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@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 06:25:37

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 142. (Ron Filipkowski/Meidas )
meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-
memeorandum.com/250602/p2#a250

@gfriend@mas.to
2025-04-02 15:53:40

'This is tantamount to claiming not merely that “when the president does it, that means it’s not illegal,” but also that every campaign promise becomes an unreviewable legal mandate. '
slate.com/news-and-politics/20

The Justice Department Just Debuted a New Defense of What Trump Is Doing. It’s Terrifying.
Does the “mandate of the electorate” give the president absolute power to defy the courts?

@benrosstransit@mastodon.social
2025-06-01 20:20:27

How on earth can NYT write this report with no hint that it reflects on Trump's mental acuity? While endlessly speculating explicitly about Biden's acuity a year ago?
nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/poli

Trump Is Said to Have Known About NASA Nominee’s Donations Before Picking Him
President Trump withdrew his nomination of Jared Isaacman, an ally of Elon Musk, because of donations he had made to Democrats. But people with knowledge of the events say Mr. Isaacman had disclosed the contributions.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-05-02 00:09:20

✊ Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “We Need a New Civic Morality”
#politics…

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “We Need a New Civic Morality”
As he visits the US for the first time, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise, writes about the collapse of triumphal capitalist narratives and sets out an alternative vision for humanity that can save us from a dystopian future.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-06-02 16:27:04

German rejections of asylum-seekers at the border are unlawful, court rules   - Euractiv
euractiv.com/section/politics/

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 16:50:40

Republicans Are Flat-Out Lying About Their Medicaid Cuts (Nikki McCann Ramirez/Rolling Stone)
rollingstone.com/politics/poli
memeorandum.com/250602/p66#a25

@davej@dice.camp
2025-06-01 21:05:39

Sure thing, Heggy. But first, we’re going to need a pig and a live TV feed.
#auspol #uspol #BlackMirror

ABC Feeds (@abcfeeds@rssfeed.media)
Live: US asks Australia to lift defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP By Joshua Boscaini US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asks Australia to lift its defence spending to 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product "as soon as possible". Follow live. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-02/federal-politics-live-blog-june-2/105358876 #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #Parliament #JoshuaBoscaini

@anijatsu@meow.social
2025-06-02 04:31:57
Content warning: Expletives, Polish politics

I'm so done with this shit. I'm not staying in this fucking country for the next five years.
Another shady ass violent piss brained right winged misanthropic eurosceptic megalomaniac is in charge, and won by .89%.
How the fuck is it possible that my half of the voters in my hometown thought him appropriate.
Source (in Polish): #poland #polandelections

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2025-05-31 20:22:51

The Trump administration is trying to take over the Library of Congress, “a major component of the legislative branch” that confidentially advises lawmakers.
☑️ Why Trump Is Trying to Take Over the Library of Congress - Rolling Stone

Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library
Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-05-31 17:32:34

Who Punched Elon Musk?
The list of possible suspects seems long.
nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/poli

How Did Elon Musk Get a Black Eye?
The list of possible suspects seemed long.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 21:30:46

Trump Tries to Blame Biden for Colorado Attack (Nikki McCann Ramirez/Rolling Stone)
rollingstone.com/politics/poli
memeorandum.com/250602/p118#a2

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-06-03 02:25:00

Walmart and Target workers are sharing pics of price increases thanks to Trump’s tariffs | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

@jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-05-30 20:26:23

I supported Bernie Sanders against Clinton.
Just posting because I believe it's good to admit one's mistakes.
the-independent.com/news/world

Bernie Sanders blames election loss on Kamala Harris choosing billionaires over the working class
Sanders said while Joe Biden has been blamed election loss, it was ultimately Harris’s fault for cosying up to billionaires

@steve@s.yelvington.com
2025-05-30 15:26:30

Trump isn't removing "illegal immigrants."
He's manufacturing them.
nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-c

Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke temporary legal status of 500,000 immigrants from 4 countries
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status granted to more than 500,000 immigrants by the Biden administration.

