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Doublespeak, hypocrisy, and shameless lying are requirements to be a Republican these days.
#uspol #GOP #TrumpFascist

Lots of chatter about: "Black folks, this is not our fight"
Well, of course it is -- we wrote the playbook.
Literally.
Now we, and everyone else, needs to follow THAT PLAYBOOK, that's all.
#uspol #blackmastodon

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#UsPol #NIH #Academia
NIH scientists pub…

NIH scientists go public with criticism over Trump cuts
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.” Monday’s letter from NIH researchers and staffers says the Republican Trump administration’s policies waste public resources and harm people’s health. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya in his confirmation hearings pledged openness to views that might conflict with his, saying dissent is the “essenc…

Just found out @… has a Trump litigation tracker.
#USPol #Trump #Law

Very efficient: running Reichstag moment and Kristallnacht reenactment all in one day instead of months apart
I really had hoped the situation would have calmed down over night, just to wake up reading about Trump having setup everything to burn down his country completely—and then gone golfing
#USPol #WTF

If you think things are okay try following the #ICE hashtag and then report back.
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Was ich zum Besuch von Merz im Oval Office bei Trump sagen kann beschränkt sich im Moment auf: Merz trug einen Anzug.
#pol #depol #uspol

I expect this all to amount to nothing. But I guess we'll see.
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I don't want to write spoilers or need content warnings here, so:
It's popcorn 🍿 time in the US 🇺🇸! Bring out your best bullshit bingo sheets for billionaire battles!
#uspol #spacekaren #drump

"Streit eskaliert: Trump vs. M..."
Puh, zum Glück nicht #Merz. 😰
#depol #uspol

Hint to protesters - wave the American flag. Upside down is fine. Waving foreign flags helps Trump’s claim of invasion.
#LA #immigration #ICE

Billionaire Republicans have destroyed the American Dream.
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#WaPo: Reagan National Airport expected to close for up to several hours on June 14 for military flyovers,...
As loyal subject, I happily volunteer this sacrifice for my king's birthday. 🙄
But won't tolerate the extra "up to" in the report.
#uspol #parade

#uspol Federal grants that my mom's department uses to study long-term care for people with Alzheimer's disease have been withdrawn, and an accompanying letter bearing RFK Jr.'s signature decried their work as unscientific and a waste of money.
This is especially sad to our family as her father/my grandfather had Alzheimer's for many years before he passed.
To sus…

Alzheimer's Association | Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia Help
Alzheimer's Association national site – information on Alzheimer's disease and dementia symptoms, diagnosis, stages, treatment, care and support resources.

Last boost, related #uspol take:
"Here's RFK's plan:
1. Claim vaccines cause autism
2. Push vaccine skepticism, lower vax rates
3. Create autism registry - people avoid getting a diagnosis to stay off it
4. Point to the decrease in autism diagnoses as "proof" vaccines cause autism"
via a screenshot of a tweet by a Skyler Johnson @Skylerfo…

Heh, so people in the import/export world, instead of dealing with Trump’s short-attention-span/TACO tariff policies, now have to deal with the uncertainties of US constitutional litigation. Joking aside, I think that’s an improvement.
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Fire from The Atlantic.
#USPol #Tariffs

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I’ve received countless text solicitations for donations over the past week. 1 or 2 of them were well crafted AND compelling. I responded STOP to each and every one. What I have learned is that the ONLY likely result of a political contribution is an increased frequency in unsolicited requests for more donations.
This makes me sad.

Follow the money.
#uspol #youtube

Sure thing, Heggy. But first, we’re going to need a pig and a live TV feed.
#auspol #uspol #BlackMirror

Apt as ever.
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"Affordable Care Act" is commonly called "Obamacare" in recognition of the US president who got it passed.
"Big Beautiful Bill" is similarly called "The Big Ugly" in honor of...
#uspol #BigUgly #Trump

I just checked the map of bigoted Congressperson Mary Miller’s district and oh my gosh is it gerrymandering run amok.
#USpol #ILpol #Congress

#uspol #lotr

72 years later, this image still seems to resonate.
'In America - At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served' (Krokodil # 4, 1953) by Yuliy Ganf. The solider at the table being well fed is labeled “war” and the neglected tables are labeled 'Education', 'Health Care', 'Libraries' and 'Art'.
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Curtis Yarvin is Tucker Carlson but a software engineer.
#uspol #Yarvin #Carlson

