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Erik Jonker<p>That judges in the US are now stopping some things Trump is trying to do temporarily, this not a reason for optimism, they alone can't stop him for sure, he can overwhelm or circumvent them in the end.<br>What is striking is the seemingly total lack of resistance in the executive branche. The lack of massive protests.<br>And in Belgrado 300.000 take to the streets to protest against corruption, Americans where are you... ?<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/belgrado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belgrado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Canvases By Peter<p>They're FINALLY talking about it 👍 </p><p>"News live: Bandt says Australia should cancel Aukus payments and leave pact"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/16/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-ukraine-election-cost-of-living-peter-dutton-women-weather-sydney-heatwave-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/mar/16/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-ukraine-election-cost-of-living-peter-dutton-women-weather-sydney-heatwave-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boycott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AUSPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUSPol</span></a></p>
maeve harris<p>325,000 protesters rally in <a href="https://girlcock.club/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a> capital, against a train station collapse that killed 15, blamed on <a href="https://girlcock.club/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> and corner cutting <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g8v32q30o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g8v32</span><span class="invisible">q30o</span></a></p>
Go Weapons Hot<p>"It’s been less than two months since President <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took office. In that time, Trump, his family and administration members have seen personal and financial gain in ways aided by their power and influence."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/critics-accuse-trump-and-others-of-profiting-from-their-positions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/show/critics-</span><span class="invisible">accuse-trump-and-others-of-profiting-from-their-positions</span></a></p>
MicronH☮️⚖️😷<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> Can the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 be applied to the current invasion of the US government at all levels by migrant oligarchs, billionaires &amp; their minions??<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlienEnemyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemyAct</span></a></p>
aproposnix<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a> today. 800,000 people protesting corruption.</p><p>This is how it's done <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@USA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>USA</span></a></span>, wake up. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Pekka Kallioniemi<p>Massive <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> against <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>, <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> and <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russian</span></a> interference today in <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Belgrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgrad</span></a>, <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Budapest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budapest</span></a> and <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Bucharest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bucharest</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> is waking up!</p>

"After a SpaceX rocket exploded, investors offloaded Tesla shares and Doge hit legal roadblocks, the world’s richest man saw his fortune sink by $100bn .. His net worth declined over $22bn on Monday alone."

theguardian.com/technology/202

The Guardian · Elon Musk faces week of harsh setbacks amid Tesla selloff and Doge backlashBy Nick Robins-Early

Robert O. Paxton's 5 stages of fascism:

1. Intellectual exploration, where disillusionment with popular democracy manifests itself in discussions of lost national vigor

2. Rooting, where a fascist movement, aided by political deadlock and polarization, becomes a player on the national stage

3. Arrival to power, where conservatives seeking to control rising leftist opposition invite fascists to share power

4. Exercise of power, where the movement and its charismatic leader control the state in balance with state institutions such as the police and traditional elites such as the clergy and business magnates.

5. Radicalization or entropy, where the state either becomes increasingly radical, as did Nazi Germany, or slips into traditional authoritarian rule, as did Fascist Italy.

Reitred Federal Judge: "What has happened with Elon Musk, well, I have called it a coup. If it succeeds, it will have been a coup. In other words, if the definition of a “coup” is a small group of people who are not elected — and there was Musk — who are taking over the power of the government, yes, I would call it a coup. I mean, he — there are challenges around the country to his authority, to Musk’s authority — Musk, who is not confirmed by Congress, who was selected by means that no one exactly knows, who was given powers that no one knows about, who is getting access to information that only government officials who have been appropriately selected can get. And if he’s successful in that — there are challenges to that. If he is successful, yes, I would call that a coup."
#coup #corruption democracynow.org/2025/3/14/nan

Democracy Now! · If Successful, I Would Call It a Coup: A Retired Judge’s Warning About Elon Musk’s Abuse of PowerBy Democracy Now!

"The regime won't merely use [government databases] for nefarious purposes. Musk's wrecking crew will be able to change what's inside those databases – and I believe it's a certainty that at some point they will.

Are you old enough to be collecting Social Security payments or Medicare? Musk's incels could decide that you don't deserve any of that, and delete you from the system. That's what people with access to "everything, including source code," can do. When people working in good faith are replaced by people who exemplify bad faith, expect the worst."
#coup #corruption #SocialSecurity
cornerstone.dangillmor.com/ess

The cornerstone of democracy... · Essentials, March 14, 2025News and commentary for understanding and coping with the years ahead... Musk's incels have your most personal data Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive
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Trump and Musk Are Getting Their Butts Royally Spanked in the Courts

Some 25,000 federal employees will be back at work Monday. Look beyond Capitol Hill: The resistance, in fact, is strong.
newrepublic.com/post/192759/tr

"Granted, these are temporary injunctions... But if the way the arguments unfolded Thursday is any indication... the administration has a long way to go in making arguments the #court will find credible."

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Two lawsuits could provide further insight into DOGE
muskwatch.com/i/159032671/two-

"US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan ordered #Musk and his #DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans...seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”

...US District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests"

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DOGE plans to double its staff, target safety net programs
muskwatch.com/i/159032671/doge

" #Musk also telegraphed DOGE’s designs on dramatically reducing social #safety net programs...

Earlier this month, he described #SocialSecurity as “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” So far, DOGE’s work has served as a form of austerity theater, which — while destructive — has done very little to reduce federal spending."

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The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership
muskwatch.com/p/the-week-in-mu

"predicted a certain amount of graft. But even the most skeptical observers may not have pictured #DonaldTrump selling Teslas on the #WhiteHouse lawn...

A makeshift South Portico showroom — featuring five #Tesla models — was organized for the explicit purpose of rallying the company’s #stock after it suffered its worst selloff in five years"