Tootfinder

Hahaha, the US can fuck right off. You couldn’t pay me enough to visit that shithole country.
#USA

US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

"A ‘fossil-fuelled war': Trump’s plans to ‘exploit’ Venezuela’s oil reserves sparks climate backlash"
#US #USA #America #Vanezuela

Trump’s push to control Venezuela’s oil sparks climate outrage
Trump says he will bring in large US companies to fix Venezuela’s oil infrastructure, despite growing calls to end fossil fuels.

Imagine working in your country’s cybersecurity center or CERT, and suddenly being reassigned to border control and deportation duties. Something is clearly broken and dangerously so.
What will you do as a cybersecurity professional?
#us #cybersecurity

Homeland Security reassigns 'hundreds' of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump's deportation crackdown | TechCrunch
News of the reassignments comes at a time when the U.S. is facing a wave of hacks targeting private industry and the federal government.

A glimpse at the Republican Party’s all‑time favorite reading material.
Considering that they idolized Hitler in private group chats.
#Facism #USA #US

"I think he has learned his lesson"
- Sen. Susan Collins, still, probably.
#USA #history #stupidity

Die #EU und ihre Mitgliesstaaten sollten aufhören, die #USA als befreudete Macht zu betrachten. Sie sind es nicht mehr, sondern Verbündete eines aggressiven #Russland|s.
Daher sollten wir große Anstrengungen machen (wie …

US-Sicherheitsstrategie: Deutsche Geheimdienste sind besorgt und warnen
Der Verfassungsschutz mahnt mehr Befugnisse an, um unabhängiger von amerikanischen Geheimdiensten zu werden. Denkbar sei sogar, dass sich die USA bei Wahlen in Europa stärker einmischen könnten.

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
🧵 👇
#KREMLIN IN SHOCK: #US OPERATION, LOST SHIPS AND INFLUENCE Vlog 1282: War in

It’s quite possible there’s not one thing that will stop Trump: pictures of dead US Service men and women.
I have a feeling that will change things really quickly.
#uspolitics #trump

Landgericht Bonn: Wer sich auf #Facebook & Co. anmeldet, ist selbst schuld.
> Ein deutscher Nutzer amerikanischer #SocialMedia-Plattformen müssen sich von vornherein darüber im Klaren sein, dass in den #USA

The US withdrawing from many organisations including GFCE (Global Forum on Cyber Expertise) doesn’t look promising about their commitment to cybersecurity.
#us #cybersecurity

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

Watch this clip shared on Bluesky with the extremely aggressive and crazy statement by this US member of Congress, Ogles.
#USA

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"

"US adds 21.2 GW of solar through September 2025"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

US adds 21.2 GW of solar through September 2025
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reports that the United States added 21.2 GW of solar capacity in the first nine months of 2025, accounting for most of the 28.2 GW of total power capacity added to the grid.

"die neue außenpolitische Positionierung der #USA sei eine "zweite Zeitenwende". Die erste Zeitenwende hatte der damalige Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz 2022 nach dem Überfall #Russland|s auf die Ukraine ausgerufen und eine massive Aufrüstung der Bundeswehr angekündigt. " sagt

Deutsche Politiker besorgt wegen US-Sicherheitsstrategie
Mehrere deutsche Politiker haben besorgt auf die neue US-Sicherheitsstrategie reagiert. Sie werten sie als deutliches Zeichen einer Abkehr von Europa. Der CDU-Politiker Röttgen spricht von einer "zweiten Zeitenwende".

Ice 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

Trump is emboldened and dangerous. Now he says Russia or China will take #Greenland if the USA doesn't.
Americans.
Please.
This man is unwell.
Protest in the streets until he leaves. Do it for yourself and your country, but also for the safety of the world.
#world #usa #peace

"US state repurposes wastewater land for 250 MW solar plant"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

US state repurposes wastewater land for 250 MW solar plant
Consumers Energy has switched on a 250 MW solar project in western Michigan built on an active municipal wastewater treatment site, using a dedicated 138 kV grid connection.

