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US FASCISM

Let's be clear. Fascism hasn't come to America. Fascism WAS BORN in America. American fascism historically inspired Hitler, was responsible for racial segregation and has never gone away. America exists as it is today because of a race-based fascist genocide and land grab. Fascism is as American as it gets.

#usa #fascism #uspol #racism

mjt 1d ago

Twra Sun 1d ago

🔴 💁🏻‍♂️ - AOC: „It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs.“

#Venezuela

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mjt 1d ago

“…New York already runs on plenty of these ideas: public schools, public hospitals, rent regulation, the subway. No one panics when the fire department shows up. We’ve just decided, over time, that some things work better when profit isn’t the point.”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-first-big-speech.html

#USpol (2/2)

I Came to See Mamdani’s First Big Speech as Mayor. I Found Something Else Entirely.

New York City is working through its feelings in real time.

Slate

mjt 1d ago

“This is where I should stop and define what democratic socialism is, as it’s been at the center of much of the misinformation about Mamdani. Democratic socialism, as practiced by Zohran Mamdani, is not about abolishing markets or nationalizing everything in sight. It’s about using democratic government to make sure basic needs—housing, transit, health care, education—aren’t treated like luxury goods. ...”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-first-big-speech.html

#USpol… (1/2)

I Came to See Mamdani’s First Big Speech as Mayor. I Found Something Else Entirely.

New York City is working through its feelings in real time.

Slate

mjt 1d ago

🏳️‍🌈 Bri 🌬️🚴❄️✨2d ago

Waiting is just searching for something through time instead of space send toot

mjt 1d ago

“From today’s press conference, after the US raid in Venezuela. At center, Marco Rubio, pretending that this was just a normal law-enforcement action. At left, the omnipresent Stephen Miller. At right, the person who has assumed one-man authority to disrupt the world economy with tariffs, launch lethal assaults on other nations, and declare a ‘boots on the ground’ military occupation. Today, he struggled to maintain attention when anyone was speaking except himself.“ ~James Fallows today
#USpol

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mjt 1d ago

“‘Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,’ said Francisco Rodríguez, a Venezuelan economist at the University of Denver.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/20/venezuela-oil-nationalization-expropriation/

#USpol (2/2)

Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. Here’s the history.

The government of the oil-rich nation took control of its petroleum industry in 1976, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and foreign-owned assets.

The Washington Post

mjt 1d ago

“‘They’re not going to do that again,’ Trump told reporters. ‘We had a lot of oil there. As you know they threw our companies out, and we want it back.’ 
“But U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven reserves of crude, and officials didn’t kick them out of the country. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/20/venezuela-oil-nationalization-expropriation/

#USpol… (1/2)

Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. Here’s the history.

The government of the oil-rich nation took control of its petroleum industry in 1976, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and foreign-owned assets.

The Washington Post

mjt 4d ago

Laura Manach

Dec 28

The most important employment lesson.
1. HR is not there to protect you. They are there to protect the company.
2. Document EVERYTHING.
3. Food is not a reward for hard work.
4. Do the bare minimum, or you'll get rewarded MORE work.
5. Use them sick/ vacation time/ PTO.
6. Everyone is replaceable.
7. Keep them emails.
8. Your family is more important than any job.
9. Some of your coworkers secretly hate you.
10. Never stay at one job longer than 4 years unless the pay increase is substantial.

mjt 4d ago

Lauren Weinstein 4d ago

BREAKING: Transcript of House Judiciary Committee closed-door deposition of Jack Smith (255 pages) and 8+ hour video of the deposition are now available

https://cbs6albany.com/resources/pdf/7f433dcc-2872-4fb1-97e2-a4ec31121451-SmithDepoTranscript_RedactedwErrata.pdf#toolbar=0&navpanes=0&scrollbar=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YR8slAt3Ek