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Boeing carries NASA astronauts to orbit in ‘milestone’ Starliner flight
The long-awaited flight of the vehicle is the latest step in NASA’s efforts to rely more heavily on the private sector for its human spaceflight program.Kenneth Chang (The Japan Times)
As more countries are recognizing the State of #Palestine, the departing Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, warned that "Israel" was losing the battle over the narrative on the world stage.
Erdan told Newsweek during a media meeting last week at the Israeli Mission to the #UN that "Israel" has to "do more to convince the world," citing that it "always concerns us when our approach is not being accepted, like every normal country."
Erdan also alleged, "Today, the U.N. is being exploited and weaponized against Israel to delegitimize the whole notion of a Jewish state."
He argued that it was crucial to maintain a presence at the UN if "lies are being spread against Israel," otherwise, there would be no way for the #US and #UK ambassadors to retrieve intelligence that is helpful for allies to "continue supporting us."
The Northeast and Midwest are enduring what is, in some places, the worst outbreak of spongy moths on record. One of the factors driving the proliferation of very hungry caterpillars is climate change-spurred drought, which allows spongy moths to breed with abandon, producing up to a million caterpillars per acre. Trees are resilient, but this outbreak has been especially long and damaging
https://grist.org/health/whats-behind-the-record-outbreak-of-spongy-moths-in-the-eastern-us/
#USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
What’s behind the record outbreak of spongy moths in the eastern US?
The Northeast and Midwest are enduring what is, in some places, the worst outbreak of spongy moths on record — thanks, in part, to climate change.Zoya Teirstein (Grist)
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Bernie Sanders slams the Speaker for inviting Netanyahu to address Congress
"Palestinian children are starving in Gaza because of Netanyahu's policies", yet he has been invited to address Congress.
“I would say to Speaker Johnson that when you attend your fundraising dinners with your billionaire friends... please remember these pictures from Gaza. These children & thousands more are the direct result of Netanyahu’s policies."
https://aje.io/l1r9sg?update=2951901
#GazaStarvation #Netanyahu #US .
Israel’s war on Gaza live: At least 66 killed in central Gaza in past day
Medical sources say morgues ‘completely full’ and hospitals struggle to treat wounded as casualties surge.Lyndal Rowlands (Al Jazeera)
A drone view shows the U.S.-Mexico border wall, in Jacumba Hot Springs, #California, U.S. June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
America isn't making enough renewable energy to prevent severe climate change
In the United States specifically, the IEA says that renewable energy infrastructure needs to increase 50% more quickly than it already is based on 2022 numbers
https://qz.com/us-green-energy-2030-goals-1851518641
#USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
America isn't making enough renewable energy to prevent severe climate change
A report from the International Energy Agency lays out the challengeMelvin Backman (Quartz)
#ForeignPolicy #geopolitics #BidenHarris2024
#US *Lawmakers* #expensed millions in 2023
>300 #House lawmakers were reimbursed ≥$5.2M for #food & #lodging while on *official business* in Washington last year under a new, #TaxpayerFunded prgm that doesn’t require receipts.
The prgm, which kicked off last yr after a #Republican-led House panel passed it, was intended to make it easier for lawmakers to maintain separate homes in DC & their home districts.
#HonorSystem #HouseRepublicans #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/house-representatives-expenses-receipts-lodging/
Palestine Action target two Barclays branches over Israel ties
On Monday 3 June Palestine Action upped the ante over genocide-enabling Barclays - by targetting two locations of the Israel-complicit bank.The Canary
Labour subject to banner drop over arms sales to Israel
Activists dropped a banner from Westminster bridge calling on Labour's Starmer to say he’ll end arms sales to Israel if he becomes PMThe Canary
"Donald J. #Trump has baselessly and publicly cast doubt about the fairness of the #2024election about once a day, on average, since he announced his candidacy for #president...
