Donald Trump mentioned #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain but after "tobacco companies gave millions of dollars to political organizations related to the Trump administration," federal workers who "worked with states on smoking cessation measures" were fired and an anti-smoking ad campaign was eliminated:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/trump-anti-smoking-cuts.html
#corruption #extremism #RFKjr #politics #health

Associated Press: Trump administration’s $46 billion ‘smart wall’ races ahead on the US-Mexico border. “The wall is under heavy scrutiny for the billions of dollars being dedicated to it when border crossings are at their lowest in decades. Critics say the U.S. is militarizing the border as it increasingly deploys sophisticated surveillance technology to the area, impacting local communities.”

Updates from two members of the DFW Support Committee about the federal sentencing in the Prairieland Antifa terror case stemming from a 2025 July 4th noise demo outside an ICE detention facility in north Texas, followed up by details and discussion of the court case related to an anti-flock sabotage in the Great Lakes region of the US

This content is a NotebookLM summary of a YouTube video comparing Colombia and the USA. I don't add anything to the content, but I thought the summary was worth sharing.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/10aXf3Ul0ey61sRETEDvRs?si=le63_1oqTdqyVZ3_u0yHYQ
#philosophy #history #law #politics #culture #society #salience #podcast #video #perspective

I like to think about this question sometimes; it helps me feel better about the future.

How can we make the world better after we're free of capitalism and the oligarchs?

Some of my answers:

• Eliminate fossil fuel cars. Replace them with bicycles, adult tricycles, electric cars, expanded inter-city light rail, and massively expanded public transportation.

• Massive reforestation efforts worldwide.

• Eliminate or at least ENORMOUSLY reduce the fossil fuel industry, reserving fossil fuels for area in which replacing them would be difficult or impossible: precursor chemicals or lubrication, at a guess.

• Massive decarbonization of the world economy.

• Free education for all, including adults.

• Adoption of the "four freedoms".

I have more, but I'll stop there for now. What are some of YOUR ideas?

#Politics #Solarpunk #Future #Hope #Postcapitalism #Postoligarchy

The ongoing crisis in the universities (high levels of actual & potential job losses) have engendered relatively little public outcry.

For years, I argued that universities (including my own) should do a much better job of civic engagement (bridging the 'town and gown' divide, as it were);

this failing has left universities with fewer friends to argue their case nationally than other sectors - from health to steel manufacturing.

Universities have been too aloof.

#politics #universities

Today, in lieu of scheduled celebrations of a US that is held hostage by forces bent on dismantling democracy, I am re-posting an essay I wrote in September 2024, prior to the last election, about the considerable repair work that American democracy needs to protect itself from tyrants.

https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2024/09/repairing-democracy.html

#politics #USPolitics #4th #july4th #FourthOfJuly #US250 #US250th #Democracy #Freedom #Constitution #SCOTUS #ElectoralCollege #Gerrymandering #voting #impeachment #CitizensUnited #Rights #Corporations #Marriage #Abortion #Pardons #DEI #Religion

It's the #4thOfJuly

i'm not going to say "happy #FourthOfJuly"

i'm going to say "release the #EpsteinFiles"

so this rotten country can only just begin to claw its way back from plutocrat corruption, gleeful bigotry, and prideful ignorance

#USA #politics

Alt...

picture of the LA skyline with an american flag and a poster in the foreground: "Impeach the pedophile"

I'm thrilled to share that my new book #HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. You can preorder it now!

It's an account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and of the incredible efforts of people and movements pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech.

Get your copy and learn more: https://hyperscalebook.com/

#techindustry #techbook #newbook #reading #datacenter #datacenters #generativeai #politics #artificialintelligence

Alt...

Hyperscale by Paris Marx. Coming October 20, 2026. An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point

#Politics #Memes #NationalHealthCare

Alt...

We don't need “Medicare for All some day". We need Universal Health Care NOW. #GeneralStrike

Dystopian surveillance systems and what you should not do to them

#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

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

One of the worst features of the old spoils system was the ruthless cruelty and brutality it so often bred in the treatment of faithful public servants without political influence. Life is hard enough and cruel enough at best, and this is as true of public service as of private service. Under no system will it be possible to do away with all favoritism and brutality and meanness and malice. But at least we can try to minimize the exhibition of these qualities.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 5 “Applied Idealism” (1913)

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #civilservice #cruelty #favoritism #goodgovernment #influence #politicalinfluence #politics #spoils #spoilssystem

The tech industry might have framed itself as a libertarian paradise, but the US government has long seen the internet as a means to expand its power.

Now it’s weaponizing that influence against countries around the world. They must decide whether to give in or make the hard push for digital sovereignty.

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/years-of-lead-in-the-silicon-valley/

#tech #politics #digitalsovereignty #eutech #cdnpoli #cdntech #canada #europe

In the latest blow to President Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda, a federal court on Wednesday granted the NAACP’s request to halt the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) implementation of his executive order against mail voting. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/court-blocks-usps-from-implementing-trumps-anti-mail-voting-order/

#politics #uspol #democracy #freedom #worldpol

The #KIDSAct has passed the house

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-kids-act-has-passed-the-house/38918

#politics #privacy #AgeVerification

Like the satire lol

This Anti-Hate Message Has Millions Talking ❤️🔥 #Kindness #Politics #Shorts
https://youtube.com/shorts/KsTkHFrXqlk?is=3Px_Y_22WHk5jxQU

#krassenstein #thomasmassie #sexpredator #politics

“ MAJOR BREAKING: Thomas Massie will be giving a Notice of Intent to bring forth a Privileged Resolution to release of ALL names of U.S. Representatives who have used tax dollars to settle sexual misconduct claims.“

https://substack.com/@krassenstein/note/c-285032257?r=17qxua&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

I have clarified any and all confusions you may have had about ancient Chinese political thought in one convenient chart.

