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Memories. Ugh.
Some context for those who haven't seen it
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The marked shift in public opinion against #Israel & their brutal civilian slaughters & scorched earth destructions in #Gaza has happened despite torrents of #propaganda, an overall homogeneous, timorous framing by #journalism. We have eyes to see, ears to hear, a moral compass.
So we're all clear
Jillian Segal's position exists as a result of pressure from the US govt & the Israeli govt
It is designed to combat dwindling support for Israel
It has nothing to do with countering racism (see her silence on Nazi rallies, et al)
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mondoweiss.net/2025/10/from-…
Yes, by “common agreement” the @AlboMP sit-down with #Trump was a huge success. Rare earth metals don’t you know. Staring the PM in the face was #Gaza, a smoke & mirrors “peace plan”, #Ukraine, Trump’s grand fail there, & the unravelling #USA 🚫#democracy 🚫. #fascism #AUKUS
Extra judicial murders. Just one of the #Trump fascist side hustles. He still has plenty of time to illegally demolish a sizeable chunk of the White House & indulge in some regular corruption demanding $230 in compensation from “his” DOJ. #fascism #dictatorship 🚫 #democracy 🚫
A thoughtful, reflective insight into the #NoKings protest marches by the president of the #USA, Donald #Trump. #fascism #democracy #freespeech
Trump on No Kings: "I think it's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. It's looks like it was. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small, very ineffective. And the people were whacked out."
1. The 18C relic electoral college is an anti #democracy way to elect #USA apex national office holder. 2. #Trump gained a PLURALITY of 49.8% or so popular vote. With a 65% turnout, he garnered votes from a 1/3 of eligible US voters. Not a “landslide mandate”. @MeghanMcCain
From the ARCHIVE. “On the record”. Not #AI.
Your drink uncontrollably spraying out of your mouth hilarious. #Trump the fabulist (being kind), in top form posing as a universal rights guy. It’s #MAGA #GOP cult “rights” now?
#Trump #fascism #freespeech #censorship
#Trump at the #USA Open men’s singles final really stuffed it up for the paying fans who’d paid big money for their seats. Match start was delayed with thousands unable to be inside for that. Security! Then #censorship of the crowd’s booing. At least he was kept off centre court.
The Huckster, #Trump, “musing”. Saying the quiet bit out loud. He can’t help blabbing. Meanwhile, he is accelerating his emerging #dictatorship. The #USA #democracy, as chronically flawed as it already was, is unravelling. But Trump is symptom, not cause. #fascism #GOP
#Trump is citing Russian dictator, #Putin, on voting & #democracy. Putin is wrong of course. He’s playing to Trump’s ego. Australia has postal voting & an Australian Electoral Commission. Compulsory/preferential (ranked choice) voting. One of the most robust democracies on earth.
Trump: "Vladimir Putin said something -- one of the most interesting things. He said 'your election was rigged because you have mail in voting.' He said, 'mail in voting, every election -- no country has mail in voting. It's impossible to have mail in voting and have honest elections.' And he said that to me because we talked about 2020. He said, 'you won that election by so much.'"
OPINION Any student of history will discern the same patterns in Hitler & Mussolini in their rise to totalitarian power. Many parallels, much rhyming. #USA is descending into #dictatorship. A deeply fissured republic (founded on slavery, #racism), unravelling #democracy. #fascism
Important context for Trump's DC police takeover:
Over the past 6 months, Trump is redefining criminality to punish his enemies, let white collar criminals off the hook & pardon violent pro-Trump rioters --->>>
nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/po…
As the #Trump #fascism project rapidly unfolds on multiple fronts & his dictatorship consolidates, the frog in the cauldron syndrome applies. It’s confronting for old school #USA journos such as Stelter to comprehend that #democracy has unravelled. #Exceptionalism their nemesis?
"A generation ago conventional wisdom held that as China liberalized, its economy would come to resemble America’s. Instead, capitalism in America is starting to look like China." wsj.com/economy/the-u-s-marc…
Oh really? Specious generalisations anyone? “Socialist” is the great #USA boo word. Its potency depends on widespread ignorance & their poor education system. Most Americans haven’t a clue what it means in its multifarious forms & histories. Then there’s “Marxist”. The horror.
#PODCAST Really worth a listen. What we will witness with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as #Trump Health Secretary applying personal fringe beliefs & conspiracy theories to #publichealth policies will be historic. Regressive. #Autism included. #science #vaccines #democracy #USA
An autistic journalist covers the nomination of RFK Jr., who has theories about autism.
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From today, 16 November, 2024, this is my last post on this #socialmedia platform, @X, formerly Twitter, owned by oligarch, @elonmusk, @realDonaldTrump @GOP cult propagandist. I joined in 2009. Now at @mediaactive.bsky.social. #fascism #disinformation #hatespeech #democracy
From today, 16 November, 2024, this is my last post on this #socialmedia platform, @X, formerly Twitter, owned by oligarch, @elonmusk, @realDonaldTrump @GOP cult propagandist. I joined in 2009. Now at @mediaactive.bsky.social. #fascism #disinformation #hatespeech #democracy
“The overriding rule of medicine is: First, do no harm.
We’re certain installing @RobertKennedyJr to head Health & Human Services breaks this rule” - @nypost. Are @realDonaldTrump cabinet nominations simply “flooding the zone with shit” as usual? “Spooking” #USA senate? #fascism
It’s already hard to discern which @realDonaldTrump cabinet pick is going to disturb, divide, dismay, dumbfound the most: @MattGaetz as attorney general, @RobertKennedyJr as health secretary or @PeteHegseth as defence secretary? #Murdoch #Trump #fascism
It’s already hard to discern which @realDonaldTrump cabinet pick is going to disturb, divide, dismay, dumbfound the most: @MattGaetz as attorney general, @RobertKennedyJr as health secretary or @PeteHegseth as defence secretary? #Murdoch #Trump #fascism
OPINION @nathanheller “For years, @TheDemocrats have sought to win elections by micro-targeting communities with detailed facts. What if the secret is big, sloppy notions seeded nationwide?” Gullibility in #USA? #democracy #disinformation #propaganda newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
