DoomsdaysCW<p>Michigan native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> proposes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> plan to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a>, report says</p><p>By Justin Engel, Apr. 14, 2025</p><p>"Erik Prince, the former CEO of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> USA and a Michigan native, is among a group of defense contractors proposing to expand plans for deporting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> to a prison in El Salvador, Politico reported.</p><p>"The pitch would attempt to avoid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> challenges by designating part of the El Salvador prison system as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanTerritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanTerritory</span></a>, the report stated.</p><p>" 'It’s unclear how seriously the White House is considering the plan by Prince, who has drawn scrutiny for his firm’s role in a deadly massacre in Iraq two decades ago,' the Politico report stated. 'But it would give Prince’s group an unprecedented and potentially highly lucrative role in an expanded version of a transnational operation that has elicited its own web of controversies, in part because it has swept up immigrants who do not have criminal records in the United States.'</p><p>"The report coincides with President Donald Trump’s plans to host <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NayibBukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NayibBukele</span></a>, the president of El Salvador, at the White House on Monday, April 14.</p><p>"Since March, El Salvador has accepted from the U.S. more than 200 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelan</span></a> immigrants — whom officials with President Donald Trump’s administration have accused of gang activity and violent crimes — and placed them inside the country’s notorious maximum-security gang prison. It is also holding a Maryland man who the administration admits was wrongly deported but has not been returned to the U.S., despite court orders to do so.</p><p>"Trump has ties to the family of Prince, an automotive supplier heir from Holland. Prince is the brother of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a>, the secretary of education during the first Trump administration.</p><p>"Prince, a major Republican donor, has been accused of acting as a back channel on behalf of Trump. As Trump was preparing to take office in 2017, Prince met with a official close to Russian President Vladimir <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seychelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seychelles</span></a>, islands off the coast of east Africa. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his Russia investigation said the meeting was set up ahead of time with the knowledge of former White House aide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StephenBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenBannon</span></a>.</p><p>"Prince soared to notoriety after Blackwater USA employees in 2007 shot and killed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iraqi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iraqi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a> in Baghdad’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NisourSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NisourSquare</span></a> during the Iraq war, casting a light on the role played by private contractors in U.S. military operations overseas.</p><p>"In the wake of the scandal the company’s name was changed and Prince sold his shares to a private equity fund."</p><p><a href="https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/04/michigan-native-erik-prince-proposes-deportation-plan-to-el-salvador-report-says.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mlive.com/politics/2025/04/mic</span><span class="invisible">higan-native-erik-prince-proposes-deportation-plan-to-el-salvador-report-says.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TripleCanopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TripleCanopy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateArmy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffLeash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffLeash</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectVeritas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectVeritas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TigerSwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TigerSwan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
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MrEdgarBass<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Remittancegirl</span></a></span> Correct - a bunch of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndTimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndTimers</span></a> that hate the USA and want to destroy her. Once the U.S. government collapses, global chaos will follow. They want to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KickstartArmageddon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KickstartArmageddon</span></a> and then <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JesusReturns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JesusReturns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikeHuckabee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeHuckabee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikePompeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikePompeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1926956/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1926956/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump to order a plan to shut down the Education Department <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CollegesAndUniversities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollegesAndUniversities</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DistrictOfColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictOfColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EducationCosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationCosts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EducationFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationFunding</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExecutiveOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenderInSports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderInSports</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentAndPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentAndPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LindaMcmahon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LindaMcmahon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.DepartmentOfEducation <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonNews</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Trump allies circulate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportation</span></a> plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>army</span></a>’</p><p>The group, led by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> veteran <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a>, has close <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ties.