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Hi ray!! (Like hi beams?)

How will UAP/UFO disclosure effect Investments? I am asking for a friend.

On the Apple App Store, I downloaded the OLAS app, which seems to be a Lebanese Maronite educational site?

Yanis does not understand it. #bitcoin will give labor the full value of our work. Internationally. .

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How many people in your maximum security prisons have never had charges or a trial? Freedom lovers, beware.

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Good analysis, thanks. IMHO, they will turn on the money printer, big time. And they will use the whole process to move more money to the billionaires. They will continue the Trump tax cuts and more. Plus, project 2025 makes it clear that they will go after Social Security and Medicare

#justice #politics #freedom #democracy #ruleoflaw

From #DianeRavitch

The far-right forces behind Trump have been planning their assault on democracy and the rule of law for years. Decades even, if you consider ALEC and other rightwing groups, like the Heritage Foundation. Project 2025 was the plan, and one of its author is now director of the powerful Office of Management and Budget.

A central part of their plan was to overwhelm the public and the media with a flurry of executive orders. They call it "flooding the zone." It's nearly impossible to react to three or four outrages a day. Who can even catalogue all of them?

Heather Cox Richardson tries to pull it together for her readers. Yesterday there were multiple court orders, more than she has room to report. And multiple executive orders, including one suspending enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits U.S. firms from bribing foreign officials; Trump thinks it puts American businesses at a disadvantage if they can't bribe foreign officials as their competitors do.

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Are We Free?

The most effective chains are the ones we choose to wear.

The oil and plastics industries have now cemented their grip on the United States, aided and abetted by big tech, big agriculture, the weapons industry, big pharma, banks, Wall Street, and the rest of them. With Musk and Trump as willing enactors and beneficiaries, Heritage’s Project 2025 has become the plan of the land.

The playbook is simple: cripple the government agencies meant to protect us, then use their failure as justification to dismantle them entirely. Rotten meat, polluted rivers, failing banks bailed out by taxpayers, alienated allies, screwed workers, looting of the middle class, and ferocious, unpredictable storms—this is the future we’re being led into.

Meanwhile, the hapless and complicit Democrats (Nancy Pelosi’s stock portfolio, anyone?) wring their hands, feigning concern while accepting the same corporate campaign contributions and lobbyist directives that have allowed these industries to capture the very agencies meant to regulate them.

And what of our chains? Look closely. The corporations always win—no matter who is in power. Both parties use the tech giants to engage in mass brainwashing, shaping media narratives to control public discourse. Both engage in censorship and demonizing the others. Book bans. COVID origins. Control over women’s bodies. The presence of UFOs. Demonizing immigrants. Have you noticed?

The Obama administration perfected social media campaign PsyOps—psychological operations designed to shape public perception. The Clinton campaign, by contrast, was technologically inept. Libertarian Republicans sang “the government is the problem” while ignoring who actually controlled the government. And Trump? His campaign weaponized the Koch-backed i360 data network with Facebook-fed social media to manipulate public sentiment. I experienced it first hand.

Now, the controllers no longer hide behind the curtain of democracy. They are tearing it down.

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“It’s time for a return to monarchy,” declare the Curtis Yarvin-inspired Peter Thiel disciples—Musk, Vance, and the rest. And why stop there? Why not a One True Religion led by white men who, by definition, are the smartest?

At the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, I witnessed the opportunistic, self-serving adoration of Trump firsthand. Bitcoin represents freedom? Freedom for whom? For you? Today?

What about tomorrow? Are you listening to what they are saying? Watching what they are doing?

Do you have daughters? Sisters? Nieces? A mother? Is your family history free of immigrants? Do you care about what Jesus actually taught?

For years, the Human Rights Foundation has championed getting Bitcoin into dictatorships to help dissidents. But what of our own slow descent into authoritarian rule?

Property rights? Notice how fewer and fewer people in Russia and China can hold onto their property.

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And Musk & Trump? They see Putin and Xi not as warnings, but as role models.

How do I get anyone to see this? #freedom #bitcoin #Trump #musk #democracy #freespeech #nostr #primal #tech #politics #Yarvin #Xi #Putin #oil #pharma

Published here first!

Are We Free?

The most effective chains are the ones we choose to wear.