"Get rid of all of the old Democrats"
partly means
"Jettison people who were responsible for the Civil Rights Movement"
which is stupid
#uspol #blackmastodon #blackfedi

The broken clock is right (twice a day): #USpol

OH:
In other words, this is a bad policy that would only be pursued by people who hadn't thought through the consequences that probably harms everyone for no reason.
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#WaPo: Hundreds of Marines deployed while some protesters gather downtown
A two-bit dictator is still a dictator. 😟
#uspol #marines #LosAngeles #California #protests

People in congress should not get paid unless they show up to work. It's simple logic. I've built a site where they can register their attendance here: #uspol

Cory Booker isn't trending on #blackmastodon or #blackfedi ?
Yikes. Red flag, as the kids say.
Anyway, that was amazing and incredible and a ray of hope for all of this. Good stuff.
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#NoKings #taco #USpol

He he. #TACO #tacoTrump #USPol #trump

Donald Trump TACO Memes Explode Across the Internet
The term TACO, which means Trump Always Chickens Out, was coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong.

#CNN: "Kristi Noem said a migrant threatened to kill Trump. Investigators think he was set up...
The investigators suspect the letter was to benefit a separate individual..."
Expect these investigators to soon recant or be fired. 😟
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It's not protesting, it is just communicating #climate and #weather science for 100 straight hours. 👏🤓🥼
#uspol #science

We need to have a TACO talk-o about whether chicken bitter is actually a half dozen chickens in an oversized suit.
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#xkcd #ice #usa #uspol #uspolitics

Not sure what Americans need to do at this moment, but it probably needs to be soon.
#project2025

Biden's record on covid
Saw a comment along the lines of: "seems unfair to criticise Biden's record on covid, while the situation now under Trump is so much worse".
But I don't think of them as separate. Biden's government _contributed_ to how covid stands under Trump.
If Biden's lot had taken the opportunity to educate people (at least the ones open to considering science findings) that
- it's airborne like smoke
- an empty room can hold infectious virus
- air filters, UV and fresh air reduce the levels of it
- masks work better the better they fit
- you can be infectious without/before symptoms
- you're fairly likely still to be infectious for 10 days, a few people longer
- current vaccines don't stop you catching it or transmitting it
- it can mess with your immune system so you're more likely to catch other things
- vaccinated people can still get Long Covid
- it's not "mild", it's just that the damage is quiet
then even if they hadn't done anything more to address the problem, people would be in a far better position to deploy their own common sense.
And unlike funding or laws, that investment in _knowledge_ is something it would be difficult for Trump's lot to roll back.
But Biden & co chose instead to play down the risks, and explicitly or implicitly mislead people (e.g. the 5-day quarantine, which contradicts the real infectious period).
So, yes it's worse now, but they _contributed_ to how it is now. They chose to encourage misapprehensions and confusion, and the effects of that choice are still playing out now.
Not letting them off the hook on the grounds of being comparatively "less bad", when they themselves laid some of the foundations of the current state of play.
#covid #Biden #USPol #CovidIsntOver

Ugh. So twitter right now is WAY too effective at dividing the Dems. I hope we get this out of our system.
For the record, the big problem here is misplaced faith in the (white) left; e.g. Bernie's a good cheerleader but *wildly* ineffective on the ground because at the end of the day you have to work within the ugly system
a thing elder black folks in politics excel at, which the white left ALWAYS seems to forget

Whatever you do, do not call the number and recount the story of the time you were working commercial towing and a co-worker’s indigestion turned out to be a chest bursting health hazard that should have been nuked from space. 👽
#alien #movie

So, has anyone recently heard from/of the Honorable Jim Jordan, US Representative from the great state of Ohio? 🤨
I hope he is OK.
#curious #uspol #Ohio #usa

#CNN: Trump administration’s MAHA report on children’s health filled with flawed references, including some studies that don’t exist
Easy. They had AI draft parts of the report. 100 bucks if they didn't.
#uspol #health #LLM #AI

#NYT: State Department Halts Interviews Abroad for Student and Exchange Visas
He is going to choke the universities and bleed them dry. And set the country back significantly in so many ways.
#uspol #HigherEd #academics #visa

Crypto? More like corrupto.
#crypto #corruption #Trump #uspol
https://us.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/trump-crypto-meme-coin-dinner

Tim Cooked? 🤔
#Apple #tariffs #uspol #Trump

"TACO trade" as in Trump Always Chickens Out. 🌮🐥
#taco #Trump #markets #economy #stockMarket #uspol #usa #tariffs