I didn't know if this book about the early history of the #CIA would be anti-CIA enough for me. I was assured early on it would likely be, as its spend the whole first chapter dedicated to documenting just how pro-Nazi the Dulles brothers were and how many Nazi friends they had.

#history #uspol #upolitics #bookstodon

Marjorie Taylor Greene bought Palantir shares days before ICE awarded the company a $30M contract

Greene sits on the House Committee on Homeland Security, the department that oversees U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Snopes
Trump’s handling of tariffs and inflation nosedives his economic approval rating to the rock bottom of his entire presidential career

A survey of 1,000 Americans showed Trump with 43% approval and 55% disapproval rating on his handling of the economy.

Fortune
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)

While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…

Techdirt
⚯ M Cryptadamus ⚯ | @[email protected] (@Cryptadamist) on X

lol the intrepid ICE agents "nabbed" this dangerous migrant... from the prison he was currently serving time in. sounds like hard work. those ICE agents must have really sweated this one out, done the research. https://t.co/LzED4k4dmP

X (formerly Twitter)

They get a Queer to harm trans youth, then he uses is own experience of institutionalized bigotry with Section 28 to justify doing the same to Trans Youth, then proclaiming his is the fountain of all knowledge on trans matters and everyone else is being political.

This is what Britain looks like to me, a bitter hateful lie and if you want to progress in this awful culture you must become a bigot, you MUST

#UKPOL #Upolitics #WesStreeting #LGBTQIA #Section28

Childless GOP Candidate Borrows Friend’s Wife and Kids for Photo Ops

GOP candidate Derrick Anderson was caught featuring his friends wife and family in photos and videos.

Rolling Stone

It is extremely important that you not post stupid shit right now. It is also, though less, important that you stay calm. The mods, by which I mean the FBI and Secret Service, are _not at all asleep_.

https://solarbird.net/blog/2024/07/13/stay-calm-and-dont-post-stupid-shit/

#uspol #uspolitics #upolitics #trump #shooting #fascism

Stay calm and don’t post stupid shit – Solarbird{y|z|yz}, Collected

Jon Stewart Debunks GOP’s City Crime Narrative | The Daily Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGLZQ7Xrd6o&t=14

#news #politics #upolitics #humor #GOP #crime #thedailyshow

Jon Stewart Debunks GOP’s City Crime Narrative | The Daily Show

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"Leo, a key figure in a network of nonprofits that has worked to support the nominations of conservative judges, told Conway that he wanted her to “give” Ginni Thomas “another $25K,” the documents show. He emphasized that the paperwork should have “No mention of Ginni, of course.”"

#law #lawfedi #uspol #politics #upolitics #supremecourt