For years, Palestinians surviving genocide in Gaza have warned us that the perpetrators—the US and Israeli governments—are lying to all of us. That’s why Palestinians in Gaza are telling the world four words: #TheyLiedToYou
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NO SOLICITATIONS. Over-educated old potter. Cares: (1) US neofascism; (2) what's not told in western media; posts from non-west sources & anti-musrump matters=FB suspension. Elephant’s Child. politics/science/art/history/theatre/kitties/books/garden/etc.
FYI. WORTH A LONG READ "NSPM-7...is an architecture broad enough, with a Department of Justice aligned closely enough with the executive, to make the earlier attempts look meek." The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans thenationmagazine.substack.com/p/the-chilli...
The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans
Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.
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Haartz 8/4/26 Israel Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages & Built New Bases . IDF base under construction on the site of the former Khiam Prison, five kilometers inside Lebanese territory...NNA reported IDF vehicles advancing deeper into the country under cover of artillery attacks
MOTHER? FATHER? SISTER? BROTHER? AUNT? UNCLE? COUSIN? FRIEND? [A child cries next to a body bag during the funeral ceremony for the Abu Shreia & al-Hassaina families, whose remains were recently recovered after being killed in the early months of the war on Gaza - Abdelhakim Abu Raish/Al Jazeera]
HEAR! HEAR! Protection for the Justices, but What About the Rest of Us? open.substack.com/pub/majorque...
Protection for the Justices, but What About the Rest of Us?
In an age of political violence, the Supreme Court deserves enhanced protection. If only they treated the American people with the same concern.
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NYT headline this a.m. REPUBLICANS LET TRUMP KEEP UNPARALLELED BENEFIT: I.R.S. IMMUNITY The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
Wall Street finds new edge behind Trump's presidential paywall www.axios.com/2026/08/04/t...
Wall Street finds new edge behind Trump's presidential paywall
Trump Media is monetizing the presidency's unrivaled power to move markets
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"…. Is Todd Blanche really going to be THE LINE?” she asks. “Come on.” August 3, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
August 3, 2026
Just before midnight last night, news broke that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had rescinded the order of May 18, 2026, establishing a $1.776 billion slush fund for those who claimed that the D...
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Iran denies Trump’s claim of talks; Israeli strikes on Gaza kill over 30 since Friday “deal”; Cuba’s electricity collapses again open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Iran denies Trump’s claim of talks; Israeli strikes on Gaza kill over 30 since Friday “deal”; Cuba’s electricity collapses again
Drop Site Daily: August 3, 2026
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Update: We initially thought the Trump IRS settlement had been eliminated. It wasn’t. Part of it was eliminated. The biggest change is that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche formally rescinded the proposed $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” a taxpayer-funded slush fund that was created as
INTERESTING QUESTION. "None of this proves for certain that Israel or the US helped orchestrate the crisis. That caveat matters. But it would be equally unserious to dismiss the possibility out of hand." Ceuta: Did Israel and US engineer the crisis? open.substack.com/pub/owenjone...
Ceuta: Did Israel and US engineer the crisis?
Israel and the US exploited the Ceuta crisis. But did their involvement go further?
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I'M GETTING AWFULLY TIRED OF MR. YO-YO (15:34 GMT) TRUMP CLAIMS IRAN’S CHOICES LIMITED TO ‘A DEAL, OR TOTAL SURRENDER’ [...again...]
ANNOUNCED IMPUNITY FOR ISRAEL Trump said Friday that U.S. campaign to dismantle the ICC was intended to defend Netanyahu & others from prosecution, not himself. ...5 countries announced plans to quit the ICC since the U.S. campaign was launched last month. [Reuters]
Killing off 2 owl species and destroying habitat which many other animals depend on, too. These people are planet killers.
The Federal Government’s Plan to Kill Barred Owls Is a Scam
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has hatched one plan to directly kill barred owls and a second to destroy the habitats of spotted owls.
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Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
1/2 DUH. As the fella says, it's "business as usual." IMHO Israel never will as long as it is able to cary on with absolute impunity, which it will have., not only from the US but from the international community. Unless and until this changes, which won't be in my lifetime, if ever, Gaza, the
