The best trick the wealthy 1% have ever pulled off is to convince the politically vocal (and influential) next 20% that one day they could be super wealthy too, and so increases in tax on the current wealthy, are really increases of tax on their future wealth....
By the time the 20% realise the 1% have made sure they'll never get that wealthy a new generation is waiting to be hoodwinked!
Political parties in Japan worried about misinformation spreading online are seeking help from social media platforms while hinting at new legislation if corporate actions fall short. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/politics/regulating-social-media-elections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #socialmedia #internet #ldp #fakenews #diet #misinformation #ichiroaisawa
A U.S. Marine veteran says he is having a difficult time processing the way his father, a Mexican gardener, was detained in a raid in California as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/world/politics/us-immigration-raid-ex-marine-father/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #immigration #donaldtrump
Ahead of the upcoming Upper House election, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan chief Yoshihiko Noda says his party's pledge to cut consumption tax on food items is a "responsible tax cut." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/politics/cdp-head-noda-tax-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #yoshihikonoda #2025upperhouseelection
Thailand's controversial ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra goes on trial for lese-majeste next week with the kingdom teetering on the brink of political chaos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-political-crisis-looms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #thaksinshinawatra #paetongtarnshinawatra
For U.S. President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin is a man looking for a way out of his three-year assault on Ukraine, while NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says the Russian leader may be just getting started. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/world/politics/trump-europe-odds-putin-ambitions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #us #russia #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #defense
The Children and Families Agency held the first meeting aimed at introducing a system to check whether people holding or seeking jobs that involve contact with children have records of sex crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/politics/sex-crime-check-panel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #children #sexcrimes #jobs
Days after the Philippine Senate declined to launch the impeachment trial of the country's vice president, two interviews with Filipinos arguing for and against the move went viral. Neither were real. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/asia-pacific/politics/ai-sara-duterte-impeachment-philippines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #ai #deepfakes #misinformation#saraduterte #philippines
China hosted defense ministers from Iran, India and Russia for a meeting in its eastern seaside city of Qingdao on Thursday against the backdrop of war in the Middle East and a NATO summit in Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/asia-pacific/politics/china-iran-russia-defense-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #iran #russia #defense
Almost a third of citizens of the Pacific nation of Tuvalu are seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas threaten their shores. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/asia-pacific/politics/tuvalu-australia-climate-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #climatechange #oceans #tuvalu #australia
Next month’s Upper House election will be held during a three-day holiday for the first time ever, prompting questions about whether the choice of date was politically motivated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/politics/election-date-holiday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #dpp
NATO countries have pledged to spend big on defense, and while this move may largely appear to be a European issue, its consequences could ultimately play out in the Indo-Pacific. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/dominguez-nato/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #us #donaldtrump #defense #china #northkorea
The recent U.S. attacks on nuclear facilities in Iran have put Japan in a dilemma over how to balance its principle of upholding the rule of law and its alliance with the United States amid the Iran-Israel conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/politics/japan-dilemma-over-us-attacks-iran/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #iran #israel #shigeruishiba
Vladimir Putin will not travel to Brazil for next month's BRICS summit due to the outstanding International Criminal Court arrest warrant on the Russian president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/putin-brics-brazil-icc-warrant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #brics #brazil #icc
Kyiv's strategy in Africa includes delivering aid to Malian refugees, a proposal to train Mauritania's military, and the broader bid to counter Russia's much more entrenched presence on the continent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/ukraine-africa-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #un #eu #us #africa #mauritania #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar#volodymyrzelenskyy #mali
Young self-declared socialist Zohran Mamdani was on the cusp of a stunning victory Wednesday in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/socialist-governor-nyc-mayor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #zohranmamdani #andrewcuomo #newyorkcity #democrats
Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to an internal security crackdown with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the Kurdish region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/iran-internal-crackdown-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #middleeast
U.S. President Donald Trump compared the impact of American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to the end of World War II on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/us-iran-hiroshima-trump-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hiroshima #nagasaki #nuclearweapons #us #donaldtrump #iran #wwii
NATO pulled out all the stops to keep U.S. President Donald Trump happy and hold the alliance together at a summit in The Hague, but it largely avoided tough topics such as the war in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/nato-trump-questions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #nato #markrutte #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar#volodymyrzelenskyy
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