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swingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers

Blanche: 'It isn't a crime to party with Mr. Epstein' (Ryan Mancini/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5719992-doj-todd-blanche-epstein-files-parties/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p57#a260203p57

> 7 ans après ce post.
30 ans après les faits.
En France, les victimes engagées en tant que parties civiles attendent toujours que la justice bouge.
Le dossier OKC-Spatz a été rouvert en 2021. Depuis ?
Silence.
La Belgique a jugé.
L’Espagne a protégé Spatz.

Some of us have been saything this for a long time, but there can no longer be any doubt: under the Trump administration, the US is an enemy of democracy. Since taking power, Trump and his minions have:
⁃ Threatened to annex Greenland. Several times.
⁃ Meddled in the affairs of NATO allies by calling for right-wing extremist parties to come to power.
⁃ Attacked nations on other continents (including Iran and Nigeria)
⁃ Launched a military raid on Venezuela, illegally kid…

1 Apple
https://www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-get-into-wapo-reporters-iphone-because-it-had-lockdown-mode-enabled

FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking someone's device. At least for now.

“How could we have known?!”
Maybe if you’d listened to those of us warning you – often times your own damn friends – instead of siding with the corporations that paid your salaries/consulting fees/sponsored your conferences/invited you to parties and bought you free booze…
🤷‍♂️
#BigTech #BigWeb

Isabella #Brunner from Leiden University highlights an interesting aspect of the #UN #Cybercrime Convention:

""The problem with treating politics as a doughnut, where the centre is consistantly defined as the hole where policy doesn't belong is that it leaves the parties of the Hole to just react to wherever the dough is.""
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-labours

The Gist: UK Labour's FG mastermind
The UK Labour Party is being run into the ground, thanks to adopting FG's election tactics. This is the Gist.

Jerry Jones Speaks Out On Trevon Diggs After Departure https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/jerry-jones-shares-thoughts-trevon-diggs/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Bauhaus:
🎵 She's In Parties
#Bauhaus
https://djvampire.bandcamp.com/track/bauhaus-shes-in-parties-special-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2RQkcg3BPdm8wJDVbrFRzr

Robert Spatz, le gourou d’OKC, est toujours en liberté. Au moins un abus est en cours en Espagne. En France, seules six parties civiles se battent pour qu’un mandat d’arrêt international soit enfin délivré.
https://youtu.be/R04H6ht2QU4?si=cjoqHTQjSsS9jmdU

Well actually the duration of a year is 365.256363004 days
Also I’m fun at parties

FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled https://www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-get-into-wapo-reporters-iphone-because-it-had-lockdown-mode-enabled/

swingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers<…

⛰️ In the Andes, elections ride on political frustrations and social movements
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-the-andes-elections-ride-on-political-frustrations-and-social-movements/

In the Andes, elections ride on political frustrations and social movements
The Andean Republics, like many nations in Hispanic America, have a historical tradition of electing charismatic presidents who use their electoral success to subjugate legislatures and dominate political parties. Over the last couple of decades, presidential candidates have extended this approach by abandoning legacy parties to create new political instruments that would be considered campaign […]

A 2016 civil lawsuit found in the Epstein files alleges that
Trump raped a 13-year-old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein in NY.
Epstein raped her too.
For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case…
Immediately following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened Plaintiff that,
were she ever to reveal any of the details of the sexual and physical abuse of her by Defendant Trump,
Plaintiff and her family would be physically harmed if not killed.”<…

Age Verification | United States Department of Justice

“Not so fast! The Clayton Act – which bars this kind of merger – is designed to be enforced by the feds, state governments, and private parties. That means that California AG Rob Bonta can step in to block this merger, which he's getting ready to do”
https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/#reality-based-community

Das großartige Chilirezept (hier immer ohne Schokolade und mit weniger Olivenöl und mit Hackfleisch) funktioniert auch perfekt mit Erbsenprotein, 100g reichen völlig, wo ansonsten 500g Hackfleisch zum Einsatz kommen. Und dann noch eine Dose Kidneybohnen, von denen die Hälfte püriert wird zwecks Erhöhung der Sämigkeit. #nommention

