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· Jul 21
Didn't anyone tell the soldiers in the IDF that if they are complicit in war crimes they can be charged?
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.
www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.
www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...
‘I’m afraid to go home’: Canadian IDF soldiers fear fallout from war crimes probe
Canada’s probe into the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t explicitly target Israelis, but its unclear scope has alarmed Jews amid rising international lawfare against soldiers
www.timesofisrael.com
If Canadians have been complicit in or perpetrated war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza on behalf of the IDF, then they should be very afraid.
Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO
Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO
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'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
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Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Monbiot
Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Anti-IDF comments are being policed faster and more harshly than support for the IDF as they openly commit extrajudicial killings, war crimes, and torture against Palestinians in an ongoing genocide.
Let that sink in. You don't have to like Bob Vylan to see this for the Zionist farce it is.
Let that sink in. You don't have to like Bob Vylan to see this for the Zionist farce it is.
Man interviewed under caution over Bob Vylan anti-IDF comments at Glastonbury
Man interviewed under caution over Bob Vylan anti-IDF comments at Glastonbury
Unnamed man in his mid-30s attends voluntary interview after police review legal advice from CPS
A man in his mid-30s has been interviewed under caution in relation to comments made on stage during a Bob Vylan performance at Glastonbury festival, police have said.
Pascal Robinson-Foster, who goes by the name Bobby Vylan and is one half of the rap-punk duo, led chants of “Death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces, during their show on the West Holts stage at the festival in June. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Anti-IDF comments are being policed faster and more harshly than support for the IDF as they openly commit extrajudicial killings, war crimes, and torture against Palestinians in an ongoing genocide.
Let that sink in. You don't have to like Bob Vylan to see this for the Zionist farce it is.
Let that sink in. You don't have to like Bob Vylan to see this for the Zionist farce it is.
Whole thread is 🔥, but especially "You can't hide all those stories."
They can't now, but previous generations did. Whether it was deliberately whitewashing history textbooks, school curricula, monuments, or war films, institutions were hellbent on purging the exploits of Black US soldiers in WW2.
They can't now, but previous generations did. Whether it was deliberately whitewashing history textbooks, school curricula, monuments, or war films, institutions were hellbent on purging the exploits of Black US soldiers in WW2.
This type of attempted racist erasure doesn't even make sense in the digital era.
There were over 1 million Black US soldiers who fought in WW2. You can buy as many Twitters and newspapers and TV stations and remove as many plaques as you like. You can't hide all those stories.
There were over 1 million Black US soldiers who fought in WW2. You can buy as many Twitters and newspapers and TV stations and remove as many plaques as you like. You can't hide all those stories.
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Whole thread is 🔥, but especially "You can't hide all those stories."
They can't now, but previous generations did. Whether it was deliberately whitewashing history textbooks, school curricula, monuments, or war films, institutions were hellbent on purging the exploits of Black US soldiers in WW2.
They can't now, but previous generations did. Whether it was deliberately whitewashing history textbooks, school curricula, monuments, or war films, institutions were hellbent on purging the exploits of Black US soldiers in WW2.
Diego Simeone is under contract until 2027, but I strongly doubt the American owners will keep him around that long.
Whatever the future holds for Atletico, a house cleaning in the near future feels inevitable.
Whatever the future holds for Atletico, a house cleaning in the near future feels inevitable.
Atletico Madrid is about to come under American ownership. The Spanish giant has announced that Apollo Sports Capital will become the soccer club's majority shareholder early next year. n.pr/43j4MiM
Atletico Madrid coming under U.S. ownership after deal with Apollo Sports Capital
Atletico Madrid is about to come under American ownership. The Spanish giant has announced that Apollo Sports Capital will become the soccer club's majority shareholder early next year.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Diego Simeone is under contract until 2027, but I strongly doubt the American owners will keep him around that long.
Whatever the future holds for Atletico, a house cleaning in the near future feels inevitable.
Whatever the future holds for Atletico, a house cleaning in the near future feels inevitable.
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John Le Carre was right about the British establishment and how the alumni of the best schools will sell out their own country for status and money and in particular a desperate desire for American attention
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
John Le Carre was right about the British establishment and how the alumni of the best schools will sell out their own country for status and money and in particular a desperate desire for American attention
Only a Cleveland team could lose like this.
Insane playcall by Spoelstra to draw up all that misdirection to free up Andrew Wiggins for a buzzer-beating dunk.
Insane playcall by Spoelstra to draw up all that misdirection to free up Andrew Wiggins for a buzzer-beating dunk.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Only a Cleveland team could lose like this.
Insane playcall by Spoelstra to draw up all that misdirection to free up Andrew Wiggins for a buzzer-beating dunk.
Insane playcall by Spoelstra to draw up all that misdirection to free up Andrew Wiggins for a buzzer-beating dunk.
IDF commanders confessing that they deliberately killed Palestinian civilians in Gaza (which is a war crime) should result in ICC arrest warrants being issued for each and every one of them.
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.
It’s a genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.
It’s a genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
IDF commanders confessing that they deliberately killed Palestinian civilians in Gaza (which is a war crime) should result in ICC arrest warrants being issued for each and every one of them.
Ceasefire my ass. Israel have only cranked up the inhumane and genocidal treatment of Palestinians since Netanyahu's ridiculous victory lap in Knesset with Trump.
Expelling Umm Zuhri Shweiki from *her* home is straight up ethnic cleansing by land-grabbing thieves.
Expelling Umm Zuhri Shweiki from *her* home is straight up ethnic cleansing by land-grabbing thieves.
