Marco Rubio is literally a fascist.
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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Well, he does have big shoes to fill.
Marco Rubio, as his coworkers would say, is not one of the good ones
For anyone wondering, the ICC does in fact have jurisdiction for Gaza because the Palestinian government joined.
Yeah, kind of a crappy omission but the Guardian.
Terrible omission. Instead they try to drive the point home further with this:
Neither the US nor Israel are member states of the ICC or recognise its jurisdiction.
TheGuardian can't go correcting genociders on their lies now. Important to quote them verbatim at the top of the article and never correct them.
Not even bothering to try and claim they're not war criminals.
Honestly? Good.
I'm glad fascists are increasingly going mask-off.
The polite fictions were getting us nowhere. The US has been a rogue nation for decades, and the faster it loses international influence and legitimacy the better.
Nothing demonstrates innocence quite like trying to stop an investigation.
its so fucking nuts to be living here.
As someone living in Japan, I'm also curious what the Japanese response will be. The current gov probably has their head so far up the US's ass and wants to do its own shady shit, so I doubt there would be anything. Maybe silence was a part of the deal of the US helping the JPY.
The one thing I'd fix in your comment is the word "current" to "every." At least for as long as I've been alive, anyway.
Fair point. In my lifetime, but before I had any interest in living in Japan, the LDP fell out of power twice. Apparently, those in control abruptly face-planted so bad it's been back to the LDP since (though we'll see which way the pendulum swings next election).
Ahhh, the US. A rogue state.
A puppet state of a rogue state, which is even more pathetic and loathsome.
Europeans right now finding that particular stain on the table cloth infinitely interesting.
What does sanctioned even mean in this context? How does the US government sanction a single person living in a completely different country?
There's precedents on deleting your google account and denying credit card transaction as "sanction". I won't be surprised other US-based platforms to follow suits. This just highlights ever increasing need of digital and financial sovereignty
If their bank has dealings in the USA, they can be de-banked. If they use American credit cards, those can be shut down. Accounts for companies based in the USA can be disabled/deleted or otherwise flagged. They can be blocked from flying on American and allied airlines, or from flying through those countries.
Basically the US government will convince whoever they can to stop dealing with that person, or just to fuck with them in any way they can.
About time some serious non-US alternatives to Visa and MasterCard emerge. I am not sanctioned by anyone, but still hate that I have to use those cards (or PayPal fwiw) all the time.
So the US will behave like a vindictive ex who has turned to stalking and harassment.
Pretty much, yes. It's meant to be used for legitimate reasons, but this isn't one of them.
All sanctions imposed by any government are effectively nationwide legally imposed boycotts.
Sanctions against Russia for example are generally things like : we will not buy your oil, we will not allow our companies to sell products to you, etc. etc.
Same thing goes for sanctions against individuals, they make it illegal for any US based entities to have certain scopes of dealings with the target. Some sanctions go further and also refuse to deal with entities who deal with the target.
Therefore, depending on what sanctions have been imposed, they may have just made it illegal for them to have a visa or MasterCard, use any Microsoft or Google or apple software or services, etc. etc. etc.
- It's the other way around actually. Illegal for Visa/MasterCard or Microsoft or Google or apple, etc. to allow them to use their services.
Have anyone noticed that the use of the term America is being used less and less? The US seems to be more prevalent.
I've been deliberately misspelling it the Untied States since Trump has been back in office
Any unhinged despots out there looking for a regime puppet to string up in a square somewhere should feel free to use Marco Rubio please (will throw in Ted Cruz for free).
This isn't just about Trump's authoritarianism, this is probably the agenda of the "Nerd Reich" plutocrats. They want to dismantle the US and international UN institutions so they can have their fiefdoms and rule the world unopposed.
