is warning that Iranian state actors are "hacking' US power and water infrastructure and causing disturbances.
They say this like it's unfair, that it somehow crosses a line.
The US has been loudly, proudly bombing civilian infrastructure like power and water for some time, with constant threats of ramping it up further.
Seems like a case of the chickens coming home to roost rather than an unthinkable escalation.
#USPol #war #IranWar #hacking #DipshitDonnie #MangoMussolini #NoFair #infrastructure
RE: https://social.bau-ha.us/@raganwald/116972012374028924
"Like Enron.."
Perfectly fine and sustainable industry to wrap a nation's economy around, yep....no problems there! /s
#AIHustle #AIBubble #USPol #USPolitics #TechBros #SiliconValley #Economy
G0rbboosted
“Like Enron, they’re using special purpose vehicles, or off-balance sheet arrangements such as legally distinct subsidiaries, as a way to make their financial reporting look healthier than it actually is — often a glaring sign that something is deeply amiss behind the scenes.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet
#SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn
New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction
Tom Perkins
Thu 23 Jul 2026
Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.
"Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/23/space-datacenters-bezos-blue-origin
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/A9F07
#ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution
Anyone who votes to confirm Todd Blanche should also be disbarred.
Todd belongs in prison; he'll get there eventually!
Does every American state have an Epstein history?
Why does a kid get further into this mess than most journalists? How many people are on the take for the Epstein Class?
https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-redwood-bark-school-newspaper/
Plan to keep #Navajo #CoalMine open for 110 years runs into opposition
Arlyssa D. Becenti, Feb. 12, 2026
Excerpts: #BurnhamNM — "Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren has been open about his support for keeping the #FourCornersGeneratingStation operating until 2038, along with continued #CoalMining for the next 110 years.
"But community members and #EnvironmentalJustice advocates say the plan ignores the ongoing transition away from #FossilFuels and could endanger the health of people who live nearby. They voiced opposition at a public hearing at the Burnham Chapter Jan. 29.
"The Four Corners station, a coal-fired power plant near #FruitlandMN, is operated by Arizona Public Service Company and is scheduled to close as early 2031, and no later than 2038. In 2013, the Navajo Nation formed Navajo Transitional Energy Company to acquire the Navajo Mine from #BHP #BillitonNM Coal.
"Since then, #NTEC has also acquired coal mines in #Wyoming and #Montana, and in July 2018, NTEC acquired a 7% ownership stake in Units 4 and 5 of the Four Corners plant. Now NTEC plans to expand Navajo Mine and operate it for the next 110 years, until 2136, with support from Nygren and council delegates.
[...]
"#Trump orders fuel energy initiatives on #NavajoNation
"The attempt to expand coal mining on the Navajo Nation for 110 years comes after President Donald Trump signed his executive order Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241 in April 2025.
"The order said that to keep the U.S. economy strong, protect national security, and lower living costs, the country needs to produce more energy at home, including coal. Another order, 'Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production,' was signed in March, aiming to accelerate domestic production of critical minerals by streamlining permitting, financing, and federal land use processes.
"Since Trump signed the orders, the Navajo Nation has accelerated efforts to establish a dedicated energy office. While the idea had been discussed under previous administrations, it has only recently gained momentum. The office would function as a centralized body to coordinate energy policy, regulatory oversight and long-term energy development.
"Other actions by Navajo Nation leadership aimed at engaging with this renewed federal focus include holding public hearings on the potential revitalization of coal and continuing work related to #uranium production and the cleanup of legacy #contamination."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VjI3h
#ProtectTheSacred #NoMining
#NoMiningWithoutConsent #PeabodyCoal #DirtyCoal #DontNukeTheNavajo #BuuNygren #FourCornersStation #UraniumTransport #NativeAmericans #USPol #CorporateColonialism #CulturalErasure #EnvironmentalRacism #BigOilandGas #ProtectNature #ProtectOurEnvironment
#CoalMining Devastated the #Water and Brought #BlackLungDisease -- #ForestLake Hearing on #Coal
by #TóNizhóníÁní, #CensoredNews
via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com
June 6, 2025
"On Friday, May 30, 2025, the Office of the Speaker held a public hearing on coal at the Forest Lake Chapter House in Forest Lake (Tsiiyi’ Be’ak’id), Arizona. This open forum allowed participants to share their input and comments regarding the Federal Executive Order 14241, “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry,” aimed at amending federal policies to boost the #CoalIndustry. This public hearing came after community opposition and frustration to Navajo Nation President #BuuNygren ’s support of President #Trump’s executive orders to prop up coal. The public hearing generated over 50 public comments, more than 169 people in attendance.
