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Dave Rahardja<p>lol Trump is 100% on Epstein’s list, isn’t he</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p><p>“Exclusive: DOJ, FBI conclude Epstein had no "client list," committed suicide”</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-client-list-trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/07/07/jeffrey-e</span><span class="invisible">pstein-suicide-client-list-trump-administration</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>On the surface, this is just another way to enshittify National Parks by charging tourists more money than US residents.</p><p>But how are park officials going to verify that you’re a US resident, and give you preferential rates? That’s right: you need to show papers, and not just State IDs, but passports, “Real ID” verified IDs which are linked to your Federal status, or work permits.</p><p>In any other year, I would think that this is just another way to gouge tourists, but in 2025, in the atmosphere we’re in, I can’t help but think that this is yet another way to acclimate people to the “papers, please” culture that dictators love. This also means undocumented people are now excluded from entering parks at all, because they may not have a Federal-compliant ID to show, nor a tourist visa.</p><p>Just another step in our journey of authoritarianism.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nationalParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalParks</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/papersPlease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>papersPlease</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-calling-for-foreign-visitors-to-pay-surcharge-at-national-parks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-e</span><span class="invisible">xecutive-order-calling-for-foreign-visitors-to-pay-surcharge-at-national-parks/</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>Now that <a href="https://toot.community/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> IS a <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> , NOTHING the government (any branch) does or says can ever be trusted again! Act accordingly! Vote accordingly! Other nations also take note. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>🚨Trump's policies have increased uncertainty, reduced trade, &amp; introduced tariffs that hurt bus' reliant on imports, but the impact has been mitigated bc he walked back many of his steepest tariffs. Extending tax cuts, not to significantly improve the economy. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deporations</span></a> will⬆️inflation.</p><p>Biden's economy was so stable, that Trump hasn't completely destroyed it with his incompetence, tariffs, immigration policies...<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/07/trumps-only-okay-economy/683421/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/economy/archiv</span><span class="invisible">e/2025/07/trumps-only-okay-economy/683421/</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>Now that <a href="https://toot.community/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> IS a <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> , NOTHING the government (any branch) does or says can ever be trusted again! Act accordingly! Vote accordingly! Other nations also take note. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Trump’s “Tariff Talks” are all fake.</p><p>He's delegated negotiations to Bessent, Lutnick &amp; Greer *have little actual authority -often working at cross purposes.</p><p>"Result has been: a convoluted process with little progress &amp; no end in sight."</p><p>We’re all just part of his sick reality show, but then most of us knew this from episode 1. We must end episode 2 before it’s too late to save democracy, our livelihoods, &amp; lives.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-insider-blows-lid-off-tariffs-its-all-fake/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-</span><span class="invisible">insider-blows-lid-off-tariffs-its-all-fake/</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>On Jan 20 <a href="https://toot.community/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> went from the leader of free world to despotic, fascist, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/BananaRepublican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublican</span></a> rule by a convicted felon, pathological liar, malignant narcissist, ignoramus installing only incompetent bootlickers to kill all that <a href="https://toot.community/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> stood for! <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
GhostsheetZ<p>If trump is going to start revoking citizenship they are going to start looking at demographic info &amp; using it to deport anyone they want. Just you fucking wait. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>Now that <a href="https://toot.community/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> IS a <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> , NOTHING the government (any branch) does or says can ever be trusted again! Act accordingly! Vote accordingly! Other nations also take note. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a><br>Today I had to mark email lying propaganda from SSA as SPAM and UNSUBSCRIBE to future email!</p>
Total Sonic Media<p>T-mobile, AT&amp;T, Verizon, Comcast, Charter, Cisco - that's the entire oligopoly controlling about 99% of our communications these days. The need for more p2p meshnets outside of the corporatist control of the ISP's has never been greater, sadly there is no momentum towards doing this, especially not as quickly as it will be needed.<br>source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250701185126/https://www.whitehouse.gov/obbb/endorsements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025070118</span><span class="invisible">5126/https://www.whitehouse.gov/obbb/endorsements/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigbeauttifulbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigbeauttifulbill</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/neofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporatism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Gentleman of Leisure<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> is full of selfish assholes. What a bunch of pricks — taking away food, healthcare, and clean energy so some billionaire sycophants can have even more money and lock up people they despise </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bbb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Alex Jimenez<p>Erebor's charter bid rides wave of fintech-friendly policy</p><p>Erebor, a startup bank backed by prominent tech figures with a business plan similar to that of now-infamous Silicon Valley Bank, has submitted an application for a national bank charter.