@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multimillion-pound rescue operation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/world/uk-canals-crumbling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

RichRARobi ,
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@thejapantimes

The whole country is failing due to lack of maintenance. The for at least the last rwenty-five years has concentrated on pretentious vanity schemes that make bosses rich and the people poor, and the country as a whole cannot afford them.

is broken
is

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

The Trump administration is expected to expand its travel ban to include around 30 countries, a bid to more aggressively curtail migration to the U.S. following last week’s shooting of two National Guard members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/world/politics/trump-travel-ban-30-countries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

joseph11lim ,
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@thejapantimes 🤔
Ok, I hereby ban myself from ever setting foot on an that's seemingly cowered under the of and his braindead entourage. Sayonara and may God bless the rest of the , amen!🙏

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , (edited ) to random

Europe is scaling up.

Over the past year, we have been working to further complete our Union👇

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DBG3D ,
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@EUCommission

To everyone posting , including me, this stupid morons of the do not care about what we say.

They care about how many more years they can keep stretching the planet for a few . Specialy the right wing parties like the . And the ones.

The are completely sleep and clueless. We do not see them opossing with strength to this .

@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar ProPublica , to random

Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

TheNovemberMan ,
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@ProPublica Well, gotta pay for that Botox and plastic surgery somehow 🙄

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

They call him the Nodfather.

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antonproitzelhaimer ,
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@georgetakei

"" for his and and having a within.

@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar Nonilex , to random

passes bill to reopen government after longest ever
The legislation now goes to to sign into .

The bill INCLUDES the provision allowing Senators who were investigated by the for their alleged involvement in Trump’s effort to overturn the to sue the for $500,000.

It DOES NOT INCLUDE the subsidies for the , nor a reversal of the GOP cuts Democrats wanted.


https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-reopen-update-house-returns-5771f2befb15f4ab45e327369f2e98d9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-12-Breaking+News

Nonilex OP ,
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Rep (D-MD) called the provision “one of the most blatantly provisions for political self-dealing & the plunder of public resources ever proposed in .”

The provision, which is retroactive to 2022, only applies to members of the & would allow them to sue for $500,000 if data was sought without their being notified, as well as once it was obtained.

“That’s a cool one million per Senator,” Raskin said in a stmnt.


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5601358-senate-phone-record-legal-challenge-raskin/

@dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar dangillmor , to random

One of the most corrupt organizations on the planet launches a "peace prize" whose first recipient will surely be the most corrupt political leader on the planet. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/fifa-to-award-new-peace-prize-at-world-cup-draw-in-washington

PattyHanson ,
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@dangillmor This is disgusting. Gianni Infantino was re-elected unopposed in March 2023 and the next election is 2027. He will finish out his term unless someone proves that he is taking bribes from Trump or paying bribes to Trump by giving special treatment and deals. is notoriously .

https://youtu.be/V0UlWZNp6cI?si=JnP8a9i9q7qFI1cd

@thesketchbookchronicles@mastodon.social avatar thesketchbookchronicles , to random
@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

MSNBC - In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help win government contracts in a second Trump administration. https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568

muzicofiel ,
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@w7voa within a few years is as as . And we now is losing the war with the “help” of his corrupt government and army.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

These same liars on Fox claim Ukraine started the war against Russia. Fox lies nonstop and MAGA soaks up the poison.

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antonproitzelhaimer ,
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@georgetakei

No sane or can call this "", what the brings to the . It's a of .

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

Young people: The “turning point” is whenever Charlie Kirk tries to recruit you. Turn away from Turning point USA!

antonproitzelhaimer ,
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@georgetakei

We all know, the - is the real "deep" State - That's for sure.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

This was a real post from 47 on Juneteenth.

antonproitzelhaimer ,
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@georgetakei
Every Day he proves new, what a he himself is. There is only one Place for this and his Syndicate, they call "Administration" and that is the .

@peteorrall@mastodon.social avatar peteorrall , to random

With each passing day, the sinks deeper in the of an egregiously . are mere illusions under .

According to Vox, Trump has asked to disregard the Convention Against Torture.

https://www.vox.com/scotus/416163/trump-supreme-court-deport-immigration-convention-torture

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

The USA is the main security guarantuee for NATO, we can't trust Trump to honor this, so NATO is just for cooperating now, not for any security guarantees. Politicians should acknowledge this instead of some suggesting the Trump administration is still our ally and will have our back, they won't.
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muzicofiel ,
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@ErikJonker geopolitics@a.gup.pe icon geopolitics group unless we pay hun million of dollars. By everything is for sale. Even things that are not his.

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social avatar ZhiZhu , to random

"Musk’s fire first & ask questions later approach to purging the federal workforce has created havoc, jeopardized critical functions, upended the lives of federal employees, likely incurred large financial liabilities for violating the , & has been riddled with outright blunders...

is anything but a dept of efficiency"
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-department-of-government-ineptitude

Here begins the 9th Elon Musk thread.

List of links to previous threads:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113986946321010763

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ZhiZhu OP ,
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Killing People Through Corruption: More Examples from Aviation.

Some of the assault on governing institutions comes from ignorance & zeal. Some is just . Together this will lead to ...
https://fallows.substack.com/p/killing-people-through-corruption

"For decades, the reigning outlook in the world has been, “What’s our Plan C, in case Plans A & B go wrong? And what’s Plan D, after that?”...

Now the reigning attitude has changed to, “I wonder what this wire does? Let’s snip it & find out.”"

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol , to No Stupid Questions in Why hasn't the deep state stopped trump?

    The Deep State has already stopped the Biden Tyranny!

    /s

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    Supreme Court puts EPA’s plan to limit ozone emissions on hold

    The court can't even agree on how the EPA was proposing to structure regulations.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/supreme-court-puts-epas-plan-to-limit-ozone-emissions-on-hold/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    ChrisFerguson ,
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    @arstechnica

    They don't care if we breathe...

    SCOTUS is completely illegitimate at this point.

    They're going to overturn the Chevron decision next and make our lives even worse.