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Imagine devoting your life to the FBI and then you end up having to make excuses for your drunken liar of a boss rather than catch serial killers or something...
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…
#KashPatel #FBI #USPol #USPolitics
FBI defends Kash Patel after report alleging he gifts custom whiskey bottles
Agency says FBI director ‘followed all applicable ethical guidelines’ in giving out personalized bourbon bottlesMarina Dunbar (The Guardian)
This photo is going to be in the history books eventually.
#USpol
“The Sergeant at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.
A white officer with a badge, blocking a black congressional member, from joining meeting that specifically targets the black district meant to give representation to people of color.
The segregation is alive and well in the south.” - Brian Garlick
Report: Spain's PM awards Francesca Albanese the Order of Civil Merit
PM Pedro Sanchez described Albanese as "a voice that upholds the conscience of the world".
Sanchez has also pushed for the EU to shield the ICC & UN from US sanctions. "The EU cannot stand idly by in the face of this persecution," he said.
middleeasteye.net/news/spain-p…
#FrancescaAlbanese #Spain #USPol #EUPol #palestine #ICC #UN #USSanctions .
Spain's leader Sanchez awards UN's Francesca Albanese Order of Civil Merit
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday awarded the Order of Civil Merit to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese, in an apparent show of solidarity with the expert sanctioned by the US for her work.Sondos Asem (Middle East Eye)
Report: Nobel laureate JM Coetzee has refused an invitation to Jerusalem writers festival over Israel's "genocidal campaign in Gaza".
The genocide seems to have been supported by the vast majority of Israelis, said Coetzee, so no considerable sector of Israeli society can claim it shouldn't "share in the blame for the atrocities in Gaza.”
middleeasteye.net/news/jm-coet…
#USPol #EUPol #BDS #GazaGenocide #Coetzee #news #israeliCrimes .
Novelist JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’
South African writer JM Coetzee has declined to attend a prominent Jerusalem literary festival over Israel's "genocidal campaign in Gaza.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Interview: Forensic Architecture describes Israel's continual expansion into, & planning for permanent occupation of, Gaza.
Israel has now extended beyond the Yellow Line & taken "control of at least 64% of Gaza".
The nearly 2 million Gazan population is almost entirely confined to Palestinian-controlled territory along the coast.
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aljazeera.com/video/upfront/20…
#USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #Palestine #israeliOccupation #GreaterIsrael #news #Racism .
Israeli Maps Show Expanded Control in Gaza Amid Fragile Ceasefire | Countercurrents
Gaza (QNN)- New maps of Gaza quietly issued by Israel more than a month ago show that its forces have expanded the areas they occupy beyond the so-called…Quds News Network (Countercurrents.org)
Report: Strikes & protests against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale ...
... will include a 24-hour cultural strike on Friday called by international & Italian unions & activist groups.
The direct action follows the refusal of the Biennale’s directors to respond to demands for "the immediate exclusion of the Israeli pavilion."
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#VeniceBiennaleStrike #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #IsraeliCrimes #News #palestine .
Venice Biennale targeted by strike action and protests over Israel's involvement
Protests will take place on Friday against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale, with a 24-hour cultural strike called by a coalition of Italian and international unions and activist groups.Oscar Rickett (Middle East Eye)
#Tennessee #Republicans on Wednesday proposed a congressional map aimed at diluting the state’s lone majority #Black district, a swift response to last week’s #SCOTUS ruling that weakened a landmark #VotingRights #law.
The new map slices #Memphis, a majority-Black city, & #ShelbyCounty into 3 districts & likely will give Republicans the ability to flip Tennessee’s lone remaining Democratic seat.
#ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #USpol
"John Roberts decries heated criticism of the Supreme Court"
Broken clock decries being called a broken clock.
politico.com/news/2026/05/06/s…
#USNews #USPol #SCOTUS #JohnRoberts
lol, the Rich are scared....
#ZohranMamdani #EatTheRich #Bezos #Oligarchs #EpsteinClass #USPol #USPolitics #NewYork
"I've never seen anything like it before."
Oil storage tanks🚨in the United States will run empty "somewhere in the July 4 period, & in Europe:🚨"sometime in the month of May:
-Carlyle's Jeff Currie."
