Liam Mellor

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

papers like the New York Times actively help right wing propagandists by introducing false claims as something that's open to debate and interpretation, instead of clearly framing them up front as lies pushed by unreliable operators

Turning Point USA is a right wing propaganda op aimed at kids

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257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

Apropos of nothing specific, very little makes me think a blog post is unserious more than a cheesy AI-generated image. I wish serious people would stop giving into the temptation to gussy up their posts this way.

did a twitch politics streamer meet one of the highest profile political prisoners of the trump regime before schumer and hakeem could be bothered

Some of this over here please

enabling this savagery abroad has enabled and emboldened the savagery at home. the message being sent most consistently today is that there are no limits to what you can get away with

Brad Lander showed what Elizabeth Warren should have done in 2020: unify progressives rather than trying to stab the frontrunner in the back.

The real loser here is Jessica Ramos

this has to end. these people have to go. let the people who have to try to live in the future you ghouls created try to navigate it. youve done enormous, unfathomable damage already. retire

Short example?

I don't often beat up on the NYTimes, because I think the alternatives are mostly worse, but every once in a while they are so egregious my jaw literally drops.

Left: NYTimes. Right: The Telegraph (a paper so right-wing it's often called "the Torygraph")

Opinion | A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. We can no longer hide the uncomfortable truths of Israel’s destruction of Gaza.

"Ethnic cleansing has become the official policy of Israel. The nation’s leaders are admitting it, without apology. There was barely a pretense before. But now there’s not even that. And these admissions, combined with mass killing on the ground, point to something even more horrific: genocide."

The Democratic Party crushed its own populist wing to stop Bernie Sanders, propped up Biden despite knowing he was in decline, and got stuck with a VP who struggles to speak off the cuff. All to stop the left—and now the far right is back in power.

NYT actually published this sentence, which asks us to take baseless moral panic bullshit seriously as a reasonable position.

Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??

Gul Dukat to receive party line approval by the Senate as Secretary of Bajoran Worker Safety.

I'm going to pull this out every time someone tries to convince me a16z is a good outfit.