Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

The philosopher Bertrand Russell remarked that the fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

I think the discourse has broken this relationship. It's not that intelligent people have become stupid. It's that the incentive structure of public conversation rewards cocksureness regardless of actual intelligence...

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-discourse-is-a-distributed-denial-of-service-attack/

I was able to get away to protest today. Just my daughter and I as the grandkids held down the home front for me.
I wore my inflatable unicorn and carried a sign that said Free Minnesota.
For a small area it was a decent turnout but it's not enough. It will only be enough when it is overwhelming enough.
I stood next to an old friend who just turned ninety. We worried about what the future holds together arm in arm with our signs in the other hand.
This rose is out in front of my house today. Looking somewhat worse for the climate it is trying to bloom in spite of.
Me too.

Interview: The rich are building tax-free, regulation-free, democracy-free, CEO-run "network states" for the rich.

"This is a long-term project. And even if the Trump thing fails, they will regroup & come back in another form. And I feel like they'll have a lot better success getting what they want".

Especially with JD Vance (creation of Peter Thiel)

~Gil Duran

At 19 min:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI5aJhTVjVo

#USPol #Europol #NetworkState #fascism #racism #broligarchy #press #TESCREAL .

If it seems to you that all the trial judge did was to restate settled law and tell DHS et al they have to obey the law, you are correct. But when faced with a lawless executive branch, it takes guts for individual trial court judges to make it clear that the executive cannot be trusted to abide by the U.S. Constitution and must be told what the Constitution unquestionably requires. 6/

the appeasement crowd was wrong in world war II also

@Gargron

The fascism has funding. Lots of it.

Democracies continue to underestimate how badly the fossil fuel industry & the rich want to retain control

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html

https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/25/project-2025-trump-mapped-how-6-billionaire-family-fortunes-fund-climate-denial/

https://theaimn.com/the-ipa-just-exploded-their-argument-that-the-atlas-network-is-tinfoil-hat-conspiracy/

https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2020/12/17/billion-dollar-dynasties-these-are-the-richest-families-in-america/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/covert-operations

https://www.desmog.com/2016/01/21/beyond-koch-brothers-scaife-olin-bradley-jane-mayer-dark-money/

These are the people funding the far right

1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936

1/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfTg2N6Lq/

Interview: "Meet the Man Making War Popular Again"

Peter Thiel's "Palantir CEO, Alex Karp, is one of the most dangerous men in the US."

Palantir, a company worth around $430 billion, has been described as: "A grave threat to Americans,” “The most dangerous corporation,” & “The world’s most evil company”.

What makes it so evil? Who is driving what agenda behind this notorious corporation?

Source: Zeteo, Jan 16

#USPol #Europol #Palantir #Fascism #Broligarchy #Racism #AlexKarp #Thiel .

Federal petition requiring Canadian media to be majority Canadian owned (like current Telco requirements.)

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6821

#cdnpoli

Briliant!!

Megalomanics can do nothing without corporate power.

Big Money was watching from at least 2016 to see how far Trump would be willing to go.

Many oligarchs switched from Dems to Trump in 2024 after making a deal (incl Vance as VP).

Heritage had spent 8 yrs finalising project24. They'd already employed 1000s of magas for the new monarchy.

Fascism can't happen without a vast support network.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/03/billionaires-for-trump-presidential-election

#USPol #Europol #Fascism #Racism #Monarchy #oligarchy #HeritageFoundation .

@VeroniqueB99

I am ready to embrace my danish overlords

TOP THAT OFFER DONALD TRUMP

French President Emmanuel Macron has had it with Trump's games and tells him to put a sock in it.

For everyone in the EU goes rightly outraged over the bullshit President Trump is fulminating just about anywhere he takes a fancy to, I would like to say the more you and your politicians the more you openly state that the US has given up superpower status and therefore its relevance to your national interest, the better.

Make it clear to corporations and finance. We are not dealing with legitimate government. A party that represents billionaires has subverted constitutional order.