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Trump Nemesis Letitia James Takes Victory Lap On FEMA Ruling
Trump Nemesis Letitia James Takes Victory Lap On New Ruling Against Administration
Letitia James took a victory lap after a new decision against President Donald Trump’s administration — and just after a very high-profile Trump defeat.Tommy Christopher (Mediaite)
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Florida's CAIR vows lawsuit against DeSantis over 'foreign terrorist' label
Florida's CAIR vows lawsuit against DeSantis over 'foreign terrorist' label
Gov_ Ron DeSantis has labeled the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a "foreign terrorist organization."MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press (ABC News)
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In October, the group played an active role in advocating for the release of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Florida who had been held in an Israeli prison for eight months. Mohammed Ibrahim was released last month.
Oh, it's that kind of terrorism - the sort where you stand up to protect the victims of Israel's genocidal fascism. Makes sense now.
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MTG plans to oust Mike Johnson before leaving Congress, report says
Marjorie Taylor Greene is reportedly weighing a plot to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson before she retires in early January and is quietly gauging if she has the nine votes inside the Republican party to trigger a vote.
“Marjorie is approaching members to get to nine who will oust the speaker,” an anonymous source told MS Now. “And if we don’t get to work on codifying Trump’s agenda, anything can happen.”
The Georgia Republican previously tried to oust Johnson last year in protest at a foreign aid deal for Ukraine, and she has been a consistent critic of Johnson’s work throughout the second Trump administration this year.
MTG’s last act in Congress could be a longshot plot to oust Mike Johnson, report says
The Georgia Republican plans to resign in early January, following an acrimonious public feud with her former close ally President TrumpJosh Marcus (The Independent)
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But I want to believe she can at least stir up 8 votes.
It'd be fun to watch some more disunity ahead of the midterms.
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She's actually playing it smart.
She knows that the midterms are going to be a blood bath for the GOP. She gets to collect her pension and sit on the sidelines. She'll get a TV pundit gig and write a book.
She'll be in great shape to raise a lot of money in 2028.
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Party infighting. A fascist feature.
What fascinates me is that the Heritage Foundation seems to tolerate her dissent. Historically, party dissenters don't live long. But my guess is that the Heritage Foundation knows we are in a society where capital punishment of political enemies isn't accepted. They let Trump ramble about executing people that he doesn't like because Trump isn't ultimately important to their plans.
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She never deserved to get known by those initials in the first place. Her name isn't difficult to say. They were just envious of AOC and forced it.
I always just called her Greene or Marjorie Greene. Hopefully it's all moot now anyways and we can forget about her.
AOC was probably more out of necessity since white America can't handle a simple pronunciation.
Although mispronouncing Marjorie Greene would probably really piss her off. Rep. Greené
I thought it was hilarious when some RW jagoff was trying to get "Sandy" off the ground as far as how they talked about AOC. Probably around the same time they thought they were really coming in off the top rope with a flying elbow by sharing that video of her....dancing? During college?
Both were bellyflops. Most people on the left just loved sharing those dancing videos because it made her all the more relatable? And, FFS, she is a smokeshow anyway, this just made that fact go viral...yeah, conservatives, you really made everyone in the United States quake in their shoes over this totally hot woman seen...now hold onto your pearls for this one.... dancing during college. You'd think they were the town elders out of Footloose or something, LOL. Oh, oh, oh, I know, also this: call her SANDY, and emphasize that she had a working class job like a BARTENDER! BOO! HISS!!!
Russia’s Smuggled Grain Finds New Market in Saudi Arabia -Bellingcat
Russia’s Smuggled Grain Finds New Market in Saudi Arabia - bellingcat
New grain route identified from sanctioned Crimean port that Russia is eyeing in latest peace deal.Bellingcat Investigation Team (bellingcat)
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From what I understand, it's actually pretty difficult to cause significant damage to a full grain ship because the grain absorbs much of the energy that would deform the hull of the ship. Of course they can still be sunk or propulsion components could be damaged... Or just hit it while empty I suppose.
Either way, Ukraine never asked for this war and Russia deserves nothing but the worst fate for its choices and actions.
America's Khrushchev moment
America's Khrushchev moment
There is no more tired cliché than Mark Twain’s quote “history rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes”.Arnaud Bertrand
China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century
China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century
The United States tops the remaining areas in an assessment of 74 technologies.You, Xiaoying
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
His portraits have been removed from Bangladeshi embassies around the world. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/54906785
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
His portraits have been removed from Bangladeshi embassies around the world. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia
North Korea sent troops to clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region earlier this year, leader Kim Jong-un said in a speech carried on Saturday by state media, a rare acknowledgement by Pyongyang of the deadly tasks assigned to its deployed soldiers.
