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Last Notes npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Analysis "The President Is Now a King Above the Law": Sotomayor's Chilling Dissent Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor listed several acts that she argued SCOTUS has effectively sanctioned as unprosecutable exercises of presidential authority: "Orders the Navy's SEAL to assassinate a political rival? Immune "Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. "Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune." https://www.commondreams.org/news/sotomayor-immunity-dissent? #SCOTUS #Fascism .. npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Interview with Trita Parsi on the Future of Iran After the President's death: The only reason Raisi got elected was because the majority of the population actually boycotted the elections bcz the conservatives refused to let non-conservatives candidates run. Now it has to make a decision: Is it actually going to allow other candidates to stand? Parsi also discusses Iran's crumbling air fleet & the inevitable question of potential Israeli involvement. https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/20/iran_ebrahim_raisi_death_helicopter_crash #Iran ... npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "wadaboutHamas?" Report Blinken understands US protesters’ passion, but questions their silence on Hamas. Asked about the unfolding pro-Palestine protest movement at US universities, Blinken said he very much understands the students’ frustration & respects their right to demonstrate as a hallmark of our democracy. "It is notable that there is silence about Hamas”. #BlinkenLies .. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/337/272/010/369/789/original/c1bf29e3cd6f8d1f.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Report Another resignation at the US State Department The Arabic language spokesperson of the U.S. State Department has resigned, citing her opposition to Washington's policy related to the war in Gaza. This is at least the third resignation from the department over the issue. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/us-state-department-arabic-spokesperson-resigns-opposition-gaza-policy-2024-04-25/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20April%2025%20(Reuters),the%20department%20over%20the%20issue. #USPol #Gaza .. npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Report US police reportedly arrest 100s of pro-Palestinian Jewish protesters outside Schumer’s home Organised by the Jewish Voice for Peace, the protestors demanded the US stop arming & funding the Israeli government as it carries out a genocide in Gaza. The protest came after the US Senate backed new aid for Israel. 2.20 GMT Apr 24 AJ updates #USPol #Protests .. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/323/898/793/323/198/original/52c21bf4dfbcc6d3.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Miko Peled: The call for a ceasefire is too small. Can you imagine people asking Hitler to agree to a cease fire? It's absurd to beg Israel to agree to a ceasefire, & when they don't agree, just let them get away with it. When it comes to Palestine, we've gotten used to such a low standard. If it were any other nation, people would be calling for an immediate embargo on arms sales to Israel, a naval blockade of Israel, a no flyone over Gaza, & adequate aid. #Gaza #Israel ... npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES UNRWA "has accused Israel of detaining & torturing some of its staffers, coercing them into making false confessions about the agency’s ties to Hamas." Israel has been pushing to dismantle UNRWA based on the false statements. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/04/middleeast/un-israel-confessions-allegations-intl/index.html And Israel's complicit cheerleaders have kneecapped UNRWA, just as Israel demanded. 🤮 #UNRWA #Israel #Oct7 ... npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES News item Israeli anti-Netanyahu protesters suffer police brutality "Videos from bystanders & Israeli media showed police forces whipping protesters" calling for elections. "Police used water cannons & mounted police..against citizens..standing on sidewalks... the citizens of Israel... demanding to replace the failed leadership in the country's history will not be silenced... will only grow stronger." ~ Hofshi Be'artzenu, umbrella protest group https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-788656 #Israel #Protest npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES News item UNRWA chief, Philippe Lazzarini, reveals Israeli authorities have: ordered UNRWA to vacate a vocational training centre "assigned to UNRWA by Jordan in 1952”. Israel wants a fee of $4.5+ m for its use. tried to "evict UNRWA from its HQ of 75 years in East Jerusalem” limited staff entry visas to 1-2 months threatened to revoke UNRWA’s tax exemption privileges blocked an UNRWA account suspended shipments of the agency’s goods 4.50 GMT Feb 24 AJ updates #UNRWA #israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES News item "We have been quite clear that we do not believe that genocide has occurred in Gaza". US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller 19.50 GMT Feb 20 AJ updates #US #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES @npub14g4…mc2e Thanks for the map. Re the quote, I prefer more recent manifestos that clearly distinguish fascist, white-supremacist, settler-colonial Zionism from Judaism. Older statements tend to be fuzzy on this point. npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES @npub1kpw…xzz4 Sorry, you know I like nuance 🙂 That's