#IranWar #Oil #Gasoline #Austerity #TrumpRegime #Recession #Kakistocracy #Kleptocracy #USPol
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“War is bad. Don’t start one. But we’re already in a class war and we’re losing. Where by “we” I mean most people; the winning side comprises, roughly, the richest 0.1% of the population, who are morphing into a hereditary aristocracy. So, what to do in a war one didn’t choose?”: tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20…
#Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up #Tennessee’s Majority #Black #House District
The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone #Democratic district.
#law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #TNpol #USpol
nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/gop-…
Interview: Israel is in a race against time to “lock in its domination” across the Middle East.
Israel’s strategy of “permanent war” allows for only two types of countries in the region:
either dependent or “too failed & fragile to pose any challenge”.
Israel can try to block a US-Iran deal by pushing for a major military operation against Iran, or by constant attacks on Lebanon & Palestine
Daniel Levy
aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom…
#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #israeliCrimes #news #GreaterIsrael .
Israel’s strategy of ‘permanent war’: A race against time?
Political analyst Daniel Levy says US policy is so ‘marinated’ in Israeli narratives, the two are indistinguishable.Al Jazeera
For those wondering where this current death cult came from:
The ideology worshipped by Musk, Thiel, et al. was embedded in the city state ~6000 yrs ago.
Its class-based slavery differed from before, when enemy men were killed & women & chn enslaved & "integrated".
The ideology demands that men kill & die for the king & that women produce the cannon fodder.
The ideology requires the violent repression of "soft" feelings for fellow humans & nature.
#fascism #genderism #USPol #EUPol #racism .
The Supreme Court wants us back to Jim Crow where only white men of property can vote. 🗳️
“Gerrymandering is invisible which is why it feels like our democracy is deeply divided when in reality the Republicans have an unfair advantage in most aspects of our political system that makes it feel like there are more of them.”
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#elections #uspol #scotus #jimcrow #votersuppression
Gerrymandering a GOP Victory in 2022
Why You Can’t Out Organize GerrymanderingSam Chavez (she/they/he) (the roots of change agency)
Unbelievable. The worst scumbag in history is our president.
How Trump Plans to Profit Off Renaming of Palm Beach Airport
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#TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #NoKings #USPol
How Trump Plans to Profit Off Renaming of Palm Beach Airport
President Donald Trump has made a deal with Palm Beach Airport that will make him even richer.The New Republic
"We oppose genocide so we support Palestine Action"
"We oppose genocide, & therefore we support whatever nonviolent action might be required to stop it & to shut down the UK-based weapons manufacturers that are helping to enable it."
"We support Palestine Action, & we call on all people of conscience & goodwill to join us in doing so."
3 May letter to British government officials from UK Law profs
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#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #Palestine #PalestineAction #GazaGenocide .
We oppose genocide so we support Palestine Action
UK law professors declare support for Palestine Action in this open letter opposing genocide and defending the right to nonviolent protest.statecrime.org
Call your reps every day! So let's check in our list today. (thanks to 5calls.org/ )
* Oppose the ICE and CBP Budget Reconciliation Funding Bill
* Reform FISA Section 702 to Stop Government Surveillance
* Support Impeachment/resignation of Trump, Hegseth, and Patel.
* NO Public Funding of Trump's Ballroom.
* Support a war powers resolution to stop the Iran war.
* No Internet Age Verification Mandates.
* (Federal and State) Publicly investigate the figures in the Epstein files
Find your rep: house.gov/representatives/find…
Senators:
Schiff: 202-224-3841
Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)
Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841
#politics #democrats #democracy #California #santaclara #USPol #CAPol
Secret Service officer arrested for indecent exposure in Miami after Trump golf event .
cnbc.com/2026/05/05/secret-ser…
😅 Typical #Trump hires.
Secret Service officer arrested for indecent exposure in Miami after Trump golf event
Secret Service Officer John Spillman has been placed on administrative leave after his arrest, which in Miami.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
"Brad voted Trump bc he promised to be “the most pro-farmer president you’ve ever had.🚨”Instead, #tariffs cut Brad’s export market; the #IranWar surged #fertilizer prices by 70%. So Brad arranged his family’s final sale.
“Farm is going dry,” said the ad.🚨“Every cow must go.”
