eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

I agree. We need to start appropriately identifying these as extrajudicial killings and murders by agents for the state.

Drop Site confirmed this morning that our journalist Alex Colston has been released from Israeli detention. Alex has been imprisoned since Thursday as one of 462 participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which Alex was covering for Drop Site. He was among 131 deported to Jordan today.

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

Wow, they did all that and got *two* suspected gang members? Suspected? Wow. And two of them? Wow.

Plus a guy with a previous charge of marihuana possession? Wow.

Wow, that is impressive. Wow, when are we throwing these heroes a parade? Wow.

also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

The National Labor Relations Act Is Anti-Strike Legislation Nate Holdren explains how the very legislation that gave workers the right to strike also ensured strikes would become less frequent.

I've seen people going 'why don't US unions do what the Italian unions are doing?' There are lots of pieces to that but imo a big part of the story is the National Labor Relations Act. It's a loss that a lot of the left now thinks that act was a win.

organizing.work/2023/08/the-...

Brutalizing a young woman for the crime of seeing Palestinians as human beings

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

a general strike may be one of the only ways that this works in this country to slow down the fascist consolidation going on. I know a lot of people think that they’re impossible to pull off in a country as geographically large as America but with planning, it could be and should be considered.

It IS murder.

Period.

Kat Abughazaleh: ICE lies. That's kind of their thing.

Ezra Klein is Wrong About Abortion Abortion *is* a big tent issue

I increasingly hate interacting with substack links because of the way it tries to force me to use the app and subscribe and agh I just want to read but anyway here is a piece that is correct about Ezra Klein

open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

The New York Times doesn't tell you why the alleged murderer said he sent pizzas to the victim's house just before he ran down the girl and her best friend. He said on video that he was getting revenge for social media comments about death of Charlie Kirk.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has spoken out strongly on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, describing it as a “genocide in real time” and urging people across the world to mobilise and pressure governments into action. “We are witnessing a live, ongoing genocide in which thousands of children have already died and others may still perish,” Guardiola said in a statement. “The Gaza Strip is devastated, and masses of people wander without direction, without food, drinking water or medicines.”

Man City manager Pep Guardiola:

“On 4 October at 12.00 pm we will flood the streets to demand an end to the genocide.”

www.onmanorama.com/sports/footb...

Israel and international law:

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

Terrible, terrible news. The murder of humanitarian medical workers is hard to fathom.

American intelligence officials have now confirmed to CBS News that Netanyahu ordered the drone attacks on the Sumud flotilla while it was docked in Tunisia, an attack launched from Israeli Navy submarines off the Tunisian coast.

This is such a flagrant violation of every principle of international law and sovereignty that it’s hard to actually believe even when we definitively know it is true (and even when it is consistent with all other behaviours).

Feel like banning this rogue state from Eurovision and int'l football should be an extremely low bar to clear at this point.

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers. We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah. Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...

From the New York Times: Breaking news: U.S. attacks Venezuelan boat for fourth time, challenging legal bounds

Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds

ICE is absolutely out of control in Chicago.

YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh Kat Speaks at Broadview ICE Facility Press Conference | Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois

Anyway watch the whole thing from Broadview. "Proud" isn't even the word, it's nowhere near how I feel about how strong she's been in the last month.

"We've been forced into a 'free speech zone.' Its very existence implies that everywhere else is a non-free speech zone, that there are places where our First Amendment rights do not apply."

this is a GOOD speech

I am just so fucking proud of her.