They 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

A friend of mine, who I'm pretty sure is left-leaning (meaning, in the US at least, a Democrat) asked me:
"Isn't democratic socialism different from actual socialism?"
Ohhh, where do we begin! But the good thing is, people are asking these questions... Not just straight up condemning "socialism" because of the name.
#USPOL

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 9. November 1962 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Storax die Atombombe "Wolverine". Storax war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 62/63 insgesamt 47 Bomben im Testgebiet in

“2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides”
#usa

2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides
Amongst many stories, one stands out

It appears that the time has come to deny your future self entry to the great #USA with a little social media post. #Venezuela

Venezuela accuses US of bombing civilian, military installations
President Nicolas Maduro has declared a national state of emergency in Venezuela.

Judging from certain comments from certain citizens of the #US, one might start wondering if this is how Americans view the rest of the world.
#humor #politics

#journalism #rights #usa

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a project that aims to comprehensively document press freedom incidents in the United States — such as the arrests of journalists, seizures of their equipment, interrogations and searches at the U.S. border, subpoenas to testify about sources, leak prosecutions and physical attacks. The Press Freedom Tracker documents cases across the country, involving national, state and local authorities.

Daylight Savings Time (DST) in the twenty-first century, yay or nay?
Please consider boosting for a more statistically significant result.
#daylightsavingstime #dst #us

RE: #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

That is not the way to Cocoa Beach
#venezuela #state #us #flight

😅 New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy
#usa

New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy
A new study from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Public Agenda finds that Americans are deeply concerned about the state of U.S. democracy and that growing divisions within the Republican Party deepen partisan divides over how the Constitution should guide presidential authority and the balance of power.

this whole "shutdown government services because politics" is truly the most insane and ridiculous "feature" of the United States government.
#uspoli #shutdown #airlines
https://globalnews.ca/news/11513116/us-government-shutdown-airport-flight-reduction/

„Wenn Faschisten sterben, jammern Demokraten nicht“ – dieser Satz kostet Mario Sixtus (ZDF) sein US-Visum. Das US-Außenministerium zeigt: Wer die falsche Meinung äußert, wird bestraft. Doch wo bleibt die Debatte über Meinungsfreiheit und politische Zensur? #USPolitik #Medien

Social Media: ZDF-Autor verliert US-Visum nach Kommentar zu Kirk - Golem.de
Das US-Außenministerium entzieht Ausländern das Visum, weil sie sich auf Social Media negativ über den ermordeten Charles Kirk geäußert haben.

In den #USA ist der #Stromverbrauch 2025 zwar gestiegen, doch der starke Ausbau der #Solarenergie konnte über 80 Prozent des Mehrbedarfs ausgleichen.
Während der Zubau bei

Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use
Over the course of 2025, electricity demand has gradually declined.

We can confidently assume that the #US admin, and
#Trump in particular are the subject of investigation at the #ICC.
Or at least, they should be.

"Trump officials sue California cities over laws to restrict fossil fuels"
#US #USA #America #California <…

Dick Cheney is a good example of why rich people live so long. [ETA: Rich people in the US.]
If he'd just been a regular person, he likely would've died without a heart transplant, if not before from one of his many heart attacks.
#uspol

Dick Cheney's cause of death confirmed by family
The former vice president died at 84, a family statement said.

Flailing on #affordability, he blurts out an idea which he knows will be challenged in the courts so he can tell the masses "see I'm fighting for you but they won't let me", all while he also shakes down the credit card companies. 💳
#USA #finance #creditCard #shakedown

Why Trump's ICE is kidnapping & disappearing so many legal US residents today: #UsPol

»KI-Blase vor dem Platzen? Google-Chef warnt vor unvermeidlichem Crash:
Der #KIBoom hat die Kurse von #USTech-Aktien zuletzt auf schwindelerregende Höhen getrieben. Immer mehr Börsenprofis warnen vor einem möglichen Platzen einer

