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First Aaron Bushnell and now Captain Mann, the American military members telling us they can’t bear to commit anymore war crimes should be listened to. His resignation lays it all out.
#uspol #Gaza #Israel
"At some point - whatever the justification - you're either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you're not." - Cpt Harrison Mann in his resignation letter
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-801043
US DIA official quit over war in Gaza
Mann said he kept quiet about his motives for resigning for months out of fear.By REUTERS (The Jerusalem Post)
Mother's Day just passed, but let's remember the Indigenous women who couldn't be mothers because of the stеriIizаtion programs led by the US like in the 1940s against Mexicans under California's 1909 Eugenics law or the 1970 law that stеriΙzed at least 25% of Native American women
#indigenous #history #women #uspol
Interviews
The first US faculty-led Gaza solidarity encampment
At The New School in NYC, nearly two dozen academics pitched tents inside the lobby of the university’s main building.
"For the state violence our students were subjected to & traumatized because of, we could not stand on the sidelines any longer.... We have to get all war profiteers out of our universities.”
~ Suneil Sanzgiri, lecturer
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/10/new_school_faculty
#USPol #USProtests ..
12 Arrested Outside NYC’s New School as First Faculty-Led Gaza Solidarity Encampment Continues
The first faculty-led Gaza solidarity encampment in the United States was launched Wednesday at The New School in New York City, where nearly two dozen professors and lecturers pitched tents inside the lobby of the university’s main building on Fif…Democracy Now!
Analysis
"Israel’s Willing Executioners"
"Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to flee, once again, after more than half of Gaza's population took sanctuary in the border town of Rafah. This is part of Israel's sadistic playbook.
"Run, the Israelis demand, run for your lives. Run from Rafah the way you ran from Gaza City..from Jabalia..from Deir al-Balah..from Beit Hanoun..Bani Suheila..Khan Yunis. Run or we will kill you."
“They almost annihilated us, and that genocide continues. To destroy the environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.”
From our magazine: An industrial buildout on the southern tip of #Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died. From Correspondent Dylan Baddour: https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/
#news #politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #Indigenous #SouthTexas
Defenders of the Delta: A Tribal Leader Fights for Ancestral Land in South Texas
Juan Mancias leads the Carrizo/Comecrudo, unrecognized and little-known, in a struggle against fossil fuels, SpaceX, and historical erasure.Dylan Baddour (The Texas Observer)
TRUMP CRIME FAMILY
Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels-c69d54c51e2fccbbc0b19e2220222b0e
What happened in Week 3 of Trump's hush money trial
The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury.ERIC TUCKER (AP News)
My daughters will NOT live in Gilead.
"The database would refer users to so-called "crisis pregnancy centers"; fake clinics that do not actually provide women with healthcare, but rather use deception and coercion to scare women away from getting an abortion, even if it necessary for their own health.
The bill specifically forbids any entity that "performs, induces, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions" from being listed in the database. This would eliminate almost every actual healthcare facility from being listed in the federal database, or pressure doctors away from making necessary healthcare referrals for fear of having their facility removed."
#Abortion #RoeVWade #GOP #GQP #USPol #News
Georgia GOP vice chair booted for illegally voting 9 times as a convicted felon. He was convicted for felony check forgery in the past.
Voter fraud aside, the GOP voted him is as vice chair in 2023, the number two spot, knowing he had been convicted of a $38,000 bad check forgery scheme, where he knowingly deposited bad checks into his construction business. #USPol #Georgia
Georgia GOP vice chair booted for illegally voting 9 times as a convicted felon
Brian K. Pritchard is no longer the vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party after a large majority of his fellow Republicans voted to remove him from his position this week.Carl Gibson, AlterNet (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
Legal expert: Next witness Michael Cohen may be the "only person" who can connect Trump to scheme
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
Legal expert: Next witness Michael Cohen may be the "only person" who can connect Trump to scheme
“We have not yet gotten a direct connection between Trump and these documents,” law professor says.Salon.com
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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.
