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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 .
Looks like the FOTUS will have another opportunity to sell ball caps at dignified transfer ceremonies at Dover Air Force Base. Or do a “thumbs up” at a troop’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 60. The bigger picture; is it me or was the FOTUS saying, like four months ago, Iran’s military had been obliterated? That and these are more U.S. service members who didn’t have to die in the stupid fucking war the FOTUS started in the first place.
#USpol
"At this point I just feel sorry for Americans," Eby said. "If you're picking fights with Canadians, you don't have a friend in the world." - B.C. Premier David Eby
Exactly.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/new-trump-tariffs-canada-us-trade-cusma-usmca-9.7277143
After the Powell memo and the Trilateral commission in the 1970s, oligarch David Rockefeller organised Jimmy Carter as the first neoliberal president. Next was Reagan.
The intent of neoliberalism was to set the stage for fascism.
It's here.
Icoi:
#Democracy #fascism #USPol #EUPol #Neoliberalism #NeoliberalDuopoly #powellMemo #TrilateralCommission #oligarchy .
Oh, look. It’s assholes and on the far right one of the U.S.’s “negotiators” in the fucking war his pile of shit father-in-law started.
#USpol
This is so depressing.
MTG is the only one openly telling the truth to the monstrous warmongering alcoholic Hegseth!
Vee, I don't think it's a unique mental illness. Germany, 1937. The Spanish Inquisition. Etc., etc.
I think it's just the first one that has been so heavily documented and disseminated by the media.
Canada #WildfireSmoke to be a periodic problem into August across #Midwest, #Northeast
Prevailing winds will direct more wildfire smoke from western #Ontario into the Midwest and Northeast often well into August. Needed rain to put out the fires may be scarce.
By Alex Sosnowski, Jul 20, 2026
Excerpt: " Hundreds of large wildfires are burning across Canada and the United States.
"There are 809 active #wildfires in #Canada, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. To date this year, there have been 3,575 fires that have burned 2.7 million hectares.
"Even more fires have burned across the #US. 'So far this year, 40,771 fires have burned more than 3.9 million acres across the United States,' according to the (U.S.) National Interagency Fire Center newsroom. 'Fires in the Northwest and the fires in northern Minnesota pose the greatest demand for firefighting resources. Resource assignments are being prioritized based on life and property risk, operational impact, and probability of success.' "
#WildfireSeason #USPol #WorldPol #ClimateChange #Polycrisis #AQI #WildfireSmoke #ClimateDiary #TheWorldIsBurning
It’s no longer illegal to destroy the one thing #EndangeredSpecies need most to survive
The Trump administration’s twisted definition of one word is putting hundreds of rare animals at risk.
by Benji Jones
Jul 20, 2026
Excerpt: "It’s the meaning of one of those words — harm — that matters most here. Up until the recent rule, the government’s definition for harm included destroying an animal’s habitat if it impairs essential behaviors, such as breeding. That might include, say, building a hotel on top of a beach that endangered sea turtles use for nesting. Such a definition was important because destroying the habitat of an already imperiled species could push it over the edge, #wildlife advocates say.
"What’s more is that, according to the language of the law itself, the purpose of the #ESA includes conserving '#ecosystems upon which endangered species and #ThreatenedSpecies depend.'
"The Trump administration, however, just threw out that definition of harm and the unambiguous protection it has long afforded habitat. And while it didn’t offer a new definition, the administration said that it agrees with a much narrower interpretation of the term — articulated three decades ago in a dissent by the late conservative Justice #AntoninScalia — that only includes actions that directly and intentionally harm individual animals, such as capturing a sea turtle to eat or keep as a pet.
" 'For years, federal agencies abused the ESA to obstruct lawful land use and burden American families and businesses,' #DougBurgum, Secretary of the Interior Department, which oversees endangered species protections, said in a statement. 'That approach turned routine activity into a regulatory trap, drove up costs that impacted people’s lives, and expanded federal authority beyond what Congress intended. This action restores common sense, respects private property, provides much-needed certainty for landowners and follows the statute Congress actually passed.' (The Interior Department declined to provide a comment on our reporting, pointing us instead to its press release and the notice in the Federal Register.)
"Under the new rule, set to take effect in September, 'harm' no longer explicitly includes actions that may accidentally or indirectly doom a wildlife population to extinction. A company building luxury villas on a private beach that endangered sea turtles need for survival would not unambiguously be considered take — and thus be illegal — unless the company knew it’d crush turtle eggs or the turtles themselves in the process. Neither would logging #OldGrowthForests that #EndangeredBirds inhabit, building wind turbines that are known to kill endangered bats, or constructing a road that would likely get endangered snakes run over.
