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2024-01-11 02:52:29

Israeli Lawmakers Reaffirm Genocidal Rhetoric on Eve of ICJ Trial
"I stand behind my words," said Deputy Knesset Speaker Nissim Vaturi. "It is better to burn down buildings rather than have soldiers harmed. There are no innocents there."
Two Israeli lawmakers from right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party doubled down Wednesday on calls to destroy or depopulate Gaza, prompting an admonition from the country's attorney general
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-genocidal-statements-2666923847
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2023-12-29 02:53:19

What Jack #Smith’s Latest Motion Reveals About His Strategy Against #Trump
The motion seeks pretrial evidentiary rulings from the #judge to ensure that Trump can’t politicize his trial by introducing evidence that would turn a courtroom into a circus. The former president has already begun to attempt this with statements that are playing a large part in his campaign to return to the White House but otherwise have no bearing on the case at hand.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/trump-special-counsel-jack-smith-january-6-trial-motion.html
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2023-12-29 02:44:30

#Gaza, a Ravaged Land, and People
The images of Gaza resulting from a blindly destructive military operation that kills thousands of #innocent #women and #children haunts any #peace-loving person of the world. The level of destruction waged by the #Israeli #military is greater than in any recent conflict, and has resulted in over 20,000 #deaths and incalculable physical destruction. Will there be an end to this #madness?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/28/gaza-a-ravaged-land-and-people/
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2023-12-28 21:53:29

#Amnesty Details 'Shocking' Allegations of India Targeting #Reporters With #Pegasus #Spyware
#journalists in #India
#AmnestyInternational on Thursday demanded transparency from the Indian government regarding its contracts with surveillance companies, including the Israeli firm NSO Group, after the rights organization joined The Washington Post in publishing what it called "shocking new details" about the use of spyware to target journalists in India.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/india-pegasus-reporters

2023-12-15 03:48:12

Is Big Pharma Over-Selling Depression?
It turns out that Big Pharma has been sponsoring research on treatment-resistant depression for some time. And despite only mixed supporting evidence from clinical trials, they’ve managed to foist new drugs on unsuspecting consumers that exhibit a host of side effects, some of them potentially dangerous.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/14/is-big-pharma-over-selling-depression/
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2023-12-11 23:41:58

The Right is Prepared For This Moment. Are We?
When we decided, earlier this year, to publish a special issue on the #Right, Republicans had not yet elected an avowed #Christian #nationalist as speaker of the House — one who was a key architect of Donald #Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, who had partnered with “two wolves and a sheep deciding what’s for dinner,” and who, in the first moments of his speakership, declared God had “ordained” his authority.
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-right-is-prepared-for-this-moment-are-we/
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2023-12-11 03:59:10

FO° Exclusive: The Far Right Soars in the #Netherlands and #Argentina
#Far-right candidates won elections in both the Netherlands and Argentina. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders won the most seats in parliament with an anti-immigrant, #anti-Muslim platform. In Argentina, Javier Milei won the presidency promising a radically #libertarian economic program.
https://www.fairobserver.com/video/fo-exclusive-the-far-right-soars-in-the-netherlands-and-argentina/
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2023-12-09 21:47:51

For #Private #Prison Companies, Surveilling #Immigrants Is the Next Big Windfall
#ICE is considering a new program that could subject more than 5 million immigrants to intensive, intrusive surveillance. Private prison contractors hope to make big bucks off the program — and are spending millions to make sure it passes.
As the country’s immigration agency ponders a significant expansion of its vast, troubled immigrant surveillance regime, private prison companies...
https://jacobin.com/2023/12/private-prisons-lobbying-ice-surveillance-dhs-immigration
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2023-12-06 20:46:50