waaay too black/white for me 🙂 npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES @npub1kpw…xzz4 Yes, agree, but Cheney was already running things npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "“Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot" Author Jeff Sharlet, expert on the far right, discusses "another landmark in the acceleration of fascism in the US." Sharlet describes: * how Trump is appealing to broader groups of Americans * why the political press is failing to capture the fascist movement * the importance of resisting its growth. “It’s popular front time. It’s broad coalition time.” https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/24/trump_fascism_2024 #USPol #Election2024 npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "The Four Horsemen of Gaza’s Apocalypse" "Biden relies on advisors who view the world through the prism of the West’s civilizing mission to the “lesser breeds” of the earth. "Blinken, Jake Sullivan & Brett McGurk have little understanding..& deep animus towards Islamic resistance movements. "They see..a clash of civilizations betw the enlightened West & a barbaric Middle East..& that violence can bend Palestinians & other Arabs to their will." https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-four-horsemen-of-gazas-apocalypse?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=5xoug&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email #USPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES More warmongering parasites: From Gaza, fmr CEO of Pegasus spyware announces new venure: "Israeli high-tech is not only here to stay, but will grow better out of this [war]. It’s going to deliver on time, wherever it’s needed, to whatever country" "It’s very emotional..doing [the promo in Gaza] is a great message to..the people of Israel.” The firm has deep ties to the Israeli & international right. https://theintercept.com/2024/01/18/israel-nso-group-shalev-hulio-dream-security/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter #USPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Pivotal piece that cuts thru msm bs & reveals harsh truths: "All that remains" 1/3 "The only way to make sense of Israel’s cruel & self-defeating wars in Gaza is through understanding the historical context "The establishment of the state of Israel in May 1948 involved a monumental injustice to the Palestinians "Three quarters of a million Palestinians became refugees, & the name Palestine was wiped off the map." The Nakba continues by the IDF on Gaza. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel/64132/all-that-remains ...2 npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "South African lawyers prepare case against US, UK for 'complicity in Gaza war crimes'" "around 50 lawyers led by South African attorney Wilkus Van Rensburg are working with lawyers from the US & UK to take their case to civil courts. "The US must now be held accountable for the crimes it committed," Van Rensburg told Turkey state news agency Anadolu, saying that his initiative has received lots of support from legal colleagues." https://www.newarab.com/news/s-africa-lawyers-plan-gaza-war-crimes-case-against-us-uk#:~:text=South%20African%20lawyers%20are%20preparing,their%20case%20to%20civil%20courts. #USPol #UKPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "Israel Is Not Promising to “Scale Back” Its War" "As the US secretary of state shuttles to stop the war from expanding, the Israeli defense minister vows “months” more war on Gaza and suggests taking the fight to Iran. The New York Times reported, "'Israel says it has begun to scale back war.' "That description... is about as close to the opposite of the way Israel’s war is heading." https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-gaza-regional-war/ #USPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "Gaza will be the grave of the Western-led world order" "By supporting Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the West has shredded what remains of its credibility & brought the ‘rules-based’ world order it purports to lead to the point of no return. "International justice has become a sick joke." https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/1/17/gaza-will-be-the-grave-of-the-western-led-world-order #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "Gaza: What Is Victory? Since its founding 75 years ago, the Israeli govt has systematically transformed the Occupied Palestinian Territory into an ever-shrinking concentrated territory. This has involved a two-fold, complementary strategy: reducing the Palestinian population through a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” & shrinking the territory into an ever-smaller land mass. This two-phased strategy is what “victory” really means. https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/10/gaza-what-is-victory/ #USPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Modern science, not biblical fiction, shows that Jews & Palestinians are descended from the ancient Canaanites in the Levant region. In 1897, when European Zionists first planned to expel Palestinians from Palestine & establish a Jews-only state, 97% of the population was indigenous Palestinian. Jews made up 3%. During ww1, power-obsessed western powers created the current problem. #ZionismIsNotJudaism #ReparationsNow https://www.juancole.com/2023/05/palestinians-indigenous-palestinian.html#:~:text=These%20became%20the%20Ashkenazi%20Jews,though%20the%20female%20mitochondrial%20DNA #Israel #Palestine #USPol #UKPol https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/701/867/583/022/488/original/2d78c0b46c69d3cc.