#Tag · bonfire.cafe

I am really tired of listening to Marco Rubio praising Trump for getting Europe to spend 5 percent of GDP on defence.

No country is spending more on defence to please Trump. We are spending more, because we are alone in the war with Putin. We are spending more, so we can lead the world, now that Trump has put the US in the back seat.

We could have finished Putin together, and the world would have been safer and wealthier. But instead Trump wanted a war with Venezuela. That is how dumb this is.

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 days ago

@randahl

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2025/12/16/coreweave-oracle-stocks-plunge-as-generative-ai-bubble-deflates/

https://archive.ph/vrEJw
https://www.ft.com/content/95efca74-4299-11ea-a43a-c4b328d9061c

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/12/supply-boom-in-cheaper-renewables-will-seal-end-of-fossil-fuel-era-says-iea

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2025/11/10/its-not-just-an-ai-bubble-heres-everything-at-risk/

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Trump's fossil fuel donors want a world war, in hopes it'll preserve their increasingly worthless assets.

They fear a future freed of their control."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/ukraine-war-briefing-kyiv-hits-russian-oil-refinery-with-british-storm-shadow-missiles

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-cracks-down-on-russian-oil-sector-as-revenues-plummet

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/25/nx-s1-5645803/turkey-is-in-the-crosshairs-over-russians-ghost-fleet

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/saudis-plan-100-billion-ai-powerhouse-to-rival-uae-s-tech-hub

https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/clean-energy-is-inevitable-despite-trump/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/antonio-guterres-energy-transition-speech-economics.html

https://www.nytimes.com

U.S. Is Missing the Century’s ‘Greatest Economic Opportunity,’ U.N. Chief Says

Eco-Business

Clean energy is inevitable despite Trump

The world is not on track to meet its climate targets, and the devastating effects of global warming are appearing faster than many anticipated. But the undeniable progress made in the Paris climate agreement's first decade provides reason to hope that mo

GOV.UK

UK cracks down on Russian oil sector as revenues plummet

UK announces 24 new sanctions against Russian energy and military supply chain targets.

the Guardian

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv hits Russian oil refinery with British Storm Shadow missiles

Ukrainian military says ‘numerous explosions’ at Novoshakhtinsk refinery; Zelenskyy says ‘very good’ talks held with Trump envoys. What we know on day 1,402

Client Challenge

the Guardian

Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA

Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling

Common Dreams

Trump to Big Oil Execs: Give Me $1 Billion and I'll Help You Wreck the Planet | Common Dreams

"You won't read a more important story today," said one commentator. "Trump is willing to literally destroy the planet for $1 billion."

Randahl Fink

@randahl@mastodon.social · last week

Brief summary of Trump’s address to the nation:

The US is falling apart and it is because of Biden, but the US is actually very successful, and that is because of Trump. The huge tariffs you have paid will now be used to pay members of the military. Drug prices will be reduced by 600 percent, so if you used to pay 100 dollars, you will now… receive 500 dollars? And the US which the world is laughing at, is totally respected like never before. And merry Christmas!

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · last week

@randahl

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"This message is brought to you by the wealthiest fascist billionaires on the planet.

We look forward to a new year of looting & pillaging the planet."

Heidi Li Feldman

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

‘Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees.

Tincher said she’s even more motivated after her arrest to volunteer to support immigrants in her community. ‘

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/09/federal-agents-arrest-citizen-observer-watching-ice-north-minneapolis

MPR News

Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block

Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities last Monday.

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@heidilifeldman

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"How to build a Resistance Movement in 1 easy step."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_during_World_War_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_Units

https://www.brusselstimes.com/1545256/french-resistance-fighter-odile-de-vasselot-dies-aged-103

https://airmail.news/issues/2025-8-2/the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-burning-picassos

French Resistance fighter Odile de Vasselot dies aged 103

"It was impossible to do nothing with all those large flags bearing the swastika," de Vasselot recalled in 2023. She also worked with the Belgian Resistance.

Auxiliary Units - Wikipedia

Polish resistance movement in World War II - Wikipedia

French Resistance - Wikipedia

Resistance during World War II - Wikipedia

Ars Technica

@arstechnica@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Wary of picking just one, NASA nears important decision on a lunar rover selection
"This would be a cheap insurance policy."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/wary-of-picking-just-one-nasa-nears-important-decision-on-a-lunar-rover-selection/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 4 weeks ago

@arstechnica

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Trump is still evaluating his bribes from manufacturers.

All his corrupt billionaires are vying for government contracts. "

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social · last month

@funkylab @w7voa

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"The wealthy elites who put Trump into a presidency, do not believe there are things like "social contracts", "society", or a "public good".