According to South Korean and western intelligence agencies, North Korea has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine.
Analysts say Russia is giving North Korea financial aid, military technology, food and energy supplies in return, allowing the diplomatically isolated nation to sidestep tough international sanctions on its nuclear and missile programmes.
Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia
Leader praises his soldiers for turning ‘danger zone into a safe one’ during ceremony in Pyongyang welcoming them back from Ukraine warGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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to support Russia’s nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine.
jesus, it really has been that long, hasn't it?
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Inb4 all the tankies show up and say this is Western propaganda while also including the same data in their arguments that NK is actually a totally free country and its citizens totally freely leave the country all the time and keep all the profit they make outside the country for themselves.
That they're never exploited by their leader who also happened s to be democratically elected every year. But also he's a dictator but only a dictator because its the West's fault.
Also the concentration camps he sends his people to are the West's fault too.
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AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
December 11 2025, 9:00 a.m.
AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
Growing dissatisfaction with the Israel lobby may pave a lane for Nida Allam, who’s running for Congress in North Carolina.Akela Lacy (The Intercept)
AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40256761
Akela Lacy
December 11 2025, 9:00 a.m.
AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
Akela Lacy
December 11 2025, 9:00 a.m.AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
Growing dissatisfaction with the Israel lobby may pave a lane for Nida Allam, who’s running for Congress in North Carolina.Akela Lacy (The Intercept)
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Aipac Valerie Foushee Nida Allam Nc
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How feasible would it be to host Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy, Friendica, or Matrix over Tor/I2P?
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APIs should work, though. So unless the instance needs some kinda captcha or other client-side challenge, e.g. for registration, people could presumably use apps with it.
Plus, if the aim is just to reach and use the instances, and not to be anonymous, then one could probably use a regular browser with a Tor proxy (Firefox can do it per site with both proxy-switching extensions and containers). Assuming that domain resolution would work.
However, in my experience, not many social-media-adjacent apps support setting a custom proxy, even though modern network libraries should make it a no-brainer. E.g. few Matrix clients support that, and ones that do aren't much of an eye candy (and have problems with the initial setup of the encryption, which seems to be a pervasive issue with Matrix).
That's just a frontend issue. You can have clients that don't try to do regular polling.
Having reliable activitypub federation is going to be a much harder challenge. The server to server protocol has a bunch of assumptions that are not true for tor and i2p.
And unless you want the entire network to become a CSAM and Nazi cespool, you would also need a reliable way of identifying servers, which defeats the purpose.
The server to server protocol has a bunch of assumptions that are not true for tor and i2p.
Could you please elaborate just a bit? I'm a web dev, but haven't looked into fediverse protocols yet.
One example is HTTP signatures. Servers sign their payloads and receiving servers should validate not just the hash but ensure the payload is not too old. Mastodon allows for a twelve hour difference (docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/sec…) but other software might be stricter for security reasons. The a bunch of things like webfinger were designed around public dns and public key chains A mastodon server running on the open internet and/or expecting public keychain HTTPs will not be able to federate with something running in tor.
You could cut enough corners to make something that federates inside tor, but at that point it's better to design something around tor's features.
Security - Mastodon documentation
Public key cryptography and supported signature schemes over HTTP and JSON-LD.docs.joinmastodon.org
One example is HTTP signatures.
Why is it the first time I hear of this?
Ah, because it's apparently a fresh proposal, perhaps from Mastodon themselves.
I believe I2P is more for things like torrents.
I've been meaning to test it out (I seem to remember that it's possible to run it side by side), but haven't got a chance yet.
I didn’t know it was possible to anonymise an entire instance
I mean, that works pretty much like any server on the web, now that most communication is done via http. However, websockets, http/2 and /3 might break, I guess, when they expect a continuous connection.
(Dunno which underlying protocols Lemmy uses, so can't guarantee that it's really that easy.)
I've keep wanting to add something like this to a cluster and hosting those services behind a Tor proxy
GitHub - agabani/tor-operator: Tor Operator is a Kubernetes Operator that manages Onion Balances, Onion Keys and Onion Services to provide a highly available, load balanced and fault tolerate Tor Ingress and Tor Proxy.
