Jesse Mechanic
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Kehlani spoke about against genocide, and a congressman—who’s funded by a lobby for the state committing that genocide—used his power to get her concert cancelled.
The corruption here is so deep it extends beyond political maneuvering to censoring art.
The corruption here is so deep it extends beyond political maneuvering to censoring art.
May 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kehlani spoke about against genocide, and a congressman—who’s funded by a lobby for the state committing that genocide—used his power to get her concert cancelled.
The corruption here is so deep it extends beyond political maneuvering to censoring art.
The corruption here is so deep it extends beyond political maneuvering to censoring art.
Gaza is not starving, it is being starved. The World Food Programme says there is over 116 metric tons of food at the border. That’s enough to feed a million people for 4 months. But Israel won’t let it in. Israel is starving people to death. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.
April 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Gaza is not starving, it is being starved. The World Food Programme says there is over 116 metric tons of food at the border. That’s enough to feed a million people for 4 months. But Israel won’t let it in. Israel is starving people to death. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.
The FBI just arrested a judge in Wisconsin.
First they ignored a judge’s orders, then they publicly challenged the power of the judicial branch as a whole, and now they are arresting judges.
This is authoritarianism.
This is fascism.
First they ignored a judge’s orders, then they publicly challenged the power of the judicial branch as a whole, and now they are arresting judges.
This is authoritarianism.
This is fascism.
April 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The FBI just arrested a judge in Wisconsin.
First they ignored a judge’s orders, then they publicly challenged the power of the judicial branch as a whole, and now they are arresting judges.
This is authoritarianism.
This is fascism.
First they ignored a judge’s orders, then they publicly challenged the power of the judicial branch as a whole, and now they are arresting judges.
This is authoritarianism.
This is fascism.
There have been many aspiring fascists in history. The ones who were successful in implementing fascism were able to do so because those with the power to stop it either joined, appeased, downplayed, or turned a blind eye.
Fascism only takes root when people let it. So don’t fucking let it.
Fascism only takes root when people let it. So don’t fucking let it.
April 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There have been many aspiring fascists in history. The ones who were successful in implementing fascism were able to do so because those with the power to stop it either joined, appeased, downplayed, or turned a blind eye.
Fascism only takes root when people let it. So don’t fucking let it.
Fascism only takes root when people let it. So don’t fucking let it.
The Trump admin sent an innocent man to a torture camp and are refusing to bring him back even though they admit he was sent there by mistake and the Supreme Court ordered he must be returned.
Where are the democrats? Why is the gov. still running?
Where are the democrats? Why is the gov. still running?
April 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Trump admin sent an innocent man to a torture camp and are refusing to bring him back even though they admit he was sent there by mistake and the Supreme Court ordered he must be returned.
Where are the democrats? Why is the gov. still running?
Where are the democrats? Why is the gov. still running?
This admin is cutting SNAP, Medicaid, med research, and many public health progs under the guise of cutting waste and fraud. And yet they just announced they have
"essentially approved" a military budget of a trillion dollars. $1,000,000,000,000 for the Pentagon, which has failed its last 7 audits.
"essentially approved" a military budget of a trillion dollars. $1,000,000,000,000 for the Pentagon, which has failed its last 7 audits.
April 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This admin is cutting SNAP, Medicaid, med research, and many public health progs under the guise of cutting waste and fraud. And yet they just announced they have
"essentially approved" a military budget of a trillion dollars. $1,000,000,000,000 for the Pentagon, which has failed its last 7 audits.
"essentially approved" a military budget of a trillion dollars. $1,000,000,000,000 for the Pentagon, which has failed its last 7 audits.
During his appearance with Netanyahu, Trump said it would be a good thing to have, “a peace force like the United States” in Gaza.
Well, this “peace force” has partnered with the “most moral military in the world” to commit one of the worst genocides in modern times.
Words mean nothing.
Well, this “peace force” has partnered with the “most moral military in the world” to commit one of the worst genocides in modern times.
Words mean nothing.