Though the tactic is familiar — #Trump raised the specter of a “rigged” #election in the 2016 and 2020 cycles, too — his attempts to #undermine the 2024 contest are a significant escalation."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-election-results-doubt.html
#BigLie #TrumpLies #StochasticTerrorism #MAGA #Violence #GOP #Politics #US #USPolitics #USA #News
Trump Has Already Sown Doubts About the 2024 Election Results
A false, familiar claim by the former president — that the contest in which he’s participating is “rigged” — has reached a fever pitch in this cycle.Karen Yourish (The New York Times)
"Trump first raised questions about the 2016 election in August of that year, about 100 days before the election."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-election-results-doubt.html
#Trump #BigLie #TrumpLies #Election #GOP #Politics #US #USPolitics #USA #News
Trump Has Already Sown Doubts About the 2024 Election Results
A false, familiar claim by the former president — that the contest in which he’s participating is “rigged” — has reached a fever pitch in this cycle.Karen Yourish (The New York Times)
"He did so earlier — and more frequently — before the 2020 election."
nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-election-results-doubt.html
#Trump #BigLie #Jan6 #TrumpLies #StochasticTerrorism #Election #GOP #Republican #Republicans #MAGA #Politics #US #USPolitics #USA #News
"But in the 2024 cycle, the falsehoods have been baked in since #Trump announced his candidacy, almost two years before Election Day.
They show no signs of subsiding."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-election-results-doubt.html
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On #Jan6 2021, thousands stormed the Capitol because Trump convinced them the #election had been stolen...
...next time?"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/24/vote-insurrection-trump-biden-jan-6-again/
#BigLie #TrumpLies #StochasticTerrorism #MAGA #Republicans #Terrorism #GOP #Republican #Politics #US #USPolitics #UnitedStates #USA #News
Trump Has Already Sown Doubts About the 2024 Election Results
A false, familiar claim by the former president — that the contest in which he’s participating is “rigged” — has reached a fever pitch in this cycle.Karen Yourish (The New York Times)
"Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election had historic consequences. The so-called #BigLie — Trump’s false claim that the election was stolen from him — led to the #Jan6 2021 #insurrection...
He has never given up that framing, which no evidence supports, even well after the end of his presidency. And as he seeks to return to the White House, the same claim has become the backbone of his campaign"
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-election-results-doubt.html
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #Politics #US #USPolitics #USA #News
Trump Has Already Sown Doubts About the 2024 Election Results
A false, familiar claim by the former president — that the contest in which he’s participating is “rigged” — has reached a fever pitch in this cycle.Karen Yourish (The New York Times)
According to former senior #US official #StacyGilbert, the US #Department #manipulated the #reports by excluding subject matter experts and drafting them at a higher level, aiming to clear #Israel of any #blame for #obstructing #humanitarian #aid to #Gaza.
#video #palestine #rafah #freepalestine #classwar
"And then what? On #Jan6 2021, thousands stormed the #Capitol because #Trump convinced them the #election had been stolen.
They smashed through doors and windows and disrupted the House and Senate chambers to #StopTheSteal and obstruct #Congress from exercising its constitutional responsibility to certify electoral votes.
They failed, thanks to D.C. police and #US Capitol officers who put their lives on the line.
But next time?"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/24/vote-insurrection-trump-biden-jan-6-again/
#MAGA #Violence #USA #Politics #News
"For more than two months after Election Day, [Trump] spread the #lie that he had won when it was obvious to any fair-minded person that his claims were false. He still repeats this falsehood.
...charged #Trump with having conspired to retain power and overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 #election by unleashing attacks on Congress on #Jan6 2021"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/24/vote-insurrection-trump-biden-jan-6-again/
#MAGA #BigLie #Violence #TrumpLies #StochasticTerrorism #GOP #Politics #USPolitics #US #USA #News
"Nixon lost the 1960 election to John F. #Kennedy by a razor-thin margin, and stories circulated at the time about vote theft in some states. #Nixon accepted the results.
