Lula:
"We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world.
We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."
Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.
Putin poisons his critics, jails his opponents, detains Americans, and invaded Ukraine—where he has kidnapped children and massacred civilians.
Bending over backwards to kiss his ass and salute him as a “humanitarian” is a disgusting new low, even for this administration.
WITKOFF TO PUTIN (yes, that Putin): “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian — you are a humanitarian also, sir. I salute that. I commend you.”
🤯 we are so cooked.
Russia was never a hoax.
Always be suspicious* of anyone claiming that it's actually GOOD for you that they have nearly all the wealth and power.
*"be suspicious" here means "tax the fuck out of them and throw moldy lemons at their head."
SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
Nobody hates free speech more than the fascist tech oligarchs who claimed to care about it more than anyone. What an absolute joke.
P.S. they also hate democracy.
As we hand them control of the country.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
America has never had a king. All it’s had was us. Still, some will tell you that showing up on No Kings Day means you hate this country, but they have it exactly backwards.
Nobody gets up to march on a Saturday for a country they’ve given up on. You do that for a country you love. (link below)
BRAZIL 🇧🇷: A judge ordered META to stop intentionally helping Bolsonaro (son of an insurrectionist) against Progressive President Lula.
Tech oligarchs meddling with elections across the globe.
www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...
Why is there such a large percentage of Minnesota residents with their heads firmly wedged up their ass? George Floyd killed in broad daylight by a cop. Melissa Hortman and her husband murdered by a Trump cultist. Renee Good. Alex Pretti. And this race is only a lean Dem? Wake the fuck up!
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.
@reuters.com 🇺🇦
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
There are masked death squads roaming our streets & a genuine madman occupying the White House. Ousting and punishing as many actual-fascists as humanly possible needs to be the top priority of Democratic leadership. If you can’t do that Rep. Jeffries, for the sake of our Republic, step down.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who is in line to become House speaker if the party wins power, said Democrats will be united "right out of the gate" on reinstating ACA tax breaks, reversing Medicaid cuts, holding votes against the Iran war and undoing the president's tariff regime https://to.pbs.org/4B3jZ6E
It is, in fact, possible to impeach and remove President Trump from office next week. It won't happen, however, because Republicans also support Putin and Russia and agree with Trump.
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
Let me see if I understand this . . .
1. The U.S. is at war with Iran.
2. Russia is helping Iran in that war.
3. The U.S. is now giving Russia money that it can use to help Iran destroy U.S. bases and kill U.S. troops.
Donald is smart & patriotic like that.
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports.
The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Someday you'll never see his face. Someday you'll never hear his whiny voice. Someday you'll never hear his name mentioned or see it in print. Someday he will be gone.
The entire Republican Party tried to overthrow the Constitution and replace it with a one-party dictatorship under KING DON ILL.
Don't forget this happened, and that the System tried to get you to accept it and continue to regard the Republicans as a legitimate American party.
“The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.” - James Baldwin
#RadioFreeAmerica#politics
Democrats caved and/or facilitated this monopolization of practically every major media property in the US into the hands of a MAGA fascist psychopath.
If the US had an opposition party, each of its presidential contenders would would vow to dissolve this monopoly by any means necessary.
He is not defying the Democrats. He is defying the US Congress, aka the people. A president cannot legally or constitutionally spend money however he wishes to. Congress appropriated the funding. Previous presidents signed those appropriations into law. Trump is lawless. That's the story here.