we are now back in this sort of age of religiosity, particularly with the Trump administration, him claiming that he has essentially been anointed anointed by God in order to do whatever he wants.
for - history - Trump - back into age of religosity. He claims, like former kings, he was anointed by god!
There’s No Doubt About It. The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun<br /> by [[Michael Tomasky]] in The New Republic<br /> accessed on 2025-11-28T12:40:54
What do Saudi Arabia, Japan, and the Cayman Islands all have in common?
for - adjacency -Trump - Cayman Islands - Japan - financial crisis
for - youtube - MediasTouch - US macroeconomics - explanation - Trump - financial crisis - explanation - Bessent panic
summary - Max provides a clear explanation of the dire financial crisis that the Trump administration is causing
for - Trump - Venuzuela invasion - President of Colombia response
hat's who captures the bureaucracy. And that is why the system is sclerotic. That is why the system is slow and broken and unanswerable to the people and not even thinking about the people.
for - adjacency - Nick Fuentes - argument against Trump - anti - elite grievances - like socialist-leaning liberals - Fuentes argument against Trump have the same talking points as a liberal argument. - This shows that the same pain points of inequity are at the root of both the left and the right - the left are slow to recognize the same grievances are behind MAGA, and so have been ineffective in winning these voters back
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown<br /> by [[Michael Gold]] The New York Times<br /> accessed on 2025-11-09T22:32:58
for - to - youtube - Tucker Carlson - Trump regime change in Venezuela - false pretense - fighting drug problem - https://hyp.is/s-qthLcIEfCyey-n6NKEKw/www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pc4xNqa9NM
for - youtube - Tucker Carlson - Trump regime change in Venezuela - false pretense - fighting drug problem - from - youtube - The Young Turks - Trump regime change in Venezuela - false pretence - fighting drug problem -
for Trump corruption - inauguration bribes
How the Trump administration is dramatically reshaping education in America<br /> by [[John Yang]] of PBS at PBS News Weekend accessed on 2025-10-22T12:01:15
Interview with Jennifer Smith Richards of ProPublica
Anti-DEI, Anti-CRT bills
for - adjacency - Trump - Inequality
This Is What Proves Trump’s Dementia: Psychologist<br /> by [[Catherine Bouris]], The Daily Beast Podcast<br /> accessed on 2025-09-21T13:43:51
Even if ORR completed that reunification withoutcomplying with the TVPRA’s protections—something its declarant is unclear about—one exam-ple in almost 20 years is hardly a longstanding practice.
Congress spoke in mandatory and sweeping terms: this process “shall” apply to“[a]ny unaccompanied alien child” whom DHS seeks to “remove[].” Id. (emphases added). Atthe time, Congress knew about ORR’s reunification responsibility. Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.,498 U.S. 19, 32 (1990) (“We assume that Congress is aware of existing law when it passes legis-lation.”). If that responsibility authorized ORR to expel unaccompanied alien children from thecountry, it would be odd for Congress to have enacted the TVPRA’s comprehensive process with-out specifically acknowledging that supposed authority. Defendants’ view, after all, would renderthe TVPRA inapplicable any time ORR invoked this purported authority to expel an unaccompa-nied alien child for reunification purposes
Instead, the class depends on whether an unaccompanied child fromGuatemala has received either a final order of removal or permission from the Attorney Generalto voluntarily depart the United States. In any event, the record here is barren of evidence that anychild in the proposed class wants to return to Guatemala, even if their parents can be found. Allthe evidence suggests the opposite: Plaintiffs have offered over 30 declarations from Guatemalanchildren who object to being sent back.
In the end, only parentsfor about 50 to 57 of the 609 children that ORR identified to Guatemala “were willing to welcomeback their children.” Id. at 3–4. Even within that small group, though, “none of them was request-ing their [child’s] return.” Id. at 4. The parents of one child explained why: their daughter “hadreceived death threats and therefore could not live in” Guatemala, so they would “do everythingpossible to get her out of the country again” if the United States sent her back
efore “conducting home visits” with those families, the office called them and “dis-covered that the families were surprised”—and “some even annoyed”—by the outreach because“many” did “not expect” their children “to be returned to Guatemala.”
“[A]ll of these children,” counselasserted, “have their parents or guardians in Guatemala who are requesting their return.
That communication included a “Notice to Attorney of Record” that the provid-ers were to “immediate[ly] disseminat[e] to attorneys of record and child advocates,” presumablywithin that two-hour window in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend
helters in Texas, for example, called immigration attorneys at the South Texas Pro BonoAsylum Representation Project (“ProBAR”) just before midnight on August 30 to explain “thatthey had been told to prepare children to be repatriated.” ECF No. 20-3 ¶ 5. Transportation wouldapparently “arrive to pick them up in two hours.
At a hearing later that day, counsel for Defendants explainedwhy it was “fairly outrageous” for Plaintiffs to have sued: all Defendants wanted to do was reunifychildren with parents who had requested their return. But that explanation crumbled like a houseof cards about a week later. There is no evidence before the Court that the parents of these childrensought their return. To the contrary, the Guatemalan Attorney General reports
nd the Court will also grant their request for preliminary relief.Congress enacted into law a specific process for removing unaccompanied alien children likePlaintiffs, and Defendants’ “reunification” plan likely contravenes those statutory requirements.
Aditya emphasizes the importance of funding independence. Indonesia needs around Rp4.8 trillion (about US$292 million) per year to run a comprehensive HIV and AIDS program. This figure pales in comparison to some government’s populist policies, chief among them the much-criticized Free Nutritious Meals, for which it allocates Rp 335 trillion in 2026 alone.
Ironically, Trump's policy reveals our government's incompetence and ignorance.
Utah’s Governor Almost Seemed Like He Was Speaking to Trump - The Atlantic<br /> by [[David A. Graham]]<br /> accessed on 2025-09-13T13:53:45
(Notwithstanding accusations of stoking violence, prominent Democrats have consistently condemned Kirk’s assassination. That’s a vivid contrast to the mockery from many on the right—including Donald Trump Jr.—after a man attacked the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the muted reactions, disinformation, and silence that followed the assassination of the Democratic Minnesota legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband, this summer.)
Hypocrisy of the American radical right with respect to violence.
Compare with prior paragraphs at https://hypothes.is/a/ScM0RJDjEfC_cd_LJT1nRw
But, on the otherhand, social systems—in the form of governments, the courts, formaland informal organizations, social movements, professional networks,local communities, market institutions and so forth—shape, moderateand redirect the raw power of technologies.
I find myself reading this from the perspective not so much of technology, but of these social systems which seem to be being stressed right now. Is it the technologists (Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, etc.) who realize that these systems were part of the technology "problem" in the past and now they've figured out a way to attempt to "capture" people to organize their original ends?
Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way - The Atlantic<br /> by [[Jonathan Lemire]]<br /> accessed on 2025-08-18T08:39:4
The moment came in May, when CNBC’s Megan Cassella asked Trump about “TACO,” an acronym for “Trump always chickens out.” The phrase had gained popularity in the financial sector as a derisive shorthand for the president’s penchant for backing down from his tariff threats. During an otherwise routine Oval Office event, Trump sputtered angrily at Cassella, claiming that his shifting tariff timelines were “part of negotiations” and admonishing, “Don’t ever say what you said.”
