Serious question for Americans: how was your history education re the 1930's in Germany
I’m just curious what people like Marco Rubio and Mark Zuckerberg, who are passively supportive of the installation of authoritarianism, would have learned at school about that period in Germany.
I’m asking this as that question and not as a leading question into a discussion on today’s politics.
What is the level of awareness the average American person in their 40s and 50s on how the Third Reich started?
Not anymore. They are pushing for a law that will make it legal for the regime to disappear US citizens. And almost nobody is talking about it
Final exhibit
House Judiciary Committee votes to give Trump total deportation powers of US citizens too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydch0_4uDOg
So while martial law did not come to pass just yet, behind the curtain I would argue the Trump regime consolidated a lot of really important power.
And I missed this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjPJ0N1oVnw
**The translation of the behind the scene the regime pulled off in the last week of April essentially makes it impossible for any non violent change of the regime to occur **
Democrats really need to plan the votes around the times of day when Moscow Mitch isn’t in the middle of a reboot.
He’ll look good in the press conference. He’s got his own make up room now
We’re doing Dutton here on Saturday.
It started like that last time too
Fair warning to anyone stumbling upon this community. This person is a bit lost and this community is not a genuine space for discussion, as will probably be demonstrated by the mod’s response below.
Susan Collins just called: said he learned his lesson and it won’t happen again.
If it’s any consolation, most asses are colourblind.
… properly shuts up …
I don’t know what you’re trying to prove here
National Map of State and Local Agencies Acting as Immigration Enforcement Agents.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/21322235
From the Immigrant Legal Resource Center
If anyone is interested in the deeper story. This is not straightforward.
Extra conspiraspicy:
*takes tinfoil hat back off
My prediction: Assuming this judge properly shuts up and lawyers up, this case quietly fizzles after a while
I can tell you’ve got a very analytical mind, and you’re probably NeuroDiverse like all the rest of us here, but I think you’re wrong. The local judge is not gonna go down silently and neither should anyone in that God forsaken 50 state country.
These are all carefully orchestrated steps. Something they can misconstrue later and make sure people support the suspension of the judiciary, and the invoking of Martial law.
Update: she was released. But it sent a clear message of where we are
It won’t. The ones who care about the second amendment don’t care about anything else, and the ones who care about the rule of law and democracy don’t seem to know about the second amendment.
Not to mention the intellectual ones don’t want to get shot or tortured and the stupid ones don’t want to stop supersizing their meals.
They will go like the Germans did. An overwhelming coalition force liberating whatever is left of that country state by state.
Except no one will dare to “liberate” a nuclear power, and everyone will be too busy dealing with the consequences of the climate apocalypse in their own backyard.
USA judge now arrested by FBI for doing her job
In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered labor, courts are one of the few sites of meaningful pushback on Trump’s agenda.
Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It.
The FBI arrested a sitting judge in a Milwaukee County court in Wisconsin on Friday, claiming that she obstructed immigration enforcement agents from detaining an undocumented immigrant in her courtroom.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrest is not only the latest escalation in Donald Trump’s fascist deportation program, it also marks the administration’s eagerness to take aim at any and all constraints on its power to act.
“We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse,” FBI director Kash Patel in a post on X. Patel added that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since.”
In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered
Exhibit 5
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/25/judge-arrest-trump-immigrants-deport/
No Martial Law just yet, but can’t be too far away now.
The FBI arrested a sitting judge in a Milwaukee County court in Wisconsin on Friday, claiming that she obstructed immigration enforcement agents from detaining an undocumented immigrant in her courtroom.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrest is not only the latest escalation in Donald Trump’s fascist deportation program, it also marks the administration’s eagerness to take aim at any and all constraints on its power to act.
“We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse,” FBI director Kash Patel in a post on X. Patel added that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since.”
Less and less land of the free, more and more home of the brave.
It’s over boys. It’s second amendment or nothing now.
Fuck he escaped outside of his echo chamber!
The current swasticar overtaken by the former swasticar
I apologise for intruding on your echo chamber where you are better than anyone else. I’ll see myself out
People can be good
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28496379
This is from 2019. More info here.
Sweden's porn preferences vs radiation received from Chernobyl (not serious)
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/36014134
Radiation rule
April 20th... Looking like it will be interesting
There have been persistent rumours about the 20th of April.
So I found Astro.com's read on the month particularly interesting as there are several aspects seeming to converge around that time of this month.