KI-Blase vor dem Platzen? Google-Chef warnt vor unvermeidlichem Crash | t3n
Der KI-Boom hat die Kurse von US-Tech-Aktien zuletzt auf schwindelerregende Höhen getrieben. Immer mehr Börsenprofis warnen vor einem möglichen Platzen einer KI-Blase. Ein solcher Crash werde jede einzelne Firma treffen, so Google-Chef Pichai. Ende Oktober 2025 überschritt KI-Chiphersteller Nvidia die Marke von fünf Billionen US-Dollar, was den Marktwert angeht – eine Verfünffachung im Zeitraum von nur […]

MAGA news media convinced voters that #POTUS47 would keep us “out of war.” How’s that working out?
#USpol #UnitedStatesVenezuela

Ah, good thing Ireland didn’t bet a major chunk of its economy on US Big Tech creating jobs or anything.
*phew!*
#BigTech #USA #AI

What do you think? Did Venezuela just “thwart” a false flag?
“Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.
It claims the US would have blamed Venezuela for the attack on the USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, to justify aggression against it.”
Australia Broadcasting reporting: #usa #venezuela #war
Yup. Trump wants a confrontation.
No. Venezuela likely faking the false flag.

The fracturing of the Dutch far-right, after Wilder's reminded everyone that bigots are bad at compromise, is definitely a relief. Dutch folks I've talked to definitely see D66 as progressive, <strike>so there's no question this is a hard turn to the left (even if it's not a total flip to the far-left)</strike> a lot of folks don't agree. I'm going to let the comments speak rather than editorialize myself..
While this is a useful example of how a democracy can be far more resilient to fascism than the US, that is, perhaps, not the most interesting thing about Dutch politics. The most interesting thing is something Dutch folks take for granted and never think of as such: there are two "governments."
The election was for the Tweede Kamer. This is a house of representatives. The Dutch use proportional representation, so people can (more or less) vote for the parties they actually want. Parties <strike>rarely</strike> never actually get a ruling majority, so they have to form coalition governments. This forces compromise, which is something Wilders was extremely bad at. He was actually responsible for collapsing the coalition his party put together, which triggered this election... and a massive loss of seats for his party.
Dutch folks do still vote strategically, since a larger party has an easier time building the governing coalition and the PM tends to come from the largest party. This will likely be D66, which is really good for the EU. D66 has a pretty radical plan to solve the housing crisis, and it will be really interesting to see if they can pull it off. But that's not the government I want to talk about right now.
In the Netherlands, failure to control water can destroy entire towns. A good chunk of the country is below sea level. Both floods and land reclamation have been critical parts of Dutch history. So in the 1200's or so, the Dutch realized that some things are too important to mix with normal politics.
You see, if there's an incompetent government that isn't able to actually *do* anything (see Dick Schoof and the PVV/VVD/NSC/BBB coalition) you don't want your dikes to collapse and poulders to flood. So the Dutch created a parallel "government" that exists only to manage water: waterschap or heemraadschap (roughly "Water Board" in English). These are regional bureaucracies that exist only to manage water. They exist completely outside the thing we usually talk about as a "government" but they have some of the same properties as a government. They can, for example, levy taxes. The central government contributes funds to them, but lacks authority over them. Water boards are democratically elected and can operate more-or-less independent of the central government.
Controlling water is a common problem, so water boards were created to fulfill the role of commons management. Meanwhile, so many other things in politics run into the very same "Tragedy of the Commons" problems. The right wing solution to commons management is to let corporations ruin everything. The left-state solution is to move everything into the government so it can be undermined and destroyed by the right. The Dutch solution to this specific problem has been to move commons management out of the domain of the central government into something else.
And when I say "government" here, I'm speaking more to the liberal definition of the term than to an anarchist definition. A democratically controlled authority that facilitates resource management lacks the capacity for coercive violence that anarchists define as "government." (Though I assume they might leverage police or something if folks refuse to pay their taxes, but I can't imagine anyone choosing not to.)
As the US federal government destroys the social fabric of the US, as Trump guts programs critical to people's survival, it might be worth thinking about this model. These authorities weren't created by any central authority, they evolved from the people. Nothing stops Americans from building similar institutions that are both democratic and outside of the authority of a government that could choose to defund and abolish them... nothing but the realization that yes, you actually can.
#USPol #NLPol

