Friday, December 31, 2021
Pema Chödrön and bell hooks discuss life and all its problems — Lion's Roar
Pema Chödrön and bell hooks discuss life and all its problems — Lion's Roar: bell hooks talks to Pema Chödrön about how to open your heart to life's most difficult challenges.
Beethoven: Violinkonzert ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Patricia Kopatchinskaj...
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Conservative ‘dark money’ group raised record $50M in 2020 after election rebranding • OpenSecrets
Conservative ‘dark money’ group raised record $50M in 2020 after election rebranding • OpenSecrets: A conservative “dark money” group raised at least $50 million in 2020 after it rebranded and added an alias focused on elections.
Poet Martín Espada on “Floaters,” the Dehumanization of Refugees, Puerto Rico & His Father | Democracy Now!
Poet Martín Espada on “Floaters,” the Dehumanization of Refugees, Puerto Rico & His Father | Democracy Now!: Acclaimed poet Martín Espada recently won the National Book Award for Poetry for his anthology “Floaters.” He became just the third Latinx poet to win the award. “Floaters” is titled after the photo of the Salvadoran father and daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande in June 2019 trying to cross into the United States, one that sparked outrage at the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border. Espada discusses U.S. immigration policy and reads the poem “Letter to My Father: October 2017,” which looks back at his father’s native Puerto Rico.
(Martin was one of my very favourite teachers in school & is a righteous person as well.
Even With Trump Out of Office, the Far Right Continued to Mobilize in 2021
Even With Trump Out of Office, the Far Right Continued to Mobilize in 2021: Despite anti-fascists’ best hopes, far right forces have remained active and Trumpists within the GOP are empowered.
ESSENTIAL 2021 READING
Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act | PBS NewsHour
Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act | PBS NewsHour: The report from the Office of Special Counsel finds the officials broke the law without consequence and with the approval of the administration in what it describes as a "willful disregard for the Hatch Act."
What kind of shithole country allows this? None faced any real consequences.
Genocide Warning: Indonesia November 2021
Genocide Warning: Indonesia November 2021: Members of the Papuan Students Alliance hold a banner during a protest in support of the Papuan independence movement in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 15, 2013. ULET IFANSASTI/GETTY IMAGES Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Warning for Indonesia. Ethnic West Papuans and practitioners of minority religions in Indonesia face targeted attacks, arrests, and displacement. In 1963, Indonesia invaded West Papua, the western half of the island of New Guinea. Six years later, the rigged Act of Free Ch
They Pledged to Donate Rights to Their COVID Vaccine, Then Sold Them to Pharma | Kaiser Health News
They Pledged to Donate Rights to Their COVID Vaccine, Then Sold Them to Pharma | Kaiser Health News: Advocates of cheap and widely available vaccines thought the pandemic might change business as usual. They were wrong.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
A World to Win | Democratic Socialists of America
A World to Win | Democratic Socialists of America: We’re all in this together. For the poor & working class to win a better world? We must care for our neighbors, build community, and fight alongside each other. As a working class organization, we are funding ourselves. As workers, we are in charge of our own liberation and we have some monumental tasks ahead of us, fights we must win. And we can’t do it alone. Give today. We have a world to win. Please note: donations to DSA are NOT tax deductible. You can consider giving a tax deductible contribution to our educational sister organization, the Democratic Socialists of America Fund (DSA Fund). Click here to learn how to put DSA in your will. To become a member of DSA, click and join here.
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Who Was Roy Cohn? - Donald Trump's Connection to Roy Cohn, Explained
Who Was Roy Cohn? - Donald Trump's Connection to Roy Cohn, Explained: 'Where's My Roy Cohn' director Matt Tyrnauer discusses Donald Trump's relationship with his mentor, Roy Cohn, the infamous political fixer.
Cohn's important to remember because he groomed Trump & Stone to use lies, hate & arrogance for political ends. They share the neofascist belief that a few supreme beings are genetically chosen to 'win' while the 99% rest of us are subhuman scum ripe for abuse & exploitation.
COVID can lead to lasting harm to the brain, scientists find : Shots - Health News : NPR
COVID can lead to lasting harm to the brain, scientists find : Shots - Health News : NPR: The virus that causes COVID-19 can cause strokes, inflammation, oxygen deprivation and infection in the brain. And each of these may lead to long-term neurological problems.
My prediction for 2022 is that Big Pharma will keep the pressure on governments to do little to address the long-term consequences of COVID-19. Long enough, that is, for them to make record profits from any treatments they claim property rights over.