Tor Operator is a Kubernetes Operator that manages Onion Balances, Onion Keys and Onion Services to provide a highly available, load balanced and fault tolerate Tor Ingress and Tor Proxy. - agabani...GitHub
From a technical pov nothing is stopping it. Tor addresses are valid domains names and you can run your own fediverse in those networks. The problem becomes when you want clearnet instances to send you content. As they aren't running in tor or i2p they can't send you stuff.
The other problem is exit nodes are fairly well known for being the source of bad shit and many instances will block them as part of their anti spam/bot setup
As they aren’t running in tor or i2p they can’t send you stuff.
A server can run on both the clearnet and darknet simultaneously, but indeed I don't think that works that well if the server name is the identifier for an instance — since it would be different between the networks.
Not feasible.
Just use an instance that is outside USA and not using a USA hosting company? Half the fediverse uses Hetzner, for example. OVH (French) is another popular provider.
It would work just fine within TOR. Reaching out would be a massive pain as the software is not ready.
I've set up the "old" UI - no javascript - on TOR on lemmy.cafe. It works well, but that's not a real hidden service, as such.
Trump Administration Reportedly Pushing ICC to Exempt Trump From War Crimes Prosecution
The Trump administration is reportedly trying to strongarm the International Criminal Court (ICC) into changing its founding document to carve out an exception for President Donald Trump and his top officials ensuring that they are never prosecuted by the court for potential war crimes.
The administration is threatening the ICC with yet more sanctions if they do not amend the Rome Statute, which established the court in 2002, to ensure Trump and his administration’s top officials are never prosecuted, Reuters reports, citing a Trump administration official.
U.S. officials are also demanding that the ICC drop its investigations into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over charges related to Gaza, as well as a probe into potential war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
These demands have been made known to the court by the U.S. government, Reuters reports.
“There is growing concern … that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president, to the vice president, to the secretary of war and others, and pursue prosecutions against them,” the Trump administration official told Reuters. “That is unacceptable, and we will not allow it to happen.”
Admin Reportedly Pushing ICC to Exempt Trump From War Crimes Prosecution
“This is rogue state behavior,” one expert said.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
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"That is unacceptable, and we will not allow it to happen.”
Fuck you ❄️
I demand we make it happen
“Lawmakers should undo them legislatively and repeal the ‘Hague Invasion Act’ — or at least amend it to no longer shield the President and Defense Secretary,” Williams went on, referring to a 2003 law permitting the U.S. to use military force to extract any official from the U.S. or an allied country who is detained by the ICC in the Hague.
... Even in 2003, who the fuck thought yeah this is probably fine and nothing weird or evil.
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Post 9/11 knee jerk responses that began to erode and destroy a lot of what made the US. The Taliban already won then and there.
The US always has done heinous shit but it was always under the covers. Not blatantly out in the open.
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The US always has done heinous shit but it was always under the covers. Not blatantly out in the open.
Uh... Vietnam?
Contra? (As an example of shit done under the table)
Viet Nam was just the first conflict to be shown in all it's horror, and the public didn't like it. Most of the coverage of the world wars and Korea were almost entirely propaganda.
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Their goal was not to destroy the US per se, it was to just get them out of the region. Destroying might have been nice, but only in a way that destroyed their power.
So an unleashed unhinged US was not something they wanted. Sure we might not have the freedom, but they never cared one way or another about that.
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Oh so now the ICC is on the table, and a legitimate enough threat to be considered worthy of notice.
If I recall we have legislation that was designed around preventing any American soldier from being prosecuted by something like the ICC, I don't know how far up the chain that could be applied however.
Rather interesting given that I'm not familiar with any ongoing effort to even look into charges, at the least it does demonstrate a certain understanding of the weight of orders given. At the very least, it gives more strength to domestic opposition in whatever discovery is done by the Senate or House in the future.
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Trump wants to be responsible for running the USA and at the same time Trump does NOT want to be responsible for running the USA.
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The Trumpian paradox.
By contradicting his own statements he can take credit for either statement and be responsible for neither.
There we go!
Good old fashion double standards. I get in trouble when I put the eggs on the bottom of your grocery bag.
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Or what? The Trump administration has already set the precedent that things signed into law mean nothing. If Trump wants to sanction the ICC then that effectively means the rest of the world is no longer going to treat the US as a friendly, or even neutral, country.
You can certainly tell the ICC you are not war criminals, but if you do that through strong arming instead of through presentation of evidence then you are one step short of straight up admitting you are a war criminal or intend to perform acts that would make you one in the near future.
You are a shit stain, Donald Trump, and no amount of crying like a whiny little bitch is going to clean your sheets. I hope you enjoy the smell in your own bed, which I guarantee you will be stuck in within 365 days.
