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Kakistocracy in Czech Republic in 3…2…1…
October 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Kakistocracy in Czech Republic in 3…2…1…
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The former chief editor of Chinese government-backed Global Times, Hu Xijin, described the paralysis of VOA as gratifying. “The Chinese people are happy to see the U.S. anti-China ideological fortress breached from within,” he said
even more comprehensive, from @wsj.com: China taking advantage of the destruction of US broadcasting
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off
Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after President Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets.
www.wsj.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The former chief editor of Chinese government-backed Global Times, Hu Xijin, described the paralysis of VOA as gratifying. “The Chinese people are happy to see the U.S. anti-China ideological fortress breached from within,” he said
Besides trying to silence independent media, what else does every wannabe dictator need? Their very own media outlet, of course!
Trump Media has begun beta testing the launch of Truth+. The global launch will make most Truth+ TV streaming channels and video on demand content available on apps worldwide, joining the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, where Truth+ is now available via iOS, Android, and connected TV apps and on the web.
June 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Besides trying to silence independent media, what else does every wannabe dictator need? Their very own media outlet, of course!
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Wait a minute, I was reliably informed that only Elon Musk personally running around with a monkey wrench near a spacepad was able to do this because his IQ is somewhere north of 400
Was all that wrong?
Was all that wrong?
Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing Test of Experimental Reusable Rocket | Honda Global Corporate Website
Honda Global | Honda R&D Co., Ltd., a research and development subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., today conducted a launch and landing test of an experimental reusable rocket*1 (6.3 m in length, 85 ...
global.honda
June 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Wait a minute, I was reliably informed that only Elon Musk personally running around with a monkey wrench near a spacepad was able to do this because his IQ is somewhere north of 400
Was all that wrong?
Was all that wrong?
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Meanwhile on the homefront: straight-up fascist authoritarianism
(NYT)
(NYT)
June 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Meanwhile on the homefront: straight-up fascist authoritarianism
(NYT)
(NYT)
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I don't know what to tell you.
June 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I don't know what to tell you.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
RFK Jr. ousts all members of CDC vaccine advisory panel
Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."
www.washingtonpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP DECLARES L.A. RESIDENTS TO BE IN “REBELLION AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES”
This declaration may well be a prelude to martial law. He’s illegally federalized the Guard in California and this looks very like the pretext he was waiting for.
This declaration may well be a prelude to martial law. He’s illegally federalized the Guard in California and this looks very like the pretext he was waiting for.
Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
June 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP DECLARES L.A. RESIDENTS TO BE IN “REBELLION AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES”
This declaration may well be a prelude to martial law. He’s illegally federalized the Guard in California and this looks very like the pretext he was waiting for.
This declaration may well be a prelude to martial law. He’s illegally federalized the Guard in California and this looks very like the pretext he was waiting for.
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It is a real face of russian Christianity. Two “priests” holding a grenade shell with a depicted icon on it.
May 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It is a real face of russian Christianity. Two “priests” holding a grenade shell with a depicted icon on it.
Poland’s presidential election is over. Next in line: its neighbor, the Czech Republic. The current pro-European elite seems determined to ruin its reputation before the campaign even begins.
June 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Poland’s presidential election is over. Next in line: its neighbor, the Czech Republic. The current pro-European elite seems determined to ruin its reputation before the campaign even begins.
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Russia is issuing statements that Ukraine has sabotaged Trump’s efforts to bring peace with its attack on Ru airfields.
Ukraine targeted legitimate military bases, NOT civilians
Expect DJT to claim Ukraine sabotaged his efforts with their “terrorist attack”, claiming “Russia was ready for peace.”
Ukraine targeted legitimate military bases, NOT civilians
Expect DJT to claim Ukraine sabotaged his efforts with their “terrorist attack”, claiming “Russia was ready for peace.”
June 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Russia is issuing statements that Ukraine has sabotaged Trump’s efforts to bring peace with its attack on Ru airfields.
Ukraine targeted legitimate military bases, NOT civilians
Expect DJT to claim Ukraine sabotaged his efforts with their “terrorist attack”, claiming “Russia was ready for peace.”
Ukraine targeted legitimate military bases, NOT civilians
Expect DJT to claim Ukraine sabotaged his efforts with their “terrorist attack”, claiming “Russia was ready for peace.”
Historian Karol Nawrocki, a favorite of Donald Trump and CPAC attendees, has become the new Polish president with the help of the increasingly nationalist PiS party. It looks like Donald Tusk will have his hands full pushing forward a pro-European agenda for the remainder of his term.