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lays Out How He and Steve Bannon Planned to Overturn Biden’s Electoral Win
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lays Out How He and Steve Bannon Planned to Overturn Biden’s Electoral Win: “It started out perfectly. At 1 p.m., Gosar and Cruz did exactly what was expected of them…”
STRIKE! The Game of Worker Rebellion – The TESA Collective
STRIKE! The Game of Worker Rebellion – The TESA Collective: STRIKE! is a strategic, cooperative, and beautifully-illustrated board game for 2 - 4 players about building a city-wide rebellion to stop a mega-corporation's takeover. It was created in a collaboration between The TESA Collective, a publisher of games about changing the world, and Jobs with Justice, a leading labor r
Peter Navarro, Steve Bannon, Paul Gosar, and Ted Cruz recruited 100 members of Congress to overthrow the U.S. government on January 6th — calling their mission “The Green Bay Sweep”
Peter Navarro, Steve Bannon, Paul Gosar, and Ted Cruz recruited 100 members of Congress to overthrow the U.S. government on January 6th — calling their mission “The Green Bay Sweep”
Neoliberal Parasites Now Want Public Libraries as Profit Centers for Wall Street
Neoliberal Parasites Now Want Public Libraries as Profit Centers for Wall Street: Privatization is a YUGE con perpetrated on the American people, run not by “the best minds” but by the greediest -- Now threatening to turn Ben Franklin’s libraries into corporate profit centers
Monday, December 27, 2021
We Are Not Returning to "Normal." 2022 Must Be a Year of Change.
We Are Not Returning to "Normal." 2022 Must Be a Year of Change.: Truthout looks back at a year of loss, shifting narratives and hope in resistance.
The Pentagon Just Got $778 Billion, But USAID Is Running Out of Money for Covid-19 Vaccines?
The Pentagon Just Got $778 Billion, But USAID Is Running Out of Money for Covid-19 Vaccines?: "Why is there more money for the military-industrial complex… at the same time the U.S. is refusing to spend the $25 billion needed to make enough additional vaccines to vaccinate the world?"
Global destruction isn’t funny, but when it comes to the climate crisis, it might have to be - The Boston Globe
Global destruction isn’t funny, but when it comes to the climate crisis, it might have to be - The Boston Globe: Science isn’t finished until it’s successfully communicated. "Don’t Look Up" succeeds not because it’s funny and entertaining, but because it’s serious sociopolitical commentary posing as comedy.
The Gospel of Donald Trump Jr. - The Atlantic
The Gospel of Donald Trump Jr. - The Atlantic
Great piece, tho' #neofascism can be more simply defined as a belief that a small elite (inevitably immediate family members), are genetically superior to the rest of us subhuman others & that all means necessary (compulsive lying included) can be used to ensure that class rules.
Sunday, December 26, 2021
Steve Bannon's MEIN KAMPF for a Fascist America Must Be Defeated
Steve Bannon's MEIN KAMPF for a Fascist America Must Be Defeated:
Steve Bannon has mapped out a clear and present strategy for using our own electoral system to turn the US into a fascist dictatorship.
Ther...
#Tutu #Palestine
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. " Arch Desmond Tutu RIP
Saturday, December 25, 2021
What were the Overturn Plotters doing a Year Ago? | Daily Sound & Fury
What were the Overturn Plotters doing a Year Ago? | Daily Sound & Fury: That is really what Jim Jordan is worried about
Jim Jordan has “concerns.” Real Concerns … about “the House Select Committee investigating Januar
Trump got $4 million from the UK government while serving as president: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism
Trump got $4 million from the UK government while serving as president: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism: While serving as president of the United States, Donald Trump received millions of dollars from the United Kingdom."Donald Trump’s Scottish golf courses claimed $4 million in Covid-relief furlough payouts from the UK Government, according to newly released accounts," The Independent reported.The new...
‘Panic made us vulnerable’: how 9/11 made the US surveillance state – and the Americans who fought back | Surveillance | The Guardian
‘Panic made us vulnerable’: how 9/11 made the US surveillance state – and the Americans who fought back | Surveillance | The Guardian: It took Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers to reveal the staggering extent of the government’s spying on its own people as institutional checks failed
Eugene Debs on the Real Religion of Jesus
Eugene Debs on the Real Religion of Jesus: In December 1914, socialist leader Eugene V. Debs sent a Christmas letter to a man in a Michigan prison. We reprint the message here in full.
