@knittingknots2 Trump doesn't like strong women in The European Union 😂😂😂

He is simply a sissy boy!

#usa #europe

@knittingknots2

I was also shocked to learn that the #racistrapistfelon has a LIBRARY.
A library where you can apparently put planes inside ( I presume it is a concept for book…ing )

#usa #corruption

For everyone in the #USA:

Please contact your member immediately and remind them that Library of Congress is a legislative branch agency and the president does not have authority over it.

Update: We have reports that DOGE/DOJ has tried to enter the copyright office.

This may be related:
https://copyrightlately.com/copyright-office-ai-report/
already safeguarded at: https://sciop.net/datasets/copyright-gov-ai-part3-preprint

More context:
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/12/congress/doj-no-2-is-now-locs-no-1-00341700
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/12/congress/donald-trump-library-of-congress-fight-00342326

#LibraryOfCongress #DOGE

Share this widely, please

https://t.me/liveukraine_media/31168
⛔️🇺🇸U.S. special envoy relied on Kremlin translators in meetings with Putin — violating protocol, NBC News reports. Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, attended three meetings with Vladimir Putin without bringing (more) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

@knittingknots2

USA at 8am : great victory for the USA , thanks to the #racistrapisfelon , alone with his tiny hands , IND et PK signed a cease fire .

USA at 2pm : the #racistrapistdelon was not evolved in any discussion regarding a possible cease fire …

#usa #india #pakistan

@knittingknots2

The arrest is not the worst part for me . The worst part is

…PRiVATELY operated immigrant detention facility…

privatizing prison ( for immigrants or not ) is absolutely despicable…

#usa #immigration

How can humans live peacefully near grizzly bears? @KnowableMag looks at how they adjust their behavior to coexist with us, but we need to change as well. “Historically, grizzlies were shot, trapped and poisoned across much of the continent,” writes Lesley Evans Ogden. “Today, attitudes are shifting from human domination of nature toward mutualism — and that means learning to get along with our neighbors.”

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/conflicts-between-people-and-grizzly-bears

#Nature #Biology #Ecology #Bears #Conservation #Canada #BritishColumbia #USA #Alaska #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

@knittingknots2

Speaking of farm, US farmers could export beef to Europe if they complied with the NHTC Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC) Program has been in effect since 1999, when the European Union (EU) and the U.S. agreed to control measures to facilitate the trade of non-hormone treated beef, including veal.

The problem is that out of 798,000 beef farms, only 14 are registered for the NHTC .

https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/imports-exports/nhtc

#usa #europe #farm #beef #tariffs

@knittingknots2

I laughed so much

First
Les Misérables aka Les Mis or Les Miz is a musical by the French Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, based on the novel of the same name by the French author Victor Hugo published in 1862.

Should be taxed at 145%

Second
Did they listen to the lyrics of the songs (especially Do you hear the People sing ? ) . They should sing only this part of the musical.

Third…
TBC

#usa #themiz #lesmiserables

@Nonilex If the American people wants to keep any part of their society, the current administration must be reigned in.

#trump appears happy to destroy everything.

#USA

@badastro As a journalist and fan of the hatching moon-theory*, I think such a #WhiteHouse #pressCorps is great and and the most appropriate to a secretary of health eaten by a brain worm, a secretary of defense beaten by alcohol, and all the other big zero-heroes.
Well, #sarcasmAlarm or: I like your article.

For the #USA: #resist + #protest or at least call #DrWho

*Let the moon hatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHOnGSFzd3Y

Question:
I’ve heard plenty about the movement for Puerto Rico to be a full-fledged US State but….

is there a Puerto Rican Independence movement?🇵🇷

#USA #PuertoRico

Abschiebungsplan nach #Gaza-Protest

Ihre Grausamkeit und die unsere

"Am 8. März entführte die Trump-Regierung in den USA den Palästinenser #MahmoudKhalil .
Beamte des Department of Homeland Security nahmen den Studenten auf dem Campus der Columbia University fest, fixierten ihn in Handschellen und fuhren ihn mit einem nicht gekennzeichneten Auto fort. Gegen Khalil, der ein dauerhaftes Aufenthaltsrecht hat, liegt keine Anklage vor, die Beamten hatten auch keinen Haftbefehl.
(...)
Gruselig, was der #Trump da wieder macht. So oder so ähnlich lauten die Reaktionen in #Deutschland, wenn die US-­Regierung täglich aufs Neue ihre Verachtung der Freiheitsrechte der Verfassung demonstriert. Gut, dass wir in Deutschland noch nicht so weit sind, dass die #AfD hier noch nicht an der Regierung ist.

Aber braucht es dafür überhaupt die AfD? Am selben Tag, als Mahmoud Khalil in New York gekidnappt wurde, stellten Po­li­ti­ker:in­nen von Union und SPD in Berlin ihr Sondierungspapier für die Koalitionsverhandlungen vor. Darin steht, man wolle prüfen, ob man „Terrorunterstützern, Antisemiten und Ex­tre­misten“ die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft entziehen könne, so sie denn eine weitere be­sitzen."

https://taz.de/Abschiebungsplan-nach-Gaza-Protest/!6074415/

#Germany #Palestine #Rassismus #Protest #Repression #Gaza #USA

"The US needs more than 3,000 new air traffic controllers to reach adequate staffing, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, a union representing 10,800 professional controllers.

“Keep in mind, this particular air traffic control facility has been chronically understaffed for years and without these controllers...Newark airport cannot handle the number of planes that are scheduled“.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/us/newark-airport-nj-united-flights-delays

#USA #travel #EWR #AirTrafficControl

“They Actually Had a List”: #ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case

“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western #NewYork.

from #TheIntercept
Noah Hurowitz
May 5 2025, 6:27 p.m.

https://theintercept.com/2025/05/05/ice-raid-farm-labor-union-new-york-ufw/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

#StopTheDeportations #immigrants
#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #USA #US #USPolitics #sindicatos
#UFW #press #news

“Stockholms stadsbyggnadskontor får inte verka för jämställdhet, mångfald och inkludering. Det kräver USA:s ambassad i ett brev, med ett kontrakt som de väntar sig att staden ska underteckna. … Stadsbyggnadskontoret förväntas skriva under och returnera kontraktet inom tio arbetsdagar.”
—Mia Tottmar, Stockholms stad vägrar lyda Trumps order (DN 20250506) 
https://www.dn.se/sverige/usas-ambassad-kraver-lydnad-av-stockholms-stad-bisarrt/
#usa #stockholm

In USA existieren lange Listen von Büchern, die in Bibliotheken verboten werden. Macht Euch ein eigenes Bild! Zur Woche der Meinungsfreiheit findet Ihr ab heute in der AGB im Eingangsregal Bücher, die in einem oder mehreren Staaten in den USA aus (Schul-)Bibliotheken entfernt wurden.

Viele Titel sind für Kinder und Jugendliche geschrieben und haben Themen wie Sexualität, Identität, Rassismus oder psychische Krankheiten als Thema.

#meinungsfreiheit #empfehlung #bücherliebe #usa

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Foto einer Medienpräsentation auf einem Regal mit verschiedenen Büchern, die in den USA zensiert werden

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Foto einer Medienpräsentation auf einem Regal mit verschiedenen Büchern, die in den USA zensiert werden

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Foto einer Medienpräsentation auf einem Regal mit verschiedenen Büchern, die in den USA zensiert werden

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Foto einer Medienpräsentation auf einem Regal mit verschiedenen Büchern, die in den USA zensiert werden

@knittingknots2

I heard it was a tradition for people from Canada to burn down the White House.

No fire alarm ?

#usa #canada #uk

Interesting read…

"Capitalism has entered a radical and apocalyptic phase. There is no utopian vision in any of this. Instead, there’s a final battle. And this is where it gets really dark. The people who are advancing this agenda are also building their luxury bunkers and their spaceships to Mars. They don’t believe that there is a future. These people believe history is ending, literally."

🔗1️⃣ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/naomi-klein-trump-musk-thiel-oligarchs-climate-science-1235330780/

🔗2️⃣ https://archive.is/F1H7d

#tech #technology #USpol #politics #US #USA

@randahl

Ofc , closing a museum and opening a prison is a gaga’s dream.

Btw the UStandAlone are number one in number of prisoners ( 2.5 m) (the second is China with 1.4 m ) , number one for 100.000 inhabitants( 666) (the second is Salvador (597 ) ) but only 5,2 % of prisoners are foreigners .

#usa #alcatraz #salvador

Hello, Lovely Peeps! 👋

I have a fun, gentle project for you! 😊

For anyone interested, below is the link to "One Minute Park" where you can see one minute of a park from various places in the world & can contribute your own.

https://oneminutepark.tv

THIS IS NOT A WEBCAM - this is a one-minute video, shot by someone there & uploaded.

Eventually they hope to have enough (1440) to fill an entire day. So far they have 219. 👍

#Japan, #UK, #Italy, #Brazil, #USA, #France, #China, #Slovenia, #Australia, #Finland, #Belgium, #Scotland, #Germany, #NewZealand, #Thailand & more are all represented.

(The location of the park is in small print in white in the lower right corner, sound, browse & info buttons are in white in the lower left corner. (They can be hard to see.))

(from website)

How to make a One Minute Park

Walk around a park until you find a composition. Your scene should be filled with many layers of activity without any dominating elements.

Record in landscape mode on your phone. Keep your shot as steady as you can but don't use a tripod. You could even hold your breath. Check the timecode indicator while filming to make your video exactly 60 seconds. Tap record, let it count up to 60, and tap again. No editing needed!

Upload your One Minute Park to this Are.na channel. Videos should be in .mp4 format. Please include the date, time, park, location in the block's title.

