
And #trump #humiliating cadre of #American #troops by ordering them to kneel on the ground in front of #Putin #jet at the bottom of the steps to roll out a very long #redcarpet for the #warcriminal #putin
And #trump #humiliating cadre of #American #troops by ordering them to kneel on the ground in front of #Putin #jet at the bottom of the steps to roll out a very long #redcarpet for the #warcriminal #putin
And #trump #humiliating cadre of #American #troops by ordering them to kneel on the ground in front of #Putin #jet at the bottom of the steps to roll out a very long #redcarpet for the #warcriminal #putin
Just received a video from Oleg at Spravzhni Ukraine in #Kherson
✨He confirmed receipt of the tourniquets, #American flag, and handwritten card I sent from the U.S. These will be delivered directly to the frontline.
⛑️ I’ve volunteered with Spravzhni #Ukraine twice on the ground—and continue to support from the United States.
🎯Every act of solidarity—from donations to conversations—makes a difference.
Slava Ukraini🇺🇦
MSF Report: This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing. ‘In May 2025… Israeli authorities sought to…[replace] the UN-led humanitarian response…with a militarised food distribution scheme run by…the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (#GHF)…operated by the GHF are…under full #Israeli military control & “secured” by private #American armed contractors.
MSF calls for an immediate cessation of the GHF distribution mechanism’ | MSF https://www.msf.org/not-aid-orchestrated-killing
MSF Report: This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing. ‘In May 2025… Israeli authorities sought to…[replace] the UN-led humanitarian response…with a militarised food distribution scheme run by…the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (#GHF)…operated by the GHF are…under full #Israeli military control & “secured” by private #American armed contractors.
MSF calls for an immediate cessation of the GHF distribution mechanism’ | MSF https://www.msf.org/not-aid-orchestrated-killing
I've been seeing a lot of these across Berlin. Are US brands feeling nervous about their American image? 🤔🤔🤔
I always stated that I'm addicted to Coke Zero. I never took anything else, and in bars that only had the US competitor, I ordered a juice.
But since the fascist actions of Trump, I moved to non-US brands. And I find that my caffeine fix is just as easily satisfied with Coke that costs half the price.
It was meant as a temporary political statement, but when Trump is replaced, I will wonder if I am still willing to pay a 100% premium to get the 'real' thing.
It’s official. The #American that fled from Texas and claimed #Russia was a better country has died in a #Ukrainian drone strike after being sent to the frontlines by #Putin.
Fucked Around Found Out. Well done Derek. Well done.
More for my #american friends complaining about the smoke from #canadian#Wildfires
Maybe you shouldn't have elected folks who passed #Trump 's #bigbeautifulbill
Fair warning: I kind of despise Jacobin, and Balthazar is a shitty writer... but this novel sounds amazing!
"It's something of a truism to say history does not reveal the past but rather the present: the refracted light of dead stars, to use the French philosopher Daniel Bensaïd’s image of the gone revolutions, will disappear in a daylight of mere facts if not recognized as a “concern of the present.” Annie Kaufman’s new translation of Ben Gold’s 1944 #Yiddish language #proletarian #novel Your Comrade, Avreml Broide: A Worker’s Life Story is one of those events, in which a seemingly lost footnote of left-wing #American #history suddenly brushes against the grain of the present."
Fair warning: I kind of despise Jacobin, and Balthazar is a shitty writer... but this novel sounds amazing!
"It's something of a truism to say history does not reveal the past but rather the present: the refracted light of dead stars, to use the French philosopher Daniel Bensaïd’s image of the gone revolutions, will disappear in a daylight of mere facts if not recognized as a “concern of the present.” Annie Kaufman’s new translation of Ben Gold’s 1944 #Yiddish language #proletarian #novel Your Comrade, Avreml Broide: A Worker’s Life Story is one of those events, in which a seemingly lost footnote of left-wing #American #history suddenly brushes against the grain of the present."
The focus on #denaturalization is just the latest step by the #Trump admin to reshape the nation's #immigration system across all levels of govt, turning it into a major focus across multiple federal agencies. That has come with redefining who is let into the #UnitedStates or has the right to be an #American. Since his return to office, Trump has sought to end #BirthrightCitizenship & massively scale back #refugee programs.
The move is aimed at #US #citizens not born in the country;…close to 25M #immigrants [are] #naturalized citizens.
At least one person has already been denaturalized. On June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of Elliott Duke’s #citizenship, who uses they/them pronouns. Duke is an #American #military #veteran originally from the #UK who was convicted for distributing child sexual abuse material—something they later admitted they were doing prior to becoming a US citizen.
"a woman named Bendu Kiadu is mourning her child Gbessey, who was just 1 year old.
Gbessey caught #malaria in March. In normal times, a community health worker would have administered simple medicines for malaria... But the closing of #USAID led to the collapse of some supply chains, so #health workers had no malaria medicine to offer Gbessey.
...The next day, Gbessey died.
“Our #children are dying because of a lack of medicine,” Kiadu told me."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html
"How often does this happen? The #Trump administration is also dismantling #data collection, making it difficult to count the deaths it is causing. By one American economist’s online dashboard, about 350,000 people worldwide have died so far because of cuts in #American aid. My guess is that the figure isn’t so high, partly because it takes time for #children to weaken and die, but that the rate of deaths will accelerate."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html
"CHILDREN ARE DYING because medicines have been abruptly cut off, & risks of Ebola, tuberculosis & other diseases reaching #America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses.
After #ElonMusk boasted about feeding #USAID “into the wood chipper” over a weekend, he claimed that no one had died as a result...
Come with me on a trip to the villages where your aid cuts are killing #children. Open your eyes."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html
"One of the most dangerous things a woman can do in a poor country is get pregnant. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that #American assistance has prevented some 34,000 maternal deaths per year around the world. That suggests that ending such aid may lead #women to perish in pregnancy approximately once every 15 minutes."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html
#ElonMusk#Musk #Doge#Trump#GOP#USPol#Politics#USAID#Health#Healthcare#World #News#US#USA
For decades, British Petroleum (then the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company) had extracted Iran’s wealth, leaving the Iranian people with little to show for it. Mossadegh’s move was a bid for sovereignty, dignity, and the right of a nation to control its own resources. The response from the so-called “free world” was swift and brutal: a joint CIA-MI6 operation, code-named Operation Ajax, orchestrated a coup to overthrow Mossadegh, using black propaganda, bribed politicians, manufactured riots, (2/11)
and false flag attacks to create chaos and justify intervention. Hundreds died in the streets of Tehran as the Shah—an autocratic monarch—was reinstalled with #American and British backing.
(3/11)
Good day all of you LOVELY Fedizens!
Once again, ANOTHER big week coming up on Fireside Fedi! Please note that all times are Eastern / UTC-4.
Tuesday May 27th at 1000 we'll be speaking with @booteille who is with @Framasoft ! If you don't know #Framasoft then maybe you've heard of #Peertube ? Yeah, that's them! 😁 As well as many other projects!
Thursday May 29th 1500 we are talking to @potterybyosa ! Osa is a #nigerian #american studio #potter. Osa makes absolutely stunning pottery and I can't wait to speak with Osa about their work, potterybyosa.com , and what brought them to the Fediverse!
Finally Saturday May 31st, after a few reschedulings, we'll be speaking with @labr ! This includes both @brothersoul and @DJUpNorth ! LABR stands for #Love a #Brother #Radio . They're a 24/7 online stream for soulful house music and varied genres.
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