Texas-Style Chili Recipe (Gift Recipe)
Calling a dish "Texas Chili,” especially if you’re not a native of that state, is clearly asking for trouble. But this recipe, refined over years of potlucks and Super Bowl parties, is too good to keep under wraps. Its depth of flavor, from different chile types, makes this recipe stand out. It also has whole spices, unsweetened chocolate and dark beer that meld seamlessly into a brick-red sauce that naps the succulent meat. The meat can be cut into large chunks, or, more traditionally, thi…

How can ‘vote blue no matter who’ work when both parties answer to capitalism?
#USPol #USA #US #Republican

Fantastic warm speech from the Green's Hannah Spencer, who just smashed the English right wing parties with a 4k majority win 👏🏼

swingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers<…

Trump Parties With Millionaires as American Troops Die (Nico Hines/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-big-money-party-as-missiles-are-fired-at-americans/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260301/p51#a260301p51

Shout-out to the guy who replied to this that the USA was never real but always a bully.
He must be great fun at parties.
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115810373152115216

A 2006 contract between the Post Office and Fujitsu shows that both parties were aware of bugs in the Fujitsu’s Horizon accounting software, and also that Fujitsu could take control over the system, contradicting statements by the Post Office in its action against hundreds of sub-postmasters accused of fraud, some of whom took their own lives.

Secret contract proves Post Office and Fujitsu were aware of bugs in Horizon
A 2006 contract between the Post Office and Fujitsu shows that both parties were aware of bugs in the Fujitsu’s Horizon accounting software, and also ...

I thought this was pretty funny. Awkward dinner parties.
Hopefully no paywall, gift article.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/20

A 2025 Ranking You Won’t Read Anywhere Else
Salmon with Abraham Lincoln and Jesus, plus other hypothetical dinner parties from The Katie Miller Podcast

Wondering how many people use an 'IP Geolocation' extension in their browser to tell them *where* websites they visit are actually hosted... I use "Country Flag & IP Whois" for (Fire|Water)Fox which, for example, shows me which Aotearoa NZ civil society organisations, gov't agencies, & political parties host their websites onshore... It's quite telling.

In many European countries, including Britain, Germany and France,
far-right parties seem ascendant.
And Donald Trump is doing what he can to undermine democracy in the United States.
Yet a closer analysis shows that autocrats are often running scared of their people.
And surprisingly, democracy these days seems sometimes to be held in higher esteem in the global south than in the democratic heartland of the west.
These trends show there is nothing inevitable ab…

Living in a capitalist society makes me simultaneously hate and understand some things.
Back when the Sunday shopping ban was set in Poland by one of the right-wing parties (with some exceptions for petty capitalists, of course), I was outraged. Why are they forcing their religious customs on me?! But nowadays, I do realize that in a capitalist society, where employment laws are full of loopholes and employers explicitly punish employees for taking a day off, an obligatory no-business day is the only way.
On top of that, after living next to a supermarket for a few years… this is literally the only way to have a quiet day, without cars driving, and car doors slamming all the time. And of course night time deliveries, because you obviously can't lose day's business over such things.
And what I hate even more are these multi-day holidays and long weekends, where suddenly all my routine falls apart, and I can't really enjoy holidays while the train timetable is randomly punctuated. But then, I do realize that obligatory multi-day holidays are the only way for many people to simultaneously have a day off and be able to meet their families and friends.
I'm not really compatible with the world I'm living in.
#AntiCapitalism #ActuallyAutistic

My inability to get a handle on the size of the crowd from inside the crowd is a metaphor for today writ large. In addition to the big downtown protest, there were multiple protests at the airport, clergy arrested for blocking the airport access road, at least two impromptu neighborhood protests I’m aware of near my house. There were food drives. There were street parties. Many businesses that were “closed” kept their doors open and offered free coffee, pancakes, warming spaces. Nobody really knows everything that happened.
#GeneralStrike #MInneapolis

