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[?]MissConstrue [She/Her (Crone Extraordinaire)] Ā» 🌐
@MissConstrue@mefi.social

Oh My Bob, y'all. Some of Trump's friends have just landed a bunch of drilling equipment in . They don't have permission to be there. They don't have permission to drill. The land is a preserve, and under protection.

But the oil company is run by buddies of the cartel, and they've all but said "Either you let us start killing stuff and making money, or we can land the , your choice." Trump has learned a lot from .

Apparently the and voters needed to add mafia to the kakistocracy, racism, sexism and fascism already on their calling cards.

theguardian.com/world/2026/aug

    [?]janhoglund Ā» 🌐
    @janhoglund@mastodon.nu

    ā€The United States military, under the command of Donald Trump and his deputy, Pete Hegseth, has its tail between its legs. We have run out of enough ammunition to fight this war or any war. We have lost the war on Iran. We are, in the immortal words of no less a figure than Richard Nixon, a pitiful helpless giant. And the whole world knows it.ā€
    —Lucian K. Truscott IV
    luciantruscott.substack.com/p/

      JJDavis :terminal: boosted

      [?]janhoglund Ā» 🌐
      @janhoglund@mastodon.nu

      ā€Here’s what…keeps me up at night… It’s the message to every scientist, every doctor, every public health official in America: this is what you get. …if you ever have the nerve to tell a powerful man something he doesn’t want to hear, we will spend the rest of your life making you regret it. …That’s the real cost, and it’s one we’ll pay in the next pandemic, when the best people have all decided that public service isn’t worth the firing squad.ā€
      —D. Blundell
      deanblundell.substack.com/p/wh

        [?]Bob LeFridge :tinoflag: Ā» 🌐
        @BobLefridge@mastodon.nz

        A US oil company connected to Trump has landed drilling equipment in Greenland. They don't have permission to land the equipment, let alone to drill two test wells within a conservation area.

        Climate-aware Greenland stopped issuing drilling licenses in 2021, but the USians intend to piggyback on an existing license. Emboldened by Trump's international aggression, their motto appears to be "Who's gonna stop us?"

        This action will produce headaches that Nato members don't need right now.

        The Americans really have become the world's most obnoxious arseholes, haven't they.

        theguardian.com/world/2026/aug

          [?]@pineywoozle ā€˜s #3WordNote Ā» 🌐
          @Pineywoozle@masto.ai

          @benroyce People who don’t vote on ā€œprincipleā€ fall into a few catigories. They want a Revolution, & theyre privlaged assholes who think they will be safe no matter what happens, future collaborators who only care for themselves and naive ones who have absolutely no idea how bad it can get. Some of them aren’t even bad people they’re just uninformed. @UkeleleEric @hotelzululima @Ilka4You @Seb321 @majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com @Robotistry @Amoshias @aaron @ariaflame
          (Edited for language)

            [?]@pineywoozle ā€˜s #3WordNote Ā» 🌐
            @Pineywoozle@masto.ai

            @majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com

            ā€œIf you can’t win the argument, attack your opponent, twist what they said then fight the lieā€ is a very old tactic.

            When it stops being a discussion and turns Into personal attack and twisting what Youve said, you tell them you see what they’re doing and then you block them and move on to someone who might actually
            hear the truth.

            @benroyce @UkeleleEric @hotelzululima @Ilka4You @Seb321 @Robotistry @Amoshias @aaron @ariaflame

              [?]Ham on Wry Ā» 🌐
              @HamonWry@mastodon.world

              Had Dr. Fauci been named in the Epstein files, Republicans would have made him a hero.

                [?]Texas Observer Ā» 🌐
                @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social

                Even as the administration puts the Cuban government in its crosshairs, its simultaneously refusing to help those fleeing from that same government. The asylum denial rate for Cubans so far in fiscal year 2026 is 78 percent. texasobserver.org/cuba-trump-p

                  [?]Nonilex Ā» 🌐
                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                  US appeals blocks ’s $400 million White House project

                  The Washington-based Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in a divided 2-1 order upheld a preliminary injunction won by the National Trust for , which sued last year after the admin tore down ​the & began building a 90,000-square-foot (8,360-square-meter) ballroom both without seeking from .


                  reuters.com/world/us-appeals-c

                    [?]Santa Clara County Dem Party Ā» 🌐
                    @sccdp@sfba.social

                    [?]stuxāš”ļø Ā» 🌐
                    @stux@mstdn.social

                    cannot be trusted, far from..

