@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party avatar PhoenixSerenity , to random

I love the stunned white guy reaction 🤣

When asked about whether or not was worried about U.S. boots on the ground, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded in a way the anchor didn't expect.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/hbJW2knWZ2E

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

In one interview Senator Markwayne Mullin both uses the argument, "this is war", and the argument that the US is not at war, to convince the media that what Trump is doing is right.

https://youtu.be/ixAj4eX00a4?si=9UisjX9BO2AgCCE-

Paul_stilgar ,

@randahl

And some others declare : it is not a war ( and 2 seconds later ) it is a war declared by Iran.

The problem is not only the , the problem is all these people who support him.
Even when he vanished in the sunset, we are not going to forget all these people and what they have done.

@IndyRichard@mastodon.scot avatar IndyRichard , to random

So Israel and the US have started an illegal war against Iran. How many countries have the US and Israel bombed recently? Yet Donald Trump cried because he wasn't being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and Israel bombs their neighbours yet plays the victim card.
Meanwhile much of the Western press and our politicians buy this utter nonsense from Trump and Netanyahu and accept whatever they tell us. We live in a mad World.




@Wassini@helvede.net avatar Wassini , to random Danish

I min kamp for - er Firefox ok, eller skal jeg holde mig til Vivaldi? Vivaldi irriterer mig på Linux.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

I do not say this hyperbolically — when I listen to Donald Trump, I often get the sense that his arguments could have been written by a child.

Here is a good example — imagine his voice was pitched a little higher, and this could easily be a second grader trying to write what he thought was a convincing president's speech.

video/mp4

Paul_stilgar ,

@randahl

No thanks . My brain leaves my head every time I hear his voice.

I admire people who are able to endure it (or they are masochists)

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Donald Trump has turned the US into an unreliable partner. For that reason, Europeans now buy European weapons.

The result? US Ambassador to the EU Andres Puzder is complaining that Europe will no longer buy weapons from the country which wants to invade Greenland.

Remind me again: How many French Dassault Rafale fighter jets or Swedish Gripen Jets have the US Air Force bought?

Paul_stilgar ,

@randahl

Amerikkkans don’t have this kind of restrictions

Oh wait

  1. The Buy American Act of 1933 (BAA) (41 U.S.C. §§ 8301-8305),;
  2. The Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (TAA) (19 U.S.C. §§ 2501-2581),
  3. Department of Defense (DOD)– (a) the Berry amendment (10 U.S.C. § 4862); and (b) a "specialty metals restriction" (10 U.S.C. § 4863).

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46748

@javensbukan@mstdn.ca avatar javensbukan , to random

Pleasant product suprise.

I stopped buying Philips brusheads because they were made in the US.

Toothbrush heads are now made in Germany vs. the US (like they used to be) and, the packaging is entirely paper.

The heads are also 70% bio plastic now.

Good job Philips!

🇪🇺🇩🇪

Showing the side of a paper box, showing the 70% bio plastic contents and made in Germany.

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@bloodravenlib@mas.to avatar bloodravenlib , to random
@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

In the US, this year’s football final, the Super Bowl, presented a half-time show with Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny.

Since the US territory of Puerto Rico has Spanish as its first language, and Bad Bunny therefore speaks Spanish, unsurprisingly his performance was in Spanish — a language spoken at home by 45 million Americans.

Or as Trump puts it: “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying”.

Paul_stilgar ,

@randahl

It is obvious that this guy is a narcissistic pervert.
Here are some typical signs of a narcissistic pervert

maintains a blurred communication, contradicts himself and lies with ease;
does not tolerate criticism or contradiction, refuses to acknowledge his wrongs;
jealous of others, but staged himself as superior and exemplary;
alternates charm and verbal violence, without real guilt;
shows himself to be insensitive to the emotions of others, even feeds on them.

@Sassinake@mastodon.social avatar Sassinake , to random
@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

If you want to here are three dead simple things you can do today:

  1. Help one friend install Mastodon on their phone. Every time they are here, Zuckerberg loses ad revenue because they are not on the Faceempfänger.

  2. Uninstall Prime Video or Disney Plus and replace it with Sky Showtime, so you no longer support Bezos, et al. Keep Netflix.

  3. Put a cover on your phone, so it lasts longer — my iPhone is from 2020, and I am not buying another iPhone as long as "Trump Cook" is CEO.

