United States placed on global rights watch list for attacks on civic freedoms, High Noon accidentally labeled drinks as Celcius, Texas Republicans move forward with gerrymandering, and more.
I am glad that the world is monitoring the insane behavior of this despicable administration. We have lost the respect of our allies and are losing all our civil and individual rights.
This is a very Skewed version of reality. You mean to say you are ok with things being censored as long as they are the things you agree with. That’s exactly why we are on this list.
as usual people like him who think that way, it's freedom only for themselves & those who think & believe as they do, everybody else can just be damned
I have voted Republican mainly my whole voting eligible life but not since Trump. I disagree with your assessment and most Americans do as well. Civicus has very diversified funding not just Soros or Ford. Trump is the worse "President" this country has ever seen. Big fat liar. Makes up crap
24/7 ahd repeats his lies. He has enriched himself to 6-7 billion while as president - the biggest fraudulent gifter we will ever see. His truth social posts and homemade videos please this guy is the laughing stock of the world.
Epstein files Epstein Files Epstein files. Show us - of course he doesn't want to his name is all over them... you good with all that? Yeah I thought so
Sending Branche (his personal
Lawyer) to Maxwell Trump considering pardoning a convicted sex trafficker --- he's made a mockery of the DOJ.
Soon you will be on an island (maga mar a Lago island) with the other cultists walking around in circles. What is wrong with you supporting this clown.
Majority of American people see this grifter - this moron for what he is - a convicted felon - trying to cover his a$$ - bury what he did with Epstein - the American people know - we see it all - so many F'd up things he's doing - ughhh just can't anymore with Trump cult - it's not worth my time at all to respond
Respectfully, your narrative is the “ upside down” version, we have lost the respect of the entire world, perhaps excluding those who kowtow to trumps attempt at dictatorship….our country is strangling on his dictates, mandates, and other draconian policies….we are rocketing toward racism…..it baffles me how anyone can think this administration is in any way good for this country
Mary, I think the fact the US is on a global list that NO country should have any pride in being on should be a red flag that the US has lost its democratic compass. It should signal we are undeniably going in the wrong direction. I am hopeful I have misunderstood your post.
You can disagree all you want. Just because you got your head stuck up your ass doesn’t mean the sky is green. Facts don’t change because you suckn on Biden. Time to wake the fck up, Karen.
So, I'm following this thread and debating whether to respond or not. A good healthy debate can be a good thing...I'm trying to figure out who's who in the pros and cons.
Well, who the heck is Karen? I haven't seen any commenters with that name.
Lance, I assume you're a young man, hoping to make your way successfully in this world. Crude vulgarity towards someone - anyone - on this forum makes you small and no one will want to listen to you. Make your point with clarity and intelligence and your ideas will be considered. Remember, you are loved, but expected to have respect for the rest of us and expected to be more dignified.
American Aura. Since you have an enigmatic handle, the rest of us can only assume you're a bot or a foreign entity spreading disinformation. I counted 7 easily challenged statements you made about Trump's Round One trial run towards his braggadocio screed - "Only I can fix it."
State your name and we'll consider your viewpoint, but then we'll challenge it too, with accurate researched data and facts. We will agree to disagree with due respect, not argument just for argument's sake. That's so crass! Hello, AI, is this you speaking?
Yeah, no. Under Trump we’ve lost ALL international respect, except for the empty words of Trump’s favorite tyrants, and even they are laughing at him behind his back. NATO is spending more because the U.S. can’t be trusted or relied upon.
ISIS is still active, mainly in Syria and Iraq, but also in West Africa, the Sahara, Somalia, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; as of 2023, large swathes of Mali have fallen under IS control. The Abraham Accords brought Arab nations to the table, they are now serving bribes to Trump in exchange for who knows what, but there’s no peace in the Middle East.