Just as in 2000, when #Gore accepted the #US #SupremeCourt decision to overturn a ruling by Florida’s Supreme Court and halt a recount in the state, thus giving Florida’s 25 electoral votes — and the presidency — to George W. #Bush"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/24/vote-insurrection-trump-biden-jan-6-again/
#Trump #Jan6 #MAGA #Violence #Politics #USPolitics #USA #News
"There have been 19 presidential elections in my lifetime. In every one, the losing candidates accepted the results as lawful, with one exception: Donald Trump."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/24/vote-insurrection-trump-biden-jan-6-again/
#Trump #Jan6 #Insurrection #MAGA #Violence #Terrorism #StochasticTerrorism #DonaldTrump #GOP #Politics #USPolitics #US #UnitedStates #History #USA #News
#OpenAI finds its #tech being used for #propaganda & #US 2024 #ElectionInterference
#ChatGPT maker OpenAI found #Russia, #China, #Iran & #Israel groups using its #technology to #influence global political discourse, highlighting concerns #generative #ArtificialIntelligence is making it easier for state actors to run covert #propaganda campaigns as the presidential election nears.
#ForeignDisinformationCampaigns #disinformation #generativeAI
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/30/openai-disinfo-influence-operations-china-russia/
@pluralistic delivers a multi-themed screed on the state of #liberal vs. #conservative #politics in the #US, #UK, and a lot of it applies to #Germany, too.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/29/sub-bushel-comms-strategy/
Importantly, it touches not just on the value of the presence of #information from from election campaigns, it reflects on the (negative) value of the absence of information.
China must stop aiding Russia in war, deputy U.S treasury chief says
The U.S. is 'open to sanctioning” anyone helping Russia gain access to components that can be used for weapons, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said.The Japan Times
China to be pioneer in building new global financial system: scholars
China will be a pioneer leading the world into a new and innovative financial and monetary system, as global calls for an overhaul of the Bretton Woods system – which has been in place for 80 years – gain traction due to the US abuse of the dollar's …www.globaltimes.cn
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#European allies push the #us to allow Ukr to use U.S. made weapons to strike Rus.
Yesterday, #Macron and #Scholz said they supported #Ukraine using weapons given by allies to strike Russian bases launching missiles, but not allow other strikes on #russia
Ukraine war briefing: Macron, Scholz agree Kyiv should use allies’ weapons against launchers in Russia
Nato secretary general says alliance members should allow deep strikes, which White House says it doesn’t ‘encourage or enable’. What we know on day 826Warren Murray (The Guardian)
Echoes of 1962, the Berlin crisis and a world teetering on war
There is the potential for worldwide conflict within the next three years as China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are likely preparing for major confrontation.Brad Glosserman (The Japan Times)
Interview
"The record of the ICC is so horrendous, it used to be called the International Caucasian Court, because it only indicted African leaders.
"I would say the pressure became probably unbearable [on Karim Khan] & he lost all credibility. It would have been very hard for Karim Khan - who was being mocked for the past 6 months for doing nothing - to stay silent."
Norman Finkelstein
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=75oar3KIz3U
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Denys Shmyhal, Prime-Minister of Ukraine:
"If we will not protect... #Ukraine will fall. So the global, the global system of security will be destroyed... and all the #world will need to find... a new system of #security. Or, there will be many #conflicts, many such kinds of #wars, and in the end of the day, it could lead to the Third World War... disinformation and #propaganda is influencing here in the #US on many people, in #EU on many people"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68840261
Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of long-stalled Congress aid vote
Denys Shmyhal tells the BBC his country desperately needs the US to approve long-stalled security assistance.By Sumi Somaskanda & Holly Honderich (BBC News)
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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of #NATO:
"allies have not delivered what they promised. The #US spent months not agreeing a package for #Ukraine and European allies have not delivered the amount of ammunition they promised.
Lack of ammunition enabled 🇷🇺 to push forward along the frontline. Lack of air defense made it possible for more 🇷🇺 missiles to hit targets. Lack of deep strike capabilities made it possible for 🇷🇺 to concentrate more forces"
https://youtu.be/BsqAV1MAe7g?si=jmZRRKEoLjLtSHsp
NATO Secretary General with the President of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv, 29 APR 2024
Secretary General in Kyiv: Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” to NATO, support will continue.Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Monday (29 ...YouTube
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Timothy Snyder:
"a broader #war can be stopped if the Ukrainians are helped by others. The 🇺🇦 #economy is about 1/250 the size of the NATO econmies taken together. A tiny fraction of what the #NATO economies have would easily be enough to make sure that #Ukraine can hold its own and win. We are not, however, mobilising our economies anything like the way the #US did in 1941-42. And at the root, that's the reason why the Ukrainians are not winning as they should be."