The regularity of leftish political parties wondering why they lose voters after they've tried so, so hard to embrace centrism* is truly awe-inspiring
*centrism doesn't exist, it's right-wing politics with some lipstick and eyeshadow

> Without 230’s protections, smaller platforms—the ones that might actually compete with the giants—get destroyed first. They can’t afford the vexatious lawsuits. They can’t afford buildings full of lawyers. The big players survive, and their market position gets locked in even harder.
h…

Section 230 Turns 30; Both Parties Want It Gone—For Contradictory Reasons
Here’s what’s strange about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the law that made the open internet possible: Both sides of the traditional political spectrum hate it. But fo…

My (Austrian) bank's online interface is rubbish (unless you download them every 3 months, you lose history data), but they do have other features I don't want to miss (online debit card use with TAN generator rather than app).
Given that undesired parties (such as Klarna) apparently can use access to bank accounts, are there actually useful fintechs that, for example, just provide sensible data exports on the user's behalf?

"I feel increasingly alarmed by what’s happening politically in America. And yet, even in light of everything in Minnesota, some of my friends seem very apolitical. Instead of talking about ways to get involved, they’re going on with business as usual — hosting dinner parties...
My strong intuition is that we’re all obligated to play some role in this. But I don’t know how to convey that to them or how to articulate exactly what that role should be..."

Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do?
It’s not just Minneapolis — all Americans live in a “dual state” now. Here’s what that means.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@Archon/116104313512121764
If I lived in Gorton and Denton, I'd vote Green. But tactical voting is forced on you by the stupid voting system -it's grossly unfair when there are more than two parties. There's a huge …

Inside NeurIPS 2025, and how it has transformed from a small academic conference into a massive industry event with 24,000 attendees, yacht parties, and more (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-conference-neurips-ff6398df?st=CPQ9Zc

> There are now more #BigTech lobbyists than #MEPs¹
➡️ We think: Effective action for democratic, public-interest-oriented, independent #SocialMedia are becoming increasingly important in light of the power of digital corporations.
How do democratic parties intend to suport digitally #sovereign public communication?
@… @… @… @…
¹ 12.11.2025 New episode of EU Watchdog Radio by @…
#SPD #Grüne #Bundestag

U.S. imperialism: different branding, same payload.
#Imperialism #USPol #US #Humor

Concise and useful overview of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian land:
"What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?"
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/world/ukraine-donbas-region-explained-intl

What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?
The United States, Russia and Ukraine rarely agree on anything. But as their delegations head to Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the three parties seem to have come to the same conclusion: Only one issue remains to be resolved.

It's so funny when friends from Before Times visit and tell stories, and my kids are like, "wait... our parents did THAT? OUR PARENTS? and they threw PARTIES??"
#parenting

💔 Les survivants d’OKC ont surmonté des défis incroyables. Ensemble, luttons pour leur droit Š la justice. Rejoignez-nous pour mettre fin Š l'impunité. 🙏 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/

Association Chardons Bleus - Un combat contre la dérive sectaire OKC depuis 27 ans
l'Association Chardons Bleus réunit des victimes-survivants parties civiles dans l'affaire OKC en France après 10 ans de bataille judiciaire en Belgique

People and parties in the EU will probably try again to argue that we should start a "dialogue" with Trump, but about what? How can we have a dialogue about giving up sovereignty? Because it is clear Trump is only interested in ownership and acquiring Greenland. Not in other measures.
#Trump #Greenland

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Bauhaus:
🎵 She's In Parties
#NowPlaying #Bauhaus
https://djvampire.bandcamp.com/track/bauhaus-shes-in-parties-special-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2RQkcg3BPdm8wJDVbrFRzr

"With the two historical parties of government now reduced to a single two headed animal, they no longer have access to the pretence of decrying the party in power (while largely doing the same thing if they get in). Now they both have to argue that everything that is happening is the best possible thing and nothing that is different can be better."

