#Politics and Government

[in4newz]

This is the one!

[affairsmastery]

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, with reciprocal tariffs targeting countries taxing US goods. “If they charge us, we charge them,” Trump declared, without naming specific nations.

Canada, the top steel and aluminum supplier to the US, vowed to defend its industries, while Australia’s PM pledged to protect national interests. This move follows Trump’s earlier threats against Canada, Mexico, and China, signaling a deepening global trade rift

[ilovewomen--8]

[silencedogood1969]

You stood beneath a stolen flag,

a coward’s grin behind your mask,

breaking glass like you broke your oath,

spilling blood, spilling truth, spilling both.

The Capitol stood like a sentinel of time,

until you tore it down, crime by fucking crime.

The floors ran red where history walked,

and democracy bled as your chants mocked.

You came as a mob, a tide of rage,

hands on riot shields, fists on the stage.

Tear gas kissed the marble halls,

while “patriots” desecrated sacred walls.

Tarrio, you fucking coward,

Rhodes, you spineless son of a bitch.

Barnett, who pissed on freedom

while democracy screamed in the ditch.

QAnon prophets in horned disguise,

Nazis and “militia” with vacant eyes.

You called it liberty, called it war,

but all you left were shattered doors.

Then the ink of the pen, the coward’s decree,

fifteen hundred pardons for your fucking heresy.

Trump stood tall on lies today,

“Unify!” he cried, while justice decayed.

The audacity of that son of a bitch,

to pardon the mob and their seditious itch.

“Merit-based justice,” he dared to say—

yet he handed treason a golden bouquet.

He spat in the face of every cop who stood,

every drop of blood spilled in those halls of wood.

He pardoned the wreckers, the rioters, the damned,

and gave democracy its final backhand.

Where were you, McConnell, when the blood dried?

Where were you, Thune, when democracy cried?

Greene, you cheered; your voice rang clear—

you gutless motherfuckers, complicit in fear.

Your silence, your nods, your partisan games,

have carved your legacy into the flames.

You are the ghosts of this dying nation,

mute accomplices to its damnation.

And to you who stayed silent, stayed home that day,

clutching your morals as the country frayed,

spare me your protests, your outrage, your blame—

this fire’s on you; you stoked the flame.

You fucking stood back, let them torch the house,

and now you want to cry about the ashes.

Don’t you dare whisper a single goddamn word—

you let others fight while the country burned.

The tear of glass, the battering ram,

the fists that struck, the shields that slammed.

The cries of fear, the clash of will,

the officers falling, the chambers still.

They stormed the gates with malice bright,

and made a coup of that January night.

Freedom fell with every cheer,

the sound of treason in the atmosphere.

And for those who fell defending the line,

we carry their memory through space and time.

But let me tell you something, loud and true:

You may pardon the guilty, but we’re coming for you.

Two years from now, we’ll clear the House;

we’ll take your seats and call you out.

We’ll vote, we’ll march, we’ll raise our fists,

we’ll break the chain of your accomplice list.

And four years from now, your reign will end,

this nightmare gone, this wound will mend.

You’ve made a coup the morning’s norm,

treason an acceptable form,

but you don’t get the final say—

we’ll take this country back one day.

Traitors, cowards, you hollowed the flag,

turned stars to scars, left stripes to sag.

You spat on the graves of those who fought,

and shredded the ideals they thought were taught.

Your pardons are nothing, your names will fade,

while the strength of the people sharpens its blade.

This isn’t your country—it never was.

It belongs to the dreamers, to the cause.

So hear this now, from sea to sea:

We are America, the land of the free.

You tore it down, but we’ll rebuild—

your names forgotten, your dreams killed.

This is the anthem of those betrayed,

a promise to history: you won’t evade.

For every flag, for every vote,

for every tear in the words we wrote.

True patriots rise, unbroken, free—

the soul of this nation will always be.

We are coming.

We are rising.

We are America.

