The ignorance and disdain of Trump's foreign envoys is pissing other countries off. I guess that's an inevitable consequence of appointing unqualified toadies with zero diplomatic experience.

Denmark and Turkey have both had run-ins with the Maga mentality this week. And after he made outrageous demands of the French state, France summoned US Ambassador Charles Kushner (Jared's dad). He didn't even bother to turn up to the meeting.

American exceptionalism is indistinguishable from ignorance, and America's international standing continues to plummet.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-china-denmark-france-lebanon-antisemitism-3f58f1b03c90aba969d2cbf4cb10dc3e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

#USPol

So "Please God" and "White House" are trending on the Bad Place.

People haven't seen the Orange Turnip for three days and he doesn't have anything scheduled for the next three.

I haven't ever wished someone dead, but I am now.

#uspol

Trump is most likely alive and kicking, but if he gets to watch everyone celebrate his death online that's nearly as good. 🤷

#USPol

"In the first half of the year, at least 19 out of 49 dedicated detention facilities exceeded their rated bed capacity and many more holding facilities and local jails exceeded their agreed-upon immigrant detainee capacity.

"'There are so many things we’ve seen before — poor food quality, abuse by guards, not having clean clothes or underwear, not getting hygiene products. But the scale at which it’s happening feels greater, because it’s happening everywhere and people are sleeping on floors.'"

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-29/as-ice-detainees-top-60000-some-detention-centers-stack-mattresses-on-the-floor

#ICE #immigration#USpol#abolition

The ignorance and disdain of Trump's foreign envoys is pissing other countries off. I guess that's an inevitable consequence of appointing unqualified toadies with zero diplomatic experience.

Denmark and Turkey have both had run-ins with the Maga mentality this week. And after he made outrageous demands of the French state, France summoned US Ambassador Charles Kushner (Jared's dad). He didn't even bother to turn up to the meeting.

American exceptionalism is indistinguishable from ignorance, and America's international standing continues to plummet.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-china-denmark-france-lebanon-antisemitism-3f58f1b03c90aba969d2cbf4cb10dc3e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

#USPol

So was just told that over on bluesky they're excited by rumors that trump hasn't been seen by the press since wednesday and his weekend golf was canceled.

So many levels of heresy here.but maybe the bad guy is ill.

#uspol

"In the first half of the year, at least 19 out of 49 dedicated detention facilities exceeded their rated bed capacity and many more holding facilities and local jails exceeded their agreed-upon immigrant detainee capacity.

"'There are so many things we’ve seen before — poor food quality, abuse by guards, not having clean clothes or underwear, not getting hygiene products. But the scale at which it’s happening feels greater, because it’s happening everywhere and people are sleeping on floors.'"

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-29/as-ice-detainees-top-60000-some-detention-centers-stack-mattresses-on-the-floor

#ICE #immigration#USpol#abolition

That didn’t take long…

‘It Feels Like the #CDC Is Over’

The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.

By Tom Bartlett
#Trump#RFKJr#ConspiracyTheories#AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation#HealthyIfYoureWealthy#Aporophobia#SocialCleansing#EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy#PublicHealth#Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy#USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxb3iptRElGDyBA80yCQGKb4

That didn’t take long…

‘It Feels Like the #CDC Is Over’

The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.

By Tom Bartlett
#Trump#RFKJr#ConspiracyTheories#AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation#HealthyIfYoureWealthy#Aporophobia#SocialCleansing#EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy#PublicHealth#Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy#USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxb3iptRElGDyBA80yCQGKb4

Mira, lo de Estados Unidos no tiene nombre.

Las brigadas fascistas antiinmigrantes se han presentado en un incendio en Seattle para detener a los bomberos hispanos.

https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/eeuu-y-canada/hasta-en-un-incendio-forestal-nadie-puede-creer-la-redada-de-ice-en-esta-zona-de-estados-unidos-3485663

#USPol#ICE

Well-connected person whom I trust was just telling me that he’s personally talked to 4 Canadians who in recent weeks have had US CBP demand to look through their phones and on that basis been turned back and handed 5-year entry bans. Three of the 4 were at Vancouver airport. These people are not taking their story to media because they don’t want to draw attention to their employers.

#USpol#Vancouver

Mira, lo de Estados Unidos no tiene nombre.

Las brigadas fascistas antiinmigrantes se han presentado en un incendio en Seattle para detener a los bomberos hispanos.

https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/eeuu-y-canada/hasta-en-un-incendio-forestal-nadie-puede-creer-la-redada-de-ice-en-esta-zona-de-estados-unidos-3485663

#USPol#ICE

Yesterday, from @josephinelee: Between 2005 and 2025, 25 rural hospitals in #Texas have closed, the most of any state. 5 of them no longer offer in-patient services. The future of those that remain is uncertain. https://www.texasobserver.org/jodey-arrington-obbba-cuts-west-texas-rural-hospitals/

#healthcare #politics#USpol #news #rural#Trump

Report: "UN rights staff demand Gaza war be called genocide"

They accused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of failing to speak out...

and "compared the UN’s inaction over Gaza to its failure to stop the 1994 genocide in Rwanda."

"Failing to denounce an unfolding genocide undermines the credibility of the UN & the human rights system itself.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-rights-staff-demand-gaza-war-be-called-genocide

#UN#GazaGenocide#USPol #europol#Press .

Yesterday, from @josephinelee: Between 2005 and 2025, 25 rural hospitals in #Texas have closed, the most of any state. 5 of them no longer offer in-patient services. The future of those that remain is uncertain. https://www.texasobserver.org/jodey-arrington-obbba-cuts-west-texas-rural-hospitals/

#healthcare #politics#USpol #news #rural#Trump

Report: "UN rights staff demand Gaza war be called genocide"

They accused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of failing to speak out...

and "compared the UN’s inaction over Gaza to its failure to stop the 1994 genocide in Rwanda."

"Failing to denounce an unfolding genocide undermines the credibility of the UN & the human rights system itself.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-rights-staff-demand-gaza-war-be-called-genocide

#UN#GazaGenocide#USPol #europol#Press .

I’ve spent the better part of two decades dealing with people trying to dox and harass the volunteers who make Wikipedia the incredible resource it is today.

I liked it better when they weren’t in Congress.

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/082725-letter-to-Wikimedia.pdf

#Wikipedia#USpol

Analysis: How Israel & the US manipulated aid to kill, rather than save, Palestinians.

The group Forensic Architecture used spatial analysis & open-source research to reveal the architecture of the genocidal starvation of Gaza.

Malnutrition during early childhood "can cause irreversible damage, stunting both physical growth & cognitive ability."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/27/starvation-strategy-how-israel-created-famine-in-gaza

#GazaGenocide#WesternEnablement#USPol#EuroPol#BDS#Racism #Press#News#IsraeliCrimes#GHF @palestine .

Analysis: How Israel & the US manipulated aid to kill, rather than save, Palestinians.

The group Forensic Architecture used spatial analysis & open-source research to reveal the architecture of the genocidal starvation of Gaza.

Malnutrition during early childhood "can cause irreversible damage, stunting both physical growth & cognitive ability."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/27/starvation-strategy-how-israel-created-famine-in-gaza

#GazaGenocide#WesternEnablement#USPol#EuroPol#BDS#Racism #Press#News#IsraeliCrimes#GHF @palestine .