The Trump administration's assault on Palestine activism may seem unprecedented, but the parallels to the post-9/11 "War on Terror" are chillingly familiar. However, this attempt to quash dissent will fail, because you cannot deport a movement.

these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism

Churchill on the Palestinian Arab revolt and Colonialism (1937): “I do not admit that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right.” bsky.app/profile/atru...

The US has blocked a G7 statement to condemn Russia for its Palm Sunday missile attack on Ukraine's city of Sumy, which killed at least 35 people and injured over 100, including children. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"By robbing them of their personality, he puts them outside the pale of moral obligation. Mere symbols can have no rights - particularly when that of which they are symbolic is, by definition, evil."

Huxley (1936): “The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human."

you have the musk hat trick here of being genuinely ignorant — the president isn’t an elected sovereign — and also incredibly dishonest

this attitude — paperwork is for sissies, real wars are won by Big Strong Men — is traditionally a harbinger of ruinous for defeat for everyone who holds it

It's easy to be against 'isms' when you are older, White and the world works for you. For those of us who are marginalized - because White Supremacy is the governing creed of the world - those 'isms' matter a lot. Because it tells us whether you stand for equitable community.

I don’t even have words. Heartbreaking.

I think @prisonculture.bsky.social pointed out that the choir members are the people who show up week after week to hear preaching. Maybe preach to the people who show up and are telling you they need your preaching.

optimist: the cup is half full pessimist: the cup is half empty freelance writer: unfortunately media business models are in crisis and no one is going to pay me to talk about this cup.

The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s

Sometimes chess puzzles are too difficult, so here's one that's for every chess player (below 1000 rating). White to move.

Families in Gaza are surviving on scraps of bread and contaminated canned food, and my children dream of a simple chicken meal. In a land once full of life, only ashes remain.

I stopped following Kasparov because he's become an ardent Fascist and defender of authoritarianism he used to criticize. But the fact that Kasparov has been like this for so long and yet, was platformed by so many White-controlled outlets speaks volumes about the latter.

8/ The next stop is for the bill to go to the Senate. If HR 9495 becomes law, we’ll be entering a dangerous era where nonprofits can be shut down with little evidence and no accountability. Today it’s pro-Palestinian groups—tomorrow it could be any organization critical of government policy.

6/ Proponents of HR 9495 claim it addresses gaps in current laws, but experts point out that existing legislation already prevents nonprofits from supporting terrorism, with due process in place. This new law bypasses those safeguards, giving the government unchecked power.

5/ The impact extends beyond just financial losses. Being labeled as a “terror-supporting” organization carries a heavy stigma, deterring donors and allies. The law essentially weaponizes fear to silence voices that challenge U.S. policies in the Middle East.

4/ Under Trump’s incoming administration, the dangers are even more pronounced. This law could become a powerful tool to crack down on groups that advocate for justice in Palestine. The financial hit of losing nonprofit status will force many organizations to scale back or shut down entirely.

3/ Civil rights advocates have raised the alarm for months. More than 100 organizations, including the ACLU, warned that the law’s vague language could be used to disproportionately target advocacy groups that criticize U.S. foreign policy, especially those supporting Palestinian rights.

2/ The bill gives the Treasury Department sweeping authority to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status, often without disclosing evidence. If passed into law,organizations would have only 90 days to challenge the designation—without access to the information used against them.

1/ This bill was passed in the wake of widespread protests against Israel’s genocide on Gaza, with Palestinian solidarity groups already facing bad-faith accusations of being “pro-Hamas.” Critics warn that this legislation is designed to silence dissent, not combat terrorism.

🧵 BREAKING: The U.S. House has just passed HR 9495, a bill that dramatically expands the Treasury’s power to revoke tax-exempt status from nonprofits it deems to be “supporting terrorism.” Here’s what this means for Palestinian rights organizations and free speech in the U.S.

7/ By bundling tax relief for Americans held captive abroad with this legislation, Congress ensured its passage with minimal opposition. But make no mistake—the real purpose is to suppress dissent, particularly from groups advocating for Palestinian human rights.

A delegation of Palestinian activists and movement leaders visited the north of Ireland to ground ourselves in its history of anti-imperialism.

Between November 9 and 20, Israel carried out at least six airstrikes targeting tents housing displaced Gazans in so-called 'safe zones.' According to locals, most of the casualties were women and children. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-steps-up-attacks-on-displaced-palestinians-living-in-…

Today's reminder!

Political leader of movement that has embraced conspiracy theories that the govt is involved in sex trafficking of minors tries to bury report that the person they nominating as head legal official in the US was involved in sex trafficking of minors. And the Senate might not vote on his candidacy.

I grant so much of what I've accomplished to the libraries I had access to in the ghetto. I could dream bigger because of the things I was able to read for free.

No one should be surprised. Capital overcomes morality.

Gaza war dead. Are you fucking joking? Gaza war dead?

Sunrise in Gaza 💔 #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Not that folks like Pavlovitz are actually doing anything to stop the Israeli and U.S. governments' genocide against Palestinian and Lebanese people, is he?

Lmao well this new one is much worse than the first one of these articles www.businessinsider.com/neri-oxman-p....

How was she supposed to know Epstein was a problem? Oh, right, one of the students fucking told her.

You cannot have looked very hard www.cnn.com/2022/06/30/o...

Literally everything the Roberts court has done, 2005-present. Deference to the legislative branch isn't really their thing.

There’s room for harsher criticism of Democrats than that but “codifying Roe would have done nothing to prevent it from being overruled” is simply a fact

Donald Trump the person most responsible for overturning Roe and unleashing the dystopian surveillance state emerging around abortion, and it is an absurdity to watch political theater critics reward him by calling him a moderate because he lies on television www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

(she did talk to us briefly. it was nice.)

our daughter has returned from her vacation and is downstairs in the basement talking to friends and completely ignoring us. all is right with the world.

honestly this is most hedge funds and the answer is 'they are good at making you feel special'.

I'm seriously committed to becoming fluent in French this year. I started at the level of B1-B2, but want to end the year at C1 at least. I'm using Duolingo right now, and listen to podcasts and news in French.

This is what I mean when I say eventually we won't have a choice to quit or not because dude is never ever getting my credit card number or my $1. If he wants my money, he has to do it how he always has -- soaking up endless taxpayer subsidies.

The plan to impeach the Wisconsin judge for not recusing herself from a gerrymandering case may be losing steam. A former Judge advising the GOP says it is not warranted. madison.com/news/local/g...

I know peace seems impossible, but...the 1972 war was also terrifying and even more existential of a threat to Israel, and thanks to courage and vision on both sides, Israel and Egypt managed to turn it into a peace agreement that's lasted for 50 years.

Yup. Like I said before, the most important part about complaining about drug addicts on the streets of San Francisco, is that you must never, ever, under any circumstances, ask how they became addicted. Just pretend they all partied too hard, and are lazy degenerates. Bad people!