I'm looking forward to this! 🤩

#Park #Video #Nature #Outside #GoOutsideForMe

Die #UniBremen hat gemeinsam mit dem #AWI über ihre Datenplattform #PANGAEA erste wissenschaftliche Datensätze aus den #USA gesichert. Hintergrund sind drohende Budgetkürzungen unter der Regierung von US-Präsident Donald Trump, welche den Verlust wertvoller Klima- und Umweltdaten zur Folge haben könnten.

📸 Kerstin Rolfes und ChatGPT / Universität Bremen

➡️ https://www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet/hochschulkommunikation-und-marketing/aktuelle-meldungen/detailansicht/uni-bremen-und-awi-retten-wertvolle-wissenschaftliche-us-datenbanken

@randahl

Wait until he finds out that the Beatles are English , that Abba is Swedish , that the original versions of Beyond the Sea and My Way are French….

Luckily not books (foreign or American ) will be taxed , they will only be banned .

This country is in freefall ( new motto for the UStandAlone )

#usa #tariffs

@knittingknots2

Wait until he finds out that the Beatles are English , that Abba is Swedish , that the original versions of Beyond the Sea and My Way are French….

Luckily not books (foreign or American ) will be taxed , they will only be banned .

This country is in freefall ( new motto for the UStandAlone )

#usa #tariffs

Never in a million years would I have believed, back in the 2010s, that The White House would be posting hostile 4chan memes.

#TheWhiteHouse #USPol #USA #Trump #POTUS #DonaldTrump

@knittingknots2

Today Jerome Powell is responsible for the disappearance of several ketchup bottles in Florida.

We hope the paint for the walls is not from China.

#usa

@Daojoan
That's partly because #USA set the example on how bad #rightwing, #fascist, "#conservative" politics can be.

Oh, and remember: In #USA, voters "are not going to need to vote anymore". Unless something is done to stop it, #TheOrangeMenace will be in control there for more than a few years.

Der #britishtelegraph berichtet, dass sich die #USA aus der Verhandlerrolle im #ukrainekrieg zurückziehen, da #Putin zu wenig Bereitschaft zeigt!
#breakingNews! Jetzt, wo #Trump seinen #Deal mit der #Ukraine hat, werden die #Waffenlieferungen wieder aufgenommen... die #Aussenpolitik der #Amerikaner scheint sich also doch nicht geändert zu haben, einzig Trump hat eine etwas unkonventionelle Art, um es mal gelinde auszudrücken. Die #NATO lebt demnach also ebenfalls weiter. Es herrscht *Freude*!

@knittingknots2

We are waiting for the decree.
Studies show that individuals with a narcissistic personality structure are constantly seeking attention, control and emotional reactions: this feeds their ego. When this need is blocked, they experience the interaction as a frustration and turn away from their target.

#usa #racistrapistfelon #iran

@knittingknots2

Seriously the National Security Adviser …

Even my children have a privacy screen protector on their phones and laptops.

For the record Privacy screen protector : Like a regular screen protector, these can be made of PET film or tempered glass. However, they have an additional anti-spy layer that limits the viewing angle and distance of the display.

https://www.androidauthority.com/privacy-screen-protectors-explained-970541/

#usa #waltz

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#usa #us #uspol #USPolitics #trump #donaldtrump #gop #maga #musk #elonmusk #doge #tesla #economy #tariff #tariffs #trade #farright #recession #democracy #humanrights #civilrights #china #fascist #fascism #fascists #nazi #spacex #signal #trumpslump #economics

𝐀 𝟐𝐃-𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/1kbdelc/a_2d_styled_sushi_restaurant_in_nyc/

#cool #sushi #NewYork #USA #NYC #food

2 days ago Venezuelans fearing #deportation to #ElSalvador spelled out SOS in #Bluebonnet #Texas

Many Americans:

"Who cares"

The #Trump admin is deporting without #dueProcess, does that matter to you?

"I'm American"

Maybe they are citizens too. Maybe they are noncitizen gang members. Who knows? That's what due process establishes

"This has nothing to do with me"

Without due process, it has everything to do with you. Why do you falsely believe you're immune?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/venezuelans-sos-texas

#USA

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A group of men in the desert spelling out SOS

So the #dealmaker made a deal... first he put lots of pressure on #Zelensky and the #UkrainePeople, lots of young men had to die needless, #Trump knew that #Putin would not go for any #peaceagreement. Now he feels “betrayed” by Putin, now that he got a #GreatDeal for the #USA ... and now hopefully the #US will deliver modern #weaponsystems again. Let's see if all the #anti-NATO talk from #POTUS was just show… oops…yeah... he wants another “great deal” … right. Time for a #divorce, #EU & grow up!

https://youtu.be/zblwcuNONXw
⛔️🇺🇸’That sounds insane': Expert warns about empty shelves due to Trump's tariffs (CNN News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #America #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState

What does it feel like to be a science journalist — or any kind of journalist — in the USA right now? Talia Lavin talked to Deborah Blum, director of the Knight Science Journalism Center at MIT, a specialist in toxicology, and the woman who literally wrote the book on the history of U.S. food regulations. "As a country, we tend to suffer from what I think of as regulatory memory failure. We don't have a sense of what things were like before regulations went into play. Most Americans don't really have a sense of what the environmental landscape of the United States looked like before the EPA, for instance," says Blum. "Instead, we demonize regulation, when often we're really talking about consumer protection. And when we're talking consumer protection, we're talking about protection for every American citizen. But until you have those kinds of universal standards in place, the people who suffer the most are going to be the people who can't afford the good stuff."

https://flip.it/EEAN0S

#Journalism #ScienceJournalism #Media #FoodSafety #RFK #EPA #Regulation #USA #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #Food

Today‘s #headline in #Europe:
#Bloomberg: „the #euro-area economy grew more than exprected at the start of the year“
vs
#wsj: „The #US #economy #shrank last quater. #Imports surged as #businesses rushe to stock ahead of #tariffs, while #consumers held spending in check“ …
#ntv: (translated) #USeconomy shrank beginning #2025 surprisingly around 0.5%

Long story short: If #Trump continues like he started it‘ only a question of time until the #USA is #insolvent just like #Argentina in the past

@TimMaddog
I am absolutly with you. Don‘t get me wrong. The problem is neither the #senate nor the #house/#congress… it‘s the wonna-be #king of the #usa who thinks that he can do whatever he pleases. THAT makes the world such an unsafe place right now… #Trump litterally drives the #world into #war. Normally, #POTUS is the #executiveBranch, only in a major #crisis he can stear with #absolutePower… so he declares everything as a crisis. He thinks he is above the #law… he even bragued about it.

#Trump talks about the #Chinese planing to invade #Taiwan… and how bad the chinese are… the
#truth is Trump WANTS #China (#Xi) to invade Taiwan… not right now b/c the #USA ain‘t really ready for it, but once the two #countries are at #war, the United States can declare all these #debt held by the China as #worthless. Now, THAT is a #deal that looks more like Trump!

#Deutschland braucht #Zuwanderung! Aber, diese Zuwanderung sollte kontrolliert sein. Wir brauchen Menschen von ausserhalb der EU... es kann nicht sein, dass wir uns gegenseitig die #Fachkräfte abwerben. Wichtig wäre es auch sog. #Asylanten möglichst schnell einen #Job zu verschaffen. Wer arbeitet, zahlt in unser #Sozialsystem ein. Eine Prüfung des #Asylantrages kann auch parallel laufen. Hoffentlich kommen jetzt auch Menschen, die aktuell in die #USA wollen und qualifiziert sind zu uns.

@knittingknots2

My advice for today’s laughter.

Watch Jim Cramer ( and his colleagues ) on CNBC (U.S Squawk on the street ) trying to avoid saying that the #racistrapistfelon is an idiot who understands nothing about economics and tariffs .

#usa #tariffs

@knittingknots2

Meanwhile

Germany to Get 99% of Its Power From Solar and Wind on Thursday.

Green electricity will totally dominate Germany’s grid on Thursday, sending power prices below zero again in a reminder of how solar and wind is transforming Europe’s biggest market….

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/green-power-set-to-meet-99-of-germany-s-demand-on-thursday

#usa #germany #energytransition

@knittingknots2

WH meltdown ?

I’m lost.
I thought tariffs were a good thing for Americans.

They said that the Americans should be proud of tariffs . Why do they hide them ?

#usa #tariffs

@knittingknots2

A few remarks.
Cristoffa Combo (his Ligurian name) was not Italian , he was Genoese.
He discovered the islands for the queen and king of Spain.
He never reached the continent, only the Caribbean islands .
The name America comes from Amerigo Vespucci ( or should we now call this country the USC u.s. of Colombia) .

Next time could a reporter ask the #racisrapistfelon the date ( with the year) of the arrival and the names of the boats?

#usa

@seguin__texas@us.fedimeteo.com

https://us.fedimeteo.com/seguin__texas

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #USA

@w7voa

I would never have imagined that one day I might call to make the #usa the 14th territory of Canada, but here we are...😀

Allies could supply the Netherlands under German occupation in the last winter of the second world war with food droppings from the air that saved many lives. Now the USA, Israel and the world can't supply the very small Gaza strip with food. Unbelievable
#gaza #food #usa #israel #geopolitics @geopolitics

Amurica! #Amurica!

Updated the game to the last version with all new changes from today. Also added civilian AI (beta) in town!

Can you collect all 8 forbidden books?

Fight:
- Elon Musk
- Donald Trump
- Vlad Putin
- Mark Zucky

Play as:
- Joe Biden
- Kamala Harris
- Barack Obama
- Volodymyr Zelensky

For Windows (2.7GB)
https://drive.proton.me/urls/TWYSFYYRZM#gsIqG4SsTlzR

#game #US #USA

Gender gaps mark every American generation, but nowhere is the difference in thinking starker than in Gen Z. Big divides between women and men aged 18-29 appear in political and culture issues, according to new poll data. @NBCNews has more:

https://flip.it/jHz6qe

#Culture #Politics #GenZ #USA

@knittingknots2

Now , every time I heard an American speaking of freedom and American values , I laughed

Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

#usa

Palestinian artist and photojournalist Fatima Hassouna and 9 of her family members murdered by Israelis 24 hours after film accepted at Cannes.

https://deadline.com/2025/04/gaza-photojournalist-cannes-doc-killed-israeli-strike-1236370699/

Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people continues with the complicity of the USA and EU.

