Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

Something to think about...

#usa #fascism #ice #trump #uspol

I was thinking of counter protest ideas, and the thought of dressing up like Septa Unella, carrying bells and chanting, “SHAME!” around ICE agents kidnapping people came to mind.

ICE is planning to create a surveillance team that hunts for leads on social media

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/ice-is-planning-to-create-a-surveillance-team-that-hunts-for-leads-on-social-media-163743143.html?src=rss

Be warned. Spread, boost, please, for all the good folks in the USA

#ICE

Corporate media takes to a fainting couch any time any Democrat - or even any plausibly left-leaning poster on social media - says anything untoward about Republicans' character, but this kind of genocidal language toward Dems has been bog standard on right-wing media for decades now.

"Just yesterday, someone told me to speak less about the war. They said Germans are tired of it. But last night, Russian drones flew over Munich airport.

So I ask you: do you think today it is acceptable to talk about the war?

In Ukraine, there were thousands of women who were smarter, more talented, and better than me. They should stand on this stage today. But Russia killed them. Some are now in captivity..."

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#FLOTILLA #TRACKER
Nine ships, sailing towards Gaza, as one vessel, the #Conscience, carries 92 participants, including paramedics and journalists from 26 countries.

The Conscience and 8 other vessels continue on their path despite threats, carrying a message of resistance and hope."

✊ ⛵ 🚢 ⛵ ⛵🛳️ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵🚢 🇵🇸

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XA3MfY0lNw

https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

#Israel #Gaza #genocide #famine #starvation #warcrimes #BreakTheSiege #ActionsNow #international #solidarity #Palestine #AidForGazaNow

Kristi Noem is an evil puppy killer, who enjoys cosplay & cruelty. She gets off on terrorizing immigrants & people of color. May she rot in hell.

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now.

In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.

Taking Stock of the Roberts Court at 20—and the Shadowy Forces That Built It https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/supreme-court-john-roberts-lisa-graves/

#JohnRoberts #SCOTUS #SupremeCorruption #GOPTraitors #GOPSedition #StopTheSupremeCourt #VoteBlueToUnfuckTheCourts #USPol

“Trump’s Cognitive Decline"
Drs. John Gartner & Harry Segal pull back the curtain on Trump’s unraveling mind:
Slurred speech
Vacant stares
Bursts of rage
Paranoia
Corporate Media refuses to say what millions of US see daily
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shrinking-trump/id1745797271
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https://www.rawstory.com/2674112039/

The way out is not scolding "we have to live here with one another," at those who are not threatening anyone's life, at those whose very existence supremacists refuse to accept:
Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something
https://www.the-reframe.com/eventually-youre-going-to-have-to-stand-for-something-2/

Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...

Drone sightings are becoming increasingly more frequent in Europe.

The latest massive Russian attack on Ukraine in numbers.

Russia attacked Ukraine with:

▪️ 496 strike drones;
▪️ 2 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missiles;
▪️ 42 cruise missiles Kh-101/Iskander-K;
▪️ 9 "Kalibr" cruise missiles from the Black Sea.

Ukraine shot down:

▪️ 439 drones;
▪️ 1 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missile;
▪️ 32 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles;
▪️ 6 "Kalibr" cruise missiles.
#AureFreePress #News #press #Ukraine

Netanyahu remains beholden to the ultranationalist parties Religious Zionism, headed by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and Jewish Power, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who have threatened to collapse the government if Israel agrees to end the war before achieving what they call “total victory” in Gaza.

“I assume Netanyahu promised Smotrich and Ben-Gvir to spoil the agreement after the hostages are back home and resume the war.”

Menachem Klein

#Israel

Wired - Out-of-office messages of US Department of Education employees, after the government shutdown began, were altered to contain partisan language without their consent. https://www.wired.com/story/government-workers-say-their-out-of-office-replies-were-forcibly-changed-to-blame-democrats-for-shutdown/

It takes work to get web traffic this low.
(A reference to the time taken to block “AI” bots, but we got there—for now.)

The forces of fascism (Rs, fossil fuels etc) have figured out the best way to stop the left is to weaponize the left's need for moral correctness against itself.

This article on fossil fuel greenwashing illustrates the playbook
https://academic.oup.com/ccc/article/18/1/21/7950795?guestAccessKey=98151a17-ab55-4145-91fe-a4671a94229d

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