The arrests of #media member Don Lemon, a Democratic political candidate, and activists demand an immediate national response. Read my letter here... and let's take action!
https://www.blueamp.co/p/an-open-letter-to-journalists-and #politics #news #press #usa #unitedstates #socialmedia #ice #murder #dhs #trump #us #russia #eu #nato #us #america #tech #fascism #democracy #minneapolis #minnesota
"Die betroffenen Arten spüren den Wetterumschwung immer ein bisschen früher. Sie sind wie Vögel“, schreibt Mely Kiyak. Seit 15 Jahren warnt sie vor dem Aufstieg des Faschismus. Sie schreibt mal wütend, mal witzig, mal polemisch, mal zynisch (ein Lachen am Abgrund), aber immer seismographisch genau in der Beobachtung und geschliffen im Wort.
Diese Beiträge von Kiyak tun weh zu lesen. Und das ist gut so. #Bücherwabe #bucher #books #livre #politics #politik #chemnitz #antifa #Faschismus #melykiyak
"Some of us always knew this was where this would end up. A bloated, stumbling, smash-and-grab, cash-licking cadaver who spent an entire life born on third base—yet somehow finding a way to get thrown out at second—taking out his vast wilderness of dumbf*kery on us all"
Read The Rest: https://blueamp.substack.com/p/trump-mimics-stalin-uses-total-bs #news #politics #russia #ukraine #usa #nato #eu #us #america #unitedstates #bls #writing #stalin #jacksmith
https://blueamp.substack.com/p/kamala-told-colbert-the-systems-broken Kamala Told Colbert the System’s "Broken;"
#Trump Proved it, Ended #PBS / #NPR "Kamala sat across from #Colbert—recently fired to make the slovenly golf-cheat happy so he’d “allow” Skydance #Media to take over Paramount Global—and admitted our system is broken"
READ THE REST & SUBSCRIBE! #news #politics #writing #russia #america #us #usa #unitedstates #press #tech #ai #donaldtrump #nato #eu #epstein #jobs #entertainment #tv #business
When I see news with a link, but the link is to an article behind a paywall, it is still helpful because I then do a Google search or a Bing search for the same news. I often find more information about this news, sometimes from a television station or a foreign newspaper.
#FindingFreeContent #media #politics
Green Queer Erotic Love Magic is an ecological, queer and anarchist manifesto of love as a politics that seeks to integrate humanity with the earth as an erotic whole. It plugs into myth, poetry, queer theory, the science of diversity, emancipatory fiction, nature and anarchist politics as the means to doing this. It is a book that is pro-love and pro-life, pro-queer, pro-trans and pro-diversity.
https://archive.org/details/green-queer-erotic-love-magic
#trans #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #politics #anarchy #ecology #nature
"Taiwan’s vibrant and competitive democratic system has allowed for regular peaceful transfers of power since 2000, and protections for civil liberties are generally robust. Ongoing concerns include inadequate safeguards against the exploitation of migrant workers and the Chinese government’s efforts to influence policymaking, media, and the democratic infrastructure."
Just out from @josephinelee and Joelle DiPaolo: After three decades of fighting back against #vouchers, the governor enlisted the help of the president to destroy the last vestiges of Republican resistance this week. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/
#education #schools #Trump #GregAbbott #politics #USpol #news #TXlege #Texas #Republicans #democracy
Another quiet week in the news, with nothing much to report… But if you do want to follow the very little, totally inconsequential stuff that's happening, here’s a thread of news- and politics-related #CustomFeeds that have been created using Surf, plus a video on how to build a feed using our Starter Sets.
RS:
‘Completely lost his mind’: Trump's 'deranged' letter
“Whatever people's views on Trump's broader politics, these are the words of a man who is having some sort of serious mental breakdown,” wrote Dan Hodges, a British columnist and political commentator...
“This is plainly deranged,” wrote British writer and former lawmaker Daniel Hannan in a social media post... "The Nixon, Clinton and, indeed, Trump impeachments were triggered by less.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674907657/
"The #monopoly #media morons for whom he’s entertained tens of millions of ad-viewing viewers deemed it so, and I’m sure it has nothing to do w Stephen #Colbert using his brilliant timing and razor-sharp wit to disembowel Don-Don on the regular"
CONT-> https://www.blueamp.co/publish/post/168652683 #writing #humor #funny #tv #ai #usa #america #unitedstates #fascism #us #russia #democracy #tech #news #politics #press #entertainment
A new campaign has begun: Let Cuba Play.
