"Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;..."

> Air Force lacks critical skills in digital fluency, data analysis https://federalnewsnetwork.com/air-force/2025/04/air-force-lacks-critical-skills-in-digital-fluency-data-analysis/

> Latin America Three Months Into the Trumpocalypse https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/21/latin-america-three-months-into-the-trumpocalypse/

Not just the #PendejoInChief. #PartyOfStupid and #RepublicanLite admins have both abused the region, but again, the Orange One is just more brazen.

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy.

> How is Africa affected by the US-China tariff war? https://globalvoices.org/2025/04/18/how-is-africa-affected-by-the-us-china-tariff-war/

Of interest for some.

> "State Terror: A brief guide for Americans" by Timothy Snyder
https://snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

The Chris Hedges Report: Economics of a Dying Empire
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/19/the-chris-hedges-report-economics-of-a-dying-empire/
Events will become increasingly difficult to predict as late-stage capitalism sees the oligarchy consume even the structures that had supported it. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. “These are levels of craziness that are part of…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Economy #NewsAnalysis #Brics #Capitalism #ChrisHedges #ChrisHedgesReport #KarlMarx #LateStageCapitalism #Marxism #Oligarchy #Plutocracy #RichardWolff #Swift #Tariffs #TaxCuts

Before Trump Bombed Yemen, Biden Displaced Half a Million
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/18/before-trump-bombed-yemen-biden-displaced-half-a-million/
A little-known U.S. military operation in Yemen undertaken by the Biden administration displaced 531,000 people, according to reports from Yemen’s National Team for Foreign Outreach, reports Robert Inlakesh. By Robert Inlakesh MintPress News In 2024, while all eyes were on Gaza,…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Military #U.s. #WarCrimes #Yemen #Houthis #InternallyDisplacedPeople #OperationProsperityGuardian #RedSeaBlockade #RobertInlakesh #Yemen’sNationalTeamForForeignOutreach

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Late–Imperial Maladies
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/18/patrick-lawrence-late-imperial-maladies/
The worst part of living this distance from reality — or maybe the best part — is the knowledge, even if it is only subliminal, that we cannot go on like this. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News I…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Column #Commentary #Disinformation #Israel #Palestine #Syria #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Yemen #AntiSemitism #GreaterIsrael #Hamas #Hezbollah #JeffreyGettleman #OccupiedTerritories #PalestinianPrisoners #PatrickLawrence #SherlySandberg #TheNewYorkTimes #Zionism

> Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads

Gringos might not manufacture much to export as they used to, but exporting #bigotry, discrimination, #racism #Christofascists and other #fuckery is basically America at its best. Go USA!

> Can Trump legally deport US citizens to El Salvador prisons? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/16/can-trump-legally-deport-us-citizens-to-el-salvador-prisons

In theory, no. In practice, as I keep asking and no one can answer satisfactorily, who the fuck is going to stop him? You can talk all the legalese you want, but if it does not have power may as well wipe your ass with it, which he is doing pretty much.

> Who has more leverage in the US-China trade war? https://abcnews.go.com/Business/country-leverage-us-china-trade-war-experts-weigh/story?id=120713403

Short term, could be even, US may have slight edge. But long term, the Chinese will adapt, find other trading options, and then there are all those US securities they hold that they could cash anytime.

But I am not a pundit nor play one on TV.

> Oligarchy Has Arrived in America. Will We Confront It? https://inequality.org/article/oligarchy-has-arrived-in-america-will-we-confront-it/

Correction: Oligarchy HAS been, is, and will always be in America. Where the hell you guys been? There, fixed that for ya. Will gringos confront it? Not as long as they see themselves as millionaires in the waiting.

> Tourists are ditching America — and it's set to cost the economy billions https://qz.com/u-s-travel-decline-could-cost-billions-1851776218

Thus the #AmericanEmpire does #FAFO. Anyhow, #StayHome #StaySafe or if traveling go anywhere safer than the US.

> China Mocks US Trains With Embassy Meme Post https://www.newsweek.com/china-embassy-mocks-us-trains-rail-2059845

Chinese Troll-Fu is strong.

> At China's largest trade fair, exporters say US markets are 'frozen'
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-largest-trade-fair-exporters-say-us-markets-are-frozen-2025-04-15/

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy. FTA: "Many exporters said they have been either diversifying their production bases outside China, or the markets they sell to, away from the United States."

It may take time, but once they diversify...

Now, boys and girls, this is what we call #GunboatDiplomacy.

> Another US aircraft carrier in Mideast waters ahead of second round of Iran-US nuclear talks https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/us-news/another-us-aircraft-carrier-in-mideast-waters-ahead-of-second-round-of-iran-us-nuclear-talks/

In other #news besides the shit show that is the #AmericanEmpire

> World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill update https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162231

Jeffrey Sachs: Birthing a New International Order
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/14/jeffrey-sachs-birthing-a-new-international-order/
The multipolar world will be born when the geopolitical weight of Asia, Africa, and Latin America matches their rising economic weight. By Jeffrey D. Sachs Other News Writing in his cell as political prisoner in fascist Italy after World War…
#Politics #Africa #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Asia #Brics #Britain #China #Commentary #Economy #France #History #India #International #Japan #KoreaPeninsula #LatinAmerica #Russia #U.n.SecurityCouncil #UnitedNations #AntonioGramsci #ChristopherColumbus #JeffreyD.Sachs #VascoDaGama

> Immigrants without legal status must now register and carry documents, after court order https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/11/repub/immigrants-without-legal-status-must-now-register-and-carry-documents-after-court-order/

"Papeles, por favor." If only there were easier ways to mark certain people, oh, I don't know, a patch on clothing for instance...?

Meanwhile, Americans fucked around and found out in the #BadEconomy.

> Trump tariffs on China will soon bring ‘irreversible’ damage to many American businesses
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-tariffs-on-china-mean-irreversible-damage-for-most-businesses.html