#Trump’s ‘#dictator’ remark jolts the 2024 campaign — and tests his #GOP rivals on debate day
The former president’s remarks came on the eve of what may be the final GOP primary debate of the 2024 campaign.
Trump parried. #Hannity probed. He again asked Trump whether he was indeed “promising #America tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?”
“Except for Day One,” Trump said.
Were Trump’s initial remarks a Trumpian jest? A threat? A promise?
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/06/trump-dictator-remark-2024-campaign-00130392
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2023-12-06 20:34:01

ZZ Top “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas”, Loud and Proud To Be Playin Those Texas Blues For 50 Years
ZZ Top, the “Little ol’ band from Texas,” has been together for more than 50 years and has made more songs and money than bands twice their size. A lot of people might think that the three-piece group is just another boogie band from the South, but the Top has some pretty amazing credentials.
https://medium.com/@BluesBeat/zz-top-that-little-ol-band-from-texas-loud-and-proud-to-be-playin-those-texas-blues-for-50-8cc599cd2244?sk=8bda65594eb5e0f24cfa76f1b6d10fad
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2023-12-06 00:33:17

Mike #Johnson Said Same-Sex #Marriage Would Lead to People Marrying Their Pets, Wanted to Sentence #Abortion Doctors to “Hard Labor”
He also supported criminalizing #gay #sex between consenting adults.
CNN’s KFile reports that prior to his career in politics, Johnson wrote a series of deeply #homophobic editorials in his role as an attorney for the socially conservative legal group now known as Alliance Defending Freedom.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/mike-johnson-said-same-sex-marriage-would-lead-to-people-marrying-their-pets
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2023-12-05 02:22:46

Mehdi Hasan Booted From #MSNBC After 'Daring to Practice Journalism'
"Mehdi Hasan's program has felt like an oasis on air and more needed than ever," said one Palestinian American advocate of the journalist's Gaza coverage.
Progressives on Thursday said the American public was losing a vital voice that for nearly two months has offered rare critical coverage of the U.S.-backed Israeli assault on civilians in Gaza, as MSNBC announced it was canceling "The Hasan Show."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mehdi-hasan-canceled?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=7b6237f33e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_11_30_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7b6237f33e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

2023-12-03 18:08:42

#Pakistan Has to Do Something About #Religious #Extremism
Following an alleged desecration of the #Quran, mobs ransacked and burnt #Christian churches and neighborhoods were ransacked and burnt in Jaranwala, Pakistan. Such street #vigilante acts call the strength of the nation’s judicial system into question. State officials and private citizens must take steps to combat religious intolerance.
https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/pakistan-has-to-do-something-about-religious-extremism/
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2023-12-02 21:23:25

Georgia Republicans’ New Voting Maps Defy Court Order to Boost Black Representation
They are a “blatant attempt to make me lose my seat,” says Rep. Lucy McBath.
"Check out these WHITE dudes"
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/georgia-redistricting-maps-republicans-defy-court-order-gerrymandering/
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2023-12-01 02:38:32

#Kissinger’s Bombing Campaign Likely #Killed Hundreds of Thousands of Cambodians and Set the Path for the Ravages of the Khmer Rouge
The bombing resulted in the direct #deaths of hundreds of thousands of #Cambodians. With the #us keeping the bombings secret at the time comprehensive data and documentation are limited. But estimates on the number of deaths range from as few as 24,000 to as many as a million. Most estimates put the death toll in the hundreds of thousands
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/30/kissingers-bombing-campaign-likely-killed-hundreds-of-thousands-of-cambodians-and-set-the-path-for-the-ravages-of-the-khmer-rouge/
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2023-11-13 13:31:42

America’s Important Rule of Law is Floundering
No government can function effectively without the rule of law, which is supported by a national moral consensus. In the United States, #Trump’s sycophants, a privilege-riddled #supremecourt Court and a poisoned Congress have degraded these essential principles. Constitutional amendments are regularly corrupted, leading to heinous results that further damage America. We must redefine the consensus, laying a new foundation
https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/americas-important-rule-of-law-is-floundering/
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2023-11-11 20:07:55

