Ray de Groat

Because Trump has already shown he will fund parts of government he wants, and defund the rest. No, there’s no negotiating with the Republicans. It’s Trump’s agenda regardless of what you do. Short answer: It ends when the American people stand up and say they’ve had enough.

It certainly makes a good case for open source, open hardware and open infrastructure rather than reliance on a handful of closed source proprietary platforms. #openinfra

I highly recommend the Cisco certification path for everyone who needs to understand networking.

Black lung keeps killing America's coal miners. Does Donald Trump even care? Miners and their advocates are begging the administration to enforce a Biden-era rule meant to protect them.

Miners and their advocates are begging the administration to enforce a Biden-era rule meant to protect them.

YouTube video by NextGen America In 2013, Trump Said the President is Always to Blame for Government Shutdowns

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1) plutocrats and their political action committees, (2) petrostates and their politicians and polluters, (3) fake and venal professionals—physicians and professors, (4) propagandists, especially those with podcasts, and (5) the press. The general tactic is that (1) and (2) hire (3) to generate…

Remember that band Devo?

Trump attacks Tom Hanks after West Point cancels event honoring actor — Guardian US President calls Hanks ‘woke’ in vitriolic post after US Military Academy calls off ceremony with little explanation

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Oh so now she’s a diplomat and expert in foreign investors

Then tell him to put his differences aside and support the Democratic nominee for city Mayor now! You cannot expect votes from progressives when you don’t respect the Democratic primary process yourself. Endorse the Democratic primary winner Zohran Mamdani now!

And he will continue to take AIPAC money and withhold support from the Democratic nominee for New York City Mayor. I say you can’t call yourself a Democrat when you withhold support for our nominee whenever it suits your big Israeli donors.

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality — Reuters (This Sept 3 story has been corrected to withdraw videos, with no changes to text)

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality. "Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and (you can) even achieve immortality."

Creepy.

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Yeah, there must at least be a plan in place to bring back highly exploitable non-unionized construction laborers. The US economy depends on cheap labor.

But then they wouldn’t be undocumented and exploitable. They would be documented and unionized right?

This isn’t Korea. If the US really needs so many foreign workers, why not document and unionize them?

And if it’s a crime, how can the company get away with this? Where’s the accountability with the management?

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National ownership of factories (the means of production) is the definition of socialism. If you’re confused by this, it’s because they’ve been falsely conflating socialism with welfare. Like corporate welfare.

Putin faces ‘very severe consequences’ if no Ukraine truce agreed, Trump says US president also says he would push for three-way summit with Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Alaska meeting goes well

Vladimir Putin will face “very severe consequences” if he does not agree a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine at his summit with Donald Trump in Alaska, the US president said on Wednesday.

Well?

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And withdraw troops from Ukraine! Like, not invade Ukraine, would and the war right there. Tell Trump if he wants to end the war, he should tell Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine and go back to Russia.

Putin to offer financial incentives to Trump at Ukraine summit — Guardian US Russian leader plans to discuss economic ties, in appeal to Trump’s business instincts, alongside future of Ukraine

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White House orders review of Smithsonian exhibits to ensure alignment with Trump directives — CNN The White House is conducting a comprehensive internal review of exhibits and materials at the Smithsonian Institution in an effort to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive about what should ...

Remember: The purpose of a museum is to exhibit, history, culture, art and science, some of which may not always be in alignment with what the president wants.

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Newsom: If California, one of the most un-Trumped states in America, is not successful, it’s at our peril. We may not get this back. I’m telling you, we may not.

He is rigging this next midterm election before one vote is cast. He tried to wreck our democracy after the last vote was cast last time.

It seems a very “in your face” response to the whole “manosphere” thing.

ICE arrests 6 people in Oakland home, including a minor, attorney says — San Francisco Chronicle Federal immigration officers raided an East Oakland home on Tuesday and detained at least six people, including a minor and a person with a severe disability, according to an immigration attorney.

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Trump is trying to rewrite the history of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol President Trump has tried to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In the latest example, the Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who urged rioters to "...

Convicted Jan 6 rioter who called for the killing of police officers now employed by DOJ. Trump is trying to rewrite the history of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

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LIVE SOON: AG and Rick Wilson on Epstein Lawsuit Starting Aug 8 at 5:00 PM EDT

I'll be going LIVE with Rick Wilson in about 45 minutes to discuss my lawsuit against the DOJ for the Epstein files training videos. This'll be our first time chatting, believe it or not! Hope to see you there! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Good to know. I won’t bother seeing the movie then which is out in theaters now in Sweden. Because the real Superman would never separate families and side with fascism. That’s not defending truth and justice and it’s definitely not the American way.

Kamala Harris should not run for president in 2028 — The Hill While the Democratic Party was in great need of appealing to voters fed up with defenders of the existing order, Harris opted to emphatically represent the status quo.

Harris is a stark reminder of what most Democrats would very much like to put behind them — an era when Harris dedicated herself to serving a deceptive White House that hid the realities of Biden’s cognitive decline while maintaining support for Israel’s actions in Gaza.

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