Tootfinder

uspolitics, trump
I keep seeing smart people writing stuff like
> [the US] kept peace through strength balanced with restraint, and wielded influence through culture, values, and diplomacy
I understand that #Trump is terrible and some people feel tempted to idealize what they had before him, but we should be more discerning, or otherwise it becomes impossible to understand how this happened in the first place.
Let's start with some questions:
- peace where? and for who? was it true peace, or "Pax Romana"?
- are we going to take seriously that statement on "restraint"? after all the lies, internal witch hunting, sanctions, coups, wars, invasions, genocides, and last but not least, 2 unnecessary nuclear strikes on Japan?
Now, on "culture, values, and diplomacy". Sure. Why not. Not everything was going to be bad, right?
But the thing is, abusive husbands aren't bad all the time either. From time to time they know how to be sweet and seem to care: one present here, flowers the next day, a little bit of gaslighting, and fake apologies after that "accidental" slap.
Given enough time (if the wife is still alive), at some point the victim decides to leave, and then all hell breaks loose. Trump is the manifestation of that moment. He does not represent a change in #USA's nature, but a hidden side that was "always" there, just waiting to play its role.
Others believe this is because #US citizens have been intentionally dumbed down by a combination of propaganda and a disfunctional education system, and I'm sure it's partly true... But let's see what many of their most brilliant and educated citizens are choosing to do with their lives today: https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/12/stanford-students-want-in-on-the-military-tech-gold-rush/
So, all I'm asking is: please drop the act. It was always a clusterfuck.

https://loops.video/v/8Ccte4zm8K

Brazil is piloting dWallet, a digital wallet program that allows users to monetize their data, the first nationwide initiative of its kind in the world (Gabriel Daros/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/brazil-dwallet-user-data-pilot/

In a world first, Brazilians will soon be able to sell their digital data
Brazil is piloting dWallet, that lets citizens earn money from their data, but experts warn it could deepen inequality.

The Second-Class Citizenship of Palestinian Israelis https://jacobin.com/2025/05/palestinian-israelis-apartheid-discrimination-segregation/

The Second-Class Citizenship of Palestinian Israelis
Horrific, genocidal atrocities are being carried out against Palestinians in Gaza right now. But Israeli historian Ilan Pappé explains that Palestinian Israelis also find themselves in an “apartheid state” inside Israel.

Well then. I killed the final boss with a single 388,000 point hit, by far the biggest I've ever managed, the finale cutscene begins, and the game crashes for the first time.
Round we go.

ICE agents' task is to deport as many people as they can. It does not matter whether they are citizens, legal residents or tourists; each team's performance is measured by that number alone. "We searched hard but found no illegal aliens or gang members." is no excuse for a zero score. And they know that any mistakes they might make will have no consequences; at worst, they will be pardoned by the Orange Boss.

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#Resist #Democracy

1984 on steroids.
"Needless to say, putting American data in the hands of a company whose CEO boasts about his company’s capacity to kill and intimidate doesn’t inspire confidence that the data will be handled responsibly."
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stor…

Trump appears to be building an unprecedented spy machine that could track Americans
As Donald Trump and his administration pursue crippling austerity measures across the country, they’re plunging millions into a company that’s expanding the government’s ability to spy on its own citizens.

Across the country, Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine or altogether undo the will of the voters -- by making it harder to pass amendments and laws through citizen-led initiatives.
In #Missouri, the 2025 legislative session was dominated by Republican lawmakers trying to reverse two major measures that voters had put on the ballot and approved just months before;
one made

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures.

#Greenland
https://loops.video/v/8Ccte4zm8K