#Trump Pushing For His Federal Election Interference Case To Be Televised
The request for a televised trial comes as the federal election case in Washington has emerged as the most potent and direct legal threat to Trump’s political fortunes.
"Of course he does, it's a campaign rally for him win or lose"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-pushing-for-his-federal-election-interference-case-to-be-televised_n_654fa256e4b0373d70b244a1
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2023-11-07 18:03:45

In a column last week, however, Krugman left his economics lane, and argued that President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s #militaryindustrialcomplex no longer existed.
In actual fact, the military-industrial complex, which includes the arms lobby, the weapons manufacturers, and the Congress, is far more influential than it was 60 years ago. Global defense spending is around $2.2 tillion, with the United States spending half of that amount.
#American #capitalism runs on #war
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/07/paul-krugman-dismisses-the-existence-of-a-military-industrial-complex/
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2023-11-06 18:05:42

America’s War Economy and the Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East
Twenty-three years and more than two wars later, this statement reads as a tragic footnote to America’s Global War on Terror that left an entire region of the planet immiserated. It contributed to the direct and indirect deaths of close to 4.5 million people while costing Americans almost $9 trillion and counting.
#MilitaryIndustrialComplex
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/06/americas-war-economy-and-the-urgent-call-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/
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2023-11-03 23:57:30

From #Johnson #Speaker of the #House:
“I know God Is not done with America yet,” he writes. “It’s no secret that I am a steadfast #Christian and man of #God. The founders insisted that faith must remain central to our national identity because, as George Washington summarized, ‘religion and morality are indispensable supports’ of our republic.
"Left out was the fact that most of the founders were wealthy, slave-owning, capitalists. Religion was dispensable when it got in the way of commerce.

2023-11-03 03:24:27

I agree and will be voting for Joe but Cornel is just making a very good point. Neither one of our choices are leaders for the people. They are both puppets of the Oligarchy and beholding to them for their campaign monies. Trump is a Nazi Fascist. Biden is just a more rational version of the puppet masters. I respect Mr West for speaking truth but recognize he has no chance of gaining power only diluting the Democrats vote.

2023-10-31 02:57:05

Senate could soon approve subpoenas targeting billionaires in SCOTUS 'ethical crisis': report
As the the United States Supreme Court faces an "ethical crisis" following ProPublica's report earlier this year exposing Justice Clarence Thomas' history of receiving lavish gifts from billionaires, Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, according to a CNN report, announced Mon they will soon vote to authorize subpoenas in their ongoing probe of the court.
#SCOTUS #corruption
https://www.alternet.org/senate-subpoenas-scotus-ethical-crisis/

2023-10-30 03:52:36

Israel Must “Rein In” Settler Violence, Distinguish Between Hamas and Palestinian People: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
Sullivan said the U.S. is continuing to ask “hard questions” of #Israel as it conducts its military operations, which so far have killed over 7,000 #Palestinians, including nearly 3,000 children, according to the Gazan health ministry, which Hamas controls. Sullivan called the deaths of Palestinian civilians a “tragedy.”
#Gaza #children
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/jake-sullivan-israel-hamas-palestinian-civilians
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2023-10-29 17:55:00

‘A place worth fighting for’: Ohio’s vulnerable Dems go all in on abortion referendum
The fight over abortion in Ohio will test whether vulnerable Democrats can turn public support for abortion rights into campaign victories — even if the elections are a year apart.
“It is both the right thing to do and popular. But it’s popular because it’s the right thing to do,” said Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), who represents a front-line Cincinnati district
#abortionrights
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/29/ohio-abortion-referendum-democrats-2024-00124060

2023-10-27 05:38:20

Forensic psychological expert: #MAGA "victimhood" is a major recruitment tool for #violence
"The sense of loss is a major driver for recruitment,"
One of the defining features of the rise of American neofascism is violence. This is in no way surprising: violence is one of the primary tools that enemies of democracy use to impose their will, undermine institutions, and prevent the types of consensus-seeking that's foundational to a healthy democracy and society
#trump
https://www.salon.com/2023/10/26/forensic-psychological-expert-maga-victimhood-is-a-major-recruitment-tool-for-violence/
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2023-10-27 01:45:07

BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID!
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2023-10-27 01:42:36

Mike Johnson Hates America, But He Believes He Can Save It
“We’re living in a completely amoral society.”Johnson, the new speaker, has a very dark view of America
“Collectively as Americans,” he declared, “we began to get together in growing number and thumb our noses at the Creator and say we don’t believe that anymore.” The nation, he bemoaned, chose a path of “moral relativism.” He pronounced a harsh verdict: “We’re living in a completely amoral society”
#fascist
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/mike-johnson-america-speaker-house/

2023-10-25 17:10:21

Speaker Nominee Mike Johnson Is a ‘Virulent Christian Nationalist’ and Anti-LGBTQ ‘MAGA Extremist’:
“The latest Republican Speaker nominee is MAGA extremist Mike Johnson,” Authored a bill criminalizing abortion nationwide,” and “Supports slashing Social Security and Medicare.”
Johnson checks all the boxes. An evangelical Christian, he indeed not only opposes same-sex marriage and abortion he has actively worked to end those civil rights
#maga #fascist #abortionrights
https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/10/speaker-nominee-mike-johnson-is-a-virulent-christian-nationalist-and-anti-lgbtq-maga-extremist-critics/

2023-10-25 04:00:23

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@npub1e3q…9ujj
I find that sad

2023-10-25 03:37:58

I have an honest question for the forum at large.
How is it possible that 197 men and women duly elected by the people of their states are held hostage by 20 white supremacists, fascists, and racists who are incapable of compromise and consumed with their own agenda?
I really would like to hear other people's ideas on our dysfunctional House of Representatives today.

2023-10-25 03:07:45

Liz Cheney Has Some Concerns About the 2024 Election
Cheney went on to talk about how concerned she is for U.S. democracy if Trump gets reelected. When asked if she’s ruling out running against Trump for president, she replied: “No, I’m not.”
If Cheney enters the fray, she will be joining 10 Republicans vying for the GOP nomination, three Democrats gunning for the Dem nomination, and two independents. But hey, the more the merrier, right?
#Cheney #gop #election2024
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/liz-cheney-trump-2024-election-threat-democracy.html

2023-10-25 02:59:40

Big Tech Cannot Be Regulated
#BigTech is so profoundly different from other industries
Antitrust regulation was originally designed to prevent price gouging by megafirms that restricted supply until the price hit a level maximizing their monopoly profit, at the expense of consumers and workers (whose employment falls alongside output). Obviously, this is irrelevant in the case of Big Tech’s services, which are free of charge and free of supply constraints.
#antitrust
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/big-tech-regulation-less-realistic-than-collective-ownership-by-yanis-varoufakis-2023-10

2023-10-24 01:46:33

Pfizer Hikes Price of Lifesaving COVID Drug
Pfizer said Wednesday that it will price its patented Covid treatment nirmatrelvir-ritonavir—sold under the brand name Paxlovid—at $1,390 for a five-day course. Researchers Melissa J. Barber and Dzintars Gotham recently estimated it costs Pfizer $13 to produce five days’ worth of the drug, which is taken in three-pill doses.
#bigpharma #Pfizer #covid #paxlovid #greed
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/pfizer-hikes-price-of-lifesaving-covid-drug/

2023-10-23 23:22:31

I’ve decided to quit sharing any further reports coming out of the Middle East.
There is so much Bias and Misinformation about the Conflict between Hamas and Israel that I simply don’t know who to trust anymore.
Better to withhold an opinion than to further an erroneous one.
#MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #Hamas #War

2023-10-22 05:10:57

Rock Climbing Anyone?
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2023-10-22 01:55:58

