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Mark

How the world can stand up to Trump’s #trade #blackmail

#Trump’s #tariff chaos offers valuable lessons about US & Trump himself

Applying these, countries can undercut Trump’s ability to #bully & #coerce

Lesson 1 is US economy is more fragile than expected

It’s potential for panic makes US economy more vulnerable than others

A second lesson is that Trump’s bombast belies weakness

When tariffs threatened his billionaire friends’ interests, he yielded

eurointegration.com.ua/eng/new

European Pravda · How the world can stand up to Trump’s trade blackmailBy European Pravda
#TradeWars
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@varbin @f4grx @nixCraft @torproject Well, you can dynamically block them based off packet rate & amount of requests and rate-limit them as well as limit them in terms of transfer rate.

Not to mention you rarely see DDoS attacks from residential IPs and ISPs are quick to disconnect offending hosts upon reporting them, so worst-case one blocks a /24 for 24 hours.

  • This doesn't even account for the fact that #Skiddie-Tools like #LOIC are easily dstinguishable and filter for.

Again: if this is a real problem, any decent datacenter / hoster / upstream will gladly pick up the phone or reply to your support request via mail.

  • After all, they too don't like it when someone hammers their infrastructure, so they have a vested interest in #Blackholing bad traffic at the #IX level.

#DECIX even officially recommends that as a means to handle large-scale DDoS attacks and keep everyone else online.

  • To me a "#Layer7" solution like #Anubis comes way too late as it already incurs billable traffic at many hosters and datacenters and we don't want to cough up money because of someone else trying to #blackmail us (which is the #1 reason for DDoS'ers to do so!)…
YouTubeThe creators of TikTok caused my website to shut downBy MattKC
#blackmail#layer7#anubis
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Ms. Que Banh

I've been doing more healing work to recover from being abusively #blindsided by a jealous woman who I have never even met but had attempted to psychologically #blackmail my companion, after faking being nice to me. I never expected to be #suckerpunched by a woman I've never even met in person. It shook me. It traumatized me. It was NOT OK.

Never ever defend #abusive people who have violated #boundaries multiple times & harmed multiple people, intentionally.

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End policy of appeasement — European foreign affairs chairs says

Chairs of the foreign affairs committees of eight #European parliaments on April 25 urged U.S. President Donald #Trump to end "the policy of #appeasement" towards #Russia, and called for a “resolute stance” against Moscow, according to a document seen by the Kyiv Independent.

“We strongly warn against yielding to its #blackmail and #deception,” the statement read.

kyivindependent.com/european-f

The Kyiv Independent · 'End policy of appeasement' — European foreign affairs chairs rebuke Trump's Russia stance"Negotiating with the war criminal Putin is evidently futile," a statement signed by officials from eight countries said.
#RussianAggression#StandWithUkraine
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Wen

Blackmail and the Trump administration

The USA has raised the Jolly Roger higher up it's mast.

One of the City’s so-called magic circle law firms is the latest to strike a deal to provide pro bono legal services to the White House.

archive.today/2025.04.14-18002

A&O Shearman had agreed to the arrangement in exchange for regulators dropping investigations into the firm’s diversity practices.

#Law#Piracy#Blackmail
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beSpacific

#MontyPython “Well, I didn’t #vote for you.” – Peasant Woman to King Arthur. But... Every Day we read this - 'This is the crisis moment': Political scientist says Trump crossed a crucial red line (April 14) - No he crossed it on Jan 20 and every day thereafter #media #journalism #corruption #power #blackmail #access #democracy #government #maga #politics #freedom #censorship #deportation #immigration #education #climate #healthcare #measles #economy #finance #insidertrading #wallstreet #markets

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@RachelC_Y @thorsheim just demanding that would likely be a triple felony in #Germany:

I just hope @Bundesregierung , @AuswaertigesAmt and @antidiskriminierung remind the #US #Ambassador they are mere #Guests and that #Diplomats are expected to comply with local laws and customs or they get expelled!

