America

[Which Tyler]

UK stops sharing some intel with US over Trump’s ‘drug boat’ strikes in Caribbean: report

Chaos continues off the coast of Venezuela as U.S. administration refuses to name suspects killed in attacks

[Mikey Brown]

I wish I could stop opening this thread. It’s just endless, massive horrible headlines but I don’t think anyone actually has anything to discuss anymore.

[Stom]

I wish I could stop opening this thread. It’s just endless, massive horrible headlines but I don’t think anyone actually has anything to discuss anymore.

Yeah, indeed. It's all just normalised...which is painful. And the democrats in the US are just spineless sycophants, too, so it's not as if they have a functioning democracy to fall back on.

[Son of Mathonwy]

I wish I could stop opening this thread. It’s just endless, massive horrible headlines but I don’t think anyone actually has anything to discuss anymore.

Yeah, indeed. It's all just normalised...which is painful. And the democrats in the US are just spineless sycophants, too, so it's not as if they have a functioning democracy to fall back on.

The Democrats' cave-in on the shutdown was staggering. Have to say this can't be mere spinelessness. This looks like corruption. The shutdown was hurting the Reps, it killed them in the recent elections, and it was the only way to get what the Dems wanted. The promise of a vote, in a house where they're the minority (and that's just the first hurdle) is obviously worthless. They sold out ordinary people and it would be fascinating to know what they got for this betrayal.

[Which Tyler]

Maybe THIS will move the dial...
It's the hope that kills you

Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct

In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.

[morepork]

Maybe THIS will move the dial...
It's the hope that kills you

Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct

In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.

It will just result in more gormless punitive knee jerk. Every Pearl clutching response is backed by the vast resources of the Federal government, which is itself unraveling at an alarming rate. No SNAP food program, public employees not getting paid, science surrounding acute public health issues triaged with callous indifference and the cancer of free market dogma about to go metastatic. Totally FUBAR. The Cherry on the top is the spineless caving into bullying by the opposition.

[Which Tyler]

https://bsky.app/profile/rpsagainsttrum ... 5qgqwnbs2x

Sorry, I thought Bluesky embedded now.

The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
An amendment to said bill to also condemn fascism was voted down

[Puja]

https://bsky.app/profile/rpsagainsttrum ... 5qgqwnbs2x

Sorry, I thought Bluesky embedded now.

The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
An amendment to said bill to also condemn fascism was voted down

On the day Mamdani's due to meet Trump for the first time. Absolutely baffling that Hakeem Jefferies and the Democratic leadership are willing to engage with blatant Republican shitposting against what is ostensibly a member of their own party, even though he had the gall to win an election even when they told him he wasn't electable. Just abstain en masse and treat this kind of comedy politics with the respect that it deserves!

They're just absolutely desperate to make sure that everyone's aware they're sensible, reasonable, electable centrists with no intentions of doing anything upsetting like improving people's lives, which I'm sure will save the country. After all, "We have no beliefs except Not Donald Trump" worked out just splendidly for them last election, so I'm sure it'll be fine going forwards.

Puja

[Which Tyler]

[Son of Mathonwy]

https://bsky.app/profile/rpsagainsttrum ... 5qgqwnbs2x

Sorry, I thought Bluesky embedded now.

The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
An amendment to said bill to also condemn fascism was voted down

On the day Mamdani's due to meet Trump for the first time. Absolutely baffling that Hakeem Jefferies and the Democratic leadership are willing to engage with blatant Republican shitposting against what is ostensibly a member of their own party, even though he had the gall to win an election even when they told him he wasn't electable. Just abstain en masse and treat this kind of comedy politics with the respect that it deserves!

They're just absolutely desperate to make sure that everyone's aware they're sensible, reasonable, electable centrists with no intentions of doing anything upsetting like improving people's lives, which I'm sure will save the country. After all, "We have no beliefs except Not Donald Trump" worked out just splendidly for them last election, so I'm sure it'll be fine going forwards.

Puja

I assume the 86 Democrats who condemned socialism will be voting to shut down medicaid, medicare, the US Postal Service and all other examples of socialism in the US.

[morepork]

https://bsky.app/profile/rpsagainsttrum ... 5qgqwnbs2x

Sorry, I thought Bluesky embedded now.

The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
An amendment to said bill to also condemn fascism was voted down

On the day Mamdani's due to meet Trump for the first time. Absolutely baffling that Hakeem Jefferies and the Democratic leadership are willing to engage with blatant Republican shitposting against what is ostensibly a member of their own party, even though he had the gall to win an election even when they told him he wasn't electable. Just abstain en masse and treat this kind of comedy politics with the respect that it deserves!

They're just absolutely desperate to make sure that everyone's aware they're sensible, reasonable, electable centrists with no intentions of doing anything upsetting like improving people's lives, which I'm sure will save the country. After all, "We have no beliefs except Not Donald Trump" worked out just splendidly for them last election, so I'm sure it'll be fine going forwards.

Puja

I assume the 86 Democrats who condemned socialism will be voting to shut down medicaid, medicare, the US Postal Service and all other examples of socialism in the US.

Don’t forget the NIH, FDA, and CDC.

[Which Tyler]

Don’t forget the NIH, FDA, and CDC.

Do they still exist in a meaningful way?

[morepork]

Don’t forget the NIH, FDA, and CDC.

Do they still exist in a meaningful way?

Credibility shredded. A generation of expertise gone to the detriment of public health. The safest public health watchdog on the planet has been shot in the head.

[morepork]

Setting off for three months back home. First step in the repatriation of the Porkster.

[Mikey Brown]

Setting off for three months back home. First step in the repatriation of the Porkster.

Is that a real consideration long term due to the state of things?

[J Dory]

Setting off for three months back home. First step in the repatriation of the Porkster.

Is that a real consideration long term due to the state of things?

All Blacks haven't been that bad.

[morepork]

Setting off for three months back home. First step in the repatriation of the Porkster.

Is that a real consideration long term due to the state of things?

Always a vague plan, but definitely more motivated now.