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For Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again.
Kim Sajet left as director of the National Portrait Gallery when she found herself in the White House cross hairs. Now she’s watching another Smithsonian chief go through it.
https://archive.ph/P8g2l #globalmuseum #museums #Trump #Smithsonian
#USA gov't map of #Africa mislabels every country at global conference ‼️
The map contained an #AI watermark imdicating it was made w/ OpenAI tools. 👀
It had:
• Nigeria (where #US currently has several hundred troops deployed) as landlocked in the Sahara Desert
• Mozambique, which is in southeastern Africa, relocated to the Horn of Africa
• Ivory Coast in West Africa was placed on the other side of the continent
The State Dept blamed a staffer.
#trump #TrumpAdmin
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https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-government-map-africa-mislabels-every-country-global-conference-2026-07-30/
Basically, most of the world hates the #Trump's
"The Trump Family Sparks a Revolution in Albania"
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/trump-kushner-flamingo-revolution-albania/688030/
I am a #whistleBlower against #AccentureFederalServices and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. I had voted #democrat until that point.
Then, I was brutalized by police and jailed, 4 times by the #Biden regime, and once by the #Trump regime ( extrajudicially incarcerated, without trial, or due process ).
All charges were dropped, as I fought in court. They never had any reason to arrest me. It was an attempt at whistleblower intimidation.
This is my account:
https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/
I have been #homeless since 2023 , except for a few months.
If you had told me that both sides were the same, in 2022, I would have laughed. Now, I believe it.
Healthcare was complicated and expensive.
People wanted Universal Healthcare.
So Obama sold us #ObamaCare
Now, #healthcare is complicated, expensive, AND mandatory.
More money for “the healthcare industry”.
After the market crash of 2008, where many Americans lost their retirement savings, it was #Obama who stopped the investigation into the #corruption behind the crash.
Trump is not much better than Obama.
Yes, both sides are the same, and they both work for the rich.
I am now in #Japan , seeking political asylum, and have been homeless for a while, and without medical care. I have had to go hungry for days at a time, a few times, as every NPO aimed at helping refugees, has denied me help.
With all due respect, #Takaichi san’s #government is violating the UN convention on #refugees by denying me basic protections and #HumanRights
boostedCan you blame him? The man did his job. He did it well under terrible circumstances. Now they’re trying to blame him for crazy shit.
#Fauci Repeatedly Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions at Volatile #Senate Hearing
#GiftArticle
#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/29/us/trump-news-fauci-hearing?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.1LrC.gmre7FPUzryd&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who spent nearly four decades as the government’s top #InfectiousDisease expert, refused on Wednesday to answer any questions from a #Senate committee investigating the origins of #Covid19. Dr. #Fauci accused the committee’s #Republican chairman, #RandPaul, of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” before repeatedly invoking his #FifthAmendment right not to incriminate himself.
#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
Early in the hearing, #RandPaul warned that there would be “repercussions” for Dr. Fauci’s refusal to testify, & then ordered the removal of his lawyer‼️, David Schertler, when he tried to speak up on his client’s behalf. The hearing, unusual even by the #Senate’s recent hyperpartisan standards, also featured #ConspiracyTheories & personal attacks, with Republicans taunting Dr. #Fauci as a megalomaniac & a liar.
Senator #RandPaul accuses Dr. #Fauci of funding research in China that sparked the #pandemic, & then lying about it to #Congress — outrageous accusations Dr. Fauci vehemently denies.
In a brief opening statement, Dr. Fauci noted that he had testified before Congress more than 200 times during the 38 years he ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [ #NIAID ], including during the #Covid pandemic.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
“the only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, ‘behind bars,’”Dr. #Fauci said
Dr. Fauci told the panel that it pained him not to answer questions, but that he was doing so on the advice of his lawyers.
#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
NEW: ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of Justice Department lawyers.
