@jgarren.bsky.social
Over-educated old potter. Cares: (1) growing US fascism; (2) what isn’t told in western media re Palestine. Posts from non-west sources & anti-musrump matters=FB suspension. Elephant’s Child: politics/science/art/history/theatre/kitties/books/garden/etc.
OF COURSE. WHY? THE PRESIDENT IS FOR SALE.
NYT 11-15-25 "A Tiny West Wing Office Is Big on Trump Messaging - The Oval Office study has become a room for Trump merchandise." [article has a paywall]
NYT 11-15-25 "A Tiny West Wing Office Is Big on Trump Messaging - The Oval Office study has become a room for Trump merchandise." [article has a paywall]
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
OF COURSE. WHY? THE PRESIDENT IS FOR SALE.
NYT 11-15-25 "A Tiny West Wing Office Is Big on Trump Messaging - The Oval Office study has become a room for Trump merchandise." [article has a paywall]
NYT 11-15-25 "A Tiny West Wing Office Is Big on Trump Messaging - The Oval Office study has become a room for Trump merchandise." [article has a paywall]
“In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal—and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it."
November 14, 2025
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November 14, 2025
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November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal—and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it."
November 14, 2025
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November 14, 2025
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NOTE: ISRAEL HAS REFUSED TO ALLOW TENTS AND/OR BUILDING MATERIALS INTO GAZA.
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
Winter storm collapses Gaza tents, leaving displaced families with no cover at all
Heavy rain floods makeshift shelters in Gaza, worsening humanitarian conditions for thousands living in worn-out tents after 2 years of Israeli war
- Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NOTE: ISRAEL HAS REFUSED TO ALLOW TENTS AND/OR BUILDING MATERIALS INTO GAZA.
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
PICTURE OF THE DAY Daily Maverick 11-14-25
“Blue Cranes – South Africa’s national bird.”
📷 John Yeld
Agulhas Plain, Overberg
“Blue Cranes – South Africa’s national bird.”
📷 John Yeld
Agulhas Plain, Overberg
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
PICTURE OF THE DAY Daily Maverick 11-14-25
“Blue Cranes – South Africa’s national bird.”
📷 John Yeld
Agulhas Plain, Overberg
“Blue Cranes – South Africa’s national bird.”
📷 John Yeld
Agulhas Plain, Overberg
😠 "...in its quest to reach 3,000 deportations a day, the administration is targeting the DACA recipients..."
November 13, 2025
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November 13, 2025
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November 13, 2025
We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
😠 "...in its quest to reach 3,000 deportations a day, the administration is targeting the DACA recipients..."
November 13, 2025
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November 13, 2025
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So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
NYT 11-14-25
TODAY’S NUMBER 220 feet— That’s at least how far the base camp of Mount Everest has sunk since the 1980s. It sits on a melting glacier.
TODAY’S NUMBER 220 feet— That’s at least how far the base camp of Mount Everest has sunk since the 1980s. It sits on a melting glacier.
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
NYT 11-14-25
TODAY’S NUMBER 220 feet— That’s at least how far the base camp of Mount Everest has sunk since the 1980s. It sits on a melting glacier.
TODAY’S NUMBER 220 feet— That’s at least how far the base camp of Mount Everest has sunk since the 1980s. It sits on a melting glacier.
PROBABLY...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Trump wants to return Palestine to the British mandate
The US president is pushing a UN resolution that would hand Washington the powers London once held over Palestine.
www.aljazeera.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
PROBABLY...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
FYI:(16:30 GMT) ZIKIM CROSSING REMAINS CLOSED; only limited comml goods enter Gaza Rept from GC: "It’s been 24 hrs since the announcement...by the Israeli army to reopen the Zikim crossing...no signs of its reopening or that any of the trucks are making their way into the Gaza Strip.
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
FYI:(16:30 GMT) ZIKIM CROSSING REMAINS CLOSED; only limited comml goods enter Gaza Rept from GC: "It’s been 24 hrs since the announcement...by the Israeli army to reopen the Zikim crossing...no signs of its reopening or that any of the trucks are making their way into the Gaza Strip.
