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The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 6h

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started. This #HostileGovernment collects our tax dollars and then uses them against us.

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

www.motherjones.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 6h

The Affordable Care Act paved the way for more widespread access to healthcare, but the federal government uses tax credits to subsidize the premiums of tens of millions of people.

The GOP can't have that. They prefer we didn't even have healthcare.

Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums

The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

www.motherjones.com

Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 6h

Sending billions to Argentina while laying off Americans at home.

Letting Qatar build a base on US soil coz they bribed Trump with a plane and are investing billions in his personal business ventures.

Doesn’t seem like “America First”, does it?

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 6h

Who is paying for this training facility? Can a single man bestow most-favored-status on a Nation without consent of Congress or the folks who pay for this special treatment?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East.

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 6h

Here's how a #HostileGovernment protects #TheSelectandPowerfulFew on your tax dollar.
#FollowtheMoney

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 6h

We are living under a #HostileGovernment. What's worse, they use our tax dollars to terrorize us.

Immigration crackdown stirs unease ahead of this weekend's Chicago Marathon

Questions have been swirling for weeks over whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents might target the Chicago Marathon.

The Fiscal Gambit at the Center of the Shutdown

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 7h

Doug Holtz-Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, says our current budget negotiations process is "designed for games of chicken and a standoff,” he added, “and we’re living through that now.”

Time to bring in the adults.

Trump announces new 100 percent tariffs on China

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 7h

This #HostileGovernment doesn't mind collecting our taxes and then using the funds against us to create policies that cause pain and suffering to we, the people.

President Donald Trump said he is unhappy about China’s “hostile” move to limit access to rare minerals and may cancel an upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping.

www.washingtonpost.com

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 7h

In Chicago, helicopters arrived before dawn, along with boots on the stairs & charges to blow the hinges off doors. Flash-bang grenades clear apartments.

Everyone was zip tied & hauled outside in various stages of undress. Everyone.
#HostileGovernment

Agencies like Ice are way ahead of Donald Trump, who wants the military to treat cities like ‘training grounds’

www.theguardian.com

Global Trade Growth to Slow Sharply Next Year, W.T.O. Says

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 7h

Sadly, he is determined to make a mess of things. The World Trade Organization said trade growth had proved more resilient in 2025 than expected but would slow next year as a result of President Trump’s tariffs.

Trump pledged to make D.C. ‘safe and beautiful.’ His administration cut $40M in homeland security funds.

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 7h

It is all smoke and mirrors, with this guy.

The Trump administration cuts to homeland security grants in D.C. and 11 states has been paused by a federal judge while they are being challenged in court.

www.washingtonpost.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 14h

Mark Zuckerberg has been building a shelter for himself, started in 2014. What he calls the 'basement' spans 5,000 square feet, and the structure has its own energy and food supplies. Does he know something the rest of us do not. lol?

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 15h

Some of #TheSelectandPowerfulFew. fuse their religious beliefs to their beliefs that t hey are entitled to special treatment. (Gift article)

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 15h

When the government wants to retaliate against one of its perceived enemies, a charge of mortgage fraud is the way they do it. They had to come up with something, since, in previous administrations, our federal government was not used for personal attack.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been charged as part of a mortgage fraud investigation aggressively pushed by the Trump administration.

Judge Rejects ‘Unprecedented’ Indictment Amid Trump’s D.C. Clampdown

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 15h

Wait: it is OK now to call out the administration's lies?

A federal magistrate judge, Zia M. Faruqui, accused prosecutors of relying on a “facially invalid” indictment to charge a man with felony gun possession.

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 15h

Sexual harassment is never about attraction and mutual respect. It is ALWAYS about the power of one individual over another. The woman filed a human resources complaint against him, then retracted it days later, fearing retaliation. He was intimidating.

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 16h

The Prize Committee seems to understand that the globe faces what they call a "growing darkness."
They awarded Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in her land. apnews.com/article/nobe...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 16h

In Gaza, analysts see momentum to end fighting despite sticking points. Momentum is good. We need to keep moving forward until a true and total peace can be achieved.

www.reuters.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 16h

As with anything Trump 'negotiates', the devil is in the details. Remember all those trade war agreements? Some were nothing more than re-worded treaties that his predecessors negotiated.

www.reuters.com

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

It's not a prize awarded for a one- shot deal that may/may not pan out. Another thing: the Nobel Peace Prize is not given to whoever threatens or intimides the committee. Candidates who resort to those tactics PROVE they don't have peaceful intentions.

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

The Strategy Behind Trump’s Qatar Security Guarantee | Opinion

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

Like a NATO treaty, Trump's executive order he calls “Ensuring the Security of the State of Qatar,” commits the USA to regard an armed attack on Qatar as a threat to its own peace and security, status reserved for strong allies like Japan and others.
Why?

President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the war in Gaza overshadowed another seismic foreign policy decision.

www.newsweek.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

Both Congress and the public ought to take a look at the important legal and policy questions that trump's latest power-grab brings up.

Some Questions About Trump’s Order Pledging to Defend Qatar’s Security

Trump's EO on Qatar raises a number of important legal and policy questions that merit careful consideration by Congress and the public.

www.justsecurity.org

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

Much of right-wing media now resembles what someone once dubbed 'star-child radio' when late-night listeners got a heavy dose of conspiracy. Now, online is the vast chamber of oft-malignant fantasies, where even once-reasonable minds go to get euthanized.

Opinion | Somehow, right-wing fabulist crackpottery is worse than ever

Trump’s populism is in power, but that is far from satisfying the loonier conservative precincts.

www.washingtonpost.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

Doug Wilson is really worried that the USA is making God angry. He thinks America began as a Christian nation and should become one again.

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

AP photos show Rubio's urgent note to Trump before announcement of Mideast peace deal

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump held a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa on Wednesday. It was cut short over news of the cease fire.

Question: did previous Presidents hold major discussions on the dangers of right-wing activists? With whom? FBI?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed President Donald Trump a note during a White House event, hinting that a Mideast peace deal was close.