Edward Rees
@reesedward.bsky.social
In Manila, overlooking the West Philippine Sea.
A chap from Chicago calls out the VP, and is made Pope a few weeks later.
May 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
A chap from Chicago calls out the VP, and is made Pope a few weeks later.
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Absolutely wild: UK lawyers who have worked in relation to ICC Gaza investigation warned they are at risk of US sanctions, not only restricting travel there but potentially freezing their financial assets worldwide observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Top British human rights lawyers could be hit by Trump sanctions
Some were part of an International Criminal Court panel backing arrest warrants relating to alleged war crimes in Gaza
observer.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Absolutely wild: UK lawyers who have worked in relation to ICC Gaza investigation warned they are at risk of US sanctions, not only restricting travel there but potentially freezing their financial assets worldwide observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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It appears this is the fourth worst back to back day for the DJIA in American history with a two day combined -8.65% loss, only trailing the 1929 crash, 1987 Black Monday, and the 2008 crisis.
April 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It appears this is the fourth worst back to back day for the DJIA in American history with a two day combined -8.65% loss, only trailing the 1929 crash, 1987 Black Monday, and the 2008 crisis.
Next level insanity
April 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Next level insanity
Nuts. Totally nuts.
Capital Economics: if today's announcements are implemented, the effective US tariff rate will shoot straight past the Smoot-Hawley levels of the 1930s.
"The effective tariff rate on all imports will rise from 2.3% last year to around 26%, leaving it at a 131-year high"
"The effective tariff rate on all imports will rise from 2.3% last year to around 26%, leaving it at a 131-year high"
April 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Nuts. Totally nuts.
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"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says Chris Hayes on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.
‘Flatly authoritarian’: New video shows masked agents arresting Tufts student
YouTube video by MSNBC
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March 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says Chris Hayes on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.
DOGE hard at work killing the world’s most vulnerable.
Exclusive: UN Refugee Agency braces for thousands of job cuts www.devex.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: UN Refugee Agency braces for thousands of job cuts www.devex.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: UN Refugee Agency braces for thousands of job cuts
UNHCR chief warns Washington's "brutal" foreign aid freeze putting "millions of lives at risk."
www.devex.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
DOGE hard at work killing the world’s most vulnerable.
Exclusive: UN Refugee Agency braces for thousands of job cuts www.devex.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: UN Refugee Agency braces for thousands of job cuts www.devex.com/news/exclusi...
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Last year, Prabowo said that he would pardon corruption suspects if they returned what they stole. Now, he wants to build a remote island prison for them.
But it's not a U-turn. The two policies could sit side-by-side.
"For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law."
But it's not a U-turn. The two policies could sit side-by-side.
"For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law."
‘Remove them from our land’: Prabowo plans to build remote island prison for Indonesia’s corruption convicts
Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto said that teachers, doctors, medical workers and farmers have suffered the most from the negative consequences of the unethical misappropriation of state funds by ...
www.channelnewsasia.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Last year, Prabowo said that he would pardon corruption suspects if they returned what they stole. Now, he wants to build a remote island prison for them.
But it's not a U-turn. The two policies could sit side-by-side.
"For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law."
But it's not a U-turn. The two policies could sit side-by-side.
"For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law."
March 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Scoop: UN migration agency cuts more jobs, shutters lifesaving programs from Myanmar to Yemen. At least 20 percent of headquarters slashed. "Entire units are gone. Massive loss of institutional and sectoral knowledge," one source told Devex.
www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
Scoop: UN migration agency cuts more jobs, shutters lifesaving programs
The International Organization for Migration lays off 20% of its headquarters staff, cease lifesaving operations from Myanmar to Yemen.
www.devex.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Scoop: UN migration agency cuts more jobs, shutters lifesaving programs from Myanmar to Yemen. At least 20 percent of headquarters slashed. "Entire units are gone. Massive loss of institutional and sectoral knowledge," one source told Devex.
www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
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My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
February 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
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No ASEAN member states voted with the United States and Russia against this resolution.
Not even Russia-dependent Laos or Vietnam, or Russia-friendly Indonesia, Malaysia, or Thailand. Even China abstained.
Not even Russia-dependent Laos or Vietnam, or Russia-friendly Indonesia, Malaysia, or Thailand. Even China abstained.
February 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
No ASEAN member states voted with the United States and Russia against this resolution.
Not even Russia-dependent Laos or Vietnam, or Russia-friendly Indonesia, Malaysia, or Thailand. Even China abstained.
Not even Russia-dependent Laos or Vietnam, or Russia-friendly Indonesia, Malaysia, or Thailand. Even China abstained.
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Who'd have imagined a German leader asking for Britain and France to extend their nuclear umbrella to Germany? A stark measure of the Trump disaster. Europeans must act together or hang separately. www.ft.com/content/8be4...
Germany’s Friedrich Merz says Europe can no longer rely on US protection
Frontrunner for chancellor suggests possible nuclear co-operation with the UK and France
www.ft.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Who'd have imagined a German leader asking for Britain and France to extend their nuclear umbrella to Germany? A stark measure of the Trump disaster. Europeans must act together or hang separately. www.ft.com/content/8be4...
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Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
February 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
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Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of promoting diversity
Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of promoting diversity
US secretary of defense had questioned whether history-making air force general CQ Brown Jr got job because of race
Donald Trump abruptly fired the air force general CQ Brown Jr as chair of the joint chiefs of staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making…
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of promoting diversity
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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Friday Night Massacre at the Pentagon
Trump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...