They have a cynical & sociopathic Hobbesian view of humanity because it serves their desire for wealth & power."

For people who don't believe in the existence of human society, they've weaponized social engineering to benefit themselves a lot.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/15/musk-doge-deception-reuters/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2014/06/26/conservatives-should-oppose-social-engineering-even-by-conservatives/

Alex Akselrod boosted

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social · last month

@GossiTheDog

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"How to turn every Windows 11 machine into a zombie botnet or surveillance platform in one easy step."

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

Does anyone remember agreeing to send their data to petrostate despots as part of their licensing or subscription?

Like many other tech companies accepting #PrinceBonesaw's investment money, these companies are imposing these features on an unwilling user base in turn.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/critics-scoff-after-microsoft-warns-ai-feature-can-infect-machines-and-pilfer-data/

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-ai-ceo-pushes-back-against-critics-after-recent-windows-ai-backlash-the-fact-that-people-are-unimpressed-is-mindblowing-to-me

Business Insider

Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there

Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social · last month

@GossiTheDog

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"How to turn every Windows 11 machine into a zombie botnet or surveillance platform in one easy step."

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

Does anyone remember agreeing to send their data to petrostate despots as part of their licensing or subscription?

Like many other tech companies accepting #PrinceBonesaw's investment money, these companies are imposing these features on an unwilling user base in turn.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/critics-scoff-after-microsoft-warns-ai-feature-can-infect-machines-and-pilfer-data/

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-ai-ceo-pushes-back-against-critics-after-recent-windows-ai-backlash-the-fact-that-people-are-unimpressed-is-mindblowing-to-me

Business Insider

Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there

Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.

Ars Technica

@arstechnica@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Tires that talk to your town about the state of roads are on the way
Pirelli's Cyber Tire can work for the greater good as well as the driver.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/11/tires-that-talk-to-your-town-about-the-state-of-roads-are-on-the-way/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · last month

@arstechnica

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"ICE subpoenas Pirelli's spyware tire logs to add to its Ring camera footage, Flock vehicle spyware, and NSO Group dissident monitoring."

Ars Technica

@arstechnica@mastodon.social · last month

Google is rolling out conversational shopping—and ads—in AI Mode search
Conversational shopping is Google's first big swing at monetizing AI Mode search.
https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/11/google-rolling-out-conversational-shopping-and-ads-in-ai-mode-search/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · last month

@arstechnica

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/14/nx-s1-5608188/data-center-ai-space-lizards

https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/22/ai-energy-demand-can-keep-fossil-fuels-alive-tech-backers-promise-worlds-two-biggest-oil-producers/

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"The fossil fuel industry burns tons of its toxic products for each of these AI-enabled spyware features.

Keep up the good work Google! The planet is frying.

#PrinceBonesaw is visiting Trump in November and you know how he gets when he's disappointed."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/google-thiel-stand-out-in-saudi-prince-s-silicon-valley-tour

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/jamal-khashoggi/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/jamal-khashoggi-killing-cia-report.html

https://nypost.com/2025/11/13/world-news/widow-of-slain-journalist-demanding-compensation-from-mbs/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/29/mbs-saudi-arabia-big-tech-authoritarian-embrace/

https://www.theenergymix.com/a-trillion-more-barrels-of-oil-new-ai-tool-would-trigger-400-billion-tonnes-of-climate-pollution/

https://www.nytimes.com

Saudi Crown Prince Is Held Responsible for Khashoggi Killing in U.S. Report (Published 2021)

DeSmog

AI Energy Demand Can Keep Fossil Fuels Alive, Tech Backers Promise World’s Two Biggest Oil Producers

An AI-fossil fuel axis is forming in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as AI advocates pledge an endless need for energy — spelling disaster for the climate.

Jonathan Schofield boosted

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social · last month

@DrALJONES @palestine

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Like the British Empire before it, Trump's billionaire cronies seek opportunities to remake global fossil fuel supply to favor themselves at the cost of millions of lives

The fossil fuel industry is the most corrupt on the planet. It doesn't do equitable distribution"

https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuels-gaza-genocide

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/21/palestines-forgotten-oil-and-gas-resources

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/26/how-is-gaza-offshore-gas-development-tied-to-the-israeli-invasion/

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/gas-gaza-and-western-imperialism/

https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/blogs/news/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/09/ecocide-imperialism-and-palestine-liberation/

https://www.mesp.me/2024/02/13/between-tales-and-facts-the-long-saga-of-gaza-marine/

Mondoweiss

Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation

The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why climate justice depends on Palestinian liberation.