The Gist: The Promise of No Change
For every action needed, why is there an equal and opposite inaction? This is the Gist.

Right, what odds would I get for a bet that the next UK government will be a Labour-Conservative coalition, justified to their supporters by both parties as 'the only way to keep out the extremists'?

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116143024823038390
Software development these days really reminds me of what large political parties do—no shred of thinking about the whole, not even a little bit of conviction, just churning out mid ever more milquetoast "features" designed to eek out a little more compliance.
Moral stances and ethics be damned.

A Fresh Start for Both Parties | Players Lounge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyocXDza7bE

Wenn man den Nordatlantikvertrag¹ (aka NATO) so liest, wird schnell klar, daß angefangen von Artikel 1 ganz vieles darin Trump nicht gefallen kann – und vor allem aber nicht nur die USA sich nie wirklich daran gehalten haben…
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¹https://www.

Article 1
The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.

Whipped Tofu And Rosemary Walnut Dip #plantbased

Whipped Tofu And Rosemary Walnut Dip
This high-protein and vegan whipped tofu and rosemary walnut dip is great for gatherings and parties, festive or otherwise

Bleh. Just saw a friend who found out they couldn’t be followed by one of their friends because (unbeknownst to both parties) the moderators of their friend’s instance had defederated from their own instance. All of this, for people who barely know what any of these terms mean. What they experience is, “Two people you’ve never met have a beef you’ve never heard about over an issue you don’t know about, so your friend can’t see you. And there’s no fix.” It’s just terrible all around.

In the 2.5 months since the Dutch elections, parties here failed to find a majority coalition, because Rutte's VVD successor Yesilgöz - who chose to form the disastrous previous coalition with Wilders' PVV - ruled out a coalition with the Greens/Socialdemocrats this time.
Now we'll get a minority coalition of D66, CDA and VVD. https://nos.nl…

D66, CDA en VVD kiezen voor minderheidskabinet, uitzonderlijk in Nederland
De drie onderhandelende partijen hebben definitief besloten om geen andere partij te benaderen om te regeren. Een minderheidskabinet komt zelden voor.

“For voters opposed to Reform UK, tactical voting represents the most obvious counterstrategy – one of the explanations for the lopsided result in the Caerphilly byelection (which used FPTP). But to be effective, tactical voting requires clear information: voters must know which party has the best chance of defeating Reform UK in their own constituency."
Reform holds 11% lead over Plaid Cymru in Westminster election poll, as centre left vote fragments in Wales

Reform holds 11% lead over Plaid Cymru in Westminster election poll, as centre left vote fragments in Wales
Martin Shipton Reform UK has an 11 point lead over Plaid Cymru in the latest YouGov/Cardiff University opinion poll for Westminster voting intentions, as centre-left support becomes increasingly fragmented across multiple parties amid an increase in support for the Greens. The latest poll conducted by YouGov for Cardiff University shows Reform UK at 30%, while […]

Fedeyx says that my package is on the way with a "trusted third-party vendor". That implies that #Fedex also works with untrusted third-parties.

It’s going to be hard for the press to get their arms around everything going on. Honestly, it’s hard to get my head around it here on the ground: people are marching downtown, people are protesting at the airport, people are holding neighborhood protests, people are holding block parties out in the bitter cold…. It’s hard to even know where to be!
Good news is it will get up to -10°F / -23°C this afternoon.

At least someone's enjoying the thought of a by-election in Farrer
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/report-farrer-by-election-is-going-to-be-a-real-shitshow/

Report: Farrer By-Election Is Going To Be A Real Shitshow
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact For years, Farrer was the kind of seat political parties kept in the china cabinet. Safe. Reliable. Only taken out on special occasions. With the vacancy declared, what should have been a routine rural by-election has instead morphed into a full-blown political demolition derby. The Coalition

📸 2018 : entre deux procès de la secte OKC.
2025 : en Belgique, certaines indemnisations ne sont toujours pas versées.
Et en France ? Le dossier est gelé.
⏳ 8 ans d’attente pour les parties civiles.
🔇 19 audition. 1 mise en examen. 0 arrestation.