Trump thinks he's meeting Putin in Russia. That's concerning | Opinion<br /> by [[Rex Huppke]]<br /> accessed on 2025-08-13T09:24:11
for - definition - reverse Robin Hood - steal from the poor to give to the rich - adjacency - Trump policy - reverse Robin Hood
Newsom says California will draw new electoral maps after Trump ‘missed’ deadline<br /> by [[Guardian staff]] in The Guardian<br /> accessed on 2025-08-12T22:38:41
immer der gleiche mainstream bullshit: demonstrationen werden uns retten, protestmusik wird uns retten, parlamente werden uns retten (AFD), trump wird uns retten, robert kennedy wird uns retten (covid tote), jesus wird uns retten ("unsere kultur"), das große erwachen wird uns retten (regierung ist nur eine räuberbande), ... ... ... gäähn. aber hey, noch viel spaß beim warten... warten auf erlösung, warten auf befreiung, ... hauptsache man kann passiv bleiben
IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’ | The Verge<br /> by [[Emma Roth]]<br /> accessed on 2025-08-05T15:49:42
Seeking transparency on the Epstein files, Senate Democrats invoke the ‘rule of five’<br /> by [[Steve Benen]] on July 30, 2025, 8:28 AM PDT accessed on 2025-07-30T14:12:20
The FEC has lacked the minimum four commissioners necessary to initiate investigations since May. Donald Trump has the sole authority to nominate the commissioners—who must then be confirmed by the Senate—but so far the president has not nominated a single individual to the regulatory agency, despite recommendations from congressional leaders.
Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb by [[Greg Sargent]]
The Desperation of Donald Trump’s Posts by [[Charlie Warzel]]
In this context, Trump’s Truth Social page is little more than a rapid-response account that illustrates a world that doesn’t actually exist: one in which POTUS looks like a comic-book hero, is universally beloved, and exerts his executive authority to jail or silence anyone who disagrees with him. This sort of revenge fantasy would be sad coming from anyone. That it is coming from the president of the United States, a man obsessed with retribution, who presides over a government that is enthusiastically arresting and jailing immigrants in makeshift camps, is terrifying.
During Trump’s tariff vacillations, which caused markets to plummet, he posted on Truth Social that Americans should “BE COOL” and not become “PANICANS,” an invented term for people who expressed genuine concern that Trump was destroying the economy. (MAGA influencers tried and failed to make that one stick.)
Trump Team Crashes Out Over His Remark on Minimum Sexual “Age Limit” by [[Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling]]
Epstein List: Full list of names revealed in unsealed court records by [[Alex Ross]], [[Io Dodds]], [[James Liddell]] on 2025-04-27
The Epstein Victims' Compensation Program put a price on the experiences of women the financier sexually abused.
for - Jeffrey Epstein - victim compensation program - from - youtube - Chris Hedges show - interview - Nick Bryant - https://hyp.is/qCXM_mMMEfC1a_NlKIJWAg/www.businessinsider.com/inside-jeffrey-epstein-victims-compensation-program-fund-2022-1
A federal judge has sentenced Dennis Hastert to 15 months in prison, calling the former House Speaker "a serial child molester" who tried to cover up his abuse with hush money.
for - former house speaker - Dennis Hastert - charged with child molestation - from - youtube - Chris Hedges show - interview - Nick Bryant - Trump - Epstein bipartisan coverup - https://hyp.is/fUpCCGMHEfCHZnvfKdHYtA/www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK114NGCM8
Spurned U.S. Attorney Clings to Job by Being Appointed His Own Assistant by [[Santul Nerkar]], [[Jonah E. Bromwich]]
Another breaking of norms...
The Worst Parts of Trump and the GOP’s Disastrous Tax Bill by [[Nikki McCann Ramirez]], [[Ryan Bort]], [[Tim Dickinson]]
What's in the Senate Version of Trump's Big Policy Bill? by [[Alicia Parlapiano]], [[Margot Sanger-Katz]], [[Aatish Bhatia]], [[Josh Katz]]
200 Billion for Homeland Security, ICE, and crazy pants?! I can only imagine if instead we invested in education instead.
Young Men Who Elected Trump Just Realized They Screwed Up by [[Leigh Kimmins]], [[The Daily Beast Podcast]]
last October, Jonathan Chait argued that the social Darwinist commitments Trump shares with the rest of the Republican Party distinguish it not only from the Democrats but “from conservative parties in other industrialized democracies.”
first months of his second reign
the use of reign with respect to a President in such Harpers is certainly both telling and troubling....
I can’t help but suspect that Trump’s own explanation is closest to the mark: “I’m a very instinctual person,” he told Time magazine in 2017, “but my instinct turns out to be right.” One need not agree with the latter judgment to recognize that Trump’s account of himself rings true. He values the irrational quality of his decisions as an end in itself.
Baker, Erik. “Trump’s Darwinian America.” Harper’s Magazine, July 2025. https://harpers.org/archive/2025/07/trumps-darwinian-america-erik-baker/.
Sotomayor Warns No One Is Safe After Birthright Citizenship Ruling by [[Robert McCoy]]
Trump pledged as a presidential candidate to keep America out of “stupid endless wars.” But he also vowed to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
These two statements pose a potential serious logical fallacy in conjunction.
The U.S. attack was an “extraordinary turn for a military that was supposed to be moving on from two decades of forever wars in the Middle East,” our colleagues Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Julian Barnes wrote.
another potential example of hypocrisy within the Trump Administration
He claimed
Trump always getting out ahead of himself for the sake of PR and puffery. When will it spell out his end?
With Military Strike His Predecessors Avoided, Trump Takes a Huge Gamble by [[David E. Sanger]]
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said Mr. Trump had acted “without consulting Congress, without a clear strategy, without regard to the consistent conclusions of the intelligence community” that Iran had made no decision to take the final steps to a bomb.
Does anything Trump do have a "clear strategy". Generally it seems like a semi-directed, let's try this, let's try that, what gets attention? The results seem not to matter.
For Mr. Trump, the decision to attack the nuclear infrastructure of a hostile nation represents the biggest — and potentially most dangerous — gamble of his second term.
gambling seems to be the by word of the Trump Administration
The belief isbecoming more and more widespread that, ifthings are to get done, the respon-sible authorities mustbe freed from the fettersof democratic procedure.
Is this how the Republican Party died in America with Trump? They created an unwinnable culture war in hopes of splitting voters and ultimately caused gridlock in the house and senate. As a result, we "need" a dictator (in Trump) to get anything done.
And to make it quite clear that a socialist government must not allow itselfto be too much fettered by democratic procedure, Professor Laski at the endof the same article raised the question “whether in a period of transition toSocialism, a Labour Government can risk the overthrow of its measures as aresult of the next general election”—and left it significantly unanswered.*
This same question seems applicable now as President Trump seems to be overthrowing institutions on the road to autocracy.
But it is a mechanism which canbe used only for a common end; and the question of the precise goal towardwhich all activity is to be directed will arise as soon as the executive power hasto translate the demand for a single plan into a particular plan,
Here is one of the issues which will hopefully hamper Donald J. Trump. He's got an "idea of a plan", but the people who are actively supporting him may not support his "particular plan."
That our present society lacks such “con-scious” direction toward a single aim, that its activities are guided by the whimsand fancies of irresponsible individuals, has always been one of the main com-plaints ofits socialist critics.
While Hayek aims this at economics, it's equally applicable to sociology. As a case in point, we currently see Donald J. Trump using his bully pulpit to push a social agenda and lead a culture war in America.