DrALJONES

@DrALJONES@mastodon.social · last month

Trump wants to recreate the 1920s mandate structure in Palestine.

"This is imperialism masquerading as a peace process."

Trump is pushing an Israeli-crafted UN resolution to eliminate the possibility of a Palestinian state.

It would establish US control over Gaza; separate Gaza from the rest of Palestine, & allow the US, & therefore Israel, to determine when Israel would supposedly withdraw.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/11/13/trump-wants-to-recreate-the-british-mandate-in-palestine

#USPol #Europol #UKPol #BDS #USImperialism #Palestine @palestine .

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · last month

@DrALJONES @palestine

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Like the British Empire before it, Trump's billionaire cronies seek opportunities to remake global fossil fuel supply to favor themselves at the cost of millions of lives

The fossil fuel industry is the most corrupt on the planet. It doesn't do equitable distribution"

https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuels-gaza-genocide

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/21/palestines-forgotten-oil-and-gas-resources

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/26/how-is-gaza-offshore-gas-development-tied-to-the-israeli-invasion/

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/gas-gaza-and-western-imperialism/

https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/blogs/news/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/09/ecocide-imperialism-and-palestine-liberation/

https://www.mesp.me/2024/02/13/between-tales-and-facts-the-long-saga-of-gaza-marine/

Mondoweiss

Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation

Dan Gillmor

@dangillmor@mastodon.social · last month

This guy runs the Windows unit at Microsoft, and he's telling you that the company intends to infiltrate "AI" into every aspect of the operating system.

If you use Windows, this is an injection of a living, self-replicating virus into your digital existence.

Yes I use Linux.

Twitter post: "Today we’re taking the next step in making powerful AI easy and useful on Windows 11. With Copilot and new agentic experiences at the center, every Windows 11 PC becomes an AI PC that empowers you to connect, create, and work in more natural ways. Voice is becoming the next..."

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · last month

@dangillmor

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/jamal-khashoggi-the-washington-post

" #PrinceBonesaw wants his energy hogging state surveillance platform, no matter the price."

https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/bill-gates-chartered-saudi-prince-superyacht-06152025.php

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/29/mbs-saudi-arabia-big-tech-authoritarian-embrace/

Reminder: #PrinceBonesaw is very interested in knowing the location of women. So is the GOP.
https://www.businessinsider.com/absher-google-slammed-for-siding-with-saudi-government-app-2019-3

https://www.businessinsider.com/absher-google-refuses-to-remove-saudi-govt-app-that-tracks-women-2019-3

https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-mbs-human-rights-violations-apple-google-app-store-2022-9

And hacking the phones of billionaires
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/mohammed-bin-salman-jeff-bezos-hack-could-be-a-ticking-time-bomb

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/bezos-hack-amazon-saudi-mbs-whatsapp/605755/

The Atlantic

The Staggering Vulnerability of Global Elites

Anyone can get hacked. But when it happens to the rich and powerful, the stakes can be extraordinarily high.

Business Insider

Saudi Arabians are using a widely available Google and Apple store app to report activists who speak out against the government. Some have received harsh sentences while others are self-censoring.

Kollona Amn is being used to target Saudi human-rights activists and sentence them to years in prison, despite Big Tech's policies against harassment.

Business Insider

Google, siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove widely-criticized government app which lets men track women and control their travel

Google reviewed the app — called Absher — and ruled that it does not violate any agreements, and therefore will remain on Google Play.

Business Insider

'Grotesque': Marco Rubio leads intense criticism of Google for refusing to pull down Saudi government app that lets men track and control women

The app — called Absher — has been the subject of intense protest since INSIDER reported its existence. Google has rejected calls to stop hosting it.

Business Insider

Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there

Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

Ricky Mondello

@rmondello@hachyderm.io · 2 months ago

“Billionaires are spending outrageous sums to stop Mamdami.” is an incredible endorsement.

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 months ago

@rmondello

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Billionaires sincerely believe in socialism, but only the type that sees taxpayer dollars going into their insatiable maws only.

They don't like the kind of socialism that benefits everyone."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/opinion/us-capitalism-socialism.html

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2019/jun/06/socialism-for-the-rich-the-evils-of-bad-economics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_for_the_rich_and_capitalism_for_the_poor

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/so-much-for-socialism

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/socialism-for-the-rich

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/imf-uk-tax-cuts-inequality-neoliberalism/671651/

So Much for Socialism

The Trump regime is using the specter of socialism to make America even more authoritarian. The regime will lose.

Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor - Wikipedia

the Guardian

‘Socialism for the rich’: the evils of bad economics

The long read: The economic arguments adopted by Britain and the US in the 1980s led to vastly increased inequality – and gave the false impression that this outcome was not only inevitable, but good

https://www.nytimes.com

Opinion | Made in the U.S.A.: Socialism for the Rich. Capitalism for the Rest. (Published 2021)

Ars Technica

@arstechnica@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Weak EV demand sees GM lay off 1,700 workers at two plants
The automaker expects the regulatory environment to seriously slow EV demand.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/weak-ev-demand-sees-gm-lay-off-1700-workers-at-two-plants/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Ars Technica

Weak EV demand sees GM lay off 1,700 workers at two plants

The automaker expects the regulatory environment to seriously slow EV demand.

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 months ago

@arstechnica

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Trump's tariff wars on EV are temporarily slowing the EV transition.

His fossil fuel megadonors are ecstatic as they get to keep their captive energy markets a little longer.

Making EV's more expensive & harder to get is how you manipulate fossil fuel demand artificially."

So much for the "Freedom" party and "free market" libertarianism. Hypocrites.

ProPublica

@ProPublica@newsie.social · 2 months ago

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.

https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vaccine-bill-medical-freedom-act-maha?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #USPolitics #Idaho #Vaccines #Health

ProPublica

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 months ago

@ProPublica

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Pandemics & bailouts are very profitable to our fascist billionaire donors.

Can't wait until the next Excess Mortality Event like covid."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/26/billionaires-wealth-oxfam-report

https://jacobin.com/2022/01/covid-asset-bubbles-purchases-billionaires-wealth-inequality

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/apocalypse-then-rich-get-richer-1.6147415

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/opinion/rich-billionaires-philanthropy-covid.html

https://inequality.org/article/updates-billionaire/

https://fortune.com/2025/04/02/world-record-number-of-billionaires-wealth-higher-than-most-gdp-despite-stock-market-bloodbath/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellamalmgren/2025/09/09/americas-richest-billionaires-keep-getting-richer-theyre-not-donating-much-more/

Forbes

America’s Richest Billionaires Keep Getting Richer. They’re Not Donating Much More

The members of The Forbes 400 are $1.2 trillion wealthier than a year ago. But how much of their fortune have they given back?

Fortune

The world’s billionaires now hold more wealth than every country in the world except the U.S. and China—and they'd be even richer if it wasn't for tanking stocks | Fortune

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg still dominate the billionaire ranks, but their fortunes have taken a hit as S&P 500 losses and boycotts chip away at their wealth.

https://www.nytimes.com

Opinion | What Happens When the Superrich Are This Selfish? (It Isn’t Pretty.) (Published 2023)

The Central Banks Made the Superrich Even Richer During the Pandemic

Many claimed early in the pandemic that COVID-19 would flatten inequality in a deeply unequal world. Luckily for the ultrarich, central banks stepped in, making the global elite richer than ever.

the Guardian

Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports

Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says

Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop · 2 months ago

Well, THIS isn't ominous or anything:

"Bank of England chief warns of ‘worrying echoes’ of 2008 financial crisis"

"Andrew Bailey says a close look is needed at the private credit market after collapse of two big US firms"

(The BoE is about as staid and dull as they can possibly be: this is the equivalent of them setting their beard on fire and running screaming through the marketplace.)

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/21/bank-of-england-chief-warns-worrying-echoes-2008-financial-crisis-tricolor-first-brands

the Guardian

Bank of England chief warns of ‘worrying echoes’ of 2008 financial crisis

Andrew Bailey says a close look is needed at the private credit market after collapse of two big US firms

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 months ago

@cstross

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/04/congress/johnson-defends-megabills-10-year-freeze-on-state-ai-laws-00387031

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/republican-budget-bill-ai-laws

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Koch Network funded a massive disinformation campaign lying about 'free markets' and 'deregulation', and bankrolled a felon into a presidency.

Free markets are now monopolies & price gouging cartels owned by the same billionaires who corrupted the courts.

Deregulation means kneecapping the NLRB, SEC, FEC, DOJ, IRS, CFPB, EPA, ... leaving crooks free to fraud.

the Guardian

Republicans propose prohibiting US states from regulating AI for 10 years

Last-minute add to budget bill aims to stop laws that would create guardrails for automated decision-making systems

POLITICO

Johnson defends megabill’s 10-year freeze on state AI laws

House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) threatened to vote against the package because of the moratorium.

unusual_whales

@unusual_whales@masto.ai · 2 months ago

"Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years," per CNBC

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 months ago

@unusual_whales

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Republicans are paid by billionaires to orchestrate financial crashes, then begin land grabs.

