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#distraction

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Six Grandfathers Mountain

@carstenfranke @GottaLaff
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move on, nothing to see here, all business as usual...

And 3 #TheAtlantic reporters were invited into the #ovaloffice this weekend, one was #JefferyGoldberg of #SignalGate. Like WTF, he hates them!

#Trump does these private talks as ✨ #distraction ✨

Because today Monday, they are ⭕removing all #civilservants who check Federal #votingrights 🥶

Maybe he assumes this #votersuppression will _not_ be top news this week

I hope #MarcElias will get on the news more

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Wen

I am quite content for the law to be updated, although manslaugtet or even murder charges can be brought surely. However this is a distraction pandering to the car mad.

theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/

Cyclists involvement - close to zero. Car involvement in reckless inhuries or deaths inn the year ending June 2024:
24% were #pedestrians
5% were #cyclists

gov.uk/government/statistics/r

Yet drivers get away with suspended sentences or points for killing.

The Guardian · Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and WalesBy Caolán Magee
#RoadDeaths#Cars#Safety
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quackademic

More evidence that the #Libs’ strategy is not about policies but about pictures, sountbites & vibes. We should be used to this by now.

They do this because it works. Same as circus Donald: it’s not about economics or governance, it’s about #distraction as cover for accelerating #plunder in times of crisis. 🎪🎡🤡 #AusPol

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-12/coa

ABC News · The Coalition doesn't have long to get clear on its policies before pre-polling beginsBy Laura Tingle
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Geriatric Gardener

“How Israel uses seductive imagery to hide its military transgressions”

by David Miller, Paul Salvatori and Marion Fernando in Tracking Power Update on Substack

@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour

“Marketing female sexuality & establishing a ‘hip’ social media presence are just some strategies Israel employs to distract from the violent crimes it’s committing vs Palestinians”

open.substack.com/pub/tracking

Tracking Power update · How Israel uses seductive imagery to hide its military transgressionsBy David Miller
#Press#Israel#Zionism
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Six Grandfathers Mountain

@wdlindsy
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#TrumpDeportations rely on tattoos, it’s bullshit

Right, it's to make money and a #distraction that almost half of #Project2025 has been pulled off

"I’m the #Canadian who was detained by #ICE for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention.

Yet, compared with others, I was lucky"

Jasmine Mooney
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly. What I had experienced was finally starting to make sense.
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky Jasmine Mooney Wed 19 Mar 2025 There was no explanation, no warning. One minute, I was in an immigration office talking to an officer about my work visa, which had been approved months before and allowed me, a Canadian, to work in the US. The next, I was told to put my hands against the wall, and patted down like a criminal before being sent to an Ice detention center without the chance to talk to a lawyer.
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The 🇨🇦 Resistance

Some of the things that will be used to justify this #War of #Distraction will be #Canada 's retaliation to #US #tariffs. There have already been social media posts about how our economically defensive tactics are "illegal".

Combined with the sociopathic dismissal of #Canada as "not a real country" and how we are "subsidized" or "tariff abusers" -- the #POTUS is 'othering' and essentially de-humanizing #Canadians.

The real motive is to expand territory and gain access to energy and minerals.

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Six Grandfathers Mountain

@ZhiZhu
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#Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in #government contracts, loans, subsidies and #tax credits...

That's right, that's the News and IMO, all the destructive #jobcuts are the #distraction

huffpost.com/entry/trump-direc

#ScottGalloway is stressing, LOOK at #Corruption and #TaxCuts. 900 billion tax cut and big #Medicaid cut are what Dems must talk about, ⭕not the 60bill DOGE cutting

⭕AUDIO
podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/p
#Pivotpodcast #karaSwisher

ALARM: White House 'Controlling' Pool Press Corps 'Not Equipped' For This Moment DREAD MEMO: 'LARGE-SCALE' CUTS COMING SCOTUS GIFT TO DON
Trump Orders Federal Agencies To Submit Plans For ‘Large-Scale’ Firings, Per Memo All agencies must produce plans for “eliminating positions that are not required” by March 13, reads a missive from ⭕️OMB director Russell Vought. The memo suggests different options for hollowing out their teams: by upholding Trump’s federal hiring freeze, removing “underperforming employees,” reducing head counts through attrition, and renegotiating collective bargaining agreements that “inhibit” government efficiency.
Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher on their Feb 24 2025 oodcast. The 2 big things that the Democrats must push or look at are... 1. Corruption 2. Tax Cuts
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