bhaugen
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#JimmyCarter was one of the best #uspresidents, and human beings, to ever exist.
#Kindness isn't weakness. True kindness is strength.
Hearing any #USnews one hears pundits, politicians and journalists say things like:
"this is out of step with our principles and traditions" or
"this is against all norms" or
"this is beyond the pale…"
I keep yelling at the radio "OMG did you ever think to write any of this stuff down, you know, as a LAW or anything!?"
As they spiral into autocracy it sounds like their system's entire bulwark against it is simply: "Well, a gentleman would never do such a thing!"
Alex Akselrod
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So should all who betray the people they govern.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup
So should all who betray the people they govern.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup
pirategoddess 🏳️🌈
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I dont know what to say.
Hyundai is building a 15 billion dollar battery plant in Georgia.
ICE just raided the plants and arrested over 400 people, including executives from LG, who not only make more than half of the TV screens in the US, but automotive batteries.
This is an ongoing racist crisis, and news reports will be covering this for weeks, but at least 30 Koreans were seized.
Hyundai has sent lawyers, Korea is sending Diplomats.
https://electrek.co/2025/09/05/hyundais-new-ev-plant-raided-by-ice-hundreds-arrested/
I dont know what to say.
Hyundai is building a 15 billion dollar battery plant in Georgia.
ICE just raided the plants and arrested over 400 people, including executives from LG, who not only make more than half of the TV screens in the US, but automotive batteries.
This is an ongoing racist crisis, and news reports will be covering this for weeks, but at least 30 Koreans were seized.
Hyundai has sent lawyers, Korea is sending Diplomats.
https://electrek.co/2025/09/05/hyundais-new-ev-plant-raided-by-ice-hundreds-arrested/
Ika Makimaki
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More for my #american friends complaining about the smoke from #canadian#Wildfires
Maybe you shouldn't have elected folks who passed #Trump 's #bigbeautifulbill
A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference at the agency jeopardizing the future of US industries and economic growth, according to a Guardian investigation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts
You guys, Mamdani was the only Democratic candidate running who categorically opposed mask bans
He was running against an establishment man with name recognition, huge amounts of funding & a history of abandoning the most vulnerable to die of covid
This feels like a huge win for vulnerable people
The Trump regime continues to double down on their eugenicist choices, nominating Casey Means, a wellness influencer, for surgeon general.
I’ve said for a long time that “wellness” is eugenics adjacent.
While there’s nothing wrong with a healthy lifestyle, no amount of green juice, yoga, meditation or sunlight can cure disabilities.
What’s worse, wellness “influencers” almost always blame the chronically ill for not trying hard enough.
Between Means, Prasad, RFK Jr and Dr Oz, things look bleak for those with disabilities (but great for anyone hawking supplements!)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/07/trump-surgeon-general-casey-means-00334304
#ableism #eugenics #chronicillness #uspoli #fascism #wellness #rfkjr #caseymeans