bolha.us is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
We're a Brazilian IT Community. We love IT/DevOps/Cloud, but we also love to talk about life, the universe, and more. | Nós somos uma comunidade de TI Brasileira, gostamos de Dev/DevOps/Cloud e mais!

Server stats:

252
active users

#uspol

1.2K posts601 participants176 posts today
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> Health, Education, Labor &amp; Pensions (HELP) Cmte Chair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillCassidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillCassidy</span></a> (R) &amp; Ranking Member <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BernieSanders</span></a> (I) sent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> a joint letter asking him to testify at an April 10 hearing to explain his "proposed reorganization" of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)<p>Via Supervisor Holly Mitchell: LA County holds weekly Wednesday public meetings, known as Cluster Meetings, where residents and county representatives can learn about and provide input on upcoming Board motions and a wide range of topics.</p><p>For agendas and links to join this week’s cluster meetings...and additional information, visit: <a href="https://ceo.lacounty.gov/agendas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ceo.lacounty.gov/agendas/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LosAngelesCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>Birds of a feather, Poilievre and Trump. Of course Elon "born to breed" Musk is also included.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a></p>
Maj - Michele Ann Jenkins 🇨🇦<p>Allez voter Québec!</p><p>"Trump administration lists Quebec language law Bill 96 as trade barrier<br>Carney says French language, culture, supply management 'off the table' in any trade talks with U.S."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-trump-blanchet-bill-off-table-trade-1.7499025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-blanchet-bill-off-table-trade-1.7499025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quebec</span></a></p>
Aure Free Press :verified:<p>Trump Crippling US Healthcare! </p><p>Mass layoffs began at the major US health agencies on Tuesday as the Trump administration embarks on a major restructuring that will cut 20,000 jobs<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AureFreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AureFreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/headline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Breaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breaking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@KimPerales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KimPerales</span></a></span> the only rules that stop <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> are the laws of physics.</p><ul><li>The last time we had a favist dictator commit to unprecedented democide and genocide his reign was forcibly ended by physics!</li></ul><p>However people interpret this ain't my problem…</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/REFORUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>REFORUSA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Pusher of Pixels<p><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Booker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Booker</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Filibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Filibuster</span></a> </p><p>Called my VA Senators to ask when they would be relieving Booker and with straight serious reply I was told from both of them "They did join Sen Booker and spoke for a few minutes"</p><p>MINUTES</p><p>I was....LOUD in my response comparing 19 HOURS to their MINUTES</p><p>Call your Sens.</p>
Ned Yeung<p>'Marine Le Pen thought she was untouchable. Wrapped in tricolor nationalism, elevated by decades of scapegoating, she built a brand out of grievance and paranoia. She claimed the people's voice, even as she siphoned public money behind their backs. She stoked fires she had no intention of putting out, pointed fingers at enemies she invented wholesale, and assumed, like every strongman with a PR team, that the system she mocked would never bite back.</p><p>Then it did.</p><p>The French courts called her bluff. They reviewed the evidence, followed the law, and found her guilty. Not of bad optics. Not of rhetorical excess. Not of "thought crimes," no matter what Elon Musk and his gang of strongmen with hurt feelings tell you.</p><p>She was found guilty of embezzlement, theft, and lying while draped in the flag. She won't run for president again until 2030. She's under home detention. And she is no longer just a threat—she is a convicted fraud.</p><p>This matters.</p><p>Not just because it dents her career. Not just because it opens up the field in France. But because every autocrat, every demagogue, every would-be Le Pen elsewhere is watching. And they are rattled.</p><p>They should be. The far right does not survive scrutiny. It thrives in spectacle, but it dies in sunlight. Like Trump, Bolsonaro, and Orban, Le Pen built her empire on the assumption that the rules were for someone else. That legality was a performance. That accountability was optional. But the law is not a mirror. You don't get to shape it with your ego. In an uncompromised system, it stands even when you scream at it.</p><p>The global tantrum from her allies tells the story. Trump immediately compared Le Pen's conviction to his own legal troubles because, of course he did. It's always about him. Always the victim, never the culprit. Elon Musk, from his bubble of delusion, called it a plot. Orban pledged support for his disgraced ally. Bolsonaro whimpered from exile.