Back again, after a couple parties and some other fun social times. Today was Marie’s biscuits with egg and bacon, tea and coffee. #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/NbV1CkWRoNehcRdw5

The lesson is not ‘boy this is outrageous’
The lesson is that without any punishment the behavior will continue.
https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mfkfhvves223

Roger Parloff (@rparloff.bsky.social)
Lessons from the MN civil contempt case, by me: Petitioner’s atty: “I understand that the caseload has affected all parties astronomically, and we are all human. But my client is, too. . . . All the people behind these petitions are humans.” https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lessons-from-the-minnesota-s-civil-contempt-case

California reaches a $50M settlement with Meta to resolve claims that Facebook users were misled about their ability to limit who could see personal details (The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/19/facebook-users-dec…

Meta, California agree to settle Facebook privacy case
Third parties harvested personal data even though the company claimed to offer privacy, a lawsuit says.

“Trump’s America is not merely indifferent to Europe – it’s positively hostile to it. That has enormous implications for the continent and for Britain, which too many of our leaders still refuse to face.
…
The motive hardly matters: whether the US regards the EU as an enemy for transactional or ideological reasons, it now sees it as an enemy.
…
[Mark] Rutte warns of war, urging Europe to prepare itself, yet he has nothing to say about the one-time ally across the Atlantic…

💔 Survivre Š une dérive sectaire, c’est déjŠ un combat. Se reconstruire et chercher justice, c’est encore plus difficile. Aidons les victimes d’OKC Š faire entendre leur voix au tribunal. ⚖️ 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org

Association Chardons Bleus - Un combat contre la dérive sectaire OKC depuis 27 ans
l'Association Chardons Bleus réunit des victimes-survivants parties civiles dans l'affaire OKC en France après 10 ans de bataille judiciaire en Belgique

Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
https://

Don’t Have To Apologize For Being Popehat Anymore (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
What a psycho. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

I live in Bergen, Norway. I’m not a fan of political parties, and I really value living in shared, cooperative communities.
Lately, I’ve felt guilty for not taking part in the recent protests in solidarity with Rojava, I wish I’d done my part.
Don’t be like me, get out there, protest, support your community, and don’t stay quiet.
#Rojava

swingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers<…

I appreciate all the legal thoughts laid out here in this piece (via @…), and yes, Congress and all the relevant parties should move in all these fronts.
I find it hard, however, to take completely seriously a legal strategy document of this length that (1) imagines Congress doing any of this and (2) mentions the SCOTUS only twice, and then only in reference to its past upholding of law. I’m not convinced this is a piece that fully appreciates the severity of the current situation and the degree of institutional rot.
https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/115758300023480323

Google agrees to pay $68 million to settle voice recording lawsuit https://therecord.media/google-settles-millions-privacy-recording

Dutch parties aiming for rare minority coalition government (Bart Meijer/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/dutch-parties-aim-form-minority-government-nos-reports-2026-01-09/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p72#a260109p72

In the 2.5 months since the Dutch elections, parties here failed to find a majority coalition, because Rutte's VVD successor Yesilgöz - who chose to form the disastrous previous coalition with Wilders' PVV - ruled out a coalition with the Greens/Socialdemocrats this time.
Now we'll get a minority coalition of D66, CDA and VVD. https://nos.nl…

D66, CDA en VVD kiezen voor minderheidskabinet, uitzonderlijk in Nederland
De drie onderhandelende partijen hebben definitief besloten om geen andere partij te benaderen om te regeren. Een minderheidskabinet komt zelden voor.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Bauhaus:
🎵 She's In Parties
#NowPlaying #Bauhaus
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

swingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers<…

PayPal says it has filed applications to establish PayPal Bank to provide loans more efficiently to US small businesses and reduce its reliance on third parties (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/paypal<…

We need more folks who understand POSSE and why it's crucial to a) personal digital sovereignty, b) functional open (democratic) societies, and c) a free and open Internet: Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.
canonical: https://indieweb.org/POSSE
popular media:

Markus Frohnmaier was among some ‌20 state, federal and EU lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany party to attend the annual black-tie gala hosted by the New York Young Republican ‌Club.
Buoyed by the new U.S. security strategy that praises Europe's far-right parties,
the senior German lawmaker called for an alliance between U.S. and German nationalist parties

German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala
By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh NEW YORK/BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A senior German far-right lawmaker called for an alliance between U.S. and German...