We found judges nominated by both parties who are frustrated that they can no longer take the government at its word.
https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOJ #Law #Legal #Courts #Trump #Justice #Ethics #USPolitics
#Asylum seekers could be sent directly to #deportation under new federal rule
The #Trump admin rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to #immigration “judges” [immigration judges are part of the #DOJ not the #judiciary], who could dismiss the asylum petitions.
#law #DueProcess #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/28/asylum-seekers-could-be-sent-directly-deportation-under-new-federal-rule/
A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding.
One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” explains how the move would’ve stifled that breakthrough.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #Science #Physics #Research #Funding #Academia
Oh btw, a "reporter" clapping for #Trump's stupid behavior is not a reporter but an enabler
Stand up or get out 🤷
So Trump has used up so many interceptors and other ammunition that it will take at least four years and 1.5 trillion dollars (perhaps much more) to replace them.
The US has been bullying the rest of the world for decades, in part based on a vastly overstated reputation for military power and prowess.
The bully has just been shown to have a glass jaw. What will the rest of the world do now?
boostedThe #Pentagon now reports over 600 #casualties in Trump’s #IranWar. Officials quietly added over 140 wounded & restored 4 killed to database.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/politics/iran-war-casualties?cid=ios_app
#Lula to #Trump∶ ‘No one will defeat us through #lies’
Opinion by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of #Brazil.
#US #geopolitics #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
https://wapo.st/3Tl6JZQ
A year ago, I was taken aback by the publication, on a digital platform, of a letter from President Donald #Trump imposing a 50% #tariff on Brazilian goods. Its very first paragraph referred to former president #JairBolsonaro — who was #convicted last year for attempting a #coup d’état in #Brazil & is now under house arrest — making the political motivation behind the measure explicit.
#Lula #Brazil #law #InternationalLaw #trade #economy #sovereignty #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie
The Trumps at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia
1987
source: https://zhub.link/@visuallyperfect/116924642062719924
A #US #State Dept delegation, including #Trump political appointees…, had planned to depart for #Brasília, the capital, in coming days, acc/to a snr State Dept ofcl & 3 Brazilian ofcls….
But Brazilian ofcls, apprised of the plans, denied the Americans permission to travel….The US ofcls applied for #visas through the Brazilian consulate in DC, saying they planned to hold “meetings with authorities involved in the electoral process,” #Brazi ofcls said.
…It was unclear whom the #US “diplomats” had planned to meet or how they would impugn a system long seen as an electoral standard-bearer in #SouthAmerica, returning results within hours of Brazilians casting their ballots.
Two senior #Brazil officials told WaPo on Thursday that they had recently learned of what they described as the American “ploy” & had vowed to block the US officials from entering the country.
“It is a ploy that is completely incompatible with Brazilian democracy,” said one of the officials…. This official said the #Brazil government would move to “protect our voting system.”
The Brazilian officials said they suspected that the Americans’ goal was to meet with electoral skeptics & produce a report that could be used to delegitimize the nation’s electronic #voting system.
…The attempted mission by the #Trump officials marked an escalation in a lengthy feud between the #US & #Brazil over the limits of #FreedomOfExpression & the #criminal case against Trump ally former president #JairBolsonaro, who is under house arrest after being #convicted of attempting to lead an armed #coup & other charges [that was inspired by Trump’s #Jan6 coup attempt].
“For those of us who lost friends bringing #democracy to other countries, it’s incredibly noxious seeing this secretary [ #MarcoRubio ] using American power to undermine credible #elections in other countries for ideological purposes,” the senior #US #State Department official with knowledge of the endeavor said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly [& feared retaliation].
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #US #Brazil #Trump #BigLie
“We used to deploy power in dangerous situations for #democracy,” the senior #State Dept ofcl said. “Now we send political appointees to discredit another country’s electoral system.”
[damn 🔥]
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #US #Brazil #Trump #BigLie
The senior ofcl drew a distinction between this diplomatic mission & efforts by the #US govt in 2022 [under #Biden] to fortify Brazilian #democracy & avert a #military takeover. In the lead-up to that #election, #JairBolsonaro [aping #Trump] repeatedly sought to sow doubt over Brazil’s electoral system, which he [falsely] alleged was rife with fraud.