In no way, shape or form did we “hold China to account.” In fact, they are eating our lunch. Trump talks tough, but TikTok is still here, and still owned by Chinese company ByteDance, and Trump just gave Nvidia approval to sell $5.5 billion worth of AI chips to China, which is well on the way to conquering the global EV market. At home, wage growth and unemployment decline mostly happened under President Biden, Trump threatened to annex Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Mexico, and while “no new foreign wars were started,” he did join Israel to bomb Iran, and the fallout from that isn’t over.
Except Trump HAS started a war on Americans, on science, and on education, with masked thugs snatching people of the streets without legal justification, including American citizens, and imprisoned people with no due process. Trump and his cronies ARE the current crew in D.C., and a bigger collection of corrupt, incompetent, constitution-hating hacks will not be found anywhere.
Your complaints about the “censorship industrial complex,” likely referring to people being “cancelled,” ignores the absence of the weight of law behind the complaints of some people. Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans in red states are actually banning books and words, and destroying taxpayer-funded databases.
Trump has fully weaponized DOJ, firing prosecutors and investigators for doing their jobs and firing federal DOJ employees without cause, and using it against our top universities.
His cuts to education and science and efforts to combat climate change will cost us $ trillions in the short term, and the future for generations as the rest of the world moves forward while Trump tries to bring back coal.
okay so, you've drunk the Kool-Aide well, you can't save everybody, character is not only important, it's everything but, for too many just like you it isn't even a factor in the equation
Whatever you‘ve smoked or taken, the distortion of your reality is so out of this world. Next to most of your opinions not surviving simplest fact checks.
And when it comes to how the world see the US right now, maybe leave the US for some time and check for yourself. Watch some foreign news, read some newspapers, talk to some local ppl. You‘d be surprised. No one respects, admires, values of trusts the US under Trump anymore. Leaders are mocking him, refusing to shake his hand, rolling eyes, fact checking him on running cameras. Newspapers haven‘t written positive about him in months. France calls him a Nero, German President calls him a fascist and warns by reminding of Hit**r. I could continue this forever.
Let‘s talk when you reentered reality, 'cause your other statement are also all false, nonsense and bs. 😂🙄
Poor soul, allow me to respectfully say that you are so wrong.
I am a Belgian. I used to admire the US not in the least for their help in WW1 and WW2. For their pursuit of happiness FOR EVERYONE. For their scientific achievements.
Not any longer dear American Aura, not any longer.
Under this drump fellow the US is slowly (but much quicker then I anticipated) turning into a failed state.
Two friends of mine - mother and daughter - had moved out just recently and went to live in France. Mother is a talented writer. Daughter is trans and a brilliant artist. They initially fled Pennsylvania for Delaware but then decided nowhere was really safe and decided not to "wait for Trump's SS to come for us - it's only a matter of time." Don't blame them for one second.
Time for the Olympics and the World Cup to be pulled out of America. We can’t guarantee the safety of athletes and spectators who may be arrested and imprisoned for any spurious reason. I can see Trump having possible medal contenders imprisoned so that America takes home all of the medals. He’s crazy enough to come up with such a weird scenario. We are no longer America the free. We are America the shackled. Do not travel here until we have taken down this current Administration under Trump. We will return one day and once again welcome others to visit and live in our country.
Wouldn't it be great if the World Cup Administrators met with Trump and took back the medal he pocketed and the Golden Clad Trophy he is "Holding" for them. Knowing Trump he is probably duplicating it in China with a shiny Gold Tone finish.
Add the World Baseball Classic to that list! It starts in March 2026. Three of the four venues are in the US: Puerto Rico, Miami and Houston. Teams from all over the world come together for fun competition and to bring attention to how the sport is world wide. How many teams will be denied entry? It's insane what the regime is doing.
Thanks for the add on. I’m smiling because of the venues is in Puerto Rico. If ICE shows up there, where are they going to deport all the people? Spain? Sorry for the absurdity, but sometimes we have to see humor even in the face of evil.
