KEY POINTS

Donald Trump said he had terminated all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada.

Trump said he was doing so because of an allegedly “fake” advertisement that Canada was airing that features former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.

Doug Ford, the premier of the Ontario province in Canada, recently said the province would spend $75 million on ads to run in the United States featuring Reagan criticizing tariffs

“Commissioner Tisch took on a broken status quo, started to deliver accountability, rooting out corruption and reducing crime across the five boroughs,” Mr. Mamdani said at the debate. “I’ve said time and again that my litmus test for that position will be excellence.”

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8. 34:14.500 - 34:21.500 Tangents
9. 34:21.500 - 34:24.500 Theme: Taking Our Power Back!
10. 34:24.500 - 1:00:06.000 Ana Kasparian Attack
11. 1:00:06.000 - 1:00:13.000 Interaction Reminder
12. 1:00:13.000 - 1:23:59.500 ICJ Ruling
13. 1:23:59.500 - 1:57:46.300 Cuomo Fail
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15. 1:57:51.000 - 2:16:04.500 Andrew Yang, MATH, Automation, Amazon, Mutual Aid Workshop, Building Community
16. 2:11:40.500 - 2:15:00.000 Mutual Aid Workshop on Oct. 25th, 2025 at 11 AM ET,
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19. 2:18:50.700 - 2:18:53.800 Theme: Taking Out Power Back!
20. 2:18:53.800 - 2:56:43.500 Tucker Carlson Faces Young MAGA
21. 2:56:43.500 - 2:56:58.000 Tangents
22. 2:56:58.000 - 2:57:55.300 Viewer Poll: What should happen with the NYC mayor race?
23. 2:57:55.300 - 3:04:33.500 EricT Red Joins, Sabby says bye, Eleven Demands, Viewer Comments, Interview with Prof. Richard Wolff coming out soon, will be Live on Sunday at 5 PM ET
24. 3:04:33.500 - 3:05:19.134 Endcards/Credits

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51604987

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What makes export controls so powerful for China is its industrial heft. Its manufacturing output—35% of the global total—is threefold America’s and exceeds that of the next eight countries combined.

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Belgium dug in on its opposition to the scheme, fearing legal and financial repercussions should Russia retaliate against the plan given that the assets are held at the Brussels-based Euroclear central securities depository, according to officials.

Nice to see the throwback uniforms in the Hurricanes at Avalanche game. I’m also enjoying the score here at the first intermission!

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On this stream: Zohran Mamdani goes nuclear on Andrew Cuomo in final NYC mayoral debate - U.S. strikes another alleged drug vessel, this time in the Pacific - Oppo research floods in against Graham Platner just as pro-Israel Schumer-backed candidate enters the Maine Senate race - and more.

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Summary of Main Points & Segment Timestamps

Overall Summary: The hosts, Katon Weiss and Russell, cover a range of political topics, focusing heavily on the Trump administration's military strikes on suspected drug vessels, the New York City mayoral race featuring Zoran Mamdani, and the Democratic primary Senate race in Maine involving Graham Platner. The tone is highly critical of establishment figures in both major political parties, U.S. foreign policy, and the influence of wealthy donors like Bill Aman.

Segment 1: US Military Strikes on "Drug Vessels" & Escalation in South America

(Timestamps: Approximately 13:39 - 30:01)

• Main Points:
  • The segment covers the Trump administration's eighth strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean, which marks an expansion from previous strikes in the Caribbean.
  • The hosts are deeply skeptical of the official justification, noting a lack of specific details about the nationalities of those killed or the type of drugs allegedly on board.
  • They argue these strikes are not about curbing drug trafficking (noting fentanyl typically comes through Mexico) but are a pretext for military expansion and regime change in Venezuela, with eyes potentially on other South American countries like Colombia and Ecuador.
  • Rand Paul is featured criticizing the policy as unconstitutional summary execution, lacking due process.
  • A Washington Post article is cited, stating that local officials and analysts contradict the administration's claims, suggesting the targeted routes are not used for drugs bound for the U.S.
  • The hosts connect this to past statements from officials like Elliot Abrams, who explicitly linked U.S. policy in Venezuela to securing its oil resources for American companies like Chevron.
  • They conclude that this is "old school imperialism" and a betrayal of Trump's "America First" and anti-war rhetoric, with the MAGA movement now defined by a cult of "alpha male" strength over principle.