                    Lawrence: The mystery of what Trump’s agents were doing in Michigan may make sense on Election Day

                    youtube.com/watch?v=zoVuUKvhZDE

                      [?]Richard Penner Ā» 🌐
                      @Arpie4Math@mathstodon.xyz

                      explains to and the District Court why so many incomplete and inappropriately redacted files. Doc 19, 2026/07/02 in Phang v. Blanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia courtlistener.com/docket/73246

                      He could have avoided this by producing the documents the law requires, but no-o-o.... (p. 2)

                      Congress required this of them and spent time and Congress-appropirated resources on the task. (p. 2)

                      Strong "you're not the boss of me" energy. Also, "I didn't do, you can't prove it." (pp. 2–3)

                      How *dare* the judge claim the DOJ conceded that it broke the when we just didn't contradict the many ways we obviously did when given a chance during the *preliminary* proceedings. The best innocent lawyers always save the best evidence and arguments for the end. (p. 3) [But, how is ¶ 1 above not a concession of the same shape?]

                      This is part of the statute. (pp. 4–5)

                      Congress, who gave us 100% of our budget, did not give us *more* money to expose these files. (p. 6)

                      From day 1, Blanche was the PR flack who was tasked with telling Congress "everything is fine." (p. 6)

                      He's also 's flunky, so he did PR flack for him too. Over 1k victims and relatives. (p. 6)

                      Some work completed by 2026/02/14. (pp. 6–7)

                      We also created a murder hole to spy on members of Congress who wanted to peep at the unredacted files: (p. 7) [budget for PR?]

                      More "you're not the boss of me" energy. (pp. 7–8)

                      Stupid, stupid court came to the opposite conclusion. (p. 8)

                      This is how stupid the court is. (pp. 8–10)

                      But assuming for a second that you are the boss of me, and because I am not in a posture to start an appeal, allow me to start to begin. (p. 10)

                        [?]Kim Perales Ā» 🌐
                        @KimPerales@toad.social

                        , ... are to our survival.šŸšØā€™s policy chief: is drafting a new US strategy that emphasizes the possible use of shorter-range tactical in case of a regional war with China or Russia, acc to 5 ppl fam w the plans.

                        New draft:🚨appears to go further,🚨preparing specific tactical nuclear responses for more lim wars. The classified strategy informs nuclear options🚨for the COMMANDER IN CHIEF DURING .


                        nbcnews.com/politics/national-

                        Excerpt: war games have shown that once any nuclear weapon is used, a conflict often spirals...

                        Alt...Excerpt: war games have shown that once any nuclear weapon is used, a conflict often spirals...

                        Photo of the Pentagon from the article.

                        Alt...Photo of the Pentagon from the article.

                          [?]Zhi Zhu šŸ•øļø Ā» 🌐
                          @ZhiZhu@newsie.social

                          "new investigative report from Senator Ron Wyden, the top on the Senate Finance Committee... how JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America processed Epstein’s for years without reporting it to federal regulators as required by ... after Wyden’s staff started asking questions: the Admn & Senate ... shut the investigation down before it could go further."
                          meidasnews.com/news/follow-the

                          Headline:
News

Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth

Aug 4, 2026 8:22 AM EDT
By Aaron Parnas

                          Alt...Headline: News Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth Aug 4, 2026 8:22 AM EDT By Aaron Parnas

                            oheso boosted

                            [?]Zhi Zhu šŸ•øļø Ā» 🌐
                            @ZhiZhu@newsie.social

                            "Nobody at the senior executive level has faced charges. And now, when a sitting [Dem] senator tries to get the underlying records that could finally answer who else knew what & when, the Treasury Dept is sitting on them, Senate are blocking the bill that would force their release, & the one journalist who tried to put it on national lost her job days after the interview was taped."
                            meidasnews.com/news/follow-the

