🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Midnight Oil:
🎵 My Country
#MidnightOil
https://bobfenster.bandcamp.com/track/my-country-midnight-oil-cover
Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Donald Trump have had a tense relationship
that escalated into threats by Mr. Trump,
before easing.
Anything could happen at their Feb. 3 meeting.
The meeting between the two presidents
— arranged after Trump threatened Mr. Petro with military action
— is meant to de-escalate tensions, diplomats said.
It is also meant to address topics such as “the fight against transnational organized crime, especially on the border,”…
How ICE turned into what it is today (Thor Benson/madness)
https://madness.ghost.io/how-ice-turned-into-what-it-is-today/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p36#a260202p36
Never heard about 'Sleepy Joe' #Biden doing that, now, did you?
Donald Trump Asked Staff to Put Fewer Meetings on His Schedule - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-asked-staff-to-put-fewer-meetings-on-his-schedule-11293367
A documentary from several years back that's worth checking out if you're already a fan or just curious about Charlie Parr, IMHO a true great of American music.
#americana
Sad for all those accounts on #MedMastodon after the server disappeared. I hope this make it even more clear that #mastodon needs way to let users own the data and allow it to be easily ported between servers.
People don't feel safe on small servers or often don't understand…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Mdou Moctar:
🎵 Takamba
#MdouMoctar
https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/track/takamba
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sShDttRtvGQEQQpNtXUxQ
Trump appears to doze off in another meeting (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/02/donald-trump-drowsy-cabinet-meeting/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p154#a251202p154
A board-certified cardiologist in December expressed alarm over the state of Trump's health, citing several instances in recent weeks where he appeared to fall asleep during crowded White House meetings before jolting suddenly into periods of intense energy.
"He's done this several times in the last few weeks. He's fallen asleep in a crowded Oval Office and he's also fallen asleep at Cabinet meetings with people talking directly to him. That's what's called…
Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-sleep-cabinet-meeting.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p165#a251202p165