#JairBolsonaro, a former #military officer, simultaneously worked to #politicize the Brazilian military & warned of a democratic “rupture” if his power was threatened.
Two days after Bolsonaro proclaimed that “the army is on our side,” then-Defense Secretary #LloydAustin spoke out in support of #democracy in #Brasília & about the need for #civilian control of the military.
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #US #Brazil #Trump #BigLie
The snr ofcl said he saw #US #intelligence assessments at the time that found “there is no credibility to these accusations against the credibility of #Brazil’s electoral system.”
…Following the #election, #JairBolsonaro tried to overturn the results showing he had lost to #Lula & initiate a #military #coup, but most of the country’s generals balked at the plan. Last year, he was convicted of attempting to overthrow the Brazilian state & sentenced to 27 years in prison….
#FlávioBolsonaro, who is trailing in the polls, appeared to echo his father’s false allegations this week in a meeting with diplomats. He said #Brazil’s voting machines were made by the Venezuelan company #Smartmatic & vulnerable to fraud — claims rebutted by the Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court.
International observers have asserted repeatedly that Brazil’s electoral system is sound.
Every “observation mission to #Brazil since 2018, when they started, including the 2022 presidential #election, has found the country’s electoral system to be secure, reliable & fully capable of producing legitimate election results,” said Benoni Belli, the Brazilian ambassador to the Organization of American States.
Good on #Brazil. Give #Trump admin a taste of their own medicine.
Brazil denies #visas to #US delegation aiming to impugn #election system.
The US delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital & cast doubt on the integrity of the #voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #BigLie
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/24/us-sending-envoys-question-brazilian-electoral-system-officials-say/
I mean…
#Trump Admin Admits Canceling Grants to #States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in #court documents that they halted billions of dollars in #funding for #energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Trump in the 2024 election.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
#GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.mOeN.GJmOAVRjp_oO&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Goddamn this muther f⁕⚠︎er 🤬🤬🤬
#Trump ordered new signs outside a #Smithsonian #museum that warn its depiction of #UShistory is "inaccurate."
Trump claimed the signage at the National Museum of #AmericanHistory would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
NO! Your initially #insane brain that has clearly succumbed to #dementia is HELLA wrong you #billionaire #racist #misogynist!
F⁕⚠︎ you!
#law #museums #UShistory
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/arts/design/smithsonian-signs-trump-executive-order.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Trump orders signs outside Smithsonian history museum to correct what he calls 'inaccurate information'.
President Donald Trump directed federal officials on Friday to install signs outside the Smithsonian's flagship National Museum of American History to reflect his administration's criticism of how the institution portrays the United States.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-executive-order-related-smithsonian-institution-white-house-says-2026-07-24/ #globalmuseum #museums #Trump
Substance in #Houston #ICE #shooting van was NOT drugs, district attorney’s office says testing confirms
#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/24/us/houston-ice-shooting-substance-testing?cid=ios_app
The substance collected from the van driven by Lorenzo Salgado Araujo when he was shot & #killed by an #ICE agent during a traffic stop in #Houston this month was NOT drugs, acc/to a spox for the Harris County DA’s Office.
This comes after the #FBI filed a warrant application saying the agency had cause to believe that an investigator found illegal drugs in the vehicle after the July 7 #shooting that killed the 52-yr-old Mexican #immigrant & longtime #Texas #resident.
boostedIf Trump really cares about forced labor, he should look at the US – rather than slap more tariffs on the world | Eduardo Porter
Forced labor is a problem, especially in the US, where prisoners are coerced to work for pennies – or nothing at all
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/24/trump-tariffs-forced-labor-us-prisons
The #US #House again passes resolution seeking to halt #military action in #Iran as some #Republicans defect
The House narrowly passed a resolution to halt military action in Iran, sending a warning to #Trump for the 2nd time as the #war has escalated & the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain.
