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#buyeuropean #boycottusa #boycottusaproducts #tech #europe #google #trump #amazon
Well, I've done my part:
I canceled Disney+ and Amazon Prime. On my phone, I removed all the Google applications, switched to Qwant (which works very well for daily use), replaced ChatGPT with LeChat, and replaced Google Maps with TomTom Amigo and Mappy (having two is better when you're a real estate agent :) ).
Finally, I deleted my Facebook and LinkedIn accounts, and this week, Amazon (which we used often).
In total #disrespect of #Veterans, #Trump says he is renaming #VeteransDay as ‘Victory Day for World War I’
Trump said he would also label May 8, known as “V-E Day” for “Victory in Europe”, as “Victory Day for World War II,” to commemorate the end of #WWII, but, clearly unbeknownst to the #IdiotInChief, only the war in #Europe came to an end in May. The Americans—quite famously—continued to fight the Japanese until August 1945.
#idiocracy #USpol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/complete-moron-donald-trump-announced-wwii-victory-day-on-wrong-date/
#Haitian woman dies in #ICE #detention in #Florida
A woman from #Haiti died after spending >2 months in ICE custody, the agency announced on Tues.
#MarieAngeBlaise, 44, was pronounced dead Fri night at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, FL. ICE says her cause of death is under investigation.
Speaking on the House floor Wed, Rep Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-FL, suggested that Blaise had not been provided adequate medical care.
#immigration #law #Trump
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5383108/haitian-woman-death-ice-detention
#Trump’s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel Companies - https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-policies-are-creating-uncertainty-for-fossil-fuel-companies/ more face-eating leopards...
The Slowdown at Ports Is a Warning of Rough Economic Seas Ahead - https://www.wired.com/story/maritime-shipping-tariffs-blank-sailings/ “It’s unprecedented in the history of containerization.” #trump #tariffs
A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students
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The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Discrimination #Racism #Transgender #TransRights #Students #DEI #Diversity
Besides associating this beautiful little girl with what is now happening in #Palestine, I also think about the fact that #Trump is now deporting 2-year-old US citizens to other countries.
I never expected that #Israel would top the charts of #inhumane behaviour, or that the #USA would stop due process for its own citizens.
There was a time when we told bullies to look in the mirror. But these people are proud of their actions, of how much they can hurt others.
@heidilifeldman This clashes with the "definition of fact" that we use and that the #GOP uses, which prefers "alternate facts", "facts are what we say they are".
(Please note, while the #Trump administration is a master of the technique, I think it, the first documented public quip about that stems from the Bush era.)
#Trump thinks we're all too stupid to remember his #tariff promises - https://boingboing.net/2025/05/01/trump-thinks-were-all-too-stupid-to-remember-his-tariff-promises.html because many people are...
#Faschismus sei keine Schablone, sondern eine Ideologie der Tat, betont der #UniLeipzig-Historiker Dr. Daniel Hedinger.
Im Interview warnt er, dass die zweite Amtszeit von Donald #Trump durch radikale Grenzüberschreitungen den Weg in ein faschistisches System ebnen könnte. Er erläutert, wie schon in den 1930er Jahren imperiale Expansion und gegenseitige Radikalisierung die #Weltordnung zerriss.
Trump will Rundfunksendern NPR und PBS die Finanzierung streichen
Weil sie "Propaganda" verbreiten sollen und den Demokraten zu nahe stünden, will die US-Regierung den Sendeanstalten NPR und PBS die öffentlichen Gelder kürzen. Wie es für die Anstalten weitergeht, ist noch unklar.
Important 🧵 from @heidilifeldman that I missed from yesterday when I was a) working in the morning, b) nursing a wicked allergy migraine around lunchtime, and c) at the Philly #MayDay rally.
A #TRUMP-appointed judge 😆 smacked down his use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain Venezuelans.
From: @heidilifeldman
https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/114433817022721141
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#CharlesKushner, the father of #Trump's son-in-law #JaredKushner, told the US #Senate on Thurs he could be trusted to exercise good judgment if confirmed as US #ambassador to #France, despite his past #conviction for #TaxEvasion & #WitnessTampering & other federal charges.
"I made a very, very, very serious mistake & I paid a heavy price for that mistake," Kushner, a wealthy real estate developer, said during a hearing before the Senate #ForeignRelations Cmte.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-ambassador-france-nominee-kushner-acknowledges-past-serious-mistake-2025-05-01/
President Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, former real estate attorney and investor Steve Witkoff, has left administration insiders distressed by his approach to negotiating with two of America’s greatest adversaries.