Segment 2: The NYC Mayoral Debate & Attacks on Zoran Mamdani

(Timestamps: Approximately 43:17 - 1:07:01)

• Main Points:
  • The hosts analyze the mayoral debate, focusing on what they characterize as racially and religiously charged attacks against Muslim candidate Zoran Mamdani by his opponents, particularly Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.
  • They express frustration that Mamdani is being labeled an anti-semitic "jihadist" despite his efforts to reassure Jewish voters, such as pledging to keep pro-Israel Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and increasing hate crime funding.
  • The hosts see this as a "humiliation ritual" and compare the questioning to racist political tactics of the past.
  • They argue that the establishment Democrats and Republicans are aligned in using "anti-semitism" as a smear against anyone who is critical of Israel, demonstrating that the Democratic party's "vote blue no matter who" mantra is hollow when an anti-establishment candidate wins.
  • Mamdani is praised for his composure under what they see as intense and unfair baiting.

Segment 3: Democratic Oppo Research Dump on Graham Platner

(Timestamps: Approximately 1:21:04 - 1:59:03)

• Main Points:
  • This segment covers the coordinated release of opposition research against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, which they link directly to the entrance of establishment candidate Janet Mills, who was recruited by Chuck Schumer.
  • The oppo research includes old, crude Reddit posts from Platner downplaying sexual assault in the military and a tattoo that resembles a Nazi "Totenkopf" symbol.
  • Platner's response is shown, where he apologizes, contextualizes the posts as coming from a difficult time after returning from war with PTSD, and explains the tattoo was gotten ignorantly while drunk and has since been covered up.
  • Despite the scandals, a new poll shows Platner leading Mills by a massive 34 points, which the hosts see as a repudiation of the establishment's "politics of personal destruction."
  • They argue that Platner's working-class, populist message resonates with moderates more than the liberal, PMC-focused messaging of establishment Democrats like Mills.
  • The segment concludes that the Democratic Party is not a political party but a "professional organization" focused on grift and protecting its donors, which is why it actively works to destroy left-wing populists who threaten the neoliberal status quo.

Segment 4: Cuomo's Debate Meltdown & Racist AI Ad

(Timestamps: Approximately 2:06:02 - 2:22:03)

• Main Points:
  • The hosts highlight a dramatic moment in the debate where a questioner, aligned with Mamdani, confronted Andrew Cuomo with the fact that one of his 13 sexual harassment accusers was in the audience and that Cuomo had sued for her private gynecological records.
  • They characterize Cuomo's response as weak and evasive, falling back on the fact that he wasn't prosecuted.
  • The segment then covers an AI-generated ad from the Cuomo campaign that was quickly deleted. The ad depicted various criminals (stereotypically portrayed as people of color, including a "Superfly" style pimp) declaring support for Mamdani.
  • The hosts condemn the ad as "beyond racist" and "cartoonishly absurd," seeing it as a sign of the Cuomo campaign's desperation and underlying racism.

Segment 5: Bill Aman, Emily Austin, and the Billionaire Backlash

(Timestamps: Approximately 2:38:51 - 3:00:29)

• Main Points:
  • The hosts discuss billionaire Bill Aman's obsessive campaign against Mamdani, including his sharing of a dubious report claiming TikTok's algorithm is unfairly promoting Mamdani.
  • They dismiss this claim, arguing that Mamdani's popularity on the platform is organic and reflects his support among younger voters.
  • They also mock influencer Emily Austin's "Hot Girls for Cuomo" campaign launch, noting the website was immediately hijacked to redirect to the sexual harassment report against Cuomo.
  • A key point is Aman's tweet defending his role in New York, where he states that the city "needs more billionaires, not less" because they pay taxes and fund institutions. The hosts vehemently disagree, arguing that decades of neoliberal policies under mayors like Bloomberg, supported by billionaires, have led to a crisis of affordability and a record number of homeless school children.
  • They frame the mayoral race as a repudiation of this "Bloomberg Way" and the oligarchic control of the city.

