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Not mine, this is ripped from @ahdok@ttrpg.network

Europe’s preparing a Starlink alternative just in case.

I tried to find a better source but there wasn't one. The article is at the Bulwark which is Bill Kristol's lib-funded shitrag. I ran out of space in the title. if he does - it will be by the end of the month. See the bit in bold.

Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 Next? - thebulwark.com

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on whether Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act before April ends.

The Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to deploy U.S. armed forces and the national guard against Americans in situations of civil unrest, was last invoked in 1992 to put down the Rodney King riots after the four white police officers who were filmed beating King were acquitted. The nonpartisan Brennan Center has called the law “dangerously overbroad and ripe for abuse.”

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As a reminder, the executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border framed what is happening there as an “invasion” that threatens “America’s sovereignty” as part of its justification for Trump’s decrees.

“This whole strategy from Trump is really based on the demonization of immigrants and the idea we’re being invaded as justification of all executive orders that are trampling on our civil rights and freedoms,” Vanessa Cárdenas, the executive director of immigrant rights group America’s Voice, told The Bulwark. “They’ve been demonizing immigrants for a long time to psychologically prepare people for these actions, and we need to reject and denounce it.”

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Insurrection Act of 1807 - wikipedia.org

The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law that empowers the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion.

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DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES - whitehouse.gov

The White House

January 20, 2025

Also somehow a biographer has better historical analysis of the transition from Chiang to Mao to Deng than many other supposedly "learned" peoples.

(I know her comment about stalin will probably sour the video somewhat, but I do think its still very good)

Good Summary of the report on the sinking of Manawanui. I have not seen much coverage on this thought some people here might be interested.

The presenters pronunciation of Maori words needs some work, but he does try. 😊

The UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them.

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of plans to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry cited by Sky News and Politics UK.

Yang, who represents Earley and Woodley in Berkshire, and Mohamed, the MP for Sheffield Central, both flew into Ben Gurion airport from Luton with their aides, according to reports.

The foreign secretary, David Lammy, said in a statement on Saturday: “It is unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning that two British MPs on a parliamentary delegation to Israel have been detained and refused entry by the Israeli authorities.

“I have made clear to my counterparts in the Israeli government that this is no way to treat British parliamentarians, and we have been in contact with both MPs tonight to offer our support.

“The UK government’s focus remains securing a return to the ceasefire and negotiations to stop the bloodshed, free the hostages and end the conflict in Gaza.”

Since renewed military operations last month ended a short-lived truce in its war with Hamas, Israel has pushed to seize territory in the Gaza Strip in what it said was a strategy to force militants to free hostages still in captivity.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said 1,249 people have been killed since Israel resumed intense bombing last month, bringing the overall death toll since the war began to 50,609.

The 7 October 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the war resulted in 1,218 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28186093

C'mon let's have some fun with it. I wanna make my computer cool as shit

The comment section on the cover art is alone worth the price of admission.

China pledged decisive action to defend its economy, a day after unveiling levies on American goods and export controls on rare earths in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Beijing will continue to take “resolute measures” to safeguard its sovereignty, security and other interests, the state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

On Friday, President Xi Jinping’s government announced it will impose a 34% tariff on all imports from the US starting April 10, matching the level of Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs on Chinese products. Authorities in Beijing announced several other measures, including immediately restricting exports of seven types of rare earths.

China’s measures followed Trump’s move to boost tariffs on global trade partners by introducing the steepest American duties in a century, dealing a blow to global markets. The US tariffs announced this week will raise levies on nearly all Chinese products to at least 54%, potentially crippling the country’s exports to the US.

Global equities extended their slump on Friday, with shares of companies including DuPont de Nemours Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. suffering some of the steepest declines. Stock markets in China and Hong Kong were closed on Friday for a holiday.

Despite the market turmoil, neither country is showing signs of backing down. On Saturday, the US president posted on his Truth Social site that China “has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close.”

Archive link

All speculation, nothing definitive, but a thought I found interesting

State department ‘taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further entry’, secretary of state says

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250406013053/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/us-revokes-all-visas-for-south-sudanese-over-countrys-failure-to-repatriate-citizens

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/3003

41 Prozent weniger Asylanträge im vergangenen Quartal – diese Zahl soll in einem vertraulichen EU-Bericht stehen. Erstmals seit Jahren hätten zwei andere europäische Länder mehr verzeichnet als Deutschland.

Hire fans Nintendo!!!!! Nobody wants freakin donkey crunk or mario man, who ever even heard of those people? The antenna can be functional somehow. Maybe they can put little spikes in the buttons on the back that prick your finger and it fills the ball with blood to power it? Something for the hardcore katamari-heads out there to show their love for the game. If Nintendo is here feel free to use my idea

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/309211

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