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@preantediluvian.bsky.social
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It's still unbelievable to me that there were 51,000 total casualties at Gettysburg
Nearly 50,000 women and girls have been killed or severely wounded in Gaza since October 2023, UN Women revealed in a new report.
Nearly 50,000 women, girls killed or wounded by Israel in Gaza
Latest UN figures show that at least 11,700 women are left with injuries so severe that they now live with lifelong disabilities.
newarab.com
"Over the next week, Jane Doe’s own thinking about that night changed. Her sisters...were alarmed by how she described what had happened....She was treated at the campus clinic for a urinary tract infection that she told the medical staff was contracted “in a traumatic way.”" #Cornell7 #IAmJaneDoe
Last year the President of Portugal called Trump a Russian agent “There is no other explanation” www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Portuguese president calls Trump a "Russian agent"
President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that US President Donald Trump is currently acting as "a Russian agent", favouring Moscow in the war against Ukraine.
pravda.com.ua
The same people who didn’t want LGBTQ merchandise at Target because kids could see it are now supporting a public live streaming of an execution by firing squad.
She is not a name in a case file. She is a human being. She deserves justice, dignity, and to be heard. 🩵 #Pinks 🌸 #IAmJaneDoe #Cornell7
Michael Tracey claims he named the Cornell 7 Jane Doe. Then he deleted it. So I asked why he won't say sorry. #Cornell7 #piersmorgan #iamjanedoe
I am in solidarity with Jane Doe I am in solidarity with marching students demanding justice I am Jane Doe #IAmJaneDoe #Pinks
They want one woman to stand alone beneath the weight of seven names. Instead, thousands of us will stand beside hers. You wanted Jane Doe? Here we are. #IAmJaneDoe #Pinks ✨
Roberts is the most disappointing Supreme Court Justice in the courts history. He is destroying the rule of law. How ironic is that.
Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d agoSCOTUS unleashed Trump. Sotomayor’s dissent: “This new official-acts immunity ‘lies about like a loaded weapon’ for any President that wishes to place his own interests, his own political survival or his own financial gain above the interests of the Nation.” www.americaamerica.news/p/i-can-do-w...
She fought apartheid, defended Nelson Mandela, and helped change how the world prosecutes sexual violence. Today, at 85, Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What an extraordinary woman. 💜 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Since the start of Trump’s second term, federal agents have detained at least 70 American children. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member.
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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When Hegseth spoke about the execution livestream with far-right streamer earlier this week, he hardly seemed able to contain his excitement.
Pete Hegseth wants to livestream a snuff film
The defense secretary plans to telecast the military’s first firing squad execution since 1945.
motherjones.com
Arlington County's local elected body has just sued to block construction of Trump's planned triumphal arch — arguing that administration officials bypassed a key review process in their push to begin work on the structure.
Northern Virginia county sues to block Trump from building his arch
Arlington County’s all-Democratic board argues that the planned 250-foot-tall arch needs more review.
washingtonpost.com
The deal doesn’t just align the United States against Ukraine, it positions us in opposition to every democratic government on the planet, to every institution of international law, and our own commitments and signed agreements. It is abominable.
Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices
The amount is small compared with U.S. demand, but the deal aligns the U.S. with Russia and against Ukraine’s efforts to bomb Russian refineries.
washingtonpost.com
Yesterday in Downtown LA, ICE detained a mother and her 9 year old child. Then, agents began pressuring the mother to bring in her 4 year old daughter (a US citizen). The mother was overwhelmed and unsure of her rights.
Along with the plans to livestream an execution and open it to the public, I am convinced that this administration is hellbent on normalizing the violent deaths of Black and Brown people as spectacle and entertainment for their followers and terror for the rest of us.
Maybell Romero@maybell.bsky.social · 2d agoThis administration hurts us, kills us, disappears us, and traumatizes our children. It is a scary time to be Latino right now.
Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic, childlike devotion to Donald Trump.
Another ICE shooting, this time in NY, shooting into a car with a child in the vehicle. There must be a full and independent investigation by state and local authorities and ICE must cooperate. Trump’s lawless, reckless ICE isn’t making communities safer.
Radio Free America: Enforce existing laws against AI companies
Radio Free America: Enforce existing laws against AI companies
AI companies like Elon Musk's Grok and Sam Altman's OpenAI have been breaking laws for too long. It's time to make them afraid of jail again.
heartlandsignal.com
LT. Gov. and US Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan says her opponent, Michele Tafoya called Minnesotans "provincial" and don't go to Starbucks if you think gas prices are high.
Marco Rubio went to the birthplace of democracy to lecture Europe about Western civilization, but @timmiller.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social argue his speech had little to offer beyond anti-immigrant rhetoric and a glaring disregard for the democratic values he claimed to defend.
Funny how Marco Rubio tries to differentiate himself from all the other children of recent immigrants who are now getting removed from the country by the master he now serves. Rubio, you see, is a descendent of *the West*
Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.
nytimes.com