accademia da grappa<p>day 1269 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>who orders, every day, to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a></p>
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accademia da grappa<p>day 1255 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>…who orders to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> every day and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“PETER THIEL: FROM GAZA AI WAR CRIMINAL TO WHITE HOUSE PUPPET MASTER”</p><p>by Alan MacLeod in MintPress News</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p><p>“The screams of babies as buildings collapse in Gaza. Terrified parents carrying the remains of their children away in plastic carrier bags. These scenes [..] come enabled by [..] tech billionaire Peter <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> & his company, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a>, [which] uses <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> [..] to help the Israeli military [..] <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a> [..] <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>“</p><p><a href="https://www.mintpressnews.com/peter-thiel-gaza-ai-war-white-house/288372/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mintpressnews.com/peter-thiel-</span><span class="invisible">gaza-ai-war-white-house/288372/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a></p>
accademia da grappa<p>day 1252 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>…who, every day, orders to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a></p>
accademia da grappa<p>day 1238 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>…who orders to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> every day and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a></p>
Kyle Meredith<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarkSlaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkSlaughter</span></a> produced it, played almost everything on it, sequenced it like a real record — Halfway There is pure rock & roll stubbornness.</p><p>Why does Conspiracy sound like Alice In Chains?<br>Why did he use Tim Kelly’s old guitar?<br>Why is he still hauling amps on tour with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slaughter</span></a> AND <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VinceNeil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VinceNeil</span></a>?</p><p>Because that’s what the working class of rock & roll does. </p><p><a href="https://www.lpm.org/music/2017-07-05/mark-slaughter-youre-just-trying-to-paint-a-soundtrack-for-peoples-lives" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lpm.org/music/2017-07-05/mark-</span><span class="invisible">slaughter-youre-just-trying-to-paint-a-soundtrack-for-peoples-lives</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a></p>
accademia da grappa<p>day 1221 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>…who orders, every day, to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Israel Unleashes CARNAGE On Gaza, Kills 70+ Civilians, Opens Fire Near UN Aid Trucks</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP_uArNh8RQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=cP_uArNh8R</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Ambush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ambush</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starvation</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Civilians</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Refugees</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slaughter</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/StopTheKilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheKilling</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>The first <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Grindadra%CC%81p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grindadráp</span></a> of the summer is set to begin in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Leynasandur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leynasandur</span></a> , <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FaroeIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaroeIsland</span></a>.</p><p>Once again, hundreds of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dolphins</span></a> will be killed in the name of tradition. As every year, our crew is there to expose and report on the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a>.</p><p>These animals are not killed for survival, but for custom—by one of the richest nations on Earth. This has to stop.</p><p>- Paul Watson Foundation </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/StopTheGrind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheGrind</span></a></p>
accademia da grappa<p>day 1121 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>…who orders, every day, to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History June 7, 1971: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that clothing with the words "Fuck the Draft" was protected by the First amendment. The Court overturned the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. This, of course, could quickly change under the current far rightwing court.</p><p>In 1968, Kiyoshi Kuromiya designed this poster and sent orders by mail. He was arrested by the FBI and charged with sending indecent material through the Post Office. Later that year, after beating the charges, Kuromiya defied the authorities by handing out 2000 of the posters at the Chicago Democratic Convention. The photo is of Detroiter Bill Greenshields was taken at random during a 1967 March on the Pentagon and used by Kuromiya.</p><p>There has been no draft in the U.S. since 1973. Ending conscription was one of President Nixon’s campaign promises (not because he opposed conscription or imperialistic wars, but because he wanted to undermine the antiwar protest movement). However, if NATO continues its reckless escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, and their threat to station hundreds of thousands of troops along Russia’s entire western border, from Finland to the Balkans; or the U.S. attempts to fight Iran with boots on the ground; or the U.S. goes to war with China the mass slaughter could rise to the scale of World War II. And this could force the U.S. and Europe to reimpose the draft, so that they are not forced to replicate Ukraine’s desperate move of sending people over the age of 50 to the front. Indeed, Germany is already considering reimposing conscription because they can’t find enough willing volunteers. <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/06/06/germany-is-thinking-about-bringing-back-conscription" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/europe/2024/06/0</span><span class="invisible">6/germany-is-thinking-about-bringing-back-conscription</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antiwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiwar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuck</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dnc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnc</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fbi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pentagon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/draft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>draft</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conscription</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nixon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a></p>
