IMHO, you can’t understand what’s happening to the US if u don’t know about the “network state” movement & its “parallel establishment” strategy, which includes building “parallel societies” (w/ their own physical territories) & “parallel institutions” in media, education, finance, science, etc. 1/

This law didn't happen in a vacuum. A poll released last week found: "Among all adults surveyed, 74% agree that parents should follow the CDC's child immunization schedules, down from 81% in March. The share who 'strongly agree' has fallen from 51% to 39% ..." according to @cidrap.bsky.social.

We used to build things. Why did we stop? It might not be for the reason you think.

"Never criticise the money".

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

Reminder: #NASAWebb is revealing intricate details and stunning objects that we can’t see in visible light. In infrared light, Webb reveals barred spiral galaxy NGC 1433’s bright core, hollow cavities, and filaments of dust and gas: https://bit.ly/3Lh8G5e 🔭 🧪

🇶🇦 New: Qatar says Israel has committed genocide in Gaza At the opening of the Shura Council, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said Israel’s campaign in Gaza “is nothing less than genocide.” He also condemned Israel’s repeated violations of the ceasefire and the destruction that has made Gaza...

I'm tired. We're all tired. This isn't hard to understand. You can't inflate prices of basic necessities like food and housing to ridiculous highs while keeping wages at poverty levels, then act surprised when luxury goods/services and large purchases become unattainable or payments unaffordable.

Robert Peston, "Where are you on the banning of Maccabi fans?" Zack Polanski, "I'm Jewish, I take antisemitism really seriously" "I don't think banning Maccabi fans is antisemitic at all"

🌍 Joint-highest Green Polling EVER (15%) ➡️ Lowest Reform Polling Since July (26%)

I wonder if Zack Polanski pointing out that Reform are just another bunch of corrupt corporate zombies might be hitting their polling? 🤔🤔🤔

Zack Polanski, "1 in 3 children are living in poverty, meanwhile, billionaire wealth goes up collectively by £35 million every day" "It's about making sure we tax wealth, not work"

NEW: The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center is calling for an inspector general investigation into potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations in the office of border czar Tom Homan related to government contracting.

“Hamas’s chief negotiator and political leader, Khalil al-Hayya, gave a really interesting interview on Egyptian TV yesterday,” Jeremy Scahill said, adding that “Hamas is going out of its way to be conciliatory.”... @jeremyscahill.com | Saager Enjeti (@esaagar on X) | @ryangrim.bsky.social

Scahill: “When you hear Jared Kushner or Steve Witkoff saying anything other than ‘Hamas is the obstruction,’ that’s a marked change from what we saw under Biden and at other times under Trump.”

Feels like, I dunno, maybe it might be a good plan if we associated this obviously bad and increasingly unpopular idea with the politician whose entire career has been telling us it would be a good idea

👉NEW -- Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocide by Mark Curtis A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. www.declassifieduk.org/secret-uk-is...

US Caribbean boat bombing campaign keeps getting worse. Colombia says US killed Colombian fishermen in Colombian waters. Add international incident to illegal, unethical, and bad strategy. This isn’t national security, it’s murder. Who’s selecting these targets? Is this why Adm. Holsey resigned?

Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov says Trump’s “PEACE” banner at the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt alongside the photo-op with dozens of foreign leaders reminds him of George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” banner in 2003, when Bush prematurely declared victory in Iraq. “We have a long long way to...

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🇨🇴🇺🇸Trump escalates feud with Colombia’s Petro after U.S. strike on civilian fisherman President Donald Trump attacked Colombian President Gustavo Petro in a post Sunday evening, calling him “an illegal drug leader” and vowing to cut all U.S. payments and subsidies to “Columbia” — misspelling the...

🧵Thread: The Gaza Ministry of Health has released images of Palestinian bodies returned by Israeli authorities — some 150 so far, fewer than the 15-to-1 ratio originally agreed under the ceasefire exchange deal. They arrived without names, tagged only with numbered labels, making identification...

For sure some of the legacy media outlets are downplaying the protests because they’re aligned with Trump, but I think an even bigger factor is how many elite journalists have a patrician disdain for the idea that politics can happen in the streets and not just the CNN green room.

✳️ BREAKING | New Statement from Hamas: Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to keep the Rafah crossing closed until further notice constitutes a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement and a denial of the commitments he made to mediators and guarantor parties. The continued closure of Rafah...

