David Rivard

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This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics.

It is the root of our dysfunction.

ICE now has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world and has increased spending on weapons.

It's also engaging in a race to recruit 10,000 new agents who will eventually be out in American streets.

Some will be vetted, but how many unqualified recruits will fall through the cracks?

‘Everything Is Gone’: Gazans Return Home to Find Devastation and Little Hope

Gaza has 2.2 million people. In 2 years, 10% of the population has been killed or wounded. Their entire infrastructure has been destroyed. 

Instead of giving more military aid to Netanyahu’s extremist government, the US must work with the international community to rebuild Gaza.

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

Trump donor Larry Ellison’s Oracle will oversee TikTok’s algorithm.

His media company owns CBS News and is plotting a bid for Warner Bros., which owns CNN.

When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

Labeling an entire demographic of people as dangerous just screams impending genocide of said group of people. It's cowardly. It's cruel. It's inhumane and if you're staying silent you're agreeing to be complicit in this nightmare.

German police brutality targets pro-Palestine movement: Injured protester Police punch Kitty O’Brien, an Irish citizen, and break their arm at a recent rally in Berlin.

German police, often accused of targeting protesters in support of Palestine, punched Irish demonstrator Kitty O’Brien at a Berlin rally, breaking her arm and causing potentially long-term injuries aje.io/46uphs

This totally makes sense. A notable public figure in the US (Amazon labor organizer Christian Smalls) is illegally arrested by Israel and subjected to severe physical violence while on a hunger strike… and not one US media outlet of any type has decided that is news.

When he reached the Israeli prison, U.S. human rights defender Chris Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals. They choked him and kicked him in the legs, leaving visible signs of violence on his neck and back.

When his lawyer met with him, Chris was surrounded by six members of Israel’s special police unit. This level of force was not used against other abducted activists.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalitions condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced.

At the Israeli prison, US human rights defender Chris Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals. They choked him and kicked him in the legs.
We condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced. #BreakTheSiege

Microsoft Makes Deep Job Cuts Across Xbox Division, Cancels Games Hundreds of people were laid off as the company canceled upcoming games such as Perfect Dark and Everwild

Last year Microsoft made $88 billion (that's billion, with a B) in profit on $245B in revenue. That's a 36% profit margin. The idea that they have to put 9000 people out of work in order to improve profitability is absolutely ghoulish. This is not a struggling company, they're swimming in profit.

Are you paying attention?

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." 

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

War kills people, and those it doesn’t kill, end up carrying a heavy burden of trauma.

Americans do not want war and they certainly do not want politicians who cheer it on.

The politicians don’t go to war, the working class does.

We must center humanity and stand against war.

By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.

But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

Reminder: Benjamin Netanyahu has an active international arrest warrant for war crimes and our weak, spineless elected officials keep sending him and Israel bombs.

Arrest him and hold him accountable for his crimes and enforce an arms embargo.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

The popo pepper sprayed a sin bather in a a Georges Seurat painting

LAPD out there like

Israeli settlers set fire to homes while families were still inside, according to Palestinian media reports about an arson attack on a village in the occupied West Bank.

The Billion-Dollar Business Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown From January to May, the government awarded 50% more funding to companies involved in immigration removals than last year.

Our nation’s ICE detention machine isn’t just harming our communities, it’s making companies across the country richer in the process.

No one should be profiting off of people’s suffering.

A police officer holding the arms of Ben Cohen, a co-founder of the ice cream brand Ben and Jerry’s. Text reads: "Ben & Jerry's Founder Arrested at Senate Hearing After Protesting War in Gaza." Photo credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images

One of the founders of Ben & Jerry’s was arrested on Wednesday after he interrupted a Senate committee hearing to protest Congress’s funding for Israel’s military as it wages war against Hamas in Gaza.

Read more: nyti.ms/43uubGu