BREAKING: Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the UNGA later this month, FM Maxime Prevot announced, adding the country will also impose 12 “firm sanctions” on Israel aje.io/jw30im
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BREAKING: Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the UNGA later this month, FM Maxime Prevot announced, adding the country will also impose 12 “firm sanctions” on Israel aje.io/jw30im
This doesn't dismantle homelessness (though a wealthy State *could* creatively and compassionately address homelessness). This dismantles what little stability people without homes have. He's not battling poverty, he's battling the poor & disenfranchised.
SpaceX sued the National Labor Relations Board, arguing its structure was unconstitutional. It won, dealing a huge blow to US labor rights.
I hope people read these stories and are encouraged to take their own action: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/la-u...
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine, announced a bid for the seat of incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins. His goal? To “claw back wealth that was created by the labor and the consumption of working class Americans who have not shared in the riches they helped build.”
⚠️ US suspends visas for ALL Palestinian passport holders “The new measures affect visas for medical treatment, university studies, visits to friends or relatives and business travel, at least temporarily.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Pardons weren’t good enough. Now they want a payout (like Ashley Babbit’s family got).
Nation’s largest nursing union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go | National Nurses United www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...
For those wanting a primer on fascism to use for teaching, this may be helpful. www.britannica.com/topic/fascism
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." ~ Anne Lamott
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
US president is seeking to overhaul country’s electoral system, falsely claiming his 2020 loss was a result of fraud.
DC's night patrols watch over the city to ensure that people are protected from state violence, false arrest, abduction, and harassment. Failing that, they document the occupation forces' constitutional violations, write Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano.
No waaaay. LE involved in fatal DV and cover-up. No waaaay.
Conservation advocates said that there is no national security justification for building a wall through the national wildlife refuge. They warn that the wall will threaten wildlife and cut off communities from the Rio Grande.
Thank you.
She was a traitor then, is a traitor now and she will always be in the future.
When I saw this for the first time many years ago, this 4 minute video radically altered how I think about education and training. I went on to create an education/training program for the union after watching this.
“They knocked out one of my teeth. They messed up my knees. They messed up my ribs.” Now free, the Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to El Salvador want the world to know what they lived through.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️
Palestinian families are forced from their homes as Israel intensifies its deadly attacks in push to seize Gaza City.
Inhuman. “I don’t have any choice” is a lie.
Disgraceful.
A history of extraction and exploitation feels ever-present in New Orleans, but it was perhaps most visible after Hurricane Katrina, which occurred 20 years ago this week.
Truly grateful to everyone just trying stuff right now. Thanks to those who organized the CDC walkout.
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
Former State Department official Josh Paul says the Trump administration, alongside the Israeli government, is attempting to “transition from Israeli colonialism to corporate” colonialism. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/29/gaza_josh_paul
If this oleaginous haircut thinks local crime rates merit a federal military intervention, then he should be leading the armored column down to his home state of Louisiana, which is one of the worst in the nation.
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
Brief 🧵, as someone who has studied mass shootings for 13 years: -gender does not cause them -SSRIs, no -mental illness, no -internet/gaming, no Above can be compounding factors—but motive is complex, often very. The most fundamental combo: suicidality + rage + isolation + easy access to guns
The Trump administration says they're the "most transparent" in history. But when I asked the Department of Homeland Security who writes their social media posts, something extremely weird happened: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The right has collectively mourned Ashli Babbitt more than every kid that’s ever died in a mass shooting combined.
it’s not a good sign when old episodes of my show have any renewed relevance but this one does provide some context for the horrifying phenomenon of the meme poisoned school shooter
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Government’s on the side of wild fires now. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Anyone know how things are going on the other timelines?
So the sandwich guy ... beat the wrap
The shooter at Annunciation Catholic School used an assault weapon to fire dozens of rounds through the stained glass windows of the school’s church—killing two children and wounding 17 others, including 14 children.
Top CDC leaders leave as the director is pushed out. They say RFK Jr. and the Trump regime are “weaponizing public health” and “generating materials that do not reflect scientific reality” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
Somehow Henry Kissinger was even more evil than I thought, which is really saying something
Charlie Kirk wants Stephen Miller to sue over this comment.
Voters have elected Democrat Catelin Drey in Iowa State Senate District 1. Drey is filling the seat previously held by Rocky De Witt, who died from cancer in June. With Drey’s victory, Republicans still have a majority in the Iowa Senate, but not a super majority. www.ktiv.com/2025/08/27/c...
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
Great recap of the FUN/CREATIVE Zcav Hunt!
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
Shutting it down for the night. If you haven't followed this story, this is lovely way to close out your night: www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-ma...
Mississippi Gov. "Reeves once called his own capital city, Jackson, the 'murder capital of the world' just under two years ago." www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2...
Virginia Giuffre's family: "The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for child sex trafficking. During DAG Todd Blanche's bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history."
Canadian PM floats the possibility of ‘presence of troops’ from allied countries to protect Ukraine against Russia.
Press coverage can leave the impression that the hunger is an organic disaster. But famine is easily preventable, and this one has been orchestrated with the increasing complicity of the United States.
Rallies take place across Australia’s major towns and cities as well as in other countries including Malaysia and Kenya.
