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Patrick Gillam
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Slowly open the eyes
Republicans would have us believe their billionaires are paragons of rugged individualism. But those billionaires’ monopolies, monopsonies, communication platforms and politicians force the rest of us—we who would be individuals—to walk in service to the billionaires’ wills.
Steve HermanA French court convicts far right leader Marine Le Pen in an embezzlement case and follows up the verdict with a sentence barring her immediately from running for office for five years. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250331-%F0%9F%94%B4-french-court-convicts-far-right-leader-marine-le-pen-in-embezzlement-trial
Live: France’s Le Pen vows to fight election ban, says verdict ‘violates rule of law’
A French court handed far-right leader Marine Le Pen a five-year ban on running for office on embezzlement charges Monday, dashing her ambitions of standing in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals. She also received a four-year prison sentence. Follow our liveblog to see how events unfold.
I had been thinking Schumer and my Senators’ vote to fund the government enables us to use the courts against DOGE. But the New York Times’ Adam Liptak explains why the courts may ultimately fail us, too. Hint: The Supreme Court already has failed us.
Sadderp 🇮🇪 🇪🇺🇫🇷I hate #BBC news.
Just now economics BBC journalist:
"Spending cuts are necessary as the markets lend money to the government to allow it to spend on essential services".
No they don't.
The UK creates money when it needs it from thin air. More info from lots of sources including the Bank of England's own website!
The "market" saves with the government as it is the safest place to invest.
#ukpolitics #uk #ukpol
Just now economics BBC journalist:
"Spending cuts are necessary as the markets lend money to the government to allow it to spend on essential services".
No they don't.
The UK creates money when it needs it from thin air. More info from lots of sources including the Bank of England's own website!
The "market" saves with the government as it is the safest place to invest.
#ukpolitics #uk #ukpol
SpockoTrump after the Joint Session speech shakes Justice John Robert's' hand & says, "Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget it."
I tried to clean up the background sound a bit, but I'm not an expert.
I suppose this is just the normal kind of conversation that a President has with the man who gave him immunity for doing anything he wants while in office.
#SOTU #SCOTUS
“I was sure that I should never stand alone in this desert world, but that manna would drop from heaven, if I would but rise with every rising sun to gather it.”
—Margaret Fuller, friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, on her transcendent experience of “no self.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson explains the motive force behind social media. This is from Robert D. Richardson’s “Emerson: The Mind on Fire”:
[Emerson held that] “expression is as basic a human drive as sex: ‘It is a necessity of the human nature that it should express itself outwardly and embody its thought.’ ‘As all creatures are allured to reproduce themselves, so must the thought be imparted in speech.’”
MinaOK.
This is kind of scary.
I uploaded my profile pic to
https://theyseeyourphotos.com/
This is a site, setup by a former Google employee to show you, how Google would interpret a picture of you.
The result is not 100 % accurate (e.g. that I could be targeted with alcohol ads, but I hardly ever drink), but found the exact location and enough to be worried if they analysed a set of, say, a dozen photos.
Randahl FinkWhat an absolute hero!
While Musk is trying to kill entire government agencies by tweet, Samantha Power walks into The Late Show and explains why USAID is the agency that keeps the world safe and free from disease.
Everything Elon is trying to hide because he wants to free up money for his own tax cuts, Samantha Power lays out beautifully right here:
https://youtu.be/OIHJub72vuM?si=yDT2rOtUWGxums89
Boost her!
