Mastodawn

Tourism to the United States is plummeting.
Who wants to end up arrested and shackled and then dumped in a Trump proxy gulag in El Salvador?
#DonaldTrump #MAGA #autocracy #tyranny #tourism #TouristBoycottOfUS #USPolitics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u75hVLTEX18

International tourists decide against visiting Trump's America | DW News

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Tim Zee 1d ago

Jen Sorensen 1d ago

Latest comic: Veneer of Normalcy

#authoritarianism #economy #cartoon #comic

Tim Zee 1d ago

Ben Werdmuller 2d ago

Mastodon is a revolution in people-powered social networking. But it needs help to push it past its early adopter community. In the spirit of my previous piece about Bluesky, here's what I would do if I ran the project: https://werd.io/2025/if-i-ran-mastodon #fediverse

If I ran Mastodon

A community platform for a vibrant, diverse social web.

Werd I/O

Tim Zee 2d ago

The Ancient Romans would be puzzled by the use of the Hitler salute in films and TV shows about them. It was apparently invented in the late 19th century and used in theater productions about antiquity.
#AncientRome #Claudius #HitlerSalute #Hitlergruß #ElonMusk #USPolitics #MAGA

Tim Zee 3d ago

Dracarys!

#Dracarys #TradeWar #Tariffs #MAGA #DonaldTrump #China #XiJinping #习近平 #Dragons #USPolitics

Tim Zee 3d ago

ProPublica 4d ago

With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.

(Published 2019)
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Trump #Tax #IRS #News

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free

Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

ProPublica

Tim Zee 5d ago

Trump recently had a medical exam. The results are literally unbelievable. The weight & height of Trump publicly released by the White House do not come close to the reality of Trump's mass.
Jimmy Kimmel noted that Trump's officially reported dimensions were not far from those of quarterback Jordan Love.
So here they are with stats as provided by ESPN and the White House.
#DonaldTrump #physical #disinformation #JordanLove #GreenBayPackers #MAGA #USPolitics

Tim Zee 5d ago

Ars Technica 5d ago

White House aims to defund NPR and PBS in move slammed as “cultural sabotage”
Markey: Cutting NPR and PBS "is not budget discipline, it's cultural sabotage."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/white-house-aims-to-defund-npr-and-pbs-in-move-slammed-as-cultural-sabotage/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

White House calls NPR and PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind funding

Markey: Cutting NPR and PBS “is not budget discipline, it’s cultural sabotage.”…

Ars Technica

Tim Zee 6d ago

Stan Greenberg was Bill Clinton's pollster and a good one at that. His comments to Canadian pollster Frank Graves are worth repeating.
Too many people, especially on the left, have a bizarrely elevated view of how voters make choices.
If you actually want to win, listen to Mr. Greenberg.

#StanleyGreenberg #FrankGraves #polling #WinningElections #Emotion #CanadaElection

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/14/canada-election-trump-polls-00286002

Tim Zee 6d ago

September_UA 🇺🇦6d ago

EU Officials Back Taurus Missiles for Ukraine Despite Kremlin Threats #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czechia #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Slovakia #Japan #Taiwan #Australia #Switzerland #Canada #Italy #Ireland #Netherlands #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #RussiaIsATerroristState https://united24media.com/latest-news/eu-officials-back-taurus-missiles-for-ukraine-despite-kremlin-threats-7579

EU Officials Back Taurus Missiles for Ukraine Despite Kremlin Threats

European foreign ministers back Friedrich Merz's proposal to supply Germany's TAURUS missiles to Ukraine, emphasizing the need for enhanced defense capabilities.

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