The US has a carrier group in the South China Sea and another near the Philippines. Either could start a blockade of the Strait of Malacca, strangling China’s oil supply. So China may not “take” Taiwan today.
Tomorrow however…
#USpol #China

"Ohio’s largest utility pushes to slash rooftop solar compensation"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

Ohio’s largest utility pushes to slash rooftop solar compensation
The state’s Public Utilities Commission will decide this year whether to keep its solar net-metering rules in place or to dilute them, per AEP Ohio’s…

MAGA is melting down across the US, and here I am in Norway just enjoying the show. Keep falling apart.
#MAGA #US #Fascism

Website with news stories about how our US Gov't is being attacked, and what's happening and being planned to fight that.
https://unbreaking.org/
This is very readable. And it's VITAL reading for those who love humanity and persisting despite great odds.

Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

I'm not sure why it took them this long to stand up against the administration. His attacks against churches, hospitals, and schools isn't new.
"'We are troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools,' the bishops said in a special message, the first of its kind in 12 years."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

"NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by 22% in Manhattan, study finds"
#US #USA #America #NewYorkCity

NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by 22% in Manhattan, study finds
Since New York City introduced congestion pricing in January 2025, the state has heralded significant reductions in traffic and rush hour delays, fewer crashes and noise complaints, and toll revenue projected to hit $500 million by the end of the year.

Finally
"I think if you're European, then it is a national security priority to stop using X" — @…
Well, indeed. But is there a national security priority to move to yet another #US owned and controlled social media platform, when there…

New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe
In this video, I discuss the new U.S. national security strategy, which, to put it mildly, is concerning for Europe. It's largely a document about how the Trump administration sees it as a requirement for continued transatlantic cooperation that MAGA movements come to power in European countries. Watch the

Hey 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

Today alone, I've:
* received a message confirming an "upcoming" appointment for 12/12 that I actually attended -- without a time machine -- last Friday
* tried to access my healthcare insurance provider (attached image)
#US #healthcare is so terribly lost.

This "executive order" system simply has to be removed from the US political system. Why is it even a thing? It's clearly not democratic...
#UsPol

"900 Acres Bordering Yosemite Returned to Tribe That Was Expelled 175 Years Ago"
#US #USA #America #Yosemite…

900 Acres Bordering Yosemite Returned to Tribe That Was Expelled 175 Years Ago
In addition to re-establishing the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation as the stewards of Henness Ridge, this project will support and strengthen the Tribe's case for federal recognition

This article is absolute insanity. The only way I can describe it is being from a Rabidly anti-Canadian American.
And in an overall tone of disrespect for the rule of law, autonomy, democracy, or progressive thought.
"In a strategy of the retrenchment, the dismemberment of Canada becomes a wise decision. Rather than allowing it to continue down a path of anti-American antagonism, the United States could support the Alberta and Quebec separatist movements. A successful secession by Alberta alone would cripple the federal fisc, and drive separatism in other regions due to the resultant decline in their equalization payments which comprises such a substantial part of their provincial budgets. In the end, British Columbia and a unified Maritime province would be admitted to the Union as Democratic states while Alberta and Saskatchewan would be admitted as Republican states; ensuring continued balance in the US Senate.
The rump of Canada, left with only one or two provinces, would finally be able to revise its constitution with ease. Under US pressure, the rump could become a freely associated state similar to Palau, with a new constitution reordering society along American lines. In time, perhaps it too could be annexed.”
#Canada #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli #51stState #Separatism #Alberta #Quebec
https://defenseanalyses.org/work/our-canadian-problem/
(edit: sorry, wrong link previously)

Das gehörte wohl mal in aller Deutlichkeit gesagt - ob ein Gericht allerdings dafür die richtige Bühne ist? Womöglich gerechtfertigt dadurch, dass die Politik das auszusprechen kläglich versagt und sich feige wegdeduckt.
#USA Kritik an Darth Trump Administration