</p><p>By Dasha Burns and Myah Ward<br>02/25/2025 05:55 AM EST </p><p>"Prince declined to comment, and the other contractors and former immigration officials listed as key personnel in the document also declined to comment or could not be reached.</p><p>"The founders of the new special entity called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/2USV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2USV</span></a> have a long history with the U.S. government. Blackwater was formed by Prince in 1996 to provide training services to law enforcement, military personnel and other government agencies. It gained widespread attention for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan, providing security services for U.S. officials and military personnel, with critics viewing its rise as a result of the U.S. military’s overextension in the Middle East.</p><p>The military contractor came under scrutiny in 2007 following the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NisourSquareMassacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NisourSquareMassacre</span></a>, when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> contractors opened fire and killed 17 Iraqi civilians and wounded 20 others — raising questions about oversight and accountability of private contractors. Several contractors were charged with manslaughter, and four were convicted in 2014. Trump pardoned them at the end of his first term in December 2020.</p><p>"Trump’s pardon was just one example of the influence of Prince’s family during the first Trump administration. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a>, Prince’s sister, served as the president’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> secretary, while Prince used his Trump connections as he chased business ventures in the U.S. and abroad.</p><p>"In 2018, he reportedly helped raise money for an effort to spy on progressives and Democratic organizations opposed to Trump." [As well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a>!]<br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/documents-military-contractors-mass-deportations-022648" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/02/25/d</span><span class="invisible">ocuments-military-contractors-mass-deportations-022648</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingActivism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crapitalism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascist</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrackdownOnProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrackdownOnProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TripleCanopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TripleCanopy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>gm</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Amway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amway</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BetsyDevos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDevos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Devos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FedSoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FedSoc</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Freedomworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedomworks</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLM</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLMs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a></p>
anubis2814Is something good? Yes <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> will be making that illegal or killing that part of government. Remember that he let <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BetsyDevos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDevos</span></a> take down the list of known <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=puppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puppy</span></a> mills from the government website, Literal cartoonishly evil Cruella de Ville shit
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>U.S. lawmakers want Christianity in classrooms<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-religion-school-ten-commandments-9159f412c4f47ad421551885093a4a22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-relig</span><span class="invisible">ion-school-ten-commandments-9159f412c4f47ad421551885093a4a22</span></a></p><p>* Trump/GOP support school choice<br>* expand taxpayer-funded vouchers for parents to send children to religious schools</p><p>Charter schools<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110608529417350253" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1106</span><span class="invisible">08529417350253</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113153575049972534" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1131</span><span class="invisible">53575049972534</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolChoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolVouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolVouchers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSchools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HillsdaleCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HillsdaleCollege</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chistofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chistofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Neither did the Amway queen, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BetsyDevos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDevos</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LindaMcMahon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LindaMcMahon</span></a> Has No Education Experience Except Wanting to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Defund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defund</span></a> Public Schools</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/12/30/linda-mcmahon-trump-education-schools-wwe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2024/12/30/li</span><span class="invisible">nda-mcmahon-trump-education-schools-wwe/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FourYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreYouBetterOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreYouBetterOff</span></a></p><p>December 15, 2020 – As the Biden administration prepared to take office in five weeks, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told employees in her department to “be the resistance.” Following the lead of a president who has refused to concede the election, she said, “Let me leave you with this plea: Resist.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChumpDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChumpDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentChump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentChump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeirdGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Father Enoch<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@godpod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>godpod</span></a></span> </p><p>The stupid thing is, she's disqualified herself (to me) for apparently WANTING to work for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TraitorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorTrump</span></a>, or #45, not because of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WWE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWE</span></a>. </p><p>At least on the surface she doesn't seem to be a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChristianNationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalist</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BetsyDevos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDevos</span></a>. Of course, the fact that she's happy to work with christian nationalists makes it moot.</p>
