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[Ramahs]

During these unusual times in the USA, for those among us who speak out publicly, online or otherwise...

Here's the website: https://www.deadmansswitch.net/

 

[bellona0544]

During these unusual times in the USA, for those among us who speak out publicly, online or otherwise...

Here's the website: https://www.deadmansswitch.net/

Fuck this country. Fuck Donald Trump. Fuck every single neo-Nazi who thinks that disappearing people without due process is OK. Fuck every single fascist piece of shit that makes us have dead man's switches in case we get nabbed for being too "manish", or brown, or having tattoos.

I set one up, and I recommend everyone--minority or not--do the same. I included (non-password) information about our accounts to send to my spouse so they can make sure there are no suspicious transactions. I also included a link to my state's ACLU affiliates and advise on finding a lawyer to start calling all nearby police departments and ICE detention facilities. Since I am within 100 miles of the coastline, ICE can board a bus or train that I'm on and ask people for their papers without a warrant, and since there is no due process, it doesn't actually matter if you *have* papers or not. 2/3 Americans live within 100 miles of the coast, so this applies to most people. Remember: cops are class traitors and are NEVER your friends.

Fucking pigs.

 

[florduh]

He's floated the idea of selling US Citizens to a private El Salvadorian slave labor camp with no hope of freedom. We know for a fact they've made "mistakes" as well. Don't expect the courts to help you either

Trump would deport American citizens to El Salvador ‘if it’s legal’

"These would be heinous, violent criminals who have broken our nation’s laws repeatedly, and these are violent repeat offenders in American streets."

www.al.com

White House Says Tariffs on China Will Now Eclipse 100 Percent

President Donald Trump's tariffs are poised to hit China hard, but the nation isn't backing down, vowing to "fight to the end."

www.rollingstone.com

Do Wall Street coke heads know something the rest of us don't? Because the markets are still acting like Trump's for sure gonna cave.

Yesterday, the markets recovered on a Twitter headline, "Bloomberg: Trump will pause tariffs for 90 days". But then everyone figured out it wasn't Bloomberg the news organization. Just some guy named Bloomberg. His source? Reuters. Oh, not the Reuters newswire. A guy named Tom Reuters. The whole story was bullshit. So, there was another sell off.

But the market recovered again. Because the Infallible Invisible Hand said, "if the market rallied this much based on a FAKE story about Trump caving, imagine how much it will rally when he ACTUALLY caves!"

BlackRock's Larry Fink says most CEOs think a recession is already here

Fink said Trump's tariff policies could make it difficult for the Fed to cut interest rates as it usually does during recessions

qz.com

If you run an actual business outside of professional gambling, you can't afford to be delulu. Your Chinese suppliers are already cancelling orders. Your runway is running short. The walls are closing in.

China Mulling Ban on Hollywood Film Releases in Response to Trump Tariffs (Report)

Two widely followed Chinese public figures — one an editor for a state media outlet, the other the son of a former party chief — released identical outlines on Tuesday of countermeasures Chinese authorities are said to be considering in response to Trump's tariffs.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

See now this is interesting. If this happens, I might actually be able to afford a house in LA

 

[bellona0544]

If we see Powell kicked out and a loyalist installed at the Fed, we might see a unique scenario that hasn't often happened since central banks began managing the money supply post-Depression: runaway inflation *and* declining rates. That would ultimately leave the capitalist economy in a really, really rough spot, as anyone who relies on income to meet their basic needs (so everyone except the rich who could retire tomorrow) will be hard-pressed to make enough money to keep up with rising costs. We might see a much longer-term recession at that point since the normal means of reigning in corporate spending to reduce inflation would just be gone.

Genuinely, I really hope everyone here is doing what they need to to increase their community's resilience. Tool libraries, permaculture gardening, potlucks, and community defense plans are some things on my list, and I've got the neighborhood kids interested in gardening now so they can start developing these skills before prices are out of control and they're skipping meals. Although considering more than one in eight Americans is food insecure now, several of them are already skipping meals.

 

[florduh]

They're just gonna let that dipshit crash the global economy, huh?

I want to point out: no one misses working in a factory. They miss the wages that were around when America had factories. McDonald's workers in Denmark right now make more than Hyundai factory workers in Alabama. And a humble retail worker could afford this house when I was a kid:

Judge gives Trump administration 24 hours to provide evidence of Mahmoud Khalil's removability

An immigration judge has given lawyers representing DHS 24 hours to provide Mahmoud Khalil's legal team with evidence that he is removable from the U.S.

abcnews.go.com

The Trump Admin specifically kidnapped Mahmoud to Louisiana, because it's a hillbilly State and they thought the judge would be sympathetic. But even the bayou judge was like, "uhhhhh...you can't deport a permanent resident just because he's Palestinian..."