Socialism of culture
Trump’s instability and the potential of a post-American world by [[Washington Week PBS]]
Governor Newsom Delivers Major Address to Californians by [[Gavin Newsom]], Governor of California
the issue that he kept raising or he raised prominently is the issue of genocide.
for - white genocide - South Africa - Ramaphosa response to Trump
for - new idea - cosmolocal commons replacement for Trump eliminated departments - create commons cosmolocal organisations that takes over all the functions of departments that Trump is eliminating
Am 12.05.2025 legten US-Hausabgeordnete Pläne vor, um Steuergutschriften für saubere Energie schrittweise abzuschaffen, Ausgaben für Elektrofahrzeuge und erneuerbare Energien zu kürzen und andere klimabezogene Mittel zurückzuholen. Diese Maßnahmen sind Teil des Versuchs der Republikaner, ein Multi-Billionen-Dollar-Budget in Einklang mit der Agenda von Präsident Donald Trump zu verabschieden. Der Vorschlag des House Committee on Energy and Commerce sieht vor, 6,5 Mrd. USD durch die Abschaffung klimabezogener Teile des Inflation Reduction Act der Biden-Administration einzusparen. Der House Ways and Means Ausschuss schlug vor, mehrere lukrative Steuergutschriften aus Bidens Klimagesetz zu streichen, darunter Gutschriften für den Kauf von Elektrofahrzeugen und für Energieeffizienzverbesserungen im Haushalt. Die Solar- und Windindustrie kritisierten die Pläne als jobvernichtend und konträr zu Trumps Ziel, inländische Energiequellen auszubauen. [Zusammenfassung mit Mistral generiert] https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-house-targets-big-climate-clean-energy-rollbacks-budget-proposal-2025-05-12/?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-05-13&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+13+05+2025
Am 13.05.2025 bot Syrien den USA Zugang zu seinem Öl an, und Saudi-Arabien kündigte Investitionen in amerikanische Energieausrüstung an. Die USA und Saudi-Arabien unterzeichneten ein Rüstungsgeschäft im Wert von 142 Mrd. USD, das vom Weißen Haus als das "größte Verteidigungsverkaufsabkommen der Geschichte" bezeichnet wurde. Dies geschah während Donald Trumps viertägiger diplomatischer Reise in die Golfstaaten. Trump plant, Sanktionen gegen Syrien aufzuheben, nachdem er mit Saudi-Arabiens Mohammed bin Salman und der Türkei gesprochen hat. Syriens neuer Führer Ahmed al-Sharaa bot den Bau eines Trump Towers in Damaskus im Austausch für die Aufhebung der Sanktionen an. Saudi-Arabien kündigte Investitionen in Höhe von 600 Mrd. USD in die USA an, darunter 20 Mrd. USD für KI-Datenzentren und 14,2 Mrd. USD für Energieausrüstung. Kritiker bemängeln Interessenkonflikte und die Kommerzialisierung der US-Außenpolitik. [Zusammenfassung mit Mistral generiert und an einer Stelle modifiziert]
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/13/us-saudi-arabia-arms-deal-trump-meeting-syria
Vor allem zu den finanziellen Verflechtungen der Trump-Familie mit den arabischen Petrostaaten.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-middle-east-visit-saudi-arabia-qatar-uae.html
Als Folge der Politik der Trump-Administration wird die NOAA in Amerika ihre Datenbank mit extrem Wetter ereignissen, die mehr als eine Milliarde Dollar schaden, hervorgerufen haben, nicht weiter fortsetzen. In der entsprechenden Ankündigung wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die vorhandenen Daten erhalten bleiben.
for - youtube - Breaking Point - Yanis Varoufakis reveals Trump Tariff strategy - Trump's trade and deficit strategy - analysis - Yanis Varoufakis
summary - Good economic analysis of what Trump is trying to do with his Tariff strategy - Varoufakis points out that Trump's strategy is similar to Nixon's strategy many decades ago but he does not think Trump's strategy will succeed because he cannot completely eliminate the US deficit because it is how the US rentier class makes its huge profits: - Other countries export into US market and use the recycle the US dollars back into US Treasury bonds
Am 2. Mai 2025 reichte die Trump-Regierung Klagen gegen Vermont und New York ein, um deren "Climate Superfund"-Gesetze zu blockieren. Diese Gesetze sollen Ölfirmen zur Deckung von von ihnen verursachten Folgekosten der Klimakrise zwingen. Vermonts Gesetz, das erste seiner Art, wurde 2024 verabschiedet. New Yorks Gesetz fordert 75 Milliarden US-Dollar über 25 Jahre. West Virginia und 23 weitere Bundesstaaten unterstützen die Klagen, da sie die Gesetze als illegal und schädlich für die Energiebranche betrachten. [Zusammenfassung mit Mistral generiert und leicht überarbeitet] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/climate/climate-superfund-law-vermont-new-york-lawsuits.html
Am 30.April 2025 reichte das US-Justizministerium Klagen gegen Hawaii und Michigan ein, um deren geplante rechtliche Schritte gegen Fossilbrennstoffunternehmen wegen der Schäden durch die Klimakrise zu verhindern. Das Ministerium argumentiert, dass der Clean Air Act die Bundesregierung ermächtigt, Luftverschmutzung zu regulieren und die Befugnisse der Bundesstaaten einschränkt. Die Klagen sind beispiellos und werden als Angriff auf die Umweltarbeit der Bundesstaaten gewertet. [Zusammenfassung mit Mistral generiert]. ] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/justice-department-lawsuit-climate-hawaii-michigan
Die Politik der Trump-Administration in den ersten 100 Tagen hat zu einem Anstieg der Treibhausgasemissionen geführt. Trotz wirtschaftlicher Unsicherheiten durch Trumps Handelskriege und Tarife fördert seine "Drill, baby, drill"-Strategie die Öl- und Gasförderung, was die Emissionen erhöht. Gleichzeitig behindert Trump erneuerbare Energien durch Tarife und den Stopp neuer Solar- und Windprojekte. Experten warnen vor den klimaschädlichen Folgen und betonen die Notwendigkeit, auf erneuerbare Energien umzusteigen. [Zusammenfassung generiert mit Mistral] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/trump-drill-baby-drill-tariffs
Die Tat interview die Politologin Sonja Tiges zur Antikrimapolitik der Trampadministration in ihren ersten 100 Tagen. Tielges betont unter anderem, dass die Trumpregierung eine Energiedominanz anstrebt und andere Länder dazu drängt, das fossile Modell beizubehalten. Möglicherweise strebe China eine Gegenposition an, unter anderem verändere sich die Bereitschaft klimafinanzend zur Verfügung zu stellen in China.
