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Łącze<p>𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗐𝖾 𝖽𝗈 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖸𝗈𝗎𝖳𝗎𝖻𝖾’𝗌 𝖺𝗐𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾?</p><p><a href="https://odysee.com/@RainbowberryForest:6/What-will-we-do-about-YouTubes-awful-new-update:c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">odysee.com/@RainbowberryForest</span><span class="invisible">:6/What-will-we-do-about-YouTubes-awful-new-update:c</span></a></p><p>_____<br><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/porn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>porn</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Trump’s rhetoric “paints a picture that crime is out of control, even when it is not true, then blames the policies of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> lawmakers that are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reform</span></a>- &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a>-minded, &amp; then claims that you have to step in &amp; violate people’s rights or demand that reforms be reversed,”Wiley said.</p><p>She added that the playbook has special potency in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> because local law enforcement can be directly placed under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> invoked…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“The president foreshadowed that if these heavy-handed tactics take root here, they will be rolled out to other majority-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Brown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brown</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a>, like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oakland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oakland</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baltimore</span></a>, across the country,” said Monica Hopkins, executive director of the ACLU’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> chapter.</p><p>“We’ve seen before how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> of the DC <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> can lead to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intimidation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> violations —</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/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup2</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>An influx of arrests could hamstring an already understaffed US attorney’s office in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>, which has seen dozens of prosecutors leave this admin….
<br>The mayor said Monday that she had one call over the weekend that indicated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> might deploy the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> but did not have reason to believe that the president would place the DC <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> under direct <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup2</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> had openly opined about a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>takeover</span></a> for years, remarking in 2023 during a visit for the CPAC convention in the National Harbor that…“It’s so disgraceful, so disgusting,” he said, complaining at the image it sent to visiting foreign leaders &amp; floating the idea of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> taking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a>. “I always made it a point as president, when I saw the highways were dirty, or that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeless</span></a> encampments were starting to form to take care of the problem immediately.”</p>
Nonilex<p>This time, his admin was less candid with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> leaders.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> had returned to office with plans well in hand for how to meet such a moment, according to the two people. That playbook for asserting more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> ranged from leveraging federal resources to ending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HomeRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeRule</span></a> altogether. Federalizing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> was seen as a middle-of-the-road option.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup2</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Even before he took office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> had an informal playbook for how he would use the powers of the presidency to take <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>, w/ options prepared for him such as deploying more federal law enforcement officers or taking over the entire municipal government.<br>
The only questions, acc/to 2 people briefed on deliberations…, were which option he would choose &amp; when he would opt to implement it.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup2</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/12/trump-dc-take-over-police-national-guard/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/08/12/trump-dc-take-over-police-national-guard/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2322704/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2322704/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Taylor Swift announcement fills blank space of social media <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/album" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>album</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/appreciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appreciation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BlankSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlankSpace</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HardRockStadium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardRockStadium</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>post</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PreviousAlbumAnnouncement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PreviousAlbumAnnouncement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/showgirl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>showgirl</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedium</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Swift</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TaylorSwift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaylorSwift</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TaylorSwiftAnnouncement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaylorSwiftAnnouncement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>website</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Keya Chatterjee, another of the group’s founders, announced the news of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s plans to the crowd, telling them about his intention to take <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> of the city’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> force &amp; deploy the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a>.
<br>The crowd booed loudly.<br>
Chatterjee then announced one immediate plan: For every single day <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> is “under occupation,” she asked every DC resident to step out on their porch &amp; make noise every night, at 8PM ET.<br>
“We will not be cowed in the face of this bully,” she said. “We will organize.”</p>
Nonilex<p>The city’s unique <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonstate</span></a> structure gives the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> wide authority to exert <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a>’s affairs, even over the objection of the city’s residents &amp; its elected representatives. The city gained limited powers in the 1973 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HomeRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeRule</span></a> Act.</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/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the news conference (still ongoing), <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said he’ll place the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> department under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> &amp; deploy the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> agents.</p><p>Trump said he wants to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam &amp; squalor.” The Democratic mayor of DC, Muriel Bowser, has noted that violent crime in Washington has decreased since a rise in 2023.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> PM Benjamin <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> said on Sunday he expected to complete a new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> offensive "fairly quickly", as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> Council heard new demands for an end to suffering in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> enclave.</p><p>Netanyahu, speaking after his security cabinet on Friday approved a much-criticised plan to take <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GazaCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaCity</span></a> said he had no choice but to "complete the job" &amp; defeat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> to free <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hostages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hostages</span></a> seized from Israel.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-says-new-gaza-offensive-will-start-soon-2025-08-10/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/middle-east/</span><span class="invisible">netanyahu-says-new-gaza-offensive-will-start-soon-2025-08-10/</span></a></p>