                            Heading and text from article:
The bottom line

Strip away the bank jargon and the pattern is simple. Wall Street banks had years of warning signs, internal staff flagging Epstein by name, and they kept the money moving because Epstein was profitable and connected to other billionaires. When the bill finally came due in the form of lawsuits, the banks and Epstein’s estate paid out more than $900 million in settlements, avoiding depositions of people like Leon Black and the executives who oversaw his accounts. Nobody at the senior executive level has faced criminal charges. And now, when a sitting senator tries to get the underlying government records that could finally answer who else knew what and when, the Trump Treasury Department is sitting on them, Senate Republicans are blocking the bill that would force their release, and the one journalist who tried to put it on national television lost her job days after the interview was taped.

                            Alt...Heading and text from article: The bottom line Strip away the bank jargon and the pattern is simple. Wall Street banks had years of warning signs, internal staff flagging Epstein by name, and they kept the money moving because Epstein was profitable and connected to other billionaires. When the bill finally came due in the form of lawsuits, the banks and Epstein’s estate paid out more than $900 million in settlements, avoiding depositions of people like Leon Black and the executives who oversaw his accounts. Nobody at the senior executive level has faced criminal charges. And now, when a sitting senator tries to get the underlying government records that could finally answer who else knew what and when, the Trump Treasury Department is sitting on them, Senate Republicans are blocking the bill that would force their release, and the one journalist who tried to put it on national television lost her job days after the interview was taped.

                              [?]Nonilex Ā» 🌐
                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                              AP Exclusive: crackdown has detained more than 50 spouses & parents

                              Trump’s admin has detained dozens of parents & spouses of active-duty troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass agenda, an AP investigation found.


                              apnews.com/article/military-fa

                                [?]ā©ļøŽVOTEāŖļøŽ į¶œŹøāæā±į¶œā±Ė¢įµā¼įµƒį¶œį¶œįµ‰įµ–įµ—įµƒāæį¶œįµ‰ (Ben Royce) Ā» 🌐
                                @benroyce@mastodon.social

                                @Robotistry @ariaflame @majorlinux @aaron

                                you're trying to play shell games to hide the obvious lesson:

                                nonvoters and MAGA gave us

                                just admit it

                                we can't work on MAGA, they are bigoted pieces of shit, mind controlled zombies, toxic waste to ignore

                                what we do is we work over the nonvoters

                                attack their loser psychological failures (we don't coddle them, this is codependent enabling)

                                we increase the , and we win and defeat

                                is a powerful marker on this journey

                                  JJDavis :terminal: boosted

                                  [?]Juggling With Eggs Ā» 🌐
                                  @JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social

                                  Imagine a US president so easily manipulated, that he entered a costly and open ended war he never needed to wage, immediately used up most of his stockpile of long range missiles to kill innocent citizens and manipulate the markets, had zero diplomacy skills to negotiate a meaningful ceasefire and so left his country wide open to its long term enemies…it’s so dumb, you can only assume he is actively working for the enemy.



                                  cbsnews.com/news/u-s-stockpile

                                    Light boosted

                                    [?]Nonilex Ā» 🌐
                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                    [?]Global Museum Ā» 🌐
                                    @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

                                    One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It.
                                    Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is.
                                    theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0

                                    Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Library of Congress.

                                    Alt...Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Library of Congress.

                                      [?]Emeritus Prof. Christopher May Ā» 🌐
                                      @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk

                                      The BBC's defence of the case against it brought by the Tangerine Tyrant is a great example of how a bully's bluster and hyperbolic threats can unwind rather seriously once exposed to the legal process... in this case the BBC's discovery process for defending their claim has backed Trump & his lawyers into a corner.

                                      Here's @davidallengreen clearly setting out the details. It's giving to make you smile....

