Before Dems retake the House and Senate in 2026, the excuse is "We want to pass this legislation, but we can't! GOP controls!"🤡

After Dems retake the House and Senate, the excuse will flip to "We want to pass this legislation, but we can't! These 3 senators/representatives voted with the GOP!"🤡

🙂🙃

"Vote Blue, no matter who!"🤡 is a trap that y'all fall for again and again.

"What kind of Blue, is you?" Makes more sense.

Because some of these "I don't know how to fight" Dems, are really "I don't want to fight, because I agree with the GOP on this issue" Dems. They're playing games.

For all the good folks who left Mastodon because it was too whatever.

It's OK, you can come back.

It's still not perfect, but we are working on it, and we can use your help.

#Bluesky

"La France est attachée à la souveraineté et à l’indépendance des Nations, en Europe comme ailleurs. Cela préside à nos choix. Cela fonde notre attachement aux Nations unies et à notre Charte.

C’est à ce titre que nous soutenons et continuerons de soutenir l’Ukraine, et que nous avons bâti une coalition des volontaires pour une paix robuste et durable, pour défendre ces principes et notre sécurité.

C’est à ce titre aussi que nous avons décidé de nous joindre à l’exercice décidé par le Danemark au Groenland. Nous l’assumons. Aussi car il en va de la sécurité en Arctique et aux confins de notre Europe.

Aucune intimidation ni menace ne saurait nous influencer, ni en Ukraine, ni au Groenland, ni ailleurs dans le monde lorsque nous sommes confrontés à de telles situations.

Les menaces tarifaires sont inacceptables et n’ont pas leur place dans ce contexte. Les Européens y répondront de façon unie et coordonnée si elles étaient confirmées. Nous saurons faire respecter la souveraineté européenne.

C’est dans cet esprit que je m’entretiendrai avec nos partenaires européens."

— Emmanuel Macron, Président de la République française.

👀 @Bundesregierung

France is committed to the sovereignty and independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere. This guides our choices. It underpins our commitment to the United Nations and to its Charter.

It is on this basis that we support, and will continue to support Ukraine and that we have built a coalition of the willing for a robust and lasting peace, to defend these principles and our security.

It is also on this basis that we decided to take part in the exercise organized by Denmark in Greenland. We fully assume this decision, because security in the Arctic and at the outer edges of our Europe is at stake.

No intimidation or threat will influence us—neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations.

Tariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context. Europeans will respond in a united and coordinated manner should they be confirmed. We will ensure that European sovereignty is upheld.

It is in this spirit that I will engage with our European partners.

— Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic.

👀 @Bundesregierung

President Trump announces that from Feb. 1, there’ll be a 10% tariff on all goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands and Finland, increasing to 25% on June 1, until a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland by the US.

@newsguyusa 🚨1944

@FallsMom @newsguyusa the moment he attacks Europe, the hell happens. Europe is one of highest owner or US debt. #EU #TogetherStronger

@newsguyusa Donald Trump insists that people in his country must pay more for goods from European countries because those European countries object to the United States taking over a self-governing territory of a sovereign country against their will. Insane. Totally insane.

Trump's mad king syndrome is worsening.

Disappointing but not surprised to see #Ireland not on the new 10% list from #Trump

Wow this photo

https://bsky.app/profile/john-abernathy.bsky.social/post/3mcmur2xqgs2k

#ICE #Journalism #Photography #RogueOne

My proudest parenting moment was when my 11yo daughter asked me to teach her how to write software so she could strip the adverts from the podcasts she downloaded. That's when you know you have a good kid.

Had my closest ever encounter with a kingfisher!

#birds

My god, this is Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy. He wrote on instagram “I was tackled by #ICE agents & surrounded by about 50 #border #police. Just for taking photos. I tossed my camera to another Photographer to make sure it wouldn't be confiscated. #gettyreportage #getty at the #Whipple Federal building in #Minneapolis.”
Photo by Pierre Lavie.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

"The UK is complicit in grave violations of international law and has not only failed to meet its international legal obligations, but has actively breached them. Some British citizens, concerned with justice, international law, and human rights, have peacefully stepped in to challenge their government’s wrongdoing. The state’s response has been to criminalise dissent while presenting repression as democratic self-defence"

#PalestineAction
#gaza

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/15/the-uk-is-taking-political-prisoners-to-evade-accountability-for-genocide

"ICE Watch does not spur violence; it reduces it. It’s based on de-escalation tactics that have long historical roots in American antiviolence & civil rights movements.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

Research on gender is particularly relevant for understanding ICE, which has an overwhelmingly male workforce" — Nicole Bedera

#Trump #ICE #Fascism
https://www.ms.now/opinion/minneapolis-ice-watch-protesters-violence-research

Tear gas — currently being deployed in Minneapolis — can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.

The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods.

From our 2020 investigation:
https://www.propublica.org/article/tear-gas-is-way-more-dangerous-than-police-let-on-especially-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Minneapolis #Minnesota #Protest #Police #Health #Trump #ICE

@JohnDal they're only just poking through in my garden in #Ireland but there are daffodils nearby nearly ready to flower
#ClimateCrisis #mastodaoine

It really bothers me when bigger accounts lift content from other accounts and don't credit. Like who's that for? Why not just boost the original to all the people who follow you instead of cutting off the legs of someone in your own community. Such a dick move. Fedi is about all of us and about lifting one another up. This ain't fuckn Bluesky or Twitter. If you're just after clout, go chase it somewhere else.

So yeah, Bluesky is allowing Nazi organizations on their platform. They even verified #ICE

Guess they made their choice?

#Bluesky is an official Nazi bar

Mastodon is secretly sponsored by a cartel of cat food and cat toys manufacturers. Its main purpose is to get you to want a cat in your household so they can sell you more of their stuff. And it is working quite well, as far as I can see.

And that's why Mastodon/ActivityPub will always beat Bluesky and other services. Smart stuff. Really smart stuff ;)

#SarcasmButOnlyHalf #caturday