Dale Matthew
@dcmatt1.bsky.social
Philosopher (philosophy of race, political philosophy) | Basketball fan | Trying to fix my microbiome.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
I really fear that this illegal war on Venezuela will prove, in the short term, to be a quick, relatively bloodless success, and elected Republicans will feel emboldened to defend it, neocons will cheerlead it and then the (mainstream) media class will quietly fall in line.
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I really fear that this illegal war on Venezuela will prove, in the short term, to be a quick, relatively bloodless success, and elected Republicans will feel emboldened to defend it, neocons will cheerlead it and then the (mainstream) media class will quietly fall in line.
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We have to impeach him.
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
We have to impeach him.
The US is the most dangerous country in the world. Not because its superior military will always temp unprincipled leaders to misadventures around the world. No, because of the combination of the aforementioned fact and the disinterest of its citizens in what their government is doing in the world.
CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
January 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The US is the most dangerous country in the world. Not because its superior military will always temp unprincipled leaders to misadventures around the world. No, because of the combination of the aforementioned fact and the disinterest of its citizens in what their government is doing in the world.
"David Valentin, principal at Liaison Strategies, noted that in Toronto, homicides have 'plummeted,' however 72 per cent of residents surveyed believe they are on the rise."
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
GTA residents believe crime is surging, when it’s actually the opposite: new survey
The vast majority of residents in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) believe major crime is surging across Canada, even though police data shows the opposite.
www.cp24.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"David Valentin, principal at Liaison Strategies, noted that in Toronto, homicides have 'plummeted,' however 72 per cent of residents surveyed believe they are on the rise."
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
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Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
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A petition is calling for the urgent medical evacuation of cancer patients, particularly children, from Gaza to Augusta Victoria Hospital & hospitals in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, where treatment capacity is already available.
The organizers warn...
Petition: www.change.org/p/allow-urge...
The organizers warn...
Petition: www.change.org/p/allow-urge...
December 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A petition is calling for the urgent medical evacuation of cancer patients, particularly children, from Gaza to Augusta Victoria Hospital & hospitals in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, where treatment capacity is already available.
The organizers warn...
Petition: www.change.org/p/allow-urge...
The organizers warn...
Petition: www.change.org/p/allow-urge...
At first I thought this was after their meeting. But it's actually before. I think this means that Trump doesn't need much convincing to go to war against Iran. Because short of installing a puppet regime, there's no world in which Iran doesn't produce ballistic missiles for deterrence.
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
At first I thought this was after their meeting. But it's actually before. I think this means that Trump doesn't need much convincing to go to war against Iran. Because short of installing a puppet regime, there's no world in which Iran doesn't produce ballistic missiles for deterrence.
Researchers at the University of Taiwan, using decades-old infrared data, have discovered evidence for a Neptune-sized ice giant slowly orbiting far beyond Neptune. In other words, Planet Nine! (The paper is linked in the article.)
indiandefencereview.com/astronomers-...
indiandefencereview.com/astronomers-...
Astronomers Announce Evidence That Our Solar System Has Nine Planets Once Again
Astronomers may have uncovered a massive hidden planet far beyond Neptune, using decades-old infrared data. The object’s faint signal and strange motion suggest something big is lurking in the dark.
indiandefencereview.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Researchers at the University of Taiwan, using decades-old infrared data, have discovered evidence for a Neptune-sized ice giant slowly orbiting far beyond Neptune. In other words, Planet Nine! (The paper is linked in the article.)
indiandefencereview.com/astronomers-...
indiandefencereview.com/astronomers-...
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Israel Katz says military units will be established inside the Palestinian enclave, in contravention of truce agreement.
Israel will never fully withdraw from Gaza, defence minister says
Israel Katz says military units will be established inside the Palestinian enclave, in contravention of truce agreement.
www.aljazeera.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Israel Katz says military units will be established inside the Palestinian enclave, in contravention of truce agreement.
In this interview Emhoff is asked about
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's rejection of Israel as a Jewish state. First says that criticism of Israeli gov. is fine, but then says that "calls for the murder of people, the dehumanization of people... crosses a line."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4i...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's rejection of Israel as a Jewish state. First says that criticism of Israeli gov. is fine, but then says that "calls for the murder of people, the dehumanization of people... crosses a line."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4i...
‘Sick and tired of lip service’: Fmr. Second Gentleman on leaders’ failure to address antisemitism
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In this interview Emhoff is asked about
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's rejection of Israel as a Jewish state. First says that criticism of Israeli gov. is fine, but then says that "calls for the murder of people, the dehumanization of people... crosses a line."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4i...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's rejection of Israel as a Jewish state. First says that criticism of Israeli gov. is fine, but then says that "calls for the murder of people, the dehumanization of people... crosses a line."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4i...
Hilarious.
Dave Chappelle on Charlie Kirk vs. Martin Luther King Jr. | Unbeatable | Netflix
December 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Hilarious.
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⚠️ El-Fasher: Yale Satellite Analysis Points to 60,000+ Likely Killed
“The sheer scale of area with bodies over time, combined with removal activity and the collapse of pattern of life, means we’re talking about tens of thousands… an enormous number of people have been killed,” Nathaniel Raymond...
