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European Union has decided to surpass Russia in military capability within the next five years, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as quoted by Reuters. Following a European Council meeting, Tusk announced the EU is committed to achieving a […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

INCREDIBLE Ruling! Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus. Trans military members may continue to serve.

Never Again is Now. Never again for anyone. Not in our namnes. Permanent Ceasefire Now! From Rabbis for Ceasefire. #Israel #Palestine #Gaza

DoGE literally burglarized the headquarters of the US Institute of Peace, a private organization not part of the executive branch, which called the cops on them. via @w7voa https://journa.host/@w7voa/114180674970701600

Canadians in several cities join 'Tesla Takedown' protests against Musk, Trump > Canadians in several cities, including Ottawa and Vancouver have joined a wave of "Tesla Takedown" protests to denounce CEO #ElonMusk and his role advising U.S. President #DonaldTrump […]

#uspolitics #politicsgirl #DebHaaland Deb Haaland is running for govenor of New Mexico in 2026. Please donate if you can. https://actl.ink/dh2lm https://youtu.be/5G43wRNNjIg?feature=shared

‘Trump tariffs are reshaping our politics’: Canadians on their election #uspol #canada https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/15/trump-tariffs-are-reshaping-our-politics-canadians-on-their-election

How to make America Great Again #MAGA

#uspolitics #ElonMusk #PoliticsGirl As if screwing up the Federal government is not enouugh Musk is also screwing around with state governments. Clip about what he is doing in Deleware to strengthen the Oligarchy. https://youtu.be/orLlW33lQKs?feature=shared

My first contribution to @wikidata: I just added @WADeptHealth's Mastodon handle to their page, and now they show up on the map of governmental agencies with a fediverse presence. Nice! https://w.wiki/8jBX #fediverse #wikidata

: The same people who credited Trump for the #economy surging after he won the election in November, are now blaming Biden for the economic slump AFTER he was inaugurated. It's almost like #MAGA economics involves time travel, minus logic

I guess after all #NewZealand is a better candidate to become the #51State https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3yew446k5o

A collective called Everyone Hates Elon has recently become an online sensation thanks to posters it plastered all over London of the world's richest man saluting while driving his "swasticar" with the words "Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds." @THR spoke to the group's anonymous spokespeople […]

I hope Judge Susan Crawford wins in Wisconson. https://www.crawfordforwi.com/ - The judges page. https://youtube.com/shorts/Ox6S-9w2jQA?feature=shared - a #politicsgirl short about the race. Donate if you can #americanpolitics

BREAKING NEWS 🚨 "Ukraine has agreed on terms of minerals deal with US" - Senior Ukrainian official to AFP #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.

As soon as Trump announced that he will soon sign the deal on rare earth minerals with Ukraine, Putin decided to offer the US President “Russian” critical minerals. Yesterday, Putin called an emergency meeting on the development of the rare earth minerals […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

✔️ Via Rupar: Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

BREAKING NEWS! Amid Trump firing HUNDREDS of FAA staff.... A Southwest Airlines jet attempting to land at Chicago Midway Airport nearly collided with a private plane on the runway #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #aviation #Breaking #BreakingNews

Keep 'em coming Via Kyle Cheney: BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked Donald #Trump's executive order pausing the US Refugee Admissions Program saying it appeared to "cross the line" into "nullification of congressional will."

The DOGE kids really do need to face serious consequences on the other side of this

Know this, USA: > In his inaugural speech, the new US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright cited the German energy transition as a cautionary example. However, the figures he cited are largely incorrect, not very conclusive and incomplete, as our fact check shows. table.media/en/climate/f... #usPol

Amen. To stop corruption and rescue democracy, we must take money out of politics https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5158090-trump-corruption-money-democracy/ #ArrestTrump #ImpeachTrump #DonaldKrasnov #DarkMoney #StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis […]

Catching racist trolls has never been easier! Step 1. Call #Trump and #Musk for what they are: #fascist Step 2. Wait for the fascist-troll-defence team to show up Step 3. Hammertime :nkoHammer: It's called "whack-a-troll"

Honestly EU, it's long overdue for states to block and thus shut down X. The US is actively interfering in elections in plain sight. Shut the offending platform(s) down whilst you still can.

"Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People," - Jane Fonda at the SAG Awards Fonda Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech #AureFreePress #News #press #headline https://variety.com/2025/film/news/jane-fonda-sag-awards-speech-woke-empathy-1236312986/

Just like the Nazis dropped propaganda fliers over Denmark in 1940 to convince the Danes to let nazis take the country (picture 1), US ally Israel is now dropping propaganda fliers over Gaza, to convince the Palestinians to let Israel take the country […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ethan Marcotte, who is one of the most principled and thoughtful people I have ever known and also a dear friend, has resigned from his job at 18F after being asked to meet with shadowy gov-dismantlers. The whole post is worth reading. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leaving-18f/

Working on my soon to be new home. Getting it ready for the spackling and painting.

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

The explanation is always surprisingly simple.

[US Politics] So, one thing that people are saying about the changes that the DOGE program is making is they seem similar to the changes Musk made when he bought Twitter. That is: firing lots of people, demanding loyalty, shutting down systems without knowing what they do.

I just signed the deed for a house in Portugal! It's not move in ready, but I will make it so as soon as possible. My rental contract ends in March so I have a month and a half. I am so excited!

Always welcome, no matter how symbolic. Via Acyn: Rep. Green: I rise to announce that I will bring articles of #impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done.

Timothy Snyder: « The actions by #Musk & followers are a coup because the individuals seizing power have no right to it. Musk was elected to no office & there is no office that would give him the authority to do what he is doing. It is all illegal. It is also a coup in its intended effects […]

Exactly two weeks after assuming office, the Trump administration has begun flights of detainees to its extra-jurisdictional concentration camp in Cuba. A reminder that Texas has concentration camps it started building the same week as Trump's election victory so the magic words here are the […]

"FBI agents who worked on cases stemming from #Jan6— or the criminal investigations of #Trump —have filed a class action lawsuit to block DOJ leadership from assembling lists of agents they say will be used as part of a retaliation campaign" […]

Someone saw me writing this and asked if they could come draw a heart next to it. Solidarity isn’t just being an ally, it’s being an accomplice. - Gravuti

Chuck Schumer: "An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. DOGE is not a real government agency. DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions. DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law. DOGE’s conduct cannot be […]

"'Beyond betrayal.' Venezuelans in Florida are angry at Trump immigration policy" If only anyone could have predicted that exactly this was going to happen, like basically everyone did predict. #uspol #immigrants […]

Ron Wyden calling out RFK Jr. for his anti-vaccine stance, then… Senator Wyden takes a moment to talk about the ongoing coup lead by Musk and Trump Dems: Take note. Do more of this. Stand in front of offices of those complicit in this government takeover […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Are you a Democrat living abroad? We're specifically looking for someone to manage our global TikTok account. Get in touch! https://www.democratsabroad.org/volunteer #DemocratsAbroad #Volunteer #TikTok

"When Elon took over Twitter, he certainly had the right to go in and destroy the place through ignorance and overconfidence. But this is the US government. He doesn’t own it. He wasn’t elected. He wasn’t officially appointed. And there are laws that are being broken left and right." […]

A thing some of you tech people can also do: Ask the service providers you use and pay for (think email providers and such) where their servers are located and if there are already plans to build up infrastructure outside the US. The US not being safe includes data centers.