April 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
During his appearance with Netanyahu, Trump said it would be a good thing to have, “a peace force like the United States” in Gaza.
Well, this “peace force” has partnered with the “most moral military in the world” to commit one of the worst genocides in modern times.
Words mean nothing.
Well, this “peace force” has partnered with the “most moral military in the world” to commit one of the worst genocides in modern times.
Words mean nothing.
If someone wanted to filibuster weapons shipments to Israel, they could just read the names of the children killed in Gaza and break Booker’s record by many, many hours.
April 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If someone wanted to filibuster weapons shipments to Israel, they could just read the names of the children killed in Gaza and break Booker’s record by many, many hours.
It’s depressing and infuriating to live in a country that can only muster up 15 Senate votes to stop actively arming a state committing genocide. It’s the bare minimum, and yet still a bridge too far for our sacred, imperial empire. Disgraceful.
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s depressing and infuriating to live in a country that can only muster up 15 Senate votes to stop actively arming a state committing genocide. It’s the bare minimum, and yet still a bridge too far for our sacred, imperial empire. Disgraceful.
25 million people do not have health insurance in the U.S. and tens of millions more are underinsured and forced to ration care and medicine. 20 million people have medical debt.
And yet, the people behind the Make America Healthy Again movement are going to make all of these things much worse.
And yet, the people behind the Make America Healthy Again movement are going to make all of these things much worse.
April 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
25 million people do not have health insurance in the U.S. and tens of millions more are underinsured and forced to ration care and medicine. 20 million people have medical debt.
And yet, the people behind the Make America Healthy Again movement are going to make all of these things much worse.
And yet, the people behind the Make America Healthy Again movement are going to make all of these things much worse.
If you knew that a journalist was still in possession of the war plans you accidentally sent him, why would you say that you never shared war plans, knowing he could just publish the rest of the messages and prove you’re lying? These people are not just incompetent, they’re dumb as rocks.
March 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If you knew that a journalist was still in possession of the war plans you accidentally sent him, why would you say that you never shared war plans, knowing he could just publish the rest of the messages and prove you’re lying? These people are not just incompetent, they’re dumb as rocks.
It’s so crazy that the richest man in the world took control of our government and gutted medical research, domestic and foreign aid, the VA, the Nat. Park Service, and 10,000 other programs that help people, and we’re all just going on with our lives instead of shutting this entire economy down.
March 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s so crazy that the richest man in the world took control of our government and gutted medical research, domestic and foreign aid, the VA, the Nat. Park Service, and 10,000 other programs that help people, and we’re all just going on with our lives instead of shutting this entire economy down.
If you’re a journalist and you haven’t reported on the record number of journalists intentionally targeted and killed in Gaza, you should be forced to forfeit your position and give it to someone who cares about the profession, and the people who put their lives on the line to do it.
March 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you’re a journalist and you haven’t reported on the record number of journalists intentionally targeted and killed in Gaza, you should be forced to forfeit your position and give it to someone who cares about the profession, and the people who put their lives on the line to do it.
The vast majority of politicians and powerful institutions in America have made it abundantly clear, time and time again, that a group of zionists being uncomfortable is more of a concern than tens of thousands of Palestinians being killed.
March 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The vast majority of politicians and powerful institutions in America have made it abundantly clear, time and time again, that a group of zionists being uncomfortable is more of a concern than tens of thousands of Palestinians being killed.
Trump cannot eliminate the Department of Education. But since he thinks he just did, I think that all student loans were just eliminated as well—permanently.
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Trump cannot eliminate the Department of Education. But since he thinks he just did, I think that all student loans were just eliminated as well—permanently.
Since Israel broke the ceasefire and began bombing Gaza again, at least 436 people were killed, 183 of them children. To add another level of cruelty, many of these attacks occurred in N Gaza, where people had returned only a few weeks earlier to a toxic wasteland filled with mountains of rubble.
