Another coup for the Commander in Grift
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Another coup for the Commander in Grift
100% agree. If the Dems don't dump #Schumer & #Jeffries and start fighting fire with fire, forget about the midterms and forget about 2028. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yet another symptom of the U.S.'s slide into dictatorship - when convicted felons win the highest civilian award. Way to go #Trump - that was next on my dictator's bingo card! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What is the point in the leaders of Western countries calling the #Netanyahu campaign in #Gaza #genocide if it doesn't stop them from supplying him with weapons to keep killing innocent Palestinian civilians? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Thoughts & prayers" after mass shootings are about as effective as the repeated condemnations by most world leaders of the Israeli government's #genocide and #apartheid in #Gaza and the OPT. Strengthen gun control & penalties for gun crimes & stop supplying arms to Israel.
The dead care not for labels. Calling something a "war crime" or #genocide is meaningless if there is no tangible action taken to halt it. Well past time for world leaders to strictly sanction #Netanyahu and his government's leaders and to cease all foreign aid and arms shipments to Israel.
But can he dance like #Trump - as Bill Maher would put it "Jerking off two men at once" 🤔?
Authentic? #Trump lies the way most folks breathe.
A pragmatic move by a pragmatic leader. I'd expect that my fellow Canadians will continue to avoid U.S. products and travel as much as possible until TACO #Trump is no longer president.
Forget about guts. If he is that desperate to win a Nobel Peace Prize, shutting down the main support for Netanyahu's genocide of Palestinians and supporting (rather than veto'ing) the UN's motions to censure the Israeli government would likely go a long way to convincing the award judges.
I know passengers can be jerks and the life of a flight attendant isn't great but is this really what's needed to cope? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
An 83% civilian murder rate is yet another data point supporting that it IS #genocide in #Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The Nobel committee should inform #Trump that continuing to support #Netanyahu with his #genocide and #apartheid in #Gaza and the West Bank will eliminate any chances he has of winning the Peace Prize. That might be just the catalyst needed for bringing this insanity to an end.
All this will do is embolden #Hamas and keep the forever war raging while innocent Palestinians suffer and die. #Netanyahu and his right-wing cronies need to be forcibly removed from office and jailed. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Justification for why the military should not be deployed into a civilian area unless there is a legitimate need to do so. Trying to punish a blue district does not constitute just cause.
If Gavin keeps it up long enough, Trump might just explode like Mr. Creosote in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" and hopefully take a whole slew of his sycophants with him when he goes supernova
It is getting difficult to determine which administration is more cruel - #Netanyahu or #Trump. Denying medical aid to children is inhuman - plain and simple. There's a special place in Hell reserved for folks like Laura Loomer. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Love it - President POO-tihn indeed!
Hire incompetent sycophants and you get incompetent outcomes - no surprises here!
Personal risk is the only way to make real change #ChangeManagement #Leadership
Wonder what would have happened if the minister had told him that cancelling all tariff-related activity would guarantee he'd get it?
Hamas is an effect not a cause. 77 years of #apartheid in #Gaza and the rest of the OPT will naturally foment violent resistance.
"Anthony Albanese says Benjamin #Netanyahu is ‘in denial’ about crisis in #Gaza" How naive. Netanyahu is not in denial. The crisis is the expected side effect of his #apartheid campaign to remove all Palestinians from their lands. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than half of the protestors arrested were over the age of 60. When you get that many seniors and close to seniors willing to take a stand for something it usually means they have a point.
Killing innocent journalists does not hide the truth when regular citizens can take and post photos and videos of the #Gaza #genocide. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
It is a slippery slope from this to trying to create "Supermen" a la Khan Noonian Singh...
And this is a surprise given his track record? He clearly never learned the lesson that those in the public eye are subject to a different standard for open expression of their opinions.
It is not surprising that #Netanyahu is escalating his #genocide and #apartheid actions. What is surprising is that most world leaders haven't cut off the flow of arms to the Israeli government. What line must be crossed before that happens?
Do the risks of a worm in the brain outweigh its benefits?
Were it not for mRNA technology, a COVID-19 vaccine would have taken many more months (years?) to be developed and released. The number of lives saved directly and indirectly (due to reduced hospitalizations) more than offsets the risks of the approach.
The first thing that came to mind was "Jump! Jump! Jump!".
"European Commission official tells Politico that Israel's actions 'look very much' like #genocide" According to MSF: "During those seven weeks, our teams treated 71 children for gunshot wounds, 25 of whom were under the age of 15." Call it whatever you want to but stop the carnage in #Gaza.
I hope every world leader who sanctioned Russia and supported Ukraine in 2022 will sanction the Israeli government and fully support Palestinians should the IDF carry through on the #Netanyahu plan to occupy #Gaza. Stop the #genocide. Stop the #apartheid. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
America's loss is the world's gain. I'm sure many other countries will happily fund mRNA research given its promise in curing multiple types of cancer and other to-date incurable diseases. And the technology has received significant global testing thanks to its use in the COVID-19 vaccines.