#israel #USA #EU #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank

@knittingknots2

And they are surprised that Europe doesn’t want u.s food ….

#usa #europe #canada #mexico

@randahl let’s hope that maga lunatic will come to his senses! #trump #usa

@knittingknots2

One remark concerning the photo which illustrated the article

the U.Stand.Alone deported people because they have some tattoos ( like the logo of Real Madrid or the ILY sign )

But did this administration noticed ( look closely to the picture) that, in fact , the members of the MS13 have huge ( and by huge , I mean huge ) M.S.1.3 tattoos on their body ?

#usa #ms13

🔥 Un gigantesque #incendie touche l’État du #NewJersey aux #USA, pourtant peu exposé à ce phénomène. Il a déjà détruit des milliers d’hectares et forcé des milliers de personnes à évacuer.

Können wir aufhören, das #Diktat (bzw der Versuch dessen) der #USA gegen die #Ukraine “Friedensangebot” zu nennen?

#StandWithUkraine #FCKPTN #FCKTRMP #FCKVNC



"I have spent nearly all of my career at Harvard and one of its affiliated hospitals, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in academic surgery and public health. For the past three years, I took a leave to lead the Global Health Bureau at the U.S. Agency for International Development, under the Biden Administration. There I saw firsthand the consequences—in diminished lifespans and economies—of governments with rulers controlling “viewpoint diversity” in civil institutions. At the end of President Biden’s term, I returned to my surgery department, only to watch in dismay, soon after, as the agency was demolished in a matter of weeks. Now the Trump Administration was seeking to do to the university what it had done to U.S.A.I.D. and other federal agencies: defund vital programs, purge and traumatize the staff, and place political reins on what remained.

With U.S.A.I.D., President Donald Trump proved willing to impose catastrophic consequences, including widespread death and financial waste. But that was for people and investments far away. His attacks on universities involve lives and investments here at home.

These attacks are part of a broader assault on America’s health-and-science infrastructure. More than ninety per cent of the nine billion federal dollars for Harvard that are now in danger supports life sciences, primarily through the National Institutes of Health. The university itself receives only a fraction of this funding. Three-quarters of it goes to five independent Boston hospitals affiliated with its medical school: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The threatened defunding, if implemented, would choke off science and research across all of them."

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-cost-of-defunding-harvard

#USA #Trump #Universities #HigherEd #Harvard #Science #ScientificResearch #ResearchHospitals #PublicHealth #Healthcare

Auf ZDFinfo ist wohl heute USA Tag.
Gute Dokus über das rechtsextreme USA.

#ZDFinfo #USA

Please, share this picture widely - also on other platforms.

#Harvard #USA #Unis4Mastodon #X #eXit #solidarity #SciComm #University

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The picture shows the modell of a university on the righthand side. On the lefthand side the text is given: "Universities, now is the time to stand in solidarity with universities in the US whose freedom the government wants to restrict. Leave the X platform now (if not done yet) and help set up independent social media based on Mastodon and the Fediverse. Action Alliance New Social Media."

@knittingknots2

SNL is now more serious than this administration.

#snl #usa

@knittingknots2

Or you can treat people like humans and provide universal healthcare , parents allowances , put a limit to the debt-to-income, social housing , social benefits , ….

#usa

Umweltdaten in Gefahr - Deutsche Forscher retten US-Datenbestände

Wegen der Umstrukturierungen in US-Behörden, die zentrale Plattformen für Umwelt- und Klimadaten bereitstellen, sind Datenbestände gefährdet. Deutsche Einrichtungen engagieren sich für ihre Rettung. Von Oliver Matthes.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/mdr/usa-forschung-datensicherung-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#USA #Forschung #Datensicherung

@knittingknots2

Btw this is the friend of the #racistrapisfelon in 2020

Bukele’s government has been negotiating with MS-13 for a year to reduce homicides and support elections

The proof that Nayib Bukele’s administration is negotiating with the Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) is in its own internal documents.

El Faro obtained copies of hundreds of prison reports confirming dozens of covert meetings between government officials and gang leaders

https://elfaro.net/en/202009/el_salvador/24785/Bukele-Has-Been-Negotiating-with-MS-13-for-a-Reduction-in-Homicides-and-Electoral-Support.htm

#usa

@GutterPoetry @zakalwe

#trump is but a reflection of #american society

it doesn't matter what trump is. there's always been people like trump

the true tragedy is that his shit personality *appeals* to so many americans

true grit, true maturity, is not rewarded in hyper#capitalism

bullying and lying is

trump is a merely the embodiment of the #usa's decline into #authoritarian #plutocracy

"yeah but the #us has always been like that"

there's always worse

this is definitely worse

@randahl 👍 with this video it’s clear, you are not welcome in the #usa 😂

this is not a meme nor a photoshop, this is real

stop illegal *ideas*

at the *border*

!?

it's certainly a new twist on the concept of a thought crime

a new, fucking stupid twist

oh shit... did i just have an idea

oh shit! i'm already inside the country!

we can laugh but:

though the thought police are fucking stupid, they are committed and cruel

we need to do something more than make jokes (he said, in a social media post, making jokes... i know)

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-illegal-ideas-border-security-social-media-post-2058217

#ICE #USA

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if it crosses the US border illegally, it's our to stop it people money products ideas us immigration and customs enforcement ice.gov

@rabenmutterschafft @knittingknots2

For you Texas
Liberty leading the People ( Eugene Delacroix ).
Can be seen in the Louvre Paris

#usa #france #liberty #louvre

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La liberté guidant le peuple . Eugene Delacroix

Texas is almost certainly getting school vouchers — Senate Bill 2 has passed in the state’s House and is likely to have a fairly smooth passage to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. It’s the culmination of a 30-year battle that has until now been blocked by Democrats and rural Republicans.

@TexasObserver takes a look at how it happened. Zeph Capo, the president of the Texas American Federation of Teachers, said in a statement: “Greg Abbott relied on a last ditch phone call from Donald Trump to bully Republican lawmakers to fall in line.”

https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/

#Education #SchoolVouchers #SchoolChoice #GregAbbott #DonaldTrump #USA #Texas #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

5/15

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was charged with illegally entering #Florida as an “unauthorized alien”

https://oklahomavoice.com/2025/04/17/u-s-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez is a #US #Citizen

Born in the #USA

He was on his way to his job in #Tallahassee

The state prosecutor said the court lacked jurisdiction to release Juan because US #ICE asked the jail to hold him

#LeonCounty Judge LaShawn Riggans inspected Juan’s birth certificate and released him any way

To his mother's embrace

#American #Gestapo #RacialProfiling

@randahl maybe it's for #trump hasn't been greatful enough to #France for giving #USA their freedom from #UK 😜

@knittingknots2

I corrected the title :

ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Joins Education War With Threat to Students.

#usa #education

Controversial Proposal:

Canada should refuse all travellers from the USA at the border until the USA government restores adherance to its democratic constitution including due process.

Only asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants, would be admitted.

-- This would be one very strong way for Canada to use the few levers it has to influence the democratic process --

(note: the target here is American citizens entering as a visitor/tourism)

#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #uspoli

#IRS Is Actually Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke #Harvard’s #TaxExempt Status — Cuz #USA Is An #Autocracy Now

The move would be a major violation of the law upon orders from the #Trump admin as it attempts to choke off federal money & support for #research & #academia in US #universities.

[Jiminy Cricket am I editorializing & cursing in print more & more now that muther f⁕⚠︎er is in office!]

#law #AntiIntellectualism #RevengePolitics #extortion #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=45189BD7-601D-485A-8FE9-6A8489FF334F

Ich mein, in China läuft sicher auch einiges sehr schlecht, aber die Antwort von dem Typen ist schon geil! 🤭🤪😆
#trump #TrumpLies #usa

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Das Bild zeigt ein Twitter-Post von Rep. Elise Stefanik ([@]RepStefanik), das um 2:30 Uhr am 01/02/2022 veröffentlicht wurde. Das Post enthält den Text: "America FIRST. China LAST." Es hat 303 Retweets, 349 Quote Tweets und 1.365 Likes. Darunter befindet sich ein Kommentar von Chen Weihua ([@]c...), der China-zustellender Medienvertreter ist, der auf das ursprüngliche Post von Stefanik reagiert. Chen Weihua schreibt: "First in what? Covid infections and deaths? Gun violence? Prison population? Number of homeless people? Bombs dropped in foreign countries? National Debt of $30 trillion? Number of idiot politicians like you?..." Das Bild zeigt auch die Anzahl der Kommentare (1.304), Retweets (10.4K) und Likes (45.7K) des Kommentars von Chen Weihua.

