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Not really. His base will excuse authoritarian power grabs, blatantly racist policies, sexual assault, etc but this one might be the one that breaks him. The Q-anon stuff was all about a bunch of elite politicians having secret pedophile rings. They thought Trump was sent by God to expose that. The phrase "Epstein didn't kill himself" is probably more unifying than any flag. Pam Bondi made a big deal about releasing the Epstein files. His base was frothing at the mouth to finally let the world know. With the administration's sudden course shift, even his supporters are wanting answers.

To clarify: Blanche made requests for GJ transcripts in 3 places: Epstein, Maxwell, and ... somewhere in SDFL. I wonder whether he's trying to get before Aileen Cannon.
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Here's the Ghislaine Maxwell version of Todd Blanche's bid to unseal GJ testimony (I have not yet found docket it was filed in SDFL, but he also filed in Epstein. Here's one of the most interesting details about it. Todd Blanche filed it. No AUSAs. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Evening Reflection: In just a few days, it will be BSD Cafe's second birthday. Two years ago, I never anticipated what would follow. What was once a dream - this kind of community - has transformed into a reality. I set the table, but the Cafe isn't just me; it's all of you.
It's the Fediverse, it's Matrix, it's a group of people who want to communicate, who want positivity, who want to grow, who have a passion and an interest. This morning, I announced the Journal, and the enthusiasm shown was comparable. And that, for me, was a gift.

Even though it's not yet Tuesday here, it already is in many places. While I might sound repetitive, I feel compelled to dedicate this #ThankYouTuesday to you all: friends of BSD Cafe (both in and outside the cafe), of the Fediverse, of Matrix, of every communication channel.
Because FREE communication channels are tools, and they are merely extensions of people.

Wonderful people, who make the world a little less bleak.

Thank you.

#ThankYou #BSDCafe #Fediverse #World

Standing in the bakery line at Safeway in a small town.
Old fellow, kind who has enough tools in his truck to change your engine, is in front of me.
He orders a sheet cake, and asks the worker to "put some gay stuff on it", since his son has just come out.
The worker draws a rainbow, dad picks out rainbow flags. Asks her what else is "gay".
After he leaves it takes the young baker and I a moment to stop smiling at each other.

@lgbtqia
@lgbtq
@lgbtq_plus
#trans #lgbtqia #happypride

Michael Hudson: How the Global Majority can free itself from US financial colonialism
* The success of China’s model poses a threat to the neoliberal order
* Taxing economic rent is a precondition for economic sovereignty
* Debt remission is a precondition for economic sovereignty
* China’s success has made a global alternative attainable
* The strategy of creditor-rentier nations to prevent withdrawal from their global control
* How U.S.-centered financial colonialism replaced European colonial occupation
* Moves toward a multipolar world order
* Summary

In this article: #banks #BRICS #China #colonialism #dollar #finance #imperialism #MichaelHudson #Russia

@Acta Populi2025-07-18 17:52:03
Michael Hudson: How the Global Majority can free itself from US financial colonialism geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/0…

Sex Fox Friday
She thinks herself a seductress and she wouldn't be far off in that thought. The wisdom filled whispers played at the exact right moment. A "chance" encounter planned far ahead in advance. A tube fox does as she likes.
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Sheikh Qassem: Let's unite around the priority—once the threat is gone, we're ready to discuss a defense and national security strategy. english.alahednews.news/fastne…

"After all, you don't need a thousand-node cloud to write something worth reading."

This phrase appears in the "under the hood" section of my blog.
Just now I was reading a post by an "influencer" on a well-known social media platform. The post was biased, lacking in content, useless. Digital waste. A waste of bits and energy. Shortly after, I read a fantastic post written by a user of a #snac instance, and I know it's running on a Raspberry Pi, at their home.
And that phrase immediately came to mind.

Goodnight, world.

#Reflection

Intel Announces It's Shutting Down Clear Linux

The most depressing news of the week: Intel is ending their performance-optimized Clear Linux distribution. Over the past decade the Clear Linux operating system has shown what's possible with out-of-the-box performance on x86_64 hardware... Not just for Intel platforms but even showing extremely great performance results on AMD x86_64 too. But with the cost-cutting going on at Intel, Clear Linu…
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Russian courts have sentenced 135 people to prison for taking part in a mass anti-Israel protest in Dagestan in 2023. The sentences range from 6.5 to 15 years.

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#Russia #Protest #Dagestan #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Fascism #Politics

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

This is a war crime.