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2025-06-01 17:52:04

"As a political force, the Labour left is finished. The tactic of entryism – entering the Labour party and changing it – is finished too."
"..a string of local council victories next year would pave the way for an unprecedented challenge to #Labour – not from the right, as the party has always had to fight, but from its radical flank. And this new movement could take parts of Lab…

The British left is coming for the Government
Whisper it as yet, but after five long years of confusion and disarray, the British left is rallying. Local political organisations are coalescing, from Chiswick to Liverpool to Newcastle. The Green P

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-03 01:55:40

The Optical Illusion of Elon Musk's Fading Influence (Anna Merlan/Mother Jones)
motherjones.com/politics/2025/
memeorandum.com/250602/p144#a2

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-05-30 12:05:53

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams wins a defamation case against the BBC over a documentary that claimed that Adams had sanctioned an MI5 informant's murder (Rory Carroll/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/politics/2025/

Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 damages in libel victory over BBC
Former Sinn Féin leader sued broadcaster over allegation in documentary that he sanctioned murder of MI5 informant

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2025-06-02 15:42:43

I am willing to be pleasantly surprised, but... when all I see from these "major projects" is oil and gas and other 20th century backwards nonsense, I can't help but be pessimistic.
Ironically, a real "nation building" project that would be a huge benefit to Canadians would be more akin to something from the 19th century: Standing up a true public railway corporation and rebuilding a high speed electrified rail network from sea to sea to sea that could reduce transportation costs and increase flexibility and convenience for millions of Canadians and businesses including in remote communities.
But our current leadership is too beholden to existing capitalist interests and status quo business to be that bold. And they're positively allergic to anything done purely in the public interest. How dare we not include some profiteering private corporation… /sarc
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #NaitonBuilding #Transportation #rail
cbc.ca/news/politics/premiers-

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 12:05:44

Senate returns with Trump's massive tax and immigration bill on the agenda (Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/politics/20
memeorandum.com/250602/p14#a25

@smurthys@hachyderm.io
2025-05-30 00:10:48

#CNN: "Kristi Noem said a migrant threatened to kill Trump. Investigators think he was set up...
The investigators suspect the letter was to benefit a separate individual..."
Expect these investigators to soon recant or be fired. 😟
#uspol

@villavelius@mastodon.online
2025-05-29 15:14:18

Ruling that the law should be applied is a coup, apparently.
theguardian.com/us-news/live/2

Trump attacks judges who ruled against him on tariffs and praises ‘terrific’ Musk before Doge exit – as it happened
President baselessly suggest judges blocked tariffs – a ruling subsequently paused by appeals court – because of ‘hatred’

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-06-02 17:51:58

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow mass federal layoffs
usatoday.com/story/news/politi

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-06-02 01:06:34

“We got to be honest in what happened, because losing elections has consequences,”
said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate,
during a rousing speech Saturday afternoon.
“We’re in this mess because some of it’s our own doing. … None of us can afford to shy away from having hard conversations about what it’s going to take to win elections.”
Walz, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, said Democrats don’t need to retreat from their ideals,
such as pro…

Democrats vow to stick to values while regaining working-class voters
California Democrats say their party must stay committed to their values protecting the most vulnerable, while also honing their economic messaging to win back voters they lost last year.

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-04-29 19:36:43

Un avion Š 60 millions de dollars tombe du porte-avions Harry S. Truman
#jaiglissechef #7èmecompagnie

US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier
A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been “lost” at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.

@profcarroll@federate.social
2025-03-26 12:52:46

The unredacted Houthi PC small group Signal chat published in full today since Trump admin repeated its assertion there was no classified information. You be the judge. theatlantic.com/politics/archi

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 12:05:44

For Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Trump's big bill is a big test (Theodoric Meyer/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/politics/20
memeorandum.com/250602/p15#a25

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-05-29 07:45:42

Free chapters of the book "Parliamentary politics in the Netherlands" , for people like me interested in government and public administration.
scholarlypublications.universi

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 12:05:44

Mike Johnson's bogus attack on CBO's score of the 2017 tax bill (Glenn Kessler/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/politics/20
memeorandum.com/250602/p18#a25

@lilmikesf@c.im
2025-05-29 17:35:25

#DJT pardons notoriously corrupt #Virginia #sheriff convicted on federal bribery charges.

Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges
Scott Jenkins, who was sheriff in Culpeper, was to report to jail on Tuesday.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-06-03 01:30:24

Trump Talks a Lot About Antisemitism, With a Notable Caveat - The New York Times
nytimes.com/2025/06/02/us/poli

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 19:55:47

Fetterman Defends Job Performance as Health Concerns Persist (Molly Ball/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/politics/fetterman-def
memeorandum.com/250602/p108#a2

@kctipton@mas.to
2025-05-28 18:11:41

Trump's pardons highlight Justice Department's pullback from public corruption cases nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d

Trump's pardons highlight Justice Department's pullback from public corruption cases
WASHINGTON — The government's evidence against Scott Jenkins was compelling, including undercover video and other corroboration showing Jenkins, then the sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, accepting over $75,000 in exchange for giving law enforcement authority to local businessmen, as well as two undercover FBI special agents.

@timbray@cosocial.ca
2025-05-27 16:16:27

Pretty amazing. And yet, the majority of Americans won’t see this story because the truth is paywalled but the bullshit is free. Which feels more and more to me like one of the world’s most important problems.
masto.ai/@Nonilex/114580574368

Nonilex (@Nonilex@masto.ai)
The #corruption is overwhelming #Trump Pardoned #TaxCheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner #PaulWalczak’s #pardon application cited his mother’s support for Trump, including raising millions of dollars & a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary. #law #USpol #plutocracy #kleptocracy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=212B8F5D-CA9A-4035-999B-5C9AC5F9…

@jerome@jasette.facil.services
2025-05-29 04:40:47

Good riddance. It was always meant to end eventually, 2 big egos can’t stay together for a long time. But with all the damage that he did, I’ll be having a hard time forgiving anyone still supporting him. nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/poli

Elon Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington and DOGE
The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.

@gfriend@mas.to
2025-04-29 22:04:15

A more interesting question, perhaps: 
why are so many people obeying these circumventions of proper lawmaking?
nytimes.com/video/us/politics/

Video: Why Trump Is Signing So Many Executive Orders
In the first 100 days of his second presidency, Donald J. Trump has been relying heavily on executive actions. Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains that strategy.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-05-27 19:00:19

"'Holy grail' of limitless clean energy could be here by 2040"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

'Holy grail' of limitless clean energy could be here by 2040
Hopes are rising of providing near-limitless clean energy in just 15 years

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 12:01:09

Republicans face new pressure to extend expiring Obamacare tax credits (Sahil Kapur/NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/
memeorandum.com/250602/p12#a25

@ingo@social.stuetzle.cc
2025-05-28 18:00:56

„#Project2025 ist der eigentliche Motor des #Trump|schen Theaters. Ich habe vor über einem Jahr die ganzen 900 Seiten durchgelesen. Der Kern von Project 2025 ist die Abschaffung des rechtmäßigen Verwaltungsstaates. Das erreicht man durch die Auflösung oder Streichung der Mittel aller Ministe…

»Die, die ein Risiko eingehen können, sollten es auch tun«
Kann der Umbau der USA zur Diktatur noch gestoppt werden? Die Influencerin Robbin von @PullupsPastaPolitics ist pessimistisch, aber nicht hoffnungslos

@DiverDoc@mstdn.ca
2025-05-24 12:34:27

𝑪𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑫𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝒏 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔.
#Alberta #politics
“… if we count the eight parliamentary secretaries the percentage of UCP caucus members in cabinet is actually 76 per cent.”
us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=b

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-01 20:36:37

Trump Is Said to Have Known About NASA Nominee's Donations Before Picking Him (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/poli
memeorandum.com/250601/p61#a25

@profcarroll@federate.social
2025-03-26 12:52:46

The unredacted Houthi PC small group Signal chat published in full today since Trump admin repeated its assertion there was no classified information. You be the judge. theatlantic.com/politics/archi

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-01 22:45:38

Trump Amplifies Outlandish Robot Biden Conspiracy Theory (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/poli
memeorandum.com/250601/p72#a25

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-05-31 16:35:22

⭐️Trump, Bashed the Federalist Society
(Not Corrupt Enough),
Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks
⭐️Felon growns increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda,
including by judges he appointed

Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks
The president has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed.

