#Trump Relishes #Troops in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas
by Peter Baker
When Trump first sought to stage a #military parade in Washington, a 4-star general argued against it, telling him that “it’s what dictators do.” Trump was unbothered by the comparison, & so on Sat tanks will roll down the streets of the nation’s capital for the first time in decades.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
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#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
Zelensky plans to meet Trump at G7 summit — key takeaways from closed-door briefing
"Both teams are working to ensure we meet," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
Meath book place in All-Ireland quarter-finals with victory over Kildare – The Irish Times - EUROPE SAYS
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Eesti pensionifondid löövad rekordeid - EUROPE SAYS
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#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
Ukraine, Russia conduct fourth prisoner exchange this week
"Today, among those returning to Ukraine, many have been in captivity since 2022," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
V neděli čekají Česko tropické teploty a bouřky | iROZHLAS - EUROPE SAYS
Českou republiku v neděli čekají vysoké teploty. Zejména v Čechách překročí i tropických 30 stupňů Celsia. Odpoledne pak od západu dorazí silné bouře sEUROPE SAYS
A friend texted me this photo.
#CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #CovidIsNotOver #CovidCautious #WearAMask #Covid #ProtectKids
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Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (B/5-4 ADAR), part of the 52d Air Defense Artillery Brigade and the 10th ArmyEUROPE SAYS
S2079
A bill to enhance penalties for the use of incendiary devices, including burning the flag of the United States, in the commission of Federal offenses, and for other purposes.
📢 Introduced in Senate
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#S2079 #congress119 #senate #republican #congress #newbill
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Gre za 'dobre dolgoletne delavce': Trump v omilitev politike deportacij - EUROPE SAYS
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Eaton falls Trail and Sulphur Gates
This 6 mile out and back trail will take you past the Sulphur Gates into the , a cool looking geological feature shaped by water, to a waterfall that has carved the rock into an intriguing spiral pattern.
A photo showing the lower and middle sections of Eaton falls as you approach from a distance.
The way the small canyon warps up around the waterfall is hard to convey. Me for scale.
The Sulphur gates, formed as water cut through the ridgeline to merge the rivers below.
Kind of out of the way to get to, I mostly went here as I was stalling for time for snowmelt. The waterfall itself was very cool though.
May miss tomorrow, not sure if I’ll get back to service or not (Kootenai NP).
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The Forty-Seven Rōnin and Japan's Shōguns
The revenge of the 47 rōnin is a classic story of the Edo period when Shōguns ruled Japan. See their graves at Sengaku-ji in Tōkyō.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
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Австро-унгарското културно влияние е оставило траен отпечатък върху облика на България, но това безценно наследство постепенно изчезва. Това сподели историкътEUROPE SAYS
A lovely interview with Andrews with Radio Berkshire. bbc.com/news/articles/c4g6k3g1…
#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
Sophie Andrews shares her love of Jane Austen and Regency wear
Sophie Andrews became known for her love of Austen in the BBC One documentary My Friend Jane.BBC News
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Malta, Metsola rules out PN leadership bid to prioritize EU role - EUROPE SAYS
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Villa Pamphili Crime, American Suspect Caught in Greece Will Be Extradited to Italy – La Voce di New York -
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WestJet dealing with 'cybersecurity incident' impacting access to internal systems, app
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Posted into Canada @canada-cbcnews
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Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims
Report: An expansion of biofuels policy under Trump would lead to more greenhouse gas emissions.Inside Climate News (Ars Technica)
@Workshopshed
I suspect the case for repurposing waste oil is stronger, tho' it will depend on how much processing it takes.
But growing maize to ferment and distill just to blend into road fuels? Crazy.
Вольдемар, если не можешь достичь желаемого, сделай вид, что желал достигнутого.
Voldemar, if you can’t achieve what you want, pretend that you wanted what you’ve achieved.
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SUCHO Meme Wall
Collected memes from the SUCHO project concerning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.memes.sucho.org
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nor was Trump evidently concerned about being accused of #authoritarian excess for deploying #troops to #LosAngeles to quell #protests against his #immigration crackdown. If anything, he seemed to revel in the moment, vowing to “hit” anyone who so much as spit at a police officer & even threatening “very big force” against protesters in Washington.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#ForeignPolicy #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump has always been a contradictory commander in chief, one unlike any other in American history. A graduate of a HS #military academy, he never actually served in the #ArmedForces, avoided being drafted for Vietnam thanks to a dubious bone spurs diagnosis, publicly denigrated Sen #JohnMcCain’s wartime heroism & was quoted [multiple sources] privately dismissing #veterans as “suckers” & “losers” (which he denied).