No, Israel Is Not Making the Desert Bloom
For decades, Israel has boasted of “making the desert bloom,” as if Palestinians never even existed. As Israel today pushes Gazans toward mass dehydration, we should remember its longstanding efforts to colonize land through
its control of the water supply.
The collapse of the drinking water supply brings deadly dehydration and the risk of diseases like cholera and dysentery.
#Israel #Palestinians #Gaza #HumanRights
https://jacobin.com/2023/10/israel-settler-colonialism-greenwashing-eco-normalization-water-energy

2023-10-20 22:05:09

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@npub1m9a…025m
Love it. A wonderful idea unfortunately with no teeth.

2023-10-19 04:07:06

Why the GOP Can’t Unite
It’s two parties under the same roof, and the only solution is a coalition — between themselves or with Democrats.
There is no longer a cohesive Republican Party. There’s a pre-Trump GOP and a post-Trump GOP, living together uneasily. They may be roommates but they’re not married.
Which is why it was unintentionally unironic for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), after watching 20 Republicans oppose his candidacy for speaker
#House #speaker #gop
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/18/gop-party-house-speaker-00122371

2023-10-18 21:14:06

Netanyahu Led Us to Catastrophe. He Must Go.
Mr. Netanyahu has been prime minister for 13 of the past 14 years. While the head of the Shin Bet security service and the commander of military intelligence have publicly taken responsibility, the prime minister has glaringly failed to do so. But if the army and country were unprepared for the Hamas invasion — as they clearly were —- there is no place else for the buck to stop.
#Netanyahu #Israel
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/opinion/netanyahu-israel-gaza.html

2023-10-17 18:59:06

House Republican Floats Bill to Authorize US Military Action in #Iran as Fears of Broader #War Grow
"We are inching toward a regional war in the #MiddleEast, further fueled by Biden's refusal to call for a cease-fire and de-escalation,
The Republican chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs on Monday said his panel is drafting legislation to authorize the use of military force in Iran amid growing fears that ongoing violence in #Israel
NOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAY!!!!!!
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-military-action-iran

2023-10-17 13:49:19

Israeli Military Has Killed 1 Child in Gaza Every 15 Minutes: Rights Group
"Additional children are unaccounted for and missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings, indicating the true death toll is much higher," said Defense for Children International–Palestine.
Israel's relentless bombing campaign in the occupied Gaza Strip has killed more than 1,000 Palestinian #children—roughly one every 15 minutes—since it began on October 7
#Israel #Palestine #warcrimes
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israeli-forces-children-gaza

2023-10-16 17:19:46

#Biden Says It Would Be ‘Big Mistake’ For Israel To Reoccupy Gaza
The White House has fiercely defended Israel after Hamas’ surprise attack earlier this
“I think it’d be a big mistake,” the president told CBS’s Scott Pelley. “Look, what happened in Gaza, in my view, is Hamas. And the extreme elements of Hamas don’t represent all the Palestinian people.
“but there needs to be a Palestinian authority” in Gaza and a pathway to “a Palestinian state.”
#israel #Palestine
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-big-mistake-israel-reoccupy-gaza_n_652ca0c6e4b03b213b0660cf

2023-10-16 17:16:55

Judge Orders Partial Gag Order Barring Trump From ‘Public Smear Campaign’
“Mr. Trump is a criminal defendant,” Judge Chutkan told Trump attorney John Lauro, according to Politico’s Kyle Cheney. “He is facing four felony charges. He is under the supervision of the criminal justice sytem and he must comply with the conditions of release. He does not have the right to say and do exactly as he pleases.”
#trump #gag #campaign
https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/10/judge-orders-partial-gag-order-barring-trump-from-public-smear-campaign/

2023-10-16 02:30:08

Biden is ‘weighing’ a visit to Israel for show of solidarity
A trip, which is not yet confirmed, could happen as soon as this week, if it takes place at all.
"Say it ain't so Joe!"
#Israel #Netanyahu
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/15/biden-visit-israel-trip-00121677

2023-10-16 01:56:56

Of course, I'm not in support of this Heritage Foundation Project 2025 handbook. I found out that this book was being handed out to Trump supporters and other ultra right-wing conservatives. I brought it to light as a warning. Always better to know your enemy than to be blindsided!
Please take a look at the propaganda and misinformation that is being put forth. It's designed to leed the sheep to slaughter.

