@hex@kolektiva.socialAs fascist goons ethnically cleanse their way through American cities, casually murdering anyone who slightly inconveniences them, I'm reminded of a Zapata quote I've kept close to my heart for a few decades now: “I’d rather die on my feet, than live on my knees.”
#USPol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialWhat a Difference a Year Makes (with Jonathan Chait) | The Focus Group by
The Bulwark
#uspol
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club
@marcel@waldvogel.familyInsider trading and show for Elon Musk/Twitter. Or: Profits, profits, profits. Costing real lives.
"When the Trump administration kidnapped the Maduros, it was a serious geopolitical action that seemed engineered primarily to play on X. And X is indeed where it played out. The action makes the most sense if we assume the primary purpose of the Maduro kidnapping was to generate content. After all, US forces could simply have assassinated him."
💰🧱
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineI have a folder on my computer called "1-7-2026 ice murder number 1" and put some videos of events there to save them in case they vanish from online.
Why number 1? Because it was afternoon and there was no way to tell how many they'd commit before the day was done.
ice must face Justice.
#USpol
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI keep seeing a meme about Obama not being on the Epstein list, but it is mainly because he's not a white man? I mean, as a member of the ruling class he probably still played a part in white supremacy, but he is a black man.
#USPOL
@jonpainterphoto@lawfedi.blue
@joe@toot.worksSo, Gableman's argument is that if he isn't allowed to pick which judges hear his case, it is a violation of due process? I don't think that is the way the law is meant to work.
"Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman says his due process rights have been denied during the ongoing fallout of his investigation of the 2020 presidential election."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol
@aufsmaulsuppe@chaos.socialKönnt ihr evtl all die vermeintlich lustigen Reaktionen auf diesem Melania Trump Propagandafilm entweder gleich lassen oder wenigstens mit den entsprechenden Buzzwords versehen, die bei mir gemutet sind? Danke.
@timbray@cosocial.caOne of my top guilty Internet pleasures: Wonkette: #USpol
@hex@kolektiva.socialThe fascist who killed Heather Heyer at Unite the Right helped turn the tides against the last Trump administration. He said there were "very fine people on both sides." The resistance grew, antifa doxxing fascists started getting those fash fired.
But some of those fash didn't stop. They kept organizing their terror cells. The fash who killed Heyer was with a group called Vanguard America. Patriot Front is a Nazi group that split off from Vanguard America. They started terrorizing people by loading up in box trucks and piling out for spontaneous marches.
That box truck tactic probably sounds familiar. Patriot Front basically disappeared at the same time that ICE started recruiting hard.
Let me make it more clear. The very same Nazis from UTR who killed Heather Heyer, who Trump called "very fine people," are now employees of DHS. They've been carrying out the ethnic cleansing they always dreamed of, and they're being paid by the government, *with your tax dollars*, to do it. And now, just like in Charlottesville, they've murdered an unarmed protestor.
This feels similar because it is. These are the same people killing daughters and mothers. Killing unarmed protestors, out of rage not fear, then lying and claiming self defense. This is the same tactic it's always been. This is the same thing they've always done.
It seems like we may have reached the Heather Heyer point of this administration early with Renee Good. Now would be a good time for everyone to get into the streets and stay there until this is over. Everyone turned the tides before, and now he's so much weaker.
This can all be over if we fight like hell to end it.
#USPol
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaJesus
Fucking
Christ
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineFor him, may every moment of every day be full of torment, anguish and pain.
Ice murders a legal observer, who was doing Constitutional things, in cold blood in the street as she drove _away_ from them.
Please download and share the video evidence as much as you can.
#USpol #ice
@stefan@gardenstate.socialAbolish ICE by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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@padraig@mastodon.ie
@crell@phpc.social
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialThe marathon of witnessing how a century of letting people say stupid shit with zero consequences continues here in America
@seav@en.osm.townIt’s only the third day of 2026! 🤬
#uspol #vepol #WagTheDog
@pre@boing.worldHearing a lot of people saying that Trump can't profit from his raid because it takes years to build an oil extraction drilling system and refinery and mines. His term will be over! His life may already be at it's end!