Palestinian woman Umm Zuhri Shweiki was forcibly expelled from her home in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli forces, who seized and emptied her house before handing it to Israeli settlers.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Ceasefire my ass. Israel have only cranked up the inhumane and genocidal treatment of Palestinians since Netanyahu's ridiculous victory lap in Knesset with Trump.
Expelling Umm Zuhri Shweiki from *her* home is straight up ethnic cleansing by land-grabbing thieves.
Expelling Umm Zuhri Shweiki from *her* home is straight up ethnic cleansing by land-grabbing thieves.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
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Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
I believe it. If the British Royal Family preemptively threw Andrew under the bus due to what *might* still come out, you know the unredacted Epstein Files are 100x worse. Especially for Trump.
Mike Johnson shut down Congress and is refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva to prevent a vote on the files.
Mike Johnson shut down Congress and is refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva to prevent a vote on the files.
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I believe it. If the British Royal Family preemptively threw Andrew under the bus due to what *might* still come out, you know the unredacted Epstein Files are 100x worse. Especially for Trump.
Mike Johnson shut down Congress and is refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva to prevent a vote on the files.
Mike Johnson shut down Congress and is refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva to prevent a vote on the files.
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Hell, from the 1980s all the way through the Harper years, support for relatively *high* immigration enjoyed a bipartisan, cross-ideological consensus in Canada. Only now, with this fucked up right-wing populist bullshit happening, have we started turning against it.
I kind of feel this way too. Conservatives used to be all about fiscal responsibility and low taxes and low immigration and all. Now they’re just cuckoo bananas.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hell, from the 1980s all the way through the Harper years, support for relatively *high* immigration enjoyed a bipartisan, cross-ideological consensus in Canada. Only now, with this fucked up right-wing populist bullshit happening, have we started turning against it.
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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“It’s almost like he thinks my needs are unimportant. Like he doesn’t care about my opinions, or that he doesn’t think about me at all. Now obviously that can’t possibly be true, because I am a big important boy.”
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“It’s almost like he thinks my needs are unimportant. Like he doesn’t care about my opinions, or that he doesn’t think about me at all. Now obviously that can’t possibly be true, because I am a big important boy.”
Sunderland silences Arsenal fans for the rest of the weekend with an electric last-minute draw. Dan Ballard played the match of his life. Premier League drama is unmatched.
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sunderland silences Arsenal fans for the rest of the weekend with an electric last-minute draw. Dan Ballard played the match of his life. Premier League drama is unmatched.
Unbelievable. 2-2. Dan Ballard fought like hell to keep that ball alive, and Brobbey finished it with a brilliant volley. Granit Xhaka was at the heart of it.
What a catastrophic sequence from Gabriel.
What a catastrophic sequence from Gabriel.
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Unbelievable. 2-2. Dan Ballard fought like hell to keep that ball alive, and Brobbey finished it with a brilliant volley. Granit Xhaka was at the heart of it.
What a catastrophic sequence from Gabriel.
What a catastrophic sequence from Gabriel.
What a massive break for Arsenal. David Raya smothered it, but Reinildo should have taken that straightaway. A lead-footed touch let him down.
November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What a massive break for Arsenal. David Raya smothered it, but Reinildo should have taken that straightaway. A lead-footed touch let him down.
What a screamer from just outside the box by Trossard. He laced that into the top corner off a vicious cutback. 2-1 Arsenal.
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What a screamer from just outside the box by Trossard. He laced that into the top corner off a vicious cutback. 2-1 Arsenal.
We would have been seeing that replay for years if Zubimendi had gotten onto the end of that nutmeg pass from Trossard.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We would have been seeing that replay for years if Zubimendi had gotten onto the end of that nutmeg pass from Trossard.
Redemption for Declan Rice forcing that turnover, and that's a ruthless finish from Bukayo Saka to equalize it.
Sunderland had to know Arsenal would crank up the intensity in the second half, and they've still been caught out. #SUNARS
Sunderland had to know Arsenal would crank up the intensity in the second half, and they've still been caught out. #SUNARS
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Redemption for Declan Rice forcing that turnover, and that's a ruthless finish from Bukayo Saka to equalize it.
Sunderland had to know Arsenal would crank up the intensity in the second half, and they've still been caught out. #SUNARS
Sunderland had to know Arsenal would crank up the intensity in the second half, and they've still been caught out. #SUNARS
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HT: This was always going to be difficult but Arsenal lacking some spark in attacking areas. Not moving Sunderland around quickly enough and they're settling too easily with players in the box.
Poor defending for the goal and the referee is giving us nothing - need to improve in the second half.
Poor defending for the goal and the referee is giving us nothing - need to improve in the second half.
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
HT: This was always going to be difficult but Arsenal lacking some spark in attacking areas. Not moving Sunderland around quickly enough and they're settling too easily with players in the box.
Poor defending for the goal and the referee is giving us nothing - need to improve in the second half.
Poor defending for the goal and the referee is giving us nothing - need to improve in the second half.
Yikes. Declan Rice didn't cover himself in glory there. Dan Ballard just embarrassed him, then smashed it in for 1-0.
Sunderland needed to score first to open things up. #SUNARS
Sunderland needed to score first to open things up. #SUNARS
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yikes. Declan Rice didn't cover himself in glory there. Dan Ballard just embarrassed him, then smashed it in for 1-0.
Sunderland needed to score first to open things up. #SUNARS
Sunderland needed to score first to open things up. #SUNARS
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Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.