@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-22 20:25:11
The GOP budget bill’s $75 billion in supplemental funding for ICE
is now under increasing scrutiny
as reports and viral images emerge of protests against indiscriminate immigration raids and the violent arrests of U.S. citizens by masked and heavily armed federal officers.
Trump has made it clear that he is intentionally using ICE to terrorize blue cities with Democratic mayors and large immigrant communities.
@krone@frawas.de2025-06-22 20:33:13
Traditionsbetrieb zu - Millionen benötigt! Bürger wollen Wirtshaus retten #News #Nachrichten
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2025-07-21 21:00:51
Former US Presidents are traditionally very hesitant to criticize the current one. They should drop that now, in this critical time for US democracy. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-barack-obama-ai-video_n_687dff31e4b0502d85e56715…
@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-07-21 01:41:48
@scott@carfree.city2025-07-22 21:13:33
When I hear people dehumanize and hate on homeless neighbors, it's not just callous, but short-sighted. We no longer live in a stable democracy and climate. There's a good chance you and I will be displaced and homeless one day. How would you hope to be treated then?
@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-21 22:25:28
A Reuters/Ipsos poll releasedThursday found that
🔥62 percent of self-identified Democrats said that the party should replace Democrats with new leaders,
with only 24 percent disagreeing with that statement.
A plurality of respondents, at 49 percent, said that they’re unsatisfied with current leaders.
The survey included over 4,200 respondents, including 1,293 Democrats, and was conducted earlier this month
@rmdes@mstdn.social2025-07-21 05:34:14
Tibetan Buddhism is quick to judge an "imperfect documentary" but much more laxist to leave a system of abuse in place because : traditions and root guru cult
https://web.archive.org/web/20221201073253/https://tricycle.org/art…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-06-22 16:21:25
Recently repairing a garden chair I made some years ago, I replaced cross head screws with traditional slot headed ones. Much easier to remove.
I'm also questioning use of battery powered tools - new hedge trimmer is more powerful, cheaper and no battery to replace when it loses capacity over time.
I like hand tools anyway. My favourite is a turning saw bought in an antique shop. I frequently use it. Stronger than a coping saw and easier to control than a jigsaw.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-22 16:44:37
Polls show the so-called “big, beautiful” budget bill championed by Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress
is becoming deeply unpopular
as more people learn about the deadly consequences of proposals to slash the health care safety net.
However, the legislation’s massive investment in Trump’s mass deportation campaign -- including billions of dollars to deploy 10,000 additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents nationwide
has received far less attent…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-22 01:42:32
Hundreds of employees at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
have signed an open letter,
directed to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy,
criticizing proposed cuts to the agency
and condemning recent policies that could potentially harm the U.S.
The letter, titled
“The Voyager Declaration”
in honor of two spacecraft that were launched by NASA in the 1970s
(that continue to zoom beyond the boundaries of t…