The 214-208 vote requiring congressional approval for the war comes as the #Senate is expected to consider a similar resolution later Thursday.
#law #WarPowers
https://apnews.com/article/iran-congress-war-powers-resolution-vote-0ba2387a476fe08de0bfd6281adb9639
#Trump Admin [finally] Drops [illegal] Subpoena Demanding #List of #Jews From #Penn
For more than a year, the Trump admin pressed the #university for records about #antisemitism complaints & a list of campus groups involved with #Judaism.
#law #AcademicFreedom #privacy #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/us/eeoc-subpoena-penn-jewish-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The #Trump admin has officially signed a #nuclear agreement with #SaudiArabia that officials have said could lead to the kingdom enriching its own fuel for nuclear reactors. #Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday afternoon that he had signed the deal with Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Saudi minister of energy.
#geopolitics #MiddleEast #proliferation
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/22/us/trump-news/5bd3939f-bcca-540a-bf4d-daa01747e1b0?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share
#Trump says #US will destroy a bridge or power plant for each #Iran attack in the #StraitOfHormuz
#WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #IranWar
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-22-2026-42ff3de8d135ad72ff3ba4d94cc0921d
#Trump warned Wednesday that the #US will destroy one bridge or power plant each time #Iran shoots at a ship in the #StraitOfHormuz.
Trump’s latest threat to target #civilian #infrastructure came as the unpopular war spirals with no clear offramp, threatening further worldwide economic disruption & sending #fuel #prices up ahead of the #midterms this fall.
#WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #IranWar
RE: https://flipboard.com/@politico/politics-u9ikh4qkz/-/a-6mNAdywHRweZ7SOfQzyvMg%3Aa%3A3195449-%2F0
lol, didn't think that one through, did he?
boostedIs this what you voted for #MAGA?
#Hegseth estimates #IranWar has cost US Taxpayers $37.5 Billion so far
#Defense Secy Pete Hegseth faced questions & #protests Tuesday over the #US #war with #Iran, which he *estimated* has cost $37.5 billion so far [meaning double that, at a minimum], as #Republicans prepare a $95 billion #GOP budget package to #fund the #military, along with other #Trump priorities.
#TrumpsWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #service
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-hegseth-military-deaths-95-billion-7d158708c3e5385683930f8b839d0344
RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116956938090778731
The American President is a Paedophile.
Millions of Americans are fine with that.
Sadly the ones that aren't are terrible shots or are waiting for 'the system' to stop the Paedo...
#USPol #USPolitics #EpsteinFiles #Trump #Rapists
muddle 🥣 boostedPodcaster Allison Gill succeeds in obtaining proof that Trump's FBI employees were video trained in redacting Trump's name from The Epstein Files.
This means, Democrats can now obtain those training videos and prove that Trump was behind an illegal cover up.
https://newrepublic.com/post/212994/fbi-reveal-redacted-epstein-files-foia
It's just one big L after another for the Peado in the White House...
#USLaw #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #Trump #WhiteHouse #DavidHearn
@argv_minus_one
You can SEE the amount of time people adding to the #Trump #USPol #Amazon etc hashtags...
Hours of people scrolling... triggering themselves...
Is there nothing else for us to do together but mock them?
And they they say "I don't have time" and it's a lot of excuse / not having training / not knowing how to not be a moth to the bad light and load those hashtags constantly...
I can see what hashtags they are on & what they are doing with their time!
Council of Europe questions integrity of World Cup in scathing letter to Fifa hours before final
The European rights body has declared ‘Political influence has moved onto the field’
#worldcup #worldcup2026 #uspol #fucktrump #trump #worldcupfinal
#Trump got the reception he deserved at the #WorldCup https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2026/07/19/donald-trump-world-cup-final-booing-confirmed/90975230007/
Best part? Trump BOOED MERCILESSLY at World Cup final 😂🤣 More! More!!
#worildcupfinal #fucktrump #worldcup #uspol #trump #epsteinclass
In case there was any doubt, #Trump is fully condoning the #ExtraJudicialKillings by #ICE.