2023-10-15 18:32:52

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@npub1c28…w7yc
Agreed, future terrorists, have been created with these scars that will never go away.

2023-10-15 01:44:29

“A Matter of Life and Death”: The UN Warns of a Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
Many are struggling to find shelter and food; Gaza has no electricity and is running out of clean drinking water. “It has become a matter of life and death,” said Phillippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency,
“It is a must: Fuel needs to be delivered now into Gaza to make water available for two million people.”
#gaza #palestinian #Israel #hamas
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/a-matter-of-life-and-death-the-un-warns-of-a-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza/

2023-10-14 19:15:19

‘Game on’: Jordan racing to secure votes as speaker vote looms
He’s signaling he wants to bring up a floor vote on Tuesday but is still short support to secure the speakership.
The Ohio Republican told POLITICO that he wants to be able to go to the floor on Tuesday, giving him a matter of days to try to flip more than 50 GOP lawmakers who signaled in a secret ballot vote on Friday that they won’t support him.
#jordan #house #speaker
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/14/jim-jordan-racing-to-secure-speaker-votes-00121584

2023-10-13 18:22:10

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@npub1ccz…7l0l
Funny how a different species can touch our hearts when our own fails.

2023-10-05 02:31:42

'Horrific Step Backwards': #Biden Admin Waives Protections to Speed Border Wall Construction
"Every acre of habitat left in the Rio Grande Valley is irreplaceable," said one advocate. "We can't afford to lose more of it to a useless, medieval wall."
Environmental protection advocates and immigrant rights campaigners expressed horror over a plan that will waive more than two dozen laws in order to expedite the construction of the U.S.-Mexico #border #wall.
#immigration
https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-border-wall-waiver

2023-09-13 01:50:34

AOC Warns of 'Chaos Vibes' as Far-Right GOP Agitates to Oust McCarthy, Shut Down Government
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman told the Republican House speaker that "if you don't stand up to this harmful element of your own party, you will allow them to destroy you and us in the process."
As far-right Congressman Matt Gaetz on Tuesday signaled that he wasn't impressed by House Speaker McCarthy's bid to appease MAGA Republicans by launching an impeachment inquiry
#AOC #McCarthy
https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-impeachment-and-government-shutdown

2023-08-30 01:35:38

The GOP is a shambles, unable to nominate anyone electable
The big story coming out of the 2024 election might be the end of American democracy. That’s because the man already twice impeached and under indictment for trying to overturn the last presidential election is becoming even more extreme in promoting violence and sowing distrust in government.
#trump #Democracy #capitalism #oligarchy
https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4171654-the-gop-is-a-shambles-unable-to-nominate-anyone-electable/

2023-08-26 05:19:26

‘Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow’ Didn’t #Indict #Trump, ‘Regular People’ Did: Fox News Host Destroys ‘Two-Tiered’ Justice Claims
Jessica Tarlov, the lone liberal co-host on the conservative cable channel’s popular afternoon show, “The Five,” reminded her right-wing counterparts on Friday that Trump was indicted in four different jurisdictions by “regular people,” while pointing to a new poll that finds majorities of Americans believe he is guilty of the federal crimes...
https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/08/joy-reid-and-rachel-maddow-didnt-indict-trump-regular-people-did-fox-news-host-destroys-two-tiered-justice-claims/

2023-08-25 21:58:36

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@npub1ddp…2tax
Love it!

