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Valeskog is quoted as saying, “If the U.S. terminates its relationship with the city planning office, the embassy will have difficulty obtaining a building permit if they want to rebuild, for example. That’s their headache, not ours.”
Wonderful! Valeskog, have a beer on me!
Sweden should summon the American ambassador and tell him to stop violating Swedish law. Then threaten to send all embassy staff family members back to the US. Oops, just saw we haven’t appointed an ambassador yet. Sweden should just expel the entire embassy. Don’t come back without an actual ambassador.
The US embassy in Norway sent a letter to their electricity and heat provider (Hafslund), demanding that they stop any DEI type activities within the company.
Hafslunds’ response was, in short, “we can stop providing power and heat, no problem”.
Yeah this has to be malicious compliance from the embassy staff.
No it’s the Nazi playbook quite literally.
Valeskog is quoted as saying, “If the U.S. terminates its relationship with the city planning office, the embassy will have difficulty obtaining a building permit if they want to rebuild, for example. That’s their headache, not ours.”
Love it!
America is a joke.
The rest of the world is actively rejecting your bullshit, and you are going to be worse off for it.
I would say politicians are using the rise in anti American sentiment to solidify their positions in more nationalist forms of government. I would warn my comrades in the west. This rise in nationalism can be dangerous. Even if it is directed at being against America (which is good) it can also be leveraged to build fascist policies in your own country. Be wary of your “liberal” politicians and parties. They likely do not have your best interest at heart. They know material conditions will decline with the fall of the American empire. They will do everything they can to keep their power. And they’ll do it off the backs of your working class.
Do not substitute class solidarity for Nationalism. Tarrifs are a direct attack on the working class of the world. We pay those. No matter what country we reside in.
Trump is a joke. And so is the majority of American voters circa 2024. Don’t confuse the situation, however, or you’re just strengthening Trump.
But hey, do as you will. It’s a free world, my friend. They don’t control us, they just try to. Fuck the fascists, and those who would tell us how to speak, act, and think.
Yet, never live in their world, or a world of your own miscreation. We’re better than him, are we not? America is not your enemy, Trump is. His power is fleeting, but you must fight him, not all of us… Or else, all is lost, and all of us lose.
Unite, my friends. Fight the villain, not the masquerade. Or don’t… And find out how far down the rabbit hole we can descend. They want us divided, so you could oblige their demands. It’s up to you.
THANKS WE KNOW THAT PART, CAN YOU TELL US HOW TO FIX IT?
To be fair, Trump is not the source of the problem. He’s a Heritage Foundation puppet, and those psychos kind of have people everywhere right now.
Oh I mean absolutely start with them as well.
He’s a pretty big catalyst though
Definitely a focal point.
He’s a patsy, I’m grateful that at least it isn’t Vance. Could you imagine a tyrant funded by Billionaires that wasn’t in cognitive decline?
The will and the resources have been there trying to move in this direction for a long time. I do agree that he’s absolutely fast tracked the process. His complete disregard for civility, shameless willingness to grift, and transparently transactional nature have enabled the absolute worst in us. From hateful, racist poor folks to deranged religious nutjobs to narcissistic billionaires - they’ve all been given the green light now.
I just hope that everyone takes note of which side people are on and, when this is all over, make sure that the memory of those who stood on the wrong side of history are so shamed, ostracized, disgraced, and hated that this shit doesn’t happen again.
This is the only idea I’ve had so far
Take that, and replace the blade with a giant boulder, then we’re talking
Apart from that, they can storm the capitol and stay there until he resigns.
But since this won’t happen any time soon, we have to see millions more posts about trump.
Haven’t you had gun nuts banging on about what you do in this scenario for decades?
The ones that would be classified as gun nuts are the same ones that are fine with what he’s doing. Except when the leopard goes after them.
Oh for sure, I completely understand that. But that’s just because they don’t have the spine to actually bite their bark—theory-wise though, it’s a pretty sound plan to end tyranny and people with more backbone could freely follow it.
Their banging on was always more about racism. Their definition of tyrannical government is “government with gays, trans, women, and brown people in charge.”
We already know and various users from other countries have very explicitly told us. We’re just waiting for more answers palatable to us because most of us aren’t willing to risk anything.
I assume you mean having the citizens rise up and overthrow the government? Problem is, if you try to do that in your own, you’ll get arrested/killed without really stopping anything, and if you try to organize with people online, you’re really likely to be get arrested before you can pull it off. So I think it’s not quite as easy as “we know how to fix it we’re just lazy and scared”
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Do not post gore without some sort of NSFW or spolier mark.
Sorry, didn’t know I could flag it.
For the people downvoting you.
On a regular basis, when Italian partisans killed Germans or blew up bridges, Mussolini ordered 10 or so from their village killed. Pregnant women, children, didn’t matter.
After an attack on an empty german car (no german casualties), 15 partisans were executed on a square, their corpses left to rot for the rest of the day under the sun. That is the square they transported Mussolinis corpse to, together with the corpses of his lover and fifteen other fascists.
The square is now known the fifteen martyrs square after the dead partisans. Although many in Italy now probably call it so for the dead fascists.
Person who ordered the killing later worked for the CIA and the german version of the FBI.
My mother’s village of 800 people, they hung partisans from each corner of the town square. Regularly. It was stressful and fucked up for a little kid, and my grandfather was a partisan.