“Her records were sealed for 12 years. They [federal officers] would have had no access to these records unless somebody illegally handed them over ..."
This is great: a National Guardsman standing up to say every member of the National Guard and military "is legally obliged to disobey an illegal order."
"I was a believer in the process and the guardrails, and a believer in human decency," says Shahed Ghoreishi, a former press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs at the U.S. State Department. "And that eventually did get me fired."
Every week, we at Zeteo compile a day by day list of Trump’s authoritarian excesses, abuses, law-breaking, fascism. He wants to flood the zone and numb us; we won’t let him. Read/share/subscribe:
Repeatedly tell your Reps you don't want your tax $ funding this horror; tell your friends/neighbors/public what's happening in whatever way stretches you; give to mutual aid in and for Gaza/Palestine.
Read that again. Trump has a "campaign against renewable energy." That's like a campaign against winning the lottery.
Attacks occurred between August 11 and August 20, UN human rights office said, adding that death toll may be higher.
Gaza is officially in a famine as Israel starves 2 million people to death. This level of suffering is completely unimaginable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...
Just ordered Eel Facts, Frog Facts. and a Zine 😍! Feels great to support Art, Science, Multi-generational engagement with nature, and wholesome/creative/local projects in one move!
The Dem Party is 100% controlled by Corp/Billionaire/dark money. Party leaders don’t give a single shit what voters want. This will only get worse and worse until millions of voters deregister.
Here are the key events on day 1,275 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
It’s been a rough week, but resistance is strong. Heroes like Rep. Nicole Collier in Texas and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. DC residents working hard and organizing to protect their neighborhoods. CA passing their new district map to offset Texas. And a federal judge ordering AA closed!
The guest was the GREAT Sherrilyn Ifill. @sifill.bsky.social. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Fantastic conversation. She is a true gem and amazing educator. This is the listen/history lesson that is worth EVERY American’s time. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Stephen Miller was born in Santa Monica and in 2014, when he was 28, bought a $973,000 condo (with help from his parents) in one of downtown Washington's poshest towers www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliabl...
@kenmartin.bsky.social isn't this yours to fix? Because it's a hideous predatory system that is not benefitting the party while preying on seniors. It's using Democratic candidates as the means to a wholly corrupt end, or the bait for a scam.
We are very far off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
I find that when you're focused on one or two ACTIONS, you find yourself consuming less ambient news. Instead you are focused on news about the one or two actions you are taking. It's a good way to manage news overwhelm.
Reminder: Tina Peters, former Mesa county clerk, was convicted in Colorado state court on seven charges, 4 of them felonies, for unauthorized access to election machines and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election for Donald Trump.
Who in their right mind would leave California or New York to teach in Oklahoma? Oklahoma will now require teachers from California and New York to pass a test on civics and “gender ideology” before they can teach in the state. The Nazification of America.
"First, it’s really OK to not try to keep up with everything. It’s also important to recognize that none of us can do everything. But we all can do something." This has always been a mantra for me but I've been saying it A LOT since December. open.substack.com/pub/theconne...
I hope he writes a book when all this idiocrasy is over.
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.
ooooh a writ of habeas corpus regarding the detention of Nicole Collier in the Texas Capitol has been filed. The main point of contention is whether or not Collier is an absent member. Her presence in the Capitol demonstrates she's present not absent. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Coverage dismissing the fact that National Guard are “just patrolling safe tourist areas” is missing the point. The very nature of a presence patrol — I did hundreds of these in Iraq — is to project strength. That’s to embolden your allies. And to threaten your enemies.
The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
New— Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted “white power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) “fuck you, n***** bitch.” Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
Important www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
It’s wild that the most unrealistic part of Terminator 2 is now the idea of a tech founder being told their creation will enslave humanity and they decide to destroy their product & company.
Underlying this kind of Democratic messaging is an assumption that we care about narrow self-interest. It's a withered sense of human nature resulting in withered messaging. Lots who Dems can reach care about justice, human rights, truth, the rule of law, the protection of nature...
Tonight in Washington D.C. The sign reads: “The Bondi order is unlawful you are not obligated to follow it”
Yes 👇
If something can be destroyed by the truth, then we should make certain that it is destroyed by the truth
“FBI reported that fully 43 cities in those 3 states had higher rates of violent crime in 2024 than did DC. More than 1.2 million live in those cities, including more than 900,000 in Ohio alone. Yet that state’s National Guard is being deployed to DC to protect the capital’s 700,000-odd residents”
D.C. TODAY…
Israeli police are water cannoning protestors calling for a ceasefire in Gaza www.cbsnews.com/news/protest...
Is there any proof that these men were “federal agents”? The video labels them that but the post notes they were masked and unidentified. Looks like an attempted carjacking, not anything resembling an arrest. They ask for badges and the guy silently puts on black gloves?
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused. Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right? Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
look, if my posts criticizing the democratic party are as detrimental to their electoral chances as some of you seem to think, then dem leadership should simply start doing things i like so that i stop criticizing them
Angela Davis! Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor! Howard Zinn! Leanne Betasamosake Simpson! And oh yeah, lots of books by me!
Proud of the members of my synagogue that are part of the group that pushed Katherine Clark to finally do this. The next step is to get her to act on this understanding. www.axios.com/2025/08/15/i...