@christo1111.bsky.social
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As Israel becomes isolated over its war in Gaza, it depends increasingly on America. Yet public opinion is souring. A sudden loss of popular support from its strongest ally would be catastrophic
How Israel is losing America
Public opinion is souring even in Israel’s strongest ally. Israelis should worry
econ.st
September 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
As Israel becomes isolated over its war in Gaza, it depends increasingly on America. Yet public opinion is souring. A sudden loss of popular support from its strongest ally would be catastrophic
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#ICYMI: Andrew Bailey, formerly Missouri's attorney general, is now the co-deputy director of the FBI.
Critics say he got the attention of the White House by following Trump’s tactic of targeting political opponents.
“What better way to show loyalty than to do exactly what Trump wants,” one said.
Critics say he got the attention of the White House by following Trump’s tactic of targeting political opponents.
“What better way to show loyalty than to do exactly what Trump wants,” one said.
Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are ...
www.propublica.org
September 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#ICYMI: Andrew Bailey, formerly Missouri's attorney general, is now the co-deputy director of the FBI.
Critics say he got the attention of the White House by following Trump’s tactic of targeting political opponents.
“What better way to show loyalty than to do exactly what Trump wants,” one said.
Critics say he got the attention of the White House by following Trump’s tactic of targeting political opponents.
“What better way to show loyalty than to do exactly what Trump wants,” one said.
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Unbeknownst to many parents, on any given school day across Toronto, students are supervised by people who are not trained or certified as teachers. Last year, it happened more than it ever has before. thelocal.to/tdsb-emergen...
New Data Shows Dramatic Rise in Non-Teachers Filling in at TDSB Schools | The Local
Records obtained by The Local reveal the TDSB's use of unqualified emergency replacements jumped more than 1,100 percent since COVID.
thelocal.to
August 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Unbeknownst to many parents, on any given school day across Toronto, students are supervised by people who are not trained or certified as teachers. Last year, it happened more than it ever has before. thelocal.to/tdsb-emergen...
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"As is so often the case with insults hurled at liberals, the charge of zerosumness is one of rightwing projection." www.liberalcurrents.com/whos-really-...
Who's Really Zero-Sum?
As is so often the case with insults hurled at liberals, the charge of zerosumness is one of rightwing projection.
www.liberalcurrents.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"As is so often the case with insults hurled at liberals, the charge of zerosumness is one of rightwing projection." www.liberalcurrents.com/whos-really-...
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Texas Republicans release a proposed new congressional map that would give the GOP a path to picking up five seats in next year’s midterm elections.
Texas Republicans unveil congressional map giving them a chance to pick up 5 seats
The proposal would redraw district lines in ways that target current Democratic members of Congress in districts in South Texas, and around Austin, Dallas and Houston.
nbcnews.to
July 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Texas Republicans release a proposed new congressional map that would give the GOP a path to picking up five seats in next year’s midterm elections.
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“If you have seen one graph on the subject of climate change, the chances are that it is the one that bears my family name.”
In a guest essay, Ralph Keeling warns about Donald Trump’s war on science, and the implications for our warming planet
In a guest essay, Ralph Keeling warns about Donald Trump’s war on science, and the implications for our warming planet
Donald Trump’s war on climate science has staggering implications
Even a policy of “drill, baby, drill” would imply more climate research, not its evisceration, says Ralph Keeling
econ.st
July 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“If you have seen one graph on the subject of climate change, the chances are that it is the one that bears my family name.”
In a guest essay, Ralph Keeling warns about Donald Trump’s war on science, and the implications for our warming planet
In a guest essay, Ralph Keeling warns about Donald Trump’s war on science, and the implications for our warming planet
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Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters.
Read more: cnn.it/45dPVWO
Read more: cnn.it/45dPVWO
July 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters.
Read more: cnn.it/45dPVWO
Read more: cnn.it/45dPVWO
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We brought coffee, an alarm and over 21,000 complaints to Ofcom’s door because Murdoch’s TalkTV is breaking the law, and the regulator is snoozing on the job.
Time to wake up @ofcom.bsky.social
Time to wake up @ofcom.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We brought coffee, an alarm and over 21,000 complaints to Ofcom’s door because Murdoch’s TalkTV is breaking the law, and the regulator is snoozing on the job.
Time to wake up @ofcom.bsky.social
Time to wake up @ofcom.bsky.social
Imagine that! Privatization of water...failed.