                                      theemptycity.com/blog/2026/08/

                                        [?]Earl Ā» 🌐
                                        @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                        @GurgelSegrillo

                                        "the temperature hit 93 degrees Fahrenheit (34 Celsius)"

                                        "the nation remains in free-fall after the Trump administration effectively cut it off from in January"

                                        This is what the wars are about.

                                        @SecondChanceLemon

                                          [?]Bruce Mirken Ā» 🌐
                                          @BruceMirken@mas.to

                                          When is a peace deal not a peace deal? When ’s "Board of Peace" is involved. commondreams.org/news/board-of

                                            [?]Steve's Place Ā» 🌐
                                            @steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co

                                            Perhaps the pimp demands changes in order to more conveniently shuttle girls in and out for the "modeling career" rape parties, wherever the new Epstein class mansion is. Is it the bunker under the ballroom? I think it's the bunker under the ballroom.

                                            newsie.social/@servelan/117038

                                              [?]דער קערפער ×¤Öæ×•×Ÿ השם Ā» 🌐
                                              @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                              Medieval rulers used Jews as political weapons, foils, and scapegoats in ways both US political parties mirror these days. So this should go super well for us I'm sure. šŸ™„

                                              "The administration is preparing to launch a nationwide campaign against , sending senior officials to 15 cities that it says have failed to adequately protect their communities.

                                              , chairman of the Justice Department’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and a senior counsel at the department, told The Jerusalem Post that the initiative had been approved by and Justice Department leadership. The campaign is expected to begin in early September.

                                              ā€œThe 15-city tour is designed to go to victims who need help, and they’re not getting help from their local government,ā€ Terrell said.

                                              ā€œWe’re working 24/7 to kick this tour off, probably early September, and it’s going to run for the next 60 to 90 days,ā€ he added."

                                              jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitis

                                                [?]Nonilex Ā» 🌐
                                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                Almost 1 million people lost money on the , racking up a total of $3.8 billion of losses through the end of June, according to research by analytics firm Nansen cited by NYT.

                                                ā€œThe must be willing to enforce the even when potential wrongdoers include those with powerful political connections,ā€ the lawmakers wrote in the letter.


                                                nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/poli

                                                  [?]Nonilex Ā» 🌐
                                                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                  The $TRUMP paid huge dividends to , who promised to be the US’ first president & received enormous support from the industry. He made nearly $636M in royalty & licensing fees related to ā€œCelebration Coinsā€ last year alone, acc/to his 2025 annual financial disclosure.

                                                  Flash forward to today: The Trump coin is worth less than $400 million & those who bought in at the top are staring at steep losses of approximately 97%, acc/to crypto analytics platform CoinMarketCap.

                                                    [?]Nonilex Ā» 🌐
                                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                    Democratic Sens. & are calling for the Securities & Exchange Commission to investigate ’s ā€œto detect any illegal or unjust enrichment that the coin may have facilitated.ā€

                                                    ā€œWe are concerned that President Trump’s memecoin scheme may constitute an ,ā€ Warren & Blumenthal wrote on Monday to Chair Paul Atkins.


                                                    cnn.com/2026/08/04/investing/t

                                                      [?]Nonilex Ā» 🌐
                                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                      [?]Lazarou Monkey Terror šŸš€šŸ’™šŸŒˆ Ā» 🌐
                                                      @Lazarou@mastodon.social

                                                      Always throws the Women under the bus first, doesn't he?

                                                      Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social - 14m

Jeanine Pirro was summoned to the White House today...

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump fires her before the sun goes down.

                                                      Alt...Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social - 14m Jeanine Pirro was summoned to the White House today... I wouldn't be surprised if Trump fires her before the sun goes down.

                                                        [?]Lazarou Monkey Terror šŸš€šŸ’™šŸŒˆ Ā» 🌐
                                                        @Lazarou@mastodon.social

                                                        Ā© - Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social - 50m

IPA Jeanine Pirro will be fired because she is (a) a woman who (b)
committed the cardinal sin, making President Trump look bad.

                                                        Alt...Ā© - Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social - 50m IPA Jeanine Pirro will be fired because she is (a) a woman who (b) committed the cardinal sin, making President Trump look bad.