</p><p>They know the truth. They know it in their bones. Fascism only works when it's insulated, when its actors are shielded from consequence, and when propaganda outruns the facts. The illusion breaks when the scaffolding of immunity collapses, the mob is replaced by a judge, and the slogans are replaced by evidence. And what's underneath? Insecurity, desperation, and a hollow ideology trussed up in stolen valor.</p><p>Authoritarians don't want law and order. They want their order without law. Le Pen wasn't taken down by a smear campaign. She was taken down by her own accounting. The receipts were real. The funds were misused. The institutions she spent her life deriding did their job. And for once, the machinery of democracy didn't blink.</p><p>America should take notes. Because while Le Pen is sidelined, Trump is running the table. He's reshaped the judiciary, fired the prosecutors, and made a mockery of independent oversight. He's trying to erase the very record that would convict him. He has converted the Department of Justice into a loyalty program. He's unleashed the full force of presidential power to shield himself from accountability. He's dismantling the concept of justice piece by piece, turning institutions into weapons, rules into obstacles, and laws into tools for revenge.</p><p>Trump has never and will never be interested in governing. He's not interested in solving problems. Trump wants total narrative control—to cast himself as both martyr and messiah, both victim and avenger. Every indictment becomes a campaign ad. Every trial becomes a rally. Every ruling against him becomes further proof of conspiracy. And still, beneath all the noise, is the one thing he can't rewrite: a legal system that - for now - still functions.</p><p>Trump doesn't fear the left. He doesn't fear the press. He fears the gavel. He fears that despite all the bluster, there are still people in robes who can end his fantasy. Because unlike Truth Social, Twitter, and Fox News, courts don't run on applause. Courts don't respond to chants, and judges aren't impressed by crowd sizes. The Constitution, even when shredded at the edges, still holds. And in those corners, Trump sees a threat he can't eliminate: truth rendered legally binding.</p><p>This is why Le Pen's demise matters. Because it shows that even the loudest fascists, even the most entrenched demagogues, are not beyond reach. The system, flawed and bruised, can still function. It can still deliver a verdict that means something.</p><p>Every time an authoritarian con-artist is held accountable, every time the mask slips in a courtroom, the spell weakens. It takes pressure. It takes a public that doesn't flinch when the volume gets turned up. It takes faith - not in the perfection of institutions, but in their potential.</p><p>Let the strongmen scream. Let them curse the judges. Let them fundraise off their shamelessness. If the courts still stand after the dust clears, the fascists are not winning.</p><p>They're pleading.</p><p>For once, the world doesn't have to listen.</p><p>It just has to watch the gavel fall.</p><p>And know it can fall again.'</p><p><a href="https://www.theindex.media/authoritarian-grift-meets-the-grind-of-justice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theindex.media/authoritarian-g</span><span class="invisible">rift-meets-the-grind-of-justice/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FRAPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FRAPOL</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>Elect an ignorant, vengeful clown… expect a circus. A chaotic, angry circus. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/AmericanCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCoup</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICYMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICYMI</span></a>: James Rodden, a North Texas <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> prosecutor who the Observer revealed also operated a white supremacist account on the social network X, has drawn both public protest and condemnation from a sitting member of Congress. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/congressman-veasey-ice-response-racist-x-account/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/congressman-</span><span class="invisible">veasey-ice-response-racist-x-account/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-53344</span><span class="invisible">15/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPCult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Infrogmation<p>1921 political cartoon by Rollin Kirby. Republican Party as patent medicine hawker trying to sell high tariffs to Uncle Sam.</p><p>Some old cartoons really don't need updating, but I couldn't resist tweaking the text of this one to make it more 2025.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cartoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartoons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
S. Kaeth<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bigzaphod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bigzaphod</span></a></span> and I told the kids about Senator Cory Booker's speech and the history of filibusters &amp; long speeches in the senate. It's so impressive, he's about 20 hours in, and still remarkably on point for no sleep and limited rest (thanks to super long questions, yay teamwork).</p><p>I have his speech going in the background, and the kids are like "hey, this is historic right? Does it count as history?"</p><p>He's currently at the 5th longest speech and still going: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwt</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Lee from Colorado<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> I'd like to know which other senators have been helping Booker out. Asking questions, letting him take short breaks, etc.<br>Cause I'd like to either thank my senators for doing that or chew them out for failing to meet the moment. once again ...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