"The administration’s interpretation of take 'really completely blows up the #EndangeredSpeciesAct,' said J.B. Ruhl, a lawyer at Vanderbilt University and a leading expert on the ESA."
Read more:
https://www.vox.com/climate/496053/trump-endangered-species-act-harm-rule
#ProtectTheSacred #ProtectNature #TrumpSucks #USPol #Extinction
#SaveMyLouisiana leads protest against Applied Digital data center
Story by Melinda Martinez, July 20, 2026
"Save My Louisiana organized a #protest against the #AppliedDigital #datacenter being built in the small Central Louisiana community of Boyce on Saturday, July 18.
"Those at the protest were concerned with non-disclosure agreements [#NDA's] signed by local officials, higher utility costs and the #EnvironmentalImpact of the Applied Digital data center. A few also questioned the true economic impact of the project, which they think will benefit the company, but not Central #Louisiana.
"Applied Digital, a Dallas-based digital infrastructure company, broke ground in January on #DeltaForge1, a large-scale artificial intelligence data center located at James Road and La. 121 near Boyce. A news release issued by the Louisiana Economic Development states it is expected to be finished by mid-2027.
"At a news conference held in May announcing the building of the $3.6 billion data center, Applied Digital board director Richard Nottenburg said that the Delta Forge 1 data center is not a traditional data center.
"Applied Digital has been working on transitioning from air cooled to liquid cooled data centers, said Applied Digital president and co-founder Jason Zhang at the same news conference.
“ 'Our design is a proprietary design that allows us to use very minimal water,' he said, adding that it’s an issue that is very important to communities where data centers are built." [So, in other words, an alleged "closed loop system"! But even closed loop systems have to be flushed periodically!!!]
#AIDatacenters #CorporateColonialism #ResistBigData #BigTech #BigData #USPol #DatacentersSuck #NoisePollution #LightPollution #ElectricityConsumption #Secrecy #AISucks
“Untangling exactly who is behind the Philadelphia-area venture has proven difficult. Records indicate the chain, which was launched last month, is run by a disparate collection of businessmen that includes an NFL kicking coach, a GOP fundraiser and a New Jersey entrepreneur who this year was ordered, along with his brother, to pay civil damages for unlawfully taking more than 200,000 gallons of fuel.
How the stations got Trump’s attention remains a mystery, and the four businessmen declined to — or could not be reached for — comment.”
Wait, what..? Something both the #Left and #Right can agree on?!! Maybe the right is waking up to #CorporateColonialism! Good! Our #CorporateOverlords take advantage of everyone!
#Datacenter opponents stage 142 #protests across 42 US states
Story by Valerie Volcovici and Lisa Baertlein, July 18, 2026
Excerpt: "Opponents of the rapid buildout of #datacenters held 142 protests across 42 states on Saturday in the first nationwide effort to channel anger at the #AI infrastructure expansion that has ramped up over the past year and roiled local politics.
"The protests were coordinated by #HumansFirst, co-founded by a former leader of the modern-day #TeaParty. She compares growing opposition to data centers to the right-wing populist movement that emerged in 2009 to protest what it saw as excessive taxation and government overreach.
"Protesters rallied against what HumansFirst calls the 'unaccountable' buildout of #datacenters and 'unacceptable infringement on our liberty.'
"In #FredericksburgVA, one young man carried a sign reading, 'We thrive on water not data.' In #AtlantaGA, a small knot of protesters wielded signs reading, '#Georgia never voted for #hyperscale #AIDatacenters. ' "
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/data-center-opponents-stage-142-protests-across-42-us-states/ar-AA28cU6m
#ResistBigData #BigTech #BigData #USPol #DatacentersSuck
#NoisePollution #LightPollution
#ElectricityConsumption #Secrecy #AISucks
#VicksburgMS residents #protest planned #AmazonDatacenter
Acie Lewis
Sun, July 19, 2026
Excerpt: " 'It's being put up right next to the main elementary school for the City of Vicksburg. And there are several #environmental and health concerns surrounding these #datacenters. And so, being right next to a school, that hits home to me because I really care about children. I have kids,' said Stuart English.
