CIRCLE WITH A DOT

https://peer.adalta.social/w/wJuxfLRqYJViiG5Yt3XeRo [](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_war_116489273413594646_en) [️](https://reason.com/2026/04/29/government-shouldnt-be-important-enough-to-fight-over/")A Crisis of Legitimacy Fueled by Political Dysfunction#war #democracy #uspolitics #violence #potus

#cw #politics No funding for #ATC, #PBS, #USAid, clawing back from #NASA, but a #ballroom & more military for a "not war" ?? #uspol #uspolitics

The US Supreme Court today gutted a law aimed at protecting the rights of Black Americans to be fairly represented in Congressional districts.Now, Republicans can carve up Black population centers so they don’t have a majority anywhere."Wednesday’s 6–3 party-line decision in Louisiana v. Callais will go down in history as one of the most pernicious and damaging Supreme Court decisions of the last century," Rick Hasen writes in Slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/scotus-voting-rights-section-two-ruling-history-worst-century.html #USPol #USPolitics

@democratsabroad that's my rep #raskin 🤩

US supreme court rules Louisiana must redraw its congressional map in landmark caseAt the heart of the case was the question of how much lawmakers are allowed to consider race when they redraw districts * [Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox][1] The US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will hav...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling#USsupremecourt #Louisiana #HouseofRepresentatives #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian(Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:12:12 +0000)

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face questioning from lawmakers Wednesday for the first time since the Trump administration launched the war against Iran.@AssociatedPress has a live blog with the latest: https://flip.it/mCvL8J#Hegseth #Iran #News #USPolitics #PeteHegseth #Congress

We detected Aids through a federal early warning system. Trump has decimated it | Robert B. Shpiner https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2026/apr/29/aids-national-science-board-mmwr #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #AidsAndHiv #UsPolitics #Health #RobertFKennedyJr #VaccinesAndImmunisation

The correct framing for discussion of Trump's attack on Jimmy Kimmel is "President Trump, who expressed pleasure at the news of ​Robert Mueller's passing, demands comedian be censored for making a joke"#USPolitics #JimmyKimmel

Jeff Tiedrich focuses on the realpolitik reasons for the Epstein Ballroom:"Dear Leader wants a vulgar Epstein Dance Hall. that’s the beginning and end of it, and whatever happens to be going on in the news at any given moment becomes the rationale. is there a state function? well, we shoulda hadda dance hall. did Donny shit his diaper again? a dance hall would have prevented that. oh, did some yutz try to take a pot-shot at Donny? sorry, Mr. and Mrs. America, it’s time for you fork over four hundred million dollars. Dear Leader’s safety is at stake."https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/im-sorry-but-preznit-fuckwits-vulgar#Ballroom #USPolitics

@Lazarou Me too! I don't want to be part of an fossil dictatorship in Germany under #Merznichtmeinkanzler#niewiedercdu#fckafd#niewiederspahn#niewiederdobrinth#niewiederwurstfresserei.

Meme idea stolen, remade without AI and with Alt Text #USPol #USPolitics #Memes #Trump #EpsteinClass #Crooks #BillClinton #RichardNixon #Trump

Apart from the USA not actually being a democracy (with their two-party system), they also don't really seem to respect other democracies #democracy #usa #uspolitics #trump #DonaldTrump

US supreme court reinstates Texas electoral map favoring RepublicansRedrawn map could flip up to five seats to Republicans as Trump’s party seeks to keep control of Congress [The US supreme court ][1]formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn [Texas][2] electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the US House of Representatives, as Donald Trump’s p...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/27/supreme-court-texas-redistricting-case#Texas #Republicans #USnews #Democrats #USpolitics #TheGuardian(Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:03:40 +0000)

@yuhasz01 @Free_Press Vanity. When you have a turkey neck, leaning forward takes some of the emphasis off of it. It's a Senior Citizen trick.

this comic from a month ago fucking nailed it( source: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tfcawkdipcjayj22baxcseyw/post/3mgxqau5oxc2z )#uspol #uspolitics #comics

Will I ever retire? It doesn’t look like it | Dave Schilling https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/25/retirement-finances-work #USpersonalfinance #USretirement #USCongress #USpolitics #Ageing #Money

@molly0xfff Are they following the typical crypto playbook of backing surefire winners, or can we look forward to at least some of this obscene spending going down the drain? Hopefully the mid term backlash is big enough that there are no surefire winners amongst the MAGA candidates but that’s probably just wishful thinking.

RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116460303825189008The petulance of a man who doesn't take 'no' for answer from the ladies, that's what this looks like#Trump #MAGA #USPol #USPolitics #NATO #EUPol

....and it doesn't matter how well the Dems do in the Midterms, the World just isn't interested in the USA's shit any more. Sure the Dems win this round but how long before the American People fuck up again? They believe in ghosts and spells....#USPol #USPolitics #Pentagon #NATO #EUPol #UKpol #UKPolitics #CanPol #CdnPoli

Just a reminder… #USPol #USPolitics #politics