Or as Nemik (played by Alex Lawther) says in “Andor” (Disney+):
“It’s so confusing isn’t it, so much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it – that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”
#Quakers condemn arrests of #activists at meeting house
March 30, 2025
"The arrests of six female supporters of activist group #YouthDemand at a Quaker meeting house have been condemned by the faith group.
"Quakers in #Britain said the arrests were the first at a meeting house and 'an aggressive violation'.
"The Metropolitan Police said six people were arrested on Thursday evening at the Westminster Meeting House on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a #PublicNuisance.
"The force said it came amid concerns there were plans to 'shut down' London during April using tactics such as road blocks.
"Youth Demand said more than 30 officers were involved with making the arrests.
"Paul Parker, of Quakers in Britain, said he could not recall anyone being arrested at a Quaker meeting house in living memory.
"'The forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society #CriminalisesProtest.
"'#FreedomOfSpeech, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins #democracy,' he said.
"Police said a further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday - four at addresses in #London and one in #Exeter.
"Youth Demand, which is not affiliated with the Quakers, said the meeting was 'an opportunity to share plans for non-violent #CivilResistance actions' due to take place in April.
"The group claimed a number of houses were also raided on Thursday and Friday as part of the operation.
"Quakers in Britain said: 'Quakers support the right to non-violent public protest, acting themselves from a deep moral imperative to stand up against #injustice and for our planet.
"'Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of #slavery to women's #suffrage and prison reform.'
"The Met said the force understood the importance of the right to protest but added that Youth Demand had stated an intention to 'shut down' London in April.
"'We have a responsibility to intervene to prevent activity that crosses the line from protest into serious disruption and other criminality,' a spokesman said.
"On Thursday, officers raided a Youth Demand planning meeting where those in attendance were plotting their April action.
"Six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.
"A further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday, 28 March. Four of the arrests were at addresses in London and one in Exeter.
'Policing priorities'
"Out of the 11 people arrested, 10 have been released on bail and one will face no further action.
"Asked about the matter on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'I have made clear to the police this government's priorities for policing are reducing serious violence... and bringing back neighbourhood policing, those crimes in town centres like shoplifting.'
"Youth Demand, which describes itself as a 'new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to #genocide', began carrying out acts of #CivilDisobedience last year.
"Its demands of the government include stopping all trade with #Israel and raising money from 'the #SuperRich and #Fossilfuel #elite' to pay damages for the effects of fossil fuel burning."
Read more:
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g30ro
#UKPol #ThoughtCrime #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingActivism #PublicNuisanceLaws #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #Resistance #UKResistance #ProtectMotherEarth #FreePalestine #IsraeliWarCrimes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA4AMPhyZfQ
6.30 min. NOT appropriate, Coach
7.42min. mark Supporter of #SuperRich Bullies, #AriEmanuel, bye bitch!
14.00 min. Major National Security ooopsie! #JailJDVance #JailPeteHegseth #warplans
@cstross @ardenthistorian.bsky.social I recommend reading "The #TESCREAL Bundle" to see the connections of these people and their fascist eugenic "scifi" ideologies: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13636
One author is on Mastodon: @timnitGebru (while @xriskology doesn't seem to be active anymore).
#MatthewDesmond (Princeton University) in the #DailyShow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLN0YoErK0
You get the impression that #poverty is made and continued by design in the #USA. And there is almost no incentive for the #billionaires to end poverty at all, although they could very easily by just stopping #taxfraud or collecting the taxes that are already due today. 
#Money flows to the super #rich (which pay less #taxes!) instead to the people in need.
The #AmericanDream is an illusion.
What a shit country. What a shit system.
there is never enough #money for #education or #healthcare or #renewables, but always for #war: welcome to 1929 #revival party: with 90% tax rate for the #ultrarich #wealthy #superrich: "#French #economy minister floats taxing the #rich to fund #military buildup: To raise money for an increase in defense spending, #Paris is looking at tapping into “those with substantial savings” https://www.politico.eu/article/france-eric-lombard-emmanuel-macron-economy-minister-increase-defense-spending-to-3-percent-target/ #rich #poor #economy #wtf #bank #banks #france #europe #eu
...former "Allies" from the across the #Atlantic.
As I wrote earlier, like #Mobsters.
This is what we get for being to picky about #PamelaHarris.
The #MAGAT's need to pay up the oligarchs having financed the #TrumpCoup.
As #AOC said on #YT in a 90 min. speech a week ago or so:
The #TrumpeanTaxbreaks for the #Superrich are sunsetting in just a few months. To refinance them, as the #US would not meet the #EU #DeficitCriteria by far, they need to find huge amounts...
As Greg Sargent reports, a poll just done by Trump's top pollster Tony Fabrizio "shows that majorities oppose cutting taxes on corporations. It finds that 63 percent say their top priority for tax policy is helping 'working-class families,' versus one percent—no, really, one percent—who say it’s helping corporations and the wealthiest Americans."
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
/28
https://newrepublic.com/article/191841/trump-approval-rating-pollster-bad-news-warning
"The idea that Trump means higher prices and a slower economy is starting to take hold in the electorate. It is turning people against him, and the markets are getting spooked."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
/27
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-mad-king-had-a-bad-week-the-economy
"People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power."
~ Timothy Snyder
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
/26
https://bsky.app/profile/timothysnyder.bsky.social/post/3lirihxoyyc24
Dan Pfeiffer on how a bunch of new polling shows Americans souring on the Musk-Trump agenda, inflation and economic stagnation, and Trump allowing the world's richest man to run roughshod over things like food safety and cancer research.
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
/25
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/new-polls-trumps-honeymoon-is-over
"Even more helpful was Musk’s photo-op this week. Americans just love oligarchs chopping up workers with chainsaws. A real winner at the polls, I hear."
~ David Pepper
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
/24
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/opportunity-americans-recoil-at-trumpmusk
"Some farmers from conservative-leaning districts said they have received no reply. Others said they were told that their representatives supported the administration’s decision — and some representatives appeared to suggest that Trump’s funding freeze was not affecting farmers at all."
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #farmers #agriculture #USDA
/23
"Farmers seeking money owed to them by the Agriculture Department say they have been rebuffed by some GOP lawmakers.
The Post spoke with farmers and farm organizations in 10 states who had contacted their congressional delegations about the USDA funding freeze."
~ Daniel Wu, Gaya Gupta
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #farmers #agriculture #USDA
/22
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/farmers-congress-usda-funding-freeze/
"Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA:
- Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies
- Air traffic control support staff
- Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes
- Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly"
~ Andrew Perez quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #FAA #AirSafety
/21
"He went on to talk about the deficit and why he sees the reduction in spending as necessary.
The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,' 'tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'"
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #Oregon
/17
"The rowdy town hall was one of the first examples in Georgia of Trump-driven backlash trickling down to the grassroots. So many people showed up that some were turned away by local authorities. Others filed into overflow rooms to watch the back-and-forth."
A big bone of contention for these voters is the firing of hundreds of workers at the nearby CDC in Atlanta.
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #Georgia
/15
"U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell [Georgia] late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office."
~ Greg Bluestein
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites #Georgia
/14
John Parkinson, Benjamin Siegel, and Jay O'Brien report on town halls across the country, most in strongly Republican districts, in which Republican legislators trying to sell the Musk-Trump DOGE federal cuts are being met with uproar from Republican-voting constituents.
#Musk #Trump #economy #TaxCuts #billionaires #SuperRich #EconomicElites
/13
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-hammered-home-doge-ukraine/story?id=119050651