Where is all the bribe money paid by universities going? Is it going to the US government or "Trump's Library" ?? Is it paying down the national debt? Or is it going to ICE? Is it going to government officials? We need to know where this money is going!!
This all due to systemic racism and misogyny in the U.S., which has now been installed in the Eexecutive branch, enabled by all the Republicans in Congress, the Republican controlled States, and the fascists who voted for them.
Not just republicans. Democrats have played a huge part in this. It’s all about money and control, behind the scenes bribes and promises, complacency and more.
The party is imploding, which is sad to see. No communication, complacency, failure to align and fight together, strategy. We always hear from the same democrats. Why aren’t we louder?
I’m not surprised. I’ve been studying a lot about what’s going on behind the scenes. Epstein is just the tip of the iceberg. We have become a corrupt nation unfortunately.
I never ever thought our country which is based on diversity, acceptance, and freedom would ever be on that watch list. This is awful. This is embarrassing. This is shameful. This is not my country. This is slapping all in the face who fought for our freedoms, who lost limbs, who suffered from trauma, and died for us. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
I am glad that the world is monitoring the insane behavior of this despicable administration. We have lost the respect of our allies and are losing all our civil and individual rights.
surely, I can not be the only one to notice the parallels between us, him & domestic violence? just saying
This is a very Skewed version of reality. You mean to say you are ok with things being censored as long as they are the things you agree with. That’s exactly why we are on this list.
as usual people like him who think that way, it's freedom only for themselves & those who think & believe as they do, everybody else can just be damned
Exactly
I have voted Republican mainly my whole voting eligible life but not since Trump. I disagree with your assessment and most Americans do as well. Civicus has very diversified funding not just Soros or Ford. Trump is the worse "President" this country has ever seen. Big fat liar. Makes up crap
24/7 ahd repeats his lies. He has enriched himself to 6-7 billion while as president - the biggest fraudulent gifter we will ever see. His truth social posts and homemade videos please this guy is the laughing stock of the world.
Epstein files Epstein Files Epstein files. Show us - of course he doesn't want to his name is all over them... you good with all that? Yeah I thought so
Sending Branche (his personal
Lawyer) to Maxwell Trump considering pardoning a convicted sex trafficker --- he's made a mockery of the DOJ.
Soon you will be on an island (maga mar a Lago island) with the other cultists walking around in circles. What is wrong with you supporting this clown.
Majority of American people see this grifter - this moron for what he is - a convicted felon - trying to cover his a$$ - bury what he did with Epstein - the American people know - we see it all - so many F'd up things he's doing - ughhh just can't anymore with Trump cult - it's not worth my time at all to respond
Respectfully, your narrative is the “ upside down” version, we have lost the respect of the entire world, perhaps excluding those who kowtow to trumps attempt at dictatorship….our country is strangling on his dictates, mandates, and other draconian policies….we are rocketing toward racism…..it baffles me how anyone can think this administration is in any way good for this country
We will have to agree to disagree. I refuse to be gaslighted by someone that has, obviously, hoped that I don't do my own research.
I, also, have eyes & ears.
You have a good day.
Mary, I think the fact the US is on a global list that NO country should have any pride in being on should be a red flag that the US has lost its democratic compass. It should signal we are undeniably going in the wrong direction. I am hopeful I have misunderstood your post.
Exactly
You can disagree all you want. Just because you got your head stuck up your ass doesn’t mean the sky is green. Facts don’t change because you suckn on Biden. Time to wake the fck up, Karen.
So, I'm following this thread and debating whether to respond or not. A good healthy debate can be a good thing...I'm trying to figure out who's who in the pros and cons.
Well, who the heck is Karen? I haven't seen any commenters with that name.
Lance, I assume you're a young man, hoping to make your way successfully in this world. Crude vulgarity towards someone - anyone - on this forum makes you small and no one will want to listen to you. Make your point with clarity and intelligence and your ideas will be considered. Remember, you are loved, but expected to have respect for the rest of us and expected to be more dignified.