" 'We know nothing about it. No one said anything about it. So, we're just finding a location and putting it wherever we could fit, no matter how many children are there. These are our babies. We've got to take care of them, and I am,' said Claude Lee, a Vicksburg teacher."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/vicksburg-residents-protest-planned-amazon-134114884.html
#ResistBigData #BigTech #BigData #USPol #Datacenters #DatacentersSuck #NoisePollution #LightPollution #ElectricityConsumption #Secrecy #AISucks #AmazonDatacenters #AWS #Mississippi
"Republican groups backing Collins have already spent or reserved over $112 million in ads, while Democrats have reserved only half that amount... Given Maine’s critical role in deciding control of the U.S. Senate next year, however, Democrats nationwide could flood the state with funds.
For Democrats to flip the Senate, they must accomplish two goals: win competitive elections in... New Hampshire, Michigan, and Georgia and flip four states currently held by Republicans. Maine is the only state with a current Republican senator up for election this year in a state that Kamala Harris won in 2024."
Good news:⚡"A federal judge has paused the #Paramount /Warner Bros. merger, saying it likely violates antitrust laws."
-K Cheney
#AntiTrust #Corruption #PayToPlay #DavidEllison #Mergers #TrumpRegime #Trump #FTC #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.474157/gov.uscourts.cand.474157.141.0_2.pdf
I heard an excellent #podcast on #WMPG this afternoon about the #AI #Surveillance state and how #TechBros are bullying towns into hosting #DataCenters! A must-listen!
AI Surveillance Cameras in Maine
30 mins - First Aired December 15, 2025
WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 1:00 PM
Producer & Host: Richard Rudolph, PhD.
"The podcast is an interview of #DylanOliver, a native of #HodgsonME who is a staff member of the Alliance for Secure AI. Dylan talked about how a number of communities in the state have installed AI surveillance cameras which log and store every single car that passes by a given location, creating a searchable database of our movements regardless of whether anyone is suspected of a crime or not. He also talked about how the data can be shared with federal and local agencies for 'investigative purposes' even if a local police department chooses to restrict data to its own officers."
Web page for #CommunityVoicesForChange:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-podcasts/community-voices-for-change/
#USPol #DataCenter #TechBullies #AISurveillance #MainePol #ThoughtCrime #AllianceForSecureAI #ACAB #Orwellian
#CommunityVoicesForChange on #WMPG!
Topics include:
#PFASPollution in Maine
#TransgenderYouth
#FoodInsecurity
#AISurveillance
#VotersRights
#NuclearWeapons
And much, much more!
Stream on demand:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-podcasts/community-voices-for-change/
On today's episode of #WMPG's #CommunityVoicesForChange, the topic is #FlockCameras, Municipal #Surveillance and #Privacy!
Community Voices For Change
On Mon from 01:00 pm EST to 01:30 pm EST
With: Richard Rudolph
Description
"Community Voices for Change is a talk show highlighting the work of individuals and organizations working to enhance the greater good of communities. Producer and Host Richard Rudolph begins each show with music from Sam Cooke’s Ain’t That Good News Album -'A Change is Gonna Come'. The show is also based on the writings of #HowardZinn and other writers who believe if we can get organized '#SmallActs' multiplied by hundreds, thousands of people we can transform our communities, the state and even possibly the world. Our sound engineer is Dennis Kirkpatrick."
Link to show info and archives:
https://www.wmpg.org/show/mon1300/
Spreaker link:
https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/community-voices-for-change--6675193
#CommunityRadio #MainePol #USPol #Orwellian #SurveillanceState
In the week leading up to the Iranian attack on Fri that💔killed 2 US soldiers/a svc member missing in Jordan,🚨Iran carried out 3 other strikes US forces in the C💔-injured dozens of US svc members & damaged sev helicopters.
But the #DOD🚨didn't disclose the earlier strikes/casualties/dmg.
CENTCOM's stmt:🚨retaliating for Iran’s atks against comm ships transiting the SoH, never mentioning: Jordon.
Blatant #lies from #Hegseth, #CENTCOM...
#Coverup #IranWar #Impeach #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/us/politics/troops-injured-jordan-iran-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA.ONWv.9r0etNRiBovi&smid=nytcore-ios-share
He's NEVER going to leave voluntarily...
#TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Honestly, we’re still shocked the FBI won’t even be pretending to investigate ICE agents.
https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3mr3pgayey22g
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From resistance team of US Natl Park Svc
500+ char posts not resent
Unaffiliated w/ AltNPS
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#AltNPS #Coup #Activism #NationalParkService #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump
Trump said the new #AirForceOne plane that was gifted by Qatar🚨will be sent away for upgrades, amid swirling concerns about its security features.
“It has a lot of capability,” #Trump said of the jet, which he started using this month. “But as I understand it, in about a month or so, they’re gonna send it to have it be maxed out... It’ll take about a month."🚨He didn't detail the nature of the works.