https://taz.de/Wissenschaftlerin-zur-US-Klimapolitik/!6081981/
Besprechung eines neuen Buchs über das Projekt 2025. Das Buch und diese Artikel machen keine Aussagen darüber, wie genau Trump dieses Programm implementiert. Es wird aber klar, dass es darum geht die gesamte Entwicklung des amerikanischen Staats, seit dem New Deal zurückzutnehmen und damit die Regulation des Kapitalismus, die damals begann, auch wenn Diese Auszukier gar nicht verwendet wird. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/trump-project-2025-book
Die Trumpadministration hat die Finanzierung für die Organisation gestrichen, die für die vierjährigen Bestandsaufnahmen zum Klimawandel in den USA hat und damit das wichtigste Dokument für die nationale Klimapolitik dort zuständig sind. Vorantragen war schon im Februar das Verbot an einem Treffen des IPCC teilzunehmen. Damit wird der Kern der Berichterstattung über den Klimawandel und seine Folgen für den Kongress und damit auch die amerikanische Öffentlichkeit praktisch unmöglich gemacht. Michael Mann spricht angesichts dieser Politik der Trambeadministration von einem Verbrechen gegen den Planeten und damit vom schwerwiegsten Verbrechen überhaupt. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-national-climate-assessment-usgcrf
Von den Zölen auf Importe, die die Trampagministration beschlossen hat, sind Öl und Gasprodukte weitgehend ausgenommen. Die Branche feiert das als Erfolg. Die Öl und Gasbranche hat Trams wieder, weil mit 96 Millionen Dollar mitfinanziert. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs
Ein Hintergrund bericht den New York Times zeigt, dass die Harvard University von einer Reihe von Großspändern gedrängt wurde und wird ein Kompromiss mit der Trumpadministration zu suchen. Darunter sind der Ölmirja der LenBlavartnig und Vertreter von KKR und Citadel, die massiv in die Öl und Gasindustrie investiert haben. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/harvard-trump-deal.html
Musk wants to leave politics because he’s tired of ‘attacks’ from the left, report says by [[Gustaf Kilander]]
for - youtube - Trump tariffs - analysis - Jeffrey Sachs
Summary - Jeffrey Sachs provides very good analysis of Trump's tariffs and its consequences
there are people in the Trump administration orbit who actually view the dollar's role as the world's reserve currency, as bad for the U.S. economy, not an exorbitant privilege, but something that undermines our export competitiveness
for - adjacency - US reserve currency - Some in Trump admin see it as a bad thing - question - Does Trump admin want to intentionally devalue US dollar and US reserve currency status?
comment - They want to devalue the US dollar so that US goods are more competitive - lower cost
for - adjacency - US reserve currency - treasury bonds - US national debt - Trump tariffs - youtube - Bloomberg - Trump presses China to Make Tariff Offer to Calm Trade War
adjacency between - US reserve currency - treasury bonds - US national debt - Trump tariffs
Summary - Professor Edward Fishman gives a very good explanation about the relationship between the US national debt, treasury bonds, US reserve currency and the Trump tariffs. - Watching youtubes on these topics recently has been quite enlightening and primed me for this video - I really appreciated the interviewer asking the question on behalf of the viewers
canadians have a different expression for American farmers welfare recipients
for - Trump - farmer vote - welfare recipients
they need to regulate big egg just as they need to regulate big pharma big insurance etc
for - oligarchy - Trump supports big ag over small ag
for - Trump tariffs - youtube - CNN - Orgy of corruption
for - Trump tariffs - How much pain? - article How much pain will new tariffs bring - and for how long? - author - Justin Wolfers
for - Team Human - Weirdness - Trump - Douglas Rushkoff - Team Human - Weirdness
Summary - Rushkoff provides good reasons why we should question the social constructs we accept as absolute truths all around us - He brings up the possibility that the Trump government and all the florry of surrounding chaotic activity may be an indicator of the end of 4 centuries of a pathological social construct that has alienated most of humanity
THE PROBLEM IS, RON VARA DOESN'T EXIST. HE NEVER HAS. THE ECONOMICS EXPERT THAT PETER NAVARRO HAS LONG CITED TO EXPLAIN WHY HE'S SO GUNG HO ON TARIFFS. THIS PERSON, RON VARA, IS A MADE UP PERSON. HE IS A FICTIONAL PERSON. PETER NAVARRO INVENTED RON VARA AS HIS EXPERT SOURCE, SO HE COULD QUOTE THIS EXPERT SOURCE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN HIS CRACKPOT BOOKS. WHO IS RON VERA? RON VERA IS AN ANAGRAM OF NAVARRO, WHICH IS HIS LAST NAME.
for - Trump Tariff's - based on Ron Vara
If an American President, head of the Green Party of the USA, were elected with a mandate to slash emissions
for - Trump tariffs - lowering carbon emissions?
In the short-term, any decline is likely to have a positive impact on emissions reduction. We saw this effect during the COVID-19 pandemic, when global production and trade fell.
for -adjacency - economic slowdown - carbon emissions - Trump tariffs
The move has prompted fears of a global economic slowdown. This might seem like a positive for the climate, because greenhouse gas emissions are closely tied to economic growth. However, in the long term, the trade war is bad news for global efforts to cut emissions. It is likely to lead to more energy-intensive goods produced in the US, and dampen international investment in renewable energy projects.
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for - climate crisis - impacts of Trump tariffs - carbon emission impacts of Trump tariffs
comment - I'm surprised that not one analyst has commented on the potential slowdown of a possible recession due to lower consumer activity due to the tariffs - Remember the significant lowering of carbon emissions during COVID? - Of course it wouldn't be durable and carbon emissions could rise after Trump and tariffs may no longer be in place but now is a good time to strategize how to decarbonize strategically
5 takeaways from Tuesday's elections, including bad news for Elon Musk by [[Domenico Montanaro]]
Ausführlicher, gut recherchierter und belegter Artikel, der den aktuellen amerikanischen Anspruch auf Grönland in den Zusammenhang des sogenannten Arctic Opening und der extaktivistischen Ausbeutung der Gebiete um die Arktis stellt. Die Schlussfolgerung ist, dass Wirtschaftswachstum, auch Grünes Wachstum, die Souveränität der Inuit und der Sami bedroht. https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/03/14/degrowth-is-key-to-respecting-indigenous-rights-in-the-arctic/
many greenlandic people realized that we are most we are much much more worth than than we thought we were because we have always compared ourselves only with Denmark and Denmark and we have been living on the colony for the last 300 years under Denmark and we have been so how do you call it been seen as less worthy uh human beings and now someone else showing this interest is actually a huge wake up call
for - indigenous empowerment - Greenland - Trump
for - article - The Atlantic - Trump staff security breach - Yemen attack plans - shared on Signal
Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves by [[Elisabeth Bumiller]]
“When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism,” said Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard and the co-author of the influential 2018 book “How Democracies Die.”
Free speech matters, and so does DEI (opinion) by [[Michael S. Roth]]
https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Letter-ED-DCL-022525.pdf
2025-02-25 letter from Ted Mitchell to Craig Trainor
Trump reportedly set to order dismantling of Education Dept. by [[Jessica Blake]]
Dem amerikanischen Historiker Künstlubodien zufolge ist ein Vorbild für die Trump-Administration weniger der historische Faschismus in Italien und Deutschland als die kapitalistische oligarchien Herrschaft in Saudi Arabien. Tramp Wolle die USA zu einem modernen Petro stattmachen. Er wolle dazu die Weltweite Abhängigkeit von den USA nicht nur beim Öl ausnutzen. Außerdem stütze er sich auf die enorm finanziellen Ressourcen Saudi-Abiens. Der S.A. in den New York Times stützt diese Tese mit einer Vielzahl von Einzelbeobachtungen. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/opinion/trump-saudi-arabia-america.html
We don’t know how to shift our focus from these narrow self-interest or entrepeurial goals to building a truly collaborative, collective and, in some sense, anonymous project for humanity’s future.
