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A month ago CBC noted #FIFA back-pedaled on the minimum price tickets for #WorldCup2026, from US$4,185 to US$60. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifa-world-cup-ticket-prices-slashed-9.7018163

At the time, "FIFA did not specify exactly why it so dramatically changed strategy…"

Today there are widespread calls to cancel tickets, #boycott the games which are being played in the #USA. Lebanese diplomat Mohamad Safa announced on deadbird cancelling his tickets out of an abundance of caution. FIFA itself reports record-breaking sales.

#football #soccer

Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing
#Trump #ICE #USA #Authoritarianism #Politics #MAGA #StateViolence #Manipulation #Disinformation #Oppression #HumanRights #Accountability #PowerAndLies #Criticism #WesternHypocrisy
https://the-14.com/why-donald-trump-is-telling-such-obvious-lies-on-the-ice-minneapolis-killing/

Missing Bronzeville Teacher Died By Suicide, Officials Confirm

BRONZEVILLE — Linda Brown, the missing special education teacher whose body was found Monday in Lake Michigan, died…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/357798/

Zwei minderjährige Zwillingsbrüder erheben schwere Vorwürfe gegen Regisseur und »West Wing«-Schauspieler Timothy Busfield. Der hat sich nun den Behörden gestellt. Und will sich gegen die »schrecklichen Lügen« wehren.#Panorama #USA #NewMexico #Hollywood #Kriminalität
Haftbefehl wegen Kindesmissbrauchs: US-Schauspieler Timothy Busfield stellt sich der Polizei

Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis

https://lemmy.ml/post/41659680

We aren't exactly living in the #FourthReich just yet. But this isn't the #USA as we knew it, either. It's more like a nascent, low-intensity #CivilWar. Any pretense of rule of law is being dropped. #ICEstapo

@wdlindsy

"ICE has executed a woman [a US citizen] in a suburban neighborhood...

I can’t see how a community could possibly be protected by the same people who are actively coming to kill them."
https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/ice-fatally-shoots-us-citizen-in

"Comply or die" is NOT freedom.

#Trump #ICE #Fascism #Violence #Politics #Murder #Protest #Resist #US #USA #UnitedStates

#News #USA
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protest-arrests-detention-ice-8993bfd5d54b870521ec5b44fc42cd71

@lawfare

From Jan 31, 2025:

"Let’s call this what it is: a #protection racket that would make Tony Soprano proud. The playbook is classic: file a meritless lawsuit, make veiled threats (like suggesting prison time), then offer “protection” in exchange for payment. The only difference is that instead of a local restaurant owner paying to keep their windows intact, we’re watching a #tech giant hand over $25 million to avoid future “problems.”"
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/30/meta-pays-trump-25m-protection-money-after-mar-a-lago-offer/

#Trump #Politics #US #USA

News headline and text from article:

Headline:
Meta Pays Trump $25M Protection Money After Mar-a-Lago ‘Offer’

from the institutional-corruption dept
Thu, Jan 30th 2025 09:35am - Mike Masnick

Text:
In what looks increasingly like a protection racket, Meta has agreed to pay Donald Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit that multiple courts had already indicated was completely meritless. The settlement, which directs $22 million toward Trump’s presidential library, comes after a dinner at Mar-a-Lago where Trump reportedly told Zuckerberg this needed to be resolved before the Meta CEO could be “brought into the tent.”

#MyThoughts -

He acted impetuously based on his own political interest and seemed to have no plan (never mind the fact that he can't do that, at least not in USA 1) — I can't believe it 😂🍟

/4🧵
#USA #US #USpol #trump #credit #CreditCards #economics #USeconomy

~"Trump, who is under pressure to address voter concerns over the cost of living... called for a 1-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10% starting on Jan 20. He did not provide details on how such a ban would be imposed & some industry experts said it would require congressional action."

/3🧵
#USA #US #USpol #trump #credit #CreditCards #economics #USeconomy
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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/banks-warn-consumers-will-be-hurt-by-trumps-10-cap-credit-card-interest-rates-2026-01-12/

Comme on essaie d'être internationaliste et qu'on a un penchant assez poussé pour le trolling, voici notre dernière concotion. Promis demain on vous met une photo une fois imprimé :).