@fgraver@hcommons.social
2025-05-23 20:33:55

The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying | The Nation thenation.com/article/politics

The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying
The dead hand of gerontocracy is also a symptom of ideological malaise.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-02 17:30:43

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift judge's order blocking federal overhaul (Maureen Groppe/USA Today)
usatoday.com/story/news/politi
memeorandum.com/250602/p80#a25

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-01 21:01:03

'It's completely unsustainable': Republican lawmaker doubles down, knocks Trump tax bill (Savannah Kuchar/USA Today)
usatoday.com/story/news/politi
memeorandum.com/250601/p63#a25

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-06-01 02:25:19

Even Trump started to doubt Musk and DOGE’s promise to cut $1 trillion, report claims: ‘Was it bulls***?’ | The Independent
independent.co.uk/politics/tru

@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de
2025-05-25 17:18:07

How #Vietnam bets on serving the #Trump organization. Despicable, including land evictions—not particularly a thing the Vietnamese people fancy.

Video: Inside a Trump Family Project in Vietnam
As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects. Damien Cave, Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, and Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the international desk, discuss how this dynamic has played out in Vietnam, at the groundbreaking of a fast-tracked $1.5 billion Trump golf complex.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-06-01 02:22:55

Musk’s DOGE took control of the U.S. Institute of Peace. It brought roaches and rats to D.C. headquarters, court docs say | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

@arXiv_econGN_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-05-28 07:22:43

The Families that Stay Together: A Network Analysis of Dynastic Power in Philippine Politics
Rafael Acuna, Aldie Alejandro, Robert Leung
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21280

The Families that Stay Together: A Network Analysis of Dynastic Power in Philippine Politics
Dynasties have long dominated Philippine politics. Despite the theoretical consensus that dynastic rule erodes democratic accountability, there is limited empirical evidence establishing dynasties' true impact on development. A key challenge has been developing robust metrics for characterizing dynasties that facilitate meaningful comparisons across geographies and election cycles. Using election data from 2004 to 2022, we leverage methods from graph theory to develop four indicators to investi…

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-04-30 07:03:55

"Malgré des semaines de couverture médiatique négative, des déportations très médiatisées de migrants et d'étudiants munis de visas, et une décision négative de la Cour suprême, l'immigration reste le dossier le plus populaire de M. Trump : 47 % l'approuvent, tandis que 51 % le désapprouvent, selon un sondage New York Times/Siena College réalisé ce mois-ci."
#Trump

The most surprising things from Trump’s first 100 days
The first 6.8 percent of Trump 2.0, briefly explained.

@ruario@vivaldi.net
2025-05-19 06:31:40

@… This posted last year explains it
rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0513/14

@arXiv_mathHO_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-05-27 07:30:48

An Anarchist Approach to the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum
Asia Matthews, Vincent Bouchard
arxiv.org/abs/2505.18811

An Anarchist Approach to the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum
Contemporary anarchism centers around three tenets: (1) a constant challenge of and resistance to all forms of domination, (2) so-called "prefigurative politics", in which all decisions are made in a manner that is consistent with a set of non-hierarchical values such as equality, decentralization and voluntary cooperation, (3) a focus on diversity and open-endedness (Gordon, 2008). Within this philosophy the notion of end goals becomes moot; progress, then, is measured by process, in which the…

@glauber@writing.exchange
2025-05-29 12:45:32
Content warning: US politics

I think I got it. T* going after imaginary Venezuelan gangs and pardoning the leaders of real American gangs:
It's America First!
#uspol

@profcarroll@federate.social
2025-03-24 17:59:31

“We are currently clean on OPSEC.”
👊🇺🇸🔥
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-05-31 16:10:48

ACLU Presses to Stop Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act in Court Brief - The New York Times
nytimes.com/2025/05/31/us/poli

@gwendolyn@mastodon.cloud
2025-03-30 07:10:31

Jerry Falwell and #MeToo agree that men who want sex are evil.
When Christian Fundamentalist Conservatives and Radical Feminists agree, people who still have some common sense need to stick together and fight for sanity.