2)
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
#USpol #Legal #TrumpTrials
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Yes, and it is normal to indict and punish a former public official, even if (s)he has been Consul or president. This is how it has been since the times of the Roman Republic. France, for instance, has had no qualms doing so.
I thought yesterday that it would be good for the US public to be educated (for the most part) or reminded of these essential lessons of history.
"Equal Justice Under Law" means just that ANYONE can and will be...
TRUMP IS AN ORANGE POS!
Donald Trump on Friday said he would undo a new Biden administration policy that will offer protections for transgender students under the Title IX federal civil rights law—his latest promise to restrict LGBTQ rights if elected to a second term.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Breaking #BreakingNews
Trump Promises Rollback On Trans Rights: Here's What He's Said
Trump said he would undo a new Biden administration rule expanding Title IX to prohibit discrimination of transgender students on “day one.”Sara Dorn (Forbes)
#Biden crackdown on #PowerPlants expected to speed shift away from coal https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4625164-biden-power-plants-crackdown-coal-renewables/
"experts say that instead of trying to meet these requirements, more #coal plants may just retire — and some power companies may opt to invest in #renewables... the rule could increase the amount of coal power that comes offline between 2028 and 2035 by nearly 25%"
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #USpol #Climate #FossilFuels
"Virginia school board votes to restore schools' Confederate names"
Have you ever wondered how to paint yourself as a bunch of regressive douchenozzles?
We have the solution...
#USNews #USPol #Virginia #SchoolBoard #Confederates #douchenozzles #regressives #conservatives
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/10/virginia-school-board-vote-restore-confederate-names
“[If we cannot invade #Rafah] how exactly are we supposed to achieve our goals?”
You don’t.
Damn, isn’t life disappointing?
Turns out if murdering children is a means to your end, you just can’t fucking do it. Wild.
#Israel #Hamas #Gaza #uspol #politics #uspolitics #Biden
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli officials criticise ‘very disappointing’ threat from Joe Biden to stop arms supplies
Gilad Erdan says move by Joe Biden stems from political pressure after campus protests and with US election coming soonHelen Livingstone (The Guardian)
Sent from a friend - honestly spot on.
#Politics #USPol #Election2024 #GOP #Republicans #Funny #Meme #Cats #AltText
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The House has resoundingly killed Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt to oust Speaker Johnson.
A majority of both Republicans and Democrats voted to table her motion to vacate.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
MAGA Moscow Marjorie Taylor Greene has started her effort to remove Speaker Johnson.
Watch live from the House floor...
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
https://youtube.com/live/M3s09Sj1zHE?si=_Yt6h9Q1JauGo80h
WATCH LIVE: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to force vote to remove Speaker Johnson
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Yes, #MAGA is, in fact, a cult.
But not only. It is the nucleus of the rebirth of the #AmericaFirst Party, which could also be called the #FascistPartyOfAmerica.
#USpol #Elections2024 #MikeJohnson
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...👉America deserves God's wrath.👈 The Louisiana congressman's beliefs are radical, even by today's MAGA party standards."
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Mike Johnson Says America Deserves God's Wrath During Jim Garlow Calls
Mike Johnson said during prayer calls with right-wing pastor Jim Garlow that "depraved" America deserves the wrath of God.Tim Dickinson (Rolling Stone)
#USpol #Elections2024 #MikeJohnson
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I recommend listening to the linked #RollingStone interview:
"By RedStateRachel — May 8, 2024
👉House Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalist views are alarming👈, and Americans need to understand more about the Republican leader who is second in the line of succession after Vice President Harris.
Speaker Johnson's beliefs are far outside the mainstream, and he believes that a "depraved"...
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/05/mike-johnsons-christian-nationalist-views
Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalist Views Are Alarming
House Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalist views are alarming, and more Americans need to know more about the Republican leader who is second in the line of succession after Vice President Harris.RedStateRachel (Crooks and Liars)
REPUBLICAN CLOWN SHOW
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) huddled Monday for almost two hours with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — a marathon meeting suggesting the pair is seeking a deal to defuse tensions and preclude floor action on the Georgia firebrand’s resolution to boot Johnson from power.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4647490-greene-johnson-ouster-vote-off-ramp/
Donald Trump falsifying business records during an election to cover up his porn-star payoff reminds us ...
