trump really has no ideology beyond self-aggrandizement, gross displays of power and pursuing the path of least resistance (appealing to the most stupid). thats it. that the whole ballgame.

this left/right narrative fails to accurately describe this putrid creature.

and, as trump shrinks us soft power, whats left? the chance of direct US military involvement against non-trivial opponents is skyrocketing. remember, trump declared himself a “wartime president” last term - he loves this shit.

ediit: missing word

Current soy volumes being shipped do not yet reflect the effects of the new trade war, the analysts said. They believe an escalation will direct more Chinese demand to Brazil over time, as was the case in 2018.

slow motion footgun is the best footgun.

anyone who has never experienced the joy of destroying hardware with a misplaced address access is, at best, translucent. magic blue smoke or bust.

ouch.

didnt have a problem with the random selection when your pocket judge Aileen Cannon slow walked the national secrets mishandling case of yours, now did ya donnie boy?

steel the resolve at every shopping trip cuz it takes a village and all that. right now we need a fucking slapdown and a corner timeout - hopefully Canada and others can deliver it to us. pulling for the elbows up crew.

oh, agreed. these people should have been nowhere near it - as evidenced by their incredible fuckup.

as an average consumer, and barring binary or device compromise, I do trust signal and a few others to traffic info that could incarcerate or worse.

exactly. signal was chosen precisely because it is widely considered to be secure and, more importantly, outside the purview of any mechanism which would hold them to account.

This is not the only chat group on Signal, I’d wager.

absolutely.

still, this is a reasonable boost for signal and briar (or similar) as a backup.

ah, yes. typical EBKAC / PEBKAC issue.

c-band satellite dishes and videocipher II’s. fun times.

“…or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” 👈 we are here.

honestly, these days can we be absolutely sure they are not?

regardless of the probable misuse of the term, this story (if otherwise accurate) has fucked up my day in an outsized way.

because you’re not alive to be kidnapped after

here in america there are strict reconstruction era lynching standards to uphold and pass along to future generations. yessiree bob! a fine US export, to be sure.

🤔 interesting…

This is what a lawless fascist dictatorship looks like.

I try to not be hyperbolic, but this is just the tip of a titanic sized iceberg of possibilities.

everything else you said totally tracks for america - “land of the free and home of the brave”®™

we keep hoping.

people shackled in ice detention, people shackled in jail and prison, people shackled by debt - all for corporate profit.

welcome home, orphan crushing machine.

thats the point - make things so mind-fuckingly insane that we just throw up our hands and walk away. look at the selection of people for directorships… each one is more fucking mental than the last. pure, unadulterated gaslighting.

Toward the end of his speech, Trump quoted an unlikely source.

“Etched onto the walls of this building are the words English philosopher John Locke said: ‘Where law ends, tyranny begins,’” Trump said. “And I see that.”

ominous prediction.