Federal Agents Were Told #FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE “Confrontations”
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
#law #murder #Constitution #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
RE: https://mastox.eu/@mehdirhasan/116947901185232024
The League Of International Rapists there....
...otherwise known as the Epstein Class
#AndrewTate #Trump #Misogyny #Patriarchy #EpsteinClass #Predators
@markhburton No no no it's more than that... You're spreading their links and product...
It's not even toilet humour - it's really just a crap toilet on yours and my fee.
And you're advertising it for them.
Like people who hate things but spread the shit. {forgive the pun but it's our time going to shit}
FEEDBACK - really over time you have to find better people / things to post about - as hard as that is
(I know as most can't care or communicate past @caturday #toilet #trump etc), ok?
Just Wow. Modern-day fascism/totalitarianism 101.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s-8eN3Mks8
#politics #democracynow #fascism #totalitarian #power #coup #history #bollox #trump #Leftards
Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe
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Proposed grant recipients have included a free-speech organization that has fought against bans on “gay conversion therapy” and an Afrikaner group that promotes self-governance.
https://www.propublica.org/article/human-rights-aid-right-wing-causes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #SouthAfrica #Europe #HumanRights #HumanitarianAid #Rightwing #Politics
This "51st state" crap just keeps coming back. I'm sick of it.
It's never going to happen voluntarily. There are some nutjob separatists who think they want it, but there aren't nearly as many of them as they think they have.
And Canada isn't going to be taken by force, either. If Mango Mussolini thinks the US military will cakewalk into Canada, he hasn't been paying attention to how well that's going for his friend Putin. I'll be resisting, even if it means I have to throttle invaders with my bare hands.
Sorry, just venting.
#CanPol #USPol #StrongAndFree #Canada #CanadaStrong #MangoMussolini #DipshitDonnie #Trump #SlavaUkraini
We always knew this was coming.
https://mas.to/@fsinn/114096387983049657
#Trump #Elections #ElectionInterference #ElectionIntegrity #USA #Constitution #Fascism #Democracy
Imagine being so delusional you think there's gonna be a Jewish president nowadays 🤪
"#Ossoff, 39, were he to run and win, would be the first #Jewish #president of the #UnitedStates, and his Jewish identity has crept into discussions about his potential candidacy.
He has drawn comparisons to #BarackObama, who said in 2006 that he “will not” run for president, two years before he did so successfully.
The buzz around Ossoff has largely focused on his sharp criticism of #Trump, attracting some prominent #leftwing figures. #Progressives such as Gen Z commentator #JackCocchiarella and #ZohranMamdani adviser #MorrisKatz have lauded Ossoff’s messaging.
Left-wing streamer #HasanPiker — a harsh #Israel critic who has drawn allegations of #antisemitism — said Ossoff “will be my dark horse pick, depending on how he presents himself if he has ambitions for higher office.”
One subject that Ossoff has largely steered clear of during his reelection campaign is Israel..."
#ICE officer in #Maine #shooting has history of #violent behavior, family & records say
The ICE officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army vet who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood & never should have been given a #badge & #gun to #patrol #US streets, several of his close relatives told AP.
#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/ice-david-brouillette-johan-guerrero-maine-shooting-dbc30d6d59e2a95fb470afc188e125c6
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116925212300259838
Slow hand wave to everyone who told us we were being hyperbolic and “he can’t because the Constitution says…” as if the Constitution were anything more than ink on paper without anyone to enforce it.
Their actions for this entire Trump 2.0 have been completely unconcerned with the unpopularity of their agenda because they don't intend to allow elections to remove them from office.
I remind my American friends, removing this fascist regime only gets harder from here. Do not look away. Organize. Act.
The power is with the people.