for - adjacency - Trump totalitarianism threat - shifting - from individualism - to collectivism - native american genocide - to - native american genocide - https://hyp.is/k-wdTAHDEfC5o3MaWCAlmw/www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ddjSbnzS4
adjacency - between - Trump totalitarianism threat - shift - from individualism - to collectivism - native american genocide - adjacency relationship - The shift now required from individualism to collectivism is going to be difficult - The anglo-american model of society adopted by the US is one of individualism - The theft of land and genocide of native americans is based on destroying thousands of years of their cultural norms of collectivism and assimilating them into a foreign culture of individualism
Im Standard berichtet Klaus Taschwer über die wissenschaftsfeindliche Politik der Trump-Administration und über die Protestkundgebungen österreichischer Forschender dagegen, die am 7. März in Wien und Salzburg stattfanden. Taschwer verweist auf historische Vorbilder für die US-Maßnahmen, darunter die Regime Orbáns und des Austrofaschismus. Er verlinkt aktuelle Quellen, darunter den „Trump Tracker“ des Magazins Science https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000260241/heute-wird-fuer-wissenschaft-und-gegen-trump-demonstriert
Trump-Tracker: https://www.science.org/content/article/science-trump-latest-news
Bericht über die Schließung von Regierungswebsites mit Inhalten zur Klimakrise in den ersten Wochen der zweiten Amtszeit Trumps. Eine Richtlinie der Kommunikationsabteilung schreibt vor, jede auf den Klimawandel fokussierte Webseite zu archivieren oder zu depublizieren. Betroffen waren u.a. das Climate Change Resource Center, der Climate Action Tracker und und die National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change auf der Website des US Forest Service. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/trump-order-usda-websites-climate-crisis
Die Trump-Rierung plant weitere 1000 Stellen bei der Klima- und Wetteragentur NOAA zu streichen. 1300 Angestellte wurden bereits entlasten. Damit würde das Personal einer der weltweit wichtigsten Institutionen für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung insgesamt um 20% gekürzt. Eine große Zahl von wissenschaftlichen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen hat gegen den Abbau der Behörde protestiert, mit dem die Administation eine Forderung des „Project 2025“ umsetzt. Der Artikel der New York Times geht auch auf die Demonstrationen zum Schutz der Wissenschaft ein, die es in vielen amerikanischen Universitätsstätten gab. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/climate/noaa-layoffs-trump.html
Aufforderung wissenschaftlicher und zivilgesellschaftlicher Organisationen an den Kongress: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TDwAWUPXeN5VPrLTu3wW6E7xMrJCu-a-/view
In “negative world,” with the safeguards of “Christian moral norms” out the window, it was too late for liberals to make any coherent critique of Mr. Trump’s open licentiousness.
Yet, somehow it's the Christian Right that's voting for Trump?! How is this an argument? It's not for the liberals to make a critique of something the Christian Right should be doing better at.
Donald knows that having minders or handlers or sycophants circling him isn't going to to contain his worsening psychopathologies or his worsening inability to have any kind of impulse control at all
for - quote - Donald Trump psychopathology - Mary Trump
for - Trump Zelensky Oval Office fiasco - analysis from Mary Trump
Summary - Mary Trump gives an insightful and thoughtful explanation of the psychopathology behind Donald Trump's immense insecurity streaming from his own childhood abuse from his father - Having a man in a position off power with this level of deeply unresolved psychopathology is incredibly dangerous for humanity
yes I do think there is something about his reaction that needs to be analyzed and explained not simply in the context of my family psychological history but in regards to uh the ways in which Donald's multifarious uh pathologies are having an impact not simply on his inner workings uh or on whom he surrounds himself with but the rest of the country and the world
for - Trump Zelensky Oval Office fiasco - analysis from Mary Trump
Globalization, rather than unite the world has split societies asunder: creating a wine-sipping, somewhat wealthy and sophisticated class which is swept into the wonders of the wider world, and an embittered working class that cannot compete as well. It is from that embittered class that authoritarian populism gets its followers. What we are seeing is the backlash to globalization.
for - quote - Trump is the backlash to globalization
quote - globalization - Trump is the result - Robert Kaplan - Globalization, - rather than unite the world - has split societies asunder: - creating a wine-sipping, somewhat wealthy and sophisticated class which is swept into the wonders of the wider world, and - an embittered working class that cannot compete as well. - It is from that embittered class that authoritarian populism gets its followers. - What we are seeing is the backlash to globalization.
I do not feel Trump is a fascist or a neofascist. He cannot be compared with people like Hitler and Mussolini. His crimes are simply not in their league.
for - comparison - Trump - Hitler - Mussolini comment - Hitler and Mussolini didn't commit atrocities early on in their careers. - Trump is busy deconstructing democracy. Give him a chance. He may soon evolve into one.
for - article - Counterpunch - Trump and the Conservative U.S. Counter-Revolution
Reuters-Bericht über die bisher mindestens 800 Entlassungen bei der amerikanischen Wetter- und Klimaagentur NOAA, die am Donnerstag begannen. Betroffen sind unter anderem Wissenschaftler:innen, die sich mit Klimamodellierung beschäftigten. Leidtragen sind nicht nur Gruppen, die auf präzise Wettervorhersagen angewiesen sind, sondern auch arme Länder, die sich keine ähnlichen Einrichtungen leisten können. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-firings-us-weather-agency-will-put-lives-risk-scientists-say-2025-02-28/
Überblicksartikel von 2019 zu den Angriffen auf die Wissenschaft während der ersten Trump-Regierung und ihre kurz- und langfristigen Folgen. Forschungen zur Klimakrise und öffentlichen Gesundheit wurden behindert, weil sie den Interessen der fossilen Industrien schaden. Der Kampf gegen Foschung, die Interessen bestimmter Unternehmen und Branchen bedroht, ging aber weit über die Klimathematik hinaus und dient u.a. auch der Chemie- und Agroindustrien. Zu den Maßnahmen gehörten: - Beendigung von Forschungsprojekten - Abbau des Einflusses von Wissenschaftler:innen auf regulatorische Entscheidungen - Verhinderung von öffentlichen Stellungnahmen von Wissenschaftler:innen - Behinderung von Forschungen zum menschengemachten Klimawandel - Vorschreiben erwünschter Forschungsergebnisse - Overruling von Experten durch politische Funktionäre bei Begutachtungen und Regulierungen - Einstellungsstopps und Entlassungen - Entfernung bestimmter Wissenschaftler:innen aus Beratungsgremien - Verbot der Berücksichtigung bestimmter Wissenschaftstypen bei Regulierungen - Druck auf Forschende, unwissenschaftliche Aussagen des Präsidenten zu unterstützen - Schließung von Forschungszentren und -büros und Auflösung von Ausschüssen - Umsiedlungen von Behörden und Forschungseinrichtungen in unattraktive Gegenden
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/climate/trump-administration-war-on-science.html
Nach den Erfahrungen mit den Angriffen der ersten Trump-Administration auf die Wissenschaft haben Wissenschaftler:innen in den USA verschiedene Maßnahmen zum Schutz wissenschaftlicher Institutionen ergriffen. Die New York TImes berichtet ausführlich über diese scientific integrity policies, die wissenschaftliche Arbeit öffentlich beobachtbar machen, aber politische Einflussnahme ausschließen sollen. Die Biden- und schon die Obama-Administration haben scientific integrity policies gefördert. Zu den Maßnahmen gehören die Benennung von Verantwortlichen für wissenschaftliche Integrität in Behörden und Kollektivverträge, die die Disziplinierung von Forschenden erschweren.