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "Israel’s Smotrich called Gaza a “Ghetto” that Should be Depopulated" "The chief characteristic of the current Israeli government..is the inclusion in it of elements that were shunned in Israeli politics until recently: "the Kahanaists, who are militant racists & Greater Israel expansionists & who..openly proclaim their allegiance to fascist principles. "The group was on the State Department terrorism list not so long ago." https://www.juancole.com/2024/01/apology-smotrich-depopulated.html #USPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "How much credit do you think you deserve for Gay’s resignation?" "This really was a team effort that involved three primary points of leverage. "1st was the narrative leverage.. by me, Christopher Brunet & Aaron Sibarium "2nd was the financial leverage..led by Bill Ackman & other Harvard donors. "Finally, there was the political leverage which was really led by..Elise Stefanik’s masterful performance with Claudine Gay at her hearings." ~Christopher Rufo https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/03/christopher-rufo-claudine-gay-harvard-resignation-00133618?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_10_4_2023_17_42_COPY_01) #USPol npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "Sanctions On Israel Are The Only Hope" Israeli journalist Gideon Levy on how Israeli society has degenerated: "If one attack - as barbaric as it was - pushes so many Israelis to become inhuman, imagine what it does to Palestinians who live under those attacks for decades. "& we always wonder, 'How come they hate us, & how come they became those monsters & how come they are so violent & how come they are not human?'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSPFuHSopo #USPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "A young Israeli man has been jailed for refusing mandatory service" "Tal Mitnick, an 18-year-old Israeli, has been sentenced to 30 days in military prison for refusing to enlist in the army in protest of Israel’s war in Gaza. “Violence cannot solve the situation, neither by Hamas nor by Israel. There is no military solution to a political problem,” he wrote." https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/27/who-are-the-israeli-refuseniks-picking-jail-over-the-gaza-war Extraordinary courage, given what an 18-yr-old faces inside a military prison #USPol #Israel #Gaza npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "To reach a just & comprehensive peace between Israelis & Palestinians, the Nakba must be acknowledged. "The events of 1947-9 stand at the root of the conflict. By acknowledging them, there is hope for sincere reconciliation". The UN planned to partition Palestine into an Arab & a Jewish state. The problem? "Half the Palestinian population -- the indigenous majority on its own ancestral soil -- [would become] a minority under alien rule". http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/JVP-Nakba-Fact-Sheet.pdf #USPol #Israel #Palestine https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/632/223/141/632/376/original/08e010ddb9399ed5.png npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "I covered the birth of Jewish fascism in Israel. I reported on the extremist Meir Kahane, who was barred from running for office & whose Kach Party was outlawed in 1994 and declared a terrorist organization by Israel and the U.S. "I attended political rallies held by Benjamin Netanyahu, who received lavish funding from rightwing Americans, when he ran against Yitzhak Rabin, who was negotiating a peace settlement with the Palestinians" https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/israels-final-solution-for-the-palestinians?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=5xoug&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email #USPol #Gaza #Israel npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court. Thomas has a yearslong, personal relationship with the Kochs that has remained almost entirely out of public view. It developed over years of trips to a secretive all-men’s retreat in Calif. https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature #USPol #KochNetwork npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Your regular reminder: The fascist rich have planned this takeover for decades They know that dictatorship, alone, will save their privilege Dictatorship requires wiping out difference -- from queerness to skin colour to anti-capitalism. The gullible majority - out of manufactured fear - will comply (as in Orwell's 1984) These fascists are psychopathic, & this is 1920s redux -- with a tech twist: https://www.salon.com/2023/07/29/visions-how-the-quest-for-utopia-could-lead-to/ History (talk begins ~10 mins in): https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/scholar-to-scholar-talk-nancy-maclean-pre-history-likely-sequels-of-insurrection-us-capitol/ #USPol https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/082/099/694/865/856/original/2707cda3493bbc4e.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/082/101/118/433/015/original/e1703e0a32db97ea.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/082/103/937/673/163/original/a66614f7374fa528.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/082/105/217/366/914/original/3ce3ef8d800e239f.