The UK’s filthy rivers are a national scandal and our water infrastructure is broken. Privatisation has failed, but why? @oliverbullough.bsky.social tells the sorry tale.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
How our water went to shit
Privatisation was meant to revitalise a public good. Instead, it left us with leaky pipes, sewage spills and rivers not fit to swim in
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Imagine that! Privatization of water...failed.
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Officers who reportedly pin down and punch immigrants may not conjure ideas of beauty to you and me.
But for Trump, ICE inspires a reverence that mirrors fascist beauty ideals: "Strong, healthy, what is living."
How this plainclothes goon squad became the look of our state-sanctioned terror.
But for Trump, ICE inspires a reverence that mirrors fascist beauty ideals: "Strong, healthy, what is living."
How this plainclothes goon squad became the look of our state-sanctioned terror.
The plainclothes goon squad
The aesthetics of ICE—puff-chested and average bro—do more than shroud Trump’s immigration cops in secrecy.
www.motherjones.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Officers who reportedly pin down and punch immigrants may not conjure ideas of beauty to you and me.
But for Trump, ICE inspires a reverence that mirrors fascist beauty ideals: "Strong, healthy, what is living."
How this plainclothes goon squad became the look of our state-sanctioned terror.
But for Trump, ICE inspires a reverence that mirrors fascist beauty ideals: "Strong, healthy, what is living."
How this plainclothes goon squad became the look of our state-sanctioned terror.
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President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Alina Habba, was admonished in a New Jersey court when Judge Andre Espinosa of U.S. District Court found her arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka inappropriate.
Judge gives Alina Habba lesson in law during blistering rebuke
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Alina Habba, was admonished in a New Jersey court when Judge André Espinosa of U.S. District Court found her arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka inappropriate. Raw Story reported in May that the dressing down of the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey by the ...
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Alina Habba, was admonished in a New Jersey court when Judge Andre Espinosa of U.S. District Court found her arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka inappropriate.
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State Rep. James Talarico opens up about what it’s like to go on the most coveted podcast in politics, his potential run for Senate and how his party needs to change.
Read the interview here 👇
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Read the interview here 👇
ow.ly/1Glo50WsmS8
July 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
State Rep. James Talarico opens up about what it’s like to go on the most coveted podcast in politics, his potential run for Senate and how his party needs to change.
Read the interview here 👇
ow.ly/1Glo50WsmS8
Read the interview here 👇
ow.ly/1Glo50WsmS8
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12-year-old boy reported missing, DeKalb County police say
12-year-old boy reported missing, DeKalb County police say
Anyone who knows Andrew’s whereabouts is asked to call the DeKalb County Police Department at (770) 724-7710.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
12-year-old boy reported missing, DeKalb County police say
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Masked ICE agents roughed up and detained 71-year-old citizen Barbara Stone, who was volunteering as a legal observer at a federal courthouse in San Diego.
In a statement to a local outlet, ICE accused Stone of assaulting an officer.
https://trib.al/TYY12lr
In a statement to a local outlet, ICE accused Stone of assaulting an officer.
https://trib.al/TYY12lr
Why Did ICE Agents Arrest and Detain a 71-Year-Old U.S. Citizen?
Barbara Stone, a grandmother and U.S. citizen, says she was traumatized after being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
trib.al
July 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Masked ICE agents roughed up and detained 71-year-old citizen Barbara Stone, who was volunteering as a legal observer at a federal courthouse in San Diego.
In a statement to a local outlet, ICE accused Stone of assaulting an officer.
https://trib.al/TYY12lr
In a statement to a local outlet, ICE accused Stone of assaulting an officer.
https://trib.al/TYY12lr
Just openly gerrymandering. Pathetic.
Trump wants five-seat pickup from redrawing the Texas congressional map.
Trump wants five-seat pickup from redraw of Texas congressional map
“There could be some other states we’re going to get another three, or four or five in addition. Texas would be the biggest one.” he said Tuesday.
www.politico.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just openly gerrymandering. Pathetic.
The supreme court is the real problem. Alito andThomas should be in prison for a start.
SCOTUS has cleared the way for Trump to gut 50% of the Department of Education’s workforce. Justice Sotomayor dissented, calling the decision “indefensible” and warning of “untold harm” to students and civil rights.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS Lets Trump Go Ahead With Gutting Education Department
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The supreme court is the real problem. Alito andThomas should be in prison for a start.