But of course you can get credit based on expectation of future gains, plus the bribes don't take decades to mature to full production! The bribes start right away!
@jae@mastodon.me.ukAt this point I won’t be surprised if Dictator Trump tries to take over every country.
Get your hands off other countries, Donald.
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaJust so you know: a fascist is now running this country, openly pushing for Maduro to resign so his so-called “regime change” can install a literal fascist instead.
#Venezuela #USPol #Politics
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineIce agent “logic”:
“They’re coming right at us!!! We better get our murder on!!!”
She wasn’t heading toward him, her wheels were turned away.
#USpol
@scottmiller42@mstdn.socialMAGA news media convinced voters that #POTUS47 would keep us “out of war.” How’s that working out?
#USpol #UnitedStatesVenezuela
@stefan@gardenstate.socialWhat Causes Wars: An Introduction to Crisis Bargaining Theory by Lines on Maps Extra
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@vosje62@mastodon.nl @hex@kolektiva.socialRewriting an earlier post that should have been edited and verified *a lot more* before posting.
I'm going to connect some dots here. ICE can cross designate with any agency (19 of U.S. Code 1401):
> The terms “officer of the customs” and “customs officer” mean any officer of the United States Customs Service of the Treasury Department (also hereinafter referred to as the “Customs Service”) or any commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard, or any agent or other person, including foreign law enforcement officers, authorized by law or designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to perform any duties of an officer of the Customs Service.
Back in September Trump diverted a bunch of Federal staff to ICE:
#USPol
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlinepresident participation trophy.
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@patrickquin@furry.engineerhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaine.senate.gov/post/3mbrwzubjec2m
https://youtube.com/shorts/0PLaJH1SkuA
@joe@toot.worksThey released the video that Johnathan Ross filmed of him killing Renee Good in Minneapolis.
"A DHS official confirmed the video, obtained by CNN, was recorded on the agent’s cellphone camera; the video was originally obtained by the conservative Minnesota media outlet Alpha News."
#Politics #USPol #USPolitics #ICE
@cybertailor@craba.cab- Придерживается ли Трамп изоляционизма во внешней политике?
- Да, если не считать военной помощи Израилю, ударов по Ирану и военной операции в Венесуэле.
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukI can kind of see that, even if you'd known about most of Mandelsons dealings with Epstein, that he might have still seemed like a good choice for US ambassador. I mean if you can show you're good at shmoozing up to one crooked financier, then it's perfect for the job of trying to cope with Trump.
@davej@dice.campIf anyone needs me, I’ll be right here rereading Butler’s “War is a Racket”(https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket/) with Creedence’s “Fortunate Son” (https://
@crell@phpc.socialThis movie is nearly 30 years old.
#uspol
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioResource 1 for how to talk about current political events more effectively:
These cheat sheets on messaging and framing from Aso Communications are fantastic. Right now I highly recommend the one called “Here to Stay: How to Talk About MAGA’s Authoritarian Agenda on Immigration”.
#USpol #politics #communications #change #socialJustice #USA
@hex@kolektiva.socialFPS is the biggest available channel that I'm aware of to funnel Academi into ICE/CBP enforcement operations. The point of using FPS to support ICE agents is that FPS is stocked full of troops from EriK Prince's private army (now called "Academi" but formerly called "Blackwater"). This means that carrying out ethnic cleansing can dump money directly into the pockets of America's version of the Wagner Group (side from, of course GEO Group).
The Erik Prince angle also means that there can be an alternative chain of command that exists outside of official channels. ICE is already bad enough, but similar people have worked as mercenaries for a long time. Having an established chain of command over armed occupiers, one based entirely on economic incentives, one that can't be legally monitored or audited, one that's completely outside of the government, should be especially worrying.
I don't believe we've ever seen a clear explanation of who was kidnaping people off the streets, but I know that Academi had a contract (I believe with FPS) in Portland at the time. We also don't know who is on the ground in US cities right now, because they're wearing masks.
