@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-03-13 01:33:58
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-03-13 01:33:58
@crell@phpc.social2026-03-12 18:24:55
Honest question: Has "assassinate the leader of a country and the populace will rise up and overthrow the government and setup a new more US-friendly government" EVER worked? I know we've tried it a bunch of times, but I'm pretty sure it has failed miserably every single time.
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-12 00:07:17
I Have a Trump Theory... by Hank Green
#uspol
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2026-03-13 08:33:50
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2026-01-12 21:42:39
Emma Goldman mentioned, wanted to share.
If this goes viral, drop the alt text in the comments below, a bit lazy to add it myself for long videos, sorry!
#USPol #Spirituality #EmmaGoldman
@mapcar@mastodon.sdf.org2026-01-13 14:11:52
#uspol #greenland #dkpol I believe that Trumps interest in Greenland is mainly a vanity project to help him build a legacy for his presidency. As such he is presumably on a deadline, either hoping to a…
@tgpo@social.linux.pizza2026-02-12 15:11:27
"This is what American people voted for."
Progressives just got our sound bite for the next forever elections.
#uspol #uspolitics
@markrsmith@smithtodon.org2026-01-13 17:59:07
Three US prosecutors quit their jobs after being pressed to investigate the widow of Renee Good. The failure to investigate the ICE agent shooter was involved.
#uspol #ReneeGood #ICE
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-02-12 22:33:12
@sjn@chaos.social2026-01-11 18:48:47
What does one call a friend, neighbor and ally that one day suddenly, and without warning, becomes hostile?
In Norwegian (and English) we have a suitable word for this: Quisling.
#uspol #denmark #greenland
@deepthoughts10@infosec.exchange2026-03-11 19:42:27
RE: #uspol
@markrsmith@smithtodon.org2026-01-13 01:46:14
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-01-09 20:34:32
As 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
@rasterweb@mastodon.social2026-02-06 16:23:31
Content warning: USPOL, Race
I 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
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club2026-02-10 09:19:05
@raysofred@discordian.social2026-03-10 14:00:06
@cjust@infosec.exchange2026-01-12 17:25:53
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-01-10 15:56:36
What a Difference a Year Makes (with Jonathan Chait) | The Focus Group by
The Bulwark
#uspol
@joe@toot.works2026-01-07 16:59:27
So, 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
@jrm4@mastodon.social2026-03-05 16:36:56
Today, tech people discovering what black voters already knew about Bernie Sanders
#blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol
@padraig@mastodon.ie2026-01-04 12:04:24
@raysofred@discordian.social2026-03-10 14:34:44
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-02-28 17:38:38
@seav@en.osm.town2026-01-03 10:58:42
It’s only the third day of 2026! 🤬
#uspol #vepol #WagTheDog
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-03-09 00:14:09
I'm so tired of winning.
#uspol
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-02-08 04:49:29
Rewriting 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
@scottmiller42@mstdn.social2026-01-04 01:14:37
MAGA news media convinced voters that #POTUS47 would keep us “out of war.” How’s that working out?