In einem mit zahlreichen Links gespickten Essay erklärt @ardenthistorian noch mal, warum das, was in den #USA passiert, #Faschismus genannt werden muss:
https://www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/trumps-faschismus-nennen/

Visitors to U.S. Take Extreme Precautions as #Trump Continues March of #Fascism

The #EuropeanCommission has started issuing #burner #phones and stripped-down #laptops to staff visiting the U.S. over concerns that the treatment of visitors to the country has become a #security risk, according to a new report from the Financial Times.
#privacy #surveillance #burnerphones #TravelAdvice #us #usa

https://gizmodo.com/visitors-to-u-s-take-extreme-precautions-as-trump-continues-march-of-fascism-2000589040

Harvard University says it will "not accept" 10 demands by the Trump administration, which are ostensibly to address antisemitism and include shuttering of DEI programs and restricting acceptance of international students who are "hostile to the American values and institutions." In an email to the university community, President Alan M. Garber said Harvard had been told it would need to comply if it would like to "maintain financial relationship with the federal government." Here's more from NBC.

https://flip.it/TBYyWd

#University #HarvardUniversity #Education #HigherEducation #Politics #TrumpAdministration #DEI #USA #UnitedStates #Antisemitism

@knittingknots2

Meanwhile EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fears

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/eu-issues-us-bound-staff-with-burner-phones-over-spying-fears/ar-AA1CTjdK

#usa #europe #canada #mexico #china #boycottusa

Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-#Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram

from #DropSiteNews
Waqas Ahmed, Nicholas Rodelo, Ryan Grim, and Murtaza Hussain
Apr 11, 2025

"A sweeping crackdown on posts on #Instagram and #Facebook that are critical of #Israel—or even vaguely supportive of #Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta data obtained by Drop Site News. The data show that #Meta has complied with 94% of takedown requests issued by Israel since October 7, 2023. Israel is the biggest originator of takedown requests globally by far, and #Meta has followed suit—widening the net of posts it automatically removes, and creating what can be called the largest mass #censorship operation in modern history."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#Gaza #politics #Palestine #MiddleEast
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump #SocialMedia #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#news #press @palestine @israel

"She is 30 years old, shy and prone to nervous laughter. She cannot work, because her laptop was confiscated. She plays chess with other women when the guards allow it. Otherwise, she passes the time reading books about evolution and cell development.

For nearly eight weeks, Kseniia Petrova has been captive to the hard-line immigration policies of the Trump administration. A graduate of a renowned Russian physics and technology institute, Ms. Petrova was recruited to work at a laboratory at Harvard Medical School. She was part of a team investigating how cells can rejuvenate themselves, with the goal of fending off the damage of aging.

On Feb. 16, customs officials detained her at Logan International Airport in Boston for failing to declare samples of frog embryos she had carried from France at the request of her boss at Harvard.

Such an infraction is normally considered minor, punishable with a fine of up to $500. Instead, the customs official canceled Ms. Petrova’s visa on the spot and began deportation proceedings. Then Ms. Petrova told her that she had fled Russia for political reasons and faced arrest if she returned there.

This is how she wound up at the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, La., waiting for the U.S. government to decide what to do with her.

Ms. Petrova’s case is being watched by thousands of young, highly educated Russians who, like her, fled the country after Russia invaded Ukraine."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/science/russian-scientist-ice-detained-harvard.html

#USA #Trump #Harvard #Universities #HigherEd #Russia #Deportation

#USA #Trump

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/photojournalist-witnesses-venezuelan-migrants-arrival-in-el-salvador-60-minutes/

“‘The president made it very clear: When the United States is punched, he will punch back harder,’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters”

(Irish Independent, today)

#trump #USA #fascism #tariffs #tradeWar

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Goose chasing person meme: goose says: who started the fight? Who started the fight motherfucker?

@randahl unfortunate there will be probably no free and fair election anymore in the #usa

@knittingknots2

Ideas are bulletproof….

https://youtu.be/oQhLdqTFGpY

#usa #ice

“Ever notice how Russia’s always the bad guy?” Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted back in March, claiming that Hollywood is responsible for the world’s negative perception of the former USSR. @damemagazine’s Zeb Larson says actually Marj, it’s a bit more complicated than that. He takes us from the 19th century through WWII and the Cold War to today to explain America and Russia’s constantly evolving relationship.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/08/hasnt-russia-always-been-our-worst-enemy/

#History @histodons #Russia #USA #MarjorieTaylorGreene #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Amanda Johnston is Texas’ first Black woman poet laureate. She spoke to @TexasObserver about how she’s using her platform to build something bigger — a project called Praisesongs for the People. This involves her recruiting poets from throughout the state to write poems for unsung Texas heroes. Sebastian Páramo wrote about his mother, a school lunch lady, who, he wrote, “taught me to season myself.” Mag Gabbert wrote about the oncologist treating her mother for cancer who, in Johnston’s words, “is carrying hope into each of these families' lives.”

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-first-black-woman-poet-laureate-praise/

#Literature #Poetry #Books #Culture @bookstodon #AmandaJohnston @blackmastodon #USA #Texas #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

"Regulatory #uncertainty, #funding cuts, #immigration restrictions, & diminished international collaboration create a perfect storm for #BrainDrain," said Gray McDowell at…Capgemini Invent.

…#Europe's political leaders feel the stance of the #Trump admin has put wind in their sails.

"The American government is currently using brute force against the #universities in the #USA, so that #researchers from #America are now contacting Europe," #Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, said.

@Nonilex And, guess what, #Canada #Mexico #Europe don't want your goods either. I hear that Russia's looking for a good deal #USA but you won't like the exchange rate.

I don’t plan to travel to the United States in the foreseeable future – the risk is too high for me. For those who don’t have a choice, this article contains some good advice.

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

#privacy #usa #digitalselfdefence

@knittingknots2

The USA has shown its weakness: bonds.

It was known but now it is confirmed and proven.

The rest of the world has noticed it and will use it to put pressure .

It is even worst , normally when shares go down , people buy u.s bonds . That was not the case this time (quite the opposite) , that means that nobody have trust in the u.s

#usa #china #europe #canada #mexico #japan #eu

@jwildeboer as with Putine you can’t trust a single word. Impossible to understand why anyone would vote a second time for a second term of #usa embarrassments and humiliation.

@knittingknots2

So what happened to the fentanyl crisis with Canada ? 
What happened to the national emergency with the rest of the world ?

Hope that EU is not going to change anything on the tariffs ( the 10% are still there) , tired of the drama queen ….

#usa #europe #eu #canada #mexico #china #boycottusa

Capitalists: capitalism and democracy are inextricable.

Also capitalists: “US Marine Corps Maj Gen Smedley Darlington Butler claimed he was recruited by a group of Wall Street financiers to lead a fascist coup against FDR and the US government in the summer of 1933 … Members included JP Morgan, Jr, Irénée du Pont, Robert Sterling Clark of the Singer sewing machine fortune, and the chief executives of General Motors, Birds Eye and General Foods.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/11/trump-fdr-roosevelt-coup-attempt-1930s

None of this is new or surprising.

#USA #capitalism #fascism

@randahl what if other carmakers open factories in the #usa . Something #trump wants. A whole lotta competition i think. So, #tesla Will not survive this also.

@randahl i suppose this is also bad News for #fracking or i’m a wrong? If so, that’s the good News. #oil #usa

terrifying video

#ICE (#homelandSecurity investigations) rolling up to kidnap a young woman, interrupted by her lawyer (she probably called him)

racial profiling of the lawyer's colleague- assuming she's their target

performing a "welfare check"

bullshit

that's local police's job

a plain clothed goon squad of 5 federal employees?

that's for abducting people

video is from james rivera an attorney in northern #virginia

https://www.tiktok.com/@7jimmie77

this country is fucked

#USA

@knittingknots2

The return of the Chicken Tax which is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks imposed in 1964 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to tariffs placed by France and West Germany on importation of U.S. chicken.

may be it is why the U.S don’t have light trucks/cars that they could sold in Europe ? You know no more competition , we are in our bubble, we are greedy ( bigger cars bigger profit) ….

#usa #europe #eu #boycottusa

@knittingknots2

I laughed when I read that

…Bessent joined Soros Fund Management (SFM) in 1991 and was a partner there throughout the 1990s, eventually becoming head of the London office… (Wikipedia)

in 3,2,1 …. A scapegoat is born for the Gaga .

#usa #tariffs

Unbelievable how every reference to #achievements from #women or non-whites is being scrubbed from locations, education and the internet.

They are really trying to get the #USA back to a period where only white men were honored and only white men could vote.

And it depends on the American people whether they let this government change the nature of America, reduce the prosperity of America and return to a period of child labor, no vaccines and no representation for most.

@lovelylovely

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Wooden figures are depicted, with on the right one figure holding a sign featuring a prohibition symbol. On the left a group of similar wooden figures facing the figure with the sign. The image has a blue border at the top and bottom with text. The top text reads, "USA: in 2025 it started. A group of white men," and the bottom text reads, "disenfranchised everybody who did not look like them."

HANDS OFF!

The Contrarian, the country, and true patriots like Alice Yee prepare for tomorrow's National Day of Action
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/hands-off

Interviews with some of the major players involved in organizing the #HandsOff protest including: Ezra Levin, Maria Peralta, Ana María Archila,and Rahna Epting.

Also a a special shout-out to Alice Yee, who is still protesting at 105 years old.

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Trump #Musk #GOP #Coup #Corruption #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA

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Text and photo from article: Text: We know that people from every walk of life (and from multiple political persuasions) are planning to add their voices to the chorus of those who have simply had enough. Every voice counts. We would, however, like to give a special shout-out to Alice Yee, hailing from La Jolla, CA. Alice is 105 years old, so was born when Woodrow Wilson was president. She’s observed the administrations of 15 presidents in her lifetime, so is especially attuned to recognize a rotten one. Not long ago, she (in the red beanie) lead a protest of “oldies” (her term) eager to share their disgust with Donald Trump. Photo: Alice Yee protesting with her walker followed by others, one of which is in a wheelchair. Text: Alice is now in rehab, but completely undeterred. She’s oiling up her walker for Saturday’s National Day of collective action.

"All across the country, people got out and protested today. Big rallies and small ones. In some places, people lined city streets and waved at passing cars. Elsewhere, people gathered in parks or in front of state office buildings.

Birmingham, Alabama, was one of those cities...

Some of my favorite signs"
-Joyce Vance
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/hands-off

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #ProtestSigns #Signs #HandsOff #Birmingham #Alabama #USA #US #Trump #Musk #GOP #Politics #USPol #USPolitics #News

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Protestor holding a bright pink sign with the text, "WTF RFK jr?"