Heather_860
The Democrats Are Now The Moral Majority - in the worst possible way One of the most fascinating things in the last few decades of U.S. politics is the total reversal of the sex-positive vs sex-negative positions of the two main parties. In the 80s and 90s the Republicans were the party of Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority. The sex-phobic Puritan idiots were all in the GOP. The sex-positive enjoy life and don't suppress healthy natural desires party was the Democrats. In the 90s the …

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 12:36:13

Trump Championed Rulings That Are Now Being Used to Check His Power (Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-
memeorandum.com/250531/p8#a250

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 18:31:10

These Kentucky Republicans attempt an unlikely bulwark to Trump (Paul Kane/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/politics/20
memeorandum.com/250531/p41#a25

@blaise@mastodon.cloud
2025-05-22 15:11:45

Just because someone was born into a rich family , that doesn't mean they aren't trash...
nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/poli

Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation
President Trump showed a video and leafed through printouts that he falsely claimed showed widespread persecution of white South Africans. The country’s president tried to correct the record.

@patrickquin@furry.engineer
2025-05-24 00:59:17
Content warning: Politics

tumblr.com/the-problematic-tro The sass against missing the point is so good

Reblog by @the-problematic-trolley · 1 image
💬 93  🔁 4610  ❤️ 9697 · Transhumanism, acceptance of progress - furry, specifically protogen. (Furry has a lot of political weight/associations). Argument for disability rights with the protogen.…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 17:30:59

Trump pardons drive a big, burgeoning business for lobbyists (NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr
memeorandum.com/250531/p34#a25

@ose_rouge@don.linxx.net
2025-05-30 16:49:06

»The group is due to play the enormous annual Belfast Vital festival at the council-owned Boucher Playing Fields in south Belfast on August 29, in support of Dublin band Fontaines DC.« 😭😭 (I used to love Fontaines DC.). newsletter.co.uk/news/politics

@tiotasram@kolektiva.social
2025-05-13 05:24:13

Just read through "Sanctuary" by Paola Mendez & Abby Sher, which was electrifying as I read news about ICE kidnappings in local towns, including one in Waltham today where they left a kid alone on the sidewalk:
#ICE #kidnappings

@profcarroll@federate.social
2025-03-24 17:59:31

“We are currently clean on OPSEC.”
👊🇺🇸🔥
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 13:11:06

Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing (NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/national-
memeorandum.com/250531/p10#a25

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 14:11:09

Universities quietly negotiating with White House aide to try to avoid Harvard's fate, source says (Betsy Klein/CNN)
cnn.com/2025/05/31/politics/un
memeorandum.com/250531/p19#a25

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-05-31 01:32:59

Canada calls on Israel to abandon plans for new West Bank settlements
ctvnews.ca/politics/article/ca

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 17:46:03

Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system (Natasha Bertrand/CNN)
cnn.com/2025/05/30/politics/he
memeorandum.com/250531/p36#a25

@davidslifka@mastodon.social
2025-03-07 09:10:42

If only a free speech absolutist were in power
nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/poli

Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

@isonno@mastodon.social
2025-05-11 22:28:43
Content warning: US Politics, immigration

As if our immigration policies couldn't get any worse, the US is now importing people from what was traditionally the most racist place on earth.
nbcnews.com/politics/immigrati

State Department to charter plane bringing first white South Africans to U.S. as refugees
A group of white South Africans will arrive in the U.S. on Monday to be resettled as refugees, a source familiar with their arrival told NBC News.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-05-31 01:47:54

DHS publishes a list of 500 sanctuary cities for ‘obstructing the enforcement’ of Trump’s deportation plans | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

@glauber@writing.exchange
2025-05-29 12:45:32
Content warning: US politics

I think I got it. T* going after imaginary Venezuelan gangs and pardoning the leaders of real American gangs:
It's America First!
#uspol

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 14:01:37

Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/poli
memeorandum.com/250531/p18#a25

@villavelius@mastodon.online
2025-05-19 21:05:16

“I, Harry the Hake, do solemnly declare that I will live and die British. I would rather be left to rot on the jetty than be fed to some Frenchie or Kraut. God save the queen. Sorry, king.”
theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Starmer’s EU reset triggers outbreak of Brexit derangement syndrome
Critics were voicing their opinions long before even an outline of a deal was announced

@Barbarian@social.linux.pizza
2025-04-23 11:59:13

I've started making a concerted effort to avoid using the terms "left" and "right" when talking about #politics.
Calling politicians/parties by more specific names (for example, social democrats, liberals, conservatives, fascists, corporatists, etc) makes everything far more clear and prevents so much confusion.