Resolution 2022: Stop Weaponizing Pathogens
Resolution 2022: Stop Weaponizing Pathogens: According to Yahoo News, a new poll indicates that Americans now overwhelmingly believe “that the coronavirus pandemic stemmed from a lab leak in Wuhan, China, and that the Chinese government subsequently lied about it.”But of course the preponderance of evidence clearly shows that this genetically engineered madness and criminal negligence requires punishment, not just for
The mammoth costs of doing nothing or too little
The mammoth costs of doing nothing or too little: It's time to change the way we think about public policy
Opinion | Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Moderate | Peter Dreier
Opinion | Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Moderate | Peter Dreier: King called himself a democratic socialist. He believed that America needed a "radical redistribution of economic and political power."
'We took the Capitol’: Proud Boy pleads guilty to Jan. 6 conspiracy charges
'We took the Capitol’: Proud Boy pleads guilty to Jan. 6 conspiracy charges: On Wednesday, one of the members of the Proud Boys became the first to admit he was at the Capitol to stop the transfer of power, as part of a cooperation agreement with the government.
Well, this implicates Roger Stone & his inner circle, e.g. the 2016 Stop The Steal gang & terrorist Three Percenters & early VICE circle & $s for death squads in Latin American. But who else among Trump's key neofascist 'strategists' can now be deemed as directly involved?
The 2000 U.S. presidential election was a harbinger of things to come. | by Jennifer Cohn | Dec, 2021 | Medium
The 2000 U.S. presidential election was a harbinger of things to come. | by Jennifer Cohn | Dec, 2021 | Medium: It featured a voting machine glitch, a bogus voter purge, narrative warfare, Roger Stone, and Karl Rove.
Friday, December 24, 2021
Climate Brief: UN confirms record temperature for the Arctic at 100.4 degrees F | Daily Sound & Fury
Climate Brief: UN confirms record temperature for the Arctic at 100.4 degrees F | Daily Sound & Fury: The Siberian town of Verkhoyansk reached the temperature during a prolonged heatwave in June last year.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirme
Thursday, December 23, 2021
A no-beef diet is great, but don’t replace it with chicken - Vox
A no-beef diet is great, but don’t replace it with chicken - Vox: Let’s not swap one moral disaster for another.
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa (Official Video)
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
The Legacy of Racism within the U.S. Border Patrol | American Immigration Council
The Legacy of Racism within the U.S. Border Patrol | American Immigration Council: This report presents a historical overview of how U.S. Border Patrol has been steeped in institutional racism and has committed violent acts with near impunity since its founding nearly 100 years ago.
Stand Up for Our Democracy. Give Now. | ExposedByCMD
Stand Up for Our Democracy. Give Now. | ExposedByCMD
Instead of gifts this year (Bday too), I'm asking folks to donate here
Monday, December 20, 2021
Turning Point USA 2021 Investor Prospectus - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Turning Point USA 2021 Investor Prospectus - EXPOSEDbyCMD: This Turning Point USA Investor Prospectus was sourced to the Center for Media and Democracy alongside a personal letter from Charlie Kirk dated August
Again, if TPUSA gets the $50 million called for in its investor prospectus, it will be the richest neofascist youth movement in US history.
Steve Baker’s Conservative Rebellion Tied to Pro-Trump Disinformation Network Bankrolled by neofascist medialord Robert Mercer
Steve Baker’s Conservative Rebellion Tied to Pro-Trump Disinformation Network Bankrolled by Robert Mercer – Byline Times: The rebel Tory MP sits in the middle of hard-right lobby networks on climate change and the pandemic linked to Cambridge Analytica, reveal Nafeez Ahmed and Peter Jukes
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Biden Administration’s Epic Oil Lease Auction Was Totally Unnecessary – Mother Jones
Biden Administration’s Epic Oil Lease Auction Was Totally Unnecessary – Mother Jones: A past court ruling, it turns out, did not force it to enable a "huge carbon bomb."
Money and misinformation: how Turning Point USA became a formidable pro-Trump force | US politics | The Guardian
Money and misinformation: how Turning Point USA became a formidable pro-Trump force | US politics | The Guardian
#TPUSA is not only the largest #neofascist youth movement in US but also the richest, having more money than even the Junior Ku Klux Klan & the Klan Youth Corps at their heights, combined.