accademia da grappa<p>day 1199 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>…who orders, every day, to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a></p>
accademia da grappa<p>day 1198 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>…who orders to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> every day and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Days after <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lammy</span></a> vowed no <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/talks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>talks</span></a> with Israel over Gaza slaughter, ‘envoy’ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> on trade junket to Israel</p><p>by Skwawkbox <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@skwawkbox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>skwawkbox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>“<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a>’s government is cosplaying outrage at Israel’s crimes, gaslighting the whole UK which is overwhelmingly against Israel’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> and collaborating wholeheartedly in Israel’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a> and ethnic cleansing of more than two million <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/27/days-after-lammy-vowed-no-trade-talks-with-israel-over-gaza-slaughter-envoy-austin-on-trade-junket-to-israel/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/05/27/days-</span><span class="invisible">after-lammy-vowed-no-trade-talks-with-israel-over-gaza-slaughter-envoy-austin-on-trade-junket-to-israel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p>
accademia da grappa<p>day 1185 of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> </p><p>…who orders to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> every day and, why?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s 2021 declaration came amid heightened public debate about the erasure of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a> in celebrations of Christopher Columbus, whose landing in North America led to centuries of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> populations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbusDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbusDay</span></a> has long been criticized by those who condemn the explorer for paving the way for European <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a>, which brought catastrophic diseases & led to the decimation of Indigenous populations in America.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>The alchemy of big law was always the way in which you seamlessly revolve in and out of government - the allure of making a lot of money and governing. </p><p>That is what is shattering.</p><p>Relatedly, for the first time in my lifetime, Democratic voters are turning against their own leaders. </p><p>40% of Democratic voters approve of Congressional Democrats, and 49% disapprove. </p><p>Last year, 75% approved and just 21% disapproved. </p><p>At town halls, Democratic members of Congress are encountering not support, but rage. </p><p>As Axios reported, a “senior House Democrat told Axios that a colleague called them after a town hall crying and said: "They hate us. They hate us.”’</p><p>Democratic voters haven’t fingered biglaw as the culprit, so the question right now is whether corporate America and big law will remain homeless, <br>or whether firms like Paul Weiss can recapture what they had. </p><p>But there is deep rage in the Democratic base, and on the right, at oligarchy.</p><p>And there’s another group ascending against the anti-populists who run Democratic politics. </p><p>On Friday, there were 34,000 people in Denver, Colorado at a Bernie Sanders rally. </p><p>For context, that’s 5% of the population of Denver, and 1% of the population of the Denver metro area.</p><p>One of the speakers was FTC Commissioner <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alvaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alvaro</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bedoya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bedoya</span></a>, who Trump had tried to remove last week. </p><p>Bedoya and his colleague, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rebecca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rebecca</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kelly</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slaughter</span></a>, had been in the shadow of former Chair Lina Khan, but were important officials in moving populist policy. </p><p>In contrast to Paul Weiss, instead of lying down, they chose to fight. </p><p>Both are doing media tours to discuss the work they are doing against oligarchy. </p><p>Bedoya went to Colorado and spoke before that giant crowd. When was the last time a commissioner of a small Federal antitrust agency did that?</p><p>Sanders, who is attracting a lot of people who did not support him in 2016 and 2020 to his rallies, is building a different kind of politics. </p><p>He has refined his argument to focus on oligarchy, the group of superrich who are running the United States. </p><p>And a newer generation of politicians are recognizing in that argument something that makes sense. </p><p>There are conflicting messages, notably the New York Times’ Ezra Klein and The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson launching a campaign around the concept of Abundance, which I’ll touch on soon. <br>But the possibility of sharpening policy tools to bring our oligarchs back into our democracy and match them with a political coalition is there.</p><p>And in that sense, I am thankful to Paul Weiss and Brad Karp. <br>-- In this dangerous moment, the Democratic corporate establishment, by capitulating so obviously to Trump in return for corporate money, has just ripped out the heart that ran the Clinton, Obama, and much of the toxic parts of the Biden administrations. </p><p>And they did so at the only moment in the last two decades during which normal Democrats are looking for someone to blame for their own party’s fecklessness. </p><p>And who better to blame than the would-be Kamala Harris staff, a pack of Google and private equity defense lawyers - and Chuck Schumer’s brother - who, when the chips were down, bent the knee to Trump?</p><p>-- Matt Stoller</p><p><a href="https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-the-democrats-corporate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebignewsletter.com/p/monopol</span><span class="invisible">y-round-up-the-democrats-corporate</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Trump Illegally Purges FTC’s Democratic Commissioners, Gutting What’s Left Of Agency Independence <br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/trump-illegally-purges-ftcs-democratic-commissioners-gutting-whats-left-of-agency-independence/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/19/trump-</span><span class="invisible">illegally-purges-ftcs-democratic-commissioners-gutting-whats-left-of-agency-independence/</span></a></p><p>"the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> explicitly protects commissioners from being fired without cause. Trump’s attempt to remove <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slaughter</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Bedoya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bedoya</span></a> — apparently for nothing more than being <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> who might question his agenda — shows a complete disregard for these vital safeguards."