🇹🇷 NEW: Turkish Rescue Team Stalled at Rafah as Netanyahu Blocks Entry An 80-member Turkish disaster response team remains stranded on Egypt’s side of the Rafah crossing, waiting for Israeli approval to enter Gaza and assist in recovering the bodies... (Information by Hamdah Salhut for Al Jazeera.)

When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.” For these Americans, that wasn’t true: https://propub.li/47aawMD

"When we are self-indulgent and uncritical, when we confuse hopes and facts, we slide into pseudoscience and superstition." -Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Don't Obey" Posters seen around Portland, Oregon

I've got lots of things to say about Jeremy Clarkson. Really not worth it. He knows his game is over and so is resorting to personal attacks. Piss him off instead and Join.greenparty.org.uk

🔴Breaking: Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said it will hand over the bodies of two more Israeli captives tonight at 10 p.m. Gaza time (around 3 p.m. ET). The group said it continues efforts to recover the remaining bodies of Israeli captives, despite severe shortages of equipment...

Speaking at #NoKings Cincinnati. No kings. Freedom.

🔶 The Director General of Gaza’s Health Ministry: ▪️Fifteen bodies were received today, bringing the total to 135 Palestinian captives bodies returned by Israel. ▪️Initial medical examinations revealed clear signs of torture and abuse — hands and feet bound with ropes... bsky.app/profile/drop...

🟢Ismail al-Thawabta, director of Gaza’s Government Media Office, said that under the ceasefire deal 600 trucks of relief including 50 fuel trucks were supposed to enter Gaza daily, but actual deliveries have been far lower: ▪️ Sunday: 173 trucks entered ▪️ Wednesday: 480 trucks entered ▪️ Saturday...

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From https://theonion.com/trump-spends-entire-u-k-trip-trying-to-figure-out-where-he-knows-prince-andrew-from/

"weirdo” “ridiculous” - these are the playground taunts when you have no political arguments left to make. And just like playground bullies, they come from a place of fear. Because they can see us organising and they don’t know how to respond. join.greenparty.org.uk

Also we'll be stuck with the shame of still having it woven into all the university-mandated tools we have to use (Canvas e.g.). It'll be universities propping up the few remaining parasitical data-siphoning corps. It's truly so embarrassing and will all happen again with the next stupid bubble

🇬🇧 Starmer Demands UK Admit Israeli Fans Known for Racist, Anti-Arab Chants Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pressuring officials to overturn a police ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending their Europa League match against English club Aston Villa in Birmingham, despite the group’s record of...

🔴 UN: Humanitarian Teams Scaling Up in Gaza, Access Still Severely Restricted Despite a fragile ceasefire, the UN says aid delivery to Gaza remains heavily constrained by Israeli control of crossings and visa restrictions on international NGOs. Here’s what to know: ▪️ 1. Rafah Still Closed...

You can’t burn your bridges with people who are committed to racism. The bridges never existed in the first place. That’s hard to understand for people who don’t have to navigate at least one situation a week where they or their loved ones are treated as subhuman. But it’s true.

Stop trying to over-intellectualise these people. There is no grand philosophy behind it. It’s hate, it’s as simple as that. If you’re grasping for reasons why that can’t be, save yourself the energy. You’ll need it for something else.

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...

"Decolonize Everything" “When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish caught… then you will realize money cannot be eaten.” Anti-colonial graffiti seen in Pensacola, Florida

"Decolonization" Graff seen in Los Angeles, California

After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets. Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent. ➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet" www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

🇪🇸 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said those responsible for the destruction of Gaza must be prosecuted, stressing that “peace cannot mean forgetting.” Speaking to Spain’s largest radio network, Cadena SER, he said there should be no impunity for the main actors in the genocide that has...

🚨In blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, Israel has announced it will slash agreed aid shipments in half and keep the Rafah crossing closed, after Hamas returned four of the 28 bodies of Israeli captives believed to be in Gaza. Hamas officials had repeatedly told mediators... Video below⬇️

After the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire agreement was signed, Israel launched an intense bombing campaign on southern Lebanese towns such as Aitaroun and Bint Jbeil. Israel has since violated the ceasefire more than 4,500 times. Journalist Jeremy Loffredo (@loffredojeremy on X) was on... Video below ⬇️

🎥 Video | The funeral of journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi, laid to rest after being killed last night in Gaza City.