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Decline & Fall
"The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of WW1, is a cautionary tale for a decayed US Empire a century later."
H.G. Wells "excoriated the British political elite for its ignorance & ineptitude. They had vulgarized democracy with their racism, hypernationalism & simplistic cliché-ridden public discourse..."
"When a crisis came, these mandarins, like our own, would set the funeral pyre of empire alight."
Chris Hedges Dec 27
Israel is "doing the dirty work for all of us" in the Middle East ~Friedrich Merz
Zionism & Israel have always functioned as a western proxy in the Middle East.
Herzl promoted the idea of a Jewish state in Palestine as "an outpost of civilization against barbarism".
Merz was saying that the west supports Israel because it functions as a proxy for western imperial interests in the Middle East.
~Mouin Rabbani
Justice Department Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI (Lydia Wheeler/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-doj-dei-fraud-investigations-93213d52
http://www.memeorandum.com/251228/p41#a251228p41
Report: Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is about forcibly displacing Palestinians from Gaza.
Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 following civil war. No UN member state has recognised its sovereignty.
"Israel had previously identified Somaliland as a potential destination for forcibly displacing Palestinians from Gaza".
#Somaliland #USPol #Europol #Displacement #palestine @palestine .
I needed to hear this clip.
https://youtube.com/shorts/OP6f1XIPUcM
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse. https://trib.al/ahoeitN
GOP coalescing behind Vance as Trump privately dismisses third-term run (Michael Wilner/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-28/gop-coalescing-behind-vance-as-trump-privately-dismisses-third-term-run
http://www.memeorandum.com/251228/p40#a251228p40
Norman Rockwell’s Granddaughter Rips Into DHS for Hijacking His Legacy (w/ Daisy Rockwell)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-rockwells-granddaughter-rips?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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From @nothoodlum on 🦋 2hrs ago:
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
The Justice Department is now claiming the Epstein files they took so long to release by claiming that they’re full of “untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump.” https://trib.al/5d7jYiS
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-rockwell-museum-magafication-trump-culture-dhs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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ICYMI
Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney Mark Zaid, who represented #whistleblowers
I bridged my Bluesky account (@zacheverson.com) to the Fediverse. How can I respond to replies I’ve received on other servers? Thanks!
https://www.fogolf.com/1123575/trump-visits-scotland-to-unveil-a-new-golf-course/ Trump visits Scotland to unveil a new golf course #Aberdeen #ConflictsOfInterest #Deal #Donald #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpGolf #DonaldTrumpGolfing #ethics #family #ForeignCompany #game #Golf #GolfCourses #GolfHistory #LeastPart #MikeTrostel #NewGolfCourse #Plan #president #PresidentialTravel #scotland #shnd #TeeTime #trump #TrumpGolf #TrumpGolfing #TrumpOrganization #turnberry #WhiteHouse
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“The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions ... I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat." https://trib.al/a7OU3Gl
Sunday caption contest: 2025 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-2025-f91?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
'Something just snapped': New court docs detail Jan 6 pipe bomber's stunning confession
https://www.rawstory.com/january-6-2674833652/
#TrumpMustGo #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