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@thorsheim@mastodon.social the sheer insultingness to demand illegal acts is beyond belief and if it was my decision, I'd tell the U.S. ambassador to either get the POTUS to apologize or they can fuck off and the embassy will be closed until they revert course and pay all the dues + interest accumulated in the meantime! #GlovesOff #Diplomacy
#NotLegalAdvice#Sarcasm#DEpol
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@HarriettMB I do expect @antidiskriminierung and @AuswaertigesAmt to affirm #AntiDiscrimination #laws and either force the #US embassy & consulates to comply with #Germany's laws or close and cease operations.

If the #USA refuses to acknowledge that, they there is no basis for #diplomacy and I urge #contractors to press charges for #blackmail and #coercion if they get approached to fulfill for such #racist, #sexist, #ableist and otherwise #discriminatory demands because doing so violates national and #EU #laws!

#NotLegalAdvice#USpol#DEI
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Johnny's In The Basement

This is sad and sets a terrible precedent for higher education. I get that they want research funding, but at what cost? Very disappointed.

#Trump #columbiauniversity #highereducation #blackmail #revenge

NYTimes: Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped nytimes.com/2025/03/21/nyregio

The New York Times · Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are StrippedBy Troy Closson
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RaymondPierreL3

Put into perspective: here are the numbers which support the idea that there are no reasons the #EU couldn’t push #Russian troops out of #Ukraine. The only remaining issue is that of a ‘Nuclear umbrella’ deterrence. On that front however, European fears are the only stumbling block. Russia cannot pull off a ‘limited’ #nuclear strike with Europe as the target without instantly triggering a US launch-reponse (maybe even a simultaneous preemptive strike on Russia and its allies). So for Russia to use the nuclear #blackmail card is but a poker game of bluff. IMO

‘The EU’s 450 million citizens “should not have to depend on 340 million Americans to defend ourselves against 140 million Russians, who cannot defeat 38 million Ukrainians”, EU defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius said.

“We really can do better. It’s time for us to take responsibility for the defence of Europe.”’

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Atreides

@xs4me2 I always had the belief that there was something Trump dependence of Putin. More evident in 2016 to pressure Zelenskyy to come forward with evidence of Hunter Biden. And the email story of Hilary Clinton. Now we know that Trump could be bankrupt. #blackmail

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Wen

A litany of horrors of the enablement of commercial blackmail of countries that care about their people and their environment. He doesnt get round to mentioning the attempts by Energy Transition Minerals the Australian-listed company to blackmail Greenland into accepring massive pollution (well potential - but we all know how these companies work).

theguardian.com/global-develop

theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must endBy Joseph Stiglitz
#Pollution#Mining#Blackmail
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Wen

Trump and the US are determined to take on the 'robber baron' role. - probably with extreme violence. Time to bail out from cooperation with the country, they can not be trusted. While a narrow majority in the US did vote him into power, they have enabled a 'man' with scant regard for anything other than his own ego.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · A humiliation at the White House and what does it tell us? Trump would make a colony of my countryBy Andrey Kurkov
#Trump#Ukraine#Treachery
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‘‘Ukraine shouldn’t sign up to any deal, even if Trump blackmails you’’: Landsbergis interview

“Putin has caught Trump and trapped him”

#Landsbergis was sceptical of the previous US administration’s policy on Russia’s war against Ukraine, criticising Biden’s team for their indecisiveness and willingness to compromise. This lends even greater weight to his assessment of the actions of the #Trump administration.

eurointegration.com.ua/eng/int

European Pravda · "Ukraine shouldn’t sign up to any deal, even if Trump blackmails you": an interview with Gabrielius LandsbergisBy European Pravda
#blackmail#RussiaInvadedUkraine#StandWithUkraine
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US to edge #Europe out of funding deal with Ukraine

Wording designed specifically with #Ukraine’s future accession to #EU in mind:

- "Any obligations in the fund agreement shall be without prejudice to the obligations of Ukraine arising from its participation or entering into any integration unions and /or free #trade zones.”

euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02

euronews · Exclusive: US seeks to edge Europe out of funding Ukraine dealThe Trump administration wants to make sure the commitments it wants from Kyiv in exchange for help with defence and rebuilding efforts would take precedence over any future trade or investment deals Ukraine might strike with the EU, UK or other allies. #EuropeNews
#AmericanAggression#HybridWar#blackmail
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