                                                          [?]Lazarou Monkey Terror šŸš€šŸ’™šŸŒˆ Ā» 🌐
                                                          @Lazarou@mastodon.social

                                                          It's a tough life being a woman in a misogynist's world, which is why it seems bizarre to most of us that some women would enable that but we aren't ruthlessly ambitious sociopaths, so....

                                                          Kim Sherrell @web.kim - 3h

Rumor per CNN: Jeanine Pirro may join Tulsi Gabbard, Pam Bondi, and
Kristi Noem in the misogyny wing of the ā€˜fired for being a subpar
criminal’ club.

                                                          Alt...Kim Sherrell @web.kim - 3h Rumor per CNN: Jeanine Pirro may join Tulsi Gabbard, Pam Bondi, and Kristi Noem in the misogyny wing of the ā€˜fired for being a subpar criminal’ club.

                                                            [?]Nonilex Ā» 🌐
                                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                            What a petulant man-baby!

                                                            Furious is considering removing Pirro over filing

                                                            How dare she go on facts & evidence instead of blindly arguing his unfounded batshit crazy ?!


                                                            cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/je

                                                              [?]stuxāš”ļø Ā» 🌐
                                                              @stux@mstdn.social

                                                              @kbal 🤭

                                                              In theory yes, you already are

                                                              Also blocking tags like will help a load

                                                                [?]stuxāš”ļø Ā» 🌐
                                                                @stux@mstdn.social

                                                                🤮

                                                                ā€˜Overt CORRUPTION!’: Fmr. FBI official on Trump selling early access to social media posts

                                                                youtube.com/watch?v=t9uyYcbAoSg

                                                                  JJDavis :terminal: boosted

                                                                  [?]Emeritus Prof. Christopher May Ā» 🌐
                                                                  @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk

                                                                  Why is the Tangerine Tyrant's rhetoric on the communist menace becoming so shrill... well he may well have seen the polling that suggests that even his base support among older voters lacking a college education are not as suspicious of socialists as he might have hoped.

                                                                  Given the success Zohran Mamdani in NY this might be concerning to Trump, and to the anti-Left Democrats too.

                                                                  What's fascinating is how sentiment has survived the ideological onslaught on a century!

                                                                  Chart: Would you consider voting for a US presidential candidate who identifies as a democratic socialist? Shows Yes, would consider, against No, would not consider. Show willingness to vote for a democratic stockist declines with age and grows with higher education level, but even in the lowest group(s) those aged over 65 & those educated to secondary school level of less, a third would still consider voting for a democratic socialist, not much lower than the most willing group(s) those voters under 28, and those with postgraduate degrees (just below and above half respectively)

                                                                  Alt...Chart: Would you consider voting for a US presidential candidate who identifies as a democratic socialist? Shows Yes, would consider, against No, would not consider. Show willingness to vote for a democratic stockist declines with age and grows with higher education level, but even in the lowest group(s) those aged over 65 & those educated to secondary school level of less, a third would still consider voting for a democratic socialist, not much lower than the most willing group(s) those voters under 28, and those with postgraduate degrees (just below and above half respectively)

                                                                    [?]Earl Ā» 🌐
                                                                    @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                                                    US presidents have made their public speeches about Iran for many years.

                                                                    President , just like , focused on Iran's nuclear program, as if it was a valid reason to give or withhold peace from them, depending on Iran's choice.

                                                                    The United States has nuclear weapons and has used them. Which nations can be trusted to possess these devastating weapons?

                                                                    (I would say none.)

                                                                      [?]Earl Ā» 🌐
                                                                      @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                                                                      Trump was not the first president to wage war without approval from Congress.

                                                                      Barack Obama broke this rule before him, in his 2011war against Libya.

                                                                      Trump ordered the attacks that killed the leaders of Iran.

                                                                      Obama ordered the attacks that resulted in the death of the leader of Libya.

                                                                      The war machine has been going on and on for generations. Why? Because the love of man has grown cold. He kills and justifies himself for doing it.

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