As a security engineer, whenever anyone talks about a control it's always important to ask "by what mechanism?"
> "Oh, that can't happen because we have a system to stop it."
By what mechanism?
> "We have documentation that says...."
Yeah, that's not a mechanism.
People keep saying, "Trump can't do that!" But like... by what mechanism?
> "The constitution says..."
Yeah... a documented list of rules is not self-enforcing. What is the mechanism?
What makes this impossible? Oh, it's possible under certain conditions? Oh, it's always possible and you're completely relying on the idea that there will never be a malicious actor? Yeah, that's gonna get exploited. Oh shit, now you're owned.
What do you do with a system that's completely owned? Once it's compromised it can never be trusted again. What would you tell a client who told you, "Patching is really hard, so we're just gonna ban the attacker's IP."
What, you're not even gonna reinstall?
I assume we've all had the "burn everything down and start again" client. I wonder how many of us thought we would see the US government ask for them to hold it's beer.
#USPol

Heute vor 59 Jahren: Am 5. November 1966 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Simms". Die Operation #Latchkey war eine Serie von 38 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1966/67 auf der Nevad…

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
⁠PANIC IN #KREMLIN: #PUTIN’S REACTION TO NEW US SANCTIONS Vlog 1206: War in Ukraine
The

The USA shows it's true colors,
"Exclusive: US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say"
The US is clearly not an ally/friend of Europe.
#usa #ukraine #extortion

»Folgen des KI-Booms - In Virginia schiessen die Rechenzentren wie Pilze aus dem Boden:
Nirgends auf der Welt ist die Dichte an #Rechenzentren so gross wie im Bundesstaat #Virginia in den #USA. Für die G…

KI-Boom lässt in Virginia Rechenzentren wie Pilze aus dem Boden schiessen
Im US-Staat Virginia liegt der Ort mit der weltweit höchsten Dichte an Rechenzentren. Die Anwohner sind nicht erfreut.

Thank goodness both Barack Obama and Joe Biden abolished ICE or there’s no knowing what state the US would be in right now.
#democrats #republicans #USA

RE: #Venezuela #USPol

Ya 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

'Kremlin hails Trump's national security strategy as “consistent with our vision".'
You don't say. 🙄
#USA #uspol #nationalSecurity #strategy #Kremlin #Russia #sarcasm

Trump is a vile, fascist caricature of corruption and arrogance, so repulsive that calling him disgusting would be a kindness he hasn’t earned.
#Trump #US #USA

WTAF.
“Maduro is being transported to New York, where he will face charges in Manhattan federal court, according to people briefed on the matter. US Attorney General Pam Bondi says the Venezuelan leader has been indicted on drugs and weapons charges.
• Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said”
…….
How does a judge accept a case like this!?
If this sham is allowed to go ahead I’ll lose so much respect for the American justice system. And in New York no less… how many blocks from the UN. What an embarrassment and total disrespect for the UN.
#venezuela #usa #uspoli
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/venezuela-explosions-caracas-intl-hnk-01-03-26?cid=ios_app

"US battery capacity rises 59% with 14 GW added in 12 months, says EIA"
#US #USA #America #Batteries

US battery capacity rises 59% with 14 GW added in 12 months, says EIA
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) says that battery storage capacity grew by 13,809 MW in the past 12 months and is projected to expand by another 22,053 MW as solar continues to dominate new utility-scale additions.

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
#US–#RUSSIA SECRET TALKS, MASSIVE ATTACK ON UKRAINE, CORRUPTION SCANDAL Vlog 1233: War in Ukraine
No

Fascism disgusts me to my core, it corrupts everything it touches, it has no place on this earth, not now, not ever, and I will never stop rejecting it with every part of who I am.
#Fascism #Nazis #US

Heute vor 50 Jahren: Am 3. Januar 1976 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Muenster". Die Operation Anvil war eine Serie von 21 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1975 und 1976 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

"California water district plans up to 21 GW of solar on fallowed farmland"
#US #USA #America #California …

California water district plans up to 21 GW of solar on fallowed farmland
A California water district has adopted a long-term plan to develop up to 21 GW of solar generation on agricultural land fallowed due to water shortages.

