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Russian forces advancing up to 4 miles in several areas within 5 days raises doubts about Kyiv's defense, The Guardian reports.
Despite warnings from #Moscow, ISW, and British intelligence, #Ukraine's preparation was hampered by insufficient fortifications and a four-month pause in #US arms deliveries.
How Russia has advanced in Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming
Shortage of munitions, fighters and air defences leaves Ukraine unprepared to repel attackDan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase "climate" eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warming
#Florida #USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase quotclimatequot eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warmingIndia Today Environment Desk (India Today)
Here's what we are reading today:
#Russia are succeeding in their assault on #Kharkiv due to: delayed #US aid, poor fortifications and #Russia battlefield tactics and #russia is benefitting from the US preventing #Ukraine from using #US weaponry on Russia territory, Max Boot writes for the Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/13/russia-kharkiv-ukraine-us-blunders/
@HistoPol There’s no history of US big tech being sued for breaking data hygiene laws yet
We don’t mandate processing all customer data inside our borders. US could do that though and make data hygiene compliance the cost of doing business
There’s been talks of mandating this in #EU. Not happened yet
What did happen was the #US state investing in strong #lobbying campaigns against it in Brussels
US state certainly throws it’s weight behind it’s companies
US slaps steep tariffs on China
New tariffs on Beijing are aimed at countering risks to US economic security posed by “unfair Chinese practices,” the White House saysRT
#China #US #TradePolicy
I agree, in principle, but since the principle "change through trade" has not worked out regarding China--at least since President #Xi has been at the helm--and the start of the #EnergyWars, #NationalSecurity aspects should, as in China, have predominance. As #Elmo's #Tesla has shown, modern #EV|s are also 3D surveillance vehicles.
If there is a #NationalSecurity (not #DataPrivacy) for #TikTok to be made, a very rare bipartisan law, def. 4 EVs, 2
"I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza"
#EU #Pentagon #Military #War #NATO #Weapons #US #Hamas #Palestine #Israel #News #Gaza #Hezbollah #IDF #WestBank #ICC #WarCrimes #GOP #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Iran #Russia #Syria #CeaseFire
I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza
A United Nations agency known as UNRWA is the main player in crisis response in Gaza – but Israel will no longer work with UNRWA, and border crossings are not consistent in getting aid through.The Conversation
Solidarity with Gaza - Princeton Faculty Members Join Students in Hunger Strike - Palestine Chronicle
Over a dozen faculty members from Princeton University in the US state of New Jersey, joined pro-Gaza hunger strikers.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
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Over 1,700 residents were evacuated from the #Kharkiv region, after Russia's offensive. Yesterday #Russia advanced 1 km into Vovchansk.
This comes as part of a recent push by Russia to gain ground before #US aid arrives in #ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/over-1-700-civilians-evacuated-from-kharkiv-oblast/
Over 1,700 civilians evacuated from Kharkiv Oblast over past day
Over the past day, 1,775 civilians in Kharkiv Oblast have been evacuated from their homes amid renewed Russian attacks on the region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on May 11.Elsa Court (The Kyiv Independent)
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...held to account.
Being a candidate in an election process does NOT entail immunity from prosecution or punishment. Neither does, in particular, having held an office. Only holding office grants (temporary) immunity.
And this has been #TFG's endgame...until #MAGA can #Russify the #US constitution + revoke the 22nd Amendment1), analogous to what #TFG's authoritarian idol #Putler has done in 2020.
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https://theconversation.com/vladimir-putin-secures-constitutional-changes-allowing-him-to-rule-until-2036-what-this-means-for-russia-141103
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Vladimir Putin secures constitutional changes allowing him to rule until 2036 – what this means for Russia
Results of a nationwide poll showed 78% of voters backed changes to Russia’s constitution.The Conversation
The report also noted that “#Israel has not shared complete information to verify” whether #US #weapons have been used in specific incidents alleged to have involved #HumanRights #law violations.
Nevertheless, the report, mandated by President #Biden, deems that assurances Israel provided in March that it would use #US arms consistent w/ #InternationalLaw are “credible & reliable” & thus allow the continued flow of #UnitedStates #military aid.
“the #IDF has enough weapons supplied by the #US & other partners to conduct the #Rafah operation if it chooses to cast aside US objections, the 1st official said.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/biden-delays-weapons-israel-rafah/
Vermont passes bill to charge fossil fuel companies for damages from climate change
The legislation — the first of its kind in the U.S. — would require companies with high emissions to help pay for destruction caused by climate-fueled extreme weather
#Vermont #USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Vermont passes bill to charge fossil-fuel companies for climate damages
Vermont lawmakers have passed a so-called "Climate Superfund Act" designed to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage from weather disasters fueled by climate change.Maura Barrett (NBC News)
“We can not allow #Ukraine to fall”: #Hakeem_Jeffries, #US House Minority Leader and Leader of the House #Democratic Caucus, did not rule out sending #US troops to help the Armed Forces of #Ukraine
"We can't let #Ukraine fall because if it does, then there's a significant likelihood that #America will have to get into the conflict. Not simply with our money, but with our servicewomen and our servicemen," #Jeffries told #CBS_News.
It’s more difficult to distinguish the Onion from official #US policy with each passing day.
#gaza
https://www.theonion.com/advisors-assure-biden-this-will-blow-over-once-all-gaza-1851452315
Advisors Assure Biden This Will Blow Over Once All Gazans Dead
WASHINGTON—As mounting campus protests and arrests over the Israel-Hamas war threatened his fragile electoral coalition, advisors to President Joe Biden assured him Friday that this would blow over once all Gazans were dead.onion585 (The Onion)
All intolerance is evil...