... that the American economy has added over 15 million jobs under Joe Biden, and unemployment has been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years.
TRUMP THE KINK CLOWN!
Stormy Daniels 'spanked' pajama-clad Donald Trump with Forbes magazine in secret hotel rendezvous
Daniels described her infamous alleged encounter with the future president in 2006 during court proceedings Tuesday
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #MAGA #BreakingNews #Breaking
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/stormy-daniels-spanked-pajama-clad-474609
More false accusations of "anti-Semitism" about Columbia
Report
Judges boycott Columbia grads, calling the campus demonstrations "anti-Semitic".
13 Trump-hired U.S. federal judges said they would not hire law students or undergraduates from Columbia University over so-called "anti-Semitism" at the university, calling the Manhattan campus an “incubator of bigotry”.
Trump's family refuse to support him by showing up at his six week trial.
Son Eric Trump made a one-day appearance.
“With Donald, everything is transactional,” said biographer David Cay Johnston.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/06/trump-trial-new-york-melania-family-00156189
Earlier: From Joe Biden to Colin Allred, #Democrats are flip-flopping on an issue at the heart of the American experiment. Shouldn't we expect better from them? https://www.texasobserver.org/border-immigration-cowardice-democrats-biden-allred/
#border #news #politics #USpol #Biden #immigration #HumanRights #Texas
Borderline Cowardice: Democrats Flip-Flop on the American Dream (Again)
From Joe Biden to Colin Allred, election-season Dems take too lightly an issue at the heart of our national experiment: immigration.Gus Bova (The Texas Observer)
The arrest of two city council members in a small #Texas town set off a firestorm of legal controversy that's reaching all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. From Correspondent Jason Buch, in our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/
#news #politics #USpol #SCOTUS #police #CriminalJustice #law #SouthTexas
Did a Tiny Texas Town Misuse Arrests to Silence Critics?
A power struggle in the suburban enclave of Castle Hills got so bad that the Supreme Court is being asked to clarify the definition of retaliatory arrests.Jason Buch (The Texas Observer)
#USPol
In #NewHampshire a bill was passed to end child marriage and raise the min. age to marry to 18.
The bill passed the Senate unanimously and in the House it passed 192 to 174.
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR!!! voted to sustain child marriage! WTF? And they say they need to protect kids from trans people!
One GOP representative argued this would restrict the freedom of those who are of “a ripe and fertile age”.
This is the modern day republican party folks.
GOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’
Twenty states don't set minimum age for girls to marryKevin Manahan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (nj)
If not Biden, you give us all trump (and end US democracy as we know it).
#criticalthinking
#biggerpicture
#ffs
#USPol
#ReadIt
trump TIME Interview on 2024 Transcript: Read | TIME
https://time.com/6972022/donald-trump-transcript-2024-election/
Read the Full Transcripts of Donald Trump’s Interviews With TIME
In an exclusive interview, the former U.S. president lays out a second-term agenda. Read the full transcript of the interviews.TIME Staff (Time)
Via #SethAbramson
" @SethAbramson-3m
We are still underestimating the historical gravity--the dark awesomeness--of the last answer #HopeHicks gave under direct examination.
She revealed, in essence, that #Trump admitted to her that he would have lost in 2016 had he not committed 34 felonies.
Sit a moment with that."
A court drawing of the judge, a blond woman, an #TFG w/ notes saying, "I'm automatically attracted...
Trump Must NOT Be Elected!
Trump says he’d disband the pandemic preparedness office—again
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #government #Trump
https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/trump-says-hed-disband-the-pandemic-preparedness-office-again/
Trump says he’d disband the pandemic preparedness office—again
Donald Trump claimed he would disband the White House office charged with preventing and responding to pandemics. It's not the first time.Erik English (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