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "Dark” right-wing network recruits MAGA “army” to replace 50K federal workers Trump plans to purge Organized by the extremist Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 is an authoritarian attempt to seize power. It has a policy agenda, transition plan, playbook for the first 180 days & personnel database for the next GOP president to replace the federal government, including DoJ & FBI, with unwavering Trump supporters. https://www.salon.com/2023/09/05/dark-right-wing-network-recruits-maga-army-to-replace-50k-workers-plans-to-purge/ #Fascism pure & simple #USPol npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "Teach No Lies": Historian Marvin Dunn Takes on Ron DeSantis & Florida’s Attack on Black History DemocracyNow interview on "the fight to protect the teaching of Black history in the face of racist curriculum changes in the state that justify slavery & downplay violence against African Americans" Dunn helped lead a “Teach No Lies” march to the Miami-Dade County School Board to protest the new education standards. https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/18/florida_desantis_schools #USPol #Racism #BlackHistory #TeachNoLies npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Inside the Big Pharma Playbook Making Prescription Drugs Unaffordable in the US "Polling shows that large numbers of Americans are forgoing prescribed medicines because they can’t afford them" "America’s pharmaceutical giants are suing to block the federal government’s first effort at drug price regulation" "selling drugs first in the U.S. is a good business strategy.... manufacturers can set the bar high for negotiating with other nations" https://truthout.org/articles/inside-the-big-pharma-playbook-making-prescription-drugs-unaffordable-in-the-us/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=5a7e768c24-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_20_2023_13_41_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-5a7e768c24-652721086&mc_cid=5a7e768c24&mc_eid=b8995c4988 #USPol #BigPharma npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES @npub16kg…hh7t Yes. 50 years to de-democratise education and the media: The 1970s billionaire coup AUR 64, 1, 2022, 65-9 https://issuu.com/nteu/docs/aur_64_01 (scroll to p 65) #USPol #Fascism npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Florida Approved a PragerU Climate Cartoon for Schools Mother Jones asked a scientist to fact-check it. Their finding? "Really dangerous.” A video, "Poland: Ania’s Energy Crisis", includes several climate-denial talking points: The central character, Ania, questions the climate science she’s taught in school; grows concerned about rising energy costs due to a ban on coal in her home country; & wonders if renewables can provide the country with enough energy. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/08/prageru-climate-skeptic-science-florida-education/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-08-18-2023 #USPol npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES Donald Trump, Mob Boss—Then & Now "Donald Trump was charged by an Atlanta prosecutor with essentially being a mob boss" "When asked about his links to the mob, Trump repeatedly made false comments & contradicted himself... flat-out lied about these relationships, even when he was under oath.” In 2016, journalist David Corn detailed several instances, "which have even greater relevance now that Trump is the lead defendant in a RICO case": https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/donald-trump-rico-indictment-georgia-mafia-ties/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-08-17-2023 #USPol npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF GUESS WHO says America should prioritize expanding oil, coal & natural gas? You got it: 58% of Republicans & Republican leaners Pew research Aug 13, 2023 #USPol #ClimateEmergency npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES RULE OF THUMB WHEN FACING FASCISM: If you're confused by what they're saying, err on the side that they're probably lying: Historian Timothy Snyder: "If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy... you go after facts That's what modern authoritarians do" "You lie yourself all the time" "You say it’s your opponents & the journalists who lie" "Everyone looks around & says ‘What is truth. There is no truth’" "And then resistance is impossible & the game’s over" #USPol #UKPol https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/854/127/404/403/494/original/1088afe94461c3cd.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "TRANS WOMAN GOES UNDERCOVER IN HATE CHURCH" "WHAT SHE UNCOVERED SHOULD SCARE ALL OF US" "Jordan L. went undercover to infiltrate the Sure Foundation Baptist Church, best known for their viral sermons calling for the execution & public hanging of the parents of trans children" https://therealnews.com/trans-woman-goes-undercover-in-spokane-hate-church-what-she-uncovered-should-scare-all-of-us?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Real%20News%20Network&utm_campaign=59a416d4e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_07_01_54_Trans_woman&utm_term=0_-59a416d4e7-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=59a416d4e7&mc_eid=df7505cef5 #USPol #QueerRights #TransRights npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "WE WANT THEM INFECTED" So said former Trump science advisor, Paul Alexander, in support of mass infecting the nation’s youth with SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Jonathan Howard, NYU: "Right-wing dark money groups & Republican politicians [waged] an information war on public-health measures.... Speaking out today carries risks. Fear of reprisal and harassment has cowed many medical experts" https://www.importantcontext.news/p/we-want-them-infected-new-book-takes?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Public health was silenced by far-right money, & 1.1+ million Americans died #USPol #Covid https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/842/835/481/979/939/original/5f50eb26ca08406b.