"#Antisemitism surging, report finds, prompting fear for future of ‘Jewish life’ in West
The US saw a 103% increase in incidents fueled by Gaza war, a global report for 2023 shows, while France stands out with near-quadrupling of cases"
#Democrats #GOP #Republicans #MAGA #US #Crisis #Unrest #Society #News #Palestine #Israel #Intolerance #Hatred
Fresh chaos, arrests as police flatten camp at UCLA
In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up at the University of California in Los Angeles, using flash bangs and riot gear.Lisa Richwine (The Japan Times)
/s: The #BeEvilCompany ist doing it again. Well, how could a company that profits off manipulating search results ever be honest?
Besides, this will not be for long. I'm already waiting for the headlines heralding in mass layoffs through #AI automation./s
I talked to a friend from IT working in Europe, planning to move to the #US because salaries are a lot higher.
That being so, in a capitalist system, an international arbitrage of labor was to be expected.
I note #US Human Rights Watch lacks credibility re China, being largely funded by a list of Sinophobic, neo-lib warmongers on the planet, including George Soros' Open Society Foundation.
#US intelligence officials assess that #Russia and #China are working more closely together on military issues, including a potential invasion of #Taiwan, prompting new planning across the government to counter a potential scenario in which the countries fight in coordination.
“We see China and Russia, for the first time, exercising together in relation to Taiwan and recognizing that this is a place where China definitely wants Russia to be working with them,"
US Intelligence Officials See China, Russia Militaries Working Closer on Taiwan
US intelligence officials assess that Russia and China are working more closely together on military issues, including a potential invasion of Taiwan, prompting new planning across the government to counter a potential scenario in which the countries…Daniel Flatley (Bloomberg)
Sounds good, but I am sure #TFG will be unable to keep his mouth shut for 2 reasons:
1) As he will be convicted in at least one trial, his strategy is to de-legitimize the #US legal system ("#WitchHunt," etc.)
2) The megalomaniac cannot accept that a mere judge tries to gag him, aka "no-one tells Donald J. Trump to shut up!"
(except maybe #Putler or #MBS, but that's a different 💵 tory.)
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#USpol #Palestine #UniversityProtests
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About 1,000 #US students have been arrested in the #ProPalestine protests. #Columbia has started #suspensions.
This is crazy. Peaceful and legal protests are possible, as #NorthwesternUniversity's example shows.
Via #VOA:
"In a rare case, Northwestern University said it reached an agreement with students and faculty who represent the majority of protesters on its campus near Chicago. It allows...
https://mastodon.social/@VOANews/112359899307357468
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide.https://www.voanews.com/a/pro-palestinian-protesters-take-over-columbia-university-building/7591600.html #voanews
Pro-Palestinian protesters take over Columbia University building
Number of arrests at campuses nationwide is approaching 1,000Associated Press (Voice of America (VOA News))
US Will Not Sanction Israeli Battalions despite Admitting Human Rights Violations - Report - Palestine Chronicle
The decision comes after a report published by Axios indicated that Blinken had decided to punish Israel’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
Thank you, I know that’s the problem, these were the same “children” influenced by Hamas propaganda who were in the streets cheering and celebrating when Hamas happily raped and then beheaded Israeli women, children and babies
🤷🏻♀️ These naive students do not realize that Hamas has openly set itself the goal of killing every Israeli and then everyone who is not Muslim
The toxic Hamas and Russian propaganda seems to work well 🙈
😂🙄 So that’s interesting 🤔 you claim that what the Hamas terrorist did on October 7 inside Israel was just some fantasy and it didn’t take place 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
With such believe it seems that you have no brains at all 🤷🏻♀️ But be careful and don’t start to tell this nonsense loudly around because people think you need desperately a psychiatrist 🤦🏻♀️
Or you are just a dangerous Russian troll who is determined to destroy the Western democracy 🙄
Columbia University leadership rebuked for police crackdown on protesters
The president has faced an outcry for summoning police to dismantle a tent encampment set up by students protesting Israel's offensive in Gaza.The Japan Times
#TeslaAutopilot feature was involved in 13 #FatalCrashes, #US regulator says
Federal transportation agency finds #Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/26/tesla-autopilot-fatal-crash
Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says
Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigationGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Here’s what we are reading today:
The #US hopes that after delivering #ATACMs to #Ukraine, #Germany will be more likely to send #Taurus missiles, an anonymous U.S. official told TV5 Monde, a French public television network.
DIRECT -Washington encourage Berlin à envoyer des missiles longue portée à Kiev
Les États-Unis espèrent que leur récente décision d'envoyer des missiles longue portée à l'Ukraine va encourager l'Allemagne à en faire de même. Mais Berlin a toujours refusé d'envoyer ses missiles Taurus qui peuvent aller jusqu'à 500km.TV5MONDE - Informations
Just as a side note:
In a representative democracy, like the #US, and unlike #Switzerland, you have empowered the TX government to make the decisions for you until the next election. You don't like what's going on (and I'm NOT saying I do!!!) you need to vote them out.
#ClimateSolutions #Policy #Biden #ClimateCrisis
*#SolarForAll**
#BernieSanders' approach to providing funding for low- and middle-income #US families to install #SolorPanels at their homes is the right way.
This program should be copied as a blueprint for all countries, at least in #OECD and #OPECplus countries, which do, in prinicple, have the funds:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-global-per-capita-co2-emissions/
In particular, the @EU_Commission with its #GreenDeal should pay heed.
Here's what we're reading today:
The #US plans to impose sanctions on Chinese banks, potentially isolating them from the global financial network, in a move aimed at halting China's support for Russia's military industry.
China's aid has enabled Moscow to enhance its military capabilities, the WSJ writes.