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>Although the article I shared above doesn't mention the agency, through that same February 18th executive order, Downmarket Mussolini also claimed absolute control of another independent regulatory body that is of great concern to all the billionaire nazis that own his regime; specifically the Federal Trade Commission or FTC. </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-fires-both-ftc-democrats-in-challenge-to-supreme-court-precedent/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/trump-fires-both-ftc-democrats-in-challenge-to-supreme-court-precedent/</span></a></p><p>Trump fires both FTC Democrats in challenge to Supreme Court precedent</p><p>"President Trump fired both Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, advancing his administration's claim that the president can fire FTC commissioners despite a US law and a 1935 Supreme Court ruling stating that the president cannot do so without good cause.</p><p>Trump fired Democrats Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, both of whom said the firings are illegal. Trump "tried to illegally fire me. I'll see the president in court," Bedoya wrote. The FTC was created "to fight fraudsters and monopolists," but Trump "wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies," Bedoya said.</p><p>A statement from Slaughter said, "The President illegally fired me from my position as a Federal Trade Commissioner, violating the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent." Slaughter said Trump "fears the accountability that opposition voices would provide if the president orders Chairman [Andrew] Ferguson to treat the most powerful corporations and their executives—like those that flanked the President at his inauguration—with kid gloves."</p><p>US law says any FTC commissioner "may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office." The Supreme Court held in a 1935 case, Humphrey's Executor v. United States, that "Congress intended to restrict the power of removal to one or more of those causes."</p><p>The Trump administration claims the case was wrongly decided, but the ruling is still in effect. Trump's Department of Justice said last month that it would urge the Supreme Court to reverse the Humphrey's Executor ruling, saying it "prevents the President from adequately supervising principal officers in the Executive Branch who execute the laws on the President's behalf."</p><p>I chose this article because it clearly articulates how long the Trump regime has been working on this, and what their spurious arguments to support it are; but I don't love the hint of both-sidesing here, and that isn't helped by AT changing the original title to no longer center that this is a massive power grab by the executive branch, which is embodied by president Trump. A good example of why I'm not thrilled about the writeup here is printing sub-headers like "FTC Chair: Trump can fire members." The FTC chair is of course some nazi Trump appointed in January, so I'm sure we're all surprised the maggot fascist who owes his job to Trump, thinks Trump can do whatever Trump wants to do, and that is clearly an important detail to highlight in bold, large font text. *Eyeroll*</p><p>As such, let me state that based on the current law, and existing SCOTUS precedent, Trump does not have the power to fire two Dem appointed FTC commissioners because he openly admits they'll get in the way of his dogshit plans. The caveat here of course being that we've fully descended into a game of fascist Calvinball, the GOP have a 6-3 majority in the current Supreme Court, and those berobed reactionaries have already shown a willingness to throw out precedent and make up the law as they go, so who the fuck knows if it even matters whether or not he's allowed to fire his political enemies from an independent commission. As it stands now however, what Trump is doing is unquestionably a brazen power grab and also flatly illegal.</p><p>Which then brings us to the question of why? Well, consider for a moment what the FTC has been doing recently; this is from an American Prospect article by David Dayen:</p><p>"Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, both of whom served with former chair Lina Khan in the FTC majority under Joe Biden, were told they were terminated today. The three of them made numerous advances over the past three years on antitrust and consumer protection policies, including successful challenges to numerous mergers and new rules cracking down on subscription deception, restrictive noncompete agreements, and other anti-fraud measures."</p><p>Please keep in mind that this is the agency that took Google to court and won. Alright, now consider all the extremely rich tech nazi CEOs who got Der Leader elected and really own the Trump regime; can you think of any reasons why those guys might prefer a corrupt, toothless FTC stacked full of nazis? Perhaps billions of reasons, as in dollars they can make doing shady shit that should be illegal without FTC interference? </p><p>In other words, Trump isn't just seizing power for the imperial presidency; he's paying the bills he owes billionaire CEOs by destroying the US regulatory state.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slaughter</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Bedoya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bedoya</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History March 1, 1921: Anarchist and leftwing communist soldiers, sailors and civilians rose up against the Russian Bolsheviks in the Kronstadt uprising. The rebellion, which lasted until March 16, was the last major revolt against the Bolsheviks. It began when they sent delegates to Petrograd in solidarity with strikes going on in that city, and demanded the restoration of civil rights for workers, economic and political freedom for workers and peasants, including free speech, and that soviet councils include anarchists and left socialists. The Bolshevik forces, directed by Trotsky, killed over 1,000 Kronstadt rebels in battle, and executed another 2,100 in the aftermath. As many as 1,400 government troops died in their attempt to quash the rebellion. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ussr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ussr</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soviet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kronstadt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kronstadt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rebellion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uprising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uprising</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revolt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massacre</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bolshevik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bolshevik</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a></p>
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