LPoza
@lpoza.bsky.social
American expat living in Japan for 30+ years. My family had to flee Spain when the fascists took over, looks like I got a head start on things this time.
So, will the Vatican man up and elect a new Pope who is best suited to fight this new age of fascism? If not, then that sends a pretty clear signal about what they consider to be important.
April 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
So, will the Vatican man up and elect a new Pope who is best suited to fight this new age of fascism? If not, then that sends a pretty clear signal about what they consider to be important.
Why haven't the courts issued a moratorium on ALL deportations to any country imprisoning American deportees unless they first go through a court?
April 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Why haven't the courts issued a moratorium on ALL deportations to any country imprisoning American deportees unless they first go through a court?
Dear World:
Could you pick up the American business that MAGA is disrupting? You know, Ukraine, fighting disease, etc? We’re in some internal trouble here, your help would be greatly appreciated. We’ll be back after we’ve cleaned this up, but it might be a while.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Americans
Could you pick up the American business that MAGA is disrupting? You know, Ukraine, fighting disease, etc? We’re in some internal trouble here, your help would be greatly appreciated. We’ll be back after we’ve cleaned this up, but it might be a while.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Americans
April 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Dear World:
Could you pick up the American business that MAGA is disrupting? You know, Ukraine, fighting disease, etc? We’re in some internal trouble here, your help would be greatly appreciated. We’ll be back after we’ve cleaned this up, but it might be a while.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Americans
Could you pick up the American business that MAGA is disrupting? You know, Ukraine, fighting disease, etc? We’re in some internal trouble here, your help would be greatly appreciated. We’ll be back after we’ve cleaned this up, but it might be a while.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Americans
Money is not the root of all evil. Dominance is. Dominance is the root of authoritarianism, of greed, of racial superiority, of misogyny, of religious nationalism, of homophobia. Anything you can define as evil can be traced back to dominance.
See events in that light, and it all becomes clear.
See events in that light, and it all becomes clear.
April 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Money is not the root of all evil. Dominance is. Dominance is the root of authoritarianism, of greed, of racial superiority, of misogyny, of religious nationalism, of homophobia. Anything you can define as evil can be traced back to dominance.
See events in that light, and it all becomes clear.
See events in that light, and it all becomes clear.
It's blatantly obvious that Trump told Bukele to refuse to return Garcia, and if Trump simply asked for Garcia's return, Bukele would do it. Nobody's fooling anybody.
Making people fear "it could be me, and no one will be able to protect me" is the entire point.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Making people fear "it could be me, and no one will be able to protect me" is the entire point.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Schumer: El Salvador refusal to return mistakenly deported man ‘pure nonsense’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) panned Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Monday after he said that he has no plans to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to his count…
thehill.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's blatantly obvious that Trump told Bukele to refuse to return Garcia, and if Trump simply asked for Garcia's return, Bukele would do it. Nobody's fooling anybody.
Making people fear "it could be me, and no one will be able to protect me" is the entire point.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Making people fear "it could be me, and no one will be able to protect me" is the entire point.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Imagine if Biden had frozen a billion dollars in funding because the University of Texas refused to support gun control.
How would conservatives be reacting?
www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
How would conservatives be reacting?
www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
Trump administration freezes more than $2.2 billion after Harvard rejects its demands
The government announced it is freezing more than $2.2 billion, hours after the university refused to make changes it said would "dictate what private universities can teach."
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Imagine if Biden had frozen a billion dollars in funding because the University of Texas refused to support gun control.
How would conservatives be reacting?
www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
How would conservatives be reacting?
www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
FB is quietly removing Richardson's posts.
The republican cries of "censorship" in the pandemic were of posts with deadly misinformation. Richardson's posts are factual and informative.
This belies right-wing "free speech" as being for propaganda, and censoring facts.
kottke.org/25/04/004655...
The republican cries of "censorship" in the pandemic were of posts with deadly misinformation. Richardson's posts are factual and informative.
This belies right-wing "free speech" as being for propaganda, and censoring facts.
kottke.org/25/04/004655...
Historian Heather Cox Richardson says that Facebook is remov...
Historian Heather Cox Richardson says that Facebook is removing her posts. Her two most recent posts, both critical of the Trump r
kottke.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
FB is quietly removing Richardson's posts.
The republican cries of "censorship" in the pandemic were of posts with deadly misinformation. Richardson's posts are factual and informative.
This belies right-wing "free speech" as being for propaganda, and censoring facts.
kottke.org/25/04/004655...