https://youtu.be/3y6EaZ1nKHE?si=Omp3lxqvjf9pePSc
April 15, 2024: Timothy Snyder
The history of 20th century autocracy seemed to race into the distance with the end of the Cold War. But Dr. Timothy Snyder cautions that in the decades sinc...YouTube
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Ada Wordsworth, co-founder of #KHARPP, a grassroots project repairing homes in eastern #Ukraine:
"This situation was avoidable. The civilians and soldiers who have died since the new offensive began can’t be brought back, but through adequate weapons and #AirDefence provisions, and permission for #Ukraine to strike Russian territory, the west can ensure that their friends and families won’t face the same fate..."
#ArmUkraineToWIN #ArmUkraineNow #US #NATO #EU
The villages near Kharkiv were recovering. Fleeing again, their people feel betrayed by the west – and I understand why
The homes and lives my charity has been helping rebuild are on the frontline once more, says Ada Wordsworth, founder of the KHARPP charityAda Wordsworth (The Guardian)
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Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander #Europe #NATO General Sir Richard Shirreff:
"It's not enough to give Ukraine the means to defend itself. We the West have to give Ukraine the means to defeat Russia... #Ukraine has been given capabilities - particularly by the #US and Germany - but they've been told they can't use them to attack Russians in #Russia. Well, that's not how you fight and win a #war. You cannot fight a war with your hands tied behind your back."
https://youtu.be/rAtyfcqI5NA?si=Bc2LN_K3bwC-BNB7
Ukrainian Jenny meets Ex-Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe NATO General Sir Richard Shirreff
Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Sir Richard Shirreff explains NATO approach in the Russian War in Ukraine. He is optimistic about Ukrai...YouTube
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Philip Ingram, former military intelligence officer:
"The only country that I'm aware of that's not allowing it to happen with their weapons is the #US... Europeans, French, Germans, I think haven't put a complete ban on it. The Brits are supporting it... and I know Ukrainians are using British weapons inside #Russia to very, very good effect."
#Ukraine #ArmUkraineNow #StopRussianAggression #UkraineWillWin #ArrestPutin #RussiaIsATerroristState
https://youtu.be/RLacCMMJz6w?si=97SL8AKhlEd2BRjc
Putin's forces 'hollowed out' as Russia's military 'can't keep up' with high losses | Philip Ingram
Philip Ingram joins Times Radio's Frontline.📻 Listen to Times Radio - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio📍 Subscribe to our channel - http://www.youtube.com/c...YouTube
For anyone who still has doubts whether support from the #US, #France, #Italy, #Spain, #Portugal, and so many other #NATO members at the bottom of the list is largely insufficient to deter #Putin's illegal #war and grant #Ukraine the possibility of #victory...
Don't take it from me, take it from the very people we place our trust on to keep us safe and defended:
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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO:
"I think the time has come for [NATO] allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions that are put on the use of weapons they have donated to #Ukraine... This is self-defense. Self-defense is enshrined in the #UN Charter. It’s legal and it’s legitimate and we are helping Ukraine upholding that right, and that should include the ability to also strike targets on Russian territory”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oOVIfdRLHw
NATO’s boss wants to free Ukraine to strike inside Russia
NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, has called on allies to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of NATO weapons inside Russian territory. Speaking to ...YouTube
#NorthKorea Korea and #Russia may be preparing a large-scale military provocation in October, before the US presidential election, NBC News reports.
The #US is also worried that the strengthening of the military alliance between Putin and Jong-un could significantly expand the DPRK's nuclear capabilities.
Are Russia and North Korea planning an ‘October surprise’ that aids Trump?
U.S. officials are bracing for Pyongyang to take military actions close to the U.S. presidential election, possibly at the urging of Vladimir Putin.Courtney Kube (NBC News)
Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.
Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens.Mullvad VPN