"Tó Nizhóní Ání executive director #NicoleHorseherder was one of the first to provide comments in opposition of coal siting the decades-long impacts on the land and water. “The bottom line is coal mining has had adverse impacts to the aquifers and that’s Navajo water. What is Navajo going to do about it?' said Nicole as she provided a brief overview of the coal mining and reclamation issues at the #KayentaMine.
"The federal agencies responsible for overseeing reclamation and cleanup acknowledged, verbally, that their duties are to the shallow #aquifers impacted by coal but mentioned the deep aquifers are the responsibility of the Department of Interior. These are just one of many issues impacting the #BlackMesa region, which played host to the coal industry for over 50 years."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/06/to-nizhoni-ani-coal-mining-devastated.html
#EO14241 #Diné #Dineh #Dineteh #NavajoNation #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #NoCoalMining #BigCoal #USPol #NativeAmericanNews #BigCoal #CorporateColonialism #DirtyCoal #BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople
Syringes donated to Cuba stuck in Jamaica, because of US sanctions
from Punto y Aparte on FB July 18, 2026
[en español - https://expressional.social/@Peter_Link/116971465860466440]
⚠️ 3.5 million syringes remain in Jamaica, due to the refusal of a French shipping company to bring them to #Cuba
Due to #sanctions imposed by the #US government, the French shipping company CMA CGM recently canceled the transfer of cargo to #Cuba; and left dozens of containers in Kingston, #Jamaica, that were supposed to arrive in our country, including one with 3.5 million syringes and needles donated by the Spanish non-governmental organization SODePAZ to #PublicHealth institutions in Santiago de Cuba.
#NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba! #CubaIsNotAlone #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #CubaSolidarity #LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #politics #USpol
@cuba
This is the future of leftist political organizing.
Learn from the Black Panthers and the trade unionists:
making people's lives better is *how* you organize them and mobilize them.
#politics #USpol #organize #solidarity #MutualAid #TradeUnions
#Schiff detailed the cost of #corruption for Trump's ballroom — hundreds of millions of taxpayer money being wasted as companies that give $ for the ballroom project and are in return given preference for federal contracts (when they might not be the best companies for the work) and have federal investigations into them closed.
Sen. Adam #Schiff (D, CA) said that #trump lowered threatened #tariffs on #Vietnam "but not until after the Trump Organization broke ground on a $1.5 billion Trump golf course complex outside of Hanoi — a golf complex that Vietnamese officials fast-tracked by ignoring their own rules 👀
"This kind of overt pay-to-play is playing out in country after country after country.
"What is the cost of this #corruption? ...our national security suffers..."
#Schiff detailed more #corruption surrounding #trump including pay-to-play with businesses, media companies, law firms, and other countries. He referenced how Trump unilaterally made a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia (yesterday), and mentioned how Saudi Arabia "has been phenomenally generous to the Trump family business, to the president and his sons, and to his son-in-law, Jared #Kushner, in particular, in whom they invested a cool $2 billion." 👀
#Schiff said that #trump has received ~$60 million in "big tech settlements" after suing big social media companies Meta, Twitter, and YouTube (he had been suspended from these platforms for "conduct related to the attack he incited on the Capitol"), then settling with the companies.
"One by one, these companies paid up — to him personally and to his pet projects like the golden ballroom" via "creative accounting."
Schiff called Trump's actions #extortion
#Schiff said that #trump used the leverage that he had over the social media companies to "help or hurt their businesses" and extorted the social media companies "to the tune of $60 million." 👀
The cost of Trump's corruption with the social media companies to the American public is "more false claims, more false information, more social harms from an unregulated social media, and potentially more incitement of violence around our elections."
#Schiff also talked about Trump's meme coin that helped him become "hundreds of millions of dollars" richer (investors of his meme coin lost bigly).
#Trump also "auctioned off" seats to a crypto dinner he held (related to his meme coin) AFTER he had became the US president for his second term.
"More money for trump, more fraud for you. This is the cost of corruption," Schiff said.
Workers and their unions have repeatedly alleged that workers don’t have adequate bathroom breaks. Believe the workers. Hello, e. coli. Hello, cyclospora!
Do Taylor Farms field workers get bathroom breaks? Claim spreads among cyclosporiasis outbreak
https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/07/22/taylor-farms-bathroom-breaks/
#TaylorFarms #BruceTaylor #TrumpSupporter #Trumparrhea #FoodSafety #USPol
Senior Iranian intelligence source: News related to the attack on the Kuwaiti power plant is defined within the framework of the Zionist regime's false flag and has no connection to Iran's military operations
(Auto transportation from Farsi)
Another #tragedy brought to you by the #Trump admin
#SexWork or starve: #Aid workers in #Nepal left jobless by #USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive
#SoftPower #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #geopolitics #USpol #NewWorldOrder
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-nepal-sex-workers-trump-budget-cuts-d8ea21ca4d43f1598ea54499123d46e0
There we go. #MAGA sets its sights on yet another international organization. Considering what they've done to #UNRWA, I'd be worried. Also, despite all the wars, real and fake, no one forgot about the Epstein files.