-D Zak
The Watsons had been dairy farming since before the Civil War -one of dozens of Watson farms that'd spread across No PA.
#ETTD #Farming #Trump #TrumpRegime #Kakistocracy #Kleptocracy #USPol
nytimes.com/2026/05/03/us/dair…
If somebody hasn't done so already, I think Solnit's article (referenced in Cory's blog/post) is worth surfacing:
meditationsinanemergency.com/t…
#Energy #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #USpol #Iran #StraitOfHormuz
Truth, Consequences, Climate, and Demand Destruction
"This is how the attack by one petro-state (ours) on another (Iran's) may be turning out to be very bad for petroleum, because the only thing history loves more than a surprise party is irony.Rebecca Solnit (Meditations in an Emergency)
RE: journa.host/@samlitzinger/1165…
There's been zero news of any democratic state governor matching this ploy to rig the election. NOT. A. SINGLE. ONE.
#Gerrymandering #SCOTUS #USPOL #Elections
“Alabama seeks to draw new congressional map ahead of midterms
Gov. Kay Ivey called a special session to begin the redistricting process after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.”Kay is like a dear old granny who welcomes all the kiddies into her home with fresh-baked brownies - laced with rat poison.
politico.com/news/2026/05/01/a…
Report: London's Metro Police refuse to "investigate 10 British nationals accused of war crimes & crimes against humanity" in Gaza.
The crimes included “targeted killings of civilians & aid workers, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, attacks on hospitals & protected sites, & the forced transfer & displacement of civilians”.
It follows the closure of a unit tracking Israel's breaches of international law in Gaza & Lebanon.
middleeasteye.net/news/london-…
#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #IsraeliCrimes .
London police refuse to investigate British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza
London's Metropolitan Police will not investigate 10 British nationals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting with the Israeli military in Gaza.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Report: “It is an abomination that Apartheid Israel, while continuing its genocide undisturbed, is allowed to patrol European waters, seize boats, kidnap people.... Hostage taking is a crime."
~Francesca Albanese
The flotilla activists were kidnapped by Israeli forces on the high seas on May 1. Two activists, Saif Abukeshek & Thiago Avila, were taken to Israel.
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#SumudFlotilla #EUPol #USPol #news #IsraeliCrimes #GazaGenocide .
Iran war updates: Trump announces plan to escort ships in Hormuz Strait
These were the updates from the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, May 3, 2026.Nils Adler (Al Jazeera)
Palestine Action defendants say the govt has made a fair trial impossible & they will represent themselves:
“The court hasn't permitted [my barristers] to represent me in a way that does us all justice. So I’ve had to represent myself.”
~Charlotte Head
“This is not everything that I’d like to tell you, but I’m so scared of the consequences of saying something I’m not permitted to, that I hope this is enough."
~Kamio
novaramedia.com/2026/04/30/pal…
#UKPol #filton6 #USPol #news #EUPol #Repression .
Palestine Action Defendants Represent Themselves Due to ‘Court Decisions’
Five of the six Filton24 defendants being retried on the charge of criminal damage in connection to a Palestine Action raid on an Elbit Systems factory in 2024 have chosen to represent themselves. Simon Childs reports.Novara Media
70% of Americans say they struggle to pay for food, housing and healthcare.
For helping me on my link 👇🏻👇🏻
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#diplomacy / #rn / #reactionary / #support #iran #USmilitary #WatOnIran #USpol #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Gaza #Palestine #Stopisrael #FreePalestine #HumanitarianAid #us #uspol #eu #eupol #iran #genocide
Support Diyaa: A Home, a Future, and Hope Lost in Gaza
Hello everyone , My name is Diyaa , I am 28 years old, and I live in Gaza—or at least, I used to. I am the sole provider for my family of 9 people, including my wife.Chuffed
The Guardian: ‘Deplorable’: ICE hires firm accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children
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‘Deplorable’: ICE hires firm accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children
Exclusive: Contractor denies allegations including ‘enforced disappearance’ and will help locate unaccompanied minorsJosé Olivares (The Guardian)
Next up - @inthehands on "What tech lessons should we learn from the ICE invasion?"
"This is not the talk I want to be doing... But here we are. Welcome to the current moment."