Well of course the will.
Terrorists will use AI to plan atrocities with "chatbot radicalisation", a counter-terror watchdog has warned.
Sex chatbots show danger AI could be used to plan terror attacks, watchdog warns
www.mirror.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Well of course the will.
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According to @nyslabor.bsky.social, 24-hour shifts require compensation for only 13 hours of work, provided the aide is afforded 8 hours for sleep (at least five uninterrupted) and 3 hours for meal breaks.
However, in practice, home care workers say they don’t get any time of uninterrupted rest.
However, in practice, home care workers say they don’t get any time of uninterrupted rest.
“They Won’t Stop Sucking Workers’ Blood”: New York Home Care Workers Demand End to 24-Hour Shifts
Despite CPC’s mission to “promote the social and economic empowerment” of Asian American communities, they have played a role in enforcing 24-hour workdays for home care workers with only 13 hours of…
www.thexylom.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
According to @nyslabor.bsky.social, 24-hour shifts require compensation for only 13 hours of work, provided the aide is afforded 8 hours for sleep (at least five uninterrupted) and 3 hours for meal breaks.
However, in practice, home care workers say they don’t get any time of uninterrupted rest.
However, in practice, home care workers say they don’t get any time of uninterrupted rest.
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The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges.
Hundreds of detainees with no criminal charges sent to Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges.
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The lies are big and small, consequential and petty. And that’s the point.
Authoritarians know you’re not really lying unless you’re lying with absolute and unconditional impunity. They started on day one, with Trump’s inaugural address, and have proliferated ever since.
https://trib.al/hqpzqhX
Authoritarians know you’re not really lying unless you’re lying with absolute and unconditional impunity. They started on day one, with Trump’s inaugural address, and have proliferated ever since.
https://trib.al/hqpzqhX
July 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The lies are big and small, consequential and petty. And that’s the point.
Authoritarians know you’re not really lying unless you’re lying with absolute and unconditional impunity. They started on day one, with Trump’s inaugural address, and have proliferated ever since.
https://trib.al/hqpzqhX
Authoritarians know you’re not really lying unless you’re lying with absolute and unconditional impunity. They started on day one, with Trump’s inaugural address, and have proliferated ever since.
https://trib.al/hqpzqhX
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The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has made its debut in parliament. It promises to deliver a Community Right to Buy
A Community Right to Buy is a vital step to building a better Britain
www.bigissue.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has made its debut in parliament. It promises to deliver a Community Right to Buy
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“The victory was in the works for years. A private prison company handed consulting and lobbying gigs to Trump’s allies, its political action committee was the first to max out its donation to Trump, and industry executives had already made plans to reopen shuttered prisons.”
The Private Prison Industry Looks Forward to Soaring Profits Thanks to Trump’s Budget
The $45 billion for immigration detention in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" represented a long-sought win for private prisons.
theintercept.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“The victory was in the works for years. A private prison company handed consulting and lobbying gigs to Trump’s allies, its political action committee was the first to max out its donation to Trump, and industry executives had already made plans to reopen shuttered prisons.”
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“Republicans can’t decide if they hate people who are getting support, who aren’t working more, or if they want mothers to stay home more,” says Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) “And so instead, we get bad policies.”
This wealthy member of Congress just proposed increasing her own taxes
“I think of it as taxing trust-fund kids, to create a trust fund for all American kids.”
www.motherjones.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“Republicans can’t decide if they hate people who are getting support, who aren’t working more, or if they want mothers to stay home more,” says Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) “And so instead, we get bad policies.”
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments on Wednesday against Russia, finding Moscow responsible for widespread violations of international law in Ukraine and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014.
European court finds Russian responsible for international law violations. Here’s the key takeaways
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments on Wednesday against Russia, finding Moscow responsible for widespread violations of international law in Ukraine and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments on Wednesday against Russia, finding Moscow responsible for widespread violations of international law in Ukraine and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014.
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New Police Accountability Report premiere 7/10 9pm ET: They told him his sign was illegal. What happened next shows cops don't know the law.
Watch: youtu.be/5hjBVnPs83U
Watch: youtu.be/5hjBVnPs83U
July 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New Police Accountability Report premiere 7/10 9pm ET: They told him his sign was illegal. What happened next shows cops don't know the law.
Watch: youtu.be/5hjBVnPs83U
Watch: youtu.be/5hjBVnPs83U