#Trump #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Elections #Democracy #Republicans #USA
stux⚡️ boostedWaPo reports the POTUS is expected to make a televised address tonight in which he will argue that foreign intelligence threats have undermined the security of our elections -- and specifically the one he lost in 2020 -- and that this means the federal government should take over elections which are managed by each individual state. The president has tried to hold up every major recent action by Congress in order to cajole them into approving a new law that would require proof of citizenship and and ID to vote in this year's mid-term elections.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va) just issued a statement outlining the facts about the 2020 election and the current election infrastructure. I'm pasting part of it here because it's a good resource for anyone following along and for reporters who have to write about this unfortunate chapter in our nation's history. It's also a preemptive rebut to and probably a preview of what we'll hear from the president this evening.
"Foreign adversaries routinely seek to influence U.S. elections. They spread disinformation, amplify political divisions, intimidate voters, incite violence, and attempt to undermine Americans’ confidence in democratic institutions.
What foreign adversaries have not done, according to repeated public, unclassified assessments from the U.S. Intelligence Community, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and bipartisan state election officials, is alter vote totals, hack voting machines to change election outcomes, or compromise the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. The clearest pattern across recent elections is not successful vote manipulation – it is sustained influence operations, aided and abetted by domestic actors, designed to convince Americans that their elections cannot be trusted.
These facts matter because conspiracy theories about stolen elections cannot become a pretext for weakening our democratic system or stripping states and local election officials of their longstanding constitutional role in administering elections. The answer to foreign threats is to strengthen election security, support state and local officials, and combat foreign influence operations – not to “take over” or federalize election administration based on claims that have been repeatedly investigated and debunked.
Reporters have a unique responsibility at this moment. The press is the only profession expressly protected by the Constitution because the Founders understood that an informed public depends on a free and independent press willing to separate fact from fiction and hold those in power accountable. Regardless of the source seeking to amplify false narratives about American elections, journalists should approach extraordinary claims with the same rigor they would apply to any other allegation: demand credible evidence, consult the extensive public record, engage subject-matter experts with experience tracking foreign intelligence operations, and provide audiences with the full context of repeated findings from the Intelligence Community, federal cybersecurity officials, bipartisan state election administrators, audits, recounts, and the courts. Careful, evidence-based reporting is one of the strongest defenses against efforts to undermine confidence in American democracy. To that end, we have assembled the following reference guide to help reporters quickly evaluate some of the most common claims about election security against the extensive public record developed by the Intelligence Community, CISA, the FBI, bipartisan state election officials, audits, recounts, and the courts.
Claim: China interfered in the 2020 election to help Biden.
Facts: Under the leadership of then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, the Intelligence Community assessed that China considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. By contrast, the IC assessed that Russia conducted influence operations aimed at denigrating Biden and supporting Trump, and that Iran conducted efforts to undercut Trump and sow division. The Intelligence Community, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security all agree that there was no changing of votes or compromise of the integrity of election infrastructure in the 2020 election. Even the Minority View included in the public 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment – which assessed that China may have undertaken some modest influence operations – concurred with the overall IC assessment that there was “no information suggesting China tried to interfere with election processes.”
Claim: Venezuela, Dominion, or Smartmatic hacked voting machines.
Facts: In November 2020, President Trump’s own CISA, working alongside state and local election officials from both parties, declared the 2020 election “the most secure in American history.” CISA stated there was “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” and highlighted the extensive safeguards built into U.S. elections, including paper records, audits, recounts, certification, and pre-election testing.
Claim: Georgia proves the machines were wrong.
Facts: Georgia’s post-election audit showed the opposite. Because the presidential margin was so close, the state conducted a full manual tally of all presidential paper ballots. The Georgia Secretary of State, a Republican, reported that the audit confirmed the original machine count accurately identified the winner, with differences within the expected range of human hand-counting error.
Claim: Foreign interference means votes were changed, or elections are illegitimate.
Facts: This claim conflates two different concepts. The IC has repeatedly warned that foreign adversaries conduct influence operations, including hack-and-leak operations, disinformation campaigns, and efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. democracy. But those assessments distinguish influence from interference such as alteration or manipulation of ballots, vote tabulation, or voter registration.
Claim: Foreign actors can easily flip a federal election.
