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Hey maybe if they appease them enough, some of those fascists will see sense and come back into the fold. Lmao, the absolute gall of liberals blaming people not getting out to vote for Trump's election and not the actual people that lost the election.

Petty grievances and short sightedness lost the election for Kamala amirite? Or maybe a critical mass of people realize that shit like this is going to happen no matter how much you get out and vote, as long as the corpo-democrats are the ones receiving them.

Summary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reversed a 1965 policy barring segregation in defense contractor facilities, contradicting his confirmation claims of not being racist.

He has prioritized eliminating DEI initiatives, canceling military observances like MLK Day and Holocaust remembrances, and purging nonwhite male leaders.

The Pentagon’s anti-DEI campaign mistakenly flagged Enola Gay bomber photos for deletion because of the word "gay."

Critics link Hegseth’s actions to his far-right Christian nationalist beliefs and hiring of 26-year-old Kingsley Wilson, who promotes neo-Nazi theories, as deputy press secretary.

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Senator Bernie Sanders warns that Elon Musk's plan to cut Social Security Administration staff by up to 50% could cause 37,000 additional deaths yearly among disability benefit applicants and extend average wait times to 412 days.

While the SSA clarified they're targeting a reduction from 57,000 to 50,000 employees (not 50%, or 300,000), Republican leaders like Mike Johnson and Rick Scott have discussed "reforming" entitlement programs for long-term solvency.

This contrasts with Trump's assurance that "Social Security won't be touched." Democrats argue staffing cuts effectively reduce benefits by limiting access and delaying payments for vulnerable Americans.

Donald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out the possibility that the US economy will head into recession this year and that inflation will rise, as his chaotic trade tariffs policy cause uncertainty and market turbulence.

The US president predicted that his economic goals would take time and a period of transition to bear fruit. But when asked in an interview with the Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures “are you expecting a recession this year?” he demurred.

“I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition, because what we’re doing is very big. We’re bringing wealth back to America. That’s a big thing. And there are always periods of, it takes a little time. It takes a little time, but I think it should be great for us,” Trump said.

The decision to add the US to the first 2025 watchlist was made in response to what the group described as the “Trump administration’s assault on democratic norms and global cooperation”.

In the news release announcing the US’s addition, the organization cited recent actions taken by the Trump administration that they argue will likely “severely impact constitutional freedoms of peaceful assembly, expression, and association”.

The group cited several of the administration’s actions such as the mass termination of federal employees, the appointment of Trump loyalists in key government positions, the withdrawal from international efforts such as the World Health Organization and the UN Human Rights Council, the freezing of federal and foreign aid and the attempted dismantling of USAid.

The organization warned that these decisions “will likely impact civic freedoms and reverse hard-won human rights gains around the world”.

The group also pointed to the administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters, and the Trump administration’s unprecedented decision to control media access to presidential briefings, among others.

Just a reminder to question everything.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26969442

from The Forward [Jewish publication from #USA]

By Andrew Silverstein
March 7, 2025

“To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you,” states a fact sheet published on the White House website along with President Donald Trump’s January executive order on antisemitism, “I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before.”

Summary

Donald Trump is upset after King Charles warmly welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Sandringham, making Trump’s own state visit invitation seem “less special.”

Trump’s allies allegedly asked the British government to intervene, but officials stated the king makes his own decisions.

Relations may also be strained by Trump’s criticism of Canada, where Charles remains head of state.

The U.K. government denied tensions, reaffirming strong U.S.-U.K. ties.

I'm not sure about houses burning down, but I'm just lighting this one on fire.

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ICE agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in Columbia University's encampment movement, claiming his student visa was revoked.

However, his attorney Amy Greer states he has a green card, not a student visa.

Despite filing a habeas corpus petition, Greer can't locate where Khalil is being held, noting his eight-months-pregnant wife couldn't find him at a New Jersey facility.

The arrest follows Trump's March 4 social media threat to defund universities allowing "illegal protests" and deport "agitators."

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed migrant children “have a choice” in coming to the U.S. illegally, sparking pushback from CBS host Margaret Brennan.

Noem later shifted blame to parents, saying they decide whether to keep families together.

The Trump administration revived family detention last week, reversing Biden’s 2021 decision to end it.

Noem defended detentions, criticized Biden’s immigration policies, and confirmed plans to use military bases like Fort Bliss to hold detainees.