The Political Thread

[Grimoire Lenin]

Republicans and MAGA are probably triggered as fuck rn seeing Clinton and George Soros get the medals.

 

[Samoa Looch]

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Donald Trump Upset Flags Will Fly at Half-Staff to Honor Jimmy Carter During His Inauguration: 'Nobody Wants to See This'

Donald Trump is upset that U.S. flags will fly at half-staff at his inauguration on Jan. 20, a gesture that honors late former President Jimmy Carter. He wrote in a post on Truth Social that 'nobody wants to see this' and made the untrue claim that it will be the first time this has ever happened.

people.com

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

IT'S ALL ABOUT MeEeEeEe

 

[JakeYourBooty]

What a fuckin child

 

[Toilet]

The “nobody wants to see this” part is him taking office

 

[Samoa Looch]

Y'all have it all wrong... Trump just doesn't wanna see his actual wife being half-staffed on some pole.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/americas/justin-trudeau-set-to-resign-canadian-prime-minister-intl/index.html

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberal Party on Monday, but remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, a source close to the PM told CNN.

Trudeau is expected to make the announcement at a news conference scheduled for 10.45a ET on Monday.

Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party for 11 years and prime minister for nine, was facing a mounting set of crises, from Donald Trump’s tariff threats to the resignation of key allies and disastrous opinion polls. His resignation would be seen as the PM choosing to jump before he is pushed, ahead of a general election to be held later this year that he is widely expected to lose.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Holy shit it's like 5 years too late but they finally took him out back and shit him

 

[Comrade Khan]

Tbh super cowardly too he just doing it so he can say he never lost an election.

Next leader or 2 for libs will be a lame duck until they find their new goose.

Expect poillevre to get a majority for 4, then likely a minority as the economy will crater by then due to Trump. Minority Gov for 4 then back to libs in 8. Same old shit n nothing will change except more will be privatized and we will have less.

 

[Chris]

Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case

A federal judge in New York City has found Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to information requests in a $148 million defamation judgment against him.

apnews.com

Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers.

Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled after hearing Giuliani testify for a second day at a contempt hearing called after lawyers for the election workers said the former New York City mayor had failed to properly comply with requests for evidence over the last few months.

Liman said Giuliani “willfully violated a clear and unambiguous order of this court” when he “blew past” a Dec. 20 deadline to turn over evidence that would help the judge decide at a trial later this month whether Giuliani can keep a Palm Beach, Florida, condominium as his residence or must turn it over because it is deemed a vacation home.

 

[Chris]

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5249126/u-s-transfers-guantanamo-prisoners-oman

In the most dramatic step in years to reduce the population at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Biden administration has transferred 11 Yemeni detainees to Oman, which has agreed to help resettle them and provide security monitoring.

All of the men, who were captured in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, had been held for more than two decades without being charged or put on trial. All of them were approved for transfer by national security officials more than two years ago and sometimes long before that -- one had been cleared for transfer since 2010 -- yet had remained behind bars due to political and diplomatic factors.

Their release leaves just 15 prisoners at Guantánamo, cutting the number of inmates nearly in half.

 

[Chris]

Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices, saying that the election felt like a "cultural tipping point."

www.nbcnews.com

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices Tuesday, citing a shifting political and social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech.

Zuckerberg said that Meta will end its fact-checking program with trusted partners and replace it with a community-driven system similar to X’s Community Notes.

The changes will affect Facebook and Instagram, two of the largest social media platforms in the world, each boasting billions of users, as well as Threads.

 

[Comrade Khan]

disinformation go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Chris]

I believe Dana White is now on their board or has some sort of title too, it's pretty transparent