#TPUSA is not only the largest #neofascist youth movement in US but also the richest, having more money than even the Junior Ku Klux Klan & the Klan Youth Corps at their heights, combined.
President Trump’s legacy of corruption, four years and 3,700 conflicts of interest later - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
President Trump’s legacy of corruption, four years and 3,700 conflicts of interest later - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Trump's administration was marked by self-interest, profiteering at the highest levels and more than 3,700 conflicts of interest.
It’s Time to Try Fossil-Fuel Executives for Crimes Against Humanity
It’s Time to Try Fossil-Fuel Executives for Crimes Against Humanity: It isn't hyperbole to say that fossil-fuel executives are mass murderers. We should put them on trial for crimes against humanity.
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Teaching about the January 6 Insurrection and its Impact on U.S. Democracy
Teaching about the January 6 Insurrection and its Impact on U.S. Democracy: On January 6, 2021, an estimated 2,000 people stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. As we approach the 1-year anniversary of the insurrection, we continue to learn more about what happened that day through the congressional investigation and ongoing trials of insurrectionists. The January 6 insurrection remains important to understand and discuss, as well as the larger questions it raises about the state of U.S. democracy. A recent poll found that 52% of young people between 18 and 29 believe that either U.S. democracy is “in trouble” or “failed,” while only 7% agree that it is “healthy,” further highlighting the need to teach students about democratic institutions.
Behold the Creepy Little Cabal That Tried to Help Trump Overturn the Election in Congress
Behold the Creepy Little Cabal That Tried to Help Trump Overturn the Election in Congress:
Tragic to think that the American ecocidal capitalist oligarchy is susceptible to fascist twerps like these.
Jim Jordan, Paul Gosar, Louie Gohmert—the gang's all here!
Tragic to think that the American ecocidal capitalist oligarchy is susceptible to fascist twerps like these.
Plant-based diets, pescatarian diets and COVID-19 severity: a population-based case–control study in six countries | BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
Plant-based diets, pescatarian diets and COVID-19 severity: a population-based case–control study in six countries | BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health: Conclusion In six countries, plant-based diets or pescatarian diets were associated with lower odds of moderate-to-severe COVID-19. These dietary patterns may be considered for protection against severe COVID-19.
Note on Milk and Cheese...
Most people are lactose-intolerant. There is no reason on earth for humans to drink the milk of other animals and make themselves sick in the process. Milk without hormones or pus is an oxymoron and so-called 'organic' animal milk is not better for you in those terms. People that drink animal milk have a higher rate of bone, especially hip fractures – the whole 'much-needed source of calcium' message was simply dairy industry propaganda. In fact, countries with the highest rates of dairy consumption have the highest rates of osteoporosis. Animal whole milk increases men's chance of getting prostrate cancer by 35% and if a woman drinks a glass of it each day there's a 50-50 chance she will die of breast cancer and dying from someone else by 65%. Avoiding animal milk is perhaps the best way to prevent children from developing Type-1 diabetes. However, the American Diabetes Association receives money from Dannon, Kraft, Velveeta, Oscar Mayer, Lunchables, Bumble Bee Food, LLC., etc. to keep the focus away from changing one's diet.
Cheese is coagulated cow or goat pus that has been biologically concentrated to high levels of infection-risk, highly processed to ensure infection, and then doused in salt on top of its natural saturated fat content. It is a leading cause of autoimmunity disease, particularly among the poor.
Friday, December 17, 2021
CAIR Infiltrated by Islamophobic Organization; Alleges Israeli Connection
CAIR Infiltrated by Islamophobic Organization; Alleges Israeli Connection: A stunning betrayal by a trusted senior official goes back at least 13 years, and likely longer, the Muslim civil rights group said Thursday. And he may not be the only mole
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
ALEC “Academy” Featured a Who’s Who of Voter Suppression Leaders - EXPOSEDbyCMD
ALEC “Academy” Featured a Who’s Who of Voter Suppression Leaders - EXPOSEDbyCMD: While the July 26-28 session was ostensibly led by the dark money group Honest Elections Project, it was organized, hosted, and bankrolled by ALEC, despite repeated claims by its CEO, Lisa Nelson, that the group does not work on voting issues.