</p><p>Who knows what backroom deal they have with Dear Leader</p><p><a href="https://www.americanbanker.com/news/erebors-charter-bid-rides-wave-of-fintech-friendly-policy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanbanker.com/news/erebor</span><span class="invisible">s-charter-bid-rides-wave-of-fintech-friendly-policy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FinTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FinServ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinServ</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>Now that <a href="https://toot.community/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> IS a <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> , NOTHING the government (any branch) does or says can ever be trusted again! Act accordingly! Vote accordingly! Other nations also take note. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>On Jan 20 <a href="https://toot.community/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> went from the leader of free world to despotic, fascist, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/BananaRepublican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublican</span></a> rule by a convicted felon, pathological liar, malignant narcissist, ignoramus installing only incompetent bootlickers to kill all that <a href="https://toot.community/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> stood for! <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
MMR Nmd<p>When Microsoft locked an ICC prosecutor out of their email, it proved just how easily U.S. power can reach across borders and into the heart of global justice, writes Paul Budde.</p><p>THE RECENT INCIDENT involving Microsoft and the International Criminal Court (ICC) should send a chill down the spine of every democratic nation.<br>Following a sanctions order from White House, Microsoft locked ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan out of his enterprise-level Office 365 account.<br>That account wasn’t personal — it was part of the ICC’s institutional infrastructure.</p><p>And just like that, an American tech giant disabled access to a key international legal actor.</p><p>...</p><p>What’s worse is the normalisation of it all. We scroll past headlines like “Microsoft cuts <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> access” and carry on with our day. The sociologist Alexei Yurchak coined a term for this: hypernormalisation — the idea that everyone knows the system is broken, but we all pretend things are normal because no one can imagine how to change them..."</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ManufacturingConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManufacturingConsent</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Office365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Office365</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p><p><a href="https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/trumps-war-on-the-icc-goes-digital-with-microsoft-as-an-ally,19894" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">independentaustralia.net/polit</span><span class="invisible">ics/politics-display/trumps-war-on-the-icc-goes-digital-with-microsoft-as-an-ally,19894</span></a></p>
Steve Dallape ☑️ 🌎<p>It's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> ushering in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</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/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</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/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicschools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicschools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publiceducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publiceducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453457/trump-school-funding-grants" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-54534</span><span class="invisible">57/trump-school-funding-grants</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>Here we go. Not even naturalized citizens are safe.</p><p>Let’s be clear about this administration’s goals:</p><p>1. Claim that non-citizens have no rights whatsoever<br>2. Undermine the guarantee of citizenship<br>3. Revoke citizenship for undesirables, who now have no rights even to challenge their revocation</p><p>They’re using citizenship to strip away rights. They chose to start with a person who was clearly a criminal, but make no mistake: even the worst naturally-born US criminals are never in danger of losing their citizenship, and have all their rights (technically) intact during their prosecution. The use of citizenship as a weapon is a return to a barbaric time in our past.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p><p>“DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship”</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalization-trump-immigration-enforcement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-54453</span><span class="invisible">98/denaturalization-trump-immigration-enforcement</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>nICE.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fuckICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckICE</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>My hope is that this bill is so odious and unpopular that the longer it takes to vote on it, the more people will learn just how bad it is, and the stronger the opposition will grow.</p><p>If you live in a red state, what are you waiting for? Call your representatives today. Tell them how much you hate this bill. The more they hear from you, the slower its passage, and the better our chances of killing it dead.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/plunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plunder</span></a> <a href="https://www.threads.com/@newrepublic/post/DLkpK14In-z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">threads.com/@newrepublic/post/</span><span class="invisible">DLkpK14In-z</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>“The deal blocks signatories from spending more than 35 percent of funds dedicated to any one project on products from non-signatory states—meaning there will be limits on purchasing American-made defense systems, artillery, and other materials.”</p><p>You know the saying, “There’s always another group chat without you in it”? Well, this is the one without the US.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p><p>“Two of Biggest U.S. Allies Just Made New Defense Deal—Without Trump”</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/197124/donald-trump-biggest-allies-defense-deal-canada-eu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/197124/do</span><span class="invisible">nald-trump-biggest-allies-defense-deal-canada-eu</span></a></p>