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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
@Nonilex@masto.ai

Is Purging Leaders With Little Explanation

The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.

Secy has fired or sidelined at least 2 dozen generals & admirals over the past 9 months in a series of ousters that could reshape the US military for years to come.


nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/poli

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

    [Recall began publicly criticizing ’s conduct in during the last 2 months of his presidency.]

    … & his officials were briefed by Biden’s team on the but showed little interest in the subject after they took over in January & began siding more powerfully with the Israelis, said the fmr US officials.


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

      “We have been using institutional resources to try to plug these holes in the short term, but these interim measures are not sustainable,” leaders wrote. “We must immediately address our significant financial shortfalls by reducing costs & enacting permanent change to our operational model.”

      The agreement with is the fifth that the admin has announced since early July in connection with its pressure campaign against top .

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

        In June, University leaders warned that they anticipated & had begun what they described as “a comprehensive review of programs & head count across the university,” where the work force had climbed by more than 15% in about 4 years.

        The suspension of federal turned that into a .

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

          In April, the admin abruptly froze planned federal for the . The govt had been scrutinizing after accusing it of racial discrimination & antisemitism, & the university acknowledged receiving dozens of stop-work orders.

          University leaders made clear that the was feeling extraordinary financial strain. The university has been considering issuing about $1 billion in bonds.

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

            Under the terms of the agreement, is expected to pay a $30 million to the govt & to invest another $30 million on programs designed to enhance efficiency & lower costs in & [they already have a world renowned Ag School]. A land-grant institution, Cornell is known for its agricultural programs.

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

              University reached an agreement with the admin Friday that would restore hundreds of millions in federal to the , acc/to university & govt ofcls.

              The agreement would also end government *investigations* that have placed the under months of federal scrutiny over accusations of *antisemitism* [] & *discrimination* [ initiatives] in admissions.

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

                Very displeased with one of my Alma Maters!

                Reaches Deal with Admin to Restore

                The Ivy League had warned of after the Trump admin stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher .


                nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/corn

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                  [?]Autonomie und Solidarität » 🌐
                  @autonomysolidarity@todon.eu

                  Interessante Hintergründe zur militarisierten, digitalen Überwachungsindustrie und Milliardärskartellen um Palantir, SpaceX, Thiel Capital und Co.. Die systemische Analyse könnte zwar ausgefeilter sein, die Netzwerke und autoritären Ideologien werden aber gut beleuchtet.

                  Während diese Entwicklungen derzeit vor allem in den stattfinden, fasst Palantir auch in immer mehr Fuß. In sind es vor allem die Partei Die Grünen und die Union, die dem Einsatz von Palantir-Überwachungstechnologie auf Länderebene immer weiter den Grund bereiten.

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

                  A delegation of clergy, including a bishop who is one of Cupich's deputies, tried to bring the inmates at holy Communion on Nov 1, the Catholic feast of but was denied access to the facility.

                  propagandist McLaughlin said the facility in Broadview was a field office that is used for processing & short-term detention & it was not "standard operating procedure" to have religious services there.

                    [?]Autonomie und Solidarität » 🌐
                    @autonomysolidarity@todon.eu

                    „Klinische Tests ohne Genehmigung, autonome Autos ohne Auflagen, Kernreaktoren und Nuklearenergie ohne staatliche Überwachung und eine Sonderwirtschaftszone, in der es kaum Steuern zu zahlen gibt und auch die Rechte von Arbeitskräften außer Kraft gesetzt werden. So stellen sich zahlreiche Chefs der Big-Tech-Unternehmen und US-Investoren die Zukunft vor – von Peter Thiel bis Sam Altman und Marc Andreessen. Donald Trump soll es möglich machen. Schon 2023 hatte er im Wahlkampf davon gesprochen, solche Freedom Cities in den USA zu ermöglichen.…“

                    Unregulierte Tech-Tests: Thiel, Altman und Co wollen Freedom Cities

                    heise.de/news/Unregulierte-Tec

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                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                    was asked Tuesday about at the facility who have been refused the opportunity to receive holy Communion, an important obligation. Many immigrants entering the come from , a predominantly region.

                    He said the detainees' spiritual rights need to be respected & cited scripture indicating Jesus will judge after death on how they welcomed immigrants.

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

                      …El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who…heads the cmte of the ' conference, said the conference is discussing whether to issue a statement about the admin's treatment of during its annual meeting, to be held in Baltimore from Nov 10-13.

                      "Without question, this issue will be a major, if not the major, topic that we undertake during the bishops' meeting," he said.

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

                        …, originally from the area, …has been steadily increasing his criticisms of .

                        …Cardinal Michael Czerny, a close advisor to Leo, said the pope is "expressing the concerns that should be in the heart of every & of every citizen."

                        "The Golden Rule, in other words: Do unto others as you would wish them to do unto you," said Czerny.