Today is the perfect day to listen to bell hooks » MobyLives
Today is the perfect day to listen to bell hooks » MobyLives: Hey, America! Good morning. It’s been an intense couple of weeks, and today may just be the perfect time to spend a half hour with the brilliant bell hooks, scholar, activist, and author of books including Ain’t I a Woman?, Bone…
Joanne Kyger, from Round Robin with Garry Snyder in her India Journals
Going on from at least fifty tree
Roots braided beginning of house
dropping the new fern, curtain bee
-- Joanne Kyger
from Round Robin with Garry Snyder in her India Journals
'Monster' Antarctic Glacier at Risk as Key Ice Shelf Faces Collapse Years Earlier Than Expected
'Monster' Antarctic Glacier at Risk as Key Ice Shelf Faces Collapse Years Earlier Than Expected: "What we're seeing is already enough to be worried about," said one researcher.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
‘They Told Me I’d Be Fired:’ Kentucky Candle Plant Workers Stayed During Tornado
‘They Told Me I’d Be Fired:’ Kentucky Candle Plant Workers Stayed During Tornado: The factory was obliterated in the second tornado and at least eight people were killed.
The Border Wall in Arizona and New Mexico- July 2021
The Border Wall in Arizona and New Mexico- July 2021: 455 miles of border wall were built between the US and Mexico between 2017 and 2021. The environmental damage is severe.
ALEC Forum Promotes Manufactured Controversy Over the Factual Teaching of Racism in K-12 Schools - EXPOSEDbyCMD
ALEC Forum Promotes Manufactured Controversy Over the Factual Teaching of Racism in K-12 Schools - EXPOSEDbyCMD: Around seventy lawmakers, lobbyists, and researchers gathered yesterday at the American Legislative Exchange Council's policy summit in San Diego to hear speakers push actions and model legislation in the GOP's manufactured culture war over the supposed teaching of critical race theory in public schools
Crucial Antarctic ice shelf, Thwaites Glacier, could fail within five years, scientists say - The Washington Post
Crucial Antarctic ice shelf, Thwaites Glacier, could fail within five years, scientists say - The Washington Post: Scientists fear the collapse of this important buttress against sea level rise would unleash the fast-moving glacier behind it
FYI: we r so fucked.
FYI: we r so fucked.
“No Rules”: A Border Patrol Unit Worked with the FBI to Investigate Journalists. Is It Still Running? | Democracy Now!
“No Rules”: A Border Patrol Unit Worked with the FBI to Investigate Journalists. Is It Still Running? | Democracy Now!: A shocking exposé reveals how a secretive Customs and Border Protection division investigated as many as 20 journalists and their contacts by using government databases intended to track terrorists. Those investigated include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press reporter Martha Mendoza, along with others at The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. We speak to Jana Winter, the investigative correspondent who broke the story at Yahoo News, who says it’s unclear if the surveillance program was discontinued. “These were career officials who are still running this secretive unit with no rules and no procedures for how they access these databases,” says Winter. “They target Americans who are located in the United States who are not suspected of any crime whatsoever.”
Monday, December 13, 2021
ALEC Is Pushing a Bill That Punishes Banks for Divesting From Fossil Fuels
ALEC Is Pushing a Bill That Punishes Banks for Divesting From Fossil Fuels: The bill would block firms that end these investments from receiving state government contracts or managing state funds.
alecexposed.org
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Err... can we all take a moment to acknowledge that this is about FOUR decades late? Biden calls on EPA to investigate role of climate crisis in deadly tornadoes | Kentucky | The Guardian
Biden calls on EPA to investigate role of climate crisis in deadly tornadoes | Kentucky | The Guardian: Experts say tornadoes with such intensity are rare later in the year during colder seasonal weather
Trigger Warning (scenes with extreme Christian fascist violence): Killer Kids S03E04 Allentown Massacre & The Copycat - video Dailymotion
Killer Kids S03E04 Allentown Massacre & The Copycat - video Dailymotion: The case of two neo-Nazi brothers who murdered their parents and brother in Allentown, Pa.
7 People in Virginia Play an Outsized Role in Progress on Global Climate Goals - DeSmog
7 People in Virginia Play an Outsized Role in Progress on Global Climate Goals - DeSmog: While the recent UN climate change conference in Scotland may have captured the world’s attention, an equally important, albeit far more obscure process has been slowly unfolding far from the glitz and glamour of the global stage. Indeed, just seven people in Virginia will play an outsized role in determining whether we keep accelerating toward […]
01: Ground Floor at the Amazon Warehouse 🅴 • Megacorp - Podcast Addict
01: Ground Floor at the Amazon Warehouse 🅴 • Megacorp - Podcast Addict: 01: Ground Floor at the Amazon Warehouse 🅴 • Megacorp - via Podcast Addict | In this first episode we’ll be starting at the ground floor, with the most
Torrance cop scandal over racist texts mere tip of bigotry iceberg within nation’s law enforcement
Torrance cop scandal over racist texts mere tip of bigotry iceberg within nation’s law enforcement: The revelation that over a dozen police officers on the force in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance exchanged a slew of racist, homophobic, and antisemitic texts over the course of years has spurred a torrent of outrage in California—particularly as it...
