The Secretary of State attending a UFC fight while wartime diplomatic negotiations fail would generate an explosive, front-page, above-the-fold headline for any previous administration
I think this is true, and part of the Everything is Gender theory. We are governed by that section of the populace that believes that Father having violent tantrums until everyone else cowers, even as his life falls apart around him, was an aspirational display of power and mastery.
Yet no one is speaking out about this, except for Iran.
Have you heard our Prime Minister or his government saying ANYTHING against ISRAEL for what they are currently doing to Lebanon? Lebanese people? Palestine & Palestinians?
We should be utterly ashamed of our roll in this genocide.
World βleadersβ are supporting and funding literal war crimes (and continuously cover up crimes against children) yet everyone is frothing a the mouth over the UK gov cancelling Ye? This timeline is surreal afβ¦
Really good interview with Coates, where he does not at all bend or back down on his solidarity with Palestinians.
He also does a good job of cautioning against the Tucker Carlson phenomena while explaining how the circumstances have created a hole in left-of-center discourse on the issue of Gaza.
The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February β five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop β has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz
So judges today ruled Trump can't defund NPR and PBS, and has to stop building his ballroom. But also ruled that bigots can torture queer kids until they stop being queer or stop breathing, whichever comes first.
NEW: This Louisiana prosecutor... β’ Was forced to resign from the DAβs office for submitting false paperwork. β’ Withheld evidence in at least 3 death row cases. β’ Compared a Black teen to a dog & told the jury to βget rid of it.β
Breonna should be alive today, and she and her family deserve unequivocal recognition that her killing was egregious, unjust and a violation of civil rights.
Itβs amazing how quickly Black women have been targeted by these laws and doubly so how little this factors into the analysis around the sexual and gender politics of this movement.
Happy St Patrickβs Day. Irish people werenβt always considered white, and thereβs a centuries-long history of anti-Irish racism both here and in Europe.
However, we need to be honest with ourselves that our assimilation into whiteness came at the expense of other people, particularly Black people.
We went to a place called Indian Grinding Rock, itβs a State Park in California. I saw a sweat lodge and learned about Native American history. This was early 90s. Loved that field trip. π€