Curmuffin

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So Donald Trump Is Declaring War On US Cities Based On Fake Fox News Footage And Nonsense His ‘People’ Tell Him in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Curmuffin@fedia.io 2 points 36 minutes ago

As long as he's able to speak, even if it's in tongues or babytalk, his sycophants and hangers-on will claim he's firing on all cylinders.

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The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months: Today is the day we stop pretending that it’s not. (prospect.org)
 

The larger point is that the government is already shut down, and has been for several months, as the Trump administration initiated an assault on this system of government. Activities deemed “essential” by the president—stalking immigrants, lobbing missiles at Iran, etc.—have gone on, but activities purported to conflict with the president’s policies, regardless of whether they have been authorized by the lawmaking body of the United States, have been stopped, interrupted only by occasional federal courts telling the president that doing so is illegal, which the Supreme Court subsequently brushes aside.

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So Donald Trump Is Declaring War On US Cities Based On Fake Fox News Footage And Nonsense His ‘People’ Tell Him (www.techdirt.com)
 

Who’s running the country? That question became terrifyingly urgent this weekend when the President of the United States admitted he was preparing to send US military forces into an American …

Project 2025 mastermind fumed that Elon Musk hurled 'radical' agenda off-track: report in c/politics@lemmy.world
Video emerges of deserted ICE facility in Oregon Trump says is 'under siege' in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Curmuffin@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

Bet his staff keep showing him Battle of Toronto footage and telling him it's Portland (or LA, or Memphis, or Chicago, or wherever Donnie wants to send his toy soldiers today).

Hegseth’s Self-Centered Reason for Calling in Generals Leaks in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Curmuffin@fedia.io 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A preview of Pickled Pete's speech:

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Reality Check: How Black Ministers Took on Charlie Kirk's Killing (wordinblack.com)
 

Rev. Howard-John Wesley was among several Black ministers who condemned the words of far-right activist Charlie Kirk as well as his murder.

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Trump Supporters Are Lying About Biden ‘Censorship’ To Justify Brendan Carr’s Unconstitutional Kimmel Threats (www.techdirt.com)
 

Trump supporters cycled through increasingly desperate explanations for why the Jimmy Kimmel situation was totally legitimate. First came the absurd “low ratings” defense—because sure, …

an awful lot of people who can't get a job or leave the house are calling for others to revolt in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] Curmuffin@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

Precisely. Che went to Cuba. Che went to Congo. Che went to Boliva. Anyone could disagree with his endorsement of violence, but you can't deny he put his body on the line for his principles.

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MAGA Drummed Up B.S. to Take Down Jimmy Kimmel (www.rollingstone.com)
 

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was suspended by ABC after conservatives twisted comments Kimmel made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.

I missed it because my tummy hurt, did anybody take notes? in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] Curmuffin@fedia.io 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's just the same as Trump's enemies list. I'll bet a lot of people are going to be surprised to find out they're part of "Antifa" now.

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Yes, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was government censorship (www.theverge.com)
 

Brendan Carr’s contempt for the First Amendment is going strong.

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Trump tries to stick up The New York Times with a water gun (www.publicnotice.co)
 

A performative attempt to shake down the media yet again.

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Our Coming Plutocracy (www.persuasion.community)
 

Why Larry Ellison and Elon Musk threaten republican government in America.

The Ellison father-son moves are more in the mode of Silvio Berlusconi’s takeover of Mediaset or Elon Musk’s earlier purchase of Twitter. If they succeed in creating this media empire, they will control a vast array of outlets, both legacy and new media, that will allow them to directly influence American politics. Larry Ellison is a Trump supporter as Musk once was; he doesn’t appear to have political ambitions, though his son may. But that’s not the point. The real issue is the impact of concentrated wealth on American democracy, where two or three individuals control so much wealth and media power that they can help swing national elections, as Musk claims he did in 2024.

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Charlie Kirk in His Own Words (zeteo.com)
 

17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.

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Everyone Is Talking About The Double Standard Between How Trump Responded When Charlie Kirk Was Assassinated Vs. When A Minnesota Lawmaker Was Assassinated (www.huffpost.com)
 

"This is a good time to remind ourselves of the two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers who were shot just a few months ago. And Trump didn't lower the flags for them or any school shooting."