God, Trump and the Closed-Door World of the Council for National Policy - The Washington Post
God, Trump and the Closed-Door World of the Council for National Policy - The Washington Post: What internal recordings and documents reveal about a major conservative group — and the future of the Republican Party.
A Brief History of The Wilberforce Colony
Between August 15 and August 22, 1829, white mobs in Cincinnati burned and demolished Black houses, and up to 1,500 Black residents were driven outside the city limits, some starting a settlement in Ontario, which they named Wilberforce after the British abolitionist, with help from Quaker donations (because the city of Cincinnati refused to aid them).
Saturday, December 11, 2021
Big Panic For a Democracy That Never Was - In These Times
Big Panic For a Democracy That Never Was - In These Times
America has had voting (for some), for part of its history, even a little bit of neoliberal ‘representative democracy,’ but NEVER real or true democracy.
The construction of Israel’s Gaza concentration camp is complete – Mondoweiss
The construction of Israel’s Gaza concentration camp is complete – Mondoweiss: Israel announced the completion of an underground wall and maritime barrier surrounding the besieged Gaza Strip. Not a single mainstream media outlet used the term “concentration camp” to report on it but they should have.
Radicalized Christian nationalism is a growing threat to American democracy | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Radicalized Christian nationalism is a growing threat to American democracy | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian: A relatively small but incredibly organized faction is working to turn the country into something resembling a theocracy
NEW: Previously Unreported Insurrection Eve Video Confirms Stop the Steal Plot to Occupy the United States Capitol Long-Term Beginning on January 6
NEW: Previously Unreported Insurrection Eve Video Confirms Stop the Steal Plot to Occupy the United States Capitol Long-Term Beginning on January 6: Ali Alexander—who was just deposed by Congress for eight hours—appears to have confessed on January 5 that his "movement" indeed intended to not only storm the Capitol but occupy it on January 6.
Friday, December 10, 2021
‘It’s a Crazy Way to Run a Country’: How to Reform the Supreme Court - POLITICO
‘It’s a Crazy Way to Run a Country’: How to Reform the Supreme Court - POLITICO: If you’re serious about changing the Supreme Court—through packing, term limits, or anything else—you need to understand the consequences, says court expert Daniel Epps.
Brandenburg v. Ohio: Trump’s impeachment defense rests on Klan free-speech decision by Supreme Court - The Washington Post
Brandenburg v. Ohio: Trump’s impeachment defense rests on Klan free-speech decision by Supreme Court - The Washington Post: The former president's defense lawyers have cited the Supreme Court's 1969 decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio, which upheld the right of Klan leader Clarence Brandenburg to spew racist, antisemitic rhetoric as long as it didn't incite or produce "imminent lawless action."
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Palestinian Woman Plants Flowers In Israeli Army Tear Gas Grenades | Bored Panda
Palestinian Woman Plants Flowers In Israeli Army Tear Gas Grenades | Bored Panda: In a poignant display of peaceful resistance, a Palestinian woman in the village of Bilin, near the State of Palestine's de fecto capital of Ramallah, has planted a garden full of flowers grown inside of spent tear-gas canisters collected from clashes between Israeli soldiers and local Palestinians. Due to the high tensions and frequent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians, she has no short supply of materials for these small flower pots.
“Your Debt Is Someone Else’s Asset”: Calls Mount to Cancel Debt & Halt Wealth Transfer to the Rich | Democracy Now!
“Your Debt Is Someone Else’s Asset”: Calls Mount to Cancel Debt & Halt Wealth Transfer to the Rich | Democracy Now!: As calls grow for Biden to extend the moratorium on student debt, we speak with the Debt Collective’s Astra Taylor and feature her new film for The Intercept, “Your Debt Is Someone Else’s Asset,” animated by artist Molly Crabapple. The $15 trillion in U.S. household debt is “a form of wealth transfer” from the poor to the rich, Taylor says. “People are in debt by design.”