2023-08-25 20:13:03

The Republican debate was a spectacle of sadism and self-regarding piousness
Barring some dramatic reversal, none of the people on the Republican primary debate stage on Wednesday night are going to be president in 2025.
The eight candidates who made their confused cases to the Republican primary electorate are all flailing in the race, trailing the absent frontrunner, Donald Trump, and fighting among themselves for who gets to lose to him.
#trump2024
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/24/republican-debate-sadism-self-regarding-piousness

2023-08-23 19:08:01

Why Did Alberta Put the Breaks on Its Booming Clean Energy Industry?
Perhaps it also has something to do with the power of the oil and gas sector and their relentless lobby
They are threatened by wind and solar being cheaper at scale now than fossil fuels and the simple fact that no one owns the sun and the wind. That means no long-term dependency on their products, no fear of scarcity to milk while they jack the price and reap record profits.
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/why-did-alberta-put-the-breaks-on-its-booming-clean-energy-industry

2023-08-21 23:37:31

Civil War: MAGA and the Abolitionists
Republican MAGA movement folks have been predicting another civil war. The federal government’s deep state is trampling upon their freedoms and those of former President Donald Trump.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/21/civil-war-maga-and-the-abolitionists/
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2023-08-12 17:31:32

Mike Pence Expected To Go All-In on Anti-Abortion Stance in First GOP Debate
“My former running mate, the governor of Florida, and others are suggesting that the Supreme Court returned the question of abortion to the states,” Pence said on Friday at the Iowa State Fair. “I truly do believe it’s vitally important that we seize the opportunity at the national level to advance protections for the right to life, and I’ll do so as president”
#abortionrights #womensrights
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/mike-pence-abortion-trump-desantis-milwaukee-debate

2023-08-07 17:59:05

#Trump gloats about USA’s Women’s World Cup elimination
Ex-president’s open criticism of team started in 2019, when #MeganRapinoe said she wouldn’t visit White House after winning
“Many of our players were openly hostile to America — no other country behaved in such a manner, or even close,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “WOKE EQUALS FAILURE. Nice shot, Megan, the U.S. is going to Hell!!! MAGA.”
"What a hateful little man"
just sayin
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/07/trump-uswnt-world-cup-loss-rapinoe

2023-08-05 14:17:47

Are humans a cancer on the planet?
There's a very distinct possibility we could trigger our own extinction or, at the very least, greatly reduce our population while completely altering the way we currently live. Little things like going outside during daylight hours or growing food in the dirt could become relics of the past, along with birds, insects, whales and many other species. War, famine, pestilence and death
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/05/are-humans-a-cancer-on-the-planet-a-physician-argues-that-civilization-is-truly-carcinogenic/

2023-08-05 04:33:49

Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya specifically told Trump that it is a crime to "influence a juror or try to threaten or bribe a witness or retaliate against anyone" connected to the case, which Trump told the judge he understood.
Several legal and political experts believe he may have already crossed that line and are calling for the former president’s pretrial detention.
#Trump posted on Friday that “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!”
#trumpindictment #Judge
https://www.alternet.org/trump-should-detained-pre-trial/

2023-08-04 18:57:52

How’s Trump Going To Win After Habba Admitted Jack Smith’s Indictment Was Spot On?
Trump’s lawyers were out in force on TV. And frankly, I would not be surprised if clips of both John Lauro selling out his client and Alina Habba admitting on the air that Trump knew that he lost, (thereby shooting his already weak defense, that he believed he had won, clean out of the water) ended up being screened in Professional Responsibility classes (in law school)
#trumpindictment
https://politizoom.com/hows-trump-going-to-win-after-habba-admitted-jack-smiths-indictment-was-spot-on/

2023-08-01 17:04:52

Israel’s Slippery Slope
Israel's right-wing government has raised alarms around the world with its plans to disempower the judiciary. But while most of the criticism has focused on the implications for Israeli democracy, the "reforms" pose an equally salient threat to Israel's economy, labor market, national wealth, and security.
#Israel #Netanyahu
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-judicial-reforms-bad-for-economy-start-up-nation-fall-down-by-nouriel-roubini-2023-07