 

[cybrguy]

And we can all be quite sure that Musk and Trump and his family and none of the people in his administration bought any stock in the one o'clock hour prior to his announcement because they wouldn't do something like that. Right?

 

[anome]

Of course. In the same way you know that there were no bad actors shorting the market prior to lighting the fuse.

 

[macbill]

Delaware judge rules Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems​

Conservative news outlet Newsmax Media (NMAX.N), opens new tab defamed Dominion Voting Systems with its false reporting accusing the voting machine company of rigging the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a Delaware judge ruled Wednesday.
Dominion is seeking $1.6 billion in damages to be determined by a Delaware jury in a trial scheduled to begin on April 28 in Wilmington, said Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis.

 

[macbill]

People Discover How To Disable Self-Driving Cars With Just A Traffic Cone

It's being done to protest new policy.

www.iflscience.com

 

[florduh]

The recent shift in American attitudes towards Israel is astounding. I don't think the deportations are working

Young Dem/Lean Dem doesn't like Israel: hell yeah dude

Young Rep/Lean Rep doesn't like Israel: umm explain to me exactly why....in your own words

 

[cybrguy]

It was a lot easier for freedom loving people to support Israel when they were a downtrodden nation of terrorized Jews who the whole world had discriminated against for generations. Today instead they have become a heartless terrorizing nation committing a genocide right in front of the whole world with the help of the most powerful nation in the world. There are plenty who will support them anyway, but mostly for all the wrong reasons.

 

[CANtalk]

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs​

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs

The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.

apnews.com

Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation​

Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation

Local universities and colleges across the country continue to report international student visas being revoked.

www.cbsnews.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ohio/comments/1jwcvps

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs

Carney, Japan And The EU proved America's Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes

deanblundell.substack.com

 

[cosimo]

Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs

Carney, Japan And The EU proved America's Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes

deanblundell.substack.com

doesnt China also have a bunch load of US bonds???

 

[florduh]

Another shameful day to be an American.

Immigration judge finds that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport Mahmoud Khalil based on the federal government’s argument that he poses a national security risk. His lawyers are expected to appeal, and a federal judge in New Jersey has temporarily barred Khalil’s removal from the country.

apnews.com

Mahmoud's US Citizen wife is now 9 months pregnant. The Government has admitted he committed no crime. But he's a national security risk because he spoke out about America's genocide in Gaza.

I bet this will improve the poll numbers on Israel

I’m a Jewish Israeli in the US standing up for Palestine. By Trump’s logic, I’m a terror supporter | Eran Zelnik

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

www.theguardian.com

 

[CANtalk]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1jwel1b

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[macbill]

Scorching Coachella kicks off as Lady Gaga set to helm main stage

by Maggy DONALDSONThe California desert was buzzing Friday as the premier music festival Coachella got underway, with Lady Gaga and Missy Elliott set to helm day one's main stage.Thousands of music fans traversed the sprawling grounds whipping paper fans and wielding parasols, as temperatures...

www.rawstory.com

 

[CANtalk]

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s former aides win $6.6 million in whistleblower case​

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s former aides win $6.6 million in whistleblower case

Paxton vowed to appeal the “bogus ruling” that found he improperly fired the four plaintiffs after they reported him to the FBI on allegations of corruption.

www.texastribune.org

DOJ suggests U.S. agencies free to disregard judge’s order in law firm dispute​

DOJ suggests U.S. agencies free to disregard judge's order in law firm dispute

The Justice Department has suggested to federal agencies that they are free to disregard a judge’s ruling that halted enforcement of a White House executive order that targeted a prominent law firm.

www.pbs.org

Elon Musk’s DOGE Found Something It Can Slash—Its Massive Savings Target​

Elon Musk’s DOGE Found Something It Can Cut—Its Massive Savings Target

The billionaire special government employee assured Americans he’d save them $1 trillion, but he’s missed the mark by $850 billion.

www.thedailybeast.com

US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' Vance​

US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' JD Vance

The US military said it had lost confidence in Colonel Susannah Meyers' ability to lead.

www.bbc.com

MAGA Beekeeper Admits Trump Tariffs Have Cost Him Half His Business​

MAGA Beekeeper Admits Trump Tariffs Have Cost Him Half His Business

“I never thought I was going to lose this much money this fast,” the beekeeper told CNN.

www.thedailybeast.com

U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism​

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/g-s1-59149/immigrants-social-media-antisemitism-dhs