@victorvonvortex@mastodon.social avatar victorvonvortex , to random

Do not bring your family to visit the USA. Masked agents of the federal government are highly likely to kidnap, sexually abuse and traffic your children and murder your spouse.

https://ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/updated-criminal-agents

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@outofcontrol@phpc.social avatar outofcontrol , to random

Carney better not back down on Trumps new 100% across the board. We all need to convince at least two people still going to or buying from the USA to stop. And they’ll tell two friends and so on… and so on…

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tariff-canada-china-goods-9.7059561

@benroyce@mastodon.social avatar benroyce , to random

Over the weekend, 17,000 people canceled their tickets

is holding an emergency meeting

Maybe they will give Agent Orange another pretty trophy? Maybe bigger, more gold... really sparkly? Will that fix the problem? (/s)

As an American: don't come here

Don't do business with the

Until we clean this shit up. Mainly: we and get some real left candidates

https://www.ticketnews.com/2026/01/nearly-17000-fans-cancel-2026-world-cup-tickets-amid-boycott/

@paka@mastodon.scot avatar paka , to random

denies entry to 14 ahead of World XC Championships

For 4 decades, won medals at every World XC Championships. An unbelievable 44-year streak built on talent

But the streak is now in jeopardy due to

A report from LetsRun.com, Ethiopian Athletics Federation confirmed 14 of its 18 U20 athletes had their US applications rejected by the

https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/u-s-denies-entry-to-14-ethiopian-athletes-ahead-of-world-xc-championships/

@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party avatar PhoenixSerenity , to random

from only helps become more emboldened to increase their inhumane acts. Civility towards fascists signifies weakness to them. Know your fucking enemy & never be kind to them - unless they're quitting their jobs & repenting for their choices to follow evil, illegal orders.

@isaackuo@spacey.space avatar isaackuo , to random

One simple thing you can do to hurt Trumpism - don't buy USA alcohol. Only non-USA made alcohol. This will support and enhance the Canadian boycott, and help Canadian resistance to Trump.

Doesn't matter where you live. Boycott USA and buy non-USA and you'll be helping.

Also, don't travel to USA. No tourism dollars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTfQven-dA

@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party avatar PhoenixSerenity , to random

folks who are like - we needed the Vietnam War invasion to help global democracy!
Fuck yourself, right off a high cliff.

PhoenixSerenity OP ,
@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party avatar

People who still think the USA invaded Vietnam to help citizens get democracy are fools. It was never about helping people suffering. It was always about more geopolitical controls in South East Asia. Vietnam was seen as an easier to conquer via invasion violence than other ASEAN nations. We also had many seaports access.

Korea, Japan & Vietnam were all places where USA imposed themselves, violently. Many military personnel left behind many mixed race babies & many other trails of traumatic devastations. The living, never sold sold our souls out, war survivors, never forgot what the USA did to my birth nation, Vietnam.

@crispius@mstdn.fname.ca avatar crispius , to random
crispius OP ,
@crispius@mstdn.fname.ca avatar

I mean, if you’re still traveling to the US at this point, I don’t really know what else to tell you.

“An estimated 207 Canadians have now been held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at some point since January, when President Donald Trump took office. The total number of Canadians held in 2024 was 130.

Earlier this year, an initial Globe and Mail analysis revealed that ICE had detained two Canadian toddlers in May at a remote facility in Texas. The analysis also showed that Canadians held by ICE were more likely to have criminal records than many other nationalities swept up in the White House’s mass deportation campaign, which has primarily targeted immigrants from Latin America.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadians-children-detained-us-ice-immigration/

@hembrow@todon.eu avatar hembrow , to random

Pot banging for Gaza at Assen station this evening. This happens every Thursday from 18:00 to 19:00 at most Dutch railway stations.

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hembrow OP ,
@hembrow@todon.eu avatar

Pot banging for Gaza outside Assen station this evening.
Other horrors come and go but the abysmal treatment of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank carries on.
The world's press is looking elsewhere, but Israel remains a genocidal state supported by the USA, with a leader wanted who is wanted by the ICC.

hembrow OP ,
@hembrow@todon.eu avatar

Israel's genocide continues and we were pot banging for Gaza outside Assen station this evening.

Palestinians deserve justice, freedom and self determination. Not whatever will result from Trump's "board of peace".

hembrow OP ,
@hembrow@todon.eu avatar

Pot banging for Gaza outside Assen station this evening.
Palestinean people are still being killed, still being starved, and many still have no shelter.
(There was apparently an attempt to cancel tonight's protest, because of the weather warning, but those of us who don't use fascist owned social media didn't receive the notification)