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An older couple holding a sign that reads, "My father fought fascism in World War II so we would not have to at home. -- I'm sorry Dad!"

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A group of protestors, one of which is holding a sign that says, "If we comply, democracy will die. Law firms, universities, corporations, politicians, the media, SCOTUS."

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A protestor holds up a sign with an illustration of Elon Musk jumping in the air with his shirt up and his belly showing, and the text, "Nobody voted for this absolute MAGAt funkin, tiny little prick." There's a drawing of an exploding cybertruck to the left and a falling stock market arrow to the right.

"And then today, across the country, millions of people turned out for #HandsOff protests...

In #SanFrancisco, where Buddy and I joined a protest, what jumped out to me was how many of the signs in the crowd called for the protection of the U.S. Constitution, our institutions, and the government agencies that keep us safe."
-Heather Cox Richardson
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-5-2025

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #California #USA #US #HeatherCoxRichardson #Politics #Constitution #Government #ProtestSigns

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A protest sign with the text, "Real Americans respect the Constitution!"

"those who were a part of the #HandsOff gatherings had a momentous experience, wherever they were...

Millions gathered in all 50 states, several territories, #Canada, #Mexico, and #Europe to protest #DonaldTrump and #ElonMusk. ...

people joined an estimated 1,400 protests... a response to the “hostile takeover” of #American rights and freedoms"
- Dan Rather
https://steady.substack.com/p/fortunate-son-now-and-then

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #ProtestSigns #Trump #Musk #GOP #Politics #USPol #US #USA

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A protestor wearing a "Make Lying Wrong Again" baseball cap holds up a sign that reads, "This crisis is not right vs left, but right vs wrong."

Some #HandsOff protest signs from Don Moynihan's article about how #SocialSecurity is under threat from Trump, the GOP, Elon Musk and Doge.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/as-savings-crater-social-security

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #ProtestSigns #US #USA #Politics #USPol #Trump #Musk #Doge #GOP

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A group of protestors march down a street holding signs that read, left to right, "Hands off veteran services", "Hands off cancer research", and "Hands off social security."

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A grinning protestor holds up a sign that reads, "Keep your tiny hands off my social security!!"

"“There is no noise as powerful as the sound of marching feet of a determined people.”

- MLK

Truly an incredible day.

Thank you those who marched and rallied, and thank you to those who organized these events around the country. I know how hard you’re working.

My rally in #Cincinnati was packed with thousands, and we marched from Music Hall to City Hall"
- David Pepper
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/marching-feet-of-a-determined-people

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #HandsOff #Quote #MLK #NoKings #Ohio #USA #US #USPol

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A protestor in a pink coat holds a sign that reads, "No kings"

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A group of protestors stand under cloudy skies. One of the protestors is flying a US flag upside down.

Marisa Kabas wrote about a #HandsOff protest with a very specific message in the small conservative town Sackets Harbor. Of about 1300 residents, apx 1000 came out to protest against the unlawful detainment/disappearance of a hardworking mother & her three children. All of whom were going through the proper procedures to become legal immigrants.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-harbor-tom-homan-jaime-cook

Here's a thread of her article:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/114293023693850921

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Immigration #ICE #NewYork #USA #News

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Screenshot of a social media post (Fediverse) with text and screenshot of text and photos from article. Text: " #HandsOff a #protest in the tiny town of Sackets Harbor, NY... A worker on a local dairy farm who had no criminal record and was awaiting legal #immigration proceedings was disappeared late last month by #ICE along with her 3 children... whisked away to #Texas. And around 1,000 people came together this weekend to rally for their safe return and to send a message that this won’t be tolerated there—or anywhere." https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-harbor-tom-homan-jaime-cook Screenshot: Text: ... too long to share ... Photos: Photo 1: A protestor holds up a sign that reads, "Snatching kids = lifelong trauma" Photo 2: A protestor holds up a sign that reads, "Innocent Children Exploited" in a vertical format with I, C and E in red ink, spelling ICE down the left side.

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Screen shot of a social media post (Fediverse) with text and screenshot of text and photo from article. Text: "These types of arrests—known as “collateral detention”—are becoming more common. “What we have been seeing is #ICE at random detaining people who are not the people they’re looking for,” Murad Awawdeh, president & CEO of the #NewYork Immigration Coalition [said]. “They go in allegedly looking for someone else & then they’ll take whoever they can find just so they can meet their quota numbers that #DonaldTrump has put in place.”" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-harbor-tom-homan-jaime-cook Screenshot: Text: These types of arrests—known as “collateral detention”—are becoming more common. “What we have been seeing is ICE at random detaining people who are not the people they’re looking for,” Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, told The Intercept. “They go in allegedly looking for someone else and then they’ll take whoever they can find just so they can meet their quota numbers that Donald Trump has put in place.” As protesters marched by Homan’s waterfront home on Saturday, a sign on a neighbor’s lawn—a photo of which was shared with me by rally attendee Ginger Storey-Welch—read: “WE NO LONGER HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN POLITICAL OPINION. WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN MORALITY.” Photo: A protestor holds up a sign that reads, "Nazis used trains. Ice uses planes."

"Yesterday, millions of Americans rallied nationwide at #HandsOff! protests, taking a stand against the Trump-Musk chaos regime... The energy was electric as #Americans delivered a clear message to #Trump & #Musk: Hands off our #Constitution.

Now, the real work continues. We must never stop fighting for #democracy. Never stop organizing. Never stop speaking out."
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/april-5-millions-take-to-the-streets

Video of #protests around the country.

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Video #Politics #USPol #US #USA #News

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Video still and headline from The Contrarian. Video still: A protestor holds up a skeleton that is wearing a USAID ball cap and "holding" a sign that reads, "Willing to lend Congress a spine!"

"They came out in defense of #NationalParks & small businesses, public #education & #health care for #veterans, #abortion rights & fair #elections. They marched against #tariffs & #oligarchs, dark money & #fascism, the deportation of legal immigrants & #DOGE.

Demonstrators had no shortage of causes as they gathered in towns and cities across the country on Saturday to protest Trump’s agenda."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/anti-trump-protests-hands-off.html

#Resist #Resistance #HandsOff #Protest #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #USA #US

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Headline and video still with embedded caption from The New York Times: Headline: Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy. Video still: Protestors march together and hold up signs signaling their opposition to President Trump and his administration’s cuts to the federal government. Some signs read, "Hands Off!", "Hands off social security", "Hands off voting rights", and "Don't be a chicken in a coup." Embedded caption: Protesters Rally Against Trump and Musk Across the U.S.

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Protestors fill the streets in Manhattan.

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Protestors fill the National Mall in Washington DC.

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Protestors in Atlanta raise their voices and their protest signs, one of which reads, "Hands off civil rights"

More photos of the #HandsOff protests from the New York Times article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/anti-trump-protests-hands-off.html

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #Chicago #USA #US #News #USNews #USPol

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Protestors arching in midtown Atlanta on Saturday. Some of the signs read, "Hands off my education", "Hands off democracy" and "Stop the coup". One protestor is flying a US flag upside down.

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A young protestor holds up a sign that says, "Stop Trump" in Daley Plaza in Chicago on Saturday.

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Protestors fill the streets in Chicago.

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Protestors march in Chicago.

More #photos of the #HandsOff protests from the New York Times article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/anti-trump-protests-hands-off.html

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #NewYork #Phoenix #Arizona #Georgia #USA #USPol

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A group of protestors in Phoenix hold up protest signs. The central sign reads, "My democracy is not for sale."

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A rally in Phoenix. Many people attending Saturday’s rallies carried American flags, and several displayed them upside down in protest.

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Protestors in New York. One of the signs reads, "So awful, even the introverts are here."

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Protestors at the Georgia State Capitol.

"I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would show up in the big cities & the bluest places, but what really exhilarated me was to see the turnout in reddest America--#Utah, #Nebraska, #Missouri, #Indiana, #Iowa, #Idaho--and small communities not known for their #protests...

some early estimates say well over three million people showed up."
- Rebecca Solnit

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-stood-up-april-5-hands-off-day-of-action/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #HandsOff #USPol #News #USA

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Social media post from Nate Blouin with text and photo. Text: This is Utah in case anyone's wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this. Photo: A large mass of people protesting.

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Social media post from Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway with text and photo. Text: Hands Off Madison Wisconsin! Hands off our democracy #HandsOff Photo: Protestors fill a very long straight street.

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Social media post by Art Candee with text and photo. Text: Large crowd of protestors in Omaha, Nebraska at the Hands Off! protest! Love to see it!! Photo: A large crowd of protestors.

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Social media post by Rep Zooey Zephyr with text and photo. Text: Great showing at Missoula's Hands Off rally today. It was an honor to get to speak briefly, and to introduce the folks doing amazing work on the ground here in Missoula. Photo: Shot from above shows a mass of people in front of an old fashioned building, probably a city government building.

"There are 1280 US #protests listed for today and many more not on the list. THAT is BIG. 686 were counted in the #US for the January 21, 2017, Women's March, in which 1% of the country marched, and that was until today the biggest single day of protest in this country's #history."
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-stood-up-april-5-hands-off-day-of-action/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #HandsOff #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA

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Social media post from Tim Onion with text and photo. Text: New York Fucking City. A full mile of people filled to the brim. Fascism is going to lose. Photo: Protestors fill the street in New York City.

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Social media post from ActionAlaska.bsky.social with text and photo. Text: OMG! Over 1500 people showed up in Anchorage, Alaska to say #HandsOff our democracy, our veterans, our social security, our schools, our Medicaid, our jobs, our 401ks and our democracy! #StandUpAlaska Photo: A large group of protestors, many of whom are carrying signs.

