MOU.
By Clay Bennett
https://bsky.app/profile/claybennett.bsky.social/post/3molvhaoyb22c
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@sccdp@sfba.social
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Santa Clara County Dem Party
@sccdp@sfba.social
The Democratic Party of Silicon Valley #democrats #democracy #politics
sfba.social
Trump's surrender to Iran is clear to everyone.
The Guardian has an analysis of how Trump and the GOP humiliated themselves and our country. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/18/trump-iran-war-deal
Yes, Iran will charge fees for passage. Trump just handed them a toll road. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/18/iran-announces-plans-to-bring-in-maritime-fees-for-strait-of-hormuz
Trump humiliates himself in front of the G7 over his failure. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/06/trump-g7-comments-misunderstsand-middle-east/687569/?gift=SuFG_3TNffuHbziGs8kIdZ5x5OK0gBqy_bQCTvtvkHI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Senate Armed Services chair slams Iran peace deal. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/18/congress/wicker-gop-iran-deal-00967290
Ted Cruz isn't happy. He might be so angry he goes on vacation. https://www.expressnews.com/politics/texas-take/article/cruz-says-foolish-idea-big-money-go-iran-22309861.php
#iran #Iranwar #trump #democracy #uspol
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
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9h ago
Molly White
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
crypto researcher & critic, software engineer, wikipedian • @web3isgreat creator • newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/ she/her • 
hachyderm.io
Newsletter: The crypto industry spent the spring buying primaries, an octagon at the White House, and — they hope — a market-structure bill by the Fourth of July.
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-106/
#Crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics
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@sccdp@sfba.social
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13h ago
Santa Clara County Dem Party
@sccdp@sfba.social
The Democratic Party of Silicon Valley #democrats #democracy #politics
sfba.social
Call your reps every day! So let’s check in our list today. (thanks to https://www.5calls.org/ )
- There must be congressional monitoring of Trump’s Iran deal.
- Stop abuse of ICE detainees.
- Oppose the dangerous “Save Our Bacon” Act
- Oppose HUD’s Anti-Trans housing rule change.
- Reform FISA Section 702 to Stop Government Surveillance
- (Federal and State) Publicly investigate the figures in the Epstein files
Find your rep: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Senators: Schiff: 202-224-3841 Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)
Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841
#politics #democrats #democracy #California #santaclara #USPol #CAPol
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David Rothkopf:
"Once, we had wars of choice. Today, we have wars of distraction.
Call the catastrophically misguided wars in Iran and Venezuela the Epstein Wars.
These were not wars fought to defend national security. They were not wars fought to advance national interests.
They were wars conjured up not by generals or seasoned foreign policy advisors but by a frightened old man and his PR team to distract from a scandal he fears will be his undoing."
#UsPol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-forever-wars-all-come-back-to-jeffrey-epstein/
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@z_everson@journa.host
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1d ago
Zach Everson
@z_everson@journa.host
Research director. Trump accountability project. Public Citizen. Tip? Mobile/Signal 202.804.2744 or z_everson@protonmail.com (Opinions mine; hopefully yours soon.) zacheverson.com
journa.host
"Donald Trump settles lawsuit against niece over publication of tax records"
Jonathan Stempel for Reuters
#news #uspol #politics #trump
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/donald-trump-settles-lawsuit-against-niece-over-publication-tax-records-2026-06-17/
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@kubikpixel@chaos.social
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1d ago
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕
@kubikpixel@chaos.social
~/# I'm a ASD coffee loving WebDev and FLOSS geek with some 3D and cryptography experiences. Anarcho with Punk attitude and I had my own radio show. I post here mostly in German and in English and the are deleted after one month. This is a personal account and work in progress… searchable quality propaganda. -- Copyleft 🄯 CC BY-SA 4.0
chaos.social
«Jährliche Treffen seit 2006 — Datenleck gibt Einblick in Peter-Thiel-Netzwerk:
Ein Datenleck zeigt, wie einflussreiche US-Politiker, ausländische Regierungsvertreter und Tech-Führungskräfte zusammenkommen.»
Das der Peter Thiel ein durchgeknallter Schwurbler ist, der leider viel zu viel Geld und damit Macht besitzt, sollte uns schon lange klar sein - nun ist es klargestellt.
