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"Over the weekend, agents of the government entered a legal resident’s home without a warrant and arrested him, and then flew him a thousand miles away without notifying his family or lawyers about his whereabouts for a day. If you read about it in any other country, you would know what to call it."
The Disappearances Have Begun
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Over the weekend, agents of the government entered a legal resident’s home without a warrant and arrested him, and then flew him a thousand miles away without notifying his family or lawyers about his whereabouts for a day. If you read about it in any other country, you would know what to call it."
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The co-president says speaking against Putin’s interests is akin to treason.
So I guess that’s where we are now.
So I guess that’s where we are now.
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The co-president says speaking against Putin’s interests is akin to treason.
So I guess that’s where we are now.
So I guess that’s where we are now.
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Either the House Democratic Caucus is being led by people capable of meeting the challenges we face or it isn't.
When this disabled Black Member of Congress got to his feet to oppose tyranny, the House Democratic Caucus was not united behind him.
When this disabled Black Member of Congress got to his feet to oppose tyranny, the House Democratic Caucus was not united behind him.
March 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Either the House Democratic Caucus is being led by people capable of meeting the challenges we face or it isn't.
When this disabled Black Member of Congress got to his feet to oppose tyranny, the House Democratic Caucus was not united behind him.
When this disabled Black Member of Congress got to his feet to oppose tyranny, the House Democratic Caucus was not united behind him.
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Fascists will come for you, too. No matter how much you bowed down before them.
March 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Fascists will come for you, too. No matter how much you bowed down before them.
Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic
SCOOP: House Democratic leadership is "very unhappy" with those who went beyond traditional protest tactics, such as outfit coordination and refusal to clap during Trump's speech to Congress.
March 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic
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Elon Musk, 2023: "Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy."
Elon Musk, 2024: "The point of freedom of speech is allowing those whose views you disagree with to express those views."
Elon Musk, 2025:
Elon Musk, 2024: "The point of freedom of speech is allowing those whose views you disagree with to express those views."
Elon Musk, 2025:
NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
www.wired.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Elon Musk, 2023: "Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy."
Elon Musk, 2024: "The point of freedom of speech is allowing those whose views you disagree with to express those views."
Elon Musk, 2025:
Elon Musk, 2024: "The point of freedom of speech is allowing those whose views you disagree with to express those views."
Elon Musk, 2025:
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‼️ Präsident Macron hat eben in seiner Rede den Nuklearen Schutzschirm Frankreichs für ganz Europa angeboten.
Ausserdem erklärte er, dass Russland eine Gefahr für ganz Europa ist und Europa selber für seine Sicherheit sorgen müsse.
Darüber kann nicht in DC, oder Moskau entschieden werden.
Ausserdem erklärte er, dass Russland eine Gefahr für ganz Europa ist und Europa selber für seine Sicherheit sorgen müsse.
Darüber kann nicht in DC, oder Moskau entschieden werden.
March 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
‼️ Präsident Macron hat eben in seiner Rede den Nuklearen Schutzschirm Frankreichs für ganz Europa angeboten.
Ausserdem erklärte er, dass Russland eine Gefahr für ganz Europa ist und Europa selber für seine Sicherheit sorgen müsse.
Darüber kann nicht in DC, oder Moskau entschieden werden.
Ausserdem erklärte er, dass Russland eine Gefahr für ganz Europa ist und Europa selber für seine Sicherheit sorgen müsse.
Darüber kann nicht in DC, oder Moskau entschieden werden.
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jesus, Iowa
The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
March 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
jesus, Iowa
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The Trump-Musk coup is demolishing all of the human impediments to an inhuman computational economy that consumes all available resources, from fossil fuels to copper mines, and dumps pollution everywhere.
March 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Trump-Musk coup is demolishing all of the human impediments to an inhuman computational economy that consumes all available resources, from fossil fuels to copper mines, and dumps pollution everywhere.
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This is what I was hoping for. Professionals learned the hard way last time how vulnerable our systems were to manipulation and purging. The CDC-in-exile isn't going to do updates, but it maintains the data set the agency has set up over decades.
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe
The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.
www.404media.co
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is what I was hoping for. Professionals learned the hard way last time how vulnerable our systems were to manipulation and purging. The CDC-in-exile isn't going to do updates, but it maintains the data set the agency has set up over decades.
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
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Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
March 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
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Rule of law win ~
US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups
US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups
US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to let President Donald Trump's administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world.
www.reuters.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Rule of law win ~
US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups
US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups
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CBS - SCOTUS declines to halt a lower court order that requires the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid funding, clearing the way for the money to flow to groups that have done work for the State Department and USAID overseas.
Supreme Court won't lift lower court order unfreezing foreign aid funds
The Supreme Court split 5-4 in denying the request from the Trump administration.
www.cbsnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
CBS - SCOTUS declines to halt a lower court order that requires the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid funding, clearing the way for the money to flow to groups that have done work for the State Department and USAID overseas.
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“In Mr. Green’s case, he was not only challenging the president but also defying the entreaties of Democratic congressional leaders that members attend Mr. Trump’s speech and refrain from disruptions.”
I’m glad Rep. Al Green of Texas stood up for us. Cowardice from powerful people is lethal.
I’m glad Rep. Al Green of Texas stood up for us. Cowardice from powerful people is lethal.