[Updated with new info]
The #Trump administration in the #USA has refused to grant visas to Cuban athletes who need to compete in various events in the upcoming months in order to qualify for the 2028 #OlympicGames in #LosAngeles.
#Cuba #sports #news #politics #Olympics #USpol #HumanRights
@HarriettMB
“The whole system is premised on commodifying human beings.”
From Sandy West in our magazine: In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, adoptions are on the rise in #Texas. But some private foster care and adoption agencies may have crossed serious ethical lines. https://www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/
#RoeVWade #children #HumanRights #politics #USpol #Texas #adoption #news
"The Biggest Criminal in D.C. Right Now Is Trump"
https://newrepublic.com/article/198996/biggest-criminal-dc-donald-trump
"The president’s takeover of the capital’s police force is a distraction from his own rampant wrongdoing."
NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
#immigration #news #ice #government #trump #politics #criminaljustice #humanrights #civilrights
Introducing the September/October 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover art by Adrià Volt, and stories by Michelle Pitcher, Julie Poole, Francesca D'Annunzio and more.
Become a member to get our magazine 6 times per year: https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/
#journalism #media #HumanRights #healthcare #Texas #politics #USpol #news #disability #nonprofit
“This is the most massive secrecy grab in #Texas since the adoption of the Public Information Act.”
New today from Michelle Pitcher: A move to "standardize" #police personnel files could have devastating consequences for #transparency. https://www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/
#news #politics #USpol #fascism #TXlege #journalism #HumanRights #news #democracy
#Introduction that I'm never happy with:
I joined Mastodon during the Second Great Twitter Migration of 2022, if that's what we're calling it.
You may know me from:
I'm a neurodivergent (AuDHD / GAD / cPTSD[?] 
), ace/aromantic pan/aegosexual, 40s year old from #Ottawa, #Canada. 🇨🇦
Interests include:
• #scifi (including #StarTrek & #DoctorWho)
• #Linux
• #history
• #genealogy
• #politics
• #travel (when I can afford to)
• ....way too many special interests.
(Please don't reply to the introduction post. Mentions or DMs are OK.)
Newest #Substack: READ THE REST & DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! https://blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-search-for-identity-psst-sherrod - "As #Democrats search for identity, #culture & policies to reinforce the values the first 2 communicate to voters, they must lean into the roadmap Sherrod provided for yrs to win handily in OH.
Even ignoring the dingos of the rw echoes-phere & corporate #media click bait ladies of the night, doesn't mean there’s not a problem. B/c there is, it’s a major & it’s one some of us have been screaming about for yrs"
#news #politics #trump #russia #usa #ukraine #us #unitedstates #eu #ai #writing #tech #senate #tariffs #ICE #economy #nato #donaldtrump
She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election.
Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
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Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election (and a protege of lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who tried to help overturn those election results), has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.
'Putin is subject to an international arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, a court the U.S. doesn't recognize.'
Kinda says it all right there.
'Immunity' from same court has permitted Gaza.
Why has Trump surrendered to second-rate Russia vs. using America's vastly greater power to help Russia while also serving America's interests?
We face a historic inflection point steeper than faced by UK/USA/Europe in 1940.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-euro-leaders-meet-1.7612412
Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.”
"Trump & Thune About to Rip Away #Health Care & Whig-ify the #GOP Jan 1 - https://www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-about-to-rip-away
"There are certainly no lack of examples of their glib dishonesty and putrid amorality. But one that perfectly sums up the Jonestown GOP Caucus is their nonchalance at allowing enhanced Obamacare subsidies, the only way millions of Americans can afford healthcare, to just disappear. Like Mike Johnson’s testicles when #Trump enters the room"
#news #politics #donaldtrump #maga #ai #elonmusk #usa #ukraine #unitedstates #tech #eu #us #russia #america #media #press #congress #culture #economy
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