#history #politics #classicalchinese #philosophy

Alt...

A hand-drawn flow chart in cute colors: "Ancient Chinese Political Schools" Confucianism: If everyone would just be POLITE and show their rulers some RESPECT then we wouldn't even NEED any laws Daoism: Bro, stop trying to fix everything, you're making it worse. The best ruler is one who sits back and doesn't rule a thing Legalism: There is no problem so small it can't be solved by beheading ten thousand men about it Confucianism says to Daoism: "You lazy oafs" Daoism says to Confucianism: "You pompous dicks" Daoism says to Legalism: "you're REALLY throwing off my groove" Legalism says to Daoism: "your 'groove' isn't in the budget" Legalism says to Confucianism: "you NAIVE motherfuckers" Confucianism says to Legalism: "Sir, I can excuse the slavery, human sacrifice, sexism etc etc, but I draw the line at coarse language" In the center, with all schools pointing toward the same outcome: "The rivers flood, the crops fail, millions die."

Humans will always blame The Other rather than self critique. It's tiresome and lets the Rich off from their part in it all.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/30/they-will-attack-me-if-i-stay-immigrants-in-south-africa-flee-for-safety-amid-violence-and-anti-foreigner-protests

#Immigration #Politics #SouthAfrica

The way the Global Press portrays ANY anti-Immigrant pogrom as 'a protest'

A elderly vicar holding a sign protesting Genocide is 'Terrorism'
The seeds of a genocide being formed by an angry mob is "Protest"

Fuck this trend.

#FourthEstate #Fascism #Immgration #Politics #SouthAfrica

Alt...

As the crowd moved past dilapidated apartment blocks, some protesters pointed at families watching from windows, calling out for them to leave the country and making throat-slitting gestures. “I can smell the foreigners,” said aman carrying a shield.

Top #Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if #EU Rules Change

https://www.wired.com/story/top-google-security-staff-warn-search-data-could-be-hacked-thanks-to-eu-plans/

#privacy #DMA #politics

🎉 New channel for #ArcaneChat, #DeltaChat and other #chatmail clients:

Greenpeace International: Greenpeace exists because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.

With automated posts from @greenpeace

here is the invite link 👇️️
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=OVB2LD5FvbhhrYHzkdBQU50p&j=uxWwBrg1nDUH08i3wgVuw6US&s=hpmcA1sjEKnnc2s71Y7_Bsf4&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Greenpeace+International

#politics #activism #ClimateChange #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #privacy #anonymous #security #europe #european

Alt...

an screenshot of the Greenpeace International channel where some recent posts are visible

Duty to Obey – 30 June 2026

MOVIE IN THEATERS TODAY

Nick Kupper is a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran and Arizona State Representative for District 25. He nearly lost his military career and his family’s medical benefits after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Kupper is featured in the new documentary *Duty to Disobey*, which explores the consequences faced by service members who challenged orders they believed were unlawful.

The film opens in theaters nationwide on June 30.

https://dutytodisobeyfilm.com/

Visit Nick Kupper’s website:

https://www.kupper4arizona.com/

Follow Rep Kupper on X:

https://x.com/realnickkupper

https://youtu.be/M_2V30aRSZ4?si=2RbdpuEH8CT05hYd

join the one and only decentralized end-to-end encrypted anonymous lefty politics and climate activism memes channel in the world!

Meme Logistics - Your go-to fun lefty memes supply chain

here is the invite link 👇️️
https://i.delta.chat/#818297831FAA0AB9917497FA5B145F41993374F1&v=3&x=xusVctOPSGOA6oFq4esfR68V&j=YspskxfxoImavuPj3qFTuX7H&s=d1sWSLq-ceUR9x5nJpWX7dLa&a=207nv967sz55do78f1xj%40chat.in%2Dthe.eu&n=Meme+Logistics&b=Meme+Logistics

#memes #politics #fun #meme #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #ClimateChange

A quotation from John Adams

Your “ἄρiςτοi” [aristocrats] are the most difficult Animals to manage, of any thing in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not Suffer themselves to be governed. They not only exert all their own Subtilty Industry and courage, but they employ the Commonalty, to knock to pieces every Plan and Model that the most honest Architects in Legislation can invent to keep them within bounds.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1813-07-09) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/84725/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #aristocracy #aristocrat #classwarfare #government #lobbying #politicalinfluence #politicaltheory #politics #power #propaganda #ruleoflaw #upperclass

#ATF cancels phone tracking contract after lawmakers raise concerns

https://apnews.com/article/atf-surveillance-wyden-cloud-566f702fe6082310d6b7c64e5b2de009

#privacy #surveillance #politics #Webloc

#Trump Admin releases #Anthropic #Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/trump-admin-releases-anthropic-mythos-to-be-used-by-more-than-100-us-companies-agencies/

#AI #cybersecurity #Claude #politics

Q. would a state-owned housing developer be the answer to the UK's crisis in housing & specifically the need to build more social housing?

Interestingly, the funding of such a project *should* be covered by Rachel Reeves' new fiscal rules which allow for special treatment of public debt taken on for social investment...

As always the devil would be in the detili, but its by no means a stupid idea. Might Andy Burnham leap on this?

#housing #politics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/27/uk-minister-plans-for-state-owned-housing-developer-exclusive

I really, truly hate how accurate this is.
#politics #democrats

Alt...

Garrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital. CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one PELOSI: Take the shot 1:23 AM • Jun 24, 2025 8: Some people can reply