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William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

"It’s sundowning in America: A presidential mind is a dangerous thing to lose. ...

How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?"

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Greenland #madman #MadKing #dementia #NATO #Putin
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-sundowning-in-america

It’s Sundowning in America

A presidential mind is a dangerous thing to lose
William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

"That’s an important question, the answer to which I believe lies in the straight line from Bush vs Gore and the Roberts Supreme Court, to January 6th, to the execution of Renee Good. However, what’s more important is that we realize where we are right now, that we don’t try to sugarcoat and sanewash what’s happening: A petulant, violent and deranged individual is running America."

#Trump #Greenland #madman #MadKing #dementia #NATO #JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #ReneeGood
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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Trump administration plans to begin replacing them almost immediately with other levies, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/jamieson-greer-supreme-court-us-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #supremecourt #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #globaleconomy

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woodenmachines
woodenmachines
@woodenmachines@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@Nonilex to be clear, the people #protesting #ice are not terrorists, but the federal governments response to protestors is exactly how you create terrorist organizations. Something the US government has a lot of experience doing in many parts of the world.

An empire in decline turns inward

This will end badly if something doesn’t change. I have zero faith in the #democrats and the #supremecourt and most Americans are too self absorbed and or financially stressed for #generalstrike

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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@VictimOfSimony @ViennaMike@mastodon.social If I was suddenly planetary overlord, I'd ban the advertising industry. Seriously, it's cultural poison. Doesn't matter whether it's cheap spam or brand marketing for YSL, it's garbage all round, designed to manipulate us into doing things we wouldn't otherwise do (for someone else's profit).

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Pseudonymous :antiverified:
@VictimOfSimony@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@cstross
@ViennaMike
@ireneista

As a #PublicPolicy wonk I'm already remembering how different our common law legal systems have become in just three centuries. Over here they're still worried about the anti-porn #Censorship case where the #SupremeCourt refused to define what they were censoring. They famously said, "I know it when I see it," grumble grumble prurient use in commerce, harrumph typical opinion of ordinary firmness, followed by thirty years of chipping off corners without admitting they were sort of making shit up.

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Nonilex
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

My god, this is Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy. He wrote on instagram “I was tackled by #ICE agents & surrounded by about 50 #border #police. Just for taking photos. I tossed my camera to another Photographer to make sure it wouldn't be confiscated. #gettyreportage #getty at the #Whipple Federal building in #Minneapolis.”
Photo by Pierre Lavie.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

Getty photojournalist John Abernathy is seen face down on ground pinned & surrounded by federal agents. His arm is outstretched & his camera is midair as he tossed it to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated. Photo by Pierre Lavie.
Getty photojournalist John Abernathy is seen face down on ground pinned & surrounded by federal agents. His arm is outstretched & his camera is midair as he tossed it to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated. Photo by Pierre Lavie.
Getty photojournalist John Abernathy is seen face down on ground pinned & surrounded by federal agents. His arm is outstretched & his camera is midair as he tossed it to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated. Photo by Pierre Lavie.
woodenmachines
woodenmachines
@woodenmachines@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@Nonilex to be clear, the people #protesting #ice are not terrorists, but the federal governments response to protestors is exactly how you create terrorist organizations. Something the US government has a lot of experience doing in many parts of the world.

An empire in decline turns inward

This will end badly if something doesn’t change. I have zero faith in the #democrats and the #supremecourt and most Americans are too self absorbed and or financially stressed for #generalstrike

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William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"Not only is the Court demonstrably not corrupt, Crawford claims, it is also dangerous for the Court to have itself be called 'corrupt.' And, she claims, what is dangerous or threatening to this Court threatens the rule of law itself. In other words, you might say, the danger to the state is that child in the third row saying the King is naked.

But:

"The reason it is important to identify the Court as corrupt is because it is in fact corrupt."

#SupremeCourt #corruption
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William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Josh Marshall highlights Chris Geidner's response to the special pleading of CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford on Face the Nation as she addressed charges that the Supreme Court is corrupt.

Noting that a narrative that the Roberts court is corrupt has gained strength, Crawford asserted that it's dangeorus to use this language — though she did not respond directly to the corruption charge.