"It is forbidden to destroy the enemy's property unless it is imperatively demanded by the necessity of war"

#Israel levelling thousands of #Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions - BBC News
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#EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced Tuesday that the EU chose not to #sanction #Israel over its actions in #Gaza, following a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called it a “diplomatic victory,” praising efforts to block sanctions pushed by #Ireland, #Spain, and others.

Kallas acknowledged “positive signs” after Israel’s recent agreement to increase aid to Gaza but emphasized that “more concrete steps” remain necessary.

Just days later, Gaza is facing unprecedented #famine with hundreds flooding already overwhelmed hospitals due to severe starvation.

This morning, Palestinians seeking aid in #Rafah were shot dead as Israel continues to block vital fuel supplies critical for Gaza’s medical facilities.

I AM ASHAMED TO BE PART OF THIS CRIMINAL GENOCIDE PROTECTING ENTITY .

#Genocide #Starvation #Complicity #Shame #EUppl #Politics #Palestine

@israel @europe @palestine@a.gup.pe @palestine@lemmy.ml

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Record advances for Russia’s armed forces in Ukraine while neo-Nazi ideology continues its rise in Kiev

In May 2025, JPMorganChase financial analysts predicted a ceasefire by July 2025, with the most likely scenario being along the lines of the truce in Georgia, which followed the brief war there in 2008. According to this scenario, Ukraine after the war would not receive reliable security guarantees from the West, would remain unstable, and eventually, after one or two changes of government, would fall into Russia's sphere of influence. Although Georgia is not a country friendly to Russia, the West considers it so because of the persistent refusal by the government there to consider launching a second, suicidal conflict with Russia.

english.almayadeen.net/article…

Outraged Victims Stop Dems' Palisades Land Grab

During a slowdown of permit activity for L.A. fire victims trying to rebuild their lost homes, legislators in Sacramento were trying to write a law to allow the state and county officials to "bank" the properties, & build low-income housing in some of the highest-end real estate in the county.

Fire victims would lose their properties to a proposed county agency that would use tax dollars to separate them from their land.
pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025…

Mexico expresses outrage over the removal of Fidel and Che Guevara statues cubanews.acn.cu/world/27243-me…

Να κανω και ενα αφιερωμα στον υπεργηρο @tromo με το λυγερο κορμί.
Tρόμε, έλα να πιουμε ρε κωλογερε.

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Historia de tres amigos de la dulce libertad
Si se hicieron anarquistas no fue por casualidad
Buenaventura Durruti, Ascaso y García Oliver
Llamados Los Solidarios, que desprecian al poder

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in reply to Δρ. Φελέκι

Απο κει ερχεται ο Ντουρουτι

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Por allí viene Durruti con una carta en la mano
donde pone la miseria de este pueblo soberano.
Por allí viene Durruti con un libro en el morral
donde apunta los millones que ha robado el capital.

in reply to Δρ. Φελέκι

Lucharemos codo a codo
sin ponernos etiquetas.
Los mismos amos tenemos,
la misma cárcel nos cierra.

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The best thing about this is that no matter what Trump does, what he does will hurt him. If he releases anything, he'll be accused of not releasing everything.

Trump has always managed to keep the conspiracy nuts looking at his enemies, but now he's tripped up. Once those people latch on to a perceived conspiracy, they never let go.

"But the building has no basement!" "You just haven't found the entrance yet."

"I just don't believe a US Marine Corps sharpshooter could have hit Kennedy from that window." The Kennedy shooting is my best example of this. It's been 62 years, and the conspiracy theories still live on.

An now Trump has filed a lawsuit against Murdoch and his newspaper. This will not help Trump. Even if he wins, he loses. Winning this lawsuit will not stop the conspiracy theory. The lawsuit itself backs up the theory. It shows Trump is afraid of any reporting about Epstein.

I noticed this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_…

Τζίμης #Πανούσης - Με λένε Πόπη (Παράσταση στο Κεντρί) DVD-Rip (Μερικώς υποτιτλισμένο)

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europesays.com/uk/273090/ Trump talks tough on Russia, but will he follow through? | Russia-Ukraine war #DonaldTrump #Europe #Opinions #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine #UnitedStates #US&Canada

Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas | Trump administration | The Guardian

Source: Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas | Trump administration | The Guardian

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'Unity is the only way to break free from neocolonialism' — Juliana Lumumba odysee.com/Lumumba-Congo:98a35…

Title: Treading the Infinite

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In this episode, we dive into the radical theories of parapsychologist D. Scott Rogo, who suggested that many hauntings, abductions, and even poltergeist phenomena might not come from outside forces, but from within ourselves. Could we be unknowingly ma

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