Segment 6: Demolition of the White House East Wing

(Timestamps: Approximately 3:06:16 - 3:19:33)

• Main Points:
  • The hosts report that the entire East Wing of the White House has been demolished to make way for a new, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, which will be significantly larger than the White House itself.
  • They contrast this with Trump's earlier assurances that the new structure would not touch the historic building.
  • The segment criticizes the move as a "gaudy monument to vanity, corruption, and excess" and a metaphor for "oligarchy swallowing democracy."
  • They also critique the liberal response, pointing out the failure of the Obama administration to rein in corporate power after the 2008 financial crisis, which they see as paving the way for Trump's rise and actions like this.

Segment 7: Settler Violence in the West Bank

(Timestamps: Approximately 3:23:54 - 3:46:17)

• Main Points:
  • This segment covers the violent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian olive harvesters in the West Bank, focusing on viral footage captured by American journalist Jasper Nathaniel.
  • The footage shows IDF soldiers allegedly leading farmers and activists into an ambush by settlers, who then attack them with clubs and stones, including a woman who is knocked unconscious.
  • Nathaniel's texts with the U.S. Embassy are shown, where the embassy states it cannot protect him and that protection is the host nation's responsibility—a point the hosts find absurd given the IDF's complicity.
  • The hosts condemn the settlers as "inbred freaks" and describe the situation as a daily, brutal occupation.
  • They note that after the video went viral, the IDF deported activists and journalists to prevent further coverage, and that the Israeli Knesset has voted to annex the West Bank, signaling a grim future for Palestinians there.

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"McDonald's is back for round two in Wānaka after strong community opposition scuppered its first bid to build a restaurant in the lakeside hotspot."

I completely understand the towns resistance (and applaud it, frankly). I wonder if they'd have better luck if they didn't include a drive through... (My limited understanding is the primary resistance was rubbish-related)

Kanami "Mimi" (also known as Kanami Yamamoto) is a sentient AI created by developer Charles (Charlie) Yamamoto, a Japanese-American programmer.

Kanami, as an AI, forever takes the appearance of a 19-year-old. They were made to assist people and end up working in a cemetery and help by burying dead people as they can move very fast and work quickly.

The first side Kanami shows to MC (you!, this is like a game/story idea where MC's features and gender is determined by you yourself) is hostility.

Kanami seems creepy at first, as they are a cemetery worker. They enjoy teasing other people and are quite cold to you (MC) the first time you see Kanami and interact with them.

Kanami then starts to show a more cheerful side to them. In "side stories", which aren't part of the canon story, their cheerful side remains. They are also known as Mimi in the side stories, but when they get more serious in the main story, they go by Kanami. However, in the main story, they develop an obsession with you and end up kidnapping you due to their fear of abandonment. They will do anything for you just so you stay with them forever, including cooking for you, doing services for you, etc.

In the basement of Kanami's house, Kanami has a "safe haven" where they try to make you as comfortable as you can but isolate you from your friends and family and cause you to go missing. Several people have escaped, but they are determined that you won't.

A yandere is defined as "A term for a person who is initially loving and caring to someone they like a lot until their romantic love, admiration and devotion becomes feisty and mentally destructive in nature through either overprotectiveness, violence, brutality or all three combined." "Yandere characters are mentally unstable, deranged, and use violence or emotional abuse as an outlet for their emotions."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36943977

The 4th Branch Lyrics

[Intro]

1. The new age is upon us
2. And yet the past refuses to rest in its shallow grave
3. For those who hide behind the false image of the son of man
4. Shall stand before God (God, God, God, God, God, God, God)
5. It has begun, the beginning of the end
6. Yeah ... yeah ... yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]