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

                          Cupich, who leads an archdiocese including about 2 million , said the 's teachings about helping cannot be disregarded.

                          "This is not some abstract value that people who say they are can easily ignore," said the cardinal. "No, this is the kind of moral imperative that is tested in the here and now."

                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                            "There's a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what's happening," the pontiff said on Tuesday, when asked about the condition of detained at a federal facility in , , near .

                            "I know how much it means to detainees & their families that is paying close attention to the suffering of migrants & their families here," Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told Reuters.

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

                              "Pope Leo's comments strengthen the resolve of those of us in the United States who remain deeply committed to welcoming the stranger," said Kerry Alys Robinson, president & CEO of Catholic Charities USA, a national federation of 168 agencies.

                              , the first pope, has been ramping up his disapproval of the admin's treatment of .

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

                                Pope Leo's recent criticisms of anti- policies are emboldening efforts to help caught up in the admin's hardline crackdown, snr US Church leaders say.

                                After Leo called on Tues for "deep reflection" in the about the admin's treatment of , several top bishops as well as the country's main network of Catholic nuns & its national charity federation told Reuters they would step up their work.

                                [ is from ]
                                reuters.com/world/europe/pope-

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

                                  US District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given ’s admin until Friday to make the payments. But Trump’s admin instead asked the appeals to suspend any requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund.

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

                                    Heartless assholes

                                    admin seeks to halt payments after a

                                    Trump’s admin asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a govt , even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.


                                    apnews.com/article/snap-food-g

                                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                      @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                      (continued from /1)

                                      "which is a staggeringly fast turnaround for the 'Cool Britannia' generation that put Tony Blair in Downing Street – and key to the party’s move from fringe to mainstream. In the US, gen Xers have been dubbed the 'Trumpiest generation', because they’re more likely than any other to identify as Republican."


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                                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                        @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                        "It’s gen Xers, not grumpy pensioners or teenage boys beguiled by rightwing influencers, who are powering the populist insurgency now. Only 19% of British fiftysomethings voted Reform UK at the last general election but a third of those aged between 50 and 64 would do so now, according to YouGov," (continued in /2)

                                        ~ Gaby Hinsliff


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                                          [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                          @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                          "Meanwhile, more than 1 million federal employees were furloughed or worked without pay amid a five-week-old government shutdown, some of them joining previously fired public servants at food banks. The online People magazine juxtaposed a photo of Trump surveying his Palm Beach party with a shot of nearby Miamians in a food line."


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                                            [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                            @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                            "The president of the United States held court at Mar-a-Lago, amid free-flowing liquor and tables laden with food, hours before federal food aid would end for 42 million Americans."

                                            ~ Jackie Calmes


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                                            latimes.com/opinion/story/2025

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                                              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                              @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                              "It was a revel of moral blindness — an orgy of delusion and bad taste. Here was the 'champion of the forgotten man,' presiding over a pageant of excess, surrounded by lackeys dressed as the very elites he pretends to despise. ...

                                              Trump has made himself the perfect emblem of our age: rich in spectacle, bankrupt in soul, and utterly incapable of shame."


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                                                [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                "Trump’s 'Gatsby' gala wasn’t homage but autopsy — a champagne-soaked dirge for a nation that once believed in class, grace, and conscience. ...

                                                Trump, the man who once wrapped himself in the mantle of populism, threw a party mocking the very people who once believed him."

                                                ~ David Shuster


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                                                  [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                  @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                  "Michael Wolff, a longtime chronicler of Trump’s White House who conducted extensive interviews with Epstein prior to his death, told The Daily Beast last month that Epstein had shown him photos of Trump with half-naked 'young girls' in his lap."


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                                                    [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                    @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                    "A few conservative representatives with ties to the FBI and the Justice Department have spilled that the true details of the Epstein files are 'worse' for Trump than previously reported, according to journalist David Schuster."

                                                    ~ Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling


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                                                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                      @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                      "Black people along with majorities of all people of color helped push the blue wave.

                                                      Together, these coalitions helped turn the tide, not just for a party, but for a vision of a pluralistic, multiracial democracy."

                                                      Jemar Tisby offers a graph breaking down votes in the Virginia governor's election by gender and ethnicity (see below).


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                                                      A graph breaking down votes in the Virginia governor's election by gender and ethnicity, showing that white men were the one demographic that voted in majority for the Republican

                                                      Alt...A graph breaking down votes in the Virginia governor's election by gender and ethnicity, showing that white men were the one demographic that voted in majority for the Republican

                                                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                        @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                        "The racial divide runs parallel to an educational one—especially among white voters. White men without college degrees supported the Republican candidate by a staggering 71%, while even college-educated white men gave her a majority at 52%. White women, however, split more evenly.

                                                        Just over half (54%) voted for the Democrat, and that number jumped to 65% among white women with graduate degrees."