"Keep up what you're doing and soon you won't be able to care if the women are even alive", I muttered as I read the report.
(Unkind I know, but that's my visceral response. Unkind to women that is.)
#USA #opinion #unkind

Über das Stadium, dass die #US unter Darth #Trump nicht mehr Freunde der #EU und damit Deutschlands sind, sind wir hinweg.
Unzweifelhaft haben sie die US unter Trump zu klaren und gefählrichen Gegnern entwickelt und es ist n…

Maybe a bit controversial statement, but has democracy not already died in the US? Congress has no effective oversight anymore, GOP only listens to Trump, democratic party is totally ineffective. Rule of law is severely damaged.
#USA #democracy

Father Larry Dowling's account of leading a Eucharistic Procession to offer Holy Communion to those held by ice in Broadview, IL (near Chicago) and being barred from doing so.
"No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ."

"No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say"
#UN #UnitedNations #US #USA

Heute vor 51 Jahren: Am 02. November 1974 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Estaca". Die Operation Bedrock war eine Serie von 27 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1974/75 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

"US market on course to hit 737.8 GW of solar by 2035"
#US #USA #America #Renewables

US market on course to hit 737.8 GW of solar by 2035
GlobalData’s latest analysis says the U.S. will add between 41 GW and 52 GW of solar annually until 2035.

After #Trump finally crashes and burns (I'm still saying I don't think he makes it to the mid terms, and I think it's more than possible he won't make it to the end of the year) we'll hear a lot of people say, "the system worked!" Today people are already talking about "saving democracy" by fighting back. This will become a big rally cry to vote (for Democrats, specifically), and the complete failure of the system will be held up as the best evidence for even greater investment in it.
I just want to point out that American democracy gave nuclear weapons to a pedophile, who, before being elected was already a well known sexual predator, and who made the campaign promise to commit genocide. He then preceded to commit genocide. And like, I don't care that he's "only" kidnaped and disappeared a few thousand brown people. That's still genocide. Even if you don't kill every member of a targeted group, any attempt to do so is still "committing genocide." Trump said he would commit genocide, then he hired all the "let's go do a race war" guys he could find and *paid* them to go do a race war. And, even now as this deranged monster is crashing out, he is still authorized to use the world's largest nuclear arsenal.
He committed genocide during his first term when his administration separated migrant parents and children, then adopted those children out to other parents. That's technically genocide. The point was to destroy the very people been sending right wing terror squads after.
There was a peaceful hand over of power to a known Russian asset *twice*, and the second time he'd already committed *at least one* act of genocide *and* destroyed cultural heritage sites (oh yeah, he also destroyed indigenous grave sites, in case you forgot, during his first term).
All of this was allowed because the system is set up to protect exactly these types of people, because *exactly* these types of people are *the entire power structure*.
Going back to that system means going back to exactly the system that gave nuclear weapons to a pedophile *TWICE*.
I'm already seeing the attempts to pull people back, the congratulations as we enter the final phase, the belief that getting Trump out will let us all get back to normal. Normal. The normal that lead here in the first place. I can already see the brunch reservations being made. When Trump is over, we will be told we won. We will be told that it's time to go back to sleep.
When they tell you everything worked, everything is better, that we can stop because we won, tell them "fuck you! Never again means never again." Destroy every system that ever gave these people power, that ever protected them from consequences, that ever let them hide what they were doing.
These democrats funded a genocide abroad and laid the groundwork for genocide at home. They protected these predators, for years. The whole power structure is guilty. As these files implicate so many powerful people, they're trying to shove everything back in the box. After all the suffering, after we've finally made it clear that we are the once with the power, only now they're willing to sacrifice Trump to calm us all down.
No, that's a good start but it can't be the end.
Winning can't be enough to quench that rage. Keep it burning. When this is over, let victory fan that anger until every institution that made this possible lies in ashes. Burn it all down and salt the earth. Taking down Trump is a great start, but it's not time to give up until this isn't possible again.
#USPol

Apparently, in the U.S., communism is more dangerous than anarchism. Guess free healthcare scares them more than Molotov cocktails.
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#Satire #Humor #US

Good to remember, the US is selling weapons with profit to Ukraine, the EU is paying for them. No "gifts" or "favors" are involved.
#ukraine #weapons #usa