Zum „War on Science“ schon der ersten Trump-Regierung gehörte außer Entlassungen von Wissenschaftler:innen auch die Anordnung der Verfälschung von Forschungsergebnissen. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/climate/trump-government-scientists.html
Die Redaktion von Nature verurteilt die Angriffe der Trump-Regierung auf die Wissenschaft und fordert die internationale wissenschaftliche Community auf die bedrohte US-Wissenschaft zu unterstützen. Die US-Regierung arbeite an der Zerstörung der bisher führenden Rolle der amerikanischen wissenschaftlichen Institutionen. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00562-w
650 Angestellte der US-Klima- und Wetterbehörde NOAA haben in dieser Woche Kündigungsschreiben erhalten, das sind etwa 5% des Personals. Die Behörde soll sich sich offenbar auf die Wettervorhersage konzentrieren, während u.a. Klimawissenschaftler:innen Ziel einer Säuberung sind. Das Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory der NOAA stellt seine Öffentlichkeitsarbeit wegen Personalkürzungen ein. Durch den Personalabbau, auf den NGOs und viele Wissenschaftler:innen mit Entsetzen reagierten, werden Services unmöglich, die u.a. für Landwirtschaft, Fischerei und Meeresschutz essentiell sind. Die Abwicklung der NOAA gehört zu den im „Project 2025“ vorgesehenen Maßnahmen. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-27/mass-firings-noaa-national-weather-service-ignite-fury
Die Trump-Administration will 65% der 15.000 Angestellten der Umweltbehörde EPA entlassen. Die Zahl geht auf den von Trump ernannten neuen Chef der Behörde Lee Zeldin zurück.
Kurzer Kommentar zum „War on Science“ der Trump-Regierung. Dazu gehören die Kürzung von 65% des Budgets der Umweltbehörde EPA, die Entlassung Hunderter von Wissenschaftller:innen bei der Klima- und Wettterbehörde NOAA und die Streichung des Worts „Klima“ aus Regierungsdokumenten. Der Untertitel „The Performance of Power over Truth“ trifft such die Bloßstellung Selenskyjs gestern.
https://theclimatehistorian.substack.com/p/the-war-on-science
with the Trump anomic budget cutting funding to Farms to snap with the closing of usaid well it means that rural communities are going to go hungry and these small to midsize Farms that are already struggling are going to go bankrupt and then they're going to be forced to sell for pennies on the dollar to huge investment firms under trumponomics ma andpa Family Farms are going to be wiped out rural communities are going to go hungry and billionaires are going to be walking away counting the cash
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Why Are Some Of Our Most Successful Leaders Mentally Ill? by [[Ian Leslie]]
suggested by ES
Fits into an earlier theory about insane leaders... where's the source?
Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump by [[Isabel van Brugen]]
Überblick über die gegen Klimaschutz und Energiewende gerichteten Maßnahmen der Trump-Regierung (33 vor Mitte Februar). Anders als bei der ersten Amtsübernahme Trumps ist die Administration diesmal bereit, das Verwaltungsrecht zu brechen. Executive Orders betreffen u.a. die Bereitstellung von Land in Bundesbesitz für Öl- und Gasprojekte, Behinderungen von Windenergie-Projekten und einen Stop der Bereitstellung von Ladeinfrastruktur und der Auszahlung von Subventionen für Wärmepumpen und Fotovoltaik an Einkommensschwächere. Ein Tool zum Verfolgen der Maßnahmen ist der Climate Backtracker der Columbia University.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-second-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-the-climate
Climate Backtracker: https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/climate-backtracker
Zusammenfassender Bericht zu den Klimadaten zum Januar 2025, dem wärmsten Monat Januar seit Beginn von Temperaturaufzeichnungen. Die anhaltend hohen Temperaturen nach dem Beginn des La Niña-Einflusses schockieren Forschende. Es gibt dafür bisher keine Erklärungen. Der Klimawissenschaftler Bill McGuire spricht angesichts dieser Daten, den Überflutungen in Valencia und den Waldbränden bei Los Angeles davon, dass ein „allumfassender Klima-Zusammenbruch“ eingesetzt hat.
Pressaussendung zum Copernicus Bulletin für Januar 2025: https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-january-2025-was-warmest-record-globally-despite-emerging-la-nina
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interesting results returned - The Ghost of the F.C.C. Fairness Doctrine in the " by Ian Klein The FCC Fairness Doctrine required that all major broadcasting outlets spend equal time covering both sides of all controversial issues of national importance. The Fairness Doctrine remained the standard for decades before it stopped being enforced during the Reagan administration, and was - https://hyp.is/TWb98uqdEe-6KbN9-DbjWw/repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1809&context=hastings_comm_ent_law_journal
Trump’s vow to exert U.S. authority over Gaza gives groups like ISIS a major boost and puts Americans in the crosshairs, Pape said
for - Trump - Gaza - ammunition for Jihad - article - NBC - Trump's Gaza comment hand Jihadist terrorist a "rallying cry" - 2025, Feb 7
“[Weimar]… Yes, we all know how it ends. But its participants… could have no idea what was in store for them. Will we be any the wiser? I ask because Weimar now beckons us. But, not at all in the way we think. We think about Weimar only in terms of the weakening of American democracy. While we should really think about it in terms of the world."
for - Charlie Angus - quoting Robert D. Kaplan - Weimar moment - SOURCE - Substack article - Weimar and the Super Bowl - Trump 2.0 - Weimar republic - rise of Hitler - Charlie Angus - 2025, Feb 7
Comment - This is a very appropriate quote as it is not just a national threat, but a global one - Steve Bannon and others have been criss-crossing the globe priming other far-right movements - It is also the case that most people are underestimating the slippery slope we are sliding down, - just as the people supporting Hitler at the time of Hitler's ascendency were not aware that he was going to cause a genocide - Would these people have gone along with Hitler if they knew in the early days what we now know?
ca. 1100 neue Angestellte mit Arbeitern, Mitarbeiter der amerikanischen Umweltbehörde EBA haben vom neuen Chef der Behörde ein Mail erhalten, in denen in Mitgeteilt wird, kann man, dass sie jederzeit entlassen werden können. Alle wurden für Maßnahmen gegen die globale Erhezung bzw. ihre Ursachen und Folgen eingestellt. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/climate/trump-epa-workers-zeldin.html
Die Trumpadministration entfernt systematisch Hinweise auf die Klimakrise und die globale Erhitzung von amerikanischen Regierungswebseits. Der Klimaforscher Michael Mann sagt, dass man mit dem schlimmsten Rechnen müsse, weil die Verschwurzer jetzt an die Macht gekommen sein. Fachleute gehen davon aus, kommen, dass die neue Regierung systematisch versuchen wird, kommen Informationen über die Ursachen und die Folgen der Klimakrise zu unterdrücken. Gleichzeitig werden Regierungsmaßnahmen zur Klimaanpassung und zur Reduzierung von Treibhausgas Emissionen blockiert. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/trump-climate-change-federal-websites
Angehörige des von Ellen Maske geleiteten zungenanden, D-O-G-E, haben sich Zugang zu Diensträumen der amerikanischen Behörde für Atmosphäre und Ozeane verschafft. Fachleute befürchten, kommen das in die Arbeit der Behörde zerstörerisch eingegriffen werden soll, kommen bevor die möglichen rechtlichen Schritte dagegen ergriffen werden können. Im für die neue Administration offenbar maßgeblichen Projekt 2025 wird eine radikale Verkleinerung dieser Behörde gefordert. Die sei für die amerikanischen Wirtschaftsinteressen schädlich. Schon länger versuchen Interessengruppen, die Behörde zu untersagen, ihre Daten zu publizieren und sie zu zwingen, die Daten stattdessen privaten Anbietern für kommerzielle Produkte zu überlassen. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/doge-noaa-headquarters
it's very simple you know the tea party was the president of trump every Financial collapse or every financial crisis you've had I think worldwide has some sort of reaction to it in 2008 and and the financial crisis and collapse of 2008 brought on by the established order
for - adjacency - tea party - Trump - Steve Bannon interview
Denn wo jetzt, komm mal, der während der ersten Amtszeit Trumps Minister war, sieht den Unterschied in der Energiepolitik zwischen Trump und seinem Vorgänger als geringer an als es nach außen scheint. Wo jetzt zufolge wird es Trumpvereinbarum gehen, In den USA so viel Energie wie möglich zu produzieren. Es sei vor allem wichtig den wachsenden Energiebedarf zu befriedigen. Dafür werde Trump auch erneuerbare Energien weiterverdähen. https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2025/02/04/news/brouillette_energia_trump-423980508/
this dude shut down the scam police he just shut down the the number one agency that cracks down on scams he just handcuffed them completely they can't do anything if you were going to run a scam where you and all your Robber Baron buddies made an extra 10 billion bucks by betting on a market crash cuz Trump caused a temporary market crash
for - potential Trump scam - intentional market crash from Tariffs - Scott Bessent suspends scam police
how do we know this this all wasn't planned that Trump and all of the Maga robber barons in communication hey I'm going to say I'm going to do tariffs I'm going to announce that I did tariffs they're probably going to retaliate and then at the last minute I'm going back off from it but there's going to be a market crash bet on the market to crash and make billions of dollars right now in the short term real quick over one day's work
for - Trump scam - short the market - make billions in a day
for - Trump - Hitler - generals
for - Project 2025 - Trump - Hitler - Atlantic article - Atlantic article - How Hitler dismantled democracy in 53 days
“The big joke on democracy,” he observed, “is that it gives its mortal enemies the means to its own destruction.”
