This is what the USA should have done when they first voted Trump out. Instead they let him get away with it, and now look at the mess they are in.

#Trump #Orban #Fascists #Politics

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Prosecutors in Hungary raid offices of Viktor Orban's Fidesz and seize databases, says party - Europe live ‘The opposition party, led by former prime minister, says officers took ‘entire communications system and databases’

Where the USA and Israel blurs into one big fascist state.....

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/muslim-leader-ice-detention-wisconsin

#ICE #ICEMUSTBEDESTROYED #FuckICE #Israel #USA #Politics #Fascism #Islam #Wisconsin #Islamophobia

"Auditors tell UK government to do the math before banking on £45B AI savings"

https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/07/20/auditors-tell-uk-government-to-do-the-math-before-banking-on-45b-ai-savings/5274194?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

#AI #technology #UK #Politics #ukpol

#UK's #Burnham drops #DigitalID scheme to prioritise cost of living, say allies

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/next-uk-prime-minister-andy-burnham-drops-digital-id-scheme-2026-07-18/

#privacy #politics

#Malaysia: The #CybercrimesBill 2026 is a threat to freedom of expression and the right to #privacy

https://sinarproject.org/projects/safeguarding-our-information-ecosystem/malaysia-the-cybercrimes-bill-2026-is-a-threat-to-freedom-of-expression-and-the-right-to-privacy

#politics

So those of you were hoping for a change under Andy Burnham's incoming administration around the politics of immigration will be sorely disappointed to find that Shabana Mahmood has not been moved to the Chancellorship but remains at the Home Office.

So, I'm guessing for many Burnham's 'change' agenda is already fatally compromised (unless Mahmood is going to work to a different set or priorities for Burnham?)

#ShabanaMahmood #politics #migrants #AndyBurnham

h/t BBC

Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Action

Those who suffer from NPD cannot conceive of yielding the stage, of not being at the center of things.

#WorldCup #USPol #Politics

https://youtu.be/HNYDCPkm55E?is=FvGf3rkMQ1a7xyRa

Shock??? If you're experiencing shock, you've been living under a rock since at least 2016.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/trump-grant-funding-attack-scientists
#news #science #politics #GrifterInChief #grants #OBM

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

#ICE to Pay #ThomsonReuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’

https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-thomson-reuters-125-million-to-find-voter-fraud/

#privacy #DataBroker #Reuters #election #politics

As hosepipe bans have been imposed (to save water in the heatwave), so Greenpeace have concluded that while banning hosepipe use can save around 4% of water use, this is dwarfed by the approx. 20% *still* lost through leaks in the water infrastructure, which the utilities have been (very) slow to maintain & repair.

So, for customers the inconvenience of a hosepipe ban is a direct result of the money siphoned out of the sector by the privatised water firms.

#water #politics
h/t Guardian

How much is it going to cost to fix this massive fuckup by this Republican administration?

#Politics #WasteAndFraud #RepublicanDeathCult #TrumpCrimeFamily #Immigration #DHS #RioGrande #Texas

https://www.theborderchronicle.com/breaking-news-laredo-on-alert-as-trumps-buoys-cause-chaos-on-the-rio-grande-close-international-bridges/

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

Now that the CEO of Flock has called deflock.me a terrorist organization, I'd hate for other people to know about these other flock watchdog groups.

Please don't go on these websites, I beg you.

https://Alpr.wtf - Every U.S. jurisdiction using ALPR, plus how to file info requests.

https://EyesOnFlock.com - Crowdsourced map of Flock cameras and city contracts.

https://Deflock.me - Nationwide ALPR map tracking Flock deployments, removals, and resistance.

https://HaveIBeenFlocked.com — Quick check to see if Flock is watching your neighborhood.

https://DontGetFlocked.com — Plots your route, counts ALPR/Flock cameras, and suggests surveillance-free alternatives.

#flock #surveillance #uspol #police #politics #ai #noai #facialrecognition

#introduction

Simon Brooke, crofter, ex #Lisp hacker, still dabbles in #Clojure.

Lives at Standingstone, which is not a commune but a conspiracy: what happens when a bunch of homeless people buy a farm.

Posts mostly about crofting, living #offgrid, #LandReform, Scottish #politics, mental illness.

he/him, #autistic, cis male, #transally.

#California Steps Back From Dangerous Expansion of its Age-Gating Law

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/california-steps-back-dangerous-expansion-its-age-gating-law

#privacy #AgeVerification #cybersecurity #politics

Across the private sector business leaders & lobbyists are complaining they cannot establish contact with the team around Andy Burnham as they prepare to set up his administration as PM.

Of course, having been used to relatively un-fettered access to the Govt. for decades, business figures are now starting to panic about Burnham having other priorities.

They're likely shocked that for once they are *not* at the front of the political queue - tiny violin time!