Of course this assumes he would permit anyone to run against him. If he follows his El Salvadorian buddy Bukele's example, 2024 might have been the last "real" election in the US.
Only once AIPAC, Christian evangelicals and other lobbyists stop bullying politicians who don't fall in line with pro-Zionist viewpoints.
Proving once again that speaking out against fanatical Zionism or against the actions of the Israeli government is not being antisemitic but rather just being decent human beings.
Whoever said that #Trump imposes tariffs for economic reasons? Remember what he did to Brazil because their government didn't release his buddy Bolsanaro? Like all bullies, Trump reacts poorly to not getting his way...
Sometime in the future a college will offer a course on leadership anti-lessons from #Trump...
A classic case of shooting the messenger by TACO #Trump. Instead of criticizing the numbers, Donny, why not try to understand what might be causing them? www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Nice try, #Trump. Hamas's surrender would just take away the excuse #Netanyahu has used for escalating Israel's #apartheid & #genocide in #Gaza and the #WestBank, but wouldn't change anything. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
TACO keeps demonstrating his hypocrisy. The trade war with #Canada has nothing to do with a trade deficit or with fentanyl and everything to do with #Trump wanting to punish other countries which don't fall in line with his agenda. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
For every person who opposes imposing sanctions on the Israeli government for their continued #genocide and #apartheid in #Gaza and the #WestBank, ask yourselves if you'd be willing to subject YOUR babies to what's described in this article? www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Glad to see #Canada is finally stepping up to formally recognize the state of #Palestine in September. Hopefully #Australia follows suit soon. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the
"Britain said on Tuesday it would recognise a #Palestinian state unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in #Gaza..." - Reuters Recognition of the state must happen regardless of what Israel does or doesn't do as that is the first step to preventing further #apartheid & #genocide.
Shame on the US, Canada & Australia that they have not formally recognized the state of #Palestine yet.
Beyond this, sanctioning him, officially recognizing the state of Palestine, stopping veto motions at the UN which would favor Palestine & resuming normal humanitarian aid delivery through UNRWA and not GHF would go a small way towards righting the many wrongs the US has done over the past 75 years!
"Innocents are now starving to death. All that is not action is noise." Cut off foreign aid and weapons to Israel. Sanction the IDF and Israeli government leadership. Nothing else will be enough to stop the #genocide & #apartheid in #Gaza and the #WestBank. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unfortunately the lobbying by AIPAC, Christian evangelical groups and powerful billionaires has proven too much for any politician since the 1950s to stand up to.
Denying or delaying reality does not make it any less true. The #Netanyahu government is guilty of #genocide in #Gaza and #apartheid across all Palestinian lands. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jul...
“I am very much in favour of the state of #Palestine but I am not in favour of recognising it prior to establishing it,” (Giorgia) Meloni told Italian newspaper La Republica. How will that happen when the #Netanyahu government stops all attempts to establish it? #DoBetter #StopApartheid
Fear of #Trump is not a legitimate reason for Western leaders like Carney & Starmer to avoid recognizing #Palestine. When almost 90 countries have done so already, what are #Canada, #England and #Australia scare of? It might be symbolic, but it shows a solidarity of support against #apartheid.
Long past time for Canada, the UK and other Western countries to do the same along with condemning the continuing #genocide and #apartheid being conducted by #Netanyahu and the IDF in #Gaza and the #WestBank.
Kudos to the king of Belgium and Emmanuel Macron for taking a principled stand on stopping the #Gaza #genocide and recognizing Palestinians right to a state. Its a pity that other Western leaders lack the integrity and courage to do the same. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Support your local independent coffee shop. Most tend to treat their employees a whole lot better than the behemoth chains like Starbucks.
Semantics doesn't feed starving thousands or shield them from IDF bullets. Call it #genocide or just inhumane treatment but stop supporting #Netanyahu explicitly or implicitly. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Trump and his #MAGA cronies know it is harder to sway an educated voter base to supporting them. The more you know, the less you are likely to get suckered by conmen...
How many dead innocents in #Gaza and the #WestBank will it take for Western governments to sanction #Netanyahu and his cronies & to stop shipping them weapons? Do we need to reach one million & realize Stalin's quote about that just being a statistic? Stop the Palestinian #apartheid & #genocide.
Now I really regret not spending the small fortune to catch Sabbath's final concert in Birmingham earlier this month 😢
"History will judge not just those who committed these crimes, but those who stood by and watched." Stop #Netanyahu. Stop the IDF. Stop the #genocide. Stop the GHF. Let UNRWA start their food distribution system again. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“This is not humanitarian aid. We can only think that it was designed to cause damage to the people seeking aid.” Excellent The Guardian article about the #Gaza #Genocide resulting from the so-called GHF's aid distribution system. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Nailed it! Stop the #Gaza #Genocide. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is a good start by Western countries to call out the #Gaza #genocide & #Palestinian #apartheid but you know what would be better? Boycotting, Divesting and applying broad Sanctions along with withholding ALL aid & arms to the corrupt #Netanyahu government. www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
Can't the Brits just detain #JDVance for the next three years? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bluesky butterfly, meet your cousin Black Swallowtail on a coneflower in #Welland , #Niagara
#Netanyahu & his right-wing cronies openly support the #Gaza genocide & overall #Palestine apartheid so they should have the courage to not lie about their killing hundreds of innocents who are just trying to get food for their families. Own your sins.