(06:45 GMT) ISRAELI SETTLERS SET FIRE TO MOSQUE near West Bank’s Salfit: Report...according to the Wafa news agency. Quoting a local activist, the agency reports that Israeli settlers poured flammable material at the entrance of the mosque and wrote racial slurs on its walls. [pics:Sawafta/Reuters]
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
(06:45 GMT) ISRAELI SETTLERS SET FIRE TO MOSQUE near West Bank’s Salfit: Report...according to the Wafa news agency. Quoting a local activist, the agency reports that Israeli settlers poured flammable material at the entrance of the mosque and wrote racial slurs on its walls. [pics:Sawafta/Reuters]
english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...
JERUSALEM, November 13, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces demolished on Thurs. a public park in the town of Qubeiba, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Local sources reported that...bulldozers demolished and razed the park located in the Jabal al-Sheikh area of the town.
JERUSALEM, November 13, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces demolished on Thurs. a public park in the town of Qubeiba, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Local sources reported that...bulldozers demolished and razed the park located in the Jabal al-Sheikh area of the town.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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JERUSALEM, November 13, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces demolished on Thurs. a public park in the town of Qubeiba, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Local sources reported that...bulldozers demolished and razed the park located in the Jabal al-Sheikh area of the town.
JERUSALEM, November 13, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces demolished on Thurs. a public park in the town of Qubeiba, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Local sources reported that...bulldozers demolished and razed the park located in the Jabal al-Sheikh area of the town.
The Verdict of History
Trump and his fascist glorification
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
SIGN THIS!
ARTNET: "Last week, Living New Deal, a California-based nonprofit that maps America’s New Deal-era art, launched a petition to raise awareness about this endangered landmark, one of 45 federal buildings that the U.S. government has listed for accelerated disposal...."
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ARTNET: "Last week, Living New Deal, a California-based nonprofit that maps America’s New Deal-era art, launched a petition to raise awareness about this endangered landmark, one of 45 federal buildings that the U.S. government has listed for accelerated disposal...."
c.org/jhhmWm9v8M
Have you seen this petition yet?
Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building — the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”
c.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
SIGN THIS!
ARTNET: "Last week, Living New Deal, a California-based nonprofit that maps America’s New Deal-era art, launched a petition to raise awareness about this endangered landmark, one of 45 federal buildings that the U.S. government has listed for accelerated disposal...."
c.org/jhhmWm9v8M
ARTNET: "Last week, Living New Deal, a California-based nonprofit that maps America’s New Deal-era art, launched a petition to raise awareness about this endangered landmark, one of 45 federal buildings that the U.S. government has listed for accelerated disposal...."
c.org/jhhmWm9v8M
They ARE out to kill you. “And we cannot confront and dismantle modern antiscience without first understanding it.” On:
• plutocrats – petrostates – “pros” – propagandists – press – & the path forward
• plutocrats – petrostates – “pros” – propagandists – press – & the path forward
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
They ARE out to kill you. “And we cannot confront and dismantle modern antiscience without first understanding it.” On:
• plutocrats – petrostates – “pros” – propagandists – press – & the path forward
• plutocrats – petrostates – “pros” – propagandists – press – & the path forward
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DOJ’s recent decision to appoint several military lawyers, or JAGs, to serve as immigration judges is not only against the law, but a bad idea, write @marknevitt.bsky.social and @margyoh.bsky.social:
www.justsecurity.org/124574/soldi...
www.justsecurity.org/124574/soldi...
Military Lawyers Should Not Serve as Immigration Judges
DOJ’s decision to appointment several military lawyers, or JAGs to serve as immigration judges is not only against the law, but a bad idea.
www.justsecurity.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
DOJ’s recent decision to appoint several military lawyers, or JAGs, to serve as immigration judges is not only against the law, but a bad idea, write @marknevitt.bsky.social and @margyoh.bsky.social:
www.justsecurity.org/124574/soldi...
www.justsecurity.org/124574/soldi...