2023-07-28 18:24:55

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Hindu faith 'major stumbling block' for evangelical 'Christian nationalists'
GOP presidential nomination, says a lot of things that fellow MAGA Republicans like. He is a far-right social conservative — not a libertarian — is vehemently anti-abortion, rails against "wokeness," proposes using the U.S. military against Mexican drug cartels, and favors abolishing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Department of Education
#Ramaswamy #Hindu
https://www.alternet.org/vivek-ramaswamys-hindu-christian-nationalists/

2023-07-22 17:08:01

RNC chair warns Trump not to mess with GOP debates
increasing pressure from multiple quarters to appear at the initial Rep Party 2024 presidential debate and close aides to the former president claim it could "backfire."
At issue is Trump's hinting that he won't appear at the Fox News-hosted event in August, claiming he doesn't want to give his conservative rivals a boost by appearing on stage with them, and may instead launch his own competing event.
#trump2024
https://www.alternet.org/rnc-chair-warns-trump-debates/

2023-07-22 16:45:22

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@npub1zh2…7965
Donald is so like his mentor Roy Cohn. Cohn was about as close to pure evil as most people ever come. He would intimidate rivals or anyone who stood in his way with constant vague threats of lawsuits. And he surrounded himself with people from whom he demanded absolute total loyalty

2023-07-15 02:35:35

The crisis outside our window
For too long, American journalism has downplayed the climate crisis. Four years ago, to mark the launch of a new initiative aimed at addressing the problem,
Mark Hertsgaard and I wrote a piece lamenting how reporters, particularly in the US, tended to minimize climate science, foreground political squabbling, and ignore the effects of a burning planet on the people most at risk—that did not reflect well on our profession.
#Journalism
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/climate_crisis_media_heat_southwest.php

2023-07-08 18:22:49

Experts panic over Florida tourism as major conventions flee state’s 'unfriendly political environment'
Convention organizers are pulling out of Florida
When asked for a reason why they were scrapping plans, one organizer wrote simply: “Governor DeSantis.”
Thousands of dollars are also being lost by restaurants and attractions by visitors going elsewhere.
...Community Schools Conference – it also pulled out of more than 2,000 hotel rooms.
#desantis #fascism
https://www.alternet.org/experts-panic-over-florida-tourism-as-major-conventions-flee-state-s-unfriendly-political-environment-2662247798/

2023-07-03 21:21:43

What’s Wrong With the Liberal Corporate Media
It was bad. Now it's gotten worse.
What’s occurring at the Wash Post, the N Y Times and big regional daily newspapers is a flight toward stupefying their material in a desperate plunge to retain readers – print and online. Maybe surveys show a tsunami of aliteracy from the rising iPhone generations.
To adjust to digital age readers, the New York Times has replaced much of its content with gigantic photographs
#Journalism
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/whats-wrong-with-the-liberal-corporate-media/

2023-07-01 03:50:21

Why does Mike Pence bother?
"Dense Pence"
Some see him as a turncoat. Some see him as an enabler. He’s running for president anyway.
“Don’t miss his ambition,” says Kellyanne Conway, who was a Pence pollster years before she became a counselor to Trump. “It’s sometimes shrouded under the ‘aw shucks,’ relatable demeanor. He’s been contemplating, if not planning, a presidential run for decades.”
#pence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/06/28/mike-pence-running-for-president/

2023-06-25 18:50:56

Trump coup plotter John Eastman is finally facing real accountability
Eastman, who manufactured the bogus theory behind Trump’s effort to overturn his 2020 election loss, could lose his law license — making him the first elite insurrectionist to pay a serious professional price for the coup attempt.
Eastman faces 11 charges from the California State Bar, most concerning his lawyerly lies about election fraud.
#trump #insurrection #Eastman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/eastman-disbarment-accountability-trump-january-6/