Spanish PM Urged to Halt Extradition of Pro-Palestine Philanthropist [Fergie Chambers] to US | Novara Media (2026-06-21)
>> The Spanish court has 40 days to decide whether to grant the extradition request, which is based on a US claim that Chambers funded Hamas. Thirteen Spanish political organisations have sent a letter to ministers opposing the extradition and demanding the US provide proof of any criminality.
>> The letter notes that Spanish law allows the government to prevent extradition, “especially if there are well-founded reasons to believe that the request aims to persecute or punish an individual for their political opinions.”
>> The case will prove a test of Sánchez’s government, which has taken a notably pro-Palestine and anti-Trump stance…
#FergieChambers #palestine #USPol #SpainPol
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com
https://www.404media.co/the-rise-of-anti-flock-influencers-who-make-things-up-for-clout/
"That is not what Orion and some of his copycats are doing, however. Most charitably, Orion is making people aware of Flock and could be making people more likely to do more research into the company or is making them more likely to take political or direct action to prevent surveillance. He’s a bro spreading the word, and perhaps his heart is in the right place. But, basically, he is making shit up to make himself and his country music career more famous by creating and sowing disinformation in a space where there are dozens of journalists and influencers working hard for more transparency, and positioning himself as being somehow at legal or criminal risk when people who are doing actual needle-moving work struggle to stand out or are actually being threatened."
"Benn Jordan, a researcher and YouTuber who has uncovered various Flock security flaws and has become one of the most important voices speaking out against Flock, made a video about Orion’s fake cease-and-desists in which he said “Can y'all just eat Tide Pods or something and stop making this fight even harder than it already is?”"
I didn't foresee influencers making money off anti-flock...
#flock #anti-flock #surveillance #uspol
Proposal would limit #SocialSecurity benefits to $100,000 annually for couples to boost solvency
Story by Elizabeth Guevara, July 21, 2026
These solutions would generally only lower the benefits of the top 20% to 30% of earners, the CRFB said.
Excerpt: " 'If you’re getting $100,000, as a couple, in benefits, you probably have tens of #millions of dollars in #assets, and your Social Security benefit is not very important to you,' Goldwein said. 'Over time, as this phases in, it’s going to affect more people further down the income ladder, but every version that we model [is always] incredibly progressive.' "
#TaxTheRich #MillionairesTax #BillionairesTax #USPol #WorldPol #ShareTheWealth
#Earth4All not just the #Rich!
Newsletter: The Clarity Act cryptocurrency market structure bill may well be dead, as the crypto industry has spent $200 million to get a bill too corrupt for Democrats to pass and a president too corrupt to sign anything that might meaningfully limit his grift.
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-107/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter
Last week: Students who have been taught that they must revere the barons of “free enterprise,” that inequality is not worth discussing, & that they should accept their circumstances will become a compliant workforce & a malleable voting base. https://www.texasobserver.org/sboe-bible-curriculum-requirements/
RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116970105673856911
The mighty wheels and cogs of the great American Democracy at work there, that's the end of that war now, right? /s
RE: https://mastox.eu/@mehdirhasan/116970012704076383
Be sure to thank the 77 million fellow Americans who enabled all this....
#USPol #USPolitics #Trump #MAGA #CostOfLiving #Affordability
Oh yes. Abusing the system by paying for an #education and then paying into #SocialSecurity when they become wage earners?!! WTF!
"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said: 'For decades, foreign students have been admitted into the US indefinitely, allowing thousands to abuse our immigration system by perpetually enrolling in courses to avoid having to leave the US.' "
#Trump administration tightens visa rules for foreign students
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdmp87rpv1o
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/JxT20
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #WorldPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpAbusesTheSystem
RE: https://mastox.eu/@mehdirhasan/116969945969443552
Tucker is still a nazi, just because he's turned against Trump doesn't absolve him of everything he's said.
#Mamdani Calls #Netanyahu a ‘#WarCriminal’ and Calls on U.S. to Arrest Him
Mayor #ZohranMamdani challenged the United States to execute an international arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, which New York itself cannot do.
By Liam Stack, July 21, 2026
"Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday night challenged the federal government to execute an international arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, calling him a 'war criminal' and 'the architect of a horrific #genocide against the #PalestinianPeople in a striking video statement.
"The mayor said the city Law Department explored whether the New York Police Department could arrest the Israeli prime minister during his expected visit to the city in September but that the city did not have 'independent legal authority' to do so.