LiteralGrill<p>If they can't figure out how to federally ban masks and make that stance popular, it looks like the goal is to do all they can to make it impossible to know if said masks are actually safe.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-layoffs-hhs-niosh-worker-safety-agency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-layoff</span><span class="invisible">s-hhs-niosh-worker-safety-agency/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/COVIDIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVIDIsNotOver</span></a></p>
Santa Clara County Dem Party<p>LOTS of resistance to Trump and Musk's senility-enabled, drug-fueled rampage against American.</p><p>A federal employee union sues Trump. <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5223768-federal-employee-union-sues-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/regulation/court-b</span><span class="invisible">attles/5223768-federal-employee-union-sues-trump/</span></a></p><p>Citizen groups are suing Trump over his attempts to restrict our rights to vote. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/organizations-file-suit-challenging-trumps-effort-overhaul-election/story?id=120345279" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/organization</span><span class="invisible">s-file-suit-challenging-trumps-effort-overhaul-election/story?id=120345279</span></a></p><p>Democrats are suing over voting rights. <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/democrats-sue-over-trumps-election-integrity-executive-order/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courthousenews.com/democrats-s</span><span class="invisible">ue-over-trumps-election-integrity-executive-order/</span></a></p><p>Blue States are suing Trump over health care cuts. <a href="https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-4-1-2025#00000195-f1ba-d658-a3d5-f3fe17d50000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/donald-trump-n</span><span class="invisible">ews-updates-4-1-2025#00000195-f1ba-d658-a3d5-f3fe17d50000</span></a></p><p>Danes boycott the US. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark-joins-boycott-american-products-trump-greenland-canada-rcna198918" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark</span><span class="invisible">-joins-boycott-american-products-trump-greenland-canada-rcna198918</span></a></p><p>The EU is weighing some hefty retaliation for Trump's economic policies. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/01/eu-trump-tariffs-retaliation-big-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/world/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/01/eu-trump-tariffs-retaliation-big-tech/</span></a></p><p>Mercedes may pull some cars. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-01/mercedes-weighs-pulling-us-entry-level-cars-over-trump-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-04-01/mercedes-weighs-pulling-us-entry-level-cars-over-trump-tariffs</span></a></p><p>We're losing academics thanks to Trump - and other countries are happy to take them. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/541b1796-e747-46de-ac64-55264f298061" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/541b1796-e747-4</span><span class="invisible">6de-ac64-55264f298061</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/santaclara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>santaclara</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAPol</span></a></p>
astroPug<p>I have Cory Booker’s speech on in the background while running errands.</p><p>It’s like a very informative podcast. </p><p>This is quality. Not reading Dr.Seuss.</p><p>The trump admin has flooded the zone, and in the process, has so much to answer for that Booker can just keep going. </p><p>An unintended side effect of “flood the zone” that the evil clown Bannon did maybe not anticipate. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UsPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsPol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoryBooker</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/StillAtIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StillAtIt</span></a></p>
rhrwllnrtr :mastodon:<p>These are only three and a half minutes. Uncut. Representing the essence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoryBooker</span></a> 's speech around the 20hrs mark. It's a speech to all Americans. But is as well a speech, foremost to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a>, about which, until today, I wasn't sure it still exists. Senator Booker just opened a huge window of opportunity. They only have to use it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDontWantToGoHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDontWantToGoHome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USSenate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a></p>
allen<p>Senator Cory Booker has been on the stand for 20 consecutive hours and counting without once sitting down or leaving the chamber. Several others, such as Senator Schiff, Senator Rosen and Senator Blumenthal are helping Senator Brooker's vocal chords by asking questions. History is in the making, typically boring Senate stuff has turned Booker into a streamer for today. You can watch here from the Senator's channel:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwt</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rail.chat/tags/USSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USSenate</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
KonsolentieR<p>Due to the current situation in the <a href="https://odenwald.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> with <a href="https://odenwald.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> 2.0, I'm curious:</p><p>Are you considering to leave the USA and live and work abroad?</p><p>What's the current mood at the moment?<br><a href="https://odenwald.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://odenwald.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a></p>