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                                                          [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                          @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                          "From coast to coast, voters delivered decisive victories that political analysts quickly dubbed a 'blue wave.'

                                                          But beneath the headlines and hashtags lies a deeper story about race, gender, and education—about who showed up, who shifted, and what these patterns say about the future of democracy in America."

                                                          ~ Jemar Tisby


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                                                            [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                            @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                            "United, Southwest and Delta airlines began cancelling flights for Friday in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s directive that will see reductions in flights at 40 major airports from Friday to help address air traffic controller shortage safety concerns as a result of the government shutdown."

                                                            ~ Edward Helmore


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                                                            theguardian.com/world/2025/nov

                                                              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                              @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                              “Today airlines began to cancel hundreds of flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said that reductions will begin at 4% on Friday and go up until they hit 10% on November 14.”

                                                              ~ Heather Cox Richardson


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                                                                [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                "For now, the affordability issue belongs to Democrats. Everything the administration is doing on the economy not only won’t make things better, it’s already unpopular. Tax cuts for the wealthy, tariffs, cutting off benefits to low-income people — they can say it’s going to improve the average person’s life, but that average person isn’t going to buy it."

                                                                ~ Paul Waldman


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                                                                  [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                  @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                  "The story of Trump is that the worse it gets for him, the more obvious it is that he’s losing, the more desperate and extreme he gets. That means we can’t sit back and relax, counting the days until the midterms and a beautiful blue wave."

                                                                  ~ Steven Beschloss


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                                                                    [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                    @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                    “The evidence shows that people will go hungry, food pantries will be overburdened, and needless suffering will occur. That’s what irreparable harm here means.

                                                                    This should never happen in America.”

                                                                    ~ Judge John J. McConnell quoted by Lucy Campbell


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                                                                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                      @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                      "They are going to fight as hard as they can to prevent hungry people from getting food."

                                                                      ~ Ron Filipkowski


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                                                                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                        @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                        But to look on the bright side, imagine how bad things would be if we weren't a Christian nation with a pro-life Christian party now in control of the federal government with strong pro-life Christian support.

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                                                                          [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                          @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                          "But the Justice Department almost immediately told the court that it would appeal the ruling. The move renewed fears that the poorest Americans would not receive their full benefits to purchase groceries this month, leaving many at risk of imminent and severe financial hardship."


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                                                                            [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                            @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                            "A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to fund food stamps in full for roughly 42 million low-income Americans, after admonishing the government for delaying aid under the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the shutdown."

                                                                            ~ Tony Romm


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                                                                            nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/poli

                                                                              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                              @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                              "That said, they also are little babies, because they don’t believe there should be any consequences for their actions, and even the smallest harm they suffer is an outrage, something they simply can’t comprehend.

                                                                              So, they can posture all they want, but we know what’s underneath all that tactical gear and rage: nothing but the softest little underbelly."


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                                                                                [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                                @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                                "When DHS’s goons are a roving band of masked armed men, they’re tough as hell. And why not? They spend their days arresting schoolteachers and tear-gassing kids from a safe distance away. They’re pretty impervious to harm."


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                                                                                  [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                                  @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                                  "It’s comical that this big, brutal warrior would get on the stand to say that he literally felt assaulted by a sandwich exploding on his uniform. It’s more comical, though, that Dunn’s attorney then showed Larimore a photo of the sandwich on the ground. Wrapped. Not exploded."

                                                                                  ~ Lisa Needham


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                                                                                    [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                                    @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                                    "Cross examination wraps (sorry) with the defense questioning the agent about gag gifts his colleagues conferred on him after the encounter. One is a plushie sandwich. Another is a 'Felony Footlong' patch purchased from a vendor in the city."

                                                                                    ~ Molly Roberts


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                                                                                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                      "The man known as the DC Sandwich Thrower clearly was fed up with all the attention as he left the courthouse Tuesday."

                                                                                      ~ WUSA9


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                                                                                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                                        @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                                        "Federal jury refuses to convict a ham sandwich."

                                                                                        ~ Robert B. Hubbell


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

                                                                                          The men had little in common beyond their Venezuelan seaside hometowns & the fact all 4 were among the >60 people killed since early Sept when the US began attacking boats the admin alleges were smuggling drugs. Trump & top US ofcls alleged the craft were being operated by narco-terrorists & cartel members bound with deadly drugs for communities.

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

                                                                                            has accused boat crews of being *narco-terrorists*. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

                                                                                            One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a fmr military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.


                                                                                            apnews.com/article/trump-venez

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

                                                                                              …In recent years, the has taken an increasingly conciliatory approach to the & a hard-line stance against critics of .

                                                                                              Earlier this year, the group defended after he was accused of making a salute at a rally celebrating Trump’s inauguration, calling it “an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm.”

                                                                                              It also initially praised the admin’s move to & pro- , a position it shifted after backlash.

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