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Social media post by Prescott Indivisible with text and photos. Text: Over 1600 patriotic Americans made it to the #PrescottAZ Courthouse Square. it was probably closer to 2000. 2000 people showing up in red Yavapai County might seem hard to believe, but we have been organizing here awhile now. Photos: four photos of large groups of protestors carrying signs.

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Social media post by Jeff Sharlet with text: I'm in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, today, deep red country -- remember the video of the woman being dragged out of a town hall by goons? That was here. Town of 44K. 1,000 turned out to protest. North of here, in even more extremist country, smaller town, 700. That's a little good, brave news.

"insurrectionary sentences... drawn from nature. One goes "They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds." Seeds germinate underground, and they send up their shoots in the springtime. The other sentence goes, "They can cut down the flowers but they can't stop the spring." Be seeds, be the spring. Be the insurrection. Be civil society. Be what happens."
- Rebecca Solnit
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-stood-up-april-5-hands-off-day-of-action/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #US #USA #USPol #Quotes

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Text from article: I want to end with two of the most beautiful insurrectionary sentences I know on this beautiful spring day, sentences drawn from nature. One goes "They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds." Seeds germinate underground, and they send up their shoots in the springtime. The other sentence goes, "They can cut down the flowers but they can't stop the spring." Be seeds, be the spring. Be the insurrection. Be civil society. Be what happens.

Creative, pissed off people.
And some amazing political cartoons.
by Susan Niemann
https://adchick.substack.com/p/creative-pissed-off-people

"Yesterday was inspirational. I had to gather my favorite protest signs because wow… Americans are damned creative, and not happy!

Here are a few of my favorites."

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #ProtestSigns #Signs #US #USA #USPol #Hegseth #PeteHegseth #History #GulfOfMexico

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A protest sign that shows an silhouette of a man on a horse in a tricorn hat holding a cell phone, with the text, "One if by land, two if by see, WTF?! Hegseth just texted me!?"

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A protest sign that says, "Don't make me repeat myself. ~History"

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A smiling young protestor holds a sign that reads, "But... it was the Gulf of Mexico at birth."

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A protest sign that reads, "Honk if you never drunk texted war plans."

"Over 1,400 “Hands Off!” mass-action protests were held at state capitols, federal buildings, congressional offices, Social Security’s headquarters, parks and city halls throughout the entire country – anywhere “we can make sure they hear us,” organizers said. “Hands Off!” demands “an end to this billionaire power grab.”"
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/us/hands-off-protests-trump-musk/index.html

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #USPol #News #US #USA

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A protestor holds an upside down US flag draped across their arms and back. Attached to the flag is a protest sign which reads, "Dump Trump. Resist fascism."

"Opponents of #DonaldTrump and billionaire #ElonMusk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on #government downsizing, the #economy, #HumanRights and other issues.

More than 1,200 #HandsOff demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including #CivilRights organizations, #labor unions, #LBGTQ+ advocates, #veterans and elections activists."
https://abc7.com/post/us-politics-hands-off-protests-president-donald-trump-billionaire-elon-musk-underway-united-states/16131309/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #Trump #Musk #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA

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Protesters carry signs and chant slogans in protest to the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across from the Federal Building in Los Angeles, March 22, 2025.

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Protesters carry signs and chant slogans against the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Miami.

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Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

"The crowd easily numbered in the tens of thousands, starting with an afternoon kickoff in Pershing Square, followed by a march to City Hall and a sunset rally there that filled the street and adjacent Grand Park.

The #demonstration was peaceful, colorful and creative, but there also was a palpable and diverse sense of outrage"
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-05/rump-protests-kick-off-in-l-a-and-around-the-nation

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #Trump #Musk #GOP #USPol #News #LosAngeles #California #US #USA

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Protesters demonstrate at a “Hands Off!” rally against the Trump administration on Saturday in Los Angeles.

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People gather for the “Hands Off!’” demonstration in opposition to the Trump administration’s tariffs, program cuts and mass layoffs of federal workers at Hollywood and Vermont in Los Angeles. Some of the protest signs read, "Childless cat lady against fascism" and "Morons Are Governing America" with the MAGA in red down the left.

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Protesters hold signs as they march during the nationwide “Hands Off!” protest against President Trump in downtown Los Angeles. The street is absolutely filled with protestors.

“This mass mobilization day is our message to the #world that we do not consent to the destruction of our #government & our #economy for the benefit of #Trump & his billionaire allies,” according to the event description for the #HandsOff protest. “Alongside #Americans across the country, we are marching, rallying, & protesting to demand a stop [to] the chaos & build an opposition movement against the looting of our country.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-05/rump-protests-kick-off-in-l-a-and-around-the-nation

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #News #USA

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A large balloon with an image of President Trump floats above demonstrators dressed as characters from “The Handmaid’s Tale” during the nationwide “Hands Off!” protest against Trump in downtown Los Angeles. (Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty Images)

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Protesters hold up signs at the “Hands Off!’” demonstration in Los Angeles. One sign, held up by a protestor in clown makeup, reads, "Elect clowns, expect a circus!" Another sign declares, "Down with fascists!" (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times)

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People gather in Pasadena for a Trump protest. One protestor holds up a sign which reads, "No kings in America." (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times)

"Tens of thousands of #protesters mustered in cities and towns across the country on Saturday to sound off against the #Trump administration's cuts to the federal #government and its policies.

Carrying homemade posters and chanting "Hands Off," the protesters came out to the more than 1,200 rallies nationwide despite rain in many cities"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/huge-crowds-gather-hands-off-rallies-nationwide-protest/story?id=120523176

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #Trump #GOP #Musk #SocialSecurity #GeorgeWashington #Congress #News #US #USA

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Protesters attend a "Hands Off" rally to demonstrate against President Donald Trump on the National Mall, on April 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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Demonstrators rally against President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk during a 'Hands Off!' protest on the Washington Monument grounds, in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters Some of the signs read, "Hands off my social security!", "Hands off HHS", "You wanted cheap eggs, but got measles instead", and "Protect due process."

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Demonstrators gather outside the Minnesota State Capitol during the nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump and his advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 5, 2025. Tim Evans/AFP via Getty Images A huge mass of people just fill the area.

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A demonstrator dressed as George Washington marches during the "Hands Off Massachusetts! Rally/March" in Boston, on April 5, 2025. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images He holds a sign that reads, "George Washington told Congress #NoKings "

""Our founders wrote a #Constitution that did not begin with 'We the dictators,'" Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told the crowd gathered on the National Mall in #WashingtonDC, where organizers said over 100,000 people gathered.

He slammed the administration for several of its policies, including Donald Trump's implementing of #tariffs on nearly every country."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/huge-crowds-gather-hands-off-rallies-nationwide-protest/story?id=120523176

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #USA #US

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Demonstrators rally against President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk during a 'Hands Off!' protest, in Asheville, North Carolina, April 5, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

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People fill 5th Avenue during a demonstration against President Donald Trump, in New York, April 5, 2025. Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

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People protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Alex Brandon/AP The most obvious sign reads, "Fascism will fail"

"Demonstrators... united in opposition to the #Trump administration with the single message: "Hands off!"
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"We took an oath long ago to protect against all enemies foreign and domestic, and I don't think either Sonya or I ever imagined that we would have to kick in on the domestic piece of our oath, but we have, we are, and we will," said Boland, who said she served in the Army and Air Force. "
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/05/nx-s1-5353388/hands-off-protests-washington-dc

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #News #US #USA

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Demonstrators gather Saturday on Boston Common during the nationwide "Hands Off" protests against President Trump and Elon Musk, in Boston. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Several protestors hold a large upside down US flag stretched across the front of the photo. Some of the protest signs read, "Stop mass deportation & kidnapping" and "History does not forgive silence"

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Protesters gather during a "Hands Off" protest against the policies of President Trump and Elon Musk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images The protestor front and center wears a t-shirt that reads, "Get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble. ~John Lewis" Behind him is a sign that reads, "Free speech is an American right!"

"Paul Osadebe, a #lawyer for the #US Dept of Housing and Urban Development and a labor union steward, criticized #Trump, #Musk and others in the admn...

"Billionaires and #oligarchs don't value anything other than profit and power, and they sure as hell don't value you or your life or your community," he said. "And we're seeing that they don't care who they have to destroy or who they have to hurt to get what they want.""
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-musk-hands-off-demonstrators-protest/

#Resist #Resistance #HandsOff #News #US #USA

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Protesters attend a "Hands Off" rally to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump on the National Mall on April 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. / Getty Images One protestor waves a Ukrainian flag. Another waves an upside down US flag. Others hold signs that read, "Proud to protest against tyrants", "Mass noncompliance is the only way to end this", and "Trump lies. Musk spies" with a swastika beside Musk's name.

From Manhattan to Alaska, protesters rally against Trump and Musk
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-tariffs-protests-democracy-hands-off-6eefb02bad92d71b9066d49c23f551b3

Lots of great photos! Too many to share all or even most of them. There's no paywall, so click on the link to see.

Here's a few of my favorites.

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #ProtestSigns #Trump #GOP #Musk #Politics #USPol #News #Photos #US #USA

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Demonstrators hold up signs during a “Hands Off!” protest against Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) One sign reads, "I need to be able to tell my grandchildren I did NOT stay silent."

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Protestors shout slogans as they march during a “Hands Off!” protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) A bunch of young protestors who have obviously coordinated with each other. Two of the signs are in the shape of giant hands (one left, one right), both say, "Hands off!" Other signs are in the shape of hearts and say, "Hands off our Constitution", "Hands off our freedoms", "Hands off our rights", "Hands off our unions", and "Hands off our LGBTQ rights"

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A demonstrator carries a sign during a “Hands Off!” protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) The sign has a photo of Donald Trump and the text, "Not my dictator"

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Demonstrators carry signs during the “Hands Off!” protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The center sign says, "These clowns are stealing from you." With images of Trump in clown makeup, and Elon Musk in clown/Nazi makeup.