🚧 L’accès Š la justice est un combat. Encore plus pour des survivant-es de dérives sectaires. Aidons-les Š surmonter cet obstacle et Š voir leur dossier avancer. Chaque don compte ! 💙 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org

Association Chardons Bleus - Un combat contre la dérive sectaire OKC depuis 27 ans
l'Association Chardons Bleus réunit des victimes-survivants parties civiles dans l'affaire OKC en France après 10 ans de bataille judiciaire en Belgique

Trump may end NAT0,
But he is well on the way to forming the Coalition of Shithole Countries
https://kolektiva.social/@EricLawton/115850715047482958

« Imaginez : un gourou condamné en Belgique, mais toujours libre en Espagne. Pire, des abus continuent aujourd’hui. En France, seules six parties civiles portent ce combat pour qu’il réponde enfin devant la justice.

(For those not in the know: Minneapolis is heavily, heavily Democratic, but there are really two Democratic Parties here, split loosely speaking between leftists and centrists; city council and mayoral elections are always bitter fights between these groups)

wonder how these people who vague-reply “why would you use Apple products” when you post about good or bad things with Apple products fare at parties

I’ll never understand how someone can claim to be a leftist while still supporting parties that defend and sustain capitalist exploitation.
#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism

With a historic supermajority now secured, the Japanese
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Sanae Takaichi stands at its strongest position in decades.
The collapse of the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) in the same election has left Japan’s political landscape without its most prominent counterweight.
The question now is simple: what is left of Japan’s opposition?
Running under the slogan “Citizens First,” the CRA tried to appeal to voters with middle-ground messagi…

[Insider] Where Will Japan’s Bruised Opposition Go After Takaichi’s Big Win? - Unseen Japan
PM Takaichi secured a supermajority in the Lower House election as the opposition fractured. What comes next for Japan’s politics?

Much more so than in his first four years in office,
Trump has begun his second term with what amounts to an all-out assault on many of the institutions and policy paradigms that have long been seen by leaders of both major political parties as the foundations of American economic strength.
He has sought to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve,
fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency that collects key economic data,
and cut funding to …

Trump’s First Year Could Have Lasting Economic Consequences
President Trump’s policies have so far done little to change the overall state of the American economy, but economists warn they will ultimately weaken the United States.

⚖️ 6 parties civiles se battent pour la justice dans l’affaire OKC-Spatz. iElles n’ont pas les moyens de payer leurs avocats. Chardons Bleus est lŠ pour les soutenir. Aidons-les Š poursuivre leur combat ! votre don peut faire la différence 💙 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/dons

Cagnotte Juridique | Association Chardons Bleus
Depuis 2015, nous luttons pour la justice contre les dérives sectaires de l’Ogyen Kunzang Chöling (OKC)

The FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington.
Agents arrested Brian J. Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, on explosive charges.
Calls to relatives of Cole listed in public records were not immediately returned.
The mystery behind the person’s identity has bedeviled law enforcement and helped fuel conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021, …

5 years later, authorities arrest a suspect in Washington pipe bomb case. Here's what to know
The FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington, D.C. The mystery behind the person’s identity has bedeviled law enforcement and helped fuel conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021, and the Capitol riot by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters

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In Hong Kong, companies have received “America 250” forms from the U.S. consulate
soliciting donations.
In Japan, companies have heeded the call and committed to tens of millions of dollars in contributions.
In Singapore, the American ambassador pressed for donations before a room full of executives at a dinner at one of the city-state’s most expensive hotels.
The solicitations from the diplomatic outposts come as Trump's allies are aggressively raising money for a…

Like Trump, U.S. Embassies Are Raising Cash for Lavish July Fourth Parties
Some of Washington’s diplomatic outposts in Asia are raising millions for events to mark the 250th independence anniversary. One ambassador offered to sing and dance.

