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The quickening pace of corruption - the brazen use of the White House to enrich himself and his friends - is stunning. Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.

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Kash Patel should never be allowed inside the FBI. He is perhaps the most dangerous of all the Trump nominees. He shamelessly wants to turn the agency into Trump's loyalty police. I'm going to Senate floor at 4pm to raise the alarm for my Republican colleagues.

submitted 3 days ago • 157 comments

Before or after the German elections take place and before or after their outcome is known?

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine appealed to the Trump administration on Wednesday to respect the truth and avoid disinformation in discussing the war that began with a Russian invasion of his country, in his first response to Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine started the war. nyti.ms/4gNBP2h

submitted 4 days ago • 120 comments

Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements. They are long standing insurance plans we've paid into all our working lives. We don't need some billionaire from South Africa taking away what's ours. We need him and other billionaires to pay in a whole lot more from what our labor gifts them.

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Vous voulez savoir comment sonne une Ukrainienne en colère? Comme ça ⬇️. Maria Berlinska, 36 ans, vétéran de la guerre dans le Donbass, activiste, féministe, engagée aujourd'hui dans le domaine des drones militaires.

submitted 5 days ago • 18 comments

Et je lui réponds qu’il devrait lire les travaux de @vtiberj.bsky.social

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President Reagan's strategy on the Cold War: "We win, they lose.” President Trump's strategy today: The dictators win, we lose.

submitted 4 days ago • 28 comments

The IRS is preparing to give DOGE access to sensitive taxpayer data. The systems contain the private financial data tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details and employment information.

submitted 6 days ago • 445 comments

"Still there is a substantial minority party. They’re called the Democratic party. Remember them? Is it too much to ask that they at least sound the alarm? Loudly and clearly and repeatedly? They could start today. With the IRS." www.thebulwark.com/p/breaking-t...

submitted 6 days ago • 28 comments

Zelensky: Trump respects strength. If not Brussels then it's Moscow. Note: applause here is scattered. The room is not yet ready to take the full measure of what is happening. At the end, the room rises as one man.

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Just in the last 24 hours, Trump has ordered the DOJ to stop enforcing anti-bribery laws for foreign officials. -Pardoned ex-Gov. Blagojevich, convicted of corruption. -Had his DOJ drop corruption charges against NYC Mayor Adams. Donald Trump is the swamp.

submitted 12 days ago • 110 comments

Without providing any evidence, Tucker Carlson claims it’s a “fact” that Ukraine sells half of its weapons, with many ending up in the hands of drug cartels in Mexico. Does the Kremlin pay Tucker per lie, or is it a monthly retainer?

submitted 12 days ago • 191 comments

Agree. In the UK, Zionist PM Keir Starmer placed an Amazon exec in charge of the CMA. That doesn't help British businesses. Who is Starmer working for?

submitted 14 days ago • 12 comments

Amazon starts closing Quebec warehouses as union president calls for boycott globalnews.ca/news/1101062...

submitted 14 days ago • 36 comments

Stop using Amazon!!! The ease is not worth it!

submitted 14 days ago • 28 comments

Terry Sutherland, qui plaide pour des lois de bon sens, raconte comment il a obtenu très facilement le permis de porter une arme, sans pour autant cacher son handicap. ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/iSuY.BS

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️ Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...

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"Our political wisdom is limited. The right choices aren’t easy. Self-government is hard. But it’s also the case that slavery, fascism, and communism were defeated... Optimistic complacency about self-government is a mistake. But so is fatalistic despair." www.thebulwark.com/p/we-did-thi...

submitted 19 days ago • 72 comments

“We are shocked and saddened by the news of Professor Michael Burawoy’s passing. His untimely death is a great loss to sociology & to movements for justice around the world.” @michaelabenson.bsky.social on a collegiate, courageous giant of the discipline. thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

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They don't seem too keen to let people know about the level of public support for Brexit

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Musk’s headlong rush to take control of crucial federal agencies and functions — and to dismantle some of them overnight — have violated the Privacy Act and cybersecurity laws, according to legal experts, and triggered a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 19 days ago • 23 comments