June 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Historian Karol Nawrocki, a favorite of Donald Trump and CPAC attendees, has become the new Polish president with the help of the increasingly nationalist PiS party. It looks like Donald Tusk will have his hands full pushing forward a pro-European agenda for the remainder of his term.
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“If this can happen in a Member of Congress’s office, it can happen to anyone — and it is happening...”
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
'It can happen to anyone': Nadler rebukes DHS after staffer detained in Manhattan office
The agency said the unidentified staff member was not charged.
www.politico.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“If this can happen in a Member of Congress’s office, it can happen to anyone — and it is happening...”
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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The United States is open for bribes...in direct violation of the constitution
RAMAPHOSA: I am sorry I don't have a plane to give you
TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it
RAMAPHOSA: Okay
TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it
RAMAPHOSA: Okay
May 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The United States is open for bribes...in direct violation of the constitution
Why risk smuggling weapons onboard to hijack a plane, when you can just drive through a “secure” airport zone and pick one up on the runway?
May 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Why risk smuggling weapons onboard to hijack a plane, when you can just drive through a “secure” airport zone and pick one up on the runway?
A stage nine coward.
EU leaders are worried Trump’s stepping back from Ukraine peace efforts — and letting Putin call the shots. After calls with both leaders, Trump said Russia & Ukraine will "immediately start negotiations,” but one EU official said it’s clear he’s “not ready to put greater pressure” on Moscow.
May 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A stage nine coward.
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A @globalwitness.org investigation revealed that 74% of the content shown to new TikTok users in Romania is far-right propaganda.
Just days before a crucial presidential election, this algorithmic manipulation is not only unacceptable — it is dangerous.
Just days before a crucial presidential election, this algorithmic manipulation is not only unacceptable — it is dangerous.
May 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A @globalwitness.org investigation revealed that 74% of the content shown to new TikTok users in Romania is far-right propaganda.
Just days before a crucial presidential election, this algorithmic manipulation is not only unacceptable — it is dangerous.
Just days before a crucial presidential election, this algorithmic manipulation is not only unacceptable — it is dangerous.
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🇷🇴 Romania has chosen. With the confirmation of Nicușor Dan’s victory in the presidential election, Romanian citizens have sent a clear and powerful message: for democracy, for the rule of law, and for a truly European future.
May 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🇷🇴 Romania has chosen. With the confirmation of Nicușor Dan’s victory in the presidential election, Romanian citizens have sent a clear and powerful message: for democracy, for the rule of law, and for a truly European future.
Go, Nicușor Dan! ✊✊
May 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Go, Nicușor Dan! ✊✊
As grotesque as this feels, it’s just another ploy to drag us into a circus again—while something darker unfolds out of sight. The real question is: 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?
The hunger games was an instruction manual.
The Trump regime's, Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem has requested 20,000 National Guard troops to support ICE in ethnic cleansing operations. She has also proposed a reality TV show in which refugees and immigrants are forced to compete for the chance to remain in the US.
May 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
As grotesque as this feels, it’s just another ploy to drag us into a circus again—while something darker unfolds out of sight. The real question is: 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?
What an inspiration… for authoritarian wannabes. The only question now is how long until Trump’s comrades drag the U.S. into the same abyss...
Grigory Melkonyants, co-founder of Golos, Russia’s only independent election watchdog, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for defending free and fair elections. His work threatened only one thing: Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.
May 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What an inspiration… for authoritarian wannabes. The only question now is how long until Trump’s comrades drag the U.S. into the same abyss...
Many in the thread criticize these brilliant minds for cowardice—but the truth is, they 𝑑𝑖𝑑 speak up. Society simply didn’t listen. Now, with the threat of persecution looming closer, preserving their voices publicly may be the only path left.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Many in the thread criticize these brilliant minds for cowardice—but the truth is, they 𝑑𝑖𝑑 speak up. Society simply didn’t listen. Now, with the threat of persecution looming closer, preserving their voices publicly may be the only path left.
Of course!
‼️ German defence minister: Putin does not want peace, he wants to keep bombing Ukrainians
German defence minister: Putin does not want peace, he wants to keep bombing Ukrainians
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said he does not believe Russia will agree to a ceasefire and emphasised Europe’s determination to ramp up pressure on Moscow.
www.pravda.com.ua
May 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Of course!
One might be tempted to say, “What a coward, Putin”… if there had ever been any genuine intention to negotiate.
🇷🇺 Putin will not attend the Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirms.
The start of negotiations has reportedly been postponed to this afternoon.
The start of negotiations has reportedly been postponed to this afternoon.
May 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
One might be tempted to say, “What a coward, Putin”… if there had ever been any genuine intention to negotiate.