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politics @lemmy.world•Trump Celebrates While America Capitulates | The peace deal with Tehran is an Iranian victory.
331·1 day agoIt’s possible for us all to lose. Good chance of a famine six months from now because so much of the northern hemisphere couldn’t get fertilizer during planting season and the US decided to make food for cows and cars instead of for people
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Gee, whiz: elephant relieves itself on floor of Texas Republican convention | Four-ton Paige, brought in as surprise for attenders, made gushing debut after governor finished keynote speech
10·3 days agoThey appear to have been using electric shocks to get the elephant to go where they wanted.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•President Trump roundly booed by New York crowd at NBA Finals Game 3 at MSG
3·6 days agoHe wasn’t mingling with the crowd.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•President Trump roundly booed by New York crowd at NBA Finals Game 3 at MSG
2·6 days agoHe was up until he started doing things to wreck the long-term economic growth of the US
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•President Trump roundly booed by New York crowd at NBA Finals Game 3 at MSG
4·7 days agoThey had a huge security zone around the game to prevent that
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Arctic Refuge Oil Draws Few Bids, Despite Trump’s Push for ‘Liquid Gold’
3·10 days agoA bit, for ones where they could find a legal reason to do so
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•SCOTUS Cobbles Together Excuse to Let Alabama Discriminate Against Black Voters in New Order
1·13 days agoThe immunity isn’t some absolute rule; I don’t seriously expect that the Republicans on the court think it applies to Democrats.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Mikie Sherrill’s state police riot in Newark is a national disgrace | New Jersey state troopers meant to protect Newark protesters from ICE are violently shredding the First Amendment instead.
4·15 days agoYeah. They don’t have authority to end the contract. Local officials can do things to interfere with utility hookups.
But sending in the local police to attack protesters and the press is just an asshole move
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Mikie Sherrill’s state police riot in Newark is a national disgrace | New Jersey state troopers meant to protect Newark protesters from ICE are violently shredding the First Amendment instead.
41·16 days agoHe’s informally helping to coordinate stuff like this even if not part of his official duties
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•The Miller Doctrine | Stephen Miller is in large part dictating U.S. foreign policy, with a mindset of unilateral violence on a maximum scale.
2·17 days agoHe’s about as likely to follow through as Musk was when he actually challenged Zuckerberg to a fight
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final say on research grants
52·18 days agoFunding and performing a large chunk of the world’s scientific research is not abusive, and with no other country stepping up at the needed scale, it’s going to leave everyone worse off.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final say on research grants
12·18 days agoIt’ll take a year to get through the courts and in the meantime a huge chunk of junior researchers will find another career. This is going to permanently damage the US even if reversed
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•California ‘Class Traitor’ Tom Steyer Wants to Tax His Fellow Billionaires
121·18 days agoThe donations are all listed in cal-access and the endorsements are all public.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•California ‘Class Traitor’ Tom Steyer Wants to Tax His Fellow Billionaires
141·18 days agoYes, but ICE changed tactics so it’s all less visible.
Same thing locally where I am. Signal chats are active, but we mostly respond to local cops doing something dumb and being mistaken for ICE
Several places have very active protests in support of the concentration camp hunger strikes too
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•California ‘Class Traitor’ Tom Steyer Wants to Tax His Fellow Billionaires
142·18 days agoThey were showing up in large numbers before people were murdered for it. The murders just got your attention.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•California ‘Class Traitor’ Tom Steyer Wants to Tax His Fellow Billionaires
26·18 days agoFunny how they’re quietly funding the other prominent Democrat

silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•The DOJ Wants to Know Who on Reddit and X Is Criticizing ICE's Tactics
0·18 days agoI don’t think they’re limiting it to those platforms. It’s just that they’re big so people are talking about them
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•The DOJ Wants to Know Who on Reddit and X Is Criticizing ICE's Tactics
3·19 days agoPretty sure they’re not restricting this by platform.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•RFK Jr. is now handling snakes. What does this mean? Decoding the latest manly video from our secretary of health and human services.
2·20 days agoHe’s a eugenicist who thinks his “good genes” will protect him instead of God.










They don’t get harvested then, but I think stockpiles will be empty then or sooner