Serious question all these dodgy politicians. Don’t they get suspended & doesn’t it change the numbers in congress ?

Former UK-US ambassador Sir Kim Darroch thinks Trump has made a category error, if he thinks Putin is angling for a land deal. Putin's only aim is the total subjugation of Ukraine. His objective in Alaska is a deal that he knows Ukraine cannot accept, making Zelenskyy "the difficult one" again. ~AA

Letter of the day (in the Times)

Jonestown?

“This is my duty…reporting the suffering of a people that I am living amidst, suffering that I am experiencing myself.”

– Reporter Anas al-Sharif in what would become his final interview with us just weeks before being killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Full report ⤵️
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Salah criticises UEFA for 'Palestinian Pele' tribute Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has criticised Europe's football governing body UEFA for posting a tribute to "Palestinian Pele" Suleiman al-Obeid that did not mention the former international died after be...

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has criticised Europe's football governing body UEFA for posting a tribute to "Palestinian Pele" Suleiman al-Obeid that did not mention the former international died after being hit by Israeli gunfire in Gaza

The kindness of strangers: sobbing in a rack of bras, a grandmotherly shop assistant soothed me Two months after my single mastectomy, I felt sore, sad and scarred. Looking for a suitable bra, I became completely overwhelmed

The kindness of strangers: sobbing in a rack of bras, a grandmotherly shop assistant soothed me

Met Police make 'most arrests in a decade' as 474 detained at Palestine Action protest - What a ridiculous, shameful and wasteful use of police resources.

Isn’t Pete’s wife his former boss? How does that square! 😉

Just a reminder.......💙💛

Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja on the arrests in Parliament square,

“I think this is going to go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history"

Mo Salah is asking the right questions

Sending solidarity and support to those protesting in London today.

Standing up for the people of Palestine and Palestine action.

Police have been mass arresting protesters for holding up signs.

What a ridiculous and dangerous use of police power.

A massive march is taking place in London to condemn the Israeli genocide in Gaza and show support for Palestine Action.

Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban Exclusive: Naomi Klein and Angela Davis among those demanding stop to ‘attack on fundamental freedoms’ of assembly and protest * Letter: Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms Naomi Klein and Angela Davis are among dozens of international scholars and writers who have signed a letter to the Guardian calling on the UK government to reverse the ban on Palestine Action. The letter applauds what it describes as a “growing campaign of collective defiance” against the ban and commends the “courageous stand” of hundreds of people who plan to risk arrest by declaring their support for Palestine Action during a mass protest in London on Saturday. Continue reading...

Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban

Several people sitting, holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

I am at Parliament Square in London, where I am watching peaceful protesters arrested for holding signs. History will remember all of these brave people as heroes.

WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION

Leading global academics denounce UK's Palestine Action ban The letter, published in the Guardian, was signed by 52 academics including Judith Butler, Tariq Ali, Angela Davis and Naomi Klein

Leading global academics denounce UK's Palestine Action ban - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/leading-global-academics-denounce-uks-palestine-action-ban

Amnesty urges Met police not to arrest protesters supporting Palestine Action Rights group warns freedom of expression could be violated, as first people are charged with showing support for banned organisation

Amnesty urges Met police not to arrest protesters supporting Palestine Action

Note to Kristi Noem:

It is far better to be mocked in a cartoon for how you look than to be shoved into the back of a U-Haul and kidnapped for how you look.

Isn’t there some form of protection on the building?

Karma

But would it have received attention if it wasn’t foreign owned. The infiltration of unregulated rampant capitalism in essential services, infrastructure & public interest activities has destroyed the UK mostly under the Tories. The culture of outsourcing writ large with all its myriad failings.

Asking for stupid people….why not break the rules, cite the exceptional causes, and demonstrate good fiscal policy on an ongoing basis?

Why was he allowed to travel.

If you added all the “deals” for investment Trump announces together you’d get the GNP of planet earth x 10

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

"Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone— not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse"

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A painfully beautiful film…