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Human rights expert, interested in history, international relations, poetry and the arts. Personal opinion. Reposts are not endorsement.
Launching the U.S. into what could be yet another unpopular and costly forever war, while simultaneously pushing for an unpopular budget bill at home that will take food and healthcare away from millions of people.
The "peace president."
See, Cuomo can care about the elderly. #OhWait
20.06.2025 15:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A lawmaker and her husband were murdered. Another lawmaker and his wife were shot. We are at a crossroads in our country. This was targeted political violence and how we respond as Americans must be absolutely clear that this type of extremism and violence will not be tolerated in America.
14.06.2025 20:38 — 👍 163 🔁 33 💬 10 📌 3
An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers
13.06.2025 14:34 — 👍 25409 🔁 6342 💬 869 📌 414Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
10.06.2025 15:17 — 👍 40926 🔁 7307 💬 1120 📌 278
"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...
07.06.2025 03:03 — 👍 28657 🔁 8703 💬 318 📌 253The Constitution is clear — EVERYONE gets due process, not just citizens.
And when an authoritarian like Trump erodes the due process rights of one group, it hurts all of us.
We must stand up and fight for all of our rights.
“The listing also refers to individual municipalities — including Kingston, New Paltz, and the city of Poughkeepsie — as being sanctuary cities.”
None of these are sanctuary cities. They lie through their teeth to intimidate local pols into assisting with their pogrom. It’s not gonna work here.
Someone should set up a phone line to contact if you were helped in some way by an immigrant. I bet it would get a lot more calls than this ridiculous and offensive ICE line.
30.05.2025 22:24 — 👍 1622 🔁 288 💬 270 📌 70
Le manque d'opportunités dans leur pays d'origine et les politiques des pays d'accueil poussent les migrants à prendre des mesures désespérées. La quête d'une vie meilleure ne doit pas se transformer en tragédie.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mes condoléances aux familles des migrants maliens dont la quête désespérée d'un avenir meilleur s'est soldée par une tragédie. Leurs dépouilles doivent être pleinement identifiées.
www.bbc.com/afrique/arti...
"I'm surprised".🙄
25.05.2025 23:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tito's contribution to #caturday.
25.05.2025 00:59 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.
23.05.2025 19:03 — 👍 6101 🔁 2263 💬 1239 📌 424
Senator Marsha Blackburn tweets: "We're going to build a big, beautiful Golden Dome."
Am I crazy or did we just have a convo about how we can't fund cancer research?
23.05.2025 02:23 — 👍 30234 🔁 5270 💬 1047 📌 258
"The bombing of civilians, the killing of humanitarian workers – these are all actions that go precisely against humanitarian law, and today there is no respect for humanitarian law."
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
25.03.2025 01:32 — 👍 77293 🔁 17016 💬 3053 📌 1625
Haïdara, Mangane et Togola ont droit à des soins médicaux urgents et le #Mali a l'obligation, en vertu du droit international, de faciliter l'exercice de ce droit.
www.ohchr.org/fr/press-rel...
Okay, but how could we have possibly known Hegseth's lack of experience would lead to a colossal national security disaster?
24.03.2025 18:14 — 👍 19324 🔁 3227 💬 730 📌 186
Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Right now, we have an authoritarian president.
He called CNN "illegal." He is trying to encroach on the spending powers of Congress. He is going after the courts.
Trump does not respect our Constitution. He just wants more and more power for himself.
"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
18.03.2025 23:30 — 👍 33709 🔁 6022 💬 2449 📌 750
The ironic thing is that the poem “The New Colossus” was not inscribed in the statue by France, but was written by an American poet who at the time was trying to rescue Jews from Eastern European pogroms. They want to give back the only American part of the statue…
18.03.2025 18:55 — 👍 88 🔁 27 💬 6 📌 2Netanyahu has not allowed any food, water, or fuel into Gaza in two weeks.
Now he has resumed bombing, killing hundreds of people and breaking the ceasefire that had given Gaza a chance to live again.
NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.
Una red que incluía médicos, jueces y religiosos facilitó adopciones ilegales durante la dictadura en Chile. Años después, el Estado sigue sin reconocerlo. ¿Habrá justicia? Escucha la historia en este episodio de @elhilopodcast.bsky.social
elhilo.audio/adopcion-chile
My goodness. Press play, and watch this. Every last bit of it. 😂
Be honest—does anyone think @schumer.senate.gov is the right Leader for what we are up against?
I’m not exactly sure how yet, but somehow Trump is going to blame Zelensky for Putin’s refusal to sign a cease fire agreement.
17.03.2025 01:38 — 👍 6704 🔁 897 💬 371 📌 58
If you’re tired of @schumer.senate.gov constantly falling for the okey-doke and you want bold winning leadership that is willing to go on offense, then #TheReformers is for you. We are calling for Sen Schumer (D-NY) to step down from his leadership role and let someone else take over the reigns.
16.03.2025 16:03 — 👍 3584 🔁 979 💬 121 📌 39