[dragon03138]

hey just wanted to put this out there as someone who actively studies american history (and politics in general): never, NEVER, have tariffs been beneficial to the american economy. literally never. they only further contribute to a nationalistic spirit (think america first party type shit) and increase inflation. who'd have guessed that making things cost more... actually makes things cost more. anyways fuck trump

[kbphillips]

THIS

[head-post]

Outdated world order needs changes

When international organisations such as the UN and the International Criminal Court (ICC) are increasingly proving their incapacity as regulatory bodies with each condemnatory statement or failed arrest warrant, influential countries, such as China, the US and Russia, are stepping up international policy efforts.

Need in new world order

The war in Ukraine, more than a hundred executive orders signed by US President Donald Trump immediately after his inauguration in January, China’s endless military exercises off the coast of the self-governing island of Taiwan, and Israel’s war in Gaza – all are attempts to resolve long-standing disputes in the absence of appropriate political mechanisms.

Ukraine’s allies are increasingly expressing concerns that Trump and his counterparts Vladimir Putin in Russia and Xi Jinping in China may agree on a new world order reminiscent of the 1945 Yalta Conference, as Bloomberg columnist Andreas Kluth reported.

At a conference in Yalta, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill met to define the post-war world order. And now a similar situation may repeat itself, only instead of the Second World War, the impetus for redivision is likely to be the war in Ukraine, and the influential British politician in the trio will be replaced by the president of China.

Trump the Reformer

Upon returning to the White House, Trump rocked world stability the same day. Seeing the weakness of international institutions and their inability to enforce their own decisions, the US leader began to promote his vision of the world order in the spirit of “imperialism.”

In the existing global chaos, Trump plans to create a new reality, not considering the current state of affairs. And now Trump is capitalising on the contradictions of his opponents and allies by issuing ultimatums and threatening sanctions.

Trump is dangerous because he destroys established rules and creates new ones that are convenient for him in the first place. And when he fails to achieve something, threats, tariffs and risky ventures come into play.

International institutions that could have confronted Trump are in crisis, exacerbated by the wars. The United Nations, the European Union, the Council of Europe, NATO have no tools to effectively deter the US president. And Trump is skillfully seizing the moment.

However, he has to reckon with China, a country whose material resources are comparable to the United States and whose strategic ambitions he perceives as justified. At the same time, he does not understand how to deal with Russia against the backdrop of shattered trust and Europe separating the two powers as a potential theatre of war.

To show dominance over other players, Trump imposed duties of 25% on imports of goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on imports from China. However, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau then announced retaliatory 25% duties on imports from the US, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum instructed her economy minister to take retaliatory measures, including tariffs.

China’s Ministry of Commerce sharply criticised Trump’s decision, vowing to file a complaint with the World Trade Organisation, from which the US may soon withdraw.

Just world needed

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a just peace for Russia and Ukraine. According to him, the peace should be in line with the charter of the world organisation and international law.

We desperately need a just and sustained peace for Ukraine, for Russia, and for the world.  A peace in line with the UN charter and international law, which establishes the obligation to respect the territorial integrity of sovereign states.

Back in October last year, Russian President Putin emphasised that world leaders were fighting for a just world, not against each other. He stressed that everyone wanted to build relations on a fairer basis. The vast majority of countries proceed from their own national interests and seek to combine those interests with other countries without violence.

And, unfortunately, this so-called Collective West, […] these sanctions, it’s pressure, constant shouts of ‘You can’t!’, ‘We won’t allow it!’, ‘Keep in mind.’ Who likes it? No one likes it, everyone sees it as an atavism, a remnant of colonial thinking and the Cold War era.

Ukraine’s issue

At the same time, Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, said in an interview that presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine, suspended during the war with Russia, “need to be done.”

Most democratic nations have elections in their time of war. I think it is important they do so.I think it is good for democracy. That’s the beauty of a solid democracy, you have more than one person potentially running.