#USpol #UnitedStatesVenezuela
@cjust@infosec.exchange2026-03-06 23:26:57
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-03-08 03:24:15
How am I doing? Well I just looked up how to pronounce eschatological, because for some reason I want to be able to describe American foreign policy accurately 😳😝
#USpol
@crell@phpc.social2026-03-05 22:44:31
The Names They Call Themselves
#uspol
@raysofred@discordian.social2026-03-10 03:20:58
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-03-08 20:03:04
I tracked the AI Money in politics by Phil Edwards
#uspol
@catsalad@infosec.exchange2026-01-21 23:39:20
RE: #USPol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-01-08 17:52:07
I 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
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-02-08 05:06:12
FPS 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
@joe@toot.works2026-01-05 15:28:12
I'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
@lapizistik@social.tchncs.de2026-02-21 20:12:29
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-02-27 22:59:08
Good piece from Timothy Snyder argues that Trump is failing at fascism: #USpol
@carbonwoman@norden.social2026-01-25 14:52:15
Ich 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
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2026-01-03 18:20:46
Just 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
@markrsmith@smithtodon.org2025-12-13 01:23:15
American F18 over land at the Venezuela coast
#usn #navy #venezuela #uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-01-07 19:53:01
Content warning: Violence, Terror (Minnesota murder)
For 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
@scottmiller42@mstdn.social2026-01-04 05:17:20
If 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
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-01-08 18:26:26
The 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
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2026-02-01 06:01:11
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club2026-03-04 06:19:21
"Han (Trump) tilfŸjer, at "det er trist at se, at forholdet tydeligvis ikke er, hvad det har været". Og hvem er det, der selv har Ÿdelagt forholdet ? #trump #USPol #UKPol
Revolutionsgarden modsiger Trump
Hvad sker der? En iransk regeringsbygning er blevet jævnet med jorden i en ny bølge af angreb mod Iran, hvor også den store Mehrabad-lufthavn Abolish ICE by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie @stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-01-08 05:10:46
#uspol
@crell@phpc.social2026-03-04 17:12:35
RE: #uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-01-08 05:04:42
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
@mapcar@mastodon.sdf.org2026-03-02 10:04:09
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-08 02:00:51
What Causes Wars: An Introduction to Crisis Bargaining Theory by Lines on Maps Extra
#uspol
@crell@phpc.social2026-03-04 17:22:23
How well do your Congressional representatives align with the ACLU? They have a neat little summary:
#uspol
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-01-28 07:21:53
Daring Fireball: The Names They Call Themselves
#USpol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-03-09 21:20:20
Happy U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day!
Oh the irony as the U.S. builds and fills concentration camps.
😳😐
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Hostage_and_Wrongful_Detainee_Day
@rasterweb@mastodon.social2026-01-18 19:28:58
Greenland should rename itself “Epsteinland” and I guarantee Trump will forget all about it.
#uspol
@markrsmith@smithtodon.org2026-03-05 02:36:03
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-03-06 21:27:16
What 4 generations of veterans think of Trump’s Iran War by How Is This Better?
#uspol
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-01-04 20:45:52
RE: #Venezuela #USPol
@crell@phpc.social2026-03-02 14:24:46
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-02-06 18:43:53
Just 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
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-06 21:59:33
We Found The Radical Solution To Skyrocketing Grocery Prices by More Perfect Union
#uspol
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club2026-01-31 17:17:14
Det er svært at komme med en fornuftig kommentar til denne tale. Så jeg lader den stå som den er. #USPol #KennethHowery #trump
@joe@toot.works2026-01-09 20:46:36
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
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-01-25 01:44:43
I 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.social2026-01-03 18:13:01
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-01-05 13:52:53
Maduro doing dictator stuff = bad.
Potus doing dictator stuff = bad.
Two things can be (and are) true at once.
#USpol
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-06 03:51:14
Oh boy.
#newJersey #uspol #elections
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2026-01-24 16:55:31
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-03 10:02:02
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-05 22:23:13
AOC making sure #newJersey knows what's up
#uspol #elections
@crell@phpc.social2026-01-03 18:11:41
This movie is nearly 30 years old.
#uspol
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club2026-01-31 07:37:30
Den slambert vidste godt, at flagene ville blive sat op og hvorfor. Men han beordrede dem fjernet alligevel. Ud med ham. #USPol #trump
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-02-03 01:32:07
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2026-01-24 19:10:20
LIVE ON THE GROUND in #Minneapolis!
#USPol
@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-12-20 01:33:41
I'm old enough to remember the unraveling of the Watergate cover-up, and the Epstein story has a very familiar stench. #USpol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-03-03 21:54:23
Kristi Noem is reportedly considering sleeping over in American’s homes (whether or not they want her to) just so she can violate the 3rd Amendment too, and have a matched set of violated Amendments.
#USpol #BillOfRights
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-01-03 17:32:04
Sounds like venezuela will pay for the wall.
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-03-04 16:12:36
US days from running low on interceptors, has no ability to evacuate citizens from Middle East because potus & kegsbreath failed to plan.
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schakowsky.house.gov you rep me: impeach, remove, ban from office & prosecute. Not a penny more for this war.