Remember how you (in the US) thought 2020 was never ending? You didn't imagine 2025 back then did you? 🙋‍♂️
#USA #TooLong #life

"US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims"
#US #USA #America #Climate

Probably 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

To quote Thatcher, “this is no time to go wobbly” , with regard to the sanctions from the US against the EU.
#eu #usa #geopolitics @…

"The purpose Bolton stated of creating a group chat in which he would later share his notes...was “For Diary in the future!!!”
I believe the only/big reason #Bolton joined Trump admin was to write a book, I mean "diary", and he gathered info for that from Day 1.
#uspol

"California Company Launches Beer Made from Shower Water Using NASA-Grade Technology"
#US #USA #America #California

California Company Launches Beer Made from Shower Water Using NASA-Grade Technology | Happy Eco News
Epic Cleantec launched the first commercial beer made from shower water, now available nationwide. The Shower Hour IPA and Laundry Club Kölsch use water purified through membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, and UV treatment. Buildings waste 15 percent of global drinking water, and Epic's technology demonstrates how advanced recycling systems can transform this discarded resource.

There tends to be this implicit assumption that only the state can provide services to the people. It's endemic to liberals. If authoritarians seize power, the thinking goes, there's nothing we can do.
But we have ample examples of the opposite. Trumpism is a specific type of authoritarianism where the state withdraws to allow corporations to control most things. They get a degree of autonomy and, in exchange, bow to the sovereign.
This is common in South American dictatorships (often those backed and supported by the US). So it can be helpful to look to these as examples of how to deal with that type of regime.
#USPol

"Will Trump’s climate criticism backfire? New poll shows most US voters support Paris Agreement"
#US #USA #America #ParisAgreement

Donald Trump thinks climate change is a ‘hoax’. Do US voters agree?
New research shows that even Republican voters support funding more research into renewable energy sources.

You ever go to a party at a house you don't know, then someone talks to you and you're like, "oh hey, who are you?" And they're like, "I live here, you're in my house."
That's the way energy liberals bring to antifascism. Like, we're all super glad you're here. Most of us understand why you're late, and we're just glad you finally made it. But like, you're kind of in our house. You didn't invent this shit, but we've been here for a while.
#USPol

"US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports"
#US #USA #America #EU

"Cop30, Trump and the fragile future of climate cooperation"
#US #USA #America #Climate

"The loophole that could give clean heat a boost under Trump"
#US #USA #America #Energy

The loophole that could give clean heat a boost under Trump
The OBBBA killed tax credits for heat pumps, but kept them for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems — a path to keep home clean heat…

"Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal"
#US #USA #America #Exxon …

"Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion"
#US #USA #America #Energy

Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion - Inside Climate News
A first-in-the-nation heating and cooling network in Massachusetts is set to double in size. 

"‘From ‘global cooling’ to ‘beautiful coal’: Trump’s startling climate claims of 2025"
#US #USA #America #Climate

"Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for its gas utilities"
#US #USA #America #Colorado

Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for its gas utilities
Resisting industry pressure, regulators ordered a 41% emissions reduction by 2035.

"America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam"
#US #USA #America #Climate

"New York City begins enforcing mandatory composting to cut waste and emissions"
#US #USA #America #NewYorkCity

"US energy storage installations surpass 2024 total by Q3 2025"
#US #USA #America #Energy

US energy storage installations surpass 2024 total by Q3 2025
US energy storage deployments exceeded full-year 2024 levels within nine months, led by utility-scale projects and sustained residential growth, according to industry data.

"TotalEnergies turns closed US landfill into 7 MW solar plant"
#US #USA #America #Energy

TotalEnergies turns closed US landfill into 7 MW solar plant
TotalEnergies has completed a 7 MW solar project on a closed landfill in Baltimore, Maryland, using specialized ballasted racking to install more than 15,000 panels expected to meet 11% of the local government’s electricity use.

"Chart: Clean energy remains dominant in the US — despite Trump"
#US #USA #America #Energy

Chart: Clean energy remains dominant in the US — despite Trump
Trump spent much of 2025 boosting fossil fuels and blocking renewables, but 92% of new power additions through November were solar, wind, or batteries.