#business #politics
h/t FT

Funny how the right says the left is "so hateful" when it comes to the death of Lindsey Graham

About the whole of the alt-right is build on literal hate so they really don't have anything to say

Personally I could not be more happy when a hateful person is checked of the list

Don't let the hypocrites try to make you feel bad, they do that enough already 🤷‍♂️

#politics

The crypto industry wants favorable policy, and it certain helps with the Trump family is making big bucks from it.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @molly0xfff to discuss how the AI industry is trying to replicate how crypto bought political influence.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/336_the_ai_industry_is_spending_big_on_the_us_midterms_w_molly_white

#tech #politics #donaldtrump #artificialintelligence #ai #crypto

Under Trump, the United States has made it clear that dependence on US tech can and will be weaponized.

In part, that's a new development — at least for some parts of the world. But ensuring the power of the US was sustained by getting other parts of the world to adopt its tech was always part of the plan.

https://disconnect.blog/global-dependence-on-us-tech-was-always-the-plan/

#tech #politics #donaldtrump #siliconvalley #digitalsovereignty

Perhaps (now) to few people's surprise, the inquiry into the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic as concluded nearly two thirds of the money spent was wasted (£10bn of nearly £15bn spent), identifying the (so-callled) VIP lane as a key element in that wastage.

The mismanagement of PPE is a classic example of insiders enriching themselves while criticising benefits 'cheats' & 'greedy' pubic sector workers.

What a country we we live in.

#politics #covid
h/t FT

And so the denial of climate change continues;

analysis of media reporting on the heatwave(s) in June concludes that three-quarters failed to mention any link with climate change.

Given the scientific consensus is firmly that human actions have caused the accelerated change in the world's environment, the media's denial looks (once again) like the interference of Right wing climate change denying owners in the operations of their media outlets.

#environment #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/14/most-coverage-june-heatwave-did-not-mention-climate-crisis

Children's #SocialMedia curbs planned across #EU, von der Leyen says

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/eu-propose-limit-kids-social-media-access-von-der-leyen-says-2026-07-13/

#AgeVerification #privacy #cybersecurity #Europe #politics #SocialMediaBan

Authoritarianism begets authoritarianism.
In Hungary Tisza are using their supermajority—as well as laws inherited from the rule of their opponents Fidesz—to rid the political scene of Fidesz.
Not too different from what Fidesz themselves did before that.
(Still, it's not cut and dried, perhaps, as Tisza are promising a new constitution in two or three years.)

This reminds me of a detail I seem to recall from one of Ursula Le Guin’s novels (must have been _Planet of Exile_).
Colonists who possess weapons that are technologically more advanced than those of the locals should nevertheless restrict their own weapons to the latter's technological level.
Otherwise the colonists would be pelted with their own stones, once the locals get hold of the colonists’ weapons.

I have no sympathy for Fidesz.
There is a different problem here.
If one starts resembling one's enemy, one's fight against that enemy starts losing its grounding.

BBC article:
Hungary parliament votes to remove president from office
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8r002gdevo>

#Politics

Convicted Felon Donald Trump

The Trump regime just launched a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court and block its powers.
#AureFreePress #News #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

It's crazy what a strong wind is capable of, it is almost like dystopian surveillance devices are not meant to be there.

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1uvorfo

#surveillance #politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #pedo47 #epsteintrump #releasetheepsteinfiles #ice #policestate #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #nokings #abolishice #privacy #flock #palantir #4thamendment #Chatrie_v_United_States

Amusing. And accurate.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/as-a-democratic-member-of-congress-i-dont-wish-to-speak-ill-of-the-dead

#Politics #Humor

"Yes, #Israel has become a bright-red dividing line among #Democrats. Yes, it’s an important issue right now in #American #politics. But if this means #Jews in the public square cannot be credible on any subject, then that is disturbing, to say the least. It’s a trope that smacks of #theProtocols of the #EldersofZion, which claimed that Jews orchestrate shadowy networks of power. Today, this perverse logic would disqualify the vast majority of #AmericanJews from ever weighing in on politics at all."

https://www.notus.org/perspectives/not-everything-is-about-israel-including-graham-platner

Every so often, reading about (some) politicians (and others) reminds me of Chaucer's
“but only with the rich and victual-sellers”.

Mutatis mutandis for today: replace “victual”, insert more occupations before “friar”, keep “rich” and “profit".

Nothing new under the Sun, but We the People must not shrug this off.
Of course.

#Chaucer
#ChaucerOnPolitics
#ChaucerQuote
#ClassicQuote
#Politics

#EFF Celebrates 36th Anniversary, Says 'We Need You in the Fight'

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/10/2241251/eff-celebrates-36th-anniversary-says-we-need-you-in-the-fight

#privacy #politics

The Housing Bill, which is now law, is a "major, bipartisan piece of legislation aimed at boosting housing construction":
https://calmatters.org/housing/2026/07/road-housing-california-federal/
#politics #housing #reform

In Clacton there's a political trade-off:

If Count Binface wins, the Fascist Frog will become a laughing stock, likely ending his political career (its difficult to see how he could come back from losing an election to a bin), but, this would mean the investigation into his financial affairs as an MP would effectively be ended - this will only re-start if the Frog wins;

so if he loses, he's likely finished; if he wins, we get to see his sleaze better exposed. Clacton gets to decide!

#politics

'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure'

- Clarence Darrow

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722

#LindseyGraham #USA #Politics