The republican cries of "censorship" in the pandemic were of posts with deadly misinformation. Richardson's posts are factual and informative.
This belies right-wing "free speech" as being for propaganda, and censoring facts.
kottke.org/25/04/004655...
“Wow. They’d have enough salt to last forever!”
April 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Wow. They’d have enough salt to last forever!”
This is exactly what we knew would happen when you put a completely unqualified addict and drunk in charge of our nation's defense.
Nor is this the last time. It's only the first.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Nor is this the last time. It's only the first.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is exactly what we knew would happen when you put a completely unqualified addict and drunk in charge of our nation's defense.
Nor is this the last time. It's only the first.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Nor is this the last time. It's only the first.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Columbia folded. This time, they agreed to arrest protesters and assign an official to "review" departments offering courses on the Middle East. Columbia just allowed Trump to politicize teaching and speech at the university. This time. Next time, he'll want more.
www.reuters.com/world/us/col...
www.reuters.com/world/us/col...
Columbia agrees to government demands in bid to restore funding
Columbia University has agreed to a series of changes demanded by the Trump Administration as a precondition for restoring $400 million in federal funding the government pulled this month amid allegations that the school tolerated antisemitism on campus.
www.reuters.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Columbia folded. This time, they agreed to arrest protesters and assign an official to "review" departments offering courses on the Middle East. Columbia just allowed Trump to politicize teaching and speech at the university. This time. Next time, he'll want more.
www.reuters.com/world/us/col...
www.reuters.com/world/us/col...
People suffer from the illusion that governments work for the people. They don't. They should, but they don't. Privatization is not about making things more efficient or better, it's about creating free profits for wealthy people at the expense of the poor.
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March 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
People suffer from the illusion that governments work for the people. They don't. They should, but they don't. Privatization is not about making things more efficient or better, it's about creating free profits for wealthy people at the expense of the poor.
www.facebook.com/reel/1121298...
www.facebook.com/reel/1121298...
They should do a survey ofAmericans who didn't vote in 2024, ask them (a) why they didn't, (b) do they believe Harris would have been no different, (c) if they could go back, would they have voted and for whom, (d) will they vote the next time, and (e) for republicans?
Would be interesting.
Would be interesting.
March 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
They should do a survey ofAmericans who didn't vote in 2024, ask them (a) why they didn't, (b) do they believe Harris would have been no different, (c) if they could go back, would they have voted and for whom, (d) will they vote the next time, and (e) for republicans?
Would be interesting.
Would be interesting.
Trump strips Biden's two children of Secret Service Protection after 2 months, although he extended protection to *14* members of his own family *by 6 months* when he left office in 2021.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump revokes secret service protection for Biden's children Hunter and Ashley
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday revoked secret service protection for former president Joe Biden's children Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden.
www.reuters.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Trump strips Biden's two children of Secret Service Protection after 2 months, although he extended protection to *14* members of his own family *by 6 months* when he left office in 2021.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Funny how rich people always told us that "bread and circuses" (taking care of those in need) would be the downfall of the nation, and yet over many decades, that never happened... but here we are seeing the nation being destroyed in just weeks by billionaires and their egos, dominance, and greed.
March 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Funny how rich people always told us that "bread and circuses" (taking care of those in need) would be the downfall of the nation, and yet over many decades, that never happened... but here we are seeing the nation being destroyed in just weeks by billionaires and their egos, dominance, and greed.
If the 90 million American voters who didn’t vote in 2024 would be kind enough to admit that not voting wasn’t such a great idea, then I think we may have a way out of this.
March 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If the 90 million American voters who didn’t vote in 2024 would be kind enough to admit that not voting wasn’t such a great idea, then I think we may have a way out of this.
"Disinfirmation" may be the best and most meaningful misspelling I have seen for quite some time. Disinformation which causes infirmity. So much so that I have to wonder if it was accidental or purposeful.
March 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Disinfirmation" may be the best and most meaningful misspelling I have seen for quite some time. Disinformation which causes infirmity. So much so that I have to wonder if it was accidental or purposeful.
Remember when Gore tried to be snark Bush in a debate by emitting loud sighs? That dumb plan may have cost him the election. Bush reacted masterfully.
Democrats gotta be careful, they could easily give Trump a victory here. Just all leave at the start, that's best.
www.axios.com/2025/03/04/t...
Democrats gotta be careful, they could easily give Trump a victory here. Just all leave at the start, that's best.
www.axios.com/2025/03/04/t...