hex<p>J6 could easily have worked, were it not for his support backing out. Trump had the most important connection set up, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a>, by appointing his sister, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> to Secretary of Education. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/J6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>J6</span></a> was a clown show for a number of reasons, but imagine it again with a few Prince supplied soldiers. It would have probably gone quite differently. But why didn't the J6 coup attempt get more backing? A lot of what follows is speculation. We may never know many of the facts, even if surviving members of the administration end up in The Hague. </p><p>We don't really need to speculate much about how Trump will respond to civil unrest. It turns out we have a very clear idea based on what he did in Portland. We also have a very clear strategy for resisting crackdowns, because Portland did it really well. Now, here's the speculation: I think that Erik Prince and other billionaires backed off when they saw how badly Trump handled Portland, and Prince especially backed off because his involvement was speculated if not made visible.</p><p>So what happened? Portland's George Floyd uprising became the testing ground for Trump's suppression strategy. Someone realized that the constitution doesn't apply to any city within 100 miles of the border. This includes the ocean, which means almost every US city doesn't have constitutional protections.</p><p>How can this be? Well, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) are allowed to operate within 100 miles of the border. The constitution doesn't apply to non-citizens. Anyone within this zone can simply be treated as a non-citizen when interacting with CBP. After, I think it was, a month or so of protest, groups of people in military gear and unmaked civilian vehicles started grabbing random people off the street and intimidating them. People were not being arrested or read their rights, they were just beging bagged and kidnapped then released.</p><p>After a lot of speculation, eventually it came out that these were mercenaries who were employed via contracts with CBP. There were a lot of people saying Academi and Eric Prince were involved.</p><p>So why didn't this work? People stayed in the streets. The protests kept growing. People weren't intimidated. Not only that, but it wasn't just radicals. The streets were filled with normal people, normal people who didn't participate in te black bloc but didn't rat them out either. One of the last things I remember before law enforcement backing down was the leaf blower bloc: a bunch of folks, many identifying themselves as dads, brought leaf blowers to blow teargas back at cops.</p><p>And I think this is what saved us from J6 being much worse than it was. Everyone in the streets, normal people, the kind of people who care about their lawns, showed up every night for weeks on end. The protests lasted over 100 days.</p><p>This is the model to look at. This, I think, is what made the oligarchs flinch and so many of them flip on Trump at the last minute.</p><p>This time they won't just play catch and release though. This time they will probably deport people. Trump deported legal US citizens during his first term. These were "mistakes." This time he's prepared the people for mass deportations. This is his most powerful weapon. He doesn't have to declare martial law, he can just send CBP to a city and fill their ranks with Academi troops. They can kidnap anyone they want, destroy any documents they have, and deport people to whatever friendly black site they want.</p><p>So when Trump is talking about deportation, he may start with immigrants but he really wants to deport anyone who resists. This is why it's critical to resist deportation from the beginning, and to do it with everyone. Everyone in the street as soon as possible. Terrify the oligarchs enough and they'll stab him in the back again.</p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>/1 More on dimwitted Trump1 EdSec / billionaire / transphobe Betsy DeVos</p><p><a href="https://persagen.org/index.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">persagen.org/index.php</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> >><br>"betsy devos" and transphob*</p><p>Comments<br>* Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) another huge school voucher proponent<br>* also Charles Koch, Richard & Liz Uihlein, ...<br>* search Persagen.org for any of those (protip: capitalize boolean operators: AND OR)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump1</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transphobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vacuousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vacuousness</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uihlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uihlein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSchools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolVouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolVouchers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Presumptive EdSec Linda McMahon</p><p>Comments:<br>* odd choice<br>* billionaire Vince McMahon sex trafficking allegations<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon#Sexual_misconduct_allegations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Mc</span><span class="invisible">Mahon#Sexual_misconduct_allegations</span></a><br>* Trump1 EdSec was the vacuous transphobe billionaire Betsy DeVos<br>* ultra-Christian right DeVos a huge proponent of school vouchers i.e. privatization of public education</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LindaMcMahon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LindaMcMahon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdSec</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSchools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolVouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolVouchers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>[thread] Linda McMahon<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Mc</span><span class="invisible">Mahon</span></a><br><a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/vincent-mcmahon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/profile/vincent-mcm</span><span class="invisible">ahon</span></a></p><p>* political/business executive, retired pro wrestler; husband Vince McMahon<br>* administrator of Small Business Administration 2017-2019<br>* Nov 2024 Trump exp. to nom. McMahon as Sec. of Education<br>* Catholic</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LindaMcMahon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LindaMcMahon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdSec</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSchools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolVouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolVouchers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffLeash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffLeash</span></a>: Inside the Secret, Global, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> Group Chat</p><p>Military contractor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> started a private <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> group for his close associates that includes a menagerie of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> government officials, intelligence operatives, arms traffickers, and journalists. We got their messages.