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Five years after a Saudi hit squad murdered, dismembered, and disappeared the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia has won.

That's the view of a Vox editor who writes: "It was President Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner who embraced Saudi Arabia after the killing and then set the conditions for the ongoing Saudi victory over human rights. But Joe Biden also deserves blame."

https://flip.it/i2oHPT

#SaudiArabia #Khashoggi #HumanRights #Politics


BREAKING NEWS!

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, setting up a likely showdown vote in the House in the days ahead.

The far-right Republican from Florida has for months threatened to use a procedural tool — called a motion to vacate — to try to strip McCarthy of his office.
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Breaking #BreakingNews

https://news.yahoo.com/rep-matt-gaetz-files-resolution-231132331.html

Kevin McCarthy


I'm very worried about the damage #SCOTUS can do to democracy this term. The cases around social media content moderation and the ability of government officials to consult with their executives may provide an unstoppable opportunity for the right wing majority to assist to those trying to bend, blur or decimate truth and facts. #politics https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4230497-here-are-the-supreme-courts-biggest-cases-this-term/


"Donald Trump has no idea what America stands for."
- Former Trump National Security Adviser John Kelly
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump
Donald Trump


The institutions of democracy are based on an assumption that reasonable people can compromise on reasonable solutions. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. It is time that these institutions recognize and adapt to the reality that small minorities will deliberately sabotage government, the economy, and our safety to give themselves disproportionate power. #cspanwj #politics #USpolitics


I already boosted this, but just want to underscore what a great and important piece of writing this is.

An unflinching look at SCOTUS and the wave of right-wing legal experiments headed there in this next session (via the ideologically captured 5th Circuit).

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/new-supreme-court-term-bad-cases.html

#law #democracy #SCOTUS #politics


What would you give up to save this #planet?


It's always so easy to demand that the rich should give up their yachts and private jets because you're not affected by it yourself. Those who don't have a car and live in the city demand the abolition of the car without thinking about the people in the countryside. Those who don't use AI and streaming are calling for data centers to be shut down to save power.

But what if it affected us? How much #Internet #bandwidth could we sacrifice if it meant saving the planet?

(Who now writes in the comments I only use text messages for chatting so I don't care about the bandwidth. I would like to congratulate him because he still has not understood what it's all about.)

#climate #future #environment #energy #electricity #politics #economy #earth #emissions #question


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Republican Book Bans!

When I was young, I loved books. I still do, but before the advent of the Internet, books were my go to source of...

The non-profit PEN America documented nearly 1,500 instances of individual book bans...

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#AureFreePress #Mastodon #BookBans #news #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA

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calling it as he sees it

the United States is now an “oligarchy” in which “unlimited political bribery” has created “a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors”

#Oligarchy #politics #bribery https://theintercept.com/2015/07/30/jimmy-carter-u-s-oligarchy-unlimited-political-bribery/


U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has taken fresh aim at China over coercing its neighbors, posting pictures of Chinese boats he said were fishing near Japan despite Beijing's seafood ban. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/23/japan/politics/rahm-emanuel-china-social-media-speech/?utm_content=buffer2d352&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #us #china #rahmemanuel #usjapanrelations #fukushima #radioactivewater #lishangfu #pla



NO SURPRISE HERE

Trump Supporters 'Highly Likely' to Try to Kill People in 2024
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #TrumpCrimeFamily #TrumpIsGuilty

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-supporters-highly-likely-try-kill-people-2024-analyst-1831191

Donald Trump


Content warning: Indonesian politics, Soekarno and Jokowi dynasties


Trump says rich people from Beverly Hills are prohibited from taking long showers, and that's why they smell bad
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump

https://boingboing.net/2023/09/30/trump-says-rich-people-from-beverly-hills-are-prohibited-from-taking-long-showers-and-thats-why-they-smell-bad.html

Donald Trump


THE STOPGAP BILL TO FUND THE US GOVERNMENT FOR 45 DAYS HAS PASSED.

Republicans:
Yay - 121
Nay - 86

Democrats:
Yay - 202
Nay - 1

The bill contains NO funding for Ukraine, but does keep the government open for 45 days.

The bill now heads to the Senate for a vote.

Deadline is midnight tonight!
#AureFreePress #News #USA #Breaking #BreakingNews #Politics

BREAKING NEWS


Granted a US gov’t shutdown won’t occur until after midnight tonight. But in effect the MAGAts have essentially neutered the gov’t already.

Lots of focus on votes. Meaningless at this point. No one wants to admit that what we once had is gone. And it’s not coming back.

Things ain’t normal.

Things ain’t going back to whatever you thought normal was.

Stop trying to find normal again.

Work the what is. Not the what was.

#politics #USPol


In a late Friday filing, Jack Smith Insists a Trump Gag Order Is Needed Due to Attacks on Former Allies and the Court

Trump threatened to Execute General Milley.

Smith also points to Trump allegedly purchasing “a gun in violation of the law,” or seeking “to benefit from his supporters’ mistaken belief that he did so”
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #TrumpCult #BreakingNews

https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-special-counsel-gag-order-jack-smith-attacks/

Gag Or Jail Trump


Dear Reader,

If you have some time, let's read the 45 day Republican spending bill they are voting on today.

I did a document search and the word "Ukraine" does not appear a single time in the document!

Russian Republicans want to cut off Ukraine funding completely.

You can read the full document here...
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-continuing-resolution-house-vote/index.html

#AureFreePress


Richest man in the world wants to jail democratic socialist councillor who doesn’t serve his personal interests.

There needs to be a full-scale assault on the power of billionaires. Otherwise, democracy’s days are numbered.

https://missionlocal.org/2023/09/elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-of-san-francisco-supervisor/

#tech #politics #elonmusk #sf


A top White House official warned that a U.S. government shutdown would have deep, far-reaching consequences and imperil efforts to protect people from lead and cancer-causing chemicals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/22/world/politics/us-shutdown-climate-threat/?utm_content=bufferb7f60&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #politics #us #climatechange #pollution



Known fascist Elon Musk supports German fascist party in upcoming elections.

#Germany #politics #elections #fascism
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-immigration-migrants-germany-far-right-extremism-twitter-x-2023-9


Glenn Kirschner:
One of Donald Trump's RICO co-defendants in Georgia just FLIPPED and agreed to testify at trial.

Kirschner:
"Let the flipping begin, or I guess I should say, let the flipping continue"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCvTDWlGfRY

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats #Justice #JusticeMatters


The president of the Marshall Islands said he was "cautiously optimistic" his nation could soon finalize a deal on future ties with the U.S., but repeated a call for Washington to address its legacy of nuclear testing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/21/world/politics/marshall-islands-us-nuclear-legacy/?utm_content=buffer071c0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #politics #marshallislands #us #nuclearweapons


“Why are you postponing? Why are you stalling this?”

Texas Department of Public Safety is owed a reckoning for their mishandling of the #Uvalde massacre. In our latest investigation, Correspondent Jason Buch explains how they keep putting it off as long as possible ... https://www.texasobserver.org/dps-still-avoiding-a-public-hearing-on-uvalde-massacre/

#guns #Texas #politics #police #CriminalJustice #schools #GunViolence #TXpol


An observation from #KamalaHarris visit to #FIU yesterday. #politics #uspolitics

The tone compared to GOP events was incredible.

Like the GOP she was angry. She was passionate. She was emotional. She pointed fingers at the MAGA crowd. She praised the Biden/Harris accomplishments.

But she was all these things because she wanted justice, safety and equality for all Americans, not just the ones who voted for her. Everything was driven by love of people not hate of others.