March 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Since Israel broke the ceasefire and began bombing Gaza again, at least 436 people were killed, 183 of them children. To add another level of cruelty, many of these attacks occurred in N Gaza, where people had returned only a few weeks earlier to a toxic wasteland filled with mountains of rubble.
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The $650 million verdict against @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social for campaigning against the Dakota Access #pipeline at Standing Rock is bigger than the environmental movement—it’s about all of our basic right to protest.
#greenpeace
#greenpeace
March 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The $650 million verdict against @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social for campaigning against the Dakota Access #pipeline at Standing Rock is bigger than the environmental movement—it’s about all of our basic right to protest.
#greenpeace
#greenpeace
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Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
413 people were killed in Gaza yesterday. With yet another chance to choose diplomacy and humanity, with yet another chance to get the remaining hostages in Gaza released, the Israeli government has again showed their priority to be obliteration. What more do you need to see to realize what this is?
March 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
413 people were killed in Gaza yesterday. With yet another chance to choose diplomacy and humanity, with yet another chance to get the remaining hostages in Gaza released, the Israeli government has again showed their priority to be obliteration. What more do you need to see to realize what this is?
When asked about Gaza during his NY Times interview this week, Chuck Schumer said,
“it is vicious of the opponents to call this genocide.“
So, according to Schumer: Reporting honestly on a genocide is, "vicious."
But committing a genocide is not.
“it is vicious of the opponents to call this genocide.“
So, according to Schumer: Reporting honestly on a genocide is, "vicious."
But committing a genocide is not.
March 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
When asked about Gaza during his NY Times interview this week, Chuck Schumer said,
“it is vicious of the opponents to call this genocide.“
So, according to Schumer: Reporting honestly on a genocide is, "vicious."
But committing a genocide is not.
“it is vicious of the opponents to call this genocide.“
So, according to Schumer: Reporting honestly on a genocide is, "vicious."
But committing a genocide is not.
Columbia University still has not divested from weapons manufacturers or Israeli companies, and last April they broke their own rules and called the police on student protesters resulting in over 200 arrests. And now, this.
Their full capitulation and participation in fascism is disgraceful.
Their full capitulation and participation in fascism is disgraceful.
BREAKING: Columbia University says it has expelled, suspended or revoked degrees from some students who seized a building during a pro-Palestinian protest.
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Columbia University still has not divested from weapons manufacturers or Israeli companies, and last April they broke their own rules and called the police on student protesters resulting in over 200 arrests. And now, this.
Their full capitulation and participation in fascism is disgraceful.
Their full capitulation and participation in fascism is disgraceful.
The vast majority of U.S. politicians have a bigger problem with a former college student opposing crimes against humanity, than actual crimes against humanity.
March 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The vast majority of U.S. politicians have a bigger problem with a former college student opposing crimes against humanity, than actual crimes against humanity.
When the state abducts a legal resident with a green card who is married to an American citizen to remove him from the country without any charges being filed, or trial occurring, that is fascism.
It’s not a distant threat. It’s here.
And while it might not have touched you yet, it will.
It’s not a distant threat. It’s here.
And while it might not have touched you yet, it will.
March 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
When the state abducts a legal resident with a green card who is married to an American citizen to remove him from the country without any charges being filed, or trial occurring, that is fascism.
It’s not a distant threat. It’s here.
And while it might not have touched you yet, it will.
It’s not a distant threat. It’s here.
And while it might not have touched you yet, it will.
Israel has announced they are cutting off electricity to Gaza, one week after blocking all aid from entering: Two brazen war crimes to add to an ever-growing collection.
Also worth noting that this starves the hostages in Gaza, the same people Israel has used to justify their genocidal acts.
Also worth noting that this starves the hostages in Gaza, the same people Israel has used to justify their genocidal acts.
March 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Israel has announced they are cutting off electricity to Gaza, one week after blocking all aid from entering: Two brazen war crimes to add to an ever-growing collection.
Also worth noting that this starves the hostages in Gaza, the same people Israel has used to justify their genocidal acts.
Also worth noting that this starves the hostages in Gaza, the same people Israel has used to justify their genocidal acts.