Obligatory this is not an April's Fools joke, but lets hope it is.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22978928
USA Disappeared by ICE - Live tracker
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27643881
Reason enough to not buy American? Panel kept down with a zip tie...
cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/31304838
Downvote brigading via third instance hypothetical
I’ve been on a journey today trying to understand the fediverse better.
I’ll be mindful to not start bitching about certain instances.
Here’s my example:
Is it technically possible that posts or comments still get downvote-brigaded by an instance that is technically defederated from the instance of the OP?
So let’s say instance A and B are defederated from each other, but both are federated with instance C. After a user from A posts something on C does every user from B get to downvote everything?
I’m trying to determine if the Fediverse has recourse against an r/TheDonald scenario, where one toxic element is allowed to flourish for too long and - in the case with the other site - eventually takes over and destroys everything.
If this debate has been had somewhere else, please feel free to point me there, otherwise I’d love to understand this better.
How is content like this banned on .ml for being "political"?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27423053
[Video] ICE arrests PhD student
Once you realise...
Once you realise that they all think we have less than 10 years to the total collapse of civilisation, everything they do makes sense.
Once you realise...
Once you realise that they all think we have less than 10 years to the total collapse of civilisation, everything they do makes sense.
Once you realise...
Once you realise that they all think we have less than 10 years to the total collapse of civilisation, everything they do makes sense.
The Ballad of the Techno-Prophet: A Decade of Deception
Sports cars for the wealthy few, he built with practiced hands,
While promising the common folk would drive them 'cross the lands.
Rockets failed and workers ailed in factories unsafe, "Next year, cars will drive themselves!"
Most thought the man was great.
He spoke of vacuum tubes to whisk us faster than the breeze,
An ancient notion claimed as his, investors pleased with ease.
"To Mars we'll go!" he boldly claimed, "Self-driving comes next year!"
Whistleblowers faced his wrath—still most refused to hear.
Brain implants left animals in suffering and pain, Scientists fled in droves as ethics went down the drain.
Removed the lidar, cut the costs, "Self-driving comes next year!"
Stock prices manipulated, yet few expressed their fear.
He claimed to found the company that predated his time,
Rewrote his history with ease, none called it quite a crime.
Cold gas thrusters, semi trucks—promises grand and wide,
"To Mars by twenty-twenty-four!" S
Good exploration of Nazi Musk’s obsession with 420, also Hitler’s birthday and the fact that it is 90 days after Trump’s inauguration and an EO that gets them to advance to the next step.
Warning: this is for hypothetical discussion, this is not a fact (yet).
Video. Torrential rains in southern Spain have caused severe flooding, evacuating 365 homes near Málaga and closing roads and schools. Nineteen rivers are on high alert.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27022889
Torrential rains have caused severe flash flooding in southern Spain, leading to the evacuation of 365 homes in Campanillas, near Málaga. Authorities have also shut down roads and suspended classes in eight schools across the region. Nineteen rivers remain on high alert as water levels continue to rise, threatening further damage.
Storm Laurence, which swept through the province overnight, brought nearly 100mm of rainfall and wind gusts of up to 90 km/h. The hardest-hit areas include the Guadalhorce Valley, where the Campanillas River burst its banks, flooding entire streets. Other rivers, such as the Turón and the Guadalhorce, have also overflowed, leaving parts of Cártama and Almogía submerged.
They voted for Trump in 2024. Months later, his administration fired them
Many federal workers lost their jobs months after casting their ballot for President Trump. They believed Trump’s policies aligned with their values and would improve their lives, but now they have been left scrambling to find work.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/57695565
Summary
Federal workers who voted for Trump in 2024 are facing unexpected job losses as the administration implements massive workforce cuts.
Michael Graugnard, an attorney advisor at USDA, was laid off three months into his role despite managerial assurances. While he supports "government efficiency," he didn't anticipate this implementation but doesn't regret his vote.
Similarly, IRS veteran James Diaz criticizes the administration's "chainsaw" approach to cuts. However, others like Ryleigh Cooper, who voted for Trump's IVF promises, now regret their decision after losing her Forest Service job.
The layoffs are part of Trump and Musk's plan that has terminated thousands of federal workers and convinced 77,000 others to resign.
I can no longer tell what is and is not satire.
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/25971320
Is this a joke? What else could be under that tarp? It even has a little flap for the plug.
I feel my ability to understand satire is being attacked by reality.
And I checked the comments and its a mix of musk riding:
"I don’t understand how people get so easily manipulated into hating someone that has done so much to change our life’s. Elon is great man and is doing great things for our country and uncovering so much corruption and honestly he needs more credit"
or thinking this is a joke:
"That’s not hiding the fact that there’s a swastikar under it"