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Seven days: Following Trump's reckless coronavirus trail - The Washington Post
Seven days: Following Trump's reckless coronavirus trail - The Washington Post: From the day of his first positive test until his hospitalization last year, the former president came in contact with more than 500 people in proximity to him or at crowded events, according to a Washington Post analysis.
GOP’s Banning of Books and Attack on Teachers Expose the Party’s Rising Fascism
GOP’s Banning of Books and Attack on Teachers Expose the Party’s Rising Fascism: The Republican Party makes clear that educational practices that inform and liberate are a threat to its politics.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent. | Grist
Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent. | Grist: The evidence is clear: Climate change is turning forests into scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S. after wildfires.
These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years — ProPublica
These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years — ProPublica: Donald Trump and other ultrarich Americans have earned billions, but they’ve also managed to repeatedly avoid paying any federal income tax by claiming huge losses on their businesses.
Congressional Dems Are Failing to Secure Abortion Rights
Congressional Dems Are Failing to Secure Abortion Rights: Democrats promised legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and preempt the Texas anti-abortion law, but they’ve chosen to leave it sitting with a congressional panel. The inaction of Democrats is unacceptable.
When the United Fruit Company Tried to Buy Guatemala | The Nation
When the United Fruit Company Tried to Buy Guatemala | The Nation: How a sitting, elected national government found itself in the position of having to buy its own country.
Monday, December 6, 2021
Wall Street Holds Fast to Fossil Fuels as Climate Pressure Grows - Bloomberg
Wall Street Holds Fast to Fossil Fuels as Climate Pressure Grows - Bloomberg: With the ink hardly dry on a landmark pledge by the finance industry to fight climate change, the world’s biggest banks are making clear they plan to stand by their fossil-fuel clients.
NPR’s new double standard for Biden - by Eric Boehlert
NPR’s new double standard for Biden - by Eric Boehlert: Listen now (6 min) | Coddling Trump?
Sola Liu - The Nation's Boundaries (Audio)
This arrived in the mail today. Classic internationalist blues.
Indonesian indigenous people fight on despite arrests - UCA News
Indonesian indigenous people fight on despite arrests - UCA News: Tano Batak urge government to close a pulp factory they claim is causing damage around North Sumatra's Lake Toba
The forest is a part of us - Rainforest Action Network
The forest is a part of us - Rainforest Action Network: The Pargamanan-Bintang Maria community in the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia can trace their roots back to about 125 years ago. The three Batak clans (Marga), Sitanggang, Simbolon and Lumban Gaol, migrated there during Dutch colonial times and were given the land by the ruler Partuan Nahoda Raja with the promise to never transfer its rights.
The “Deviant” African Genders That Colonialism Condemned - JSTOR Daily
The “Deviant” African Genders That Colonialism Condemned - JSTOR Daily: European travellers and anthropologists found that their gendered worldview didn’t easily map onto the societies they encountered.
In 1950, the U.S. Released a Bioweapon in San Francisco | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
In 1950, the U.S. Released a Bioweapon in San Francisco | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine: This was one of hundreds of bioweapon simulations carried out in the 1950s and 1960s
Sunday, December 5, 2021
How higher education can win the war against neoliberalism and white supremacy – UncommonThought
How higher education can win the war against neoliberalism and white supremacy – UncommonThought: [Photo: Dr. Sandra Grey, Other Sociology, 2017.]By: Henry A. Giroux Source: Salon Henry A. Giroux The exhaustion of the future does not even leave us with the past. Tradition counts for nothing when it is no longer contested and modified. A culture that is merely preserved is no culture at all. — Mark Fisher Since...
What the Pandora Papers Reveal
What the Pandora Papers Reveal: In The FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast: How the world of secret finance enables some of the globe’s richest and most powerful people to shield their assets.
Saturday, December 4, 2021
The Panthers and the Patriots
The Panthers and the Patriots: The story of how a group of poor whites in Chicago united with the Black Panthers to fight racism and capitalism.
Friday, December 3, 2021
Werner Herzog, Into the Inferno - Katia and Maurice Krafft
Lock Down the Unvaccinated So America Can Get Back To Normal!
Lock Down the Unvaccinated So America Can Get Back To Normal!: Let the Trumpies and Maskholes argue it out on social media and in their chatrooms, but keep them the hell out of our stores, bars, restaurants and theaters. Enough is enough!
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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