7. The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish
8. A fake church called the prophet Muhammad a terrorist
9. Forgetting God is not religion, but a spiritual bond
10. And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qu'ran
11. They bombed innocent people, tryna murder Saddam
12. When you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with Iran
13. This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings
14. 'Cause Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemings
15. I break it down with critical language and spiritual anguish
16. The Judas I hang with, the guilt of betraying Christ
17. You murdered him, stole his religion, and painted him white
18. Translated in psychologically tainted philosophy
19. Conservative political right-wing ideology
20. Glued together sloppily, the blasphemy of a nation
21. Got my back to the wall 'cause I'm facin' assassination
22. Guantanamo Bay, federal incarceration
23. How could this be the land of the free, home of the brave
24. Indigenous holocaust, and the home of the slaves?
25. Corporate America dancin' offbeat to the rhythm
26. You really think this country never sponsored terrorism?
27. Human rights violations, we continue the saga
28. El Savador and the Contras in Nicaragua
29. And on top of that, you still want to take me to prison
30. Just 'cause I won't trade humanity for patriotism

[Chorus]

31. It's like MKUltra, controllin' your brain
32. Suggestive thinkin’, causin’ your perspective to change
33. They want to rearrange the whole point of view of the ghetto
34. The fourth branch of the government want us to settle
35. A bandanna full of glittering generality
36. Fightin' for freedom and fightin' terror, but what's reality?
37. Read about the history of the place that we live in
38. And stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children

[Verse 2]

39. Flow like the blood of Abraham through the Jews and the Arabs
40. Broken apart like a woman's heart, abused in a marriage
41. The brink of holy war, bottled up like a miscarriage
42. Embedded correspondents don't tell the source of the tension
43. And they refuse to even mention European intervention
44. Or the massacres in Jenin, the innocent screams
45. US-manufactured missiles and M16s
46. Weapon contracts and corrupted American dreams
47. Media censorship blockin’ out the video screens
48. A continent of oil kingdoms bought for a bargain
49. Democracy is just a word when the people are starvin'
50. The average citizen made to be blind to the reason
51. A desert full of genocide where the bodies are freezin'
52. And the world doesn't believe that you fightin' for freedom
53. 'Cause you fucked the Middle East and gave birth to a demon
54. It's open season with the CIA buggin' my crib
55. Trapped in a ghetto region like a Palestinian kid
56. Where nobody gives a fuck whether you die or you live
57. I'm tryna give the truth and I know the price is my life
58. But when I'm gone they'll sing a song about Immortal Technique
59. Who beheaded the president and the princes and sheiks
60. You don't give a fuck about us, I can see through your façade
61. Like a fallen angel standing in the presence of God
62. Bitch niggas scared of the truth when it looks at you hard

[Chorus]

63. It's like MKUltra, controllin' your brain
64. Suggestive thinkin’, causin’ your perspective to change
65. They want to rearrange the whole point of view of the ghetto
66. The fourth branch of the government want us to settle
67. A bandanna full of glittering generality
68. Fightin' for freedom and fightin' terror, but what's reality?
69. Martial law is coming soon to the hood to kill you
70. While you hangin’ your flag out your project window

[Outro]

71. Yeah
72. The fourth branch of the government AKA the media
73. Seems to now have a retirement plan for ex-military officials
74. As if their opinion was at all unbiased
75. A machine shouldn't speak for men
76. So shut the fuck up, you mindless drone
77. And you know it's serious
78. When these same media outfits are spending millions of dollars on a PR campaign
79. To try to convince you they're fair and balanced
80. When they're some of the most ignorant and racist people
81. Giving that type of mentality a safe haven
82. We act like we share in the spoils of war that they do
83. We die in wars, we don't get the contracts to make money off 'em afterwards
84. We don't get weapons contracts, nigga
85. We don't get cheap labor for our companies, nigga
86. We are cheap labor, nigga
87. Turn off the news and read, nigga ... read
88. Read... read^[[1] https://genius.com/Immortal-technique-the-4th-branch-lyrics]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37972636

Nathan Bernard
Oct 23, 2025

“It’s been a helluva week,” said Platner as he took the stage. “I went from being a communist on Thursday to a Nazi by Monday.”

