"When Republicans are criticizing the president, when the media calls him a racist, when his polls are dropping and then dropping again, it’s a lot easier to see that fighting Trump on everything, all the time, is the best strategy politically and for the country."
~ Noah Berlatsky
"To be fair, it might be appropriate to put his name on a prison."
~ Steven Beschloss, noting that Trump's name should be removed, if his regime is finally toppled, from all the buildings and monuments to which he's affixed it
#Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #racism #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #corruption #MoralRot
/4
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/deleting-donald-trump-letter-by-letter
(continued from /2)
"(see: snoozing through the Melania premiere while the country grappled with Alex Pretti’s devastating, baseless murder).
Let’s say it: Trump is a racist. The Republican Party tolerates — if it does not actively endorse — his racism. Those who normalize him enable racism. His agenda is grounded in racism."
#Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #racism #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #media
/3
"To be fair, it might be appropriate to put his name on a prison."
~ Steven Beschloss, noting that Trump's name should be removed, if his regime is finally toppled, from all the buildings and monuments to which he's affixed it
#Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #racism #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #corruption #MoralRot
/4
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/deleting-donald-trump-letter-by-letter
"Trump might be president, but the time for mincing words and normalizing his ethnic cleansing campaign (disguised as 'immigration policy') has long passed. All decent citizens should ostracize him when he prioritizes frivolous social functions at Mar-A-Lago rather than attending to the needs of the nation" (continued in /3)
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #media /2
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/theyve-always-known-he-is-a-racist
(continued from /2)
"(see: snoozing through the Melania premiere while the country grappled with Alex Pretti’s devastating, baseless murder).
Let’s say it: Trump is a racist. The Republican Party tolerates — if it does not actively endorse — his racism. Those who normalize him enable racism. His agenda is grounded in racism."
#Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #racism #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #media
/3
"When Republicans are criticizing the president, when the media calls him a racist, when his polls are dropping and then dropping again, it’s a lot easier to see that fighting Trump on everything, all the time, is the best strategy politically and for the country."
~ Noah Berlatsky
"Trump might be president, but the time for mincing words and normalizing his ethnic cleansing campaign (disguised as 'immigration policy') has long passed. All decent citizens should ostracize him when he prioritizes frivolous social functions at Mar-A-Lago rather than attending to the needs of the nation" (continued in /3)
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #media /2
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/theyve-always-known-he-is-a-racist
"When Republicans are criticizing the president, when the media calls him a racist, when his polls are dropping and then dropping again, it’s a lot easier to see that fighting Trump on everything, all the time, is the best strategy politically and for the country."
~ Noah Berlatsky
There are a lot of claims by political leaders and pundits on both sides of the Atlantic that the #USA and #Europe are united by a common "European culture". And I really think we should stop saying that.
For Europeans, this was a useful way of flattering their American hegemon by emphasizing common bonds. But the American hegemony is fraying, and staying within it does not withstand a cost-benefit analysis. Another motivation is #racism - when the same people talk about "Judeo-Christian values" of the "West", it was usually not because they actually cared about Jews or had any understanding of Judaism - but because including Jews was a convenient way of deflecting racism when they excluded European Muslims.
For the white elites of the USA, emphasizing "European culture" as the center of the USA was a way of reinforcing #WhiteSupremacy , and downplaying or dismissing the contributions of non-white people. This current was always there, but has risen to the forefront of the #TrumpAdministration who now support European fascist allies in order to supercharge White Supremacy in Europe as well.
So by supporting the notion that the USA and Europe are part of the same culture, we support the propaganda of some pretty horrible people. This alone should be enough reason to stop doing so. But there is more.
"The USA has no culture!" is a common claim among Europeans, which is pure snobbery and bigotry. And by reducing the USA to a cultural appendix of Europe, we deny the agency of Americans throughout the centuries.
The USA of today _have_ some European roots, but these were never the _only_ cultural roots the USA have. And over the course of the past few centuries, they have diverged greatly from Europe, and have become a cultural powerhouse in their own right. We should respect and accept that they _have_ these political differences, and that Europe and the USA are now largely different cultural zones.
We can only move forward if we see each other clearly.
PLEASE BOOST!
>>---> Based on real Mastodon events
#Native #Indigenous #BIPOC #Mastodon #Racism
[TurtleIsland.social](http://TurtleIsland.social) admins should be:
RE: https://turtleisland.social/@Yehuda/115999260961564564
OK and there you go! The Force is with us!
#Native #Indigenous #BIPOC #Mastodon #Racism
PLEASE BOOST!
>>---> Based on real Mastodon events
#Native #Indigenous #BIPOC #Mastodon #Racism
[TurtleIsland.social](http://TurtleIsland.social) admins should be:
RE: https://turtleisland.social/@Yehuda/115999260961564564
OK and there you go! The Force is with us!
#Native #Indigenous #BIPOC #Mastodon #Racism
"The Israeli government & settlers have become Judeo-Nazis, & their policy is based on Jewish supremacy."