Al Green Removed From House Chamber for Heckling Trump During Speech
Republicans had the Texas Democrat, who introduced the first articles of impeachment against Trump in 2017, ejected after he shouted at the president and refused to sit down.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“In Mr. Green’s case, he was not only challenging the president but also defying the entreaties of Democratic congressional leaders that members attend Mr. Trump’s speech and refrain from disruptions.”
I’m glad Rep. Al Green of Texas stood up for us. Cowardice from powerful people is lethal.
I’m glad Rep. Al Green of Texas stood up for us. Cowardice from powerful people is lethal.
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Joschka Fischer war einer der Gründe, warum ich einst Mitglied bei den Grünen geworden bin. Die Messlatte für Merz sei Adenauer, sagt er in diesem lesenswerten Interview. Die Demütigung des ukrainischen Präsidenten im Oval Office war nach seiner Meinung bewusst inszeniert.
Joschka Fischer: "Die Alternative heißt Unterwerfung"
Der Westen am Ende, die USA im Niedergang, Deutschland als Militärmacht: Wie Joschka Fischer die Welt unter Donald Trump sieht
www.zeit.de
March 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Joschka Fischer war einer der Gründe, warum ich einst Mitglied bei den Grünen geworden bin. Die Messlatte für Merz sei Adenauer, sagt er in diesem lesenswerten Interview. Die Demütigung des ukrainischen Präsidenten im Oval Office war nach seiner Meinung bewusst inszeniert.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels Elon Musk’s Starlink contract and bans all US companies from government contracts:
“It’s done, it’s gone... We won’t award contracts to people who enable and encourage economic attacks on our province and our country.”
“They only have President Trump to blame.”
“It’s done, it’s gone... We won’t award contracts to people who enable and encourage economic attacks on our province and our country.”
“They only have President Trump to blame.”
March 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels Elon Musk’s Starlink contract and bans all US companies from government contracts:
“It’s done, it’s gone... We won’t award contracts to people who enable and encourage economic attacks on our province and our country.”
“They only have President Trump to blame.”
“It’s done, it’s gone... We won’t award contracts to people who enable and encourage economic attacks on our province and our country.”
“They only have President Trump to blame.”
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Lolol
BREAKING: US Commerce Secretary Lutnick has said: Trump may roll back Canada and Mexico tariffs tomorrow
March 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Lolol
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RIP James Harrison.
James Harrison, a blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than 2 MILLION babies, has died.
Harrison’s plasma contained a rare antibody known as Anti-D which was used to manufacture a medication given to expectant mothers.
Harrison donated plasma every two weeks from age 18-81
Harrison’s plasma contained a rare antibody known as Anti-D which was used to manufacture a medication given to expectant mothers.
Harrison donated plasma every two weeks from age 18-81
James Harrison, blood donor whose rare plasma saved millions of babies, dead at 88 | CNN
James Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies, has died at age 88.
bit.ly
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
RIP James Harrison.
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Trudeau ist pissed!
'Donald, you are a very smart man but this is a very dumb thing to do [launching a trade war].'
Das ist kanadisch für "Was fällt dir ein, du Arsch!'
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_4...
'Donald, you are a very smart man but this is a very dumb thing to do [launching a trade war].'
Das ist kanadisch für "Was fällt dir ein, du Arsch!'
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_4...
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Trudeau ist pissed!
'Donald, you are a very smart man but this is a very dumb thing to do [launching a trade war].'
Das ist kanadisch für "Was fällt dir ein, du Arsch!'
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_4...
'Donald, you are a very smart man but this is a very dumb thing to do [launching a trade war].'
Das ist kanadisch für "Was fällt dir ein, du Arsch!'
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_4...
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STOP DOING TRUMP'S WORK FOR HIM. STOP CONCEDING HE CAN DO ILLEGAL SHIT VIA EO. STOP SAYING THE EQUIVALENT OF, "OH WELL, NO ONE WILL STOP HIM, WE MIGHT AS WELL GIVE UP."
STOP IT. DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW. ALWAYS.
STOP IT. DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW. ALWAYS.
March 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
STOP DOING TRUMP'S WORK FOR HIM. STOP CONCEDING HE CAN DO ILLEGAL SHIT VIA EO. STOP SAYING THE EQUIVALENT OF, "OH WELL, NO ONE WILL STOP HIM, WE MIGHT AS WELL GIVE UP."
STOP IT. DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW. ALWAYS.
STOP IT. DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW. ALWAYS.
Tja, bald werden die US-Truppen hier zur konkreten Gefahr und Bedrohung.
Vergesst die Erzählung, dass die USA sich von Europa abwenden oder aus Europa zurückziehen. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Trump, Musk und Vance haben Europa als Hauptgegner identifiziert – nicht geopolitisch, sondern ideologisch. Sie führen einen Kulturkampf. Gegen uns. 🧵👇1/8
March 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Tja, bald werden die US-Truppen hier zur konkreten Gefahr und Bedrohung.
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Vergesst die Erzählung, dass die USA sich von Europa abwenden oder aus Europa zurückziehen. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Trump, Musk und Vance haben Europa als Hauptgegner identifiziert – nicht geopolitisch, sondern ideologisch. Sie führen einen Kulturkampf. Gegen uns. 🧵👇1/8
March 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Vergesst die Erzählung, dass die USA sich von Europa abwenden oder aus Europa zurückziehen. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Trump, Musk und Vance haben Europa als Hauptgegner identifiziert – nicht geopolitisch, sondern ideologisch. Sie führen einen Kulturkampf. Gegen uns. 🧵👇1/8
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What could possibly go wrong?
March 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What could possibly go wrong?