“The sheer scale of area with bodies over time, combined with removal activity and the collapse of pattern of life, means we’re talking about tens of thousands… an enormous number of people have been killed,” Nathaniel Raymond...
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
⚠️ El-Fasher: Yale Satellite Analysis Points to 60,000+ Likely Killed
“The sheer scale of area with bodies over time, combined with removal activity and the collapse of pattern of life, means we’re talking about tens of thousands… an enormous number of people have been killed,” Nathaniel Raymond...
“The sheer scale of area with bodies over time, combined with removal activity and the collapse of pattern of life, means we’re talking about tens of thousands… an enormous number of people have been killed,” Nathaniel Raymond...
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NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social was among the 30-person delegation Israel turned away from visiting the West Bank.
But when she called me, I Iearned why her staff told me the incident was worse than what's been reported -- and that TWO Israeli officials laid hands on an MP.
Here's what happened:
But when she called me, I Iearned why her staff told me the incident was worse than what's been reported -- and that TWO Israeli officials laid hands on an MP.
Here's what happened:
December 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social was among the 30-person delegation Israel turned away from visiting the West Bank.
But when she called me, I Iearned why her staff told me the incident was worse than what's been reported -- and that TWO Israeli officials laid hands on an MP.
Here's what happened:
But when she called me, I Iearned why her staff told me the incident was worse than what's been reported -- and that TWO Israeli officials laid hands on an MP.
Here's what happened:
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Gaza’s Government Media Office reports Israel has broken terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire at least 738 times since it took effect on October 10, killing at least 386 Palestinians, while severely restricting shipments of food, shelter, medicine, fuel and other basic goods into Gaza.
December 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Gaza’s Government Media Office reports Israel has broken terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire at least 738 times since it took effect on October 10, killing at least 386 Palestinians, while severely restricting shipments of food, shelter, medicine, fuel and other basic goods into Gaza.
Trump and his band of war criminals want the ICC to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate them in the future, and Trump is threatening to sanction the ICC if it doesn't meet their demands. Needless to say, this is beyond outrageous.
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump reut.rs/4q6cHsK
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump and his band of war criminals want the ICC to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate them in the future, and Trump is threatening to sanction the ICC if it doesn't meet their demands. Needless to say, this is beyond outrageous.
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Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
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Israeli forces shot Palestinian child Zahir Nasser Shamiya in the Jabalia refugee camp, and he was subsequently killed when military vehicles drove over his body, preventing ambulance crews from reaching him.
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Israeli forces shot Palestinian child Zahir Nasser Shamiya in the Jabalia refugee camp, and he was subsequently killed when military vehicles drove over his body, preventing ambulance crews from reaching him.
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It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.
Trump: "The problem is nobody wants to go fishing anymore. They don't want to get in boats. They don't want anything to do with boats. I think we've destroyed the boat market. Other than that it's been very effective."
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.
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Israel killled Palestinians seeking aid near the Zikim crossing this summer, then bulldozed their corpses and buried them in shallow unmarked graves.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
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Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers | CNN
Ammar Wadi knew he was risking his life when he set out to get a bag of flour for his family from an aid truck near the Zikim crossing into Gaza in June.
edition.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Israel killled Palestinians seeking aid near the Zikim crossing this summer, then bulldozed their corpses and buried them in shallow unmarked graves.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
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"'Low estimate is 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.’” As many as 150,000 residents of El Fasher remain unaccounted for
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"'Low estimate is 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.’” As many as 150,000 residents of El Fasher remain unaccounted for
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
Let me get this straight. Hegseth decided that the military would rescue survivors who appeared shipwrecked and helpless, but would try to kill them if they took 'hostile actions,' like attempting to communicate with others? But if you were really shipwrecked, wouldn't you try to call for help?
U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
The details could raise questions about who was responsible for a follow-up strike on Sept. 2 — the commander who ordered it or the defense secretary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
The details could raise questions about who was responsible for a follow-up strike on Sept. 2 — the commander who ordered it or the defense secretary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Let me get this straight. Hegseth decided that the military would rescue survivors who appeared shipwrecked and helpless, but would try to kill them if they took 'hostile actions,' like attempting to communicate with others? But if you were really shipwrecked, wouldn't you try to call for help?
At some point, we're going to have to admit that behind all the anti-immigration fervor on the right is a theory of race: The idea that nations succeed or fail because of the racial make-up of its people. On this view, Somalis end up being among the most unwanted because of the situation in Somalia.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
At some point, we're going to have to admit that behind all the anti-immigration fervor on the right is a theory of race: The idea that nations succeed or fail because of the racial make-up of its people. On this view, Somalis end up being among the most unwanted because of the situation in Somalia.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
Should be read in conjunction with @nhannahjones.bsky.social 's long piece in The New York Times Magazine in June, which remains the most comprehensive accounting of what Trump has done in the area of civil rights. (Needless to say, things have worsened since then.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Should be read in conjunction with @nhannahjones.bsky.social 's long piece in The New York Times Magazine in June, which remains the most comprehensive accounting of what Trump has done in the area of civil rights. (Needless to say, things have worsened since then.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...