Democracy Dies with Lies
This is what a plutocracy looks like
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
Pete Hegseth wants to live in a world in which the US military can drop bombs on scores of children and face no serious media scrutiny for it. His vile claim that he can't wait for David Ellison to run CNN shows he pines for oligarchic control of media.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2077...
Moeten we de guillotine weer invoeren? Is kinderarbeid een goedkope en ecologische manier om de economie te boosten? Is een kernoorlog dé manier om de overbevolking tegen te gaan? Praat mee.
Europe Is in Great Danger. It Has Itself to Blame. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...
The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one.
#NoBrainer
www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp: "This technology disrupts humanity's train, largely Democratic voters, and makes their economic power less, and increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working class, often male voters. These disruptions are going to disrupt every aspect of our society."
Netanyahu: “These achievements are increasing the status of Israel as a superpower… We will reach the kingdom. We will make it to the return of the Messiah.” (Grok confirms👇🏽)
This is what your tax dollars are paying for.
There has been a surge in violence in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers, with at least 5 Palestinians murdered in recent days.
Israel just attacked a university in Beirut, Lebanon, killing a dean and a researcher. Like it did in Gaza, where it systematically bombed all universities.
Keir Starmer built his career as a human-rights lawyer, specializing in international law.
Today, as UK Prime Minister, he is backing a war that is illegal under international law.
A lawyer who built his reputation defending the rule of law is now helping to violate it.
Israel being Israel
"A carrier strike group is designed for blue-water power projection, not littoral escort through a corridor where a $500 contact mine can cripple a $4 billion destroyer."
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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oligarchs paying tribute to the supreme leader: this is what a kleptocratic autocracy looks like
Excellent piece on Europe's failure to stand up to Trump: www.socialeurope.eu/spain-and-no...
‼️ Meer dan 100 economen, waaronder ruim 80 hoogleraren, verzetten zich tegen de miljardensubsidie voor TATA Steel.
Ze zetten in een brief uiteen dat (de duurzamere groei van) Tata Steel de Nederlandse economie in de weg zit.
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
Integrale Veiligheid van de TU Delft blijkt de naam van onze (inmiddels oud-)columnist Bob van Vliet aan de politie te hebben doorgegeven. Omdat hij columns schreef en wel eens een spandoek vasthield bij een klimaatdemonstratie. Een enorme aantasting van vrijheid van meningsuiting en persvrijheid!
Attacks leave dead vs killed
🚨NEW: The impact of climate change on our economic stability is being hugely underestimated.
Our latest analysis shows climate damage could drive the EU’s debt-to-GDP ratio 58 percentage points higher than official projections by 2050.
Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.
NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.
All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...
Prof. international law Marieke de Hoon: when Greenland was threatened, Europe emphasised territorial integrity.
But when US and Israel started their illegal attack on Iran, many countries, incl. the Netherlands, showed 'understanding'. This hypocrisy is noted in the global South.
nos.nl/l/2604943
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
Netanyahu on how Israel is different from Iran: "Here's the difference ... these mass murderers in Tehran target civilians."
Netanyahu is wanted for crimes against humanity, including the murder of between 75,000 and 186,000 civilians, at least 20,000 children or babies.