More photos from the AP collection of photos.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-tariffs-protests-democracy-hands-off-6eefb02bad92d71b9066d49c23f551b3

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #News #Pennsylvania #California #US #USA

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Demonstrators rally in Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, on Saturday, April 5, 2025, during a protest against President Donald Trump, part of the “Hands Off” rallies held nationwide. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) One protestor has made signs in the shape of arms and hands and is holding them up so they are an extension of her own arms. One sign says, "Hands" and the other says, "Off".

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Protesters form a human banner on Ocean Beach during a protest against President Donald Trump, part of the “Hands Off” rallies held nationwide, in San Francisco, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Photo from high up in the air (probably a drone) shows the protestors standing in organized rows to form a huge double ringed circle with a US flag in the center with the text, "Hands off democracy"

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Demonstrators hold a rally at the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., during the “Hands Off!” national day of protest against the Trump Administration on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Zach Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP) One of the signs reads, "Dumb Oligarchs Grifting Everybody" with the letters on the left forming DOGE. Another reads, "Don't buy a swasticar! F-Elon." A third reads, "Stop the war on truth."

‘Hands Off’ rally in Saranac Lake
Hundreds of locals rally to protest federal government
https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2025/04/hands-off-rally-in-saranac-lake/

"The protestors want the government’s #HandsOff a lot of things — immigrants, veterans’ #health care, #LGBTQ+ rights, #SocialSecurity, schools, #women, #penguins, the #FirstAmendment, the climate, #Canada, #Greenland and the #Constitution. Signs primarily focused on #DonaldTrump and his billionaire advisor #ElonMusk."

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #News #NewYork #US #USA

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Jump Miller leads a crowd of hundreds of protestors down River Street on Saturday at one of hundreds of “Hands Off” rallies around the country. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) His sign says, "Cuts that deep kill a nation"

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Helen Demong and Dorothy Waldt walk in a crowd of hundreds of protestors down Broadway on Saturday at one of hundreds of “Hands Off” rallies around the country. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) The front sign reads, "By the people, for the people. Remember? No kings."

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Hundreds of protestors turned out on Saturday to Saranac Lake’s “Hands Off” rally, one of hundreds around the country that day. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) One sign reads, "Stop trampling our laws and morality." Another reads, "Human rights belong to everyone"

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Dana Fast, who survived the Holocaust in Poland as a child, attended Saranac Lake’s “Hands Off” rally on Saturday, one of hundreds around the country that day. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) An older lady sits in front of a sign that reads, "I survived the Holocaust. I don't want another one."

Massive Crowds March Downtown Against Trump, Musk At ‘Hands Off’ Protest

An estimated 30,000 people joined the Chicago edition of the “Hands Off” day of action, which saw communities across the country protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to government and stripping of rights.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/05/massive-crowds-march-downtown-against-trump-musk-at-hands-off-protest/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #Trump #Musk #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #Chicago #Illinois #US #USA

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Thousands of demonstrators gather in Daley Plaza to protest against President Donald Trump’s agenda as part of a national day of action on Saturday April 5, 2025. Credit: Jim Vondruska for Block Club Chicago

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Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest against President Donald Trump’s agenda as part of a national day of action on Saturday April 5, 2025. Credit: Jim Vondruska for Block Club Chicago One of the protestors in a Donald Trump in a diaper blow up costume.

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Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest against President Donald Trump’s agenda as part of a national day of action on Saturday April 5, 2025. Credit: Jim Vondruska for Block Club Chicago A protestor stands on a raised area and hold a blue pink and white Trans visibility flag above their head.

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Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest against President Donald Trump’s agenda as part of a national day of action on Saturday April 5, 2025. Credit: Jim Vondruska for Block Club Chicago Protestors photographed from the back. One holds a US flag. Another has an upside down US flag draped across their back with the text, "Resist" written on it.

from me:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/114294995354863540

I've been seeing a lot of creative #ProtestSigns. Many of which made me nod, some of which made me smile, and a few of which made me laugh out loud. This one made me tear up.

I was still a girl when the first #StarWars movie came out. The first Halloween costume I made for myself was a Princess Leia outfit. That character was one of the first strong female heroes I'd encountered.

"A woman's place is in the resistance." Indeed it is.

#Resist #Resistance #USA

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A protestor holds a sign with text on the left that reads, "A woman's place is in the resistance." And a picture of Princess Leia on the right.

Millions of protestors took to the streets of the U.S. on Saturday for the Hands Off protests. @jkottke of @kottke has collated links to some of the best photography, including shots from @TheAtlantic, @npr and more.

https://flip.it/NxBNzl

#Photography #Photos #HandsOff #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #Protests #USA

"Die segensreiche Phase der Globalisierung ist zu Ende"

Die von den USA angekündigten Zölle haben alle Befürchtungen übertroffen. Vor allen Dingen die deutschen Schlüsselbranchen, Auto, Maschinenbau, Chemie, rechnen mit deutlichen Einbußen. Von Stefan Wolff.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/weltwirtschaft/zoelle-114.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#USA #Zoelle #Folgen #Wirtschaft #Maschinenbau #Automobile #Chemie

@randahl He silenced also over the 4 dead #usa soldiers.....no moral, no accountability, no leadership, only me, me, me and a bucket full of hate. #trump

@knittingknots2

Šefčovič , EU Commissioner for Trade , rejected suggestions EU countries would abandon VAT, one of Trump’s grievances. He said the EU had spent “some time and energy” to explain to US counterparts how the sales tax works, citing its use in more than 160 countries.

#fuckingidiots #usa #europe #canada #mexico #eu #boycottusa

@knittingknots2

The bear market will soon be the least of the problems.

Be ready for layoffs, increase of prices ( first fruits and vegetables, in two weeks all the other products) , disruption of production ( due to lack of products )

#usa #europe #canada #mexico #boycottusa

@knittingknots2

American exceptionalism.

Having Farenheit while the rest of the world uses Celsius
Having a strange system for measuring things when the rest of the world uses the metric system.
Having sales tax (paid once ) when the rest of the world use VAT.
Having a constitution, not following it and lecturing the rest of the world about democracy.

#usa #europe #boycottusa

After another explosive start to tornado season, twisters are cropping up in unexpected places around the United States. In a 48-hour period earlier this month, 31 tornadoes were reported across the country. Scientists are baffled. Read more from @sciencefocus:

https://flip.it/DS6_YH

#Science #Earth #Storms #Weather #USA

Keine Ahnung wo und wie es zu diesem Foto gekommen ist, oder welche Person da zu sehen ist.
Für mich ist das, das Foto des Jahres.

#usa
#narrenschiff das von unfähigen Menschen, ohne Not, in gefährliche Gewässer mit Klippen und Untiefen gesteuert wird.

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Foto: Unbekannter im Narrenkostüm der Nationalfarben der USA Keine Ahnung wo und wie es zu diesem Foto gekommen ist, oder welche Person da zu sehen ist. Für mich ist das, das Foto des Jahres.

@randahl
I appreciate the power of those people in #USA who - in the original wording of #Trump - are working to take back their country - from the #claws of #maga !
🙇‍♂️

@knittingknots2

I read something about it

Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Matthew 19:21

#taxtherich #usa

another #HandsOff Map and update

#Crisis #Tariffs #USA #EU #News #Democrats #Fascism #Economy #GDP #Oligarchy #Inflation #Stocks #Investment #Financial #FreeSpeech #Freedom #Constitution #NATO #World

https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/april-5-protest-guide-and-map-of

Wacht die #USA langsam auf? Kapitol des Bundesstaates Minnesota #HandsOff

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Das Bild zeigt eine riesige Menschenmenge, die sich vor dem MN State Capitol versammelt hat. Die Menschenmenge erstreckt sich weit über das gesamte Bild und erstreckt sich bis zum Horizont. Viele Menschen halten Schilder, und einige tragen buntes Kleidung. Im Hintergrund ist ein Gebäude mit einem Dach und einer Kuppel zu sehen, das wahrscheinlich das MN State Capitol ist. Der Himmel ist klar und blau, was auf einen sonnigen Tag hinweist. Die Menschenmenge ist dicht gedrängt, was auf eine große Anzahl von Teilnehmern hinweist. Die Alt-Text-Beschreibung lautet: "Erin Maye Quade [@]erinmayequade.bsky.social - 2 Std. Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff".

Is pregnancy becoming criminalized in the U.S.? Experts say the arrest of a Georgia woman who had a miscarriage is part of a developing pattern since the fall of Roe v. Wade. @NBCNews has more:

https://flip.it/f_gIin

#Culture #Abortion #WomansRights #USA

Willkommen im dimensionslosen Werkzeugkasten des ökonomischen Nationalismus!

Solche Monte-Carlo-Formeln werden bewusst schein-rationalisiert, um Machtpolitik als „objektive ökonomische Notwendigkeit“ zu verkaufen.
Oder: diese Formel ist einfach nur ein Haufen Unsinn 😅

Edit: Zum Verständnis ... diese Formel benutzt Trump, um seine Zölle gegen alle zu begründen :-)

#Zoll #USA

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Diese Formel berechnet eine dimensionslose Abweichung eines Wertes vom Mittelwert oder Erwartungswert, gewichtet durch verschiedene Faktoren. Trump verwendet diese Formel als Machtinstrument, die aber bei genauerer Betrachtung ökonomisch mehr als unscharf ist.