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They can't. You need to be able to back your threats up, what do when the US invades the Hauge ? Throw pencils at them ?
hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hag…
U.S. President George Bush today signed into law the American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002, which is intended to intimidate countries that ratify the treaty for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The new law authorizes the use of military force to liberate any American or citizen of a U.S.-allied country being held by the court, which is located in The Hague. This provision, dubbed the "Hague invasion clause," has caused a strong reaction from U.S. allies around the world, particularly in the Netherlands.In addition, the law provides for the withdrawal of U.S. military assistance from countries ratifying the ICC treaty, and restricts U.S. participation in United Nations peacekeeping unless the United States obtains immunity from prosecution. At the same time, these provisions can be waived by the president on "national interest" grounds.
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I’m not sure which is more delusional
These men have succeeded for centuries (possibly millennia) by preemptively creating the reality they want people to perceive through action, and then just pretending the reality they created is the truth. By acting their preemptive reality, (essentially being the change they wish to see in a really fucked up kind of way, and creating the fucked up world they want to live in), they have created their own success and the history leading up to this point, leaving us to study the pieces of fiction they used to destroy. I think this may be one of the rare cases where we could stand to take a page from their book (except the reality we create will remain fact based).
It really doesn't matter that these men want us to believe they have special snowflake status that places them above the law, in addition to not caring that we know they're also terrorists and war criminals.
They committed cold blooded murder of innocent civilians. The families of these civilians are already suing on behalf of their deceased loved ones. There are witnesses who will testify that the secretary of war demanded a second strike be sent to kill every innocent civilian still clinging to pieces of their destroyed boat in order to leave no survivors. There are survivors from follow up attacks who weren't even arrested, because they had never committed any crime in the first place.
These men are a threat to civilization, and we cannot allow them to destroy what we have worked so hard to build. The citizens of the United States and the citizens of the world demand justice, for our individual self preservation and the preservation of all civil society. We demand these men are held accountable for their crimes against humanity.
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I, in an innocent fashion, do this type of thing with all the police, politicians, and judges in my area. Obviously, I never do anything illegal. I'm the picture of law abiding integrity and blamelessness, obviously.
I just want to make sure I'm protected from...idk, stuff? Or aliens?
Anyways, it's definitely totally an innocent thing to strongarm, bribe, and blackmail all these powerful people, police and judges...
Right, I'm off to do some...things. All of which will be legal and I will definitely not be murdering or raping. Oh no, nope. No way.
Where's my balaclava??
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As they conduct more terrorist actions on fishing boats, no less.
Also....2029? I'm not 100% sure cheeto mcpedo is going to make it to 2026. He doesn't look that hot...
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
The removal of red tape comes after Indian PM Narendra Modi visited China in 2025 for the first time in seven years. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
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India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
The removal of red tape comes after Indian PM Narendra Modi visited China in 2025 for the first time in seven years. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
Germany accuses Russia of air traffic control cyber-attack
Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador.
A foreign ministry spokesman said Russian military intelligence was behind a "cyber-attack against German air traffic control in August 2024". The spokesman also accused Russia of seeking to influence and destabilise the country's federal election in February this year.
Germany accuses Russia of 2024 cyber attack and election disinformation campaign
The Russian ambassador is summoned over a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference.BBC News
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...well pretty old
Yes Prime Minister - Salami Tactics and Nuclear Deterrent : BBC Studios : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Funny scene from the 'Yes, Prime Minister' series.Internet Archive
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sTaTeS rIgHts *
*does not apply to Democrats or people trying to protect human rights within a state if it conflicts with right wing authoritarians' vision for how everyone else should live.
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Conservatives have always been fine with federal government taking away other states rights.
The civil war started because the South didn't want the federal government to force them to stop using slaves but 100% okay with the federal government forcing Northern states to return slaves back to the South.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this effectively toothless? Like executive orders only effect things directly under federal and more specifically executive purview meaning even a city government could pass a regulation on AI in their area and it'd have more legal weight than an executive order. Or are they abusing unrelated powers to declare that no one can regulate AI?
Like I'm pretty sure the supremacy clause doesn't apply to executive orders.
He's trying to rule by decree, but most of his orders are for things he has no authority to do.
They should be printed on soft paper so at least someone could wipe their ass with them.
I guess that assumes if any of them even care about the constitution anymore.
Frankly, things on the internet can’t really be regulated on a nation by nation basis
And yet they are, however ineffectively.
Then they should pass a law, not a EO.
Pretty sure he can't trample states rights like this with a EO
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