Starker on 11/6/2025 at 12:48
If history is anything to go by, there will never be that one big moment where everyone wakes up to the threat of fascism.
Right now, masked secret police in unmarked vehicles and without uniform are roaming the streets in US, looking to imprison a subgroup of people in overseas camps without trial or any judicial recourse. Protests against this are seeing military and law enforcement deployed against them with overwhelming violence. Even journalists covering it are being targeted.
And what is the media doing? They are saying, for example, that the reporter was shot by the police in a "crossfire", as if this was some kind of an accident. Anyone who saw the video can tell that there was in fact no "crossfire" and the shooting was very deliberate. This reporter was lucky to just have gotten away with a nasty bruise, but another had his leg punctured by the less lethal ammunition shot at him.
heywood on 11/6/2025 at 20:26
The mainstream media is soft. It's corporate owned by rich people who are more scared of losing their wealth and status than fascism. I have to say that there's also a lot of Jews at high levels in corporate media who seem to be torn between their liberal background and education and Trump's support for Israel. Washington reporters jobs depend on access and they don't want to get shut out. And they are also too afraid of being called biased to talk straight.
Nicker on 12/6/2025 at 12:01
There's not much to add to this:
[video=youtube;H7vmtBeh5AM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vmtBeh5AM[/video]
It is estimated that at least 300,000 people have died or will shortly die, because Musk stopped food aid. But Musk doesn't regret that. He regrets hurting Trump's feewings.
Cipheron on 13/6/2025 at 04:15
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/11/immigration-arrests-ice-raid-masks/)
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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Maybe they really were immigration officers, just as they claimed. Or maybe they were a ragtag vigilante group, arbitrarily snatching brown-looking people off the street.
“It could have been like a band of the Proud Boys or something,” said Linda Shafiroff, recounting the agents who showed up outside her office in masks and tactical gear and refused to show IDs, warrants or even the names of any criminals they were supposedly hunting.
As unrest and military troops overtake Los Angeles, terrifying scenes are also unfolding in smaller communities around the country. They, too, are being invaded by what resembles a secret police force, often indistinguishable from random thugs.
Shafiroff and business partner Sarah Stiner own a boutique home-design and construction firm in Great Barrington, a New England town largely populated by artists, aging hippies and affluent second-home-owners. On May 30, around 11 a.m., six armed agents showed up outside the women's office. The agents were dressed as though they had parachuted into a war zone, rather than a small town where the crosswalks are painted in rainbows.
The paramilitary-resembling group approached a Hispanic man who was outside the design office, picking weeds. The man did not work for Shafiroff and Stiner's design firm, but rather for a local landscaping company. (The women say their employees are all citizens or otherwise have documents proving they're here legally.) Neither Shafiroff nor Stiner knew the gardener's name, but they said they had seen him around before and that he seemed friendly.
They were also incensed by what looked like an extralegal abduction unfolding in their parking lot.
“These guys had guns hanging all over them,” said Shafiroff, but they otherwise had no conformity to their dress. “None of them had the same letters on the front of their vests. Some of them didn't even have letters, but it said ‘Police' across the back. ... One had light-colored jeans and sneakers on, and one had on a Red Sox hat.” The agents arrived in unmarked cars, some with out-of-state plates.
The women asked to see IDs or warrants, or even the names of the alleged criminals these agents were there to track down. They refused. One briefly flashed a badge, Stiner recounted, but would not let her inspect it even to see what agency it was for.
Nothing to see here Citizen, move along.
Nicker on 16/6/2025 at 12:42
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7717mk1gk6o) Stochastic Violence 'R' Us.
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Minnesota assassination survivor and husband shot 17 times.
Investigators say Boelter was disguised as a police officer when he carried out the attacks and had a vehicle that looked like a police car, equipped with flashing emergency lights.
The gunman first targeted the Hoffmans at their home in Champlin at around 02:00 local time on Saturday, authorities said.
Soon afterwards, Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed at their home in Brooklyn Park, eight miles away.
Officers arrived at the Hortmans' home and exchanged gunfire with the suspect at around 03:35. The suspect managed to flee, leaving behind his car, authorities said.
According to Boelter's CV, he has a background in security and military training and had also been a pastor.
Oh good. He already found Jesus.
His manifesto confirms he is a dedicated, if not fanatical trump supporter.
Trump's first Tweet (which seems to have been since expunged) was a brief condemnation of the violence done on his behalf, embedded in a more expansive attack on the character of Governor, Tim Walz, followed by a firm promise that he might, or might not, call Walz about the tragedy.
Trump hasn't called.Since then, some semi-adult at the White House wrote a proper condemnation and message of support, then published it on the DJT Official account before Tint Hands could stop them.
Cipheron on 17/6/2025 at 01:05
The two Trump sons are now promoting "Trump Phones" as a new product.
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https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/687492/trump-mobile-phone-t1)
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The Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible
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https://time.com/7294675/trump-mobile-phone-service/)
Some of the images look fake. The @TrumpMobile account has shown photos of it with what looking like the iPhone arrangement of cameras, but that's different from what's shown on their website. It's likely they're using AI generated images. See here:
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https://x.com/cryptopeakx/status/1934600975756763574)
Totally different phone to the ones shown on the website. I'm going to guess AI was used to generate all images so far and no physical phone exists. Now, that account was one of the ones promoting it, and linked back to @TrumpMobile, but the @TrumpMobile account now has no posts, so my guess is that they made the obviously AI-generated images but since deleted them.
Here's an archived version of the @TrumpMobile twitter page showing the since deleted post:
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https://archive.md/UpFYW)
Starker on 18/6/2025 at 10:44
Turns out that ICE Barbie might be allergic to dog meat:
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-hospital-ambulance-dhs-b2771923.html)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was rushed to a hospital in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday after experiencing an allergic reaction, according to an agency spokesperson.
“Secretary Noem had an allergic reaction today,” DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to The Independent.
“She was transported to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. She is alert and recovering,” she added.
Noem has been conscious and has been speaking with her security detail, according to CNN, citing sources familiar with the matter.
[...]
Cipheron on 18/6/2025 at 11:10
The story got more interesting:
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-visited-a-biosafety-lab-with-rfk-jr-one-day-before-allergic-reaction/)
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ICE Barbie Visited Biohazard Lab With RFK Jr. Before Hospitalization
Kristi Noem was hospitalized for an allergic reaction one day after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a photo of them both visiting a biosafety lab that was temporarily shut down due to safety concerns.
“With @Sec_Noem and @SenRandPaul inspecting the biological hazard labs at Fort Detrick,” the Health and Human Services Secretary posted, sharing an image of himself with Noem and GOP Sen. Rand Paul at the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland.
On Tuesday, Noem was taken to the hospital by ambulance for an “allergic reaction,” DHS’ Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told the Daily Beast in a statement.
Nicker on 19/6/2025 at 02:20
Apparently she was exposed to an unvarnished truth.