Orban from Hungary gave us the idea on how put farms into bankruptcy, oligarchs snap up cheap property, then get subsidies & bailouts to profit oligarchs. "

1. Create a crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/us/politics/trump-farmers-aid-china-trade-war.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/business/farm-aid-40-concert-farmers-crisis-hotline.html

2. Get a bailout that profits oligarchs

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-farmers-bailout-brazil-brothers-1427346

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/world/europe/eu-farm-subsidy-hungary.html

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2020/01/17/land-grab-hungary-s-political-elite-accused-of-milking-the-system

https://www.nytimes.com

The Money Farmers: How Oligarchs and Populists Milk the E.U. for Millions (Published 2019)

Newsweek

Trump Administration Farmers Bailout Money Went to Corrupt Brothers

The two brothers were arrested for the first time in 2017 and accused of insider trading.

https://www.nytimes.com

Farm Aid Turns 40 and Returns to Crisis Mode

https://www.nytimes.com

Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

Laffy

@GottaLaff@mstdn.social · 3 months ago

“U.S. military officials are drawing up options to target drug traffickers inside Venezuela, and strikes within that country’s borders could potentially begin in a matter of weeks, four sources told NBC News.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-preparing-options-military-strikes-drug-targets-venezuela-sources-s-rcna233734

NBC News

U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say

President Donald Trump has not approved any action yet, and the U.S. and Venezuela are talking through Middle Eastern intermediaries, sources told NBC News.

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

@GottaLaff

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Trump seeks to provoke a war to justify a 3rd term.

The USA is already $37 trillion in debt. A war & financial crisis is what brought Hitler to power."
https://people.com/trump-jokes-no-more-elections-if-united-states-at-war-11792856

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-third-term-democracy-will-have-already-ended.html

Billionaires like Erik Prince, Elon Musk, & Peter Thiel see world war as an opportunity to profit.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/elon-musk-and-peter-thiels-war-on-democracy/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/elon-musk-and-peter-thiel-south-africa-raised-billionaires-fomenting-global-race-war

Middle East Eye

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel: The billionaires fomenting a global race war

The tech bros' strategy to protect their wealth is to direct fear and hostility towards 'the Other' - migrants, Muslims, the 'woke'

Truthdig

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel’s War on Democracy - Truthdig

The two oligarchs share an agenda that goes well beyond securing tax cuts and regulatory rollbacks.

Intelligencer

If Trump Gets a 3rd Term, Democracy Will Have Already Ended

Trump won’t stop talking about the possibility of a third term, despite very clear constitutional obstacles.

Alex Akselrod boosted

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social · 3 months ago

@w7voa

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Republicans do nothing but public corruption & donor maintenance.

Trump & his billionaire donors get to orchestrate a financial crash & benefit from low interest loans to buy up bankrupted businesses & homes cheaply.

Trump can balloon the national debt with impunity & impose more tax cuts for the rich.

Russia can refinance its war on Ukraine more easily."

https://fortune.com/2025/08/20/national-debt-lower-base-rate-budget-trump-powell-pressure/

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-bond-buying-how-much-return-fed-interest-rate-cuts-2025-8

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/interest-rates-have-broken-global-wealth-pump-2023-06-23/

Business Insider

Trump has bought $100 million in bonds since taking office. His portfolio is poised to get a boost if the Fed cuts rates.

Trump has repeatedly pressured the Fed to cut rates, something that could boost bond portfolios, including his own.

Fortune

President Trump may want a lower base rate on behalf of consumers, but it sure is convenient for national debt too | Fortune

While Trump frames the issue as consumer pain, Wharton’s Joao Gomes told Fortune that cheaper borrowing would also ease interest payments on the government’s $37 trillion debt burden—likely a central motivation.

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social · 3 months ago

@w7voa

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Republicans do nothing but public corruption & donor maintenance.

Trump & his billionaire donors get to orchestrate a financial crash & benefit from low interest loans to buy up bankrupted businesses & homes cheaply.

Trump can balloon the national debt with impunity & impose more tax cuts for the rich.

Russia can refinance its war on Ukraine more easily."

https://fortune.com/2025/08/20/national-debt-lower-base-rate-budget-trump-powell-pressure/

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-bond-buying-how-much-return-fed-interest-rate-cuts-2025-8

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/interest-rates-have-broken-global-wealth-pump-2023-06-23/

Business Insider

Trump has bought $100 million in bonds since taking office. His portfolio is poised to get a boost if the Fed cuts rates.

Trump has repeatedly pressured the Fed to cut rates, something that could boost bond portfolios, including his own.

Fortune

President Trump may want a lower base rate on behalf of consumers, but it sure is convenient for national debt too | Fortune