for - Project 2025 - Trump - Hitler - Atlantic article - quote - Joseph Goebbels - quote - The big joke on democracy is that it gives its mortal enemies the means to its own destruction" - Not actually from Joseph Goebbels. He said something similiar though: - We enter the Reichstag to arm ourselves with democracy’s weapons. If democracy is foolish enough to give us free railway passes and salaries, that is its problem... We are coming neither as friends or neutrals. We come as enemies! As the wolf attacks the sheep, so come we.
to - misquote - Joseph Goebbels - weakness of democracy - https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikiquote.org%2Fwiki%2FJoseph_Goebbels&group=world
for - adjacency - occupy - trump - article - Occupy is not the reason why Trump won
adjacency - occupy wall street - Donald Trump
for - adjacency - occupy wall street - Donald Trump
Im Standard-Interview mit Alfred Stern wird deutlich, dass die OMV weiter auf fossile Expansion setzt. Stern begrüßt die Steigerung der LNG-Produktion und -Exporte in den USA und setzt zugrleich auf die eigenen Projekte im Schwarzen Meer und auch in Österreich selbst. Der Interviewer Gerold Riedmann – der Chefredakteur des Standard – stellt diese Argumentation und die Standardfloskeln Sterns zur Abhängigkeit der Wirtschaft von fossilen Energien und zukünftigen technischen Lösungen an keiner Stelle in Frage.
Joel Pollak
for - Trump enabler - Cape Town born Joel Pollack - Daily Maverick
for - Trump - South African broligarch connection - Daily Maverick
he is the most powerful person in the world himself he is the elite of all Elites so this elitist cabal if there were one he'd be a part of it right and and that's what breaks down their framework If there really were this deep state globalist cabal
for - youtube - Trump's Epstein Problem just got much worse! - polycrisis - misinformation - conspiracy theory - inconsistency with Trump now in power - If Deep State cabal existed and had all this power, why allow Trump to win? - Luke Beasley - 2025, Jan 30
On the path we were on, the sludge had been thickening even under Democratic administrations. There were fundamental systemic flaws that remained unaddressed. Inequalities have continued to widen. Corruption and bribery have worsened. We were on the way to losing our democracy without even knowing it. But, as a friend put it, authoritarian forces have been building for years, “like the pus in an ugly boil,” she said. The only way we work up enough outrage to lance it is for the boil to get so big and ugly that it disgusts all of us.
for - metaphor - Trump second term - blatant oligarchy - lancing the boil - SOURCE - Youtube - Hope in Spite of Trump - Robert Reich - 2025, Jan 20
for - youtube - CNN - oligarchy - tech bosses sucking up to Trump
President-elect Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Here are the rights he is set to lose by [[The Associated Press]]
Returning to Bevan’s brilliant question, today it is easier to see how wealth persuades poverty to give up its freedom
for - key insight / quote - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4
key insight / quote - (see below) - Returning to Bevan’s brilliant question, today it is easier to see how - wealth persuades poverty to give up its freedom and, instead, - to serve the broligarchs-in-charge: via their cloud capital - that has a capacity, - unlike any hitherto form of capital or government department, - to shape our behaviour - automatically and - directly. - Nothing short of a revolution can restore any hope of personal agency, - let alone of democracy.
cloud capital performs five roles that used to be beyond capital’s capacities
for - five roles of cloud capital - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4 - monopolizes the attention economy - manufactures desire - sells directly to us that which it has made us desire - controls labor - creates a system of free voluntary behavior to sustain the behavioral modification system, turning us into cloud serfs
Instead, it comprises machines manufactured so as to modify human behaviour. These produced means of behavioural modification train us to train them to determine what we want.
for - progress trap - cloud capital - behavioral modification - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4
there is a superpower, a hyper-weapon, that the broligarchy possess today that their Big Business and Wall Street predecessors did not. It is a form of capital that never existed until recently: cloud capital
for - comparison: robber barons of the past and today's broligarchs - cloud capital / technofeudalism - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4
Are we not doing the same now, appearing astounded that a bunch of oligarchs are going through the same revolving doors connecting Big Business and government?
for - relevant quote - the more things change, the more they remain the same - seems to apply to this statement - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4
Sovereign Individual.
for - further research - Oligarch's favorite book - The Sovereign Individual - Author - James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4
For a few crumbs off their table, that they ploughed into the Trump campaign, the Big Tech brotherhood are in the process of receiving three amazing gifts
for - Trumps three gifts to lobbyists - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4 - 1. Huge government contracts - 2. Deregulation will enable a free-for-all - 3. State-sanctioned power over labor
the deal they cut with Donald Trump is an incredible bargain with a rate of return that no conventional business can hope to emulate. For a few hundred million dollars that they invested in Trump’s re-election, within minutes of his victory they amassed extra wealth to the tune of hundreds of billions. To be precise, the value of Thiel’s Palantir shot up by 23% while Musk’s Tesla saw its stock rise by 40% to a capitalisation level higher than most of the rest of the global car industry combined.
for - stats - return on investment - in supporting Trump's 2024 presidency with a few hundred million dollars: - Musk's Tesla stock - 40% increase - Peter Thiel's Palantir Investments - 23 % increase
source / to - article - ABC News - Trump allies' company stock prices soar after election - 2024, Nov 20 - https://hyp.is/qsUg-s2wEe-aTpO80r5Mag/abcnews.go.com/Business/trump-allies-company-stock-prices-soar-after-election/story?id=115963216
Aneurin Bevan
for - further research - Aneurin Bevan - 1952 - liberal democracy's greatest paradox - How does wealth manage to persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4 - inequality - elites - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4
How does wealth manage to persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power?