~Moshe Ya'alon, Israeli former chief of staff & defense minister:
#GazaGenocide #USPol #EUPol #CdnPoli #palestine #JewishSupremacism #Racism #Press #News #Displacement .
Housing Justice is Racial Justice
A video to help you start a conversation with your neighbors and colleagues about how important it is to use a racial justice frame to achieve real wins for housing. Credit: Doug Miles (Instagram @steezyapache)
@blackvoices #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2026 #BIPOC #POC #housing #blackmastodon #racism #justice #resistance #minnesota #evictions @povertyandinequality #education
Housing Justice is Racial Justice
A video to help you start a conversation with your neighbors and colleagues about how important it is to use a racial justice frame to achieve real wins for housing. Credit: Doug Miles (Instagram @steezyapache)
@blackvoices #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2026 #BIPOC #POC #housing #blackmastodon #racism #justice #resistance #minnesota #evictions @povertyandinequality #education
Apparently there is a "backlash" against a Black community setting boundaries for themselves?
I guess that's one thing the fediverse and Atmosphere have in common. People throwing tantrums and demanding that complete strangers listen to their unwanted opinions.
The bottom line is, while this incident does show that yes, other online communities experience anti-Black racism as well, what makes a difference is the response of that community. Eg. outpouring of support vs questioning and gaslighting the victim.
(And I'm sure the presence of reply controls helps!)
Fediverse has such a long way to go.
#fediverse #blacksky #bluesky #racism #community #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon
Today, in honor of Black History Month, we remember the Orangeburg Massacre, which occurred on February 8, 1968 in South Carolina, when highway patrolmen opened fire on black student protesters from South Carolina State, who were trying to integrate a bowling alley. They killed 3 African American students and wounded 33. These were the first student demonstrators killed by the police in the 1960s. 2 days prior, students held a sit-in at the bowling alley. When the police arrested them, hundreds of students arrived from Claflin College and South Carolina State to protest the arrests. As tensions grew, the governor called out the National Guard and Highway Patrol to “keep the order.” 9 cops were charged with deprivation of rights under color of law, but all were acquitted. But one of the student protestors, Cleveland Sellers, was convicted of several riot charges. In 1960, students and others marched through Orangeberg to protest segregation. Police and firefighters attacked them. They arrested 400 and imprisoned them in outdoors in a cattle stockade.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #orangeburg #massacre #racism #jimcrow #africanamerican #civilrights #police #policebrutality #students #protest #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastodon
Today, in honor of Black History Month, we remember the Orangeburg Massacre, which occurred on February 8, 1968 in South Carolina, when highway patrolmen opened fire on black student protesters from South Carolina State, who were trying to integrate a bowling alley. They killed 3 African American students and wounded 33. These were the first student demonstrators killed by the police in the 1960s. 2 days prior, students held a sit-in at the bowling alley. When the police arrested them, hundreds of students arrived from Claflin College and South Carolina State to protest the arrests. As tensions grew, the governor called out the National Guard and Highway Patrol to “keep the order.” 9 cops were charged with deprivation of rights under color of law, but all were acquitted. But one of the student protestors, Cleveland Sellers, was convicted of several riot charges. In 1960, students and others marched through Orangeberg to protest segregation. Police and firefighters attacked them. They arrested 400 and imprisoned them in outdoors in a cattle stockade.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #orangeburg #massacre #racism #jimcrow #africanamerican #civilrights #police #policebrutality #students #protest #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastodon
Dear Vladimir, please send one million Russians to dilute Palestinian presence. Yours, Ehud
(recordings, courtesy Epstein files)
Fmr PM Barak also "disparaged Jews who arrived from Arab & Muslim countries after the creation of Israel in 1948, saying Israel can now be 'selective'."
"Israel’s Ashkenazi leadership has a long history of looking down on Jews from the Arab & Muslim world, often treating them as inferior."
Dear Vladimir, please send one million Russians to dilute Palestinian presence. Yours, Ehud
(recordings, courtesy Epstein files)
Fmr PM Barak also "disparaged Jews who arrived from Arab & Muslim countries after the creation of Israel in 1948, saying Israel can now be 'selective'."
"Israel’s Ashkenazi leadership has a long history of looking down on Jews from the Arab & Muslim world, often treating them as inferior."
"Common sense tells us that elite leaders, particularly someone hold the office of the president of the United States, influence their followers’ attitudes. Recently published research shows that Trump’s ability to degrade his white supporters’ moral sensibilities is real and measurable (h/t to Andrew Whitehead for pointing me to this research)."
"1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable."
~ Roxane Gay
https://bsky.app/profile/roxanegay.bsky.social/post/3me7hc5hhn22u
"But while Trump’s racist video should impact his presidency, it won’t, will it? This is, after all, a convicted felon and adjudicated sexual predator we are talking about. A man who appears to be successfully shrugging off his connections with Jeffrey Epstein, a child rapist. Give it a few days and nobody will remember this story. ...
It’s not just democracy that is dying in the US right now; it is common decency."