American Aura. Since you have an enigmatic handle, the rest of us can only assume you're a bot or a foreign entity spreading disinformation. I counted 7 easily challenged statements you made about Trump's Round One trial run towards his braggadocio screed - "Only I can fix it."
State your name and we'll consider your viewpoint, but then we'll challenge it too, with accurate researched data and facts. We will agree to disagree with due respect, not argument just for argument's sake. That's so crass! Hello, AI, is this you speaking?
Yeah, no. Under Trump we’ve lost ALL international respect, except for the empty words of Trump’s favorite tyrants, and even they are laughing at him behind his back. NATO is spending more because the U.S. can’t be trusted or relied upon.
ISIS is still active, mainly in Syria and Iraq, but also in West Africa, the Sahara, Somalia, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; as of 2023, large swathes of Mali have fallen under IS control. The Abraham Accords brought Arab nations to the table, they are now serving bribes to Trump in exchange for who knows what, but there’s no peace in the Middle East.
In no way, shape or form did we “hold China to account.” In fact, they are eating our lunch. Trump talks tough, but TikTok is still here, and still owned by Chinese company ByteDance, and Trump just gave Nvidia approval to sell $5.5 billion worth of AI chips to China, which is well on the way to conquering the global EV market. At home, wage growth and unemployment decline mostly happened under President Biden, Trump threatened to annex Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Mexico, and while “no new foreign wars were started,” he did join Israel to bomb Iran, and the fallout from that isn’t over.
Except Trump HAS started a war on Americans, on science, and on education, with masked thugs snatching people of the streets without legal justification, including American citizens, and imprisoned people with no due process. Trump and his cronies ARE the current crew in D.C., and a bigger collection of corrupt, incompetent, constitution-hating hacks will not be found anywhere.
Your complaints about the “censorship industrial complex,” likely referring to people being “cancelled,” ignores the absence of the weight of law behind the complaints of some people. Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans in red states are actually banning books and words, and destroying taxpayer-funded databases.
Trump has fully weaponized DOJ, firing prosecutors and investigators for doing their jobs and firing federal DOJ employees without cause, and using it against our top universities.
His cuts to education and science and efforts to combat climate change will cost us $ trillions in the short term, and the future for generations as the rest of the world moves forward while Trump tries to bring back coal.
okay so, you've drunk the Kool-Aide well, you can't save everybody, character is not only important, it's everything but, for too many just like you it isn't even a factor in the equation
Whatever you‘ve smoked or taken, the distortion of your reality is so out of this world. Next to most of your opinions not surviving simplest fact checks.
And when it comes to how the world see the US right now, maybe leave the US for some time and check for yourself. Watch some foreign news, read some newspapers, talk to some local ppl. You‘d be surprised. No one respects, admires, values of trusts the US under Trump anymore. Leaders are mocking him, refusing to shake his hand, rolling eyes, fact checking him on running cameras. Newspapers haven‘t written positive about him in months. France calls him a Nero, German President calls him a fascist and warns by reminding of Hit**r. I could continue this forever.
Let‘s talk when you reentered reality, 'cause your other statement are also all false, nonsense and bs. 😂🙄
What planet are you living on?? No need to respond since you’re obviously MAGA and won’t see reality
Poor soul, allow me to respectfully say that you are so wrong.
I am a Belgian. I used to admire the US not in the least for their help in WW1 and WW2. For their pursuit of happiness FOR EVERYONE. For their scientific achievements.
Not any longer dear American Aura, not any longer.
Under this drump fellow the US is slowly (but much quicker then I anticipated) turning into a failed state.
What are you smoking?
Every single thing you said was 100% bullshit!
You are completely delusional!
Drink some more kool aid
Riiiiight 🤡
I have to laugh at your comment
7 months in. Are we great yet?
Dear God...what's to come? I'm afraid to think about it.