@anders@mastodon.cyborch.com
2025-04-05 06:32:50

I’m calling it right now: after his fourth term, Trump will appoint Musk as his successor.
#usa #politics #Democracy

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 14:16:02

Trump Officials Unveil Budget Cuts to Aid for Health, Housing and Research (Tony Romm/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/poli
memeorandum.com/250531/p21#a25

@spamless@mastodon.social
2025-05-04 22:41:20

My latest public writing addresses the German Constitutional Protection Office's finding of right-extremism in the AfD party. There is also a German version of my post.
#politics #AfD #Germany

Validating viewpoints by popularity
Response to supporters of Germany's AfD party

@jonpainterphoto@lawfedi.blue
2025-04-05 18:01:35

Fire from The Atlantic.
#USPol #Tariffs

Because Lesotho’s citizens are too poor to afford most U.S. exports, while the U.S. imports $237 million in diamonds and other goods from the small landlocked nation, we have reserved close to our highest-possible tariff rate for one of the world’s poorest countries. The notion that taxing Lesotho gemstones is necessary for the U.S. to add steel jobs in Ohio is so absurd that I briefly lost consciousness in the middle of writing this sentence.

There Is Only One Way to Make Sense of the Tariffs
The policy is absurd. It’s also an extension of Trump’s chaotic personality.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-05-31 13:21:08

Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/poli
memeorandum.com/250531/p11#a25

@ruario@vivaldi.net
2025-05-19 06:32:37

@… read this from last year and it explains what happened again this year
rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0513/14

@davidshq@hachyderm.io
2025-05-25 15:01:28

"In Boston, between 1709 and 1713, townspeople protested vigorously and then took extralegal action when Andrew Belcher, a wealthy merchant, refused to stop exporting grain during a bread shortage in the city...he chose to export grain to the Caribbean, at a handsome profit, rather than sell it for a smaller profit to hungry townspeople, his ships were attacked and his warehouses emptied by an angry crowd...Bostonians of meagre means learned that through concerted action, the powerless could become powerful, if only for the moment. Wealthy merchants who would not listen to pleas from the community could be forced through collective action to subordinate profits to the public need."
- Gary B. Nash, "Social Change and the Growth of Prerevolutionary Urban Radicalism" in The American Revolution (ed. Alfred F. Young, Northern Illinois University Press, 1976), pg. 11
#history #politics #america #quote

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-05-27 15:00:15

"Exposed: The Politics Behind Natural England’s Controversial Badger Cull Licences"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Badgers #Animals

Exposed: The Politics Behind Natural England’s Controversial Badger Cull Licences
Badger Trust and Wild Justice expose troubling evidence from a Judicial Review revealing Natural England's controversial badger cull licensing. 

@fooflington@infosec.exchange
2025-05-12 07:38:20
Content warning: UK politics

When #Labour reuse #Tory slogans like "take back control", what sort of signal does that send? How should we tell them apart? It can't be beyond the wit of speech writers to come up with something different that means the same… can it?