</p><p>Ken Silverstein/<br>May 30, 2024</p><p>"In his book In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a>’s Berlin, Erik Larson cites a cable sent to the State Department in June 1933 by a U.S. diplomat posted in Germany that provided a far more candid assessment of the Nazi leadership than the one that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration was then conveying to the public. 'With few exceptions, the men who are running this Government are of a mentality that you and I cannot understand,' read the cable, which was written five months after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor. 'Some of them are psychopathic cases and would ordinarily be receiving treatment somewhere.'</p><p>"I’ve thought about that passage from the cable many times over the past several weeks as I’ve been reading excerpts from a private WhatsApp group chat established last December by Erik Prince, the founder of the military contractor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> and younger brother of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a>, the secretary of education during President Donald Trump’s administration, who invited around 650 of his contacts in the United States and around the world to join. Prince, who has a long track record of financing conservative candidates and causes and extensive ties to right-wing regimes around the world, named the group—which currently has around 400 members—'Off Leash,' the same name as the new podcast that he’d launched the month before."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/182008/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/182008</span><span class="invisible">/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/January6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January6</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs</p><p>Billionaires Aim to “Disrupt” Education Even If Trump Loses<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113414316754064930" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1134</span><span class="invisible">14316754064930</span></a></p><p>* Emerson Collective: private LLC aimed at reshaping U.S. education</p><p>Behind Kamala Harris’s Rise: Silicon Valley’s Wealthiest Woman Laurene Powell Jobs<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113414338304307504" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1134</span><span class="invisible">14338304307504</span></a></p><p>Laurene Powell Jobs: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurene_Powell_Jobs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurene_</span><span class="invisible">Powell_Jobs</span></a><br>* 25th most powerful woman in world<br>* shadowy donor</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaurenePowellJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurenePowellJobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmersonCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmersonCollective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EducationalIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>/1</p><p>Behind Kamala Harris’s Rise: Silicon Valley’s Wealthiest Woman Laurene Powell Jobs<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/us/politics/kamala-harris-laurene-powell-jobs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/09/24/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/kamala-harris-laurene-powell-jobs.html</span></a></p><p>* alliance between Kamala Harris & Laurene Powell Jobs genuine friendship<br>* thrust press-shy billionaire philanthropist into political spotlight</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaurenePowellJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurenePowellJobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HillsdaleCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HillsdaleCollege</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmersonCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmersonCollective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EducationalIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PragerU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PragerU</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Billionaires Aim to “Disrupt” Education Even If Trump Loses<br><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-who-aim-to-disrupt-education-may-get-a-chance-even-if-trump-loses" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/billiona</span><span class="invisible">ires-who-aim-to-disrupt-education-may-get-a-chance-even-if-trump-loses</span></a></p><p>* megabillionaires donated/fundraised enormous sums to Kamala Harris’ election<br>* billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs oversees Emerson Collective: private LLC aimed at reshaping U.S. education</p><p>Laurene Powell Jobs: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurene_Powell_Jobs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurene_</span><span class="invisible">Powell_Jobs</span></a><br>* 2023: 25th most powerful woman in world<br>* "Least Transparent Mega-Giver"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaurenePowellJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurenePowellJobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmersonCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmersonCollective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EducationalIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> has said she would come back for a 2nd term if the mission was closing her fmr dept.
<br>Together, the pledges raise the question of whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, if controlled by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, & the WH, if controlled by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, would act on the promise….<br>
On the campaign trail, a range of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> candidates are voicing support, in sometimes dramatic terms.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
anubis2814Considering <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> literally de-listed known <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=puppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puppy</span></a> mills off the government websites, I'm not sure those people really are that into animal rights. Like Cruela deVille level evil. If I remember right <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a> had him do it because she has friends in the <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=puppymill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puppymill</span></a> industry
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