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If Democrats in Congress have any chance at
reining in how
Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates
under Trump,
⭐️it’s right now.
Lawmakers in both parties and both chambers are set to work over the weekend
to try to reach a
👉deal for funding the Department of Homeland Security,
which includes ICE.
Like other federal agencies, DHS is set to run out of funding by Jan. 30,
and lawmakers are racing to pass bills to ensure all ag…

Democrats’ Best Hope To Rein In ICE Is Right Now
Even if it’s not by very much.

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The Justice Department is coming under intense scrutiny from members of Congress in both parties
for allegedly cataloguing the search history of lawmakers who have gone to review the unredacted Epstein files.
Why it matters:
It's a fresh and high-octane scandal for Attorney General Pam Bondi at a time when she is already facing bipartisan heat over her handling of the Epstein matter.
"There is no bottom for the Trump administration," House Minority Lead…

Congress erupts over Trump admin "spying" on Epstein file searches
"This is very serious, and we're not going to let it go," said one House Democrat.

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Association Chardons Bleus - Un combat contre la dérive sectaire OKC depuis 27 ans
l'Association Chardons Bleus réunit des victimes-survivants parties civiles dans l'affaire OKC en France après 10 ans de bataille judiciaire en Belgique

> 7 ans après ce post.
30 ans après les faits.
En France, les victimes engagées en tant que parties civiles attendent toujours que la justice bouge.
Le dossier OKC-Spatz a été rouvert en 2021. Depuis ?
Silence.
La Belgique a jugé.
L’Espagne a protégé Spatz.

US state department’s
Sarah B Rogers
has become face of
White House’s hostility to
European liberal democracies
As Donald Trump redoubled his war of words on the European Union and Nato in recent weeks,
a senior state department official,
Sarah B Rogers, was publicly attacking policies on hate speech and immigration by ostensible US allies,
and promoting far-right parties abroad.
Rogers has arguably become the public face of the Trump adm…

CAPITOL HILL CELEBRATES
JENNER & BLOCK:
Congressional Republicans and Democrats
came together last night
for a bipartisan event celebrating the release of
“When Congress Comes Calling,”
a newly updated handbook on congressional investigations
published by Jenner & Block and the Project on Government Oversight.
Jenner & Block is a prominent law firm which remains locked in a bitter legal fight with the Trump administration.

Top House Republicans cheer law firm tangled in bitter battle with Trump
Top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill came together this week to praise a prominent law firm and government watchdog group – even as the firm remains locked in a bitter legal fight with President Donald Trump’s administration.According to a new report in Politico, lawmakers from both parties...

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Association Chardons Bleus - Un combat contre la dérive sectaire OKC depuis 27 ans
l'Association Chardons Bleus réunit des victimes-survivants parties civiles dans l'affaire OKC en France après 10 ans de bataille judiciaire en Belgique

Common sense and history show that
donors will often use political parties as conduits
to evade limits on individual contributions,
increasing the risk of quid pro quo corruption.
#MoneyIsNotSpeech
https://c.im/@…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services
is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle.
But this year, it has unusually specific criteria.
In cover letters accompanying the applications, the institute said it
“particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
These would include those that foster an appreciation for the country “through uplifting and positive narratives,”
the agency writes,
cit…

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American history.

The US supreme court is set on Tuesday to hear arguments
in a Republican-led challenge on free speech grounds to
federal limits on spending by political parties in coordination with electoral candidates
in a case involving JD Vance.
Donald Trump’s administration has thrown its support behind the challenge,
brought by plaintiffs including two Republican committees and the vice-president,
who was running for the US Senate in Ohio when the case began.
…