Facts: Both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have said the decentralized nature of U.S. election infrastructure makes large-scale manipulation very difficult to carry out without detection through intelligence collection, audits, cybersecurity monitoring, and physical security controls. This assessment was reaffirmed by DOJ and DHS in a joint report on the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections – a report mandated by Executive Order 13848, which was signed by President Trump himself in 2018. Indeed, federal funding – much of which took place through appropriations bills under President Trump’s first term – helped shore up the security of state and local election systems in advance of the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections.
Claim: States cannot be trusted to administer elections.
Facts: The Founding Fathers thought otherwise, assigning the responsibility for election administration to states in the Constitution. As a result, elections are administered by more than 8,000 state and local jurisdictions, making centralized or outcoming-shaping fraud extraordinarily difficult. Election security relies on multiple independent safeguards – including but not limited to paper ballots or voter-verifiable paper records, bipartisan poll workers, post-election canvasses, audits, recounts where appropriate, and certification by state and local officials. The federal government’s role has historically been to provide intelligence, cybersecurity assistance, and voluntary best practices through agencies like CISA, the FBI, and ODNI (notably, resources the current administration has curtailed) – not to run or “take over” elections. A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigation recommended more support for state and local election officials, not replacing them with a federally controlled election system.
Claim: Dead people or non-citizens voted in large numbers, or there are more ballots than registered voters.
FACTS: These discrepancies are usually attributable to clerical or data issues, and while there are occasional isolated cases, multiple comprehensive studies have found that noncitizen voting is vanishingly rare. Notably, under President Trump’s influence, many GOP-led states have withdrawn from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) – the nationwide clearinghouse to assist states in improving the accuracy of voter rolls.
Claim: Mail-in ballots or ballot drop boxes are inherently insecure.
FACTS: CISA notes that states employ multiple, overlapping safeguards for mail-in and drop-box voting, including voter signature verification or other voter validation methods, ballot tracking, secure ballot handling and chain-of-custody procedures, ballot reconciliation, and post-election audits. The specific safeguards vary by state, but they are designed so that no single control is solely responsible for protecting election integrity. Importantly, mail-in voting has traditionally been a critical method of ensuring that military personnel can exercise their right to vote and has been commonplace in many states for over a decade.
The factual record is clear: Foreign adversaries try to influence Americans and undermine confidence in our elections, but unclassified government assessments and state audits have not shown that China, Venezuela, or any foreign actor hacked voting machines or changed vote totals in 2020. The real threat is not that Americans’ votes were secretly flipped; it is that foreign adversaries and domestic actors continue to spread false claims designed to make Americans doubt legitimate election results."
ICE’s internal watchdog has opened more than 100 investigations into alleged doxing and threats targeting agency employees, according to court filings. 🛡️
The cases include efforts to identify online critics, raising transparency and free speech concerns over expanding government surveillance powers. ⚖️
🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/ices-internal-watchdog-is-now-investigating-online-critics/
#TechNews #ICE #USA #US #Privacy #Surveillance #FreeSpeech #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Government #Infosec #DataProtection #Security #CivilLiberties #Police #Trump
Protests have erupted in Biddeford, Maine, in response to the 26-year-old Colombian man killed during an ICE-involved shooting Monday morning
The young man was authorized to work in the United States and had been issued a Social Security number. He was a member of a community, a neighbor, and a human being
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BTQP9p4Hc/
#ICEkills #Biddeford #usterroristcountry #uspol #fuckice #ice #abolishice #trump #TrumpFascism #FuckMAGA #antiracist #antifascist #protest #resistance #resist
In 2007, the most expensive building sale in U.S. history was $1.8 billion. That's 600 million + 600 million + 600 million.
The address?
666 Fifth Avenue in NYC
Who bought it?
Jared Kushner of Kushner Companies.
He is the son-in-law to the president of the United States.
666 = the number of the beast, according to the book of Revelation.