It's not safe to live here, much less travel here. I never thought I'd see my country devolve into this. MAGA sucks.
Two friends of mine - mother and daughter - had moved out just recently and went to live in France. Mother is a talented writer. Daughter is trans and a brilliant artist. They initially fled Pennsylvania for Delaware but then decided nowhere was really safe and decided not to "wait for Trump's SS to come for us - it's only a matter of time." Don't blame them for one second.
There’s a real brain drain happening. Add scientists and researchers whose grant funding was butchered, and foreign grad students.
At the start of autocracies, the smart folks leave first.
It isn’t safe to travel here.
I'm ready for a Parnas Perspective t shirt!!!
Ohhhh good idea
GREAT IDEA CLAIRE👍🏽
Our human rights are under siege. Hope they don’t censor you and other brave journalists on substack. I wrote a poem for you, inspired by your fight against fascism - young people are our best hope: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/aaron-parnas-gen-z-poem
Time for the Olympics and the World Cup to be pulled out of America. We can’t guarantee the safety of athletes and spectators who may be arrested and imprisoned for any spurious reason. I can see Trump having possible medal contenders imprisoned so that America takes home all of the medals. He’s crazy enough to come up with such a weird scenario. We are no longer America the free. We are America the shackled. Do not travel here until we have taken down this current Administration under Trump. We will return one day and once again welcome others to visit and live in our country.
Wouldn't it be great if the World Cup Administrators met with Trump and took back the medal he pocketed and the Golden Clad Trophy he is "Holding" for them. Knowing Trump he is probably duplicating it in China with a shiny Gold Tone finish.
Add the World Baseball Classic to that list! It starts in March 2026. Three of the four venues are in the US: Puerto Rico, Miami and Houston. Teams from all over the world come together for fun competition and to bring attention to how the sport is world wide. How many teams will be denied entry? It's insane what the regime is doing.
Thanks for the add on. I’m smiling because of the venues is in Puerto Rico. If ICE shows up there, where are they going to deport all the people? Spain? Sorry for the absurdity, but sometimes we have to see humor even in the face of evil.
I’m sure Stephen millers little friend is at attention
Where is all the bribe money paid by universities going? Is it going to the US government or "Trump's Library" ?? Is it paying down the national debt? Or is it going to ICE? Is it going to government officials? We need to know where this money is going!!
Where's all the money going from all of his lawsuits filed in behalf of his policies? Which fund is holding the cash?
This is a very awkward moment… It’s 2025 and people still can’t figure out how to be nice.
This all due to systemic racism and misogyny in the U.S., which has now been installed in the Eexecutive branch, enabled by all the Republicans in Congress, the Republican controlled States, and the fascists who voted for them.
Not just republicans. Democrats have played a huge part in this. It’s all about money and control, behind the scenes bribes and promises, complacency and more.
I could not disagree more.
The party is imploding, which is sad to see. No communication, complacency, failure to align and fight together, strategy. We always hear from the same democrats. Why aren’t we louder?
Opinions are not facts.
It’s observation, not opinion. Here is one of many examples:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cory-booker-says-senate-democrats-complicit-trump-agenda/
If we band together, we can accomplish miraculous things! I still have hope🙏
I’m hopeful I’m wrong… time will tell.
Especially women's rights.
What is a woman?
I’m not surprised. I’ve been studying a lot about what’s going on behind the scenes. Epstein is just the tip of the iceberg. We have become a corrupt nation unfortunately.
I never ever thought our country which is based on diversity, acceptance, and freedom would ever be on that watch list. This is awful. This is embarrassing. This is shameful. This is not my country. This is slapping all in the face who fought for our freedoms, who lost limbs, who suffered from trauma, and died for us. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
Please world. Boycott Olympics and World Cup… we do not deserve it
This is embarrassing for our country, but it seems to me that it may help us to protect ourselves.
The Olympics should be banned in the LA OLYMPICS in 2028, immediately.
And I live in LA COUNTY