The bit reason J6 didn't go as planned is that Erik Prince wasn't behind it. Now there are troops with experience occupying American cities who can be called directly via Erik when Trump wants to make sure he doesn't lose again. And Erik won't back out at the last minute this time, because he's already seen that there will be no consequences for participating in a coup... if the time comes.
#USPol
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeRE: #USPol
@jeang3nie@social.linux.pizzaSo yesterday the Trump administration rolled back fuel efficiency mandates set under Biden that it says are too costly for vehicle manufacturers to meet. They (the administration) claim that they expect the change to reduce the cost of a new car by around $1000.
So yeah, let's dissect that for a minute. First off, I have no illusions that new car prices are going to fall at all, let alone by $1000. That just isn't happening. But that's also a moot point because, you know, t…
@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.info
@whitequark@mastodon.socialpeople in the us have been screaming about how the ussr was bad because of secret police and the planned economy, but it is 2025 and the us has a secret police and planned economy (by VCs, who are gullible idiots that brought us such gems as "the metaverse" and "feed the world into LLMs") and i think i'd rather be in the actual literal ussr
@stefan@gardenstate.socialWe Found The Radical Solution To Skyrocketing Grocery Prices by More Perfect Union
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@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzThere is an interactive graphic showing, in particular, Marion county \(\approx\) Indianapolis
https://www.wboi.org/2025-12-02/see-how-republican-lawmakers-want-to-redraw-indianas-congressional-districts
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineJust added a bunch of names to @…, so now there are more than 280 ways to call potus names.
Useful for all the times you want to refer to him without using his name (every time).
#USpol
@carbonwoman@norden.socialIch glaube, ja es ist kein Zufall, dass ausgerechnet zwei Menschen umgebracht wurden, die Careworker waren. Sich kümmern um andere, offen und emphatisch zu sein, Hilfe zu leisten, wenn sie benötigt wird, das alles stellt für Autoritäre eine Bedrohung da.
Gebt aufeinander acht.
#uspol #Minneapolis
@profcarroll@federate.socialThat’s some free speech right there. #uspol
@joe@toot.worksI'm glad that NPR is there to try to raise the alarm.
"This week marks the fifth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. An NPR investigation details how the Trump administration is trying to erase government information on the attack."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol
@stevefoerster@social.fossdle.org @scottmiller42@mstdn.socialIf the Democratic Party takes Congress in 2026, the first thing they should do is end the Senate filibuster. It’s a rule that if it ever did serve a purpose, it now prevents any opportunity for Congress to challenge a POTUS that does not respect the rule of law. It’s not in the constitution.
#USpol #SenateFilibuster
@smurthys@hachyderm.io @seav@en.osm.townBecause of POTUS 47 I can’t believe I am nostalgic for the crazy time when Fox hosts raised brouhaha over very minor things that Obama did.
https://youtu.be/7MWxq80oze0
@timbray@cosocial.caDaring Fireball: The Names They Call Themselves
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@stefan@gardenstate.socialOh boy.
#newJersey #uspol #elections
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineMaduro doing dictator stuff = bad.
Potus doing dictator stuff = bad.
Two things can be (and are) true at once.
#USpol
@jae@mastodon.me.ukTrump can barely run this country, why does he think he can run Venezuela?
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.clubDet er svært at komme med en fornuftig kommentar til denne tale. Så jeg lader den stå som den er. #USPol #KennethHowery #trump
@davej@dice.campOur PM, NotPeterDutton, responds to #Trump’s invasion of #Venezuela. Or maybe he doesn’t. Who knows?
He was hoping for a quiet Sunday. Who are you people, and why won’t you let him roll over and go back to sleep?
This is all terribly inconvenient.
@stefan@gardenstate.socialAOC making sure #newJersey knows what's up
#uspol #elections
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io“But the smaller the man,
the quicker the plan
goes to somebody’s getting shot.”
