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George<p>Put it this way.<br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/notdemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notdemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ushistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ushistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/usatoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usatoday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/enslavement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enslavement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/notfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BernieSanders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/hegemony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegemony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/authoritariancapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritariancapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/JasonHickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonHickel</span></a> <br><a href="https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-the-united-states-is-not-a-beacon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-</span><span class="invisible">the-united-states-is-not-a-beacon</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Trump is testing waters on Ukraine to see how far he can go elsewhere</p><p>A ‘win’ in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> may lead Trump to act in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a></p><p>Globally <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s focus is cooperating with world’s leading <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/autocracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracies</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oligarchies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchies</span></a> to get <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> get richer at the expense of just about everyone else.</p><p>In part, this is because the Trump administration is testing the waters to see just how far and how rapidly it can go.</p><p><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trump-testing-waters-ukraine-gaza-canda-greenland-russia-uk-labour-keir-starmer/?utm_source=Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opendemocracy.net/en/trump-tes</span><span class="invisible">ting-waters-ukraine-gaza-canda-greenland-russia-uk-labour-keir-starmer/?utm_source=Fediverse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AuthoritarianCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Zelensky won’t sign natural resource deal that ‘will be paid by 10 generations of Ukrainians’</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> pushed back at the U.S. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/demand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demand</span></a> for a $500 billion fund financed with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> natural resource revenue, saying that the U.S.’s aid <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> are not debts</p><p>Latest draft presented <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/demanded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demanded</span></a> $500 billion of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>’s natural <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resources</span></a>, including critical <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a>, to recuperate American aid to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-wont-sign-a-natural-resource-deal-that-will-be-paid-by-10-generations-of-ukrainians/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/zelensky-w</span><span class="invisible">ont-sign-a-natural-resource-deal-that-will-be-paid-by-10-generations-of-ukrainians/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AuthoritarianCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TrumpDictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Petition to Ban Platform X (formerly Twitter) in EU &amp; UK</p><p>Calling for immediate action to restrict the operations of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> ( <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>) within <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> due to its negative impact on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> &amp; in spreading <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a></p><p>Under <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, X has become tool to manipulate public opinion &amp; supports:</p><p>- Far-right<br>- Anti-democratic<br>- Racist movements<br>- Groups openly advocating for fascist ideologies</p><p>This platform tolerates hate speech &amp; amplifies its reach</p><p><a href="https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-ban-platform-x-formerly-twitter-in-the-european-union" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">change.org/p/petition-to-ban-p</span><span class="invisible">latform-x-formerly-twitter-in-the-european-union</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AuthoritarianCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianCapitalism</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California</p><p>Online petition seeking Denmarkification of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> has garnered nearly 200,000 signatures, with pitch to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Danish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Danish</span></a> citizens that purchasing the Golden State would provide them with sunshine, dominance in tech industry, limitless avocado toast &amp; access to Disneyland — which organizers would be renamed to honor fairytale author, poet Hans Christian Andersen</p><p><a href="https://ktla.com/news/california/thousands-of-danes-sign-petition-to-buy-california-from-u-s/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ktla.com/news/california/thous</span><span class="invisible">ands-of-danes-sign-petition-to-buy-california-from-u-s/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AuthoritarianCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianCapitalism</span></a></p>
Mark<p>It’s straight from the Trump playbook: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> is tearing up the machinery of government</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NotLabourAsWeKnowIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLabourAsWeKnowIt</span></a></p><p>This might sound astonishing, but the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> government’s core programme now appears to be the same as Donald <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s: dismantling the administrative state.</p><p>There’s less theatre, but the results could prove harder to contest. Absurd? Consider the evidence.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/11/donald-trump-labour-government" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/feb/11/donald-trump-labour-government</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LabourLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourLies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AuthoritarianCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DemocracyNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNOW</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Brian Cox ‘not going back to USA’ after ‘c***’ Donald Trump elected</p><p>Appearing on Channel 4’s panel show The Last Leg, the Dundee-born star was asked by host Adam Hills for his views on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Hills said: “I might be scared of where this is going to go but, what are your thoughts on Donald Trump so far, Brian?”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Cox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cox</span></a> responded: “He’s a c**t.”</p><p>More:</p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/24906638.brian-cox-not-going-back-usa-c--donald-trump-elected/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenational.scot/news/24906638</span><span class="invisible">.brian-cox-not-going-back-usa-c--donald-trump-elected/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrianCox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianCox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OrangeTyrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeTyrant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AuthoritarianCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
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