Myriam Mompoint, Ph. D.

Nicolas Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence after Libya trial Former French president found guilty of criminal conspiracy after being accused of pact with Gaddafi regime

Nicolas Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence after Libya trial
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2 Bl*ck men hung in Mississippi yesterday.

1. Cory Zukatis - found around 10:30am hanging in Vicksburg MS.

2. Trey Reed - found hanging around 7:05am at Delta State

🚨 PLEASE stay safe and mindful on your surroundings‼️

Education Department Moves to End MSI Programs Trump administration officials call the programs unconstitutional. But advocates argue they improve the quality of education for all students who enroll.

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YouTube video by Imswitchedon HIGH NOON, THE TENSE SCENE WITH THE TICKING CLOCK WITH GARY COOPER & GRACE KELLY, COLORIZED

High Noon
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All the Stars & Euphoria. Honorable Mention: King Kunta

YouTube video by CBC News: The National Lawrence Hill fights ban on his historical novel, The Book of Negroes

Lawrence Hill's "The Book of Negroes" (adapted for tv) is an important work about the Black Loyalists. Read about it in "Televising Transnational Trauma" www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Listen to the author discuss attempts to limit access to his book.
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1950's London, cool kids fight neo-fascists to a kick-ass soundtrack. Featuring legends: David Bowie, Sade Adu, Ray Davies, Smiley Culture, Patsy Kensit. An underrated musical from 1986.

YouTube video by Marcelo Kalef David Bowie - Let´s Dance Isolated Guitar Solo (Stevie Ray Vaughan)

David Bowie's "Let's Dance" - with the amazingly gifted, Stevie Ray Vaughn's brilliant solo at the end.

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Cinq journalistes d’Al Jazeera ont été tués dans une frappe israélienne.

La chaîne Al Jazeera, basée au Qatar, dénonce « une attaque ciblée ». L’armée israélienne a confirmé avoir visé un journaliste, qu’elle accuse d’être un « terroriste ».

➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/v8Wc

A photo of Anas Al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleague Mohammad Qrere in their press bullet proof vests looking at their phones. Both are reported killed. Photo credit to Motassem A Dalloul.

BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.

He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.

Speechless.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

The American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an army Weapons smuggled from Florida are empowering the country’s militias and enabling them to challenge a fragile government

New: The American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an army.

Caches of weapons — including sniper and military-style rifles — are being smuggled from Florida, enabling Haitian militias to challenge the country’s fragile government. The UN says gangs now outgun the police.

ig.ft.com/haiti-gangs/

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B+W movie still of actors Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre looking at something that Petter Lorre is pointing to.

"Arsenic and Old Lace" - one of the all-time funniest films ever. A terrific ensemble cast starring Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, Josephine Hull, Priscilla Lane, James Gleason. The way they pull off this black comedy!

Love what you are doing!

#3 - I like that style of animation and the cityscape looks less dystopian than in the others.

The Devil Wears Prada (though I love Meryl Streep's performance, the only saving grace in this production).

YouTube video by NBC 6 South Florida John Morales on National Weather Service cuts and how it will impact hurricane season

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A Bronx Tale

A wonderful coming-of-age story about a modest man with integrity trying to keep his son away from the allure of the mob. And as a bonus, there's a sweet love story too.

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us"

YouTube video by Ministry - Topic Every Day Is Halloween

Ministry - "Every Day is Halloween"
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Inside the U.S. plan to detain immigrants in Latin America as bargaining chips in WWII During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.

During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.

"And we're going to stand up for Haiti because you taught the world about freedom and its time we return the favor"

Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”

It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

November 2024 will prove to be a Pyrrhic victory.

Just a reminder the mainstream news has all but memory holed this incredibly violent political assassination of a leader & her spouse, which was almost multiple political assassinations if the attacker had not been delayed by several Democratic reps not being home & 2 other people he shot surviving.

The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported.

In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.

Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30.

Why?
Americans will die.

The U.S. Department of Defense will no longer provide satellite weather data, leaving hurricane forecasters without crucial information about storms as peak hurricane season looms in the Atlantic.

Defense department cuts weather satellite data

www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...

A bar graph. On the left side is a bar showing that Republicans are cutting $930 billion from Medicaid. On the right side is a bar showing that Republicans are giving $910 billion in tax breaks to corporations under their budget bill, paid for by gutting Medicaid.

Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.