sharon zhang

what a godawful day for journalism, following a great many other godawful days for journalism

Murray announced a series of major changes to the storied newsroom: It’ll end sports coverage “in its current form,” close its book section, suspend its Post Reports podcast and shrink its international footprint. Murray said the Post will retain several of the sports reporters to join features and cover sports as a “cultural and societal phenomenon.”

this feels like a coded way to say "we're orienting more toward sports betting"

House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too “The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.

Abolishing ICE isn’t enough.

Representative Delia C. Ramirez says the real problem is DHS itself: “The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights.”

@sharonzhang.bsky.social reports on why calls to dismantle the whole department are growing.

This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.

House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too “The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.

Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”

"ICE agents have been kidnapping hard working people — mothers, fathers, and children — and now murdered a registered nurse, one of the most trusted professions in the country.
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Abolish ICE now."

US’s Largest Nurses’ Union Demands Abolition of ICE After Alex Pretti Killing The union vowed to do everything in its power to ensure Congress members who vote to fund DHS are voted out.

National Nurses United, the largest nurses' union in the US, has called for the abolition of ICE in response to Alex Pretti's killing
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A screenshot of Truthout's homepage, with headlines on the State Department's push against pro-Palestine students, starvation in Gaza, many headlines about ICE and resistance to it, and billionaire and corporate gains under Trump.

Just taking a second to note Truthout's amazing reporting on our homepage right now. Independent media is more important than ever, and I am so proud to be part of this outlet. Please take a second to support us if you can. truthout.org/donate/

We fixed it, thanks for pointing out!

“We will continue to kill you until you allow us to take away your voting rights”

ICE is out here murdering people in cold blood and we can’t get democrats to even SAY “abolish ICE”, much less take any of the actions it would require to do so — investigations, impeachment, prosecutions, even whipping votes.

Democrats needed to be abandoned years ago.

Just completely unmasked evil at this point

Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers, Vacation Resort on Ruins of Gaza Genocide The plan appears to be to finish Israel’s bulldozing of Gaza to make real estate opportunities for investors.

Included in Jared Kushner's hellish slide deck pitching Gaza as a real estate investment in Davos today was a plan to build data centers across the Strip. Because their hatred for life wasn't already abundantly clear
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Not at all!

Ah yep, good catch! Thanks for pointing that out!

Trump admin ignoring the glaring hole in their self defense lie, which is that the car speeds up after she's shot, likely because she went unconscious and her foot got heavy.

It's common sense that killing the driver of a moving car would not make the car stop moving.

Trump Says US Will “Run” Venezuela After Maduro Abduction Legal experts called for Trump’s impeachment as world leaders condemned the action as a violation of international law.

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Cropped Kyle rittenhouse tweet that reads: “I stepped out of the public eye back in January — I needed peace, a fresh start, somewhere far from the constant noise and chaos. That decision changed my life... I met & married my best friend, and found more peace and purpose than I ever thought possible. Then came the unthinkable - the brutal assassination of my friend Charlie Kirk. Watching his life cut short for standing up publicly for what he believed was right shook me to my core.”

“Watching his life cut short for standing up publicly for what he believed” huh…wonder who else has had that done to them that in relationship to kyle rittenhouse

ty Dan 🥰🥰

A pink cake single tier cake with cherry compote on top. A homemade sign says “happy ret-tie-heart-ment”

A cross section of the cake. It is two layers with a chocolate sponge and cherry compote in the middle.

i made this cherry chocolate cake (for a retired cardiac PA) :)

Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.

Very rarely, I have the privilege of reading an article that changes the way I think, fundamentally alters the fabric of reality that unrolls before me. This article is one of them. nymag.com/intelligence...

This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/

I am standing behind a counter with a black long sleeve dress on. In front of me are a lot of different toppings in different bowls: green onion, cilantro, tea eggs, pork and impossible meat, fried shallots, youtiao (Chinese fried dough), fried tofu, peanuts, seaweed, sesame oil, chili oil, and chili garlic sauce

congee topping bar!!

Me sitting on the couch with a white t shirt that has a little deer with a 3D bow on it. It’s cute. And my dog, a German shorthaired pointer, who is staring into the middle distance

happy holiday y’all 🤎

Cohn has written a lot of great analyses for us but this one blew my hair back!!

Soldiers Must Disobey Unlawful Orders Under Trump — It’s Their Legal Duty I have been called to testify at courts-martial as an expert witness on servicemembers’ duty to disobey unlawful orders.

This is a must-read from legal scholar Marjorie Cohn, who lays out times that she *personally* testified on behalf of soldiers who disobeyed unlawful orders. Very thorough account of how the Trump admin's assertions w/r/t Sen. Kelly and co. are wrong.

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GOP Blocks Bill to Ban Arms Sales to UAE Until It Stops Arming Sudan Genocidaires Darfur’s governor said this week that 27,000 people were killed in the days following RSF’s el-Fasher siege last month.

Sen. Joni Ernst blocked a bill by @vanhollen.senate.gov yesterday to suspend arms shipments to the UAE while it backs the slaughter of tens of thousands of people in Sudan
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Huckabee Welcomed Man Imprisoned for 30 Years for Spying for Israel Into Embassy “I wholeheartedly embrace an ‘Israel first’ doctrine,” the spy, Jonathan Pollard, recently said in an interview.

Trump’s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, reportedly welcomed a man convicted of spying on the Navy for Israel into the U.S.’s Jerusalem embassy for a “friendly” meeting this summer. The spy, Pollard, was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for selling a huge cache of military secrets to Israel.

The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment? Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.

"Decades ago, far-right investors and philanthropists committed to a long-term, risk-taking investment in media and narrative infrastructure. Meanwhile, progressive philanthropy has largely ignored progressive and left media, relying on the continued operations of traditional, profit-driven media."

Union Blasts Condé Nast for Firing Labor Leaders Who Sought Answers on Teen Vogue Layoffs The firings and gutting of Teen Vogue come amid a hard right pivot by media companies under Trump.

No less a part of the media's hard right pivot than the Kimmel cancellation -- Condé Nast firing union leaders who dared to speak out against the gutting of Teen Vogue.

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