"The mayor’s announcement came days after he told Lulu Garcia-Navarro last week on 'The Interview,' a New York Times show, that he had been in 'active conversation
with the city’s lawyers about executing a warrant issued for Mr. Netanyahu in 2024 by the International Criminal Court."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregion/mamdani-netanyahu-arrest-warrant.html
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/i7YLl
#BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #ICC #USPol #WorldPol #FreePalestine
Report: A network-state project by tech fascists in Malaysia has been shut down by officials.
Peter Thiel protégé Balaji Srinivasan claimed to be "creating a new nation on Malaysian soil."
"The Network State is a cult ideology that seeks to replace existing nations with new nations run by tech corporations" with minimal tax & regulation.
https://www.thenerdreich.com/malaysia-crushes-network-school-balaji-flees-to-kazakhstan/
Supreme Court OUTMANEUVERED as State SUPREME COURTS Make Their MOVE!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxkYrMbpDCE
#news #uspol #politics #culture #commentary #progressive #left #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist
I spent waaay too much time on this one. high-effort meme today.
#mitch #mitchmcconnell #mcconnell #uspol #trump #maga meme #photoshop #CarmenSandiego
Rubio's "summit is the modernization of the very same apparatus that hunted Nelson Mandela. It's the same global pipeline that shared intelligence with apartheid death squads."
"They are trying to build an inescapable transnational cage for anyone who dares to stand against the financial & military interests of empire."
"They call it national security. We call it the facilitation of state terrorism."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf9q9rG3JUY
#USPol #EUPol #RedScare #news #democracy #StateTerrorism #Rubio .
#TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and #AntiRegulatory #Lobbying Before #Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to #conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the #MAGAInc. #SuperPAC.
by Kate Taylor, Jul 21, 2026
"The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak has spent millions of dollars to sway sentiment around #FoodRegulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans, according to public filings.
"Taylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans.
"From 2020 through the end of 2024, the company donated more than $1.6 million to conservative PACs, including a total of $850,000 to #AFPAction, an anti-regulation super PAC with ties to the #Koch network.
"#BruceTaylor, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, is also a longtime donor to Republican causes. Since 2020, Taylor has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates, including contributions to Texas senator #JohnCornyn and Tennessee senator #MarshaBlackburn."
Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbreak-taylor-farms-maga-donations-lobbying/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/zUBU5
#KochBrothers #KochNetwork #Capitalism #Crapitalism #USPol #CyclosporaOutbreak
I accidentally opened Bluesky and now I have to rage vent by screaming into the void:
Dear #DemocraticParty Stans,
You need to get "#Obamacare is popular" out of your heads. Being coerced into buying overpriced, dogshit barely-covers-anything massive-deductible insurance plans on a patchwork of half-assed "Exchange" websites was not and is not popular.
What is popular about the #ACA is the #MEDICAID EXPANSION. MEDICAID IS POPULAR. INSURANCE EXCHANGES ARE NOT. Failing to (or pretending not to) understand this is a big problem! You keep telling everyone you're proud of creating something they hate while ignoring the thing they actually like and want!
Electorally,
Jim
Modelling scout linked to #JeffreyEpstein found dead in Paris
Dan Sales, July 22, 2026
"A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey #Epstein has been found dead at his home.
"#DanielSiad, 69, was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a north-west suburb of Paris, the Nanterre prosecutor's office confirmed to the BBC.
" 'An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery,' the office said, adding that an autopsy will be carried out.
Siad's name appeared thousands of times in the Epstein files released by the US government. He had previously denied any knowledge of the threat that Epstein posed.
"Epstein victim #Anya - not her real name - previously told the BBC Siad had introduced her to Epstein.
"Ahead of a BBC investigation published on 18 July, Siad's lawyer had said he was not available for comment, but he had previously denied knowing that Epstein posed a threat."
Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8en38vpd3o
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/335Op
These idiots haven’t even granted #Trump #WarPowers! But sure, give him 95 BILLION DOLLARS to keep waging an #illegal #war 🤦🏼♀️
#House #Republicans adopt $95 billion package for the #IranWar & Trump's “priorities”
#law #idiocracy #Iran #TaxpayersMoney #USpol #PublicDisservice
https://apnews.com/article/gop-95-billion-iran-war-trump-johnson-f9dea5ef800bfeb0e343256e841af38f
The Dems were in charge when MF Doom was banned from the country he had lived in all his life. Separated from his wife and kids but 'rules are rules' (especially if you're not a White Man)
"We'll fix it" said the Dems. He died never returning.
Politicians say a lot of things while real people suffer.
Jo Biden played some MF Doom in his inauguration to show he was down with the kids. See how that went....