🤨 https://www.golem.de/news/jaehrliche-treffen-seit-2006-datenleck-gibt-einblick-in-peter-thiel-netzwerk-2606-209881.html
#peterthiel #datenleck #uspol #schweiz #schwurbler #palantir #einflussnahme #techgiganten
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U.S.-Iran MOU shared by U.S. Official.
"Among the most significant terms: a pledge to lift all sanctions against Iran, the release of frozen Iranian assets, a U.S.-led commitment to develop a $300 billion reconstruction and economic development plan for Iran, and a timeline for U.S. forces to withdraw from the proximity of Iran following a final deal.
Iran reaffirms it will not procure or develop nuclear weapons."
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/breaking-read-full-text-of-us-iran
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/17/world/g7-summit-trump-france#us-iran-agreement-deal-text
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@z_everson@journa.host
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1d ago
Zach Everson
@z_everson@journa.host
Research director. Trump accountability project. Public Citizen. Tip? Mobile/Signal 202.804.2744 or z_everson@protonmail.com (Opinions mine; hopefully yours soon.) zacheverson.com
journa.host
New: "More than one in four senior Commerce Department officials appointed by President Donald Trump have apparent conflicts of interest"
by me & Doug Pasternak for Public Citizen
#news #uspol #politics #trump
https://www.citizen.org/article/department-of-commerce-industry-insiders-lobbyists-regulatory-capture/
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@davidaugust@mastodon.online
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1d ago
David August ❌👑
@davidaugust@mastodon.online
Actor. Writer. Acting coach. May have been in that thing you saw that one time (Dependent's Day, Jimmy Kimmel Live, 2nd City/Chicago Shakespeare). ORCID: 0000-0002-8304-5874 #actor #writer #ActingCoach #producer #director #Shakespeare #film #tv #movies https://www.davidaugust.com/ Was @davidaugust on #Twitter searchable on #fedi22 I sometimes write playful screenplays about very capable people in extremely high pressure situations often playing out their internal damage on the world.
mastodon.online
"…Every filthy stupid thing that happens is happening in the open, now: Captains of industry line up to shake Trump's hand at…big birthday party he threw for himself…every new blast of rank & ancient bigotry or proudly pig-stupid backwardness arrives w/o euphemism or qualification. Trump is not just figuratively walling himself off from…DC, & glowering down at its residents, he is literally doing all those things."
https://defector.com/promises-made-promises-kept-the-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-absolutely-looks-like-shit-now
via @davidjroth.bsky.social @defector.com
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Amanda Marcotte:
"Trump’s White House is run by men obsessed with looking tough, but who are, in actuality, weak and incompetent. The more they fail, the more they grasp for these theatrical but ineffectual displays of masculine preening, hoping that the public mistakes loud and violent displays for strength. This may fool the hardcore MAGA base into perpetuity, but increasingly, it’s becoming evident to everyone else ..."
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/17/ufc-fight-cant-hide-maga-male-weakness/
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@z_everson@journa.host
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1d ago
Zach Everson
@z_everson@journa.host
Research director. Trump accountability project. Public Citizen. Tip? Mobile/Signal 202.804.2744 or z_everson@protonmail.com (Opinions mine; hopefully yours soon.) zacheverson.com
journa.host
"Thousands of terror victims owed billions by Iran fear Trump deal will leave them behind"
by Dan Christensen for @floridabulldog@newsie.social
#news #uspol #politics #iran #trump
https://www.floridabulldog.org/2026/06/thousands-terror-victims-owed-billions-iran-fear-trump-will-leave-behind/
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@petersuber@fediscience.org
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1d ago
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org
I work for #OpenAccess to research. Formerly directed the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Now semi-retired but still working for the cause. Also an emeritus professor of #philosophy and non-practicing #lawyer. Posting on open research, academic culture, US politics, democracy. Dad of daughters. For #OA news, also follow the Open Access Tracking Project (@oatp). I aim for comprehensive coverage there, not here.