100s of $Ms more in upgrades while Americans suffer‼️
#Impeach #USPol
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-air-force-one-maxed-out-security-qatar-gift-iran-threat-rcna588323
Schumer & Jeffries should be calling out🚨#ICE atrocities -have Dem MOC speaking on the Capitol steps, rotating hourly, informing the public of the crimes: GOP MOC are supporting. #Trump & #Mullin🚨are lauding IMM agents' brutality & cold-blooded murders.➕~70K IMMs are rotting in #DeathCamps, 24/7 #deportations: most w/o criminal records...
“It feels like we're normalizing it: Rep Ramirez *expressed disappointment with her colleagues’ lack of action on ICE.
#Murder #USPol
https://theintercept.com/2026/07/17/democrats-congress-abolish-ice-killings/
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116952686251869217
Concentration Camps for Kids, how very USA.
#USPol #USPolitics #ConcentrationCamps #ICE #Texas #Children #Fascism #EpsteinClass
Maddad ☑️ boosted"Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is imprisoning hundreds of immigrant children at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, for well over the legal limit of 20 days, including some for as many as 323 days, according to a new legal brief."
https://prospect.org/2026/07/20/trump-administration-routinely-violating-immigrant-childrens-rights/
"Physicians group documents crowd control weapons ‘misuse’ during Portland ICE protests"
"Portland was among the cities where federal law enforcement reportedly misused tear gas and other crowd control weapons on protesters, according to Physicians for Human Rights and researchers at UC Berkeley."
#USPol #Oregon #Portland #PDX #Immigration #ICE #NoICE #FuckICE #Resist
Gas prices are high. Our economy is suffering from stagflation. We've threatened and alienated all our allies. Our military is losing a half-assed war with Iran, occupying American cities, accomplishing almost nothing against the still-in-power Chavistas in Venezuela, committing war crimes on the high seas, and obsessing over the testosterone levels of whatever straight white male remnant is allowed to continue to serve. The White House hasn't experienced this much destruction since the British invaded and burned it down. Thousands are suffering from uncontrolled explosive diarrhea, this being the second plague mismanaged by these cretins. Masked secret police are dragging people away into concentration camps. Immigrants, minorities, dissidents, and political enemies are being jailed or gunned down in the streets. We have no idea whether key members of the gerontocracy are actually alive or not. Oligarchs are taking all our power and water to drive the cheap simulacra they hope to replace us with. And in a beautifully poetic touch, our narcissist in chief is obsessed over a reflecting pool.
I struggle finding an appropriate analogy for all of this.
At least Nero could play the fiddle.
Of Italy, Sumner Welles, former Under Secretary of State, writes that "especially the reactionary elements and the larger banking and industrial interests, welcomed the dictatorship of Mussolini..."
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
"Peter Thiel Snags Top Prize from Politico’s Owner"
Axel Springer honors Thiel - just doesn't mention the "$50 million he gave the CEO's son".
"Here’s an idea for a media company: don’t give your top prize to a billionaire who bankrupted one media outlet & is funding a machine to harass the rest."
"Axel Springer journalists with ethics & integrity should head for the nearest exit."
https://www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-snags-top-prize-from-politicos-owner/
#USPol #EUPol #PeterThiel #AxelSpringer #news #oligarchy #democracy #tescreal .
'War Crime': US Attack on Water #Desalination Plant Cuts Off Supply for Thousands in Southern Iran | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-water-desalination-plants
Fascism treats women as mere breeders. "Children, kitchen, and church" was the Nazi slogan for women.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
‘We Don’t Need to Be Unkind to Be Honest’: El-Sayed Asks Supporters to Criticize #HaleyStevens on ‘the Issues’
The #Michigan Democrat encouraged his followers to focus less on Stevens’ voice and more on the $50 million in support she’s received from “#AIPAC, #Trump-aligned billionaires, and corporate PACs.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/el-sayed-stevens-issues
from #CommonDreams Jul 17, 2026
#MedicareForAll #RejectAIPAC
#news #politics #USpol #AbdulElSayed #BernieSanders #AOC #AlexandriaOcasioCortez
Fascism treats women as mere breeders. "Children, kitchen, and church" was the Nazi slogan for women.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
A wonderful act of civil protest. And I’m glad that the people weren’t arrested or even shot. After all, it’s not that unusual for ICE to try to turn the tables and prosecute courageous citizens for such actions. We need more actions like this one.
No coffee for ICE agents!
No peaceful sleep for ICE agents!
No peace in their offices!
Stop ICE!
#ice #uspol #uspolitics #ice #stopice #stopicekidnappings #usa