#Florida to consider relaxing #childlabour laws to fill vacant jobs
https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/03/25/florida-to-consider-relaxing-child-labour-laws-to-fill-vacant-jobs

I know a lot of people are saying we should cancel The Rapist's state visit, but you know what would be a lot more cool than that?

Keep the invitation.

Then when he lands at Heathrow, there's no-one there to meet him.

Once he's spent 10 minutes or so wandering around looking puzzled, Charlie sends him a text:

"Oh, mate, sorry, I forgot you were coming. Can't host you now, I've just gone to visit Canada for a few days. Another time, eh?"

And amidst our laughter about #signalgate, #Trump takes first steps to obstruct any upcoming #elections
It s weird how most people in the #US still seem to think there would be elections again.

NSA #Waltz' reaction to #signalgate: call the journalist "the bottom scum of journalists",

#Trump babbles #infosec " I've asked you to immediately study that and find out if people are able to break into a system,""
"Are people able to break into conversations? And if that's true, we're gonna have to find some other form of device,"

Their incompetence equals their bad intentions. One can argue whether that s good or bad.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-takes-responsibility-embarrassing-signal-chat-leak?intcmp=tw_fnc

via @mho > [german]
https://www.heise.de/news/Mit-Elon-Musk-geredet-US-Sicherheitsberater-laesst-Gruppenchat-Skandal-pruefen-10328765.html

This morning’s musings:

While the security aspect of the #Signal debacle is horrifying, what is worse is the revelation that the entire administration works by responding to some whim #Trump suddenly has and then scrambles to cobble together some utterly invented and unhinged rationale for it to the public and their ‘allies’.

The Emperor is not only naked. He’s a five year old farting in a bathtub, with functionaries having to decipher the smells as policy initiatives

Interesting that we mentioned the security benefits of the Signal messaging app in our latest article and just a few days later it’s featured in the latest Trump administration scandal. Yes, it is the most secure but as Matthew Green put it "Encryption can't protect you from stupid." #trump #signal https://substack.com/profile/118813522-simon-campbell/note/c-103446663?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1yql3m

#ClusterFuck #Albanese says he has invited #Trump to #australia

Also known as, how to guarantee a #MinorityGovernment #auspol

The prime minister revealed the invitation on ABC TV on Wednesday afternoon, as he was asked about his relationship with Trump.

Albanese said his government was “engaging through officials and through the representations that we’re making, strongly putting to speak to Donald Trump before the election”, following the US administration slapping tariffs on Australian goods as it has with many other countries.

Host Patricia Karvelas asked Albanese if he was reelected, would his first trip be to the United States, to which he said:

“I have discussed with the president going to the United States, and I expect that certainly will be very early on in the term…and I’ve also invited the president to Australia.”

“He didn’t come during his first term as president, but American presidents will always be welcome here, as are other international visitors.”

Albanese also noted that Australia is likely to host the Quad leaders meeting next year, which will see the heads of the US, Japan and India visit.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/26/australia-politics-live-budget-reaction-chalmers-labor-coalition-election-us-trump-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67e396028f08134b916f2759#block-67e396028f08134b916f2759

https://www.europesays.com/1943661/ US President Trump signs executive order overhauling US elections, mentions India example #BiometricDatabase #CitizenshipProof #DonaldTrump #ElectionAssistanceCommission #ExecutiveOrder #FederalElections #HomelandSecurity #India #MailInVoting #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #trump #UnitedStates

The naiveness of what #Trump can or cannot do is getting absurd, it is the same rhetoric we used about #Russia. "#Putin will _NEVER_EVER_ invade #Ukraine." Just cause the #US #Constitution says something doesn't mean it is relevant at all in a corrupt government. The US legal system is out the window, it has no importance anymore.

Well, at the very least #Trump is doing wonders for the German defense industry, as lots of European countries (a) seek to increase their military spending and (b) try their best to get away from fickle American supply lines...

#Putin could be trying to delay a full truce with #Ukraine, #Trump conceded Tuesday — before adding that he still believes Moscow ultimately wants an end to its war.

https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-admits-russians-could-be-dragging-their-feet-on-ukraine-peace-deal/

Long Covid research funding and grants terminated by Trump regime. They’ve declared them a “waste of time” because the pandemic is over:

“HHS is prioritizing funding projects that will deliver on President Trump’s mandate to address our chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again.”

400 million people have Long COVID. They’re suffering in silence with little hope of treatment and/or cures.

If HHS and Trump were actually interested in addressing the chronic disease epidemic, they would care about long COVID. They would try and reduce the spread of COVID.

When you hear “Make America Healthy Again” please consider HOW they plan to do that.

We’ve seen zero evidence that they will actually help those with chronic illness.

Fascists target the disabled. The Nazis literally tested the gas chambers on us. We are almost always first.

Perhaps they’re ending the chronic illness epidemic by ending the chronically ill? Don’t provide research, care, funding or treatment and the problem “goes away”?

Get loud. Call your elected officials. Tell them Covid is not over.

https://www.science.org/content/article/saying-pandemic-over-nih-institute-starts-cutting-covid-19-research

On Tuesday, the Kremlin published a list of facilities in Russia and Ukraine that are subject to a temporary moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure — a list it says was agreed upon by the Russian and American negotiators.

https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/25/kremlin-publishes-list-of-energy-infrastructure-covered-under-partial-ceasefire-negotiated-by-u-s-and-russia-it-includes-oil-refineries-and-nuclear-power-plants

Andrey Sizov, managing director at research firm SovEcon, which tracks the Black Sea grain market, said Tuesday that the U.S. announcement was “surprising,” as Russian food and fertilizer exports had hit “record highs since the war began.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/25/russia-ukraine-black-sea-exports/

Greenlanders are increasingly worried that their homeland, a self-governing region of Denmark, has become a pawn in the competition between the U.S., Russia and China as global warming opens up access to the Arctic. They fear Trump’s aim to take control of Greenland.

https://apnews.com/article/greenland-future-trump-arctic-independence-denmark-minerals-4711a83c4490de99638db32029b668c9

President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the possibility of financial compensation for people who were prosecuted for taking part in the riot at the Capitol in 2021.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/trump-floats-possibility-of-compensation-for-jan-6-rioters-00250063