Scoop: Some Democrats are plotting to disrupt Trump's speech to Congress
Lawmakers are discussing walkouts, props and color coordination among other forms of in-the-room demonstration.
www.axios.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Remember when Gore tried to be snark Bush in a debate by emitting loud sighs? That dumb plan may have cost him the election. Bush reacted masterfully.
Democrats gotta be careful, they could easily give Trump a victory here. Just all leave at the start, that's best.
www.axios.com/2025/03/04/t...
Democrats gotta be careful, they could easily give Trump a victory here. Just all leave at the start, that's best.
www.axios.com/2025/03/04/t...
Money is not the root of all evil, that's a distraction. Nor is even the lust for money.
Dominance is the root of all evil.
Money is just a unit for a subset of that.
Evil is when people attempt to dominate others, humiliate them, control them, and make them miserable so you feel superior.
/tbc
Dominance is the root of all evil.
Money is just a unit for a subset of that.
Evil is when people attempt to dominate others, humiliate them, control them, and make them miserable so you feel superior.
/tbc
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Money is not the root of all evil, that's a distraction. Nor is even the lust for money.
Dominance is the root of all evil.
Money is just a unit for a subset of that.
Evil is when people attempt to dominate others, humiliate them, control them, and make them miserable so you feel superior.
/tbc
Dominance is the root of all evil.
Money is just a unit for a subset of that.
Evil is when people attempt to dominate others, humiliate them, control them, and make them miserable so you feel superior.
/tbc
Trump pardoned Daniel Ball, now under arrest on federal gun charges.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump pardon recipients are being charged with new crimes
Two Capitol rioters have already been charged with new offenses following their release last week, and one more is on the run.
www.newsweek.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Trump pardoned Daniel Ball, now under arrest on federal gun charges.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Before getting pissed at Democrats for "not doing anything," try calling your representatives and asking first.
There are 262 elected Democrats in Congress, and the media is spending 90% of its capacity covering the Trump s***show.
Dems are probably doing a lot, but you just never hear about it.
There are 262 elected Democrats in Congress, and the media is spending 90% of its capacity covering the Trump s***show.
Dems are probably doing a lot, but you just never hear about it.
March 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Before getting pissed at Democrats for "not doing anything," try calling your representatives and asking first.
There are 262 elected Democrats in Congress, and the media is spending 90% of its capacity covering the Trump s***show.
Dems are probably doing a lot, but you just never hear about it.
There are 262 elected Democrats in Congress, and the media is spending 90% of its capacity covering the Trump s***show.
Dems are probably doing a lot, but you just never hear about it.
Trump pardoned David Daniel, who then indulged in child porn and sexual assault. The victims? One girl aged 12, the other younger. Both family members. He was already facing charges of statutory rape.
www.newsweek.com/january-six-...
www.newsweek.com/january-six-...
Jan 6 rioter pardoned by Trump faces child sex charges
A second January 6 rioter pardoned by Trump last week is facing child sex crime charges after being released from federal prison.
www.newsweek.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Trump pardoned David Daniel, who then indulged in child porn and sexual assault. The victims? One girl aged 12, the other younger. Both family members. He was already facing charges of statutory rape.
www.newsweek.com/january-six-...
www.newsweek.com/january-six-...
Remember how Trump said that under Biden we had no respect from the international community, but Trump said he would change that?
Trump claimed we were a laughingstock, which was never true. But now? We're hated pariahs. Nicely played.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump claimed we were a laughingstock, which was never true. But now? We're hated pariahs. Nicely played.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
European leaders rally behind Zelensky after Trump clash
The Ukrainian president thanks European leaders for their support after a flurry of messages on social media.
www.bbc.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Remember how Trump said that under Biden we had no respect from the international community, but Trump said he would change that?
Trump claimed we were a laughingstock, which was never true. But now? We're hated pariahs. Nicely played.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump claimed we were a laughingstock, which was never true. But now? We're hated pariahs. Nicely played.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New motto for the Washington Post: “Democracy Dies.”
March 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New motto for the Washington Post: “Democracy Dies.”
I'm guessing that Zelenskyy probably thought, "Why am I taking this demeaning abuse from this pile of crap with bad hair? We're just going to get seared by this fascist clown anyway, so why not just be completely honest to his face about how he's screwing us over?"
March 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I'm guessing that Zelenskyy probably thought, "Why am I taking this demeaning abuse from this pile of crap with bad hair? We're just going to get seared by this fascist clown anyway, so why not just be completely honest to his face about how he's screwing us over?"