#Trump was probably giggling when he ordered this as this also gave him a chance to punish James Comey. The sad thing is that even if he is as culpable as #Epstein, it won't matter to his base. What's one more set of felonies for a convicted felon?
Not too long till The Day of the Triffids becomes reality! All we need is some mad scientist to cross-breed this plant with Giant Hogweed and its game over, man...
I wouldn't hold my breath on #Trump being the saviour of #Palestine... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"The children of #Gaza have the same rights as children anywhere – to water, to food, to shelter, to education, to play, to hope, to joy. To life." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With the current Republican party, it is party over principles 24/7
This is another example of the U.S.'s loss of soft power. The South Vietnamese were betrayed and abandoned in the 70s and the Afghanis are experiencing the same now. Sure hope the U.S. enjoys going it alone in future conflicts...
Stupidity knows no shame. #Trump has virtually eliminated USAID which impacts those in need on a worldwide basis and yet he has the audacity to call Rosie O'Donnell a "Threat to Humanity"? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
Day after day the media reports on the number of Palestinian innocents killed in #Gaza while seeking food for their families or in the West Bank from settler raids & nothing changes. Reporting without corresponding action just encourages readers' numbness & apathy.
The new Jurassic Park flick should give #Trump a reminder that it is never a good idea to attempt to resurrect things from the distant past which are better off dead.
Theories are never conclusively proven, only not disproven yet.
Hey TACO, come up with a better lie than Fentanyl from Canada being your rationale for a 35% #tariff on our products from Aug 1. #Trump lies the way most folks breathe... #ElbowsUp (again...)
Scary that the first sign of Artificial General Intelligence might be an #AI issuing a none-too-silent cry for help...
So now #Trump is using #tariffs as a weapon to attack countries when he disagrees with the decisions made by their governments and justice systems? #Brazil should stop shipping all coffee beans to the US immediately. I'd love to see how America runs on Dunkin' without Brazilian coffee.
In most cases of AI duplication, I'd be concerned. In this case, they could replace the entire cabinet AND #Trump with Gen AI-based bots and the decisions and end results would likely be saner.
Stop colonization, apartheid and genocide in #Gaza and the #WestBank, turn yourself over to the international courts and maybe things will change, #Netanyahu. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bravo to the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, for clearly articulating the duty which world leaders have to stop #Netanyahu and his government's #Gaza #genocide: "...economic ties cannot be divorced from moral responsibilities...History will judge us harshly if we fail to answer its call."
Well given his love of #Netanyahu and the apartheid & genocide happening in #Gaza and the #WestBank , it is no wonder he is following suit. Taco see, Taco do...
#ThoughtOfTheDay Every technological innovation introduces undesirable pests. The motor car inspired road rage and social media has spawned influencers. #SocialMedia #Influencers
To bad the old saying didn't go "First they came for the influencers..."
There's a special corner of Hell reserved for #Netanyahu, the baby killer, and his cronies with their genocide in #Gaza When infant formula is confiscated or not provided and mothers have insufficient food to produce milk, babies die. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Could somebody throw his butt in the octagon and get him choked out?
This chart from The Guardian highlights the death toll of #Netanyahu and his right-wing cronies' genocide in #Gaza of innocents trying to get food for their families in June. And yet the West does nothing. Source: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Don't conflate anti-Israel with antisemitism. Being against the actions of the Israeli government in #Gaza and the #WestBank or not supporting their position that the state trumps everything, including human rights, does not make you an antisemite. www.reuters.com/business/med...
No, no a million times no! A pox on the entire #Trump family and any aspirations they have for future presidential runs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Nobody can feign ignorance. Nobody can pretend they didn’t know." In the face of such blatant genocidal threats, the West remains impotent in constraining #Nentanyahu & his right-wing allies in their campaign against #Gaza & all Palestinians (not just Hamas). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"There can be no Pride under occupation." Excellent opinion piece in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Futile Four? The four Louse-keteers?
From The Guardian: "The EU may take action to increase pressure on Israel unless there are “concrete” improvements for the inhabitants of Gaza, its foreign policy chief has said." What more is needed to act? Silence and inaction is just support for continued #genocide in #Gaza.
The next world war may be fought over clean drinking water and fresh air.
Instead of them developing a nuclear weapon, #Trump is now giving #Iran a strong incentive to acquire one (or more) by showing them the futility of attempting to negotiate with someone that can't be trusted to honor a decision for longer than it takes him to make it.
Folks will put themselves into mortal danger to avoid killing a small animal but will turn a blind eye to genocide happening on the other side of the ocean.
He is as bad a waffler in his positions as JD Vance is
With #Trump, it is always the "royal" we. Kind of like how he took credit for mediating the recent skirmishes between India and Pakistan - thankfully PM Modi corrected him on that!