Jesse Welles made a good short song for this current moment:
#song #music #ReneeNicoleGood #justiceForGood #USpol #politics
@hex@kolektiva.socialRE: #Venezuela #USPol
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza @profcarroll@federate.socialThat’s some free speech right there. #uspol
@timbray@cosocial.caI think we all owe a vote of thanks to the courageous and resourceful folk who are capturing the video of the MAGA murderers.
#USpol
@crell@phpc.socialRE: #uspol
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialGreenland should rename itself “Epsteinland” and I guarantee Trump will forget all about it.
#uspol
@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.infoRE: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/115985224639778868
Wow. Alec hat wohl genug und zündet zum Ende nochmal einen politischen Nuklearsprengkopf. Und verübeln kann ich das angesichts der aktuellen Lage nicht. Der Part ab 1:16:36 ist … sagen wir ich bin froh (n…
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineJust learned a new phrase: constitutional omni-crisis.
#USpol
@patrickquin@furry.engineerCan’t help but think that if Charlie Kirk were alive he’d have the presence of mind to only post snippets of that awful “essay” instead of publishing it in full. Massive self-own.
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.clubDen slambert vidste godt, at flagene ville blive sat op og hvorfor. Men han beordrede dem fjernet alligevel. Ud med ham. #USPol #trump
Dansk veteran modsiger ambassadørs flag-forklaring
Hvad sker der? USA's ambassadør i Danmark, Ken Howery, har fredag eftermiddag opsat 44 nye dannebrogsflag foran den amerikanske ambassade.
Det sker, efter at ambassaden har fået voldsom kritik for tirsdag at have fjernet 44 flag, som danske veteraner havde sat op i blomsterkrukker til ære for danske soldater, der mistede livet under krigen i Afghanistan.
Nedslag fra de seneste døgn:
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioHey Fedi, as a marketer I want to say: ALL OF YOU HAVE THE POWER TO INFLUENCE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
We can shape social movements and public opinion with the things we say. Communication CAN change minds and make improvements that feel “impossible” real and tangible. That’s how the right got as far as it did, with strong and consistent messaging.
Now, let’s be practical. HOW we talk about the events that happen matters as much as WHAT we talk about.
If we want to make a difference and mobilize people towards progressive stances while our democracy and freedom are under attack - we need to use effective language and messaging.
Don’t give airtime to conservative values and MAGA lies. Instead, appeal to the values we believe in and help shape the conversation in ways that benefit people like us who want a better future.
I’ll share some resources in the thread with actionable advice.
#USpol #politics #communications #change #socialJustice #USA
@stefan@gardenstate.socialSounds like venezuela will pay for the wall.
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @crell@phpc.socialThe entire medical extraction industry can burn in hell, and any politico that stands in the way of national single payer Healthcare should be impeached and banned from public office forever.
It's a national disgrace exceeded only by Trump himself.
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialVenezuela will be administered by "a group of people"?
I think he means oligarchs?
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaLIVE ON THE GROUND in #Minneapolis!
#USPol
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioResource 2 for how to talk about current political events more effectively:
This book from George Lakoff called “Don’t Think of an Elephant” is short, to the point, and very practical.
First edition came out in 2004, I recommend the second one from 2014. It’s surprisingly on point to everything that’s happened in the country since.
It will give you both a theoretical framework to understand framing / messaging specific advice on key issues.
#USpol #politics #communications #change #socialJustice #USA
@timbray@cosocial.caI'm old enough to remember the unraveling of the Watergate cover-up, and the Epstein story has a very familiar stench. #USpol
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineMorbid thought: potus & kegseth want a war w/Venezuela partly to get lithium that is in Venezuela.
You know where else there’s lithium? In potus & kegseth. Each has between 2mg & 7mg of lithium in their bodies.
Like some communist nightmare they use it willy nilly internally. Shall we stop them?
#USpol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialThe United States Has Captured Maduro. What Happens Next? by William Spaniel
#uspol
@crell@phpc.socialOH: I have a Home Warranty. You pay them a monthly premium, then when something breaks, you pay them a flat fee. Then the technician diagnoses the problem, and the company finds a reason why your plan doesn't cover that. Feels like American insurance in a nutshell.