I imagine people are downvoting due to the non-spoilered gore pic thrust onto our screens with no warning, rather than the text content.
This is what democracy looks like
Violence is periodically required to maintain it, yes, but if the effort is to succeed there are always many types of people involved, including some who have no stomach for violence. Insisting that everyone partake in violence, or using it to sadistically goad comrade non-combatants, is a common form of hazing that should never be tolerated.
Good point
Oh this must’ve been before they strung his carcass up upside down
You know it’s in a fancy mausoleum these days? Under guard?
It would be justice if that cursed shit hole were leveled to the fucking ground and then the soil burned and poisoned.
The wildest bit of unnecessary censoring I’ve ever seen…
Yeah, I mean, it was a black and white historical photo with no real ‘gore’ but whatever
Well one person was pretty darn close to solving the whole issue but they kind of faltered at the last moment.
solving the whole issue
Trump’s inevitable death won’t solve the issues that caused him. I don’t know what will. We’d have to go pretty far down the chain of succession to hit “not a fascist”.
You would have to ban podcasting, youtube, blogs, and fox news.
I was at a hardware store today and behind the employees at counter was a TV that blares fox 24/7.
I couldn’t take it for 2 minutes
Yeah, I was just on a flight and saw a dude across the aisle that was mainlining all the worst people on twitter. Space laser lady, the racist cat, the nazi automaker…this dude was just liking everything and replying frantically. He was flipping through everything and replying so quickly that I felt pity as much a loathing. It was absolutely pathetic. Dude’s brain is melted.
I left x which sucks because blue sky doesn’t have the sports reporters I follow or not nearly the amount of other interests.
Who’s the space laser lady besides MTG?
Oh that’s her, I was just trying to be insulting haha
Well, go down that chain, then. Haven’t they been going on for generations about how their second amendment is for exactly this situation?
Solving the underlying issues are important too, of course, but that’s a long term solution. I’d like to see a short-term patch be applied before America literally launches wars of conquest against its neighbours.
I hear what you’re saying, but Little t is a symptom, just like Hitler was a symptom.
It’s like “Goddamn it, I wish my stomach didn’t hurt all the time.” Doctor: “You have pancreatric cancer.”
Yeah but Harris winning would have least bought us some time it’s too bad she couldn’t stick the landing.
The cancer is more advanced than we had imagined.
You know, it puts a smile on my face every time, that someone recognizes me.
Remember to visit the range on windy days, folks.
This administration is just completely bonkers. WTF.
They are really really really really sexist and racist.
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Thanks US voters!
Don’t forget the non-voters.
I actually hate them more than the voters of trump. Even more than the triple voters. They will have none of my thanks.
I like the response from the Swedes, shove it.
He’s lost his fucking mind…
“What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind. How true that is.”
― Dan QuayleI think of Trump more in terms of this Hunter S. Thompson quote about Nixon:
He neither drinks nor smokes, they say, and bars make him nervous. Humphrey Bogart would have taken a dim view of Nixon. It was Bogart who said, “You can’t trust a man who doesn’t drink.” And it was Raoul Duke who said, “I’d never buy a used car from Nixon unless he was drunk.”
“What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind. How true that is.”
― Dan Quayle”A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”
— Major Chip Hazard“Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most.”
- Ozzy Osbourne
I’m waiting for him to demand those penguin islands produce fewer gay penguins.
When Trump heard that the president is “the leader of the free world”, he took it literally and thinks he’s the ruler of the world.
Motherfucker needs to look up the definition of a sovereign country. Who am I kidding the stupid fuck doesn’t even know how to read.
I doubt these are just idle demands. They will be used, flimsy as they are, as pretense for more tariffs, sanctions, or worse. He’s picking a fight.
Is there a link not behind a paywall?
The United States is requiring businesses and government offices in Stockholm, Sweden, to comply with the Trump administration’s anti-DEI policies, according to Swedish news outlet Dagens Nyheter.
“Stockholm’s urban planning office must not work for diversity, equity, and inclusion,” according to the outlet’s English translation. “The U.S. embassy demands this in a letter with a contract that they expect the city to sign.”
Stockholm’s urban planning councilor Jan Valeskog called the requirement “completely bizarre,” adding, “We will never sign this contract.”
In addition, the U.S. Embassy is requiring Swedish suppliers “to certify that they do not apply certain inclusion programs,” the outlet reported.
The X account @ChrisO_wiki translated more of the report in a post, saying the Swedish government was given 10 days to comply.
“Since February 2025, US embassies around the world have been sending letters to local contractors making similar demands,” the post said. “This seems to be the first time that it’s been reported that a similar letter has been sent to a foreign government organisation.”
Valeskog is quoted as saying, “If the U.S. terminates its relationship with the city planning office, the embassy will have difficulty obtaining a building permit if they want to rebuild, for example. That’s their headache, not ours.”
The X account continued, “The Swedish government says that it would violate Swedish law to comply with such a demand. Commenting on similar letters sent to Swedish businesses, Minister for Gender Equality and Working Life Nina Larsson says: ‘According to the Discrimination Act, Swedish companies are obliged to work preventively and actively to counteract discrimination and promote equal rights – for example based on gender, ethnicity or disability. Otherwise, there may be penalties. Companies should feel secure in the fact that Swedish law is firm. It is also important that we – both politically and from the industries – are clear about this towards foreign clients.’”
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