Récit effarant et terrifiant de la captation par Musk et ses sbires de «systèmes névralgiques de l’Etat fédéral américain» (RH, services généraux, USaid...), opération qu'un politologue décrit comme «une prise de contrôle hostile de l’appareil gouvernemental». Par @juliengester.com @liberation.fr

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Municipales à Paris : Yannick Jadot retirera sa candidature s’il n’est pas plébiscité par les écolos «Si les autres candidats restent, je ne participerai pas à la compétition interne. C’est par le rassemblement seul qu’on peut gagner Paris»

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

Shut the hell up and let the investigation take its course. This is extremely irresponsible

submitted 23 days ago • 203 comments

Du software au Hardware, de Palo Alto au Pentagone, de la réalité virtuelle aux armes autonomes - bon topo de l'autre révolution trumpienne (même si on aurait pu se passer du lyrisme de la plume). legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/01/3...

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Report: 32% Of Prayers Deflected Off Passing Satellites theonion.com/report-...

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submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

La politisation d'Elon Musk fait chuter les ventes de Tesla https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/automobile/la-politisation-delon-musk-fait-chuter-les-ventes-de-tesla-2145742

submitted 23 days ago • 21 comments

À quand des autocollants à mettre sur les voitures du même nom ? (j’adorerais pouvoir le faire)

submitted 30 days ago • 9 comments

Quel éditeur français lance la traduction, SVP ?

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose appeal to President Trump for mercy on behalf of immigrants and the LGBTQ community made headlines on Tuesday, was also critical of Trump during his first term. Bishop Budde is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

submitted 32 days ago • 231 comments

Le 25 juillet 2009, nous poussions nos premiers gazouillis sur le réseau Twitter. Près de 14K posts après, nous avons décidé de quitter X. On se retrouve sur @aclibertaire.bsky.social et @[email protected]

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

L'annonce du gouvernement de recourir à Starlink pour rétablir la connectivité à Mayotte passe mal chez Orange (tweet du directeur des affaires publiques du groupe)

submitted 54 days ago • 32 comments

(Reçu par mail à l’instant.) Voici comment, depuis des années, le journalisme contribue fortement à fabriquer le FN puis le RN.

submitted 96 days ago • 5 comments

Trump s’est offert un «victory lap» lors de la soirée UFC au Madison Square Garden. Elon Musk, Dana White, Joe Rohan… tout l’aréopage de la «bro culture» était là, et Jon Jones lui a filé sa ceinture. Comment le MMA est devenu le sport officiel du mouvement MAGA ? ➡️ www.liberation.fr/internationa...

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Naomi Klein : «Trump n’est pas seulement une figure de la droite radicale, c’est surtout une figure extrêmement américaine, comme la tarte aux pommes de McDonald’s, les concours de beauté, le catch, Hollywood... D'où une étonnante capacité d’attraction.» www.telerama.fr/debats-repor...

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The grift never ends: "Between his three presidential campaigns, Trump and associated political groups have funneled more than $28 million in campaign donations to his businesses – helping convert the enthusiasm of his political supporters into personal profit." www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/p...

submitted 184 days ago • 21 comments

NEW ISSUE: Telos 207 (Summer 2024): Politics and the University is now available. Featuring a special section edited by Gabriel Noah Brahm on American academia before and after 10/7. Read David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog: www.telospress.com/telos-207-su...

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"The trick is making sure you never pronounce her name the same way twice."

submitted 190 days ago • 10 comments

"I saw him on TV the other day and immediately assumed he had died or was sick or something, because why else would I be seeing him on there?"

submitted 189 days ago • 6 comments

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner plans to tap foreign funds for a luxury resort on the Mediterranean. Environmentalists fear it could destroy a delicate ecosystem.

submitted 190 days ago • 12 comments

Breaking News: Aleksei Navalny, the most outspoken domestic critic of President Vladimir Putin, has died in prison, Russian state media said. nyti.ms/3wlPyvJ

submitted 373 days ago • 100 comments