Blaze Trends<p>Japan Forces Apple to Open iPhone Browsers, Mirrors EU Regulation</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iphone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <br><a href="https://blazetrends.com/japan-forces-apple-to-open-iphone-browsers-mirrors-eu-regulation/?fsp_sid=88322" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blazetrends.com/japan-forces-a</span><span class="invisible">pple-to-open-iphone-browsers-mirrors-eu-regulation/?fsp_sid=88322</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>2 govt sources said any resolution by the security cabinet would need to be approved by the full cabinet, which may not meet until Sunday.</p><p>…Total control of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/territory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>territory</span></a> would reverse a 2005 decision by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> by which it withdrew Israeli citizens &amp; soldiers from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>, while retaining <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> over its borders, airspace &amp; utilities.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LandGrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandGrab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"We don't want to keep it. We want to have a security perimeter. We don't want to govern it. We don't want to be there as a governing body."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> wanted to hand the territory to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a> forces that would govern it. He did not elaborate on the governance arrangements or which Arab countries could be involved.</p><p>He made the comments to FauxNews ahead of a meeting with a small group of senior ministers to discuss plans for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> to take <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> of more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/territory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>territory</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> approves plan to take <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> City</p><p>Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take control of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GazaCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaCity</span></a> early Fri, hours after PM <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> said Israel intended to take <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> control of the entire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GazaStrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaStrip</span></a> despite intensifying criticism…over the devastating almost 2-yr-old war.</p><p>"The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> to the civilian population outside the combat zones," Netanyahu's office said….</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-approves-plan-take-control-gaza-city-2025-08-07/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/middle-east/</span><span class="invisible">israel-approves-plan-take-control-gaza-city-2025-08-07/</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>OnStar can decelerate your car to a stop.</p><p>This time, it was used to end a dangerous chase.</p><p>But don’t get distracted: ONSTAR CAN BRING YOUR CAR TO A STOP, whenever they wish. How will they (ab)use this power next time?</p><p>Yet another reason I hate most modern cars.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/onstar-assists-chp-in-stopping-fleeing-suv-with-toddler-inside/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kron4.com/news/bay-area/onstar</span><span class="invisible">-assists-chp-in-stopping-fleeing-suv-with-toddler-inside/</span></a></p>
Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>"Is this the end of America’s superiority complex?<br>This video unpacks how luxury branding, racial bias, and global politics shape what we think is “worth it”, and why the biggest fake might be the system itself."—</p><p>Storytelling Is (US) America’s Real Superpower &gt;</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Ewcnh9SDYIs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Ewcnh9SDYIs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/luxury_brand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luxury_brand</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrative</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/brands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brands</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/collapse_of_a_narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collapse_of_a_narrative</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fast_fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fast_fashion</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/global_politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>global_politics</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/knock_offs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knock_offs</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>value</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/racial_bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racial_bias</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/racist_tropes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist_tropes</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/cheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheap</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/luxury_branding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luxury_branding</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/art_world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art_world</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/the_same_factory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>the_same_factory</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/colonial_logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonial_logic</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/luxury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luxury</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/price_tags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>price_tags</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/unbranded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unbranded</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/taste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taste</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/white_supremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>white_supremacy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/superiority_complex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superiority_complex</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/super_power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>super_power</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ego</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/declared_value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>declared_value</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/logos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logos</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ideology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideology</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/illusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illusion</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/handbags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handbags</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USA_culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA_culture</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/success" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>success</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/appearances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appearances</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/exports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exports</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Why does the Gruaniad keep on insisting that this is a ‘right wing libertarian thing’?</p><p>It is gob smackingly stupid legislation that will achieve little other than to put into place mechanisms for increased state surveillance and reduce privacy - by a Labour administration or any that come after it.</p><p>Its not just me, its also the ORG, Big Brother Watch, Liberty and the Index on Censorship who are rightly concerned.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/04/social-media-battles-and-barbs-on-both-sides-of-atlantic-over-uk-online-safety-act" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/aug/04/social-media-battles-and-barbs-on-both-sides-of-atlantic-over-uk-online-safety-act</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Control</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>Invictus Games Face Uncertain Future: Is Prince Harry Losing Control of His Signature Project? <a href="https://www.inbella.com/1185698/invictus-games-face-uncertain-future-is-prince-harry-losing-control-of-his-signature-project/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/1185698/invictus-g</span><span class="invisible">ames-face-uncertain-future-is-prince-harry-losing-control-of-his-signature-project/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/BritishRoyalFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishRoyalFamily</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DuchessOfSussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuchessOfSussex</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DukeOfSussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DukeOfSussex</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/face" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>face</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Future</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/HARRY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HARRY</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/His" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>His</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/invictus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invictus</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/is" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>is</span></a>.. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/losing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>losing</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Meghan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meghan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/MeghanMarkle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeghanMarkle</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>of</span></a>.. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/prince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prince</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/PrinceHarry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceHarry</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>project</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Royal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Royal</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalFamilies</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalGossip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalGossip</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Royals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Royals</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalsGossip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalsGossip</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Signature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signature</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/uncertain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncertain</span></a></p>