for - key insight - inequality - elites - How does wealth manage to persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? - source - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4
for - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4
Shares of Musk-run Tesla have soared nearly 40% since Trump won re-election nearly two weeks ago
for - from - article - Le Monde - Musk, Trump and the Broligarch's novel hyper-weapon - Yanis Varoufakis - 2025, Jan 4 - https://hyp.is/n7kI1M2wEe-jUutC8gY3WQ/www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/06/musk-trump-and-the-broligarchs-novel-hyper-weapon-le-monde-4-1-2025-full-original-english-version/
for - geopolitics - Trump threat to make Canada 51st state - Elizabeth May response - 2025, Jan
Donald Trump reagiert auf Meldungen, dass sich amerikanische Ölkonzerne aus der Förderung von Nordseeöl zurückziehen, mit der Aufforderung, Großbritannien solle die Windräder dort abbauen. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000251383/trump-fordert-von-gro223britannien-nordsee-von-windr228dern-befreien
I told them stories about being queer. I told them about my grief about the climate crisis. And to my surprise, many of them actually shared that. And what happened is that who I personally saw as a "Trump voter" began to change
for - quote - to my surprise, Trump supporters I talked to also cared about the climate crisis - from TED Talk - Can curiosity heal division? - Scott Shigeoka - 2024 Dec
something really interesting also happened. Because I was genuinely interested in them, they started to get curious about me.
for - progressive queer visits Trump rally - genuine and open curiosity of the other is reciprocated - from TED Talk - Can curiosity heal division? - Scott Shigeoka - 2024 Dec
for - climate crisis - impact of Trump tariff strategy - increasing economic and carbon inequality and precarity for the masses - from - Youtube - Trump wants to crash to benefit the ultra wealthy - Trump's planning to crash the global economy - Richard J Murphy - 2024, Dec
// - SUMMARY - Richard J Murphy provides us with a big picture of Trump's objective in his calculated Tariff strategy - It's not that it makes no sense and is a strategy of a madman - On the contrary, he has a very calculated and maniacal strategy that will result in significantly increasing the wealth of the elites - By creating high tariffs, he will bring about a global economic crash - Like the 2008 and 2020 crash, central banks will print trillions of dollars of money and handout bailouts - It is the elites who will receive these bailouts and inflate the value of their assets - This will - substantially increase the wealth of the rich - substantially increase the precarity of the vast majority of people - increase global inequality - financial inequality and - carbon inequality - This increased precarity is bad news for the climate crisis as a precarious population have less flexibility in reducing their carbon footprint and are more dependent than ever on whatever remain job and resources they still have - Given we have this knowledge of the elite's hidden strategy, can we the people intervene in any way? - We need to have an understanding of how elites see the world - The entire worldview of externalizing investment as a game of accumulation must be understood deeply - in order to find leverage points for rapid system change
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Trump expect if he creates another world financial crisis he believes there will be a bailout and he believes that he and his cohort the world's wealthy will benefit from there being vastly more money in circulation with very little to use it on except the inflation in the value of the assets that they own that is what he's banking on this is literally I think his Economic Policy
for - quote - economic crashes are profitable for the elites - Trump plans to crash the global economy so that subsequent Quantitative Easing bailouts will inflate value of assets of the rich - from - Youtube - Trump wants to crash to benefit the ultra wealthy - Trump's planning to crash the global economy - Richard J Murphy - 2024, Dec
quote - economic crashes are good for the elites - Trump plans to crash the global economy so that subsequent Quantitative Easing bailouts will inflate value of assets of the rich - Trump expect if he creates another world financial crisis - he believes there will be a bailout and - he believes that he and his cohort the world's wealthy will benefit from there being vastly more money in circulation with very little to use it on except the inflation in the value of the assets that they own - That is what he's banking on - This is literally I think his Economic Policy - This is what he expects as a consequence of his trade Wars - He doesn't care that we suffer - He won't care about the countries in the developing world - the vast majority of countries in the world in fact who have their debts denominated in dollars who will suffer enormously as a result of their struggle to find the means to repay those debts - As for the time being, the dollar is inflated in value and interest rates are too high he won't care that people are thrown out of work - All he cares about is the inflation in asset values and that is what the whole of the world economy is now geared to create - for the benefit of a few - at cost to the vast majority - Trump's Economic Policy makes sense if you see it in this way - He runs a bailout economic strategy that is going to work for him and his friends because - it will result when the world economy crashes and yet more money being made available through the central banking system to inflate the value of the assets that they own - And they'll say thank you very much we did very nicely out of that when can we have another crash?
that is the strategy of the oligarchy
for - quote - YouTube - Meidastouch - governance - US - Trump government strategy - is oligarchy strategy
governance - US - Trump 2nd term strategy
for - authoritarianism - Donald Trump second term - adaptation to 2nd win is common - and historically leads to terrible results
What is the scientific community doing to bolster the resiliency of climate change research in the US?
for - post - LinkedIn - question - Trump-proofing climate change research in the US
Kurze Darstellung der ersten Maßnahmen gegen Dekarbonisierung und zur Förderung der Öl- und Gasindustrie, die von der Trump-Administration zu erwarten sind. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/briefing/donald-trump- climate-policies.html
Die New York Times über die klimapolitischen oder eher anti-klimapolitischen Positionen des Führungspersonals der kommenden Trump-Administration. Auch wenn die Positionen variieren ist deutlich, dass sie für eine weitere Expansion der US-Öl- und Gasindustrie eintreten und Bundesbehörden die Kompetenzen nehmen wollen, die Emissionen zu regulieren, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/climate/trump-cabinet-stefanik-zeldin-wright.html
for - Andrea Chalupa - fighting fascism - from - webcast - Political Girl - interview with - Andrea Chalupa - how to organize against the threat of the Trump regime
from - webcast - Political Girl - interview with - Andrea Chalupa - how to organize against the threat of the Trump regime - https://hyp.is/M5BenrJpEe-CKJ870PrrJA/www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLhJgOeR9N0
the United States is not a democracy it's an oligarchy with elections that are providing the legitimacy for this one party state to continue to exist
for - quote - US politics - one party state - Yanis Varoufakis - observation - Trump was groomed by toxic US corporate culture and only now is the US is experiencing the blowback of that - new meme - hostile corporate takeover of the US government - from - Climate doomsday 6 years from now - Jerry Kroth
quote - US politics - one party state - Yanis Varoufakis - (see below) - The United States is not a democracy - It's an oligarchy with elections that are providing the legitimacy for this one part state to continue to exist
comment - With Trumps win and the nomination of a slate filled with many billionaires to lead major US departments, it's more obvious than ever that what Trump is doing is:
new meme - A hostile corporate takeover of the US government - We shouldn't be surprised as Trump was groomed by the out-of-control corptocracy in the United States - Remember that NBC made him famous with his show "The Apprentice" and during that time, he was celebrated by American corporate culture. Why else did his show reach top position in Nelson ratings? - Trump is the child of the toxic corporate culture of America where money is king, the metric that rules over everything - people and the environment - Trump is merely running the government the way he ran his companies (into the ground), with total control. - On the apprentice, he made famous the phrase "your fired" - We should not be surprised that he is making the US government in the image of himself that he has well publicized for decades.
from - Climate doomsday 6 years from now - Jerry Kroth - from - Youtube - Climate Doomsday 6 years from now - Jerry Kroth - https://hyp.is/OfL17KukEe-u2rfUpknrTg/www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ0JDk1p6Zg