"Clients of Halifax 'rage room' take aim at portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump
with proceeds going to local food banks."
ProfDJ's killer cuts for your streaming shuffle, No.73
The Stylistics. People Make the World Go Around
A fabulous bit of down-tempo political funk from the Stylistics; its groove is so beautiful, driven by a bass, vibraphone combo that is magical, allied to the Stylistics distinctive vocal; and if you hold out to the end of the extended (LP) version, you'll be treated to a great funky flute solo in the closing minute. Wonderful!
I'm starting to run a list in my head of soft power institutions that are having funding cut (in one way or another) at the very same time the Govt. has empanelled a group to look at how the UK's soft power might be repaired.
This week is the likely cuts to the BBC world service, which as we all know retains a reputation (now sadly partly diminished) for reliability & objectivity; which (well who'd have thought) fed into the UK's soft power.
More idiocy on soft power!
Dispatch from the inside: A prisoner in solitary watches as guards use Tasers on a naked, mentally-ill woman in a shower, and reflects on their increasingly brutal use in the #Texas correctional system. https://www.texasobserver.org/an-inside-look-at-taser-use-in-texas-prison/
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Six Medieval States That Merged Peacefully https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/medieval-states-merged-peacefully/ #medieval #kingdoms #politics
Our top story: If the voucher bill were to pass, select private companies could soon be reeling in tens and even hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars per year. We took a closer look at who stands to gain the most. https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/
Ik kan er echt niet bij! Hoe haal je het in je hoofd om bibliotheken te sluiten ("to reduce") ?! In de VS is het nu zo ver, en daarmee geeft Trump de blauwdruk voor Nederland. Bezuinigingen op het onderwijs zijn al gepland! Waar gaat dit heen?!
This is not what democracy looks like.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-continues-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/
#libraries #library #books #politics #ExecutiveOrder #USA #VS #bibliotheken @bibliotheken
How dare you reduce libraries?! They are the backbone of the communities, the guardians of knowledge and history!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-continues-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/
(Thanks Nik for sharing.)
#libraries #library #books #politics #ExecutiveOrder #USA
Zelenskyy denies claims Ukrainian troops surrounded in Kursk as allies push for ceasefire
Ukrainian troops are still fending off Russian and North Korean forces in Russia's Kursk region but face a potential new attack on Ukraine's northeast Sumy region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.
#war #military #politics #Kursk #Ukraine #Sumy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-kursk-ceasefire-1.7484742?cmp=rss
Premier Smith not sold on killing of consumer carbon tax, wants industrial levy plan
Despite calling for its demise for years, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she isn't phased by the new prime minister's move to kill the consumer carbon levy.
#politics #tax #environment #Alberta #Canada #Albertapolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11083507/danielle-smith-carbon-tax-comments/
ICYMI:
Both UK Govt pronouncements & actions have raised the prospect that the UK is shifting to a policy posture (implied or possibly even explicit) of Military Keynesianism (and I have mentioned this a few times myself in the last ten days).
Here is a piece I have written for @NWBylines exploring the issue at more length & concluding, for MK to work as an economic stimulus the UK will need to quickly wean itself off a dependence on US arms imports.
#politics
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/economy/is-the-uk-heading-towards-a-military-keynsianism/
"What kind of demented Trump reality do we live in that this even had to be said,"
- Aure
"We will never, ever, in any way, shape or form, be part of the United States"
- Canadian PM Mark Carney
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END OF DEMOCRACY
Trump calls for imprisoning his political opponents!
Trump calls his opponents 'scum' and lawbreakers in bellicose speech at Justice Department
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/14/trump-doj-speech-prison-opponents-00231438
“This is the Trump administration desperate to meet the goals that it’s set to carry out its mass deportation agenda. But he’s having trouble reaching those numbers, because he doesn’t have the manpower and the infrastructure to actually rip away people who have years and years of life in our communities and are deeply entwined.” https://www.texasobserver.org/local-state-police-ice-287g-task-force/
Immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen and created warrants after an arrest, lawyers say in court
https://flip.it/tHBWG1 #Immigration #ICE #Crime #TrumpAdministration #Politics
Now I get it. Schumer's in a rush to surrender so he can prep for his book tour. F**king coward. #politics
Previously: The committee, made up of seven Republicans and four Democrats, unanimously passed an amended version of the bill on Thursday, setting it up for a vote on the Senate floor. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-bitcoin-strategic-reserve-senate-bill-21/