@ose_rouge@don.linxx.net
2025-05-30 16:49:06

»The group is due to play the enormous annual Belfast Vital festival at the council-owned Boucher Playing Fields in south Belfast on August 29, in support of Dublin band Fontaines DC.« 😭😭 (I used to love Fontaines DC.). newsletter.co.uk/news/politics

@patrick_townsend@infosec.exchange
2025-03-06 18:57:16

Mike Masnick has a great piece in Techdirt on the intersection of technology and politics. Well worth a read:
techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-te
You can also …

Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…

@smurthys@hachyderm.io
2025-05-28 03:16:37

#NYT: State Department Halts Interviews Abroad for Student and Exchange Visas
He is going to choke the universities and bleed them dry. And set the country back significantly in so many ways.
#uspol #HigherEd #academics #visa

@benrosstransit@mastodon.social
2025-05-14 00:41:08

Maryland suspends 20,000 drivers licenses per year because of unpaid child support. And how many does it suspend because of bad driving?
thebaltimorebanner.com/pol…

Maryland lawmakers scale back driver’s license suspensions for unpaid child support
The measure exempts Marylanders making at or 250% below the federal poverty guidelines.

@ruario@vivaldi.net
2025-05-19 06:33:36

@… Then read or listen to this post from last year and it will all make sense
rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0513/14

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-05-05 17:01:01

🗳️ Can the “Red Wave” Stop Austerity in Finland?
#politics

Can the “Red Wave” Stop Austerity in Finland?
Last Sunday’s local and regional elections in Finland saw a big defeat for the hard-right Finns Party. Its leader called the gains for left-wing parties a “red wave” — but it’s less clear that this will halt the government’s austerity agenda.

@erk709@social.linux.pizza
2025-04-17 01:00:32

What #Trump heard: "Please, please, Sir! Make a deal."
What actually happened: "Please, please, Sir! Come down off the ledge!"
#politics #insanity

Please, Please Sir
What Trump heard: “Please, please, Sir! Make a deal.”What actually happened: “Please, please, Sir! Come down off the ledge!”

@anders@mastodon.cyborch.com
2025-04-05 06:32:50

I’m calling it right now: after his fourth term, Trump will appoint Musk as his successor.
#usa #politics #Democracy

@spamless@mastodon.social
2025-05-04 22:41:20

My latest public writing addresses the German Constitutional Protection Office's finding of right-extremism in the AfD party. There is also a German version of my post.
#politics #AfD #Germany

Validating viewpoints by popularity
Response to supporters of Germany's AfD party

@jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-05-20 15:27:40

Ugh. So twitter right now is WAY too effective at dividing the Dems. I hope we get this out of our system.
For the record, the big problem here is misplaced faith in the (white) left; e.g. Bernie's a good cheerleader but *wildly* ineffective on the ground because at the end of the day you have to work within the ugly system
a thing elder black folks in politics excel at, which the white left ALWAYS seems to forget

@tiotasram@kolektiva.social
2025-05-21 04:49:09

I've never written a novel or any other intensely-plotted work of fiction, but anyone who has read or watched it played a lot of stories can probably also recognize that some authors just aren't good at endings. They're great at setting things in motion, at keeping the twists and turns coming, at the soap opera style of drama. But they just don't have the craft necessary to tie things together into a satisfying conclusion. I imagine it's much harder than the process of getting things going out keeping them moving, since you both have to wind down all the various threads you've spun up and balance satisfaction with believability.
I just finished Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi, and it has a bad ending. The beginning is fine, the middle has plenty of drama to keep you wanting to see what happens, but the ending is murky, unsatisfying, and manages neither veracity nor satisfaction (even discounting the biggest next step that might reasonably have been left there to make room for a sequel).
Given the other issues with the book, from poor politics, to inauthentic characters, to a techno-optimism that feels as bitter in this moment as it is far from the mark in its predictions, I can't recommended it, despite having read through to the end.
#AmReading

@ruario@vivaldi.net
2025-05-18 07:14:19

If you watched #Eurovision and wondered what the hell just happened after Israel received nearly five times more points from the public than from the juries you should read this:

@smurthys@hachyderm.io
2025-05-24 06:14:48

Crypto? More like corrupto.
#crypto #corruption #Trump #uspol
us.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics

@erk709@social.linux.pizza
2025-04-17 01:00:32

What #Trump heard: "Please, please, Sir! Make a deal."
What actually happened: "Please, please, Sir! Come down off the ledge!"
#politics #insanity

Please, Please Sir
What Trump heard: “Please, please, Sir! Make a deal.”What actually happened: “Please, please, Sir! Come down off the ledge!”