Si jamais tu as des camarades aux U.S qui seraient intéressé·e·x par le visu pour faire leur stickers, tu peux leur dire que c'est totalement free. Que ces personnes la prennent ici ou nous contactent a ripostesystemastick@subvertising.org

Solidarity to our comrades in the U.S. — this image is free to use for your own sticker-making. Download it here or contact us at : ripostesystemastick@subvertising.org

Sur une photo de NLBeeld

#sticker #antifa #trump #ice #fuckICE #usa

Une image qui reprend une photo d'un agent de l'I.C.E, la police de l'immigration états-uniennes, tombé par terre a causse de la neige. Il y a un texte qui dit : "Even Ice Hates I.C.E"

"The end goal of fostering an informed #public requires the #news industry to protect people from disinformation. I liken it to what many racial justice advocates say: It’s not enough to avoid being racist; to contribute to a just society, we must be anti-racist. I apply the same framing to the battle against #disinformation: It’s not enough to report the truth. We must defeat the liars."
- @markjacob.bsky.social

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-to-build-a-radically-truthful

#Journalism #Press #Media #Politics #US #USA #America

I guess "Leave #Iran now" is another way of saying an attack by #USA is imminent?

"Some people would consider it biased to write: “Trump, who has lied about unveiling a #health care plan for nearly a decade, said Tuesday: ‘I have concepts of a plan.’” In fact, such a sentence would provide honest and helpful context... #Trump is the most pervasive #liar in our nation’s political history. Why give him a clean slate every time, acting as if there’s a good chance he’s telling the truth this one time?"
https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-to-build-a-radically-truthful

#Journalism #Press #News #Media #Politics #US #USA

Text from article:
Boot people off the air if they repeatedly lie.

TV hosts should fact-check liars in real time, and if guests don’t accept the proven facts presented, the interview should end immediately – and they shouldn’t be invited back. Major media don’t do this because they’d rather maintain access to powerful people than be honest with their audience. I say, screw access. If news outlets tried harder to find new people to interview instead of the same old cast of characters, they’d produce better journalism.

If a newsmaker has a history of lying, say so.

Some people would consider it biased to write: “Trump, who has lied about unveiling a health care plan for nearly a decade, said Tuesday: ‘I have concepts of a plan.’” In fact, such a sentence would provide honest and helpful context. There’s no question that Trump is the most pervasive liar in our nation’s political history. Why give him a clean slate every time, acting as if there’s a good chance he’s telling the truth this one time? Yet that’s exactly what mainstream media do. I would point out a newsmaker’s history of lying only if they’re notorious, repeat liars. But unfortunately, that describes many Republican politicians today.

DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting

https://lemmy.zip/post/56949196

The Clintons face contempt charge for refusal to testify over child rapist Epstein

https://lemmy.zip/post/56949099

"We see it all the time on TV: #DonaldTrump and his co-conspirators deliver a string of #lies, and the anchors correct one or two of them – or none of them – while letting all the others implant in the public mind. The news media act as if they’re helpless, but they’re not. They should adopt a firm goal to never let anyone use their platform to #lie to their audience uncorrected."
https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-to-build-a-radically-truthful

#Journalism #News #Media #Press #TrumpLies #Politics #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

Text from article:
Let no lie reach the audience unchallenged.

We see it all the time on TV: Donald Trump and his co-conspirators deliver a string of lies, and the anchors correct one or two of them – or none of them – while letting all the others implant in the public mind. The news media act as if they’re helpless, but they’re not. They should adopt a firm goal to never let anyone use their platform to lie to their audience uncorrected.

Get the fact check as close to the lie as possible.

TV networks could do this in a variety of ways. They could put graphics on the screen that call out the falsehoods in real time. Or they could hit the pause button on presidential speeches and explain why a statement was false, then resume broadcasting the speech. In written stories, a good sentence would be: “Trump called Chicago the ‘most dangerous city in the world, by far,’ which it is not, by far.”

Interrupt aggressively.

A common trick of liars is to make a false statement and then keep talking and talking and talking, sometimes changing the subject so the lie seems too far in the past for an interviewer to return to it. So interrupt them in the middle of their remarks, even in the middle of sentences. That’s not rude – it’s radically truthful.

A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting

https://lemmy.ml/post/41657457

#usA

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