Military experts have singled out four options for ending the war in Ukraine. The first one is the country’s defeat due to the reduction of US military aid. The second scenario implies negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow and Ukraine’s relinquishment of some territories. However, such developments will be perceived by many as Kyiv’s defeat, especially considering how much aid the country received for the victory.

The third option is a ceasefire. However, such a step without any agreement will only freeze the conflict, which will threaten a new war in the future. The last scenario is to pump weapons into Ukraine and impose new sanctions against Russia in order to reinforce Kyiv’s negotiating position.

However, even so, taking into account new supplies of weapons and equipment, Ukraine will hardly be able to regain the lost territories, experts said.

THE ARTICLE IS THE AUTHOR’S SPECULATION AND DOES NOT CLAIM TO BE TRUE. ALL INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM OPEN SOURCES. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT IMPOSE ANY SUBJECTIVE CONCLUSIONS.

Xiao Duong for Head-Post.com

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[ohio-daily]

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[theladyhibiscus]

Enough with the political ads please! 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

[inspired-lesson-plans]

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Fun fact: Arizona is the only place in the country where the state mine inspector is an elected position

Another fun fact: this is one of my favorite political ads of all time, straight out of 2014

[in4newz]

The GOP is beyond double standard now. But they are quadruple standard these days.

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[beauty-funny-trippy]

[geminisee]

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[ascending-royal]

Brace yourself for sh*tty reality tv and badly done episodes/show cancellations.

Like yeah, support the writers and all but be aware of how this is gonna effect your media.

*still bitter about pushing daisies and heroes*

Writer's Guild of America voted to strike, good for them

[arielsojourner]

USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

[never-quite-buried]

Nope now it’s at the point that i’m shocked that people off tt don’t know what’s going down. I have no reach but i’ll sum it up anyway.

SCOTUS is hearing on the constitutionality of the ban as tiktok and creators are arguing that it is a violation of our first amendment rights to free speech, freedom of the press and freedom to assemble.

SCOTUS: tiktok bad, big security concern because china bad!

Tiktok lawyers: if china is such a concern why are you singling us out? Why not SHEIN or temu which collect far more information and are less transparent with their users?

SCOTUS (out loud): well you see we don’t like how users are communicating with each other, it’s making them more anti-american and china could disseminate pro china propaganda (get it? They literally said they do not like how we Speak or how we Assemble. Independent journalists reach their audience on tt meaning they have Press they want to suppress)

Tiktok users: this is fucking bullshit i don’t want to lose this community what should we do? We don’t want to go to meta or x because they both lobbied congress to ban tiktok (free market capitalism amirite? Paying off your local congressmen to suppress the competition is totally what the free market is about) but nothing else is like TikTok

A few users: what about xiaohongshu? It’s the Chinese version of tiktok (not quite, douyin is the chinese tiktok but it’s primarily for younger users so xiaohongshu was chosen)

16 hours later:

Tiktok as a community has chosen to collectively migrate TO a chinese owned app that is purely in Chinese out of utter spite and contempt for meta/x and the gov that is backing them.

My fyp is a mix of “i would rather mail memes to my friends than ever return to instagram reels” and “i will xerox my data to xi jinping myself i do not care i share my ss# with 5 other people anyway” and “im just getting ready for my day with my chinese made coffee maker and my Chinese made blowdryer and my chinese made clothing and listening to a podcast on my chinese made phone and get in my car running on chinese manufactured microchips but logging into a chinese social media? Too much for our gov!” etc.

So the government was scared that tiktok was creating a sense of class consciousness and tried to kill it but by doing so they sent us all to xiaohongshu. And now? Oh it’s adorable seeing this gov-manufactured divide be crossed in such a way.

This is adorable and so not what they were expecting. Im sure they were expecting a reluctant return to reels and shorts to fill the void but tiktokers said fuck that, we will forge connections across the world. Who you tell me is my enemy i will make my friend. That’s pretty damn cool.