Flashback to a time of hope — September 2021 descalation in the Middle East with Biden. #giftArticle #uae #peace
‘Even Beijing is stressing an authoritarian version of “build back better” in recent statements stressing shared domestic prosperity. The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, though badly botched, reflected a growing global consensus against “endless wars,”’
The authors of the #Constitution separated powers for a reason.
…The #Republicans who lead #Congress have refused to use the power of the #LegislativeBranch to stop #Trump or moderate him, in this or almost any other matter. The Cabinet is composed of sycophants & loyalists who are willing to defend contradictory policies, even if doing so makes them look like fools. The courts haven’t decisively intervened yet either.
#law
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/dictatorships-trump-republicans/682387/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxY6mkr1cwhtnhGKPzVPmmqo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
We might as well just put our personal data on the dark web directly
Well, this is, terrifying
#Trump Wants to Merge Government #Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.
The federal govt knows your mother’s maiden name & your bank account number. The student debt you hold. Your disability status. The company that employs you & the wages you earn there. And that’s just a start.
#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #privacy #Musk #DOGE #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-musk-data-access.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U4.b0U4.Dd4UOgKl268D&smid=bs-share
The Only Way to Stop the #FinancialCrisis
#Trump isn’t listening to what the #StockMarket is telling him. He’s not negotiating w/foreign leaders in good faith. He’s not hearing what corporate CEOs are saying.
By Annie Lowrey
#economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/04/bond-selloff-trump-economic/682363/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxUgc95YQp_Yxas3YBhDidZg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
#Google #AWU #unions #transparency #antitrust #GiftArticle
"The agreement is another blow to Google’s corporate policies designed to maintain secrecy, which have been scrutinized amid the search case brought by the Justice Department. It also undercut Google’s strategy to keep its business humming during the lawsuit — to have employees ignore the antitrust battle and remain focused on their work."
He escaped once. In 2005, when he was 12 or 13, he broke off a piece of the door’s center paneling; but rather than fleeing the house, he simply slipped down to the kitchen to scrounge for food. When his breakout was discovered, he told the police, his bedroom door was reinforced with plywood. Threats of withholding food, or violence, kept him from trying again.
#GiftArticle link:
Asking for bids when they don't have the money.
"But Wall Street professionals, like so many other ostensibly smart people, refused to see Trump clearly, mistaking his skill as a demagogue for wisdom as a policymaker. “I don’t think this was foreseeable,” a mournful Ackman posted on X on Monday. “I assumed economic rationality would be paramount.” What an odd assumption to make about a man who bankrupted casinos.
Berezin thinks Wall Street still hasn’t come to terms with the cost of the nascent Trump presidency. “I do think that at this point we might have passed the event horizon, meaning that even if Trump backs off from the tariffs, there’s been enough damage done to the U.S. economy, to the global economy, to investor confidence, consumer confidence, that we’re probably going to see a recession regardless of what happens,” he said.""
#GiftArticle
by Mike Schmidt
When #Trump returned to office, his rivals & #law enforcement ofcls feared he would follow through on his pledges to use the #DOJ & #FBI to investigate & even imprison perceived enemies.
But since winning re-election, Trump’s retribution campaign has turned out to be far more expansive, efficient & creative than anticipated. It has also been less reliant on the justice system.
#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #tyranny #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-biden-law-firms-revenge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.904.8-XE.5u9z6MqBgEoF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
A freebee read in which you can indulge a bit of Elon enmity for that feelgood experience. Almost as good as sex or chocolate.
#Elon #Musk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Tesla #USPol #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/europe/anti-elon-musk-tesla-ads.html?unlocked_article_code=1.904.QzPj.eVJGoX88F19v&smid=url-share
V WaPo:
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
https://wapo.st/4jdXL8m
#GiftArticle #NoPaywall
Amid anti-#DEI push, #NationalParkService rewrites history of #UndergroundRailroad
Since #Trump took office, the #ParkService -- an agency charged with preserving #AmericanHistory -- has changed how its website describes key moments from #slavery to #JimCrow
#whitewashing #WhiteSupremacy #History #racism #lies #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #USpol
https://wapo.st/4jdXL8m