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As a white Afrikaner, I can claim asylum in Trump’s America. What an absurdity | Max du Preez We are not victims, there is no genocide. This rhetoric shows that the US administration doesn’t understand my thriving country, says Max du Preez, founding editor of the Vrye Weekblad newspaper

So glad to see long time progressive Afrikaner journalist Max du Preez set the record straight. Worth reading if you want to understand why I am angry at how the US government is treating South Africa.

Excited at the launch of my future congressman’s campaign!

I am a Palestinian political prisoner in Louisiana. I am being targeted for my activism | Mahmoud Khalil The Columbia graduate and green-card holder, held in Louisiana by immigration agents, dictated this letter to family and friends

This sound like a terrorist to you?

“I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear.”

What a fantastic time! I thought Winona was amazing!!!

A sad loss for South Africa and for me. I loved Atholl Fugard’s plays and read or saw almost all of them.

Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Dissected Apartheid, Dies at 92 In works that included “Blood Knot,” “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and “The Island,” he exposed the realities of racial separatism in his homeland.

“I think at a fairly early age I became suspicious of what the system was trying to do to me. I knew the way it was trying to pull me. I became conscious of what attitudes it was trying to implant in me and what prejudices it was trying to pass on to me.” My experience of Apartheid as a child also.

“We’re gonna vote you out!!!”

Starmer welcomes Zelenskyy to Downing Street ahead of tomorrow’s defence summit with European leaders – live Ukrainian president has landed in the UK and is holding talks with PM Keir Starmer

It is worth reading President Zelenskyy’s full statement. I can’t begin to describe the level of embarrassment and disgust I feel. I stand with Ukraine and I do not need a mineral deal to stand up for what is right. But oligarchs know one thing: fuck everyone if I can make another 💰. I stand with 🇺🇦

‘A chilling effect’: is Hollywood too scared to touch hot-button documentaries? This Sunday could see West Bank-set documentary No Other Land win an Oscar but it remains without US distribution, one of many challenging films facing problems

Don’t kid yourself. When the oligarchy owns the media (which they do) and then refuse to distribute anything that doesn’t align with the regressive regime in power, that is censorship, pure and simple, and in contravention of our constitutional rights.

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Trump Screams at Zelenskyy in Oval Office Meltdown In a stunning display of cowardice and Russian propaganda, Donald Trump and JD Vance humiliated themselves in front of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy—and the world.

Trump made it clear that, if given the chance, he would sell out our allies, surrender to Putin, and abandon democracy itself.

The Guardian view on Spain: a progressive beacon in dark times | Editorial Editorial: Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist-led government has welcomed immigration and boosted public spending, with stellar results

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It's the oligarchy, stupid. Friends,

@rbreich.bsky.social lays it out eloquently. If you haven’t started figuring out how to untangle yourself from Amazon, now would be a good time. Think of it as defending democracy and freedom of speech, which it is…

Warning! The constant, daily attempts by Felon Trump & Fascist Musk to destroy our democratic freedoms need to be met with immediate action. Build power with collective actions, generating momentum to stop the Trump/Musk crime spree. #WeHaveThePower

Progressives should never spend a cent with companies that don’t keep your values. But at least on February 28 make it point not to give them a fucking cent. Stop them from giving your money to the monsters that are dismantling our democracy. #economicblackout

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

Trump’s new acting CFPB director in charge of reigning in predatory financial institutions is literally promoting a predatory payday lender.

Because something something working class champions.

Federal Workers Send Me Responses to Musk's Ridiculous "Five Bullets" Email I asked federal workers how they wish they could respond to an email sent by OPM Saturday night. Here are some of the anonymous responses.

❤️ our federal work force. If you are one, know that you are deeply appreciated and supported!

DOGE's disastrous accounting The DOGE website initially listed line items for just $16.5 billion in savings. But the data was littered with duplicate entries, data errors, and items that demonstrated a fundamental misunderstandin...

They literally have no idea what they are doing, at all!

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‘Trump and Musk are gaslighting’: anti-apartheid artist on how US president and his billionaire ally are attacking South Africa Ahead of a career retrospective, Sue Williamson tells how the US pair are dragging her country ‘through the mud’

“Trump and Musk are just gaslighting, because of the judgment of the international court of justice (ICJ) against Israel. … They’re trying to set it up that South Africa is not a credible country to bring such a case. You’ll see SA dragged through the mud a lot more by Netanyahu,…Trump and Musk.”

Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

Wouldn’t it be impressive if the Dems did *something*? Anything, really??