Platner opened his address by discussing the skull tattoo. Just a day earlier, Platner sent the internet into a frenzy over a skull tattoo revealed to be inked on his chest resembling Nazi iconography. He claimed ignorance of the tattoo’s links but apologized and fully covered the tattoo with Celtic knots and dogs. “I got it covered because I do not want something on my body that represents in any way the antithesis of my politics,” Platner said. “I grew up as a little punk rock kid listening to Dead Kennedys and Dropkick Murphys. So, I would say hating and fighting Nazis has been a big part of how I see myself. My continued disgust of racism, anti-semitism and Nazism has been a constant throughout my life. And still today anchors much of my politics.”

He concluded, “Fascism is a cancer, and it has no place here.” The statement was met with a raucous applause.

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SNAP Cuts: 42 Million Americans at Risk as Government Shuts Down

Sabby Sabs discusses the imminent risk to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits for 42 million Americans due to a government shutdown. She argues that politicians are "messing with people's lives" and that the government is deliberately mismanaging funds, pointing to foreign aid to countries like Israel and Argentina as evidence that domestic needs are being neglected.

Sabby Sabs' Main Points:

• Crisis Scale: 42 million Americans, including vulnerable groups like the disabled, elderly, children, and veterans, are at risk of losing SNAP benefits in November.
• Government Failure: She blames both Republican and Democratic politicians for holding the American people "hostage" and failing to govern effectively.
• Systemic Critique: The need for SNAP highlights a systemic failure to care for citizens. She criticizes the prioritization of foreign aid and military spending over domestic welfare.
• Impact on Vulnerable Groups: She specifically highlights how the shutdown and new work requirements will hurt the most vulnerable, including the disabled, elderly, and veterans.
• Inadequate State Response: She notes that states lack emergency funds to bridge the gap, placing the entire burden on community resources.

Mutual Aid Point: Sabby Sabs strongly advocates for building Mutual Aid networks as a necessary community-based solution. She argues that when government systems fail, people must rely on each other. She defines mutual aid as neighbors providing direct support like groceries, clothing, childcare, or transportation for free. She cites a real-world example from Atlanta where a mutual aid group is using proceeds from an event to help those affected by the SNAP cuts.

Event Information: Sabby Sabs is hosting a free Mutual Aid Workshop on Saturday, October 25th. Details and the Zoom link are available to those who sign up for her Substack newsletter. The workshop, co-hosted with JB, is designed to teach people how to start and run their own local mutual aid groups.

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This is my solar powered setup. A somewhat old Pixel 6a that fell from a foot and a half (really!?), a 10w Solar setup that was around 20$ on amazon. And an old compost container I have too many of. Ill be giving it a proper 3d printed case when I get a chance (and a host of other changes) but for now this works! Its worth about 40$ in total (the phone is now worth about 21$ on the open market).

Website: https://solar.chrisco.me/

Website was made with a collection of scripts, apache2 (nginx for some reason did not install, errors), and termux. Ill open source the whole setup in a bit. Theres not much to it to be honest.

Hopefully keeping the battery at 80% will help the lifetime of the battery. I may bump it up at some point if it keeps dieing because lack of sunlight. But we shall see.

More info in the link. I couldn't get Piefed to repost from a GotoSocial link.

This is my solar powered setup. A somewhat old Pixel 6a that fell from a foot and a half (really!?), a 10w Solar setup that was around 20$ on amazon. And an old compost container I have too many of. Ill be giving it a proper 3d printed case when I get a chance (and a host of other changes) but for now this works! Its worth about 40$ in total (the phone is now worth about 21$ on the open market).

Website: https://solar.chrisco.me/

Website was made with a collection of scripts, apache2 (nginx for some reason did not install, errors), and termux. Ill open source the whole setup in a bit. Theres not much to it to be honest.

Hopefully keeping the battery at 80% will help the lifetime of the battery. I may bump it up at some point if it keeps dieing because lack of sunlight. But we shall see.

More info in the link. I couldn't get Piefed to repost from a GotoSocial link.

The Queensland government celebrated the creation of new national parks this year, with Premier David Crisafulli saying it is time to “get serious” and be “ambitious” in protecting nature.

But this claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. Despite decades of conservation promises, Queensland remains a globally significant hotspot for destroying forests and native vegetation.