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Yet as president, #Trump has used the #military to serve his political goals [feed his ego]. He surrounded himself with “my generals” & purged those he deemed insufficiently #loyal [to him, not the country]. He entertained a recommendation to impose a form of #MartialLaw to overturn the 2020 election that he lost. In recent days, he has given speeches at the US Military Academy at #WestPoint & #FortBragg, NC, that sounded like campaign rallies.
#AmericanAutocracy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump enjoys strong support among many active-duty service members & #veterans who appreciate his vocal backing [outwardly if not actual] & admire his unvarnished #bravado, according to polls & analysts. Yet some career officers said the president clearly does not understand the ethos of service or the #nonpartisan tradition of the American #ArmedForces.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“As in all things Trumpian, there is a fundamental contradiction in how he looks at the #military,” said James G. Stavridis, a retired #Navy four-star admiral who served as #NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe.
“He loves the uniforms & the pomp & circumstance, & the ability to apply direct power without boundaries,” Stavridis said.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“But he also thinks that those who serve in the military could be making a lot more money & gain more prestige in the civilian world, & I think he wonders what drives their sacrifice,” [couldn’t possibly be love of country] Stavridis said.
#Trump #AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#AmericanAutocracy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •In the final year of his first term, #Trump wanted to invoke the #InsurrectionAct to send active-duty #troops into the streets of #cities where #protests against the murder of #GeorgeFloyd had become violent, only to be rebuffed by Mark T. Esper, his #defense secretary, & Gen. Mark A. Milley, his chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •After the 2020 election, retired Gen. #MikeFlynn & other allies showed up at the Oval Office urging him to order the #military to seize voting machines & rerun elections in states where he lost, an idea he considered but did not follow through on, knowing that General Milley would resist.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •In this second term, Kelly, Esper & Milley are all gone, & #Trump feels freer to pursue his own instincts. In sending #troops to #LosAngeles, he federalized the #California #NationalGuard over the objections of #Governor #GavinNewsom, the first time any president has done so since the civil rights era. Trump has vowed that he will do the same elsewhere around the country if #protests *merit* it, raising the prospect of a wider #military presence in American #cities.
#MilitaryState #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •To critics, #Trump, who uses words like “invasion” & “occupation” to justify the troop deployment to #LosAngeles, is manufacturing fake wars at home to suppress domestic #dissent, heralding what some fear is a creeping #military #dictatorship. What is striking is that Trump does not seem to worry about giving that impression. He has done nothing to dispel it or reassure Americans that his use of the military against domestic unrest is a limited effort that should not concern them.
#autocracy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…Yet the demonstration of #military might on American streets this week feels jarring coming at the same time as a full-blown #MiddleEast crisis in which the #US has taken a backseat. #Trump has been trying to negotiate an agreement with #Iran to end its #nuclear program peacefully, only to be overtaken by PM Benjamin #Netanyahu of #Israel, who decided to take matters into his own hands with a ferocious bombardment.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump publicly complimented #Israel on their success on Friday but did not endorse further #military action, instead reaching out to #Iran to resume talks. Some #Republican hawks expressed consternation that he would not be willing to more directly support Israel’s military campaign.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“#Trump is more focused on his birthday parade, or so it seems, than on helping #Israel & the West to eliminate a serious #nuclear #threat,” said Charles M. Kupperman, who served as Trump’s deputy #NationalSecurity adviser in his first term. “Trump can keep mouthing ‘peace through strength,’ but just mouthing doesn’t make it real, & words don’t eliminate threats. Actions do.”
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
wasabi brain
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in reply to wasabi brain • • •@virtualinanity
Staying out of the war is one thing, abdicating a role in geopolitical diplomacy is another. IMO, Trump just doesn’t want to work hard on anything unless it is to inflict insult & injury on those who oppose him, especially domestically, or if it enriches him personally.
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Nonilex
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Not that him playing a role geopolitically would be helpful. It’s just that the US under actual governing administrations has always been a geopolitical force of note.
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Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’
in reply to Nonilex • • •Why don’t we just call him what he is—an old bully. He must feel his years creeping up on him, and I bet he figures “now or never”.
I wonder what’s in the next act—more bullying? it doesn’t really seem in character for him to have his parade and then quietly play endless rounds of golf at MAL, does it?
If anything, his entire administration seems to be begging for violence.
Frenezul0_o
in reply to Nonilex • • •Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!
in reply to Nonilex • • •M.S. Bellows, Jr.
in reply to Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS! • • •M.S. Bellows, Jr. (@msbellows@c.im)
C.IMMary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!
in reply to M.S. Bellows, Jr. • • •Lol didn't help, did it? And neither do the similar sort of loyalty pledges Trump demands. I mean, there's nobody in that camp who wouldn't murder him in cold blood if it suited their economic and political interests.
FurballsNHairballs
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Stumpy The Mutt
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