fediscience.org
Excellent statement by Yale epidemiologist @gregggonsalves@med-mastodon.com on why scientists should speak up about the defunding, censorship, deterioration, and ideological distortion of US science -- or at least take notes:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-compact-between-science-and-politics-is-broken/
Scientists now have the responsibility of "bearing witness and putting evidence on the table. It may not be persuasive to Russell Vought or Marco Rubio, but it is for the dossier, for the truth and reconciliation commission, for the Nuremberg trials that come after. Keep the receipts. Write down what you see. Tell them what they did. We’re very good at documenting how X leads to Y."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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@Nickiquote@mstdn.social
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1d ago
Nick
@Nickiquote@mstdn.social
Bad jokes, worse opinions. Tonally all over the place. Irish (North), living in England. Leftist provincial dad. He/him. Trying to be an ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. “Nick is great and not an insidious piece of shit” - @TheBreadmonkey The Toots, the whole Toots and nothing but the Toots: https://justmytoots.com/@Nickiquote@mstdn.social Avi: cartoonish self portrait of himself, default white bloke in glasses, b&w. Header: drawing of Aretha Franklin’s eyes staring out over sunglasses.
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@sccdp@sfba.social
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1d ago
Santa Clara County Dem Party
@sccdp@sfba.social
The Democratic Party of Silicon Valley #democrats #democracy #politics
sfba.social
GOP Congress members Valadao, Kim, and Calvert voted for devastating cuts to Medicaid, and we’re calling to make sure they hear directly from their constituents about the hurt they’ve caused. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/grassrootsdemocratslahq/event/773889/
#uspol #healthcare #medicaid #democracy
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@sccdp@sfba.social
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1d ago
Santa Clara County Dem Party
@sccdp@sfba.social
The Democratic Party of Silicon Valley #democrats #democracy #politics
sfba.social
Our latest newsletter is out!: Breaking through the Noise to a Bright Future
Endorsement Process: https://sccdp.org/endorsementprocess
Candidate Interest & Information Form: https://conta.cc/4erKOqK
Youth Takeover Retrospective: https://conta.cc/4fIvf07
More: https://conta.cc/4vRI5xV
#sccdp #democracts #santaclara #democracy #uspol
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@ucaccessnow@sfba.social
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1d ago
UC Access Now
@ucaccessnow@sfba.social
We're a loose coalition of students/staff/faculty working to dismantle ableism at the University of California. Access & inclusion for disabled students, staff, faculty of the University of California! (For alumni, visitors, customers..everyone!) 33 years is long enough to have met ADA. Let's exceed it! Image description: Banner photo is of two UC Access Now logo buttons. Profile photo is the UC Access Now logo, a parody of the UC seal. "Let there be Access > ADA"
sfba.social
:boost_requested: 🧵 I started UC Access Now in 2019/2020. I had been physically disabled for 25 years by that point. And my own public university was hurting my health while disobeying federal & state disability law.
I figured if I had to fight this hard to get the bare minimum (while also dealing with grad school that's hard even for abled ppl), I wanted it fixed for everyone & wanted to work with other disabled students, staff, and faculty to do so.
I did not have a deep background in theorizing about disability. So I definitely learned even more about systemic ableism as a result of trying to fight how that manifests at University of California.
An important thing to learn is that systemic ableism moves the frame to what the system wants & needs it to be. So as a disabled person, if they need you to be framed as "too weak to hire", that's it. If they need you to be "faking it", that's it. If they need you to be "too lazy", that's it.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-rights-special-education-3483478a51ea8001fcc70e8a77d08d9a #USpol #Ableism #Disability #UCAccessNow
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Dimwit person, used to unquestioned gaslighting on right-wing media, flails on show run by ladies with brains.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mog4pzuauh2x
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
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2d ago
Molly White
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
crypto researcher & critic, software engineer, wikipedian • @web3isgreat creator • newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/ she/her •
hachyderm.io
Setting aside the absurd premise of this op-ed, I love that the writer felt the need to hedge with "not that has been reported"
"No one's reported that one of the most famous popstars in the world dated a man who at the time was a random oyster farmer from Maine, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE"
#USpol #MESen #WSJ
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@z_everson@journa.host
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2d ago
Zach Everson
@z_everson@journa.host
Research director. Trump accountability project. Public Citizen. Tip? Mobile/Signal 202.804.2744 or z_everson@protonmail.com (Opinions mine; hopefully yours soon.) zacheverson.com
journa.host
NEW: "Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privilege."
It'd allow World Liberty Financial to—
💰️ settle financial transactions
💰️ publicly issue USD1 domestically, without having to go through an intermediary
💰️ skirt some state regs
@jeffstein@bird.makeup for @NOTUSReports@flipboard.com
#trump #news #uspol #politics #WLFI
https://www.notus.org/economy/trump-family-crypto-firm-federal-banking-charter
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