#uspol #insurance
@crell@phpc.socialRE: #uspol
@hex@kolektiva.socialRE: #fascism, especially American fascism, there's something you can do. If you're in the US, don't buy anything if you can until Dec 2nd. If you do have to buy something, buy second hand, or buy local. If you're outside, don't buy anything from the US or any US company at all.
Spread the word. Keep it on people's mind. Write your own post. Talk to people you know in person. Print out flyers and post them around town.
The system understands the language of money. If you want a response, you have to speak the language the system understands.
Trump is extremely vulnerable. Don't wait for the regime to recovery. Hit it hard right now, with an economic blockade. Who knows, it might just crumble.
#USPol
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io#ICE is literally killing the Good in America.
You can’t get more cartoonish villains than that.
#USpol #politics #ReneeNicoleGood #ReneeGood #minneapolis
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @hex@kolektiva.socialProbably unrelated to the #NationalGuard shooting, but does anyone remember when a US attorney and the FBI paid a sex offender to entrap two Muslim men with histories of mental illness into a terrorist plot, that they then arrested them for? Oh yeah, that happened under Obama.
#USPol
@crell@phpc.socialThis is the video that has Trump and Hegseth in such a tizzy. Because they know full well they are planning illegal orders.
#uspol
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioI struggle to process the fact that Todd Blanche gave my husband his very first job offer in law.
(Yes, THAT Todd Blanche from the DoJ, deputy attorney general, the one who has been in the news for all kinds of terrible things he’s up to)
I went to a party with that guy 3 years ago! And now he’s doing increasingly cartoonish villain things every other week.
He seemed normal. Fun, actually.
And then months after he went to defend Trump as his personal lawyer and since then we’ve continued to be confused and disturbed.
We haven’t had any contact with him after he went to work for Trump, of course. But I can’t stop wondering how the fuck the person my husband worked with is the same person defending pedophiles. (Allegedly)
#USPol #ToddBlanche
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineHappy Thanksgiving!
#USpol
![Today we commemorate that time an organized mob of asylum seekers
[The Landing of Roger Williams in 1636 (1857) by Alonzo Chappel depicts Williams crossing the Seekonk River]
showed up at the border and received food assistance.](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/622/828/971/758/010/original/92f5ba3269cd8194.png)
@stefan@gardenstate.socialMinnesota Proved MAGA Wrong (w/ Adam Serwer & Bobby Pulido) | The Bulwark Podcast
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialJared Kushner's DISGUSTING Gaza PowerPoint (w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates) | The Bulwark Podcast
#uspol
@crell@phpc.socialThe Choice
#RankedChoiceVoting #uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @stefan@gardenstate.socialMessage from Seth Moulton
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialNBC News: Meet the Press: Zohran Mamdani says he still believes Trump a ‘fascist’ after meeting: Full interview
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialHoly Cow, Young Conservatives Are NOT Okay BY The Bulwark
#USPOL
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @stefan@gardenstate.socialPretty interesting read on MTG. She's running for president?
BOMBSHELL: MTG’s Sudden Exit Blindsides GOP Leadership
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @davidaugust@mastodon.online @stefan@gardenstate.socialDemocratic president should use ICE money for:
- guaranteed jobs program
- workers to build housing
- Healthcare worker
take the money and redirect it.
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineYa know who gets to rename the Department of Defense if anyone does? The US Congress.
Ya know who gets to rename the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts if anyone does? The US Congress.
Ya know who history will never be kind to no matter what he tries to rename? A 79 year old dunce.
#USpol
!["Trump alleged that Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking, terrorism and other crimes." - AP News, January 3, 2026
And here I thought drug trafficking typically pays for itself.
[pile of powered drugs, pile of money]
https://apnews.com/article/trump-maduro-venezuela-drug-cartels-military-timeline-91e242e5c56eec39b6b7d72bf55dbd2d](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/845/005/439/625/964/original/e57ee480331f4d3e.png)