#SupremeCourt #corruption
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-latest-defenses-of-scotuss-corruption-only-make-the-case-against-it

TPM – Talking Points Memo

The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It

Chris Geidner flags today an appearance by CBS News’ Chief Legal Correspondent...
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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

U.S. President Donald Trump’s second administration refuses to be bound by anything so ordinary and mundane as the laws that Congress passes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/24/world/trump-canceling-rule-of-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #justicedepartment #donaldtrump #supremecourt #johnroberts #republican #democrat #immigrationandcustomsenforcement #rodrigoduterte

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tagesschau
@tagesschau@ard.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Oberstes US-Gericht blockiert Nationalgarde-Einsatz in Chicago

US-Präsident Trump hat die Nationalgarde schon in mehrere demokratisch regierte Städte geschickt. Die Pläne für Chicago hat der Oberste Gerichtshof nun durchkreuzt. Doch Trump hat schon die nächste Stadt im Blick.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/supreme-court-nationalgarde-chicago-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#USA #Trump #Nationalgarde #Chicago #SupremeCourt

tagesschau.de

Oberstes US-Gericht blockiert Nationalgarde-Einsatz in Chicago

US-Präsident Trump hat die Nationalgarde schon in mehrere demokratisch regierte Städte geschickt. Die Pläne für Chicago hat der Oberste Gerichtshof nun durchkreuzt. Doch Trump hat schon die nächste Stadt im Blick.
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tagesschau
@tagesschau@ard.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Oberstes US-Gericht blockiert Nationalgarde-Einsatz in Chicago

US-Präsident Trump hat die Nationalgarde schon in mehrere demokratisch regierte Städte geschickt. Die Pläne für Chicago hat der Oberste Gerichtshof nun durchkreuzt. Doch Trump hat schon die nächste Stadt im Blick.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/supreme-court-nationalgarde-chicago-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#USA #Trump #Nationalgarde #Chicago #SupremeCourt

tagesschau.de

Oberstes US-Gericht blockiert Nationalgarde-Einsatz in Chicago

US-Präsident Trump hat die Nationalgarde schon in mehrere demokratisch regierte Städte geschickt. Die Pläne für Chicago hat der Oberste Gerichtshof nun durchkreuzt. Doch Trump hat schon die nächste Stadt im Blick.
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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

In a rare setback for the administration of Donald Trump at the high court, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to let the president send national guard troops to the Chicago area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/world/court-reject-chicago-guard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #chicago #supremecourt

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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

As candidates vie to become chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, it's unclear whether the central bank will maintain enough autonomy and credibility to manage the economy under pressure from politics and the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/world/fed-autonomy-credibility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #federalreserve #supremecourt #donaldtrump #dollar #currencies #globaleconomy #debt #ai

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noyb.eu
noyb.eu
@noybeu@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

⚖️ In light of the upcoming US #SupremeCourt ruling in #Trump v. Slaughter, we took a detailed look at the implications for US-EU #datatransfers. In short: It's time for EU companies to prepare for more trouble to come.

https://noyb.eu/en/eu-us-data-transfers-time-prepare-next-breakup

noyb.eu

EU-US Data Transfers: Time to prepare for more trouble to come

As instability in the US legal system becomes undeniable and the US shows open signs of hostility towards the EU, it is time to reconsider where our data is flowing
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noyb.eu
@noybeu@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

⚖️ In light of the upcoming US #SupremeCourt ruling in #Trump v. Slaughter, we took a detailed look at the implications for US-EU #datatransfers. In short: It's time for EU companies to prepare for more trouble to come.

https://noyb.eu/en/eu-us-data-transfers-time-prepare-next-breakup

noyb.eu

EU-US Data Transfers: Time to prepare for more trouble to come

As instability in the US legal system becomes undeniable and the US shows open signs of hostility towards the EU, it is time to reconsider where our data is flowing
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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot against his successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/politics/bolsonaro-prison-brazil-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #donaldtrump #luizinacioluladasilva #supremecourt

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot against his successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/politics/bolsonaro-prison-brazil-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #donaldtrump #luizinacioluladasilva #supremecourt

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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is working behind the scenes on fallback options if the Supreme Court strikes down one of his major tariff authorities, looking to replace the levies as quickly as possible. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/23/economy/trump-tariff-fallback-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #donaldtrump #globaleconomy #tariffs #trade #supremecourt #us

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