(AJ@20:30 GMT) Photos: Palestinians in the occupied West Bank face settler, Israeli military attacks
Family stands beside the rubble of their home in Masafer Yatta after it was demolished by Israeli authorities 11-12-25 (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
Family stands beside the rubble of their home in Masafer Yatta after it was demolished by Israeli authorities 11-12-25 (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
(AJ@20:30 GMT) Photos: Palestinians in the occupied West Bank face settler, Israeli military attacks
Family stands beside the rubble of their home in Masafer Yatta after it was demolished by Israeli authorities 11-12-25 (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
Family stands beside the rubble of their home in Masafer Yatta after it was demolished by Israeli authorities 11-12-25 (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
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Today's news roundup:
-Trump asks Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu
-Sudan relief operations are on the brink of collapse
-Israel has destroyed over 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
-Trump plans to send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans
👇
www.justsecurity.org/124486/early...
-Trump asks Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu
-Sudan relief operations are on the brink of collapse
-Israel has destroyed over 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
-Trump plans to send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans
👇
www.justsecurity.org/124486/early...
Early Edition: November 12, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
www.justsecurity.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today's news roundup:
-Trump asks Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu
-Sudan relief operations are on the brink of collapse
-Israel has destroyed over 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
-Trump plans to send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans
👇
www.justsecurity.org/124486/early...
-Trump asks Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu
-Sudan relief operations are on the brink of collapse
-Israel has destroyed over 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
-Trump plans to send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans
👇
www.justsecurity.org/124486/early...
OF COURSE: Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza under its control since the ceasefire began on Oct 10, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show. The actual number is likely much higher, as satellite imagery is not available in some areas. BBC News reports.[JS 11-12-25]
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
OF COURSE: Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza under its control since the ceasefire began on Oct 10, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show. The actual number is likely much higher, as satellite imagery is not available in some areas. BBC News reports.[JS 11-12-25]
(15:20 GMT) ISRAELI SETTLER ARSON ATTACKS IN PALESTINIAN AREAS NEAR TULKAREM Multiple fires struck industrial facilities & farmland; destroyed property, burned trucks, factory, ag fields; threatened Bedouin encampment. Israeli military accompanied settlers, blocked CD from reaching burning areas.
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
(15:20 GMT) ISRAELI SETTLER ARSON ATTACKS IN PALESTINIAN AREAS NEAR TULKAREM Multiple fires struck industrial facilities & farmland; destroyed property, burned trucks, factory, ag fields; threatened Bedouin encampment. Israeli military accompanied settlers, blocked CD from reaching burning areas.
"...the death penalty would apply almost exclusively to Palestinians ..."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Israel parliament passes first reading of death penalty for ‘terrorism’ law
Critics say the bill would apply only to Palestinians who kill Jews, not the other way around.
www.aljazeera.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"...the death penalty would apply almost exclusively to Palestinians ..."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
WE HEAR MUCH ABOUT RETURNED ISRAELI BODIES, BUT VERY LITTLE ABOUT RETURNED PALESTINIAN BODIES ...returned nameless, numbered, handcuffed, bound; with evidence of torture, body parts missing; decomposed. Israel has blocked DNA ID processes in Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
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Photos: Gaza struggles to identify bodies returned under ceasefire deal
Challenge of identifying remains of Palestinians killed amid the war or in Israeli jails mounting alongside the numbers
www.aljazeera.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
WE HEAR MUCH ABOUT RETURNED ISRAELI BODIES, BUT VERY LITTLE ABOUT RETURNED PALESTINIAN BODIES ...returned nameless, numbered, handcuffed, bound; with evidence of torture, body parts missing; decomposed. Israel has blocked DNA ID processes in Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
"...at least 282 times from October 10 to November 10..."
AND THEN THERE'S LEBANON, SYRIA, YEMEN ...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
AND THEN THERE'S LEBANON, SYRIA, YEMEN ...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
www.aljazeera.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"...at least 282 times from October 10 to November 10..."
AND THEN THERE'S LEBANON, SYRIA, YEMEN ...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
AND THEN THERE'S LEBANON, SYRIA, YEMEN ...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...