Donna Cline

The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born. The body of 5-month-old Zainab Abu Halib arrived at a hospital in southern Gaza on Friday and her family buried her on ...

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Duterte’s Arrest, the ICC, and the Politics of Accountability [Dr Nina Araneta-Alana (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU) under an ARC fellowship, where her research examines state engagement with and backlash against…

"If Duterte . . . can be arrested, it serves as a reminder to other populists that legal mechanisms can outlast their reigns. Justice may be slow, but it is not always absent. As the Martin Luther King, Jr. adage goes, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card Family of Luis Leon say they were initially told by someone he had died, but they found him alive in Guatemala hospital

If this is your idea of being great, I want nothing to do with you.

This administration continues to snub its nose at the rule of law while it bullies the public into submitting to its ideology. As the article notes, "An immigration court can revoke a green card but government departments do not have that power."

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"Republicans have control ... and could make any cuts they wanted through the normal course of legislation, but they are not doing so because they know those programs are popular. Instead, they are turning the project over to Musk."

Cowards.

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The mineral resources in Ukraine's occupied territories are not Russia's to give away. Selling them and pocketing the profit would be a violation of the law of occupation.

Macron warns against ‘surrender’ in Ukraine as Trump claims Putin will accept peacekeeper deal Macron and Trump disagree over aid and securing a lasting peace after US president says Russian counterpart has ‘no problem’ with European forces in Ukraine

“But when I got here one of the first calls I made was to President Putin ... and they want to end this war, so that’s a big thing.” 🙄

If Putin wanted to end the war - which he started - he could. He could stop shooting drones and missiles over Ukraine.

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U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.

Absolutely shameful.

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Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website “People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.

This was... predictable.

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‘No notice:' Pregnant VA employee, active counsel among probationary federal workers fired Probationary federal workers are already being fired from their jobs across federal government departments. A lawyer told News4 what rights employees have and what first steps they can take.

"To lose my healthcare coverage in the middle of my pregnancy and all I get is “best of luck to you” is a showcase of civil irresponsibility and a lack of morality for human rights," said one former employee of the Veterans Affairs department.

A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.

Some Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards (Gift Article) The Times has obtained a list of 53 Venezuelan men the Trump administration has put in a wartime prison built to hold Al Qaeda suspects.

Three and a half weeks in, and I am so incredibly disgusted with this new administration.

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Family of Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo: ‘My Brother Is Not a Criminal.’ (Gift Article) Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.

Family of Venezuelan Migrant Sent to #GTMO: ‘My Brother Is Not a Criminal.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/w...

👏

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Ukraine Brings First-Ever War Crimes Case to Court for Harm to a Natural Reserve | Global Rights Compliance The first war-related environmental crime against a natural reserve has been formally brought before a court by Ukrainian Prosecutors. Kherson prosecutors have filed an indictment against the Russia-a...

Exciting news out of #Ukraine - an indictment in a #warcrimes case stemming from war-related harm to the environment. An important step in closing the impunity gap.

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Trump administration says it has begun deporting migrants to Guantánamo Bay Press secretary says at least two deportation flights to Cuban base of undocumented immigrants ‘under way’

#GTMO continues to be a stain on US history. This is so shameful.

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U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives (Gift Article) The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.

"None of the [11] released men had been charged with crimes during their two decades of detention."

Yes, you read that correctly - *twenty years* of detention without being charged with a crime. #GTMO continues to be a stain on our reputation.
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