#USpol
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club2026-02-24 09:52:42
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-01-03 17:43:09
Venezuela will be administered by "a group of people"?
I think he means oligarchs?
#uspol
@crell@phpc.social2026-01-30 01:04:40
RE: #uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-01-03 18:39:58
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-02-24 10:32:21
So the Right has been talking about how the FEMA concentration camps, the pedophile conspiracy, and how they're gonna take all the guns, but now that the pedophile conspiracy is building concentration camps and disarming then executing legal gun owners, all I can hear is the sucking sound as they try to swallow the whole damn boot.
#USPol
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-01-03 13:54:50
The United States Has Captured Maduro. What Happens Next? by William Spaniel
#uspol
@crell@phpc.social2025-12-28 14:59:49
The 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.social2026-03-02 03:09:41
How Israel Assassinated the Ayatollah & Iran’s Upcoming Succession Crisis by William Spaniel
#uspol
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-02-25 06:06:41
This is as good a time as any for a thought experiment.
You're in Nazi Germany. You know about the camps, you know what they do, you see the ash fall, you smell it. People who resist alone are killed, some are sent to the camps too. You're afraid to even talk to people about it for fear that they'll turn you in.
You think back to when the camps were being built. You had all the warning signs, but you didn't know how to interpret them. You could believe it would happen. You thought you'd have a chance to vote him out. You thought there might be another way. You thought maybe things would turn out differently if you just sat tight, kept your head down, kept yourself safe.
You see a family being dragged from their home. You know they will be killed. You want to fight, not just for them but for yourself. You opposed Hitler, and at any point you know you could be on the list... Even if you do nothing.
You wish you could rise up, shoot the SS, open the gates, fight it all. You know you aren't alone, but you don't know how to connect with the people who want the same thing.
Using the knowledge we have now, what should you have done in the preceding months and years to connect, to build a community that would open up all paths of resistance?
There were people who resisted. We know it wasn't enough.
Gun laws in Nazi Germany were very similar to US laws in that Nazis were largely free to own guns and everyone else was not. Unlike the US, where "others" have historically controlled using the fear that they might be randomly executed, Germany did codify it. Red flag laws were one more step in the US towards that codification, and there will be more.
When Nazis were taking away those guns, the social networks didn't exist to make resistance possible for most folks. But some Jews were able to resist.
It wasn't the guns that made the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising possible, though they definitely helped. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was made possible by labor organizing in the precessing years.
If there were more uprisings like that, the Holocaust could have been stopped if not prevented. Social networks make resistance possible. Guns are only useful tools to resist authoritarianism *after* you build a community able to support that resistance, and they are only one of many tools made useful by that community.
Getting guns is easy, and not always necessary. Building community is hard. Guns won't keep you safe. Community will.
Single acts of resistance may slow the machine down, but to actually bring down a monster you need to be able to attack more than once. You need a society of resistance. If you are afraid now, build that. Talk to people while it's still safe to do so. Ask them where their red line is. Talk to neighbors. Figure out your network.
Take the steps you need now to keep your neighbors safe, to keep yourself safe.
#USPol
@crell@phpc.social2026-01-27 14:08:12
OH: 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
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-28 22:06:40
Eight Key Things to Watch for in the Iran War by William Spaniel
#uspol
@crell@phpc.social2026-01-27 14:50:02
RE: #uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-27 00:03:53
Is Fascism Back? by Johnny Harris
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-01-23 15:47:24
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-01-29 23:07:40
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong (w/ Adam Serwer & Bobby Pulido) | The Bulwark Podcast
#uspol
@crell@phpc.social2026-01-23 18:01:33
The Choice
#RankedChoiceVoting #uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-01-29 23:27:35
Jared Kushner's DISGUSTING Gaza PowerPoint (w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates) | The Bulwark Podcast
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-21 22:26:25
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-01-24 21:21:58
Message from Seth Moulton
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-19 01:14:20
Time to get messy.
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.social2025-12-23 21:09:18
Holy Cow, Young Conservatives Are NOT Okay BY The Bulwark
#USPOL