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Ceasefires in name only

#Putin and #Netanyahu egging one another on in the ‘cease fire’ stakes - both of them encouraged and enabled by the #USA. Even the #UK has finally begun to (finally) suggest that Israel is committing war crimes - and it has taken a bloody long time to get there!

theguardian.com/world/2025/mar

The Guardian · Hundreds reported dead in Gaza as Israel launches widespread strikesBy Jason Burke

The US assault on free speech is not going to end with #MahmoudKhalil

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Arwa Mahdawi - Opinion
Sat 15 Mar 2025 09.00 EDT

"It should be clear by now that America is not exceptional; the constitution is not a magical document that will protect our freedoms simply by existing. We are sliding towards an authoritarian future at alarming speed and #Khalil’s detention is an important reminder that we can’t fight for our rights in isolation. All of our freedoms are intertwined."

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#DefendAcademicFreedom
#repression
#DefendFreeSpeech
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#media #news #press @palestine

The Guardian · The US assault on free speech is not going to end with Mahmoud KhalilBy Arwa Mahdawi
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“The messaging was obviously coordinated in advance. … The result is propaganda film worthy of the 1930s, in which the Leader determines what is true and what is false and who is human and who is not…”
—Timothy Snyder, The evil at your door
#usa #propaganda

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“We are meant to accept the mouth and keyboard movements of individuals associated with the federal government… It is a strike…against democracy and basic political freedom.”
—Timothy Snyder, The evil at your door
#usa

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“If we accept that the executive branch can simply deport anyone they call a "foreign alien terrorist," then none of us has any rights.”
—Timothy Snyder, The evil at your door
#usa

Trump’s pick to head Medicare and Medicaid, Dr. Oz, is a celebrity who built his career on selling fake cures to the public.

His plot to privatize Medicare will rob seniors and disabled people and turn the vital lifeline into a source of private profit.

Rather than letting private insurance corporations take over through the “Medicare Advantage” scam, we should abolish the parasitic insurance companies once and for all.

A single, national system that covers 100% of the cost of all procedures should take their place!

#psl #partyforsocialismandliberation #capitalism #healthcare #donaldtrump #USPolitics #usa #us

For quite some time, certain people in the U.S. have been 'czars', like Homan being referred to as the U.S. border 'czar'. It's always bothered me that we have adopted this Russian word, without regard for where it came from or what it means.
From Merriam-Webster:

1
: emperor
specifically : the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
2
: one having great power or authority
a banking czar

Am I the only one bothered by this?

#czar#Russia#border

Fabian Schmidt was “violently interrogated”, stripped naked & put in a cold shower by two officials at Logan. immigration agents pressured him to give up his green card. he was placed on a mat in a bright room with other people at the airport & denied access to his medications.

#USA #greencard #immigration
wgbh.org/news/local/2025-03-14

A man in a blue gingham shirt smiles as he stands outside a home.
GBH · Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detainedBy Sarah Betancourt

#US #army Maj Gen #CharlesCalvinRogers

Received the highest #military decoration in the #USA, the #MedalofHonor

On Nov 1 1968, the #VietnamWar, despite a horrific injury, Rogers rallied his men in defense of their base and led the battalion until a major attack was repulsed

The #Trump regime removed him from the #DoD website

Not only is his page now 404, they changed the URL

The word "medal"

in the URL

for the bio of this exemplary man

was changed to

"deimedal"

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m