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FAFO

• defrost 9mo ago
  The Fight Against Federal Overreach? * https://www.courthousenews.com/top-city-prosecutors-form-fafo-coalition-to-bring-charges-against-federal-agents/ https://www.courthousenews.com/top-city-prosecutors-form-faf... The US are having their split from the world, cleaved from within moment; all driven by a nominal desire to be great again. Future history lessons on these moments in time will be interesting.
  • InMice 9mo ago
    f*ck around and find out is my assumption of what they meant.
    • defrost 9mo ago
      Mine also - worthy of note is currently those ouside the US are responding to US actions with FAFO, at the same time those within the US are responding to Federal overreach with the same attitude, hence the repurposing of the FLA (Four Letter Acronym).
      • nicbou 9mo ago
        What do you mean, concretely? It seems to me like other countries are cautiously responding to threats of invasion and sudden tariffs. They did not wake up one day and randomly decided to divest from the United States. The government overreach part I cannot comment on. From my limited point of view I see ICE and overturning Roe vs Wade, but I don't pay attention to US domestic politics.
        • defrost 9mo ago
          > What do you mean, concretely? I refer to two things: * Internal to the US citizens are responding FAFO to the US Federal governments recent actions against specific states, and secondly to * the "FAFO" comment made by @nixass above who appears to be European (by an extremely brief glance at comment history made once two hours ago). I assume that comment refers to many countries now exploring other options for trade in response to the US actions since January 2025. Other allied relationships are also morphing in the face of the US no longer being seen as a reliable stable partner.
          • nicbou 9mo ago
            Oh that makes a lot more sense. My initial read was almost the polar opposite of this.