@knittingknots2

If only there was an old piece of paper that said

Section 8

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
…

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, …;

To declare War, …

#usa #europe #eu #canada #mexico #china #boycottusa

@ProPublica Has no one in the #USA ever watched "Kingsman: The Secret Service" and how allowing a billionaire lunatic to control the internet works out? Because I'm pretty sure #Elon has. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZCtSq3yDPs #Musk #Canada #CdnPoli #USPol #Europe

A new documentary, “The Librarians,” premiered at SXSW last month. It focuses on librarians at the heart of right-wing culture war attacks across America. @TexasObserver’s Josephine Lee sees heroism and hope in the film. “At a moment when our institutions of learning seem to be engulfed in flames, incited by right-wing witch hunts of diversity, equity, and inclusion, ‘The Librarians’ reminds us how we got here and reveals, perhaps, how we can get out,” she writes.

https://www.texasobserver.org/librarians-movie-sxsw-book-bans/

#Health #Healthcare #MentalHealth #USA #Texas #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

The Worse Honey Bee Die-Off since Colony Collapse Disorder?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXDNhzA8W6Q&t=147

Here is the low-down. Unprecedented losses: 85%. It is not isolated, it is spread across the whole country. Food production depends on bees.

#Bee #DieOff #USA #FoodChainCollapse #EnvironmentalToxicity #PollutionDeregulation #FoodProduction

@randahl he thinks #nike is coming back to the #usa for manufactoring.

@randahl Well the #eu will spend more money on defence and weapons. But we spend it not or less in the #usa

@randahl
So #USA is spending 3.5% .
This is plainly #bullying along with the #tariffs .

Their goal is to destabilize liberal societies and economies in order to gain influence.

@randahl

Wait , wait, I’m old enough to remember that was the plan of Ceaucescu and Pol Pot.

Could we go directly go to the last day of these guys ?

#usa #europe #eu #canada #mexico #lesotho #boycottusa

Unilateral States of America

#usa #RueckkehrDerZollKriege

An app on your phone that can scan products in the supermarket and tells you whether the product's manufacturer is #USA based. It must exist, surely? If not, I'll create one in anger.

#BoycottAmerica #BoycottUSA #BoycottUSAProducts

@knittingknots2

US : we are going to tax China
US companies : Yeah , bad China bad. We open factories in Vietnam
US : we are going to tax Vietnam 10% more than China.

Today , it is going to be a bloodbath at Wall Street.

Good luck for your 401k and even the survival of businesses.

#usa #europe #eu #canada #mexico #china #vietnam

@knittingknots2

But Heard Island and McDonald Islands will be tax at 10 %

These islands have no human population , no ports and no economic activity.

These guys are Genius…

#usa ##australia #europe #canada #mexico

@knittingknots2

Two things were confirmed :
- Americans and geography live in different dimension
- This administration is absolutely incompetent.

Naming French , British, Dutch, , Australian regions as countries is a no go.

I wonder where they find this list

#usa #europe #eu #canada #mexico #ukraine

@knittingknots2

Or Shit Day

I laughed so hard when I saw the sheet with the name of countries.

Reunion , Guadeloupe and Martinique are three French departments and part of the EU. 

 this list is a shit ( not fully look but sure we can find other BS ) 

This administration is absolutely incompetent.

#usa #france #europe #voycottusa #canada #mexico #eu

@randahl

Btw Reunion and Martinique are two French departments and part of the EU.

(Edit ) my bad I miss, in the list , la Guadeloupe ( also a French department)

However they are at 10 %

Sorry but this list is a shit ( not fully look but sure we can find other BS )

This administration is absolutely incompetent.

#usa #france #europe #voycottusa #canada #mexico #eu

@randahl

Absolutely right.

This isn't 1929. Communications & logistics are lightning fast. The rest of the world had us routed around before the stupid #fascist #tariffs were even put in place. The world doesn't *need* the #USA 's #luxury goods at all.

None of that is the point.

The point is for #Trump to wreck the USAs #economy because #Putin wants it to happen.

BREAKING: Luigi Mangione to Face Death Penalty in Federal Murder Case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5yvlpaehbE

Luigi Mangione is now facing the death penalty, as the Trump administration's Pam Bondi has now requested the full brunt of the law be used federally against him. Jordan Chariton reacts to this news and breaks down its absurdity, especially among other cases of justice not dealt the same.

#USA #LuigiMangione #DeathPenalty #Agenda #ClassWar #OpulentClass #PredatoryHealthInsurance #DailyMurder

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/

Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.

#IndianaU #XiaofengWang #Disappeared #ComputerScientist #TenuredProfessor #USA

Trump admin sent Maryland father to Salvadorian mega-prison and says it can’t get him back

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-accidentally-sent-maryland-041939189.html

Government argues it no longer has control over Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s fate…

#USA #TortureCamp #ElSalvador #Innocent #NoInterest #Justice #Constitution #DueProcess #DefyingCourts #CriminalGovernment

@randahl

Congrats , Americans discovered the VAT but without universal healthcare ,free education , road infrastructure , pensions, family allowances, unemployment benefits, ….

#usa #europe #canada #eu

“US orders French companies to comply with Trump's diversity ban”

Can someone, please, tell this man to go fuck himself?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-warns-french-companies-they-must-comply-with-trumps-diversity-ban-2025-03-29/

#USA #Trump #fascism #France #EU

@knittingknots2

The French answer at 0:58

https://youtu.be/C8Iv5kq93K4

And fun fact the title was inspired by the optimism of Benjamin Franklin, a well-liked representative of the French people who, when asked about the American Revolutionary War, invariably replied in his bad French: «Ça ira, ça ira» ("It'll be fine, it'll be fine")

#usa #europe #france #canada

Times are hard in Sweetwater, a town of about 10,000 people in Texas’ Central Plains. Drug abuse is rife, work is limited, and mental healthcare is scarce and stigmatized. Here’s @TexasObserver’s story on the crisis in Sweetwater — one which is replicated in rural towns across the country.

https://www.texasobserver.org/mental-health-crisis-rural-texas/

#Health #Healthcare #MentalHealth #USA #Texas #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

@knittingknots2

Btw who gives the name ´Houthis PC small group ´ to a chat where they discussed bonmbing Houthis.

I’m pretty sure that the CIA have a dictionary of code words for naming . operation names unrelated to the operation , something like Cherry , Condor , Tpajax , Sherwood , Paperclip ,…

#usa

Guess who did know… Did you guess Obama? Did you guess Biden?

“The plan, apparently backed by the Biden administration and involving US oil giant Chevron would in effect seal Palestinian energy dependence on Israel.

The US approach is consistent with a strategic framework described in a December 2014 report published under the Obama administration by the US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.”

https://bylinetimes.com/2021/05/20/biden-government-and-chevron-colluding-in-israels-pillage-of-gazas-gas-resources/

#USA #fascism #Trump #Biden #Obama #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #oil #Democrats #Republicans https://piipitin.fi/@aqunt/114230571131986756

@knittingknots2

Oh in Pyongyang , they are definitively fired .

#usa #boycottusa #europe

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada. Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/yale-professor-fascism-canada
#USA #fascism #geopolitics #Trump #Musk @geopolitics

@knittingknots2

And a guy is going to die in Yemen.

…. The first target – their top missile guy – we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building….

you can be sure that the Houthi’s are going after the guy who confirmed “ the walking into “ ( and it was not a drone )

#usa #yemen #cia #signalgate

Former US Ambassador to Denmark Ruffus Gifford is angry, see why .
#us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #eu #europe #eupol #dkpol #uk #worldpol #worldpolitics #USNews #USNews #WeThePeople #zeitung #dkmedier #DailyNews
#UkraineWar #ukrainian #nato

How to Enter the US With Your #DigitalPrivacy Intact

Crossing into the #UnitedStates has become increasingly dangerous for digital #privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.
#cbp #usa

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

@knittingknots2

It was funny.

She didn’t acknowledge that she was in the chat but she also said that there was no classified information discussed in the chat where she was not….

They have now fortune-tellers in this administration, so why use phones.

#usa

“That is, the most likely reason why Trump’s entire national security team was using an insecure platform to plan war strikes was to ensure there were no embarrassing records for posterity, a violation of the law.”

👆 Folks, I’m seeing more of this lately so please, stop. Understand what you’re taking about before spouting off. Signal *is* a secure platform and peddling nonsense like this is only going to make people less secure if they believe it and stop using it. What it can’t do is protect you if you’re clueless enough to add someone to your *secure* conversation who shouldn’t be there.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/25/seven-reasons-trumps-entire-national-security-team-should-resign-in-disgrace/

#signal #USA #fascism #misinformation

@randahl
These radical #leftists really want to see chopped off #heads roll while the #goppies want to apply #wokish #management and grant #forgiveness .

#wth is going on in #USA ?

🚨 Let’s Encrypt at risk from Trump cuts to OTF: “Let’s Encrypt received around $800,000 in funding from the OTF”

Dear @EUCommission, get your heads out of your arses and let’s find @letsencrypt €1M/year (a rounding error in EU finances) and have them move to the EU.

If Let’s Encrypt is fucked, the web is fucked, and the Small Web is fucked too. So how about we don’t let that happen, yeah?

(In the meanwhile, if the Let’s Encrypt folks want to make a point about how essential they are, it might be an idea to refuse certificates to republican politicians. See how they like their donation systems breaking in real time…)

CC @nlnet @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

#USA #fascism #OpenTechFund #LetsEncrypt #SSL #TLS #encryption #EU #web #tech #SmallWeb #SmallTech https://mastodon.social/@publictorsten/114223873439053263

@randahl

Why on shitter , why ?

#usa #clinton

@randahl

Oh the famous Sergeant Schultz defense ( Hogan’s Heroes 1965 ) : I can’t see, I wasn’t there, I didn’t even get up this morning.

Schultz often pretended to be ignorant with the slogan, “I can’t see! I can’t hear! I know nothing!" (or, more commonly as the series continued, "I know nothing, nothing!").

https://youtu.be/34ag4nkSh7Q

#usa #waltz #hegseth #witkoff #JDVance #yemen #houthis #signal

@randahl