#Minnesota prosecutors announced Monday that they have obtained long withheld key evidence in their ongoing investigations into fatal #shootings of #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti during pitched protests against a federal #immigration enforcement crackdown in the state earlier this year & withheld evidence in the shooting of #JulioSosaCelis.
#Trump #law #Constitution #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-alex-pretti-renee-good-21835226891f2a8d91710519b457031d
Fantastic
US judge voids Trump's settlement with IRS
A US judge on Monday voided #Trump's [totally illegal] #settlement with the #IRS that gave him & his companies sweeping #tax protections & initially set up a nearly $1.8 billion government #SlushFund to pay victims of so-called government weaponization.
#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-voids-trumps-settlement-with-irs-2026-07-13/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
To be honest, I could not care less what #Trump admits or not
The chance that he is lying when speaking is almost absolute, we can think for ourselves and don't need confirmation from a madman
The sheer amount of lies is the actual problem, scandals, lies and distractions while he gets even richer of the massive corruption and most people scramble to get by
Trump is an example of the true worst of humanity
Businessman who sold #land for #Kushner resort in #Albania suspected of faking the deeds
A Miami-based businessman wanted in Albania for allegedly laundering #DrugMoney is suspected of faking the deeds to land where #JaredKushner wants to build a multi-billion-dollar resort, the country's #OrganizedCrime fighting agency said in case files reviewed by Reuters.
#criminal #law #Trump #corruption #MoneyLaundering
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/businessman-who-sold-land-kushner-resort-albania-suspected-faking-deeds-2026-07-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
How #MarcoRubio Is Running #Venezuela From Afar
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources & its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of #US power in the #Trump era.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w1A.JxYo.dGw_Cfis4nej&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Trump’s Attacks on the Smithsonian Are an Attack on American History.
That the administration has chosen to do this at precisely the moment when it is gutting the National Archives and censoring historical exhibits at national parks demonstrates that the new report is just one part of a broader effort that threatens to reduce American history to conservative ideology.
https://time.com/article/2026/07/08/trump-s-attacks-on-the-smithsonian-are-an-attack-on-american-history/ #globalmuseum #museums #Trump #Smithsonian
boosted#Trump Administration Sharply Cuts Protections for #EndangeredSpecies
The Trump admin Friday moved to open the #habitats of imperiled animals to #farming, #drilling, #mining, #RealEstate #development & other activities in what environmentalists characterized as the most severe erosion of protections for #wildlife in half a century.
It did so by recasting a single word, “harm.”
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #ecosystems #ColonyCollapse #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/climate/endangered-species-act-harm.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
NEW: Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms
President Donald Trump has fired Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks, the Democrats on the federal Election Assistance Commission, while Christy McCormick, the Republican, was allowed to resign, sources tell ProPublica.
#News #Trump #Elections #Midterms #USPolitics #Vote #Voting #Election
White, patriarchal and Christian: White House’s vision for the National Museum of American History.
A surprise 162-page report released on 4 July reveals the Trump administration’s efforts to shape US history and culture through the Smithsonian
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/08/white-patriarchal-and-christian-white-house-vision-for-the-national-museum-of-american-history #globalmuseum #museums #Smithsonian #Trump #racism
#Rubio tries to enlist other nations in #Antifa fight, but some #allies recoil
The secretary of state plans to convene foreign ministers in Washington next week. The event has unsettled some US & European officials.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/09/rubio-tries-enlist-other-nations-antifa-fight-some-allies-recoil/
Judge orders #EJeanCarroll be paid $5M plus interest after jury found #Trump sexually abused [raped] & defamed her
E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5 million that was set aside after a jury found 3 years ago that Trump sexually abused her in 1996 & defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack, a federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled Wednesday.
#law #rape #defamation #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #AbuseOfPower #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://apnews.com/article/trump-e-jean-carrol-sexual-abuse-defamation-fe911fa64d58b03b4d96a628a5cdccb0
NEW: Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.
Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated — and often riskier — investments.
https://www.propublica.org/article/401k-retirement-investment-plan-risk-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WallStreet #Finance #PersonalFinance #Investment #Trump