The oil and plastics industries have now cemented their grip on the United States, aided and abetted by big tech, big agriculture, the weapons industry, big pharma, banks, Wall Street, and the rest of them. With Musk and Trump as willing enactors and beneficiaries, Heritage’s Project 2025 has become the plan of the land.

The playbook is simple: cripple the government agencies meant to protect us, then use their failure as justification to dismantle them entirely. Rotten meat, polluted rivers, failing banks bailed out by taxpayers, alienated allies, screwed workers, looting of the middle class, and ferocious, unpredictable storms—this is the future we’re being led into.

Meanwhile, the hapless and complicit Democrats (Nancy Pelosi’s stock portfolio, anyone?) wring their hands, feigning concern while accepting the same corporate campaign contributions and lobbyist directives that have allowed these industries to capture the very agencies meant to regulate them.

And what of our chains? Look closely. The corporations always win—no matter who is in power. Both parties use the tech giants to engage in mass brainwashing, shaping media narratives to control public discourse. Both engage in censorship and demonizing the others. Book bans. COVID origins. Control over women’s bodies. The presence of UFOs. Demonizing immigrants. Have you noticed?

The Obama administration perfected social media campaign PsyOps—psychological operations designed to shape public perception. The Clinton campaign, by contrast, was technologically inept. Libertarian Republicans sang “the government is the problem” while ignoring who actually controlled the government. And Trump? His campaign weaponized the Koch-backed i360 data network with Facebook-fed social media to manipulate public sentiment. I experienced it first hand.

Now, the controllers no longer hide behind the curtain of democracy. They are tearing it down.

.

“It’s time for a return to monarchy,” declare the Curtis Yarvin-inspired Peter Thiel disciples—Musk, Vance, and the rest. And why stop there? Why not a One True Religion led by white men who, by definition, are the smartest?

At the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, I witnessed the opportunistic, self-serving adoration of Trump firsthand. Bitcoin represents freedom? Freedom for whom? For you? Today?

What about tomorrow? Are you listening to what they are saying? Watching what they are doing?

Do you have daughters? Sisters? Nieces? A mother? Is your family history free of immigrants? Do you care about what Jesus actually taught?

For years, the Human Rights Foundation has championed getting Bitcoin into dictatorships to help dissidents. But what of our own slow descent into authoritarian rule?

Property rights? Notice how fewer and fewer people in Russia and China can hold onto their property.

.

And Musk & Trump? They see Putin and Xi not as warnings, but as role models.

Do you think decentralized digital democracy could be implemented on Nostr? Taiwan’s digital democracy, shaped significantly by Audrey Tang, is a groundbreaking approach to governance that leverages technology, transparency, and citizen participation. It represents a unique fusion of open government, civic engagement, and digital tools to create a more responsive and inclusive democracy.

Key Elements of Taiwan’s Digital Democracy

1. Radical Transparency & Open Government

Government meetings are live-streamed and transcribed for public access.

Open data policies ensure that citizens can access and analyze government information freely.

Civil servants collaborate in an open-source environment, enhancing transparency and trust.

2. Participatory Democracy with Digital Tools

The government engages with the public through online platforms like vTaiwan and Join.

These platforms allow citizens, businesses, and policymakers to discuss and shape legislation.

Crowdsourcing ideas and AI-facilitated consensus-building help resolve divisive issues.

3. AI & Technology for Consensus-Building

Pol.is, an AI-powered platform, helps find common ground in public discussions.

Instead of focusing on division, it highlights shared concerns to guide policymaking.

This system was crucial in drafting policies, such as ride-sharing regulations for Uber.

4. Civic Tech Movement & g0v (Gov-Zero)

The g0v (gov-zero) movement, an open-source civic hacking initiative, creates alternatives to government websites and services.

Volunteers develop tools to monitor government spending, track pollution, and promote digital literacy.

5. COVID-19 Response & Digital Innovation

Real-time mask availability maps were created through open data collaboration.

A crowdsourced SMS system streamlined quarantine tracking without violating privacy.

Government combated misinformation with a strategy of humor and fast fact-checking.

Impact & Global Influence

Taiwan’s digital democracy has set a precedent for how technology can enhance governance, balancing transparency, participation, and efficiency. Audrey Tang’s leadership has inspired governments worldwide to explore digital democracy as a means to combat disinformation, strengthen public trust, and make policymaking more inclusive.