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A newly welcomed Afrikaner ‘refugee’ tweeted Jews are ‘dangerous and untrustworthy’
This is one of the 59 Afrikaners personally welcomed at Dulles airport by the deputy secretary of State and in what Marco Rubio called a "tremendous accomplishment". That's the same Marco Rubio who personally cancelled visas of darker skinned people who signed Gaza protest letters.
Racism is the goal, protecting jews is the excuse.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-afrikaner-refugees-jews-dangerous-tweet-b2751423.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.worldTrump-connected lobbying firm Ballard Partners rakes in $14M in first quarter
Ballard Partners, the lobbying firm led by a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, has more than tripled its quarterly lobbying revenues compared with the same time a year ago
See? Not everyone is losing money due to Trump's administration.
House Republicans vote to defund DC police
Basically, house Republicans voted to defund DC police because even though it's not federal money, they fact that that have the power to pass laws affecting DC means that they can claim these as "cuts". Again, defunding the DC police doesn't help the federal government save a dime. But it's technically a budget cut, just not the budget cut they're supposed to working on. Yes, it's that silly.
https://51st.news/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-d-c-police-and-schools/Open linkView original on lemmy.worldUS aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off
In Umpiem Mai camp in Thailand, which is home to more than 10,000 people who fled the brutal civil war in neighbouring Myanmar, a resident and a health worker told ABC that multiple patients who were reliant on oxygen have now died.
“The medical workers left without even taking the equipment and the patients had to return to their homes, including some who had to be carried out,” said Sulaiman Mawlawi, a camp resident. “It was a very tragic moment for us.”
New Jersey Gov. Murphy asks Trump to review NYC congestion pricing ‘disaster’
NJ Residents/voters/potential primary challengers take note
https://whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-phil-murphy-trump-congestion-pricing/Open linkView original on lemmy.worldIs there a word, phrase, or trope for an idea that gets more popular the more it fails?
Yes I know, your least-favorite idea goes here. But seriously, someone must have come up with the concept before. Like a bad get-rich-quick scheme could fall into this category, where joining the scheme makes people lose money and become more desperate, so they become more likely to do desperate things like invest more in the scheme. But it can apply to a number of other bad ideas.