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES THE COVID DISINFORMATION THAT KILLED 1.1 M AMERICANS "Infants, kids, teens, young adults, middle-aged with no conditions, etc. have zero to little risk" --Paul Alexander, Trump epidemiologist, despite data showing risk & 5 mths before vax was available “So we use them to develop herd… we want them infected” But, as author Jonathan Howard says, "NO population has ever achieved herd immunity to a virus through natural infection alone” https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/side-effects/202305/we-want-them-infected-a-review-of-the-push-for-herd-immunity https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/12/22/how-the-koch-network-hijacked-the-war-on-covid/ #USPol npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES PROJECT 25 FAR-RIGHT BATTLE PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Should Trump win in 2024, Project 25 will "obstruct & undo the federal government’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis" It will "gut environmental spending, stymie clean energy development & fundamentally shift how federal agencies regulate U.S. industries" "A database of 20,000 like-minded conservatives [will] begin dismantling the administrative state from Day 1.” Heritage Foundation https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01082023/far-right-battle-plan-to-undo-climate-progress-trump-win-2024/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=09463869e8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_05_01_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-09463869e8-330539410 #USPol https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/841/553/708/717/753/original/9abfb68b97ae6883.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES @npub1aym…vzhz at last "WE WANT THEM INFECTED" So said former Trump science advisor, Paul Alexander, in support of mass infecting the nation’s youth with SARS-CoV-2 Dr. Jonathan Howard "Right-wing dark money groups & Republican politicians [waged] an information war on public-health measures.... Speaking out today carries risks. Fear of reprisal and harassment has cowed many medical experts" https://www.importantcontext.news/p/we-want-them-infected-new-book-takes?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Public health was silenced by far-right money & 1.1+ million Americans died https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/837/472/249/799/983/original/1839f71801d192f8.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "WE WANT THEM INFECTED" So said former Trump science advisor, Paul Alexander, in support of mass infecting the nation’s youth with SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Jonathan Howard, NYU: "Right-wing dark money groups & Republican politicians [waged] an information war on public-health measures.... Speaking out today carries risks. Fear of reprisal and harassment has cowed many medical experts" https://www.importantcontext.news/p/we-want-them-infected-new-book-takes?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Public health was silenced by far-right money, & 1.1+ million Americans died #USPol #Covid https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/837/408/500/139/870/original/5a327ea5277fc4f1.jpeg npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES OF THE 1000+ CHARGED OVER JAN 6 INSURRECTION, NEARLY 1 IN 5 HAVE MILITARY BACKGROUNDS Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers founder, is a U.S. Army veteran. The group claims more than 30,000 law enforcement officers & current or former military as members. 3 of the 4 leaders of the Proud Boys convicted have military backgrounds. "A 2020 survey found that 57 percent of minority troops had personally witnessed racism or white supremacy — up from 42 percent in 2017" --The Intercept #USPol #Jan6 npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES HATE SPEECH SOARING AT MUSK'S "X", says the Center for Countering Digital Hate Musk responded by filing a lawsuit against the center over the research, calling the group “evil” X accuses the center of unlawfully accessing data to “falsely claim it had statistical support showing the platform is overwhelmed with harmful content.” Silencing critics is Musk's “go-to tactic to avoid accountability" said a senior counsel at Free Press. https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/3/twitter_center_for_countering_digital_hate #USPol npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES RECENT SURVEY REVEALS SHARP INCREASE IN CONSUMER SENTIMENT IN U.S. But there was a twist, namely, "with the notable exception of lower-income consumers, who anticipate continued challenges from inflation & a potential weakening in labor market prospects.” "Central bankers are effectively intent on increasing poverty in their societies. Relying on such a pernicious policy tool... is not a sound basis for achieving social stability" https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=61030 #USPol #AusPol #Economics npub1syvdtusgn88w9ecenapqtg08r688q3u36sjh3x6x7w5fx2wu4v0qqaf8d4 DrALJONES "THEY'RE CLEARLY WILLING TO BREAK THE PLANET" "The politicians are getting better at saying yes to renewable energy, but they’re no better at saying no to fossil fuel than they were before. "And that’s because of the extraordinary political power of that industry "We can’t stop global warming at this point. All we can do is try to stop it short of the place where it cuts civilizations off at the knees